Italics indicate thinking

Bold is for attacks

Steve's POV

With Luffy agreeing to going into the high stakes room Baccarat led us downstairs through a golden elevator and into a smoky room, in order to pass into the room, you needed the powers of the chief of security who could pass through anything.

"I got a bad feeling about this place." I hummed a bit as we walked in "Gold water, Gold statues, Gold Dancers, gold all around."

"Fits the pattern." Robin laughed a bit.

"The VIP game is just even or odd dice?" Zoro looked down at the main floor.

"Simple yet effective." Monet adjusted her glasses "After all there are only two possible outcomes to bet on, even or odd, their balanced so no one has a true advantage."

"What do you mean?" Lil asked.

"Well say you bet odd and I bet even, someone would win it's impossible for someone to lose, unlike say Roulette where no one could win if the numbers came up poorly."

"Why bother though, the casino can't win then, not unless only one person in playing." Rose noted.

"Since it's for VIPs the casino gains nothing from having them play against each other." Monet shrugged "Ideally someone will lose, as is inevitable, and be forced to take out more money on their tab to try and break even."

"Okay." Rose nodded.

The dice for this game were huge iron blocks and they were shaken in an equally huge iron cup.

"Who is that dude?" Usopp gulped as a large man walked up and threw the dice into the overturned bell.

"That would be Dice, the undisputed champion of the underworld ultimate fighting club deathmatch." Baccarat explained "He ran out of challengers and since he has nothing else to do we gave him a job as the dealer in this room."

"WHOA HE'S STRONG!" Luffy and Chopper yelled when Dice flipped the bell.

"Is he going to break it with that axe?" Brooke asked as the man picked up the mentioned weapon.

"HHRAA!" the dude jumped up and spun around before slamming his head into the cup and shattering it.

"What was the axe for!" Wyper yelled "And why even break it open like that?!"

"2 and 6…even!" the dealer yelled.

"Exciting, isn't it?" Baccarat asked "Ready to give it a shot? The buy in is 300 million."

"That's a lot of money!" I spat "No way!"

"But we could be billionaires!" Nami whined "Luffy~"

"All on Even!" he yelled.

"Dumbass!" I groaned.

"Snake eyes! Even!"

"Oh yeah!" Luffy cheered.

"Don't bet like that again!" I snapped.

"How lucky!" Lil smiled.

"My you're on a roll today." Baccarat clapped.

"Yes, a roll so good it practically defies logic." Monet blinked.

"What a lovely group you are, I'm always happy to see new VIPs." A man in a flashy pink suit walked down the stairs.

"It's Tesoro." Someone whispered.

So this dude runs the place.

"You're that Casino King guy right!" Luffy yelled "Well watch it because I'm gonna be King of the Pirates!"

"It's not a contest." Usopp sighed.

"Well I'm happy the Future Pirate King was kind enough to grace us with his presence." He laughed "Why don't we celebrate this occasion with a wager."

"I'm listening." Luffy huffed.

"Don't do something stupid." I groaned.

"If you can beat me in a roll of the dice I'll give you ten times your wager?" Tesoro said "How's that sound?"

"Ten times!" Nami awed.

"Just to be clear I don't expect you to pay back ten times if you lose." He added "I already have more money than I know what to do with, but I have to cook up something this high to have fun you understand."

"You're on I never back down!" Luffy yelled.

"This is a bad idea." Monet chewed her lip.

"ODD!" Luffy yelled.

"How daring." Baccarat giggled patting Luffy on the shoulder "I was right about you after all."

"Wait Luffy!" Robin yelled "Back out! While you still have time!"

The cup cracked and burst open.

"2 and 6, Even!"

"Son of a bitch!" I growled.

"Guess we lost." Luffy shrugged.

"Well…that's that." Tesoro stood up and stretched "Outstanding show."

"Your hand." Robin glared "Something happened when that woman touched Luffy."

"A Magic trick." Baccarat smiled "The Power of the Luck-Luck Fruit, one touch can make someone lucky or unlucky."

"You used your powers to swing the odds for us when we first arrived didn't you, and then took it back when it was convenient." Rose noted "So you basically cheated."

"I'm unlucky, I don't feel any different." Luffy hummed "Hmm…but my stomach kinda…ugh."

"He got a stomach ache?" I hissed "His luck really did change."

"Luck, what nonsense." Monet shook her head "Besides I'd wager with this group cheating in another part of the game."

"Anyone who falls for ruses loses." Tesoro explained "Words to live by."

"So it's all just a scam." Nami hissed

"Now then I'd like my 300 million now." Tesoro said.

"You know we can't pay you." Nami said.

"In that case you'll just have to work it off." He shrugged "All the workers you see around the city are my debt owing indentured servants, I'll warn you if you refuse to work I'm not above force."

"Oh just try it." Zoro smirked getting ready to draw a sword.

"Watch it, this guy's not playing around." Rose warned him.

"HMPH!" I waved my hand to shoot out some flames and melt a few bullets flying at us "I'm through playing around!"

"Then let's just take out the boss." Zoro charged in.

"Hmm, nice try." Tesoro wriggled his fingers.

"His legs." Rose pointed out that Zoro's legs had started to turn to gold.

"HMPH!" Tesoro waved another finger and this time a dragon ornament on the wall flew out to block Zoro's attack.

"Zoro!" Chopper yelled.

"Stop! Don't get closer!" he warned.

"He must have powers." I pointed out.

"Yes, The Gold-Gold Fruit." Tesoro nodded "Any Gold I touch falls under my total control."

"No wonder this place is all gold everything." I grumbled a bit starting to unwrap my arm "I guess I'll deal with it then."

"How'd that happen to Zoro?" Lil asked.

"The gold dust when we first arrived." Monet noted "It's impossible to arrive without touching it, once it's on you you're a prisoner here."

"Exactly." Tesoro smirked "Actually I think you'll be able to pay that debt after all, the swordsman here what was his bounty…320 million?"

"I'm not making trades with you." I glared getting hotter "You're just some rich punk!"

"I wouldn't say anything else." A woman with lavender hair started to hold Nami at knifepoint."

"Alright fine, you wanna play games and have high stakes then gimme a day." I held up a finger when I looked at Nami "I'll get your money in one day."

"Steve…" Robin whispered.

"I can handle this." I didn't turn to look at her.

"Alright, but if you fail to come through…well I'll just have to make a grand show of this one's execution." He looked down at Zoro who he stepped on.

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