Chapter 491: Chapter 491: Pirate King: Golden City (8)

"If you can do it, then go ahead and give it a try?"

Sitting in front of the gambling table, Orin wore a faint smile and gently extended one hand, the direction of that outstretched hand aimed precisely at the sexy and fiery Baccarat.

"What does ability... mean? You mean a Devil Fruit ability user?!!"

Usopp was a bit confused and didn’t quite understand what this meant.

The big-headed doll beside him let out a sly grin and, considering they had temporarily formed an alliance, answered his question.

"Slururururu... that’s right. Baccarat ate the Paramecia-type Luck-Luck Fruit. She can absorb the luck of anyone she touches~"

"Luck?!!!"

Nami and the others were utterly shocked.

"Doesn’t that mean in a place like a casino, she could be invincible?!!"

"There’s actually such a cheating Devil Fruit?!!"

After saying that, they all felt a lingering fear.

If they had been secretly targeted by this kind of Devil Fruit in a casino, they would definitely lose until they didn’t even have underwear left.

"Then... as long as we have this Devil Fruit ability, wouldn’t it be possible to defeat Orin-san too?!!"

Usopp said optimistically, a smile appearing on his face.

"That only exists in theory..."

In reality, the people on Tesoro’s side were all skeptical about this.

Could the Luck-Luck Fruit really have any effect on this legendary man?

With the Luck-Luck Fruit’s ability, theoretically, as long as there was even the slightest chance of winning, it could be infinitely amplified.

This principle was similar to Baccarat’s fighting style—casually tossing a coin and turning many extremely low-probability events into reality.

For example, the coin hitting something, triggering a chain reaction, and ultimately leaving the opponent in a sorry state.

But the premise of all this was that such a possibility existed in the first place.

For instance, no matter how lucky you were, it would still be impossible for an ordinary person to defeat Im.

Amplifying a zero-probability event ten thousand times would still result in zero.

However, many members of the Straw Hat crew were clearly optimistic about this.

They believed that with Luffy’s good luck, plus the assistance of the Luck-Luck Fruit, even a desperate situation could surely produce a sliver of hope.

They looked toward Baccarat. At this moment, Baccarat slowly removed her gloves and lightly stepped over to Orin’s side.

"Excuse me, Orin-sama."

Somewhat nervous, Baccarat placed her hands on Orin’s shoulders and began to massage them, simultaneously activating the Luck-Luck Fruit’s ability to absorb luck.

But... how should she put it?

At this moment, Baccarat felt as if she were a pump standing before a lake—or rather, a vast ocean.

Just how terrifying was this fortune?!!!

If an ordinary person who could earn a lot of money and have a happy, fulfilling family had a luck value of 10, then Orin’s luck would have to be measured in units of ten-thousands.

This was the strongest individual of an era, a true monster who controlled the destinies of countless people. His luck—or rather, his fortune—was terrifyingly vast.

After absorbing it for a while, Baccarat even felt an illusion of being overfilled.

"It’s a very strange feeling... it feels like my body has become a bit heavier."

Orin, whose Observation Haki was refined to the extreme, felt that his entire body was no longer as light as before, a vague and indescribable sensation.

"But it doesn’t really matter."

At the exact moment Orin said this, the chandelier at the top of the VIP room seemed to wobble, as if it were about to fall onto Orin’s head.

But in the next second, it became stable again.

"It’s useless..."

Orin sat at the table, propping his face with one hand, his expression showing no obvious change.

Within the range of his Observation Haki, no movement—no matter how slight—could escape his perception, and no change could affect him.

Even a stray cannonball mistakenly fired in the direction of the VIP room toward him inexplicably exploded several kilometers away.

Within tens of thousands of meters centered on Orin, all matter was under his control. He couldn’t even imagine how he could be unlucky.

"This is the limit."

Baccarat walked back to Tesoro’s side, a faint sheen of sweat on her face.

"Orin-sama didn’t use Haki to block it just now."

"Is that so~"

Tesoro hesitated, because Orin was sitting there perfectly fine, showing no signs of being flustered by bad luck at all.

"No matter what, we have to give it a try~"

He then looked toward Luffy.

"You’re someone with very good luck, right? Then you’ll be responsible for playing against Orin-san."

"Oh, sure."

It didn’t really matter who they sent out on their side. As long as Luffy won and it benefited them, then the "strong luck of Orin" absorbed by Baccarat could be applied to him.

Luffy walked over to Orin and sat down on a stool beside him, the two of them looking together at the huge dice covered beneath the lid.

One was Orin, whose luck had been drained, and the other was Luffy, empowered by their side’s "strong luck."

"Who do you think will win, Mihawk?"

Crocodile was clearly very interested in this. As a seasoned casino regular, she even felt the urge to join in herself.

But unfortunately, many years ago, she had already gambled herself away to Orin and incurred a debt of hundreds of billions of Belly.

Even though Orin never demanded repayment, she had lost the qualification to gamble with him.

As for Hawk Eyes, he turned his face slightly toward her, calmly gazing in Orin’s direction.

"Who knows..."

"At the very least, I’ve never seen this guy lose."

At this moment, Orin sat calmly in front of the gambling table, watching as the two enormous dice were sealed inside.

Within his slightly lowered eyes, a crimson light slowly bloomed.

He saw such a future:

No matter what number he called, if he didn’t interfere, the final result would be the opposite of his guess.

"So this is what it’s like when your luck turns bad—nothing goes your way?"

"I’ll choose odd."

Orin said lightly, as if not worried at all that things would turn out exactly as he had foreseen.

"Then I’ll choose even."

Luffy trusted his luck and said it directly.

With a loud bang, the massive dice cup was smashed open.

Everyone stared tensely toward the center of the smoke and dust, while Orin casually took a sip of water.

Feeling something stuck between his teeth, he forcibly warped it straight into his stomach.

See?

As long as you’re strong enough, you can suppress any bad luck~

One of the two dice showed a one, the other showed a five.

Added together, it was an even number.

"Oh!!! I won!!!"

Luffy jumped up excitedly, clenching his fist and laughing loudly.

"It actually... really won?!!"

Usopp and the others were moved to tears. They never expected things to truly go their way.

"Oh? You really won, huh~"