Chapter 123: The Vine Tiger (12th Update)
"Really, it's an eyesore."
Walking out of the middle of nowhere, Robin pinched the brim of his hat and pulled it down a little.
Rhodes also reached out and gently pressed the fur hat on his head, covering most of his face, and said, "This kind of remote place, there should be nothing worth caring about, let's go to the central town." β
Robin silently followed behind Rhodes.
After walking through the streets, the road gradually became wider, and the environment also showed a clearer change, from a dark and dirty, from a scene of dry blood from time to time, gradually became a normal bluestone path.
Coming to this area, although there are also a lot of eyes on Rhodes and Robin, most of them are swept away, and only a few are secretly snooping, but they are only limited to snooping.
Gradually.
Rhodes and Robin arrive in the central part of the Isle of Lawless, where the environment is completely different from the border, and it is flanked by lavishly decorated taverns and casinos.
The streets are full of streams, and from time to time you can see figures dressed like aristocratic gentlemen, walking down the street with young girls in their arms, followed by many guards
"Just go around."
Since there was no accurate information and goal, and he only came here to see if he could run into valuable prey, Rhodes glanced at the street and walked casually towards the casino next to him.
Walking into the casino, Rhodes casually exchanged 10,000 Bailey's chips and threw them away, while Robin looked around with his head down, and finally shook his head slightly at Rhodes.
"Let's go."
Rhodes casually tossed the last bit of chip onto the table, and after losing, he and Robin left the casino and walked to another, larger-looking casino in the back.
This time, Rhodes didn't even plan to redeem the chips, and when he walked in, he planned to turn around, and turned around and left without prey or anything like that, but what he didn't expect was that in this casino, Rhodes found a character that surprised him very much.
"Is it white? I'm embarrassed to have won again. β
An uncle with his eyes closed, wearing a lilac loose kimono and a scruffy beard, was sitting on the side of a gaming table, touching the back of his head with one hand, revealing a simple smile.
"Is that him?"
Rhodes looked at the purple-clad blind man sitting there, and a strange color flashed in his eyes.
If it follows the normal historical development, two years after Luffy went to sea, the purple-clothed blind man in front of him will participate in the world conscription, and with the strength of the monster, he will be promoted to the admiral of the Navy Headquarters with an exception!
His identity is about to be revealed.
FujitoraγSmile!
Rhodes had considered the issue of the combatants on his ship, although Lafitte was good, but he could not assume a position of strong combat power, and Fuji Tiger was one of the characters that Rhodes had considered, but the problem now was that it was too early to meet the other party.
Although the other party's performance is to adhere to justice and be kind, his style of acting, whether it is a meteorite falling from the sky to deter Doflamingo, or arguing with Marshal Akainu fearlessly for justice, reveals the arrogance of the strong everywhere.
In fact.
Any strong person has his own arrogance, and in the case that his strength is not stronger than that of Fuji Tiger, it is almost impossible to recruit Fuji Tiger on the ship.
"For 100,000 Bailey's chips."
Rhodes pondered for a moment, exchanged a chip at the front desk of the casino, and walked towards the table where Fuji Tiger was, and sat down in an empty seat.
At this time, Fuji Tiger had just received the chips he had won from the dealer.
ββ¦β¦β
Robin followed Rhodes, and she also noticed the Tiger.
Even in a non-combat state, seeing and hearing the domineering can slightly perceive a person's strength, and the feeling that Fuji Tiger gives her is that it is extremely heavy and depressing!
It's like an ordinary flesh and blood body, looking at a towering steel fortress, there is a sense of insignificance that cannot be shaken no matter what.
This person......
Robin's eyes showed solemnity, but she didn't speak, she knew that she could detect the difference between the vine tiger, and Rhodes must have noticed it a long time ago, and she didn't need to be reminded of anything.
After coming to the table and sitting down, Rhodes exhaled, stared at the spinning wheel, and saw the domineering release of the roulette wheel, and began to catch the movement of the ball on the wheel.
ββ¦β¦ Place your bets. β
After the dealer spins the wheel, he waves his hand to signal the crowd to place their bets.
Rhodes stared at the ball, seeing that he had pushed his domineering to the limit, and after a moment, he gently pushed out a few chips.
"Black."
Fuji Hu, who was sitting on the other side of the table, caught Rhodes' movements, paused slightly, smiled innocently, pushed the chips out, and said, "I also bet on black." β
As the wheel slowed down, the ball eventually stopped and landed in a black square.
The dealer took back the chips that he had bet on white with a blank face, handed over the chips won by Rhodes and others, and then spun the roulette wheel again.
This time.
Almost as soon as the roulette wheel was spinning and the ball had just bounced twice, Fuji Tiger gently pushed the chips out.
"White."
"Awesome ......"
Rhodes sighed lightly, sure enough, Fuji Tiger's sight and hearing were much stronger than him, and before he could capture anything, Fuji Tiger had already determined the final landing point.
After a slight pause, he also pushed a chip onto the white betting spot.
The final landing point of the ball is indeed white.
Fuji Hu took the chips handed over by the dealer, showed an embarrassed smile, touched the back of his head, and said, "It's nothing, it just happens to be lucky all the time." β
Half an hour later.
The chips in front of Rhodes reached 500,000 Bailey, while the chips in front of Fuji Tiger reached more than 900,000 Bailey, and there were also many people who followed the two to place bets.
A trace of cold sweat has overflowed on the dealer's forehead, although Rhodes and Fuji Tiger do not bet much every time, they are a small amount of chips, but the winning streak of the two has attracted countless people to follow the betting, causing his losses here to start to grow bigger and bigger.
"I'm sorry, we're going to overhaul the roulette wheel on this table."
The insiders of the casino finally couldn't sit still and came over with seven or eight people to stop the crowd from betting.
And at this moment, Robin, who was standing behind Rhodes, leaned over and whispered in Rhodes' ear.
"The one who just came down from the second floor is Mo Gu, the ripper with a bounty of 71 million Bailey, and it looks like he's leaving."
"I see."
Rhodes nodded, looked at the vine tiger on the side, and said with a smile: "There are some things that I have to take first, but before I go, I want to gamble with you again, and if you win, the chips will be yours, how about it?" β
"Oh, bet them all? I don't know how you want to gamble? β
Fuji Tiger was collecting the chips in front of him, and when he heard Rhodes's words, his movements paused slightly, and he asked with both hands on the chips.
Rhodes tapped his fingers lightly on the table, and the roulette wheel, which was being overhauled by a group of casino personnel, suddenly jumped up, pulled out of the table, and fell between Rhodes and Fuji Tiger.
"This ......"
"What's going on?"
Everyone was taken aback, looking at this scene with a shocked face, and they were a little overwhelmed for a while.
Rhodes gently picked up the ball and threw it into the wheel, snapped his fingers with his backhand, and the twisting force was slightly activated, and the whole wheel spun rapidly.
"That's ......"
Fuji Hu nodded, pondered for a second, gently pushed out the chips in front of him, and said, "If you fight with all your might, I will bet white." β
Click! Click!
The entire roulette wheel shattered under the force of twisting, and slowly stopped, and the ball bounced a few times before finally landing on the white grid.
"I lost."
Rhodes stood up, not frustrated, pushed the chips to the tiger, turned around and walked towards the outside of the casino, and said with a light smile: "If there is a chance in the future, we will gamble again." β
"Well, I must accompany you."
Fuji Tiger smiled and nodded, and also stood up, putting away the chips on the table.