As a marine, Ain naturally had aversion to casinos.
Seeing the gambling facilities filled with slot machines, pachinko, card tables, etc., she frowned tightly, and only when she remembered the mission did, she barely suppress the urge to run away.
Perhaps because the two of them stood at the door for too long, their abnormality finally attracted attention.
An old man with gray hair and a large bald spot in the middle, but dressed very elegantly, took the initiative to greet them and smiled and said:
"Dear guests, is this your first time here?
I am the deputy manager here. If you have any questions, please tell me and I will explain it to you."
'Deputy manager?' He sounded very important.
The two women looked at each other, and then tacitly asked him to take them to visit the casino.
The deputy manager agreed readily, and then while introducing the casino, he exaggeratedly told the two women how they could easily get rich here.
The two women pretended to be happy and nodded constantly, as if they were really attracted by what he said about getting rich overnight.
Finally, the three people who walked around the casino stopped in front of a door marked VIP.
The old man pointed to the golden door and proudly showed off:
"This is the VIP area of our Rain Dinners.
Only distinguished customers with assets of more than 500 million Berries are eligible to enter after receiving an invitation from our manager."
Then the old man wanted to brag about how luxurious it was.
But he was interrupted by Koala, who was in front of him.
"Manager? Could it be Mr. Crocodile?"
The deputy manager shook his head with a smile, "How is that possible? Our boss is the hero of Alabasta. He usually has a lot of affairs to deal with, so how can he manage these small matters?"
As he said that, the deputy manager tilted his head and his eyes lit up, pointing to a place not far away and said:
"Look, that's our manager.
If you want to enter the VIP room, just come to me with proof of assets and I can introduce you."
The two women looked in the direction of his finger, and saw a woman wearing a cowboy hat and a white coat walking by the wall.
After looking around, she walked into a small door and disappeared.
Even though they were at a distance, they could only see each other's profile.
The two women recognized at a glance that this was their target - Nico Robin.
Instantly they were ecstatic, they didn't expect that they found their target so quickly.
The deputy manager didn't notice their little thoughts, clapped his hands happily and asked:
"Okay, ladies, what do you want to play? How many chips do you want to exchange?"
Without hesitation, Ain and Koala, who had a plan, said in unison:
"Give me 500,000/300,000!"*2 The deputy manager left with a smile, and the two women also started wandering around with a stack of chips each.
They decided that they must win at least 500 million today to qualify for an interview with Robin.
After discussion, the two women finally decided to play the simplest game of guessing the size.
The beautiful dealer: "Buy it and leave it in your hand. Big or small!"
Ain and Koala: "Small!"
The dealer:"4.4.6, big! Sorry, those who bought small lost."
Koala:"Damn it, I choose big this time!"
Ain:"Follow up."
The dealer:"Sorry, it's small this time."
The two women:"Big!"
The dealer:"Sorry, it's small."
The two women:"Small!"
The dealer:"Sorry, it's big."
The two women:"I****!"
The two spent all their chips in less than half an hour.
Unwilling to give up, they exchanged another 200,000, but lost everything again after a few rounds.
Koala shrugged and left the table as powerless as a wilted cucumber.
"It's over, it's over, I even lost the money for food, what should I do now? ~~~~~~"
Ain was not much better, her eyes were dull and her mouth was slightly open, she looked like she was being played.
"It's terrible, it's terrible here. Why did I go to the gambling table? I shouldn't have come."
The two young girls who were not familiar with the world experienced the dangers of society for the first time.
At this time, they regretted it so much, but what could they do now that things had come to this point?
With a heavy sigh, Ain pulled Koala and said:
"Oh~ Let's go back and think of other ways when we get to the hotel."
"Ok~"
Kela responded dully, and was led out by Ain in a daze.
Just as they came to the door and wanted to leave, a slender arm like a bamboo pole stopped them.
"Hey, Captain, what a discovery! These two girls are even prettier than the ones I played with before."
The wretched young man with a pointed face and deep eye sockets shouted excitedly after seeing the faces of the two girls.
Hearing his dirty words, the two girls, who were already in a bad mood, frowned.
At the call of the thin monkey, 8 or 9 strong men walked in from outside the door.
The leader was a black-skinned man who was more than 3 meters tall and had luxuriant hair.
The man looked the two girls up and down, and his eyes suddenly lit up and said with satisfaction:
"Well, you have sharp eyes, and found two beauties for me."
"Hehe, You taught me well."
