Super Card System

Tesoro’s headquarters in the Golden City was a luxurious palace, where Ian and his crew were invited.

Of course, not everyone went inside. Apart from Ian and the main leaders, the rest of the crew were respectfully escorted by Tesoro’s men to rest for the time being.

Walking on the thick, lavish carpet, Ian and his companions entered Tesoro’s grand reception room. The opulent room was lined with well-mannered attendants and beautiful maidservants, who greeted them with bows as they entered.

Ian, Crocodile, and Enel seemed unfazed, but the situation made Uncle Fujitora a bit uncomfortable. He had never experienced such an extravagant setting before.

It’s worth noting that, while Fujitora had visited casinos in the past, they were usually seedy and mixed with various sorts of people. Tesoro’s establishment was far too high-end for him…

As the attendants bowed and greeted them, Fujitora, although blind, could sense their presence. He felt awkward, unsure whether he should respond.

Fortunately, Reiju and Robin exchanged smiles and walked on either side of Fujitora, each taking one of his arms and leading him forward.

Nana held onto Walnut with one hand and Sugar with the other, walking behind. Tesoro couldn’t help but twitch at the corners of his mouth at this sight. He found the Dragon Hunter Pirates quite peculiar, including both the elderly and children, and… bears. Two bears, one white and one black… Was this really a pirate crew?

“Please, have a seat!” Upon arriving at the living room, Tesoro took the lead and sat down first, then clapped his hands.

Ian’s drink, however, was personally delivered by a beautiful woman dressed in black. When she handed Ian the glass, she even gave him a slight smile, and as Ian took the glass, her pinky lightly brushed against the back of his hand…

Before Ian could react, she had returned to Tesoro’s side and sat down beside him.

Ian looked at the woman, then at Tesoro. Understanding the unspoken question, Tesoro introduced her, “This is Baccarat, my secretary.”

Ian understood immediately. It was indeed her. He nodded and said to Baccarat, “Hello! Nice to meet you!”

Baccarat squinted her eyes with a smile and said softly, “Lord Ian, you are indeed extraordinary. It’s a pleasure to meet you!”

Ian ignored Baccarat’s flattering words. His visit to the Golden City wasn’t just to negotiate with Tesoro about selling his gold; he also had another goal: meeting Baccarat, the Luck-Luck Fruit user!

In Ian’s memory, this woman’s Devil Fruit ability was almost like a cheat code. She could absorb the invisible luck of others and use it for herself. The people whose luck was absorbed would become extremely unlucky, while she would become the queen of luck. Without even needing to make a move, her opponents would end up defeating themselves through a series of improbable accidents.

Ian wanted to meet this woman to understand her ability better and see if she could only absorb luck for herself.

If she could only absorb luck for herself and couldn’t transfer it to others, then there wasn’t much he could do.

But if she could transfer the absorbed luck to others, Ian would find a way to get her to transfer some to him!

Yes, yes, don’t misunderstand. By “transfer some,” he meant having her transfer some luck to him. Ian had reached level 60, and his last card slot was now open. He needed to draw a large number of cards and refresh the card store to select the cards most suitable for him from the vast pool. With Baccarat’s Luck-Luck Fruit ability, Ian could surpass his usual bad luck and achieve his dream of becoming incredibly fortunate!

Every unlucky person dreams of becoming extraordinarily lucky, right?

Of course, that is based on Ian’s assumption being correct. So, he planned to spend some time getting to know this woman better and finding out the conditions of her ability.

At this moment, Tesoro spoke up, “Sir Ian, I never expected you to come to my Golden City. During the war between the Navy and the Whitebeard Pirates, you and your Dragon Hunter Pirates made quite a splash. Nowadays, you are a famous figure in the New World. People are speculating when you might achieve the position of a Yonko…”

“Heh, becoming a Yonko is easy!” Ian, unfazed by this guy’s flattery, laughed and said, “All I need to do is rob your plunder your Golden City, becoming a Yonko will be a piece of cake!”

Tesoro, Baccarat, and the surrounding members of Tesoro’s crew were stunned by Ian’s words!

Hey, hey! He can’t be serious, right!?

Especially Tesoro. He suddenly recalled the speculation about Ian’s currency Fruit ability, and a chill ran down his spine!

Damn, this might actually be possible…

Ian instantly became the king of awkward moments. After saying that, Tesoro had no idea how to continue the conversation, and the atmosphere became extremely tense.

Fortunately, at this moment, Reiju chuckled and nudged Ian to break the ice, “Alright, stop joking around and get to business! Robin, Nana, and I still want to go shopping!”

“Haha, just kidding, just kidding!” Ian laughed as well and said, “Don’t be so serious, I’m a very easy-going person!”

“Ah, it was just a joke!” Baccarat finally snapped out of it and pretended to pat her ample chest in a playful manner, saying, “Lord Ian, you really scared me for a moment!”

Although Tesoro was also smiling on the outside, he was inwardly cursing, ‘Son of a b****! Damn it, kid, do you even know how to talk normally? Can’t we have a proper conversation?’

Ian couldn’t care less about what Tesoro was thinking. He waved to Zick and the others, and they quickly dragged over the five large bundles.

They indeed had to drag them because they were just too heavy.

Tesoro had been puzzled about why the Dragon Hunter Pirates brought along five shabby-looking bundles as if they were running away from home. Zick and Doroni had already opened the bundles!

With a rustling sound and a flash of golden light, the floor of the reception hall was immediately covered with countless gold and silver treasures!

At that moment, if there was a phrase to describe the scene, it would be “blindingly dazzling”…

Baccarat stood up, her gloved hand covering her bright red lips as she gasped in astonishment. The surrounding attendants and maids were equally stunned, their jaws practically hitting the floor!

No one could have imagined that those five dirty-looking bundles dragged across the ground were actually filled with countless gold items!

Even Tesoro was dumbfounded. Although this amount of gold wasn’t even a tenth of what he had collected, he truly hadn’t expected Ian to bring out so much gold all at once.

“This… this is!?” Tesoro stood up, walked over to the gold items, squatted down, and picked up a golden clock, examining it closely. After a moment, he turned to Ian in amazement and said, “These gold items are antiques!? And they seem to be from several hundred years ago!?”

“How about it?” Ian smiled, taking a sip of his drink. “Pretty good quality, right?”

“More than pretty good,” Tesoro said, clicking his tongue in admiration. “The craftsmanship is exquisite, and they are priceless!”

“How about selling them all to you?” Ian said with a smile. “I came all this way after hearing about your title as the Golden Emperor!”

Tesoro nodded. He realized now that Ian was here to sell this batch of gold, not to target his Golden City, which was a relief.

Tesoro often had pirates who found treasure come to him to sell it. Gold and jewels were valuable, but they couldn’t be eaten. What really bought things was Beli.

After a rough estimate, Tesoro was astonished to find that the value of this gold was likely over ten billion Beli! No wonder Ian specifically sought him out. In this world, probably only he could afford to buy so much gold at once.

Tesoro was deeply impressed. He didn’t expect the Dragon Hunter Pirates to have discovered such a massive treasure. He wondered where they had found it—they must have had incredible luck.

However, Tesoro didn’t know that at that moment, Enel was watching the gold and bleeding internally…

This Madafaka! This wasn’t some treasure; this gold should have belonged to me!

Once he joined the Dragon Hunter Pirates, it’s like entering a deep ocean. Not only was the gold that should have been his confiscated, but even his Golden Ark was requisitioned. Who was he supposed to cry to…