“Sir, here are your chips, 1.5 million in total.
Please keep them safe.”
“Thanks, beautiful!”
Kazi raised an eyebrow, a slight smile playing on his lips as he took out two chips worth a hundred thousand each and placed them in the beauty’s hand.
“Thank you for your warm service.
This is your tip.”
With that, he turned and walked toward the gaming tables without looking back, leaving the beautiful woman with only a dashing view of his departure.
“Th-Thank you, sir.”
The beautiful woman bowed toward Kazi’s retreating figure and quickly pocketed the two hundred thousand Berries worth of chips.
She wasn’t the type of staff hired specifically to drink and play with guests, so opportunities to get tips were rare.
Two hundred thousand Berries at once was no small sum, so she was naturally very grateful for Kazi’s generosity.
Every table had dedicated staff.
Kazi asked about the rules, and once he understood them, he plopped himself down into an empty seat.
There were many different games here, and guests could choose whatever they liked to play.
The game at this table was very simple: two cards per person, and whoever had the higher points won.
As a Space-Space Fruit user, Kazi naturally had the best hand every single round.
To have abilities but choose not to cheat, insisting on relying on card skills and luck in a casino—Kazi certainly wasn’t that foolish.
Even if you don’t cheat, plenty of other people will.
Besides, he was just coming to “his own home” to withdraw some money.
What was there to be embarrassed about?
After winning fifteen rounds in a row, Kazi’s chips had grown from 1.3 million Berries to 58 million Berries.
This absolutely terrified the dealer.
Before the dealer could even work up the nerve to stop dealing, the other players had already scrambled away.
This guy was definitely a master; there was no need to go head-to-head with him and look for a beating.
Kazi picked up his chips and sauntered over to the next table.
In less than an hour, Kazi had won over 200 million Berries in chips.
The casino manager could no longer sit still.
He hurriedly left his office and sought out Kazi.
“Pardon the interruption, my friend.
I am the manager of this casino.
I hope to take up a moment of your time.
If you would please step aside with me to speak.”
The manager was an elderly man whose tone was polite enough.
Kazi wasn’t surprised at all; this was a classic cliché.
“Ah, so you’re the manager.
No problem.
I’ve always been one to help others.”
Kazi asked for a bag, swept the chips straight into it, and followed the old man toward the office.
“Please, have a seat.”
The old man gestured for his subordinates to bring in some fine wine, then looked at Kazi and said, “Thank you for showing me respect by coming here, my friend.”
“I’ll get straight to the point.
You are clearly a master of the casino, my friend.
You may take all of these two hundred million-plus Berries with you.
However, I hope you can show some mercy and take your entertainment to other casinos.
Please stop ruining our establishment.”
“I wonder what you think of this, friend?”
Kazi hadn’t expected to get absolutely no extra benefits.
To dismiss him just like this when he was hoping to make a quick buck!
“What do I think?”
“Not much.”
“Your side wants me to go elsewhere, but is there really no compensation?”
“You open your doors for business, and I was brought in by your own people.
Now you want me to pat my butt and leave without spending a dime on me?
What kind of logic is that?”
The manager hadn’t expected Kazi to be so unyielding, and his face turned somewhat unsightly.
“My friend, perhaps you didn’t hear what I said clearly.
You can take all of those two hundred million-plus chips with you.
Our sincerity is already quite sufficient.
How can you say we aren’t paying anything?”
Kazi looked at him as if looking at an idiot.
He reached into his pocket, pulled out a cigarette, slowly lit it with a lighter, took a drag, and exhaled a puff of smoke.
“You must be kidding me.”
“Those two hundred million-plus chips are what I won myself.
That was already my money.
Are you joking by trying to dismiss me with my own money?”
In any case, none of the people running these casinos were good anyway, so Kazi wouldn’t feel any pity for them.
Besides, this feeling was actually quite nice, much more fun than directly robbing those nobles.
Kazi believed that with reason on one’s side, one could travel anywhere under heaven.
What?
You ask why others can’t get anywhere even when they have reason?
That was because Kazi not only had reason on his side, but he also held the ultimate truth.
“Hmph, it seems you have no intention of showing our casino any respect.”
“Young man, you must remember: if we don’t give it to you, you won’t even be able to take those two hundred million-plus chips with you, let alone any more money.”
“Since you put it that way, I’ll just have to teach you a lesson.”
The old man clapped his hands, and immediately, over a dozen men in black holding guns rushed out from a hidden door behind him.
Their guns were aimed at Kazi, each of them waiting in strict readiness.
The moment the old man gave the order, they would open fire and finish Kazi off.
“Young man, do you see the consequences now?”
“The background of our casino is not something you can contend with.
No matter how great your gambling skills are, if you don’t have your life to take the money out, it all equals zero.”
The smile on Kazi’s face had never faded.
He picked up the fine wine that had been served earlier, took an elegant sip, and said, “How scary~!”
“It seems you really want to go head-to-head with me.”
“To challenge me, Kazi—do you have what it takes?”
With that, Kazi’s gaze turned sharp.
With a wave of his hand, he activated the Space-Space Fruit, and a transparent Space Slash swept through.
All of the dozen or so armed men in black were instantly slain, leaving not a single survivor.
This move utterly terrified the manager.
He was a man of the world, and now he understood why the man before him had remained so completely calm and composed.
People like this were either fools or possessed genuine power.
At first, he had thought the other party was just a hotheaded youngster with great gambling skills.
He hadn’t expected the man to be a hidden powerhouse.
This single move completely awed and terrified the old man.
“B-Brother, please don’t be rash.
Let’s talk things over calmly.”
Kazi remained seated on the sofa, his eyes fixed on the old man as he said slowly, “So now you know how to talk nicely?”
“I won’t make things difficult for you either.”
“The fee for me to leave, plus the compensation for mental distress just now…
let’s round off the change and make it a neat sum.
Just give me one billion Berries in total.”
“Oh, and that doesn’t include the two hundred million-plus chips I won earlier!”
Hearing this, the old man cursed inwardly.
‘Has this bastard ever gone to school?
Does he even know what “not making things difficult” means?!’
One billion Berries—was that something a mere manager like him could decide on?
Wasn’t this driving him into a dead end?
In a situation like this, two hundred million Berries was already the maximum authority the big boss behind the scenes had granted him.
If he handed over a total of 1.2 billion Berries, he would be dead in his room by tomorrow.
“My friend, I am only the manager of this casino.
I do not have such high authority.”
“How about this: I will report this matter to our boss.
I hope you can spare a nobody like me.”
The manager pulled a handkerchief from his breast pocket and hurriedly wiped the sweat from his forehead.
He was absolutely panicking right now and could only pin his hopes on the big boss behind the scenes.
“No problem.
I’m someone who hates seeing others in a tight spot the most.
Go ahead and contact your boss quickly.”
Kazi sat with his legs crossed, a cigarette in his left hand and fine wine in his right, comfortably waiting for the old man to call for backup.
Not much more profit could be squeezed out of this old man anyway.
Since he was offering to contact the big moneybags on his own initiative, Kazi naturally agreed with both hands raised in approval.