The two of them talked and laughed, and their lustful eyes swept over the two women without any concealment.
The movement here immediately attracted the attention of the casino staff.
Soon the deputy store manager who had just met ran over and spoke to mediate:
"Sir, these two young ladies are our guests at the Rain Dinners. If you want to gamble, we welcome you anytime.
But if you want to cause trouble, this is the property of the Seven Warlords of the Sea, the hero Crocodile, so you should think it through."
The man withdrew his gaze from the beauty, turned his head and looked at the arrogant old man, snorted with disdain, and said sarcastically:
"Seven Warlords of the Sea? That sounds nice, but they are just dogs of the world government.
Also, since when can pirates be called heroes? Is this a game played by Crocodile?" After the words fell, the younger brothers brought by the man burst into laughter.
With such an arrogant look, it was obvious that they did not take Crocodile seriously at all.
It was even possible that they came here on purpose to cause trouble.
Hearing that they dared to insult his boss, the old man immediately became angry and pointed at the man and cursed:
"Bastard, don't be so arrogant. When Crocodile comes back, you'll be dead."
The man, who was laughing with his head raised, gradually put away his smile after hearing the old man's threat.
"You old man, it seems you are tired of living."
As he said that, the man took out the pistol from his waist and pointed it at the old man. The old man was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat when the gun was pointed at him.
Before he could ask for help, he heard a gunshot.
The old man screamed and fell on his back, holding his chest and wailing in pain.
But as he was screaming, he realized something was wrong. After sitting up suddenly and checking, he found that he was fine.
Before he could think about it, the man's angry curse rang out, and he looked up quickly.
It turned out that just when the man was about to pull the trigger, Ain finally stopped hiding.
She stepped forward and kicked the pistol away with a high kick.
The gunshot also rang at this time, but the bullet hit the air.
She did not hold back on this attack, and when the man withdrew his hand, his wrist drooped weakly, obviously kicked out.
The man, who was sweating in pain, looked at Ain in surprise. He did not expect this woman to be so strong.
But then, another sharp pain came from his wrist, and the man completely lost his mind.
"Come on, come on! Whoever catches this woman first, I'll let him play with her first!"
The younger brothers, who were already angry because of Ain's sneak attack on their captain, were instantly delighted when they heard the captain's promise.
Looking at Ain's graceful figure, thinking that they could play with such a beauty first today, they all breathed heavily with excitement.
The skinny man was the first one who couldn't help it, and rushed up with a dagger.
"Hehehe, beauty, don't move, I..."
Before he finished his teasing, Koala, who had not reacted, punched the skinny guy with a straight punch and sent him flying backwards. He knocked down several people behind him and flew out of the casino.
"You bastard pirate, just come and let me vent my anger on you!"
Gritting her teeth, the gambler Koala, who had just lost badly, pounced on the remaining people.
Since they were out to collect intelligence, they naturally did not bring any weapons.
However, Koala originally practiced fish-man karate, and close combat was her strong point.
Although Ain is good at swordsmanship, she is also very good at physical skills.
Seeing that Koala had taken over the other party's subordinates, Ain naturally went to the captain.
The man left hand was temporarily disabled. Facing Ain's threat, he had to draw out the sailor sword with his right hand to fight the enemy.
But in this way, even if he only made a small movement, his left hand, which was hanging by his side and not fixed, would feel a sharp pain, distracting him.
However, this also aroused the man anger.
"Damn you, bitch, I'm going to play with you.
After you've been played with into a mess, Throw you into the slums and let the beggars rape you!"
Hearing his dirty words, Ain said nothing with a gloomy face, and stepped forward directly.
Facing the man's long sword, she dodged lightly and hit his forearm with a sword. The man felt his arm numb, and the long sword in his hand fell out of his hand uncontrollably.
He looked at Ain with horror, and his brain suddenly became clear.
"Wait, we..."
Before he could finish his plea for mercy, Ain leaped high and kicked the man in the neck. There was a clear sound of bones breaking, and the man fell to the ground with its head drooping, twitched twice, and then died.
"Trash, be careful in your next life."
Ain's relaxed attitude made the old deputy manager dumbfounded.
After being helped up by several casino staff, he anxiously ordered:
"Go check if there is a bounty on this group of pirates."
After sending his men away, he looked at the two girls who quickly resolved the fight, and his heart began to beat wildly.
Awesome, really awesome, a master of this strength, I must keep her for the manager!
