Chapter 113 – The Casino That Lost Everything in Ten Minutes
"However…"
The report in Crocodile's hand crumbled into sand.
"This time, the 'Devil Merchant' and his crew will be buried in the desert for good…"
...
The next day.
Despite a night of intense "combat," everyone was weirdly energetic.
Direct course set: Rainbase!
To save time, Aike simply carried the girls and flew over the endless empty desert.
The chosen fighters for the day: Nami and Carina.
So Aike took the rest to a nice café and watched the two march into the Rain Dinners casino.
Rain Dinners—the largest casino in Rainbase— was about to receive guests it could not refuse.
Casino floor.
Nami and Carina were on fire.
Observation Haki + wind manipulation = free money printer.
Chips piled up like snowdrifts.
50,000 → 1 million → 5 million → 10 million → hundreds of millions.
The floor manager started sweating bullets.
He sent in their "professional" gamblers.
Useless.
The pile only grew.
When it crossed the billion-beli line, the manager abandoned all pretense of rules.
He marched over and tried to intimidate the girls into surrendering their winnings.
Big mistake.
No one. NO ONE. Takes beli from Nami's hands.
She exploded on the spot.
"We won this fair and square! You don't get to just take it!"
Carina's body erupted with a violent wind field.
"Exactly! You run a casino, you pay when you lose!"
They were taking the money anyway. And they were ending Crocodile today.
Two birds, one stone.
The commotion grew.
"What's all this noise? People are trying to gamble."
A man with a "3"-shaped topknot, trying way too hard to look refined, strolled over holding a freshly made cup of coffee.
Mr. 3 – Galdino.
Then he saw the mountain of chips.
His stirring hand froze.
An agent quickly whispered the situation.
"You're absolutely right. Skill wins money."
"But…"
His voice dropped to a sinister purr.
"Are you sure you have the skill to walk out with it?"
Nami's rage meter: MAX.
She had planned to play nice a little longer before wrecking the boss.
They skipped straight to threats.
Fine. Cards on the table.
"Try us."
Nami vanished.
One Armament-Haki-coated fist flew straight at Galdino's face.
For a small fry, she even used hardening.
That's how serious beli theft is.
"Not good!"
Galdino's face went white.
"Candle Wall!!!"
Panicked wax shield up.
Next second— the "impenetrable" wall shattered like glass.
The entire casino floor turned into a war zone.
Panicked gamblers fled screaming.
In seconds the hall contained only:
Nami, Carina, and a lot of very unlucky Baroque Works agents.
Carina cleaned up the trash with one tornado then started looting every table in sight.
The disturbance reached every hidden agent in Rainbase.
They swarmed the casino.
Including the senior officer agents: Mr. 1 and Miss Doublefinger.
But the moment they reached the entrance,
they were stopped cold.