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.

    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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