"Ah!!"
A scream, akin to that of a pig being slaughtered, echoed through the casino. Some gamblers, who were engrossed in their games, paused and hurried over to see what was happening.
"Everyone, come and see! This guy has been cheating in this casino!"
"Look at these playing cards they're all evidence of his cheating!"
Bob returned the rapier to John, walked up to the man, picked up the severed arm from the ground, and pulled out the playing cards that hadn't fallen yet. He then showed them to the others.
"Damn, he must have hidden a whole deck in his sleeve. This cheater has some serious guts!"
"Fuck! I hate cheaters more than anything! Losing an arm is too lenient for him!"
"People like this deserve to die. They should be dragged out and chopped up right away!"
"Thank goodness he was caught. If I had run into him, I would have lost everything!"
"…"
Some people, upon seeing the cards Bob pulled from the arm and the scattered playing cards on the ground, immediately understood what had happened.
By now, the man had stopped screaming. His lips were pale, and his forehead was covered in beads of sweat. He was clutching the stump of his severed arm with his other hand.
However, just when he thought losing an arm would be the end of it, the three gamblers who had been playing with him earlier rushed over and started beating him mercilessly, cursing all the while.
"Fuck! Cheating and making me lose all my money!"
"Damn it, I'm going to beat you to death today!"
"I knew it! How the hell did you have the guts to go all in with a pair of fours against my pair of kings? You were cheating!"
"…"
At this moment, the casino owner arrived. As he pushed through the crowd, he saw the three men beating the thin man and noticed the onlookers' gleeful expressions. He quickly understood the situation.
But he could only stand there dumbfounded, not daring to intervene.
If it got out that the cheater was one of his men, the casino would be finished. In fact, he secretly hoped the thin man would be beaten to death, so he wouldn't have to worry about him spilling the beans later.
On the casino floor, as the thin man cries grew weaker, the three men finally stopped. Someone went over to check his breathing and announced,
"He's dead!"
"Damn it! He couldn't even take a beating!"
"…"
"Hahaha! My apologies, everyone! I never expected such a scoundrel to be in my casino! I'm sorry for ruining your fun! It's my fault!"
"Someone, come and drag this cheater out and dump him!"
The casino owner, now aware that the man was dead, spoke up.
After he finished speaking, a few people came over and dragged the thin man away.
Watching the thin man being dragged out like a dead pig, Bob felt no emotion. Cheating was a sin.
Suddenly thinking of himself, Bob pondered for a moment. Hmmm... Observation Haki shouldn't count as cheating right? It's more like a special ability!
As for why the thin man cards had changed, that was Bob's doing.
When the thin man was about to switch the cards, Bob activated his Armament Haki. With his hand on the table, he subtly exerted force, controlling the flow of Ryō. Starting from his fingers, he used the table as a medium to transmit force to the man's arm. Combined with Observation Haki, he precisely directed the force onto the card and used a bit of "internal destruction" to smooth out the patterns on the front of the playing card.
This series of actions happened in an instant. By the time the thin man finished switching the cards in his hand, Bob had already completed his maneuver.
This was the first time Bob had used both Armament Haki and Observation Haki simultaneously to perform a delicate operation. Although the scene wasn't grand, it demonstrated Bob precise control over both abilities.
"My sincerest apologies! Everyone, please continue, continue!"
After the man was thrown out, the casino owner forced a smile and apologized to the crowd. As he turned away, he glanced at Bob inconspicuously before leaving with the shorter man.
"What a buzzkill!"
"Damn, the casino owner is so stingy. All talk, no action!"
Amid the grumbling, the gamblers returned to their seats and resumed their "great" endeavors.
"Ugh! The people here don't seem very skilled. It's boring!"
"Bob, how about we play a few rounds?"
John, who had taken the rapier from Bob, had already sheathed it at his waist. He looked at Bob and raised an eyebrow as he spoke.
Bob didn't respond. Instead, he walked over to the poker table and collected the chips on the table. Some of them were stained with the thin man blood, so he called a servant to clean it. Afterwards, he returned to John side and said, "What do you want to play?"
"Hmm, we've pretty much played all the card games. How about dice?"
John noticed that Bob had won nearly fifty million from ten million, all through playing cards. Feeling less confident about winning in that area, he suggested trying something else. As for why he chose dice, it was because John was very confident in his dice skills.
"Alright!"
Bob agreed without hesitation, though he thought to himself, 'This old fox, John, is finally making his move.'
"Great! Let's exchange our chips for blue chips worth a hundred thousand each. That'll make it more exciting!"
Seeing Bob agree, John beamed with joy and quickly suggested.
The other guys at the casino was insignificant to John. Winning a few million was nothing but Bob, this walking treasure trove, was different.
"I agree. Carrying so many chips is tiring!"
Bob shrugged and said. With that, the two of them headed toward the chip exchange area.
...
In a lavishly decorated room within the casino.
"What? You're saying that gambler is a notorious pirate?"
The casino owner voice was filled with surprise as he looked at the hunched, white-haired appraiser beside him, asking uncertainly.
"What's this pirate's name?"
After calming down a bit, the casino owner continued to ask.
"His name is Bob... Bob D Sponge!"
The appraiser's face turned pale as he stammered out the answer.
"Bob D Sponge? Why does that name sound familiar?"
The casino owner frowned, scratching his head, but he just couldn't recall where he'd heard it before.
"Bob D Sponge, the one who killed a Celestial Dragon and stole the Heavenly Gold!"
"The Navy has placed a bounty of 1.3 billion berries on his head!"
As the appraiser spoke these words, beads of sweat dripped from his forehead, clearly showing his panic.
"Holy shit!"
The casino owner sprang to his feet, his eyes wide with shock.
Bob was a name known to almost everyone in these waters—the man who killed a Celestial Dragon, stole the Heavenly Gold, and was a commander in the Rocks Pirates.
How could such a person end up in his small casino? He couldn't wrap his head around it.
"Why the hell didn't you tell me earlier?"
The casino owner roared at the appraiser.
"I didn't know at first! When he came to appraise his treasures, I just thought he was an ordinary pirate! The treasures clearly looked like they were looted from somewhere else!"
"But when I went back and checked the latest official bounty posters, that's when... that's when I realized it was Bob D Sponge!"
The appraiser's face was pale, and his voice trembled slightly.
"We're done for! We can't handle this!"
"Quick, contact the Navy! But before the Navy arrive, we must not provoke them!"
The casino owner forced a bitter smile and shook his head. Thinking back to his earlier actions, he wished he hadn't acted so carelessly. Thankfully, Bob hadn't noticed that the thin man he sent over was his own doing.
"Contact the Navy? But what about our casino?"
The appraiser tried to remind him of this point.
"It's fine! We're providing such crucial information to the Navy. They shouldn't give us a hard time!"
The casino owner said.
With that, he hurriedly picked up the Den Den Mushi and dialed a number.
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