Chapter 154 Second invitation! Fat Tiger's hesitation! Unexpected initiative challenge!
City of Seven Waters, southwest corner, Pipeline Casino.
This is a very small casino, located in the chaotic area of the ship city. The daily gamblers it receives are basically idle gangsters, or down-and-out shipwrights who can't find business. Occasionally, some pirates will wander in. Try
Try your luck.
Due to its small scale, the games played in the Pipeline Casino are also common games played in the sea, such as poker, turntable, dice and so on.
In the corner of the Pipeline Casino, there is a small wooden table, which is a place specially used for playing dice.
As you can tell from the location, the dice game is not popular at Pipeline Casinos.
But at this moment, almost all the gamblers in the pipe casino gathered near the dice table, and the crowd was extremely noisy.
"Open! Open! Open!"
"Big! This time it will definitely be bigger!"
"If it's still big this time, the Blind God of Gamblers will have ten consecutive wins!"
"I will definitely act with the blind gambler this time! I will never buy it again!"
Yixiao, who was wearing a purple kimono, sat directly opposite the dealer. A large number of small gamblers gathered around him, all of whom were casino guests attracted by the "nine consecutive wins" he just showed.
"Dealer, please open the lid."
Yixiao said in a gentle tone to the dealer who looked calm.
"Everyone is impatient."
The words of a smile attracted a response from the dog gamblers.
"Yes! Open the lid quickly!"
"Can't you afford to play in the Pipeline Casino?"
"I invested all my money! Hurry up and open the lid!"
The croupier glanced at the surrounding gamblers, then secretly stepped on a mechanism with his right foot under the table, and an undetectable sound of impact resounded in the gambling cup.
“Since everyone has successfully placed their bets, let’s open the lid!”
Yixiao's ears moved slightly, and his originally generous expression suddenly became much colder.
"Two, two, three!"
The croupier opened the lid of the gambling cup with an arrogant expression on his face that only a winner can have.
"Little! Banker kills all!"
The gamblers suddenly burst into an uproar, shouting, yelling, and screaming.
"I thought I had found a casino that obeys all the rules..."
Yixiao stretched out his hand and pressed it on the wooden handle of his staff and knife, feeling regretful in his heart.
"It really is--"
At this moment, a palm suddenly pressed on Yixiao's shoulder.
Yixiao's thoughts were interrupted instantly. The hairs all over his body stood on end. With his sensing ability, he was unable to sense the approach of any target!
Fortunately, as the palm came closer, another sentence came out, which soothed the frightened soul with a smile.
"Brother Yixiao, your location is really easy for me to find!"
"It turns out to be little brother Cui Ze."
With a smile, he turned around and "looked" at Cui Ze with his dazzling white eyes, while silently feeling the other person's state with a domineering look.
"If you don't become your great pirate, how come you have time to see me?"
"Of course I'm here to invite Brother Yixiao to come on board!"
Cui Ze pushed aside the gamblers beside him and smiled at the croupier.
"Hey, do you know me? Do you want to play cards?"
"Card, card, card..."
The croupier's face, which had an extremely arrogant expression, suddenly broke out in a lot of frightened sweat.
"Card Master! The big pirate with a bounty of nearly 500 million beli!!!"
There was no need to wait for the dealer to continue speaking. The gamblers who were originally joining in the fun immediately dispersed after hearing the word "100 million".
Immediately afterwards, the croupier also ran away in a mess, without even having time to clear away the gambling money on the table.
Cui Ze stretched out his hand, opened the gambling cup, rolled up a dice, flipped it around, and threw it to the ground.
"Plain dice! What a dirty trick."
Near the casino gate, Enilu, Xiaocanghe and Chopper looked at the only two people left in the casino and exchanged glances with each other.
"This blind fat man is our vice-captain? He looks so weak..."
"Enilu, don't speak ill of people behind their backs!"
Xiaocanghe took out the "noble status" of "the captain's laundry maid".
"However, I also think that fat uncle is not very powerful..."
Chopper came up with a possible guess, "The captain and the blind uncle probably didn't meet in a casino, right?"
"If we really recruit this blind fat man on the ship and make him the deputy captain..."
Enelu crossed his arms over his chest with a dissatisfied look on his face.
"Then our pirate group will become a gambling dog pirate group?"
Inside the casino.
Yixiao watched Cui Ze throw out the lead-filled dice, and then "looked" in the direction of the main gate of the Pipeline Casino.
