Chapter 396 - Gran Tesoro 03.

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"Well, this is going to be a fun game!" Luffy said as he stood in front of a machine that started spinning a sequence of symbols. The first spinning symbol stopped, showing a star, the second did the same, and the last one eventually stopped on the same symbol. Then a sound indicating he had won a super prize echoed through the area, catching everyone's attention.

"Ah, I won again!" Luffy exclaimed, amused. "You really bring me luck, it's great to have a woman like you by my side." He said sarcastically, smiling to the side while the woman looked frustrated.

"How are you doing this? You shouldn't be winning every game!" She murmured, incredulous at what was happening, as no one had ever escaped her akuma no mi until now.

"Well, it seems today is my lucky day, isn't it, Lady Baccarat?" Luffy said calmly, and she looked at him with a defeated expression while trying to maintain a firm posture.

"Let's try one more time, I want more money!" He said, with her gritting her teeth, moving closer to Luffy for another attempt, while embracing him from behind as he stood in front of the machine.

"Are you sure I'm someone who brings good luck? That's good..." She said, trying to seduce him, making an effort to make him lose, seeing Luffy as a challenge. She leaned against Luffy's back while holding him tightly.

Luffy, however, remained calm, pulling the lever once more. And again, he won, leaving the woman stunned.

"How... how can this be happening?" She wanted to cry.

"Well, this is getting boring, I'm going to the next game." He said, standing up, grabbing all the chips he had won, and moving on to the next game.

He was already causing a lot of losses for the casino, which couldn't understand how it was losing so much money to him. Not even their secret weapon could do anything against him.

"Let's see the next one." Luffy said as he looked for something else to play, strolling through the area with the woman stomping heavily behind him, not giving up on trying to make this damn man lose everything he had won.

"Wait, what's your name?" She finally remembered that she hadn't asked for his name yet.

"You don't need to know, Lady Baccarat." Luffy teased, not being swayed by her attempt to seduce him.

Then, Luffy decided to have some fun with this woman and headed to a simple game where you had to try to hit a ball into a target at a distance. "Lady Baccarat, you've been watching me play the whole time, right? How about we make a bet? I want to see you play too..." He said, smiling at her while she rolled her eyes.

"What do you want?" She asked with frustration, looking at him with a certain irritation.

"I'll give you a billion dollars if you beat me in this game..." He said.

"Great, you go first." She replied immediately, seeing that now she had the chance to win back at least a large part of the money she had lost since Luffy had already earned more than 1,300,000,000 berries.

Luffy nodded, picking up one of the balls as he approached the counter with a man quickly bowing to Baccarat, but Luffy didn't even ask and simply threw it at the target after a quick aim, hitting the target dead center, destroying the middle of the target with a small explosion that startled the man.

"Well, I think I overdid it a little... now it's your turn." He murmured, observing the target in pieces.

The woman, though surprised, quickly grabbed one of the balls next to her and prepared to throw. She felt, in the next moment, Luffy touching her body as he adjusted her arm.

"Remember, you have to keep your posture like this and use the right muscle, this will give you more accuracy..." He spoke in a calm tone, not seeming like someone who had once been a strict teacher with his companions since he started in East Blue; he was doing more than just adjusting this woman's posture. Although she didn't complain, she looked at him as if he were provoking her. After that, he stepped back and waited for her to throw.

In the next moment, she threw the ball, but it didn't hit the target as she expected, instead hitting the man who was standing next to the targets waiting for them to throw, striking him on the head.

"WHAT?!" Baccarat exclaimed, unable to believe it.

"Well, Lady Baccarat, it seems I've won this round..." He said, despite not even having mentioned what he wanted from her, as she had immediately accepted without seeing the conditions, confident she would win against him. The woman looked at him with a certain hatred.

"No, this is impossible! It can't be! Let's play again, you're cheating!" She exclaimed, immediately grabbing another ball.

"You're a sore loser, Lady Baccarat." Luffy teased, but in the end, he sighed as the woman prepared once again to throw the ball, hitting a chandelier on the ceiling.

Luffy just whistled as if he was watching something very entertaining.

"No, no, this isn't possible!" She kept exclaiming, grabbing another ball and throwing it, but missing again. She continued throwing anyway, hitting everywhere except the target she was supposed to hit.

The manager of this game stood up, dizzy, after falling, but as soon as he lifted his head, another ball hit him, making him pass out completely.

"No, no, this can't be happening! Where is my luck? What's going on here?" She was no longer a seductive woman with her previous posture, as she seemed desperate with her current situation.

Luffy laughed until he had to dodge a ball, looking stunned at the woman in front of him. "How did you manage to throw a ball backward when your target is in front of you? Could this be how Zoro is...?" He said, unable to believe what was happening, despite expecting her to miss the whole time. "One thing is having bad luck, another is not having common sense..." He murmured.

"Why, why is this happening?" She began to almost cry.

"Well, Lady Baccarat, it seems with this game, you've already lost. Let's move on to another now, and you have to pay the bet, right?" He said, while the woman looked frustrated.

"What did you do to me? Explain now!" She demanded, grabbing his suit and starting to shake him, but he didn't even budge while she seemed more like a frustrated girl with tears in her eyes.

"Well, Lady Baccarat, sometimes people have good luck, other times bad luck." He shrugged, fully aware of what she must be going through now. He had touched her at that moment and used the Moa Moa no Mi on her, reducing her luck to 0.0001 times, which made her lose all her luck and fall into misfortune. His fruit was so broken now that it could replicate many other fruits with just one command from the Moa Moa no Mi.

