Gran Tesoro, VVIP Area, Secret Passage Leading to the Golden Tower.
The security here could be considered the best in the world.
The floor of the corridor was made of pure gold pressure-sensitive panels. Any object weighing more than one kilogram touching the ground would trigger an alarm.
The walls were filled with invisible infrared beams and pressure sensors.
Not to mention that every ten meters, a team of heavily armed elite guards equipped with Seastone weapons patrolled the area.
Yet at this moment, within this supposedly impregnable corridor, a bizarre scene was unfolding.
"Whew… whew… Miss Nami, are you sure… we have to take this route?"
A round, ball-like figure was crawling along in an extremely ridiculous posture, using both hands and feet like a fat gecko, clinging tightly to the ceiling.
It was Rehn.
His body, weighing several hundred kilograms, seemed to defy gravity. Using an Armament Haki adhesion technique, he painfully wriggled across the ceiling.
Sweat dripped down his flushed, red face.
Drip.
A drop of sweat fell onto the golden floor below.
BEEP BEEP BEEP!
A piercing alarm instantly blared!
"You idiot fatso!!"
A sharp shout rang out.
Nami's figure flashed past like a phantom as she swung her Clima-Tact.
"Thundercloud, Lightning!"
ZAP!
A tiny bolt of lightning struck the alarm precisely, instantly burning it out.
"I told you! Even your sweat counts as weight!!"
Nami landed lightly on a beam and glared at him in irritation.
"I-I didn't mean to!"
Rehn looked like he was about to cry.
"I didn't expect that I… I'd be afraid of heights!"
"…."
Nami was speechless.
'A monster who could transform into a two-hundred-million-volt thunder god and argue with Marine Admirals… was afraid of heights?!'
"And another thing!" Rehn pointed downward miserably.
"The floor is made of gold! Miss Nami! Gold! It's so shiny! So blinding! The moment I look down… I get dizzy!"
Nami took a deep breath and reminded herself that he was Renzo's subordinate. Hitting him would only cause trouble.
"Shut up and follow me!"
She ignored the living comedy act and vanished around the next corner.
"Hey! Wait for me, Miss Nami!!"
Rehn clumsily wriggled along the ceiling after her, looking like a seal performing a high-difficulty circus routine.
Half an Hour Later, Outside the Golden Tower's Central Control Room
"Whew… whew… finally made it."
Rehn rolled out of a ventilation duct and collapsed on the floor, gasping.
That journey had been more exhausting than arguing with Akainu.
"Quiet."
Nami made a silencing gesture.
She pulled out a high-tech stethoscope supplied by G-5 (courtesy of Rehn) and pressed it against a giant one-meter-thick solid gold vault door.
"There are… three people inside."
Nami closed her eyes and listened carefully.
"One heartbeat is very steady. That's the guy called Tanaka. He seems to be… counting money."
"One heartbeat is very fast. That's Baccarat. She's… shaking dice."
"And another… hmm?"
Nami paused.
"One more person… sleeping. Snoring loudly."
"Sleeping?!"
Rehn instantly perked up.
"Is it Tesoro?! That guy dares to sleep so peacefully while on Lord Renzo's cleanup list?! Unforgivable!"
"Quiet!" Nami glared at him. "It's not Tesoro. That snoring… sounds more like some kind of huge animal."
"Whatever."
Rehn had already lost patience.
"Miss Nami, your job was to get the structural map. Now it's my turn to solve the problem the efficient way."
"Hey! What are you planning?!"
Rehn didn't answer.
He walked up to the massive golden door and placed his soft, chubby palm gently against it.
"Miss Nami, please step back."
A friendly smile appeared on his face.
"And… cover your ears."
"Huh?"
"Armament: Extreme Break."
"Two Hundred Million Volts, High-Frequency Electromagnetic Pulse."
ZZZZ!!!!
Rehn didn't use brute force.
Nor did he blast it with lightning.
Instead, he compressed two hundred million volts into a high-frequency electromagnetic wave inaudible to humans, channeling it through his Armament-coated palm into the golden door.
Gold was the best conductor.
BZZZZZZZZ!!!
There was no explosion.
Only a terrible buzzing sound as the metal's internal structure was violently torn apart.
