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 with the sheriffs and guards of Tidal Island, this is considered an army.
However, due to climate reasons, the living environment of this country is average. Large areas of land are covered with yellow sand. Water resources are 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 the past three months, only the capital of Alabasta, Alba, has had a light rain, and the rest of the place has all fallen into drought. More importantly, an important canal was dug up for some reason, causing several cities that were already dry to have fallen into a state of water shortage.
Everywhere there are 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, and finally a drop of water fell into her mouth. She smacked her lips with satisfaction and savored it for a long time.
She got up and turned off the faucet. Suddenly, she felt the sky darken. She was surprised to think it was cloudy. When she looked up, she found that it was just a tall man who blocked her way.
His clothes were obviously different from the ancient Egyptian style that Alabasta wore to prevent wind and sand, which made Rose stunned: "Uncle, who is it?"
"Traveler. Little girl, are you home alone?"
"Well... Dad went to buy water!" Rose smiled expectantly, without any vigilance: "I went to the rainy land, is there anything wrong with uncle?"
"Rainy land, I just happen to go to the rainy land, do you know which way to go?" Ji Xing asked.
"Over there!" Rose pointed with her hand: "It's far away. If uncle has money, it's better to rent a camel before setting off."
"