Chapter 350 Nico Robin
Alabasta is one of the superpowers in the pirate world, with a population of tens of millions and a standing army of more than 600,000. Compared to the sheriffs and guards of Tidal Island, this is considered an army.
However, due to climate reasons, the country's living environment is average. Large areas of land are covered with yellow sand. Water is the most precious resource here, and every rain is precious.
Because of this, there has been a little chaos in the country in the past two or three months.
In almost three months, only the royal capital Albana received a light rain in Alabasta, and the rest of the country fell into drought. More importantly, an important canal was dug up for unknown reasons, causing several Already arid cities have fallen into a state of water shortage.
Everywhere there were tired faces sweating under the scorching sun. The five-year-old girl Rose turned the faucet in the yard to the maximum, lay down and opened her mouth to the maximum, and waited for a long time before finally a drop of water fell into her mouth. I clicked my lips a few times with satisfaction and thought about it for a long time.
Getting up and turning the faucet, she suddenly felt that the sky was getting darker. She was pleasantly surprised and thought it was cloudy. When she raised her head, she found that it was only a tall man covering her.
The clothes he wore were obviously different from the ancient Egyptian style unique to Alabasta to protect against wind and sand, which made Rose startled: "Who is your uncle?"
“Traveller. Is the little girl home alone?”
"Well... Dad went to buy water!" Rose had an expectant smile on her face, without any vigilance at all: "I went to the rainy land. Is there anything wrong, uncle?"
“Yudi, I happen to be going to Yudi, do you know which way to go?” Ji Xing asked.
"Over there!" Rose pointed. "It's very far away. If uncle has money, he'd better rent a camel before setting off."
"I don't have much money left." Ji Xing shook his head and took out a kettle from his arms: "Little girl, do you have any? I'll exchange it for water."
Lose's eyes widened instantly. She looked at the water in the kettle, swallowed dryly, then quickly turned around and ran back home.
After some rummaging, she rushed out with a bunch of shredded paper money, and when she got to Ji Xing's side, she took two steps in a few steps with some embarrassment, and said with a tangled face: "Uncle, we haven't had any rain here for three months. It’s raining, water is very precious…”
“It’s okay, I still have quite a few.”
“Really?” Rose happily passed her hands forward, “I don’t know how much a pot of water costs now, I’ll give these to you, uncle!”
"Too many." Ji Xing said, only picking out a 1,000 denomination from her hand, "These are enough, thank you, little girl."
“Ah~Thank you, uncle!”
Luo Si held the kettle in her arms carefully: "By the way, uncle, wait for me..."
“I’ve given you a kettle too.” Ji Xing waved his hand and said, “Be careful when you are alone at home.”
"Yeah! Thank you, uncle!" Rose thanked her again and said goodbye. After watching Ji Xing's back disappear, she opened the kettle again, took a sip that could only wet her lips, then closed the kettle again and ran away with a silly happy smile. Back home.
Ji Xing moved forward all the way, and when he left this small town, he had already distributed the four bottles of water he had brought from the oasis to similar children.
Once in the desert, Ji Xing no longer restrained his pace. The little girl said that he needed to ride a camel to cross the long yellow sand land. In less than ten minutes, Ji Xing arrived at the city that has developed in recent years in Alabasta. —Rainland.
As the base camp of Crocodile in the Shichibukai, the environment here is very different from other places.
The country's drought and water shortage have not affected this place at all for the time being. The streets are lively and bustling, and the sounds of hawking are endless. This is more and more true as you go to the center, especially the center of the Rain Feast.
The splendid casino was built like a palace. From time to time, people with red faces and rich clothes entered, and ordinary people who looked depressed or even collapsed came out like zombies.
When Ji Xing arrived at the entrance of the casino, there happened to be a man in his 30s struggling to be dragged out by two casino guards.
“You can’t do this!”
“Give me another chance! Just give me one more chance! Just lend me another ten thousand Baileys!”
“My daughter is still at home waiting for me to buy water! Please...”
The casino guard kicked him in disgust to shut him up. He turned around and saw Ji Xing, who was dressed differently from ordinary people, and immediately smiled again.
“Welcome, guest!”
Ji Xing responded with a smile: "It's my first time here, can you tell me what there is to do?"
"Of course -" one of the mustachioed guards drawled: "Guest, please exchange your chips first... How much do you want to exchange?"
Ji Xing took out a crumpled thousand pele sheets from his pocket: "These?"
The smiles of the two guards suddenly disappeared, and they were too lazy to pay attention to Ji Xing. They returned to the casino and ignored the man lying on the ground sobbing softly.
Ji Xing didn't look at him and walked into the casino. He went to the chip exchange office and exchanged the 1,000 beli into a small chip. After looking around, he came to a gaming table.
"big big big!"
“Small! Small! Small!”
The simplest thing is to roll the dice to guess the size, but because the table is full of chips representing money, all the faces are filled with fanatical emotions.
No one paid attention to the newly added Ji Xing, let alone the 1,000 Baileys.
It wasn’t until 1,000 Baileys turned into 2,000, then 4,000, 8,000, 16,000, and until it rolled to 128,000 Baileys that all the eyes around the gaming table focused on Ji Xing.
“This person... seems to have never lost before?”
“It’s all-in every time…”
“What great luck!”
So when Ji Xing was waiting for another bet, countless chips moved with him, making the dealer responsible for rolling the dice swallow nervously.
“Hit again, hahahaha…”
“I finally got my money back, thank you so much!” Ji Xing remained motionless, just watching the dealer silently, waiting for him to shake the dice cup again.
The banker wiped the sweat from his forehead and hesitated, which aroused criticism from everyone. The casino reacted quickly and quickly noticed the situation. A fat middle-aged man in luxurious clothes with some pockmarks on his face came over with a smile.
"The guest seems to be a master. Do you dare to play two games with me? If you can beat me, the casino will pay double the compensation~" He spoke in a bewitching tone.
The surrounding gamblers were dissatisfied, but when they saw a group of fierce-looking guards gathering around them quickly, they didn't dare to say anything.
"We welcome normal games, but if you want to play tricks... Humph!" The middle-aged Mazi glanced at them coldly, and smiled again when he looked at Ji Xing: "Guest, a master like you doesn't want these people to follow you. You just made money casually, right?”
"Well, it's true, very thoughtful." Ji Xing's words made the people around him lose their temper even more, and those who were angry did not dare to get angry. "Double compensation, right? Then let's play a few games."
Mazi’s middle-aged smile became even brighter. He picked up the dice cup and shook it wildly. Then he knocked **** the table and said, “Guess the size, please.”
Ji Xing pushed his chips: "Big."
Mazi middle-aged man nodded, and with a slight movement of his little finger holding the dice cup, one of the three dice in the dice cup suddenly rolled from 6 o'clock to 1 o'clock.
“I’m sorry, guest, it’s...”
4, 4, 6. ’
"is big?!"
“Oh…” There was a whisper from the surrounding area.
How can this be? ! I obviously...
Mazi, a middle-aged man, looked down at Ji Xing in astonishment and then at Ji Xing in astonishment. He forced a smile and said, "The guest is indeed very impressive. Shall we come again?"
“256,000 Baileys. If the compensation is doubled, it would be 768,000 now, right?”
Ji Xing nodded: "Okay, let's come again."
Mazi gradually became ferocious in middle age.
…
Ten minutes later, on the top floor of the casino, the door of the manager’s office was knocked hurriedly, and the mustachioed guard rushed in anxiously.
Sitting behind the desk was a young woman with red and black pupils. She was holding a book and reading. She raised her head when she heard the sound.
"What's wrong?"
"No, it's not good! Master Sunday! Here comes a powerful guy who has won more than 60 million Leiber. He, he doesn't dare to continue. If he loses again, we will pay compensation to That man has nearly 200 million beli!”
"That's it." Nico Robin lowered his head indifferently and continued reading: "Opening a casino is about winning and losing. When you meet a master, give him the money he won and persuade him to go out with good words. Okay, no need to ask me."
“Just, that’s it?”
Robin stopped answering and waited for the mustache in front of him to go out, then stood up and walked to the window.
She knew that these people would not follow her instructions. She could not control the people in Crocodile. She just hoped not to hurt the other party's life and see if she needed to stop them.
After waiting for a minute, she saw no movement in front of the casino door. She frowned strangely and heard the door behind her open again.
"how…"
Halfway through the question, she turned around and saw an unfamiliar face, her expression changed slightly: "Are you... the one who won 60 million Baileys?"
“Ah, your casino is a bit unsophisticated.”
Robin asked again: "Where are Leiber and the others? They are the pockmarked ones who bet with you."
“What do you think?” Ji Xing asked.
“Really, it’s so pitiful, has it really been cut into pieces by you?” Robin sighed softly.
"..." Ji Xing smiled: "No, that's not the case. After all, winning some money is just a side trip. I'm here to find you, the son of the devil, Nico Robin."
I am guilty, I repent, I couldn’t bear to stay up all night watching football. These two overtime games were for me to watch. I went to bed at six o’clock and didn’t get up until after two o’clock. The next chapter will be late, maybe before 11 o’clock.
Another recommended book - "Girl, don't be impatient"
Introduction: I am a town transport envoy from the town transport department.
You ask me what I am doing?
I'm helping the old lady cross the road.
Why do you do this?
Because the system said I would not survive three days.
Oh, by the way, one more thing.
I discovered that there is a tunnel in my house that leads directly to the next door.
Then a princess moved next door to me.
˜New author and new author, multiple female protagonists, the writing style is relaxed and humorous, very comfortable to read, and a bit sweet. If you are interested, you should not miss it.
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