"Are those three the companions Cui Ze recruited to board the ship during this period?"
"That's right."
Cui Ze nodded and introduced everyone's situation to the deputy captain he had appointed.
"The one with the long earlobes is the comedian and sniper on the ship; the little girl with the horns on her head is my personal laundry maid; as for the reindeer, her current position is that of an 'ornamental pet' and she is still learning. The rules of human society.”
"It sounds very unreliable..."
He laughed and complained.
"How can any pirate group have personnel like yours?"
However, the breaths of all of them were very clean and clear, especially the little girl with the long tail and the little civet cat.
Yixiao added silently in his heart.
"So, we still lack a sufficiently experienced deputy captain on board to educate these unreliable newcomers."
Cui Ze issued the recruitment order with a bright smile.
"Brother Yixiao, do you want to come to my ship and take up this important position?
"Our pirate group's ship has just been built. It's new, big, and comfortable~"
"Pirate?"
Yixiao slowly shook his head.
"On my gambling table in life, there has never been a box with the outcome 'pirate' written on it."
"The gambling table of life can be changed at any time~"
Cui Ze raised his hand and pointed around.
"Just like this small casino in the Seven Waters Capital, and the Rain Banquet Casino in Alabasta. As long as you are on your own, isn't it the same wherever you gamble?"
"But sometimes, identity and position will change." Yixiao said with a serious expression.
"But more often than not, the identity and position of a pirate are more suitable for doing certain things!"
Cui Ze finally stopped smiling and spoke seriously about his real recruitment plan.
“Especially after the World Government established the so-called ‘Shichibukai System’!
"There are some things that the navy cannot do, and the world government is even less likely to do!
"But King Shichibukai, a great pirate protected by the legal cloak of the World Government, is able to act without any scruples!"
"Your Majesty the Shichibukai!"
Yixiao opened his mouth slightly and looked at Cui Ze in shock.
"It turns out that little brother Cui Ze is interested in its identity..."
"That's right!"
Cui Ze nodded, looking relaxed.
"So, brother Yixiao, do you want to join me and become a Shichibukai?
"Follow pirate rules and practice your own ideals!"
Yixiao hesitated.
He really hesitated.
As a sub-top powerhouse, it is completely a lie to say that Yixiao has no faith of his own.
if not.
More than ten years later, Yixiao will not participate in the World Government's naval recruitment and become the new admiral of the Navy Headquarters!
But pirates...
Even pirates recognized by the World Government...
Yixiao has never thought of taking this path!
But.
What Cui Ze said does make sense.
There are some things that the World Government and the Navy Headquarters simply cannot do!
Especially the former!
Yixiao hates this dirty and filthy world, even to the point of destroying his own eyes.
But he also knew that the real cause of such a filthy situation in the sea was not the pirates or the revolutionary army, but the aloof world government and the aloof world nobles!
The world government will not overthrow itself.
It is even more impossible for the Navy Headquarters to commit the following crime!
If you want to fully implement your own ideas, in addition to becoming a general of the headquarters, becoming a "Shichibukai" seems to be another path to choose.
Yixiao originally regarded all the Shichibukai as big, lawless pirates.
But now it seems...
This system is not completely meaningless.
Do you want to agree to Cui Ze's invitation...
Yixiao was hesitant in his heart.
Cui Ze saw Fat Hu's hesitation and felt happy in his heart.
Fat Tiger is not Chopper or Enelu, he is a true strong man of the sea who has the concept of self-maturity! He is destined to become a top strong man of the sea in the future!
Cui Ze has always hoped to successfully recruit Fat Tiger. Isn't this the most important thing?
Even if recruitment fails again this time, Cui Ze will not feel discouraged at all.
Uncle Liu Huang also went to the thatched cottage three times back then!
But what he didn't expect was that Fat Tiger actually hesitated this time!
Hesitation means there is a possibility of agreeing!
"Well, brother Yixiao, I know it's a bit difficult for you to make a decision that will affect your entire life in a short period of time."
Cui Ze took the initiative to take a step back.
"I'll wait until the day when I become the real King Shichibukai, and then I'll ask you this question again!"
He suddenly raised his head with a smile.
He is not responding to Cui Ze's strategy of "retreating to advance".
Instead, he said something that surprised Cui Ze.
"Brother Cui Ze, let's have a fight! My mind is a little too confused right now and I need to calm down."
Cui Ze was startled, then a surprised smile appeared on his face.