Within three seconds, the one-meter-thick golden door weighing hundreds of tons was completely melted from the inside by electromagnetic force.
RUMBLE!!
Golden liquid poured down from the frame like a waterfall!
A massive irregular hole radiating scorching heat appeared before them.
"…."
Nami stared in shock.
"Y-you… you…"
She pointed at the molten gold flowing across the ground.
Her heart was bleeding.
"You… wasteful idiot!!!"
"Efficiency."
Rehn clapped his hands and casually walked inside.
"Sorry. Used a bit too much force and accidentally… broke the door."
"Later, I'll have the G-5 engineering team install a grander one for Lord Renzo's new bedroom."
"YOU!!"
Nami stomped in fury but could only follow him inside.
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Inside the Control Room
Baccarat, Mr. Tanaka, and the giant casino manager Dice stared dumbfounded at the melted door.
"Ah…"
The dice fell from Baccarat's hand.
"What kind of luck is this? The door… melted by itself?"
"Hehehe… Miss Baccarat…"
Tanaka's noodle-like body crawled out from a pile of coins, his voice trembling.
"I'm afraid… luck has nothing to do with it…"
"WHO IS IT?!"
Dice roared, his mountain-like body blocking the vault.
"Who dares break into Lord Tesoro's temple?!"
"Temple?"
Rehn stepped through the molten doorway, patting his round belly with a look of disgust.
"With this tacky KTV-room taste, you call it a temple?"
"This aesthetic is an insult to Lord Renzo's vacation mood."
"W-who are you, fat pig?!" Dice roared.
"Who I am doesn't matter."
Rehn smiled.
"What matters is that from now on… this place has been requisitioned by G-5."
"You three, will you pack up and leave peacefully, or shall I efficiently purify you?"
"DIE!!"
Dice exploded with rage and stomped forward.
His massive body shot forward like a cannonball.
"Monster Crash!!"
BOOM!!!!
A dull, terrifying impact echoed.
Dice's attack, capable of smashing through a battleship, slammed directly into Rehn's round belly.
"…."
Dice froze.
He felt like he had crashed into a block of top-tier Armament-Haki-coated rubber… no, fat with electrical rebound.
Boing.
Rehn's belly only sank inward… slightly.
"Hoo," Rehn exhaled. "Nice force. Helped digest my dinner."
"N-no… impossible!!"
Dice staggered back in terror.
"Fair's fair."
Rehn smiled.
"My turn."
"Thunder God: Electromagnetic Cannon, Hundred-Pound Meat Bomb Shockwave!"
BOOOOM!!!
"Hehehe! Permeation, Tunnel!"
Seeing things go wrong, Tanaka instantly sank into the floor to escape.
"Lucky Coin!"
Baccarat shrieked and flicked a gold coin at Rehn, trying to steal his luck.
"In front of absolute efficiency…"
Rehn's body turned into a golden bolt of lightning.
BAM!
With one punch, Dice's massive body flew away like a bowling ball.
ZAP!
A lightning hand grabbed.
Tanaka, halfway into the ground, was violently dragged out and electrocuted into charcoal.
CLACK!
Rehn caught the incoming lucky coin and melted it instantly in his hand.
"Luck? Sorry."
He slowly walked toward the terrified Baccarat.
"I only believe in… Lord Renzo."
"D-don't kill me!!"
"Shh."
Rehn placed a thick finger against his lips.
"Quiet."
"My Lord Renzo hates women screaming."
ZAP.
A flash of electricity.
Baccarat rolled her eyes back and collapsed.
Three seconds.
Three of Tesoro's core officers were eliminated.
"Whew…"
Rehn clapped his hands.
"All done. Efficiency acceptable."
"Hey! Fatty!"
Nami's voice came from behind him.
"Come look! I found it!!"
Rehn turned around.
Nami was already sprawled over the central console, excitedly waving a massive golden blueprint.
The complete structural map of Gran Tesoro.
"Wahahaha! With this!"
Nami's eyes sparkled with Beli signs.
"This mountain of gold… is ours!!"
"Excellent."
Rehn smiled with satisfaction.
"Then, Miss Nami…"
"Next, it's time to visit… the real owner of this place."
He looked up at the exclusive golden elevator leading to the top of the tower.
"Gild Tesoro…"
"Are you ready to welcome your new master?"
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