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 police officers 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.
It is precisely because of this that 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, while 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.
She got up and turned the faucet, and 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 just a tall man covering her.
His clothes were obviously different from the ancient Egyptian style unique to Alabasta to prevent wind and sand, which made Rose startled: "Who is your uncle?"
"Traveler, 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 place. Is there anything wrong, uncle?"
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"Yudi, I happen to be going to Yudi, do you know which way to go?" Ji Xing asked.
"Over there!" Rose pointed. "It's 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."
Rose'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 pile of shredded paper money, and when she got to Ji Xing's side, she took two 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 Szhen held the kettle in her arms: "By the way, uncle, wait for me..."
"The kettle is also for you." Ji Xing waved away: "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 and happy smile.
Returned home.
Ji Xing walked 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 becomes 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, while 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 one more 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 One Thousand Baileys card from his pocket: "These?"
The smiles of the two guards suddenly disappeared, and they were too lazy to pay attention to Ji Xing anymore. 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 Baileys into a small chip. He looked around and moved to a gaming table.
"Big! Big! Big!"
"Little! Little! Little!"
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 beli turned into 2,000, then 4,000, 8,000, 16,000, until it rolled to 128,000 beli, that all the eyes around the gambling 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 waited for him to bet again, countless chips moved with him, making the banker responsible for rolling the dice swallow nervously.
"Big! It's really big!"
"Hit again, hahahaha..."
“Finally I 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 wearing luxurious clothes and a pockmark 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 guards quickly gathering around, they were too angry 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 either.
I can make money just by following you, right?"
"Well, it's true. It's very thoughtful." Ji Xing's words made the people around him lose their temper even more. Those who were angry did not dare to get angry. "Double compensation, right? Then let's play a few games."
The middle-aged Mazi smiled even brighter. He picked up the dice cup and shook it wildly. Then he knocked hard on the table: "Guess the size, please."
Ji Xing pushed his chips: "Big."
The middle-aged Mazi nodded, and with a slight movement of the little finger of the hand 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 it... big?!"
"Oh..." There was a low cry from the surrounding area.
How is this possible?! I obviously...
The middle-aged Mazi lowered his head and looked at Ji Xing in astonishment, forcing a smile: "The guest is indeed very impressive, shall we come again?"
"256,000 Baileys. If you double the compensation, it will be 768,000 now, right?"
Ji Xing nodded: "Okay, let's come again."
Mazi gradually became ferocious in middle age.
…
Ten minutes later, the door to the manager's office on the top floor of the casino was hurriedly knocked, and the mustachioed guard rushed in anxiously.
Sitting behind the desk was a young woman with red and black hair, 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 from Lai Bo. 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: "When you open a casino, there are wins and losses. 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 had no control over Crocodile's people. She just hoped not to hurt the other party's life and see if she should take action to stop them.
After waiting for a minute, she didn't see any movement in front of the casino door. She frowned strangely and heard the door open again behind her.
"how……"
Halfway through the question, she turned around and saw an unfamiliar face, and her expression changed slightly: "Are you... the person who won 60 million Beli?"
"Ah, your casino is a bit unscrupulous."
Robin asked again: "Where are Uncle Lai and the others? They're the pock-marked 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."