On the other side, after easily dealing with these small shrimps, Koala trotted over to meet up with Ain.
When she passed by the body of the man, she kicked it in disgust.
Then she leaned close to Ain's ear and whispered distressedly:
"What should we do? Because of these guys, our strength has been exposed.....
The next mission may be even more difficult for us to complete."
Speaking of this, the two women became even more angry with the man.
If it weren't for his foul mouth, the two women really didn't want to expose themselves here.
Shaking his head with a gloomy face, Ain pulled Koala out.
"Go back, let's leave here first."
After saying that, the two of them walked out, wanting to leave.
But at this time, they were stopped again.
"Please wait a moment!"
The deputy manager rushed up from behind. The two women looked at each other and were secretly alert.
But unlike what they thought, the old man ran to them, bowed to them respectfully, and thanked them:
"Ladies, it is our fault that you were treated like this in the casino.
I apologize to you on behalf of all Rain Dinners, and thank you for saving me and helping us get rid of these hateful pirates."
Ain and Koala looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.
"You're welcome. It was these bastards who provoked us first, so we took action.
It's our duty to save you. We also want to thank you for introducing the casino to us."
"No, no, no, you two are too polite."
The old man looked flattered on the surface, but he was very happy in his heart.
He didn't expect that just two guests he casually entertained would bring him such a big surprise.
'As expected of me, it seems that I will be promoted and get a raise soon.'
He waved his hand and asked his subordinates who had just gone to look for information to come over.
After taking a bounty order from the other party, the old man handed it to the two women.
"Ladies, after checking, it turns out that this group of people are members of the Chimpanzee Pirates who have just entered the Grand Line.
The captain, Chimpanzee, has a bounty of 27 million Berries.
If you don't mind,..."
The old man clapped his hands, and soon a waitress came to the two women with a suitcase.
After opening the suitcase, the old man continued:
"Here are 30 million berries. Consider it as our reward for the two women on behalf of the Marine.
The extra money is my personal thanks to you two.
Please accept it. Do not refuse it."
"this..."
The two women looked at each other again. Koala couldn't help but slowly stretched out her hands and said in a tangled way:
"This is not good, how can we, how can we be embarrassed."
While saying this, Koala has already taken the suitcase.
Looking at the full of banknotes, Koala, who just lost all his money and had no money for food, suddenly had her eyes lit up.
"Haha, you are too polite. We didn't do anything. you just helped us save some time running errands."
The old man gave Koala a way out, and Koala took the opportunity and accepted it with peace of mind.
"Thank you, Mr. Deputy Manager. We will come back to play again in the future."
Holding the suitcase, Koala said goodbye to the old man happily.
The old man felt nervous and hurriedly stopped him again.
"Wait, you two, I have something else to discuss with you."
"Hmm? What?"
Being stopped again, the two women did not get angry, but looked at him curiously, not understanding what else he had to say.
The old man rubbed his hands nervously, swallowed his saliva, and talked about his real plan.
"Ladies, I see that you are strong. I wonder if you have any intention to accept my offer.
To be honest, our manager has always wanted to recruit strong people.
With your strength, you will definitely be favoured by our manager."
"Are you serious?!"
Koala was a little excited and couldn't help but raise her voice.
Ain couldn't help but feel nervous and quietly pulled her robe.
Koala also realized that her reaction was too much, and she coughed and said sincerely:
"I mean, this is great. We are new here and although we have received a windfall, we would like to find a stable job. If your conditions and treatment are good, we are definitely willing to join us."
"No problem, the treatment is definitely generous, and you won't be disappointed."
The old man was delighted, he didn't expect that it would be done like this.
Without hesitation, he quickly invited the two to follow him.
He couldn't wait to show his achievements to the manager.
The opportunity was right in front of them, and the two women couldn't let it go, so they immediately quickened their pace and followed.
The chaos in the casino caused by the chimpanzee pirates soon calmed down as the group left.
The gamblers continued to indulge in the pleasure of spending money, and in a blink of an eye, they forgot about the previous things.
Following the old man into a secret door, and after turning around and passing through several corridors, the old man stopped in front of a door.
Knock knock knock
"Manager, it's me. I want to recommend two powerful ladies to you."
There was no immediate response from the room. Instead,After more than ten seconds, there was a faint sound of "Come in".
The old man carefully opened the door and walked in with the two women.
As soon as he entered, Ain's eyes were locked on the woman leaning on the office chair.
There is no doubt that this is her target, Nico Robin.
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