The red-haired woman stood in front of the car, trying to maintain a smile, but the twitching of her face and the trembling of her body betrayed her inner fear.
She truly was a receptionist, welcoming the Navy, government officials, underworld bigshots... and pirates.
For some guests, her job was to ensure they had a good time and were happy.
For others, she would set traps, extracting their luck after simple interactions, making them lose, fall into debt, and plunge into the abyss beneath the glamor.
The premise, however, was that they were willing to play by their rules and didn't have top-tier power.
They could even use this tactic against the Navy and government officials, but it would never work against high-ranking Navy officers, government officials with real power, or those infamous great pirates.
The Four Emperors are the pinnacle of those great pirates.
"Our boss is intimidated by your reputation. To better host you, we have prepared a banquet at the most luxurious venue. If possible, we hope you could grace us with your presence... The entire Gulan Tesoro incredibly admires you, and our boss is your loyal fan!"
The red-haired woman tried to bow her head, "Your fame is often mentioned by our boss. Our place poses absolutely no threat to you."
"Oh?"
Sage elongated his voice, inspecting the woman up and down, then chuckled:
"Quite articulate, Tesoro obviously ran away from me, but according to you, he's preparing a banquet as my fan... hehehe, who are you?"
Baccarat visibly relaxed and said, "I'm Baccarat, an underling of Boss Tesoro, and also the 'Lucky Person' who ate the 'Luck-Luck Fruit'."
"Who?"
Sage was stunned, "What did you eat?"
"Lord Calamity, to show our sincerity, the boss has asked us to reveal our fruit abilities. The person who helped the boss leave earlier was Mr. Tanaka, the Security Officer here, who ate the Heat-Heat Fruit as the Piercing Person and can penetrate any non-living object, even bringing others along."
"Dice is the security personnel inside the casino, not an ability user, but skilled in Armament."
"And me, Baccarat, who can absorb others' luck for my own use."
"As for the boss..."
"Stop, that's enough!"
Sage opened the car door and walked up to Baccarat, asking with some anticipation:
"I'm not interested in Tesoro, but I'm really intrigued by you. Lucky Person? How lucky can you be, and can you give me some luck?!"
Luck-Luck Fruit!
In those distant memories, there seemed to be such a fruit that could indeed bring good fortune...
This is excellent!
If he could obtain others' luck...
Wouldn't he be able to catch fish?
"Lord Calamity, the luck absorbed can only be used by me. If you want to defeat someone relying on luck, I can absorb their luck. If they become unlucky, you, Lord Calamity, would also be considered lucky."
Baccarat certainly couldn't redistribute luck to others; otherwise, she would have long shared it with Tesoro. Moreover, this absorbed luck also has a time limit. Correspondingly, while she can't bring good luck to others, she can make others unlucky.
As long as a person's luck completely disappears, it would still indirectly enhance another's luck...
"Why would I want you to make someone unlucky?"
Sage suddenly lost interest and returned to the car, "Alright, get lost, I don't need you. I'll find Tesoro once I'm done. As for the banquet, forget it, I'll host it myself... You go back and tell your boss, 500 billion Belly, not a penny less, and after he pays, his life can be spared."
Misfortune... No matter how unlucky, can it be worse than his misfortune?
And why would he bother making someone else unlucky?
If he's displeased with someone, he could simply kill them!
What he needs is his own good luck!
This ability can't be used for himself, whether he's eaten a fruit or not...
He wouldn't care...
Luck is such an ephemeral thing, he admits he's unlucky but believes more in power to break all barriers!
The Luck-Luck Fruit ability is too abstract and doesn't really suit him.
Choosing to be a lucky person, or choosing to be an unlucky landlord... he'd certainly choose the latter.
Ignoring Baccarat, Sage stepped on the accelerator, causing the car to speed off suddenly, darting through the entrance into the roadway.
Similarly, the group of underlings behind hopped into their chosen four-wheel vehicles, those unable to grab a spot squeezed together, yelling and stepping on the gas, swiftly driving off to follow Sage.
Thus, on this ship-sized city, the flowing traffic witnessed a peculiar scene. In the most luxurious vehicle, a white-haired man with an array of beauties, all in varied forms of mature woman, young girl, and little girl, was racing wildly down the road.
This was normal; such sights were everywhere on this giant ship. It was just that the quality of these three women was somewhat better.
But what followed was different, aside from a few vehicles that were passable, the rest were filled with fearsome individuals, drooling, head-bobbing, or simply bashing the car doors, placing half their body on the car door edge, yelling loudly.
Like a gang of biker delinquents...
But driving luxury cars, extremely bizarre.
However, this oddity wouldn't last long, as the news of the arrival of the Four Emperors spread like a virus from the port to the center. Those wanting to escape but finding it impossible disseminated the news, causing greater panic.