Baccarat was living a nightmare in her life, but the next moment she was stunned as she was grabbed by Luffy. He moved her towards him, spinning her around, just before the chandelier she had hit earlier fell where Baccarat had been standing.

"You should be careful, Lady Baccarat. At this rate, you might end up getting hurt." Luffy commented, and the woman looked at him, stunned.

She tried to say something, but the next moment she slipped on the oily floor after a waiter passing by dropped oil from his tray, and started to fall to the ground, but Luffy caught her in his arms, like a princess.

"As I said, you need to be careful." He said, laughing internally, while maintaining only a cordial smile on the outside.

"What's happening? My luck has now turned into bad luck?" Lady Baccarat murmured, not understanding and even feeling scared.

"It's better for you to stay with me, Lady Baccarat. At this rate, you might end up getting hurt." Luffy teased as he began to walk away. Lady Baccarat started looking around, seeing things moving here and there, seeming as if screws were being undone, causing more things to fly towards her. She felt fear and quickly ran after Luffy.

"Wait!" She shouted, as he carried bags and bags of chips, ready to profit more and more.

"Carina, it's good to see you." Nami said to her friend, and as they greeted each other, the rest of the crew watched. "How did you recognize me?" Nami continued, asking in a murmur, as she was wearing a mask, and no one else had figured it out.

"Nami... I'm a clever thief. Do you really think you can fool me?" Carina said with a mischievous smile.

"I guess you're right..." Nami responded, not stopping from smiling as Carina inspected her.

"Nami, I saw everything you did in the war. You've become such a strong person. Did you get rid of the fish-men who were in your village?" She asked, admiringly.

"Yes, although it wasn't as good as I wanted, I still managed to save the people of Cocoyasi, including my sister, who is sailing with us," Nami said.

Carina and Nami were partners in theft in East Blue, raising funds and splitting them after their schemes succeeded.

"I don't doubt it, after seeing what you did in the war, it was incredible. And you've gathered such a powerful crew. I never imagined you would become a pirate, but I'm happy for you," Carina said with a smile.

"But it's surprising to find you here... What are you stealing from this place?" Nami asked, suspicious.

"Let's just say there's a lot to steal. But I'm more like a partner in this place," Carina replied, giving a sly smile.

"Really?" Nami asked, analyzing her. "Anyway, let's talk more later, I'm happy to see you. Let me introduce you to them, they are the rest of my crew," Nami said as Carina looked at everyone.

"Incredible, they're all quite impressive," Carina commented.

Shirahoshi waved calmly at Nami's friend, but soon something caught her attention in the sky, and she pointed upwards. "Look! Is gold falling from the sky?" She started to ask, confused.

"Wait, gold?!" Nami exclaimed, stunned.

At this moment, Carina frowned and said, "Hey, let's get out of here. It's gold, but it brings bad luck..." She knew she wasn't doing this to help her friend and her companions, but rather to preserve herself, as she was well aware of the strength of that crew. If Tesoro tried to fight them, it was very likely the place would be destroyed.

She pulled Nami along while the others, not understanding, nodded and followed them as the rain of gold began to drizzle down the streets.

Elsewhere, Luffy looked up at the sky with a smile and couldn't help but comment... "It's raining gold here, that looks amazing." He teased, fully aware of what it was, as he stood in the entrance of a doorway.

Lady Baccarat seemed cautious, looking around on the way there. While Luffy played a few more games, she was protected by him the whole time, with all sorts of things flying toward her—even with the ground breaking beneath her, and she about to fall—the entire place had become her enemy. Everything bad seemed to happen around her, and Luffy would catch her at the last moment.

Her gaze fell on the gold, and she saw an opportunity to get rid of this guy, after all, Tesoro could easily deal with him with the gold. "Did you know this is one of the attractions of our ship? They say that whoever passes through the rain will have good luck for the rest of their life," Baccarat said finally, while Luffy looked at her as if she were an idiot. His gaze then shifted to the side, and he smiled, as they were standing next to several wanted posters on the wall, including those of the current Yonkous.

"Forget the gold rain. Anyway, it's impressive how this guy, in such a short time, has made such a big name for himself in the world, isn't it?" Luffy commented.

Even though Lady Baccarat was frustrated because Luffy had completely ignored her trap, she looked to the side and had to admit, "Yes, and now they're on the move at this very moment in the New World... There was the incident in Dressrosa, but no one knows where the Captain is."

"Aren't you afraid he might come here now and steal all the gold from this ship?" He asked to gauge her opinion...

"It's possible," she admitted, "but I'm sure the owner of this place would know how to deal with him." Baccarat said.

"Such confidence you have! I don't think Tesoro is strong enough, even if he can control gold in a city of gold, this guy can handle him easily, after all, he's a Yonkou." Luffy said.

The woman was about to mock him, but something strange made her think about how he spoke of this with such calmness. She realized and paid closer attention to the Straw Hat poster, and suddenly, her eyes began to widen in shock. Now, she truly recognized him—the features, the smile, the red eyes, the dark hair, and the mocking demeanor. There was no doubt, with the only thing missing from this man being the straw hat.

She moved cautiously, while her face and eyes stared at Luffy standing there, smiling at her reaction.

"Well, it seems you've finally recognized me." Luffy said, starting to feel a bit offended, after all, he just wasn't wearing his characteristic hat.

The woman stood there, frozen in place, unable to say anything. Fear began to grip her heart because, in front of her, was a man who was casually in Gran Tesoro. And, for the first time that night, she began to fear for her life after trying to steal his luck several times.

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