In the grand hall.
Tesoro, holding a beautiful singing girl, sat on a luxurious leather sofa.
He squinted, enjoying the melodious music, gently swaying the wine glass in his left hand. The fresh red wine in it shimmered, somewhat dazzling under the lights.
"Report, Lord Tesoro..."
A staff member in a suit, dressed like a gangster, walked over, sweating coldly. He hurriedly reported: "Mr. Tanaka and Miss Baccarat, both have suddenly lost contact!"
"What!?"
Tesoro's expression changed. He suddenly stood up.
His fierce gaze swept over the staff member, then he pushed away the pale-faced singing girl: "What on earth is going on?"
"The two brats from Geralma 66 have continuously pressured all their gambling funds, and as a result, they don't know what kind of luck they had, but they've won several times in a row, and in just over ten minutes, they've actually won 300 million Berries..." The staff member's face was pale, and he reported in a panic: "We were worried that if this continued, they would keep winning, so we hurriedly contacted Miss Baccarat, but not only her, Mr. Tanaka also 'suddenly lost contact'..."
"Ah... Lord Tesoro, spare my life, ah..."
Faintly, lightning flashed. The small golden ring suddenly transformed into a large pool of gold liquid, directly engulfing the staff member. The staff member collapsed onto the ground, twitching.
In less than a few seconds, he kicked his legs, losing his life.
"Immediately investigate the surveillance footage! At the same time, close all exits and prohibit any ships from leaving!" Tesoro, his face grim, felt something was wrong. His expression turned angry as he shouted at his subordinates.
If Tanaka had left for some reason, it would be fine. But Baccarat didn't have his orders; she basically couldn't leave the casino, let alone both of them losing contact at the same time.
"Ah~~~ Yes!!!"
A group of subordinates scurried away in panic.
"Damn it!" Tesoro's face was livid. His Observation Haki, combined with the "Awakening" ability of his Gold-Gold Fruit, had instantly sensed it. The two were not in this building at all.
He walked directly to the surveillance room.
Tanaka, a user of the Paramecia-type Glitch-Glitch Fruit, had the ability to freely glitch through any non-living object. Not to mention, Baccarat, who had the Lucky-Lucky Fruit, was his lucky star for manipulating the casino. If he lost her, although the gambling kingdom he controlled wouldn't collapse, the casino's profits would at least drop several times over.
With Baccarat present, he didn't even need to personally intervene every time. She just needed to maintain her own prosperous luck to indirectly increase the entire casino's revenue.
It was only when he occasionally encountered those guys with monstrous luck that he needed her to personally take action.
"Lord Tesoro, Baccarat's last known location should be her own room..." In the surveillance room, several staff members were sweating profusely as they quickly rewound the surveillance footage.
"But our personnel have already searched those few floors and found neither her nor Lord Tanaka."
"In such a situation, either Tanaka betrayed me, or they were subdued by some powerful individual in an instant, without even a chance to shout..." Tesoro's gaze turned cold, and he walked directly outside.
He didn't believe Tanaka would easily betray him.
In this world, were there really people richer than him? His wealth could make even the World Government hesitate.
Unless a Celestial Dragon intervened with Tanaka, but was that possible?
"Then, Lord Tesoro, what should we do next?"
A burly, fierce-looking man spoke up, asking. He was Dice, one of Tesoro's three chief cadres.
"Dice, immediately send people to search the town. Don't miss any suspicious corners. If you encounter resistance, you can directly open fire. At the same time, some people will directly follow me to the port. Even if it means searching all those ships, we must find those two..."
"But wouldn't that offend those..."
A staff member cautiously reminded him that those who came here for entertainment were not just wealthy merchants, but also nobles from various countries, New World pirates, and even World Government officials. Rashly searching ships would cause a significant impact.
"So what if I offend them? Who do you think I am?"
Tesoro's face was grim. His gaze was dark as he stared directly at the other party, his undisguised rage cold. "If I can't find Tanaka and Baccarat, all of you useless people will be fed to the fish in the sea!"
Far away in the Calm Belt, on Punk Hazard.
"A Glitch-Glitch Fruit user? Then I'll just bring him back with me..."
Upon receiving the report from Boris, Judge nodded: "As for Neji and Courage, don't worry about them."
Tesoro's strength was not weak, but his ambition was too great. He was destined not to submit to others.
And the other party had bribed the Celestial Dragons with money, and could even mobilize the power of the World Government. He was also a "Absolute Sanctuary" recognized by the World Government, receiving much attention from the Marines and the World Government.
To avoid causing too much commotion for the upcoming operation, he temporarily couldn't make too much noise. He would try to keep a low profile as much as possible. At least on the surface, Geralma would not personally take action against that guy.
Aside from the Lucky-Lucky Fruit, whose specific surprise effect he didn't know how much it could bring him, to be honest, the ability of the Glitch-Glitch Fruit was still very powerful.
It could glitch through any non-living object.
This meant he could directly ignore ground resistance and achieve instantaneous glitch-movement.
At the same time, it was very likely that bullets, knives, and other weapons would be ineffective against him.
Perhaps if developed to an extremely high degree, he could even directly ignore air resistance and glitch freely.
In short, this was indeed a very good ability, but it needed to meet the right owner to be perfectly utilized.
"Last time, that Jeny guy was just asking for two Devil Fruits..."
He sat alone on a thick, large, horizontal tree branch, looking up at the pale blue sky. Judge pondered quietly, "Then this Glitch-Glitch Fruit, I'll give it to 'Sound-Sound' Van Augur. With his talent, he should be able to perfectly develop the ability of this Super Paramecia-type fruit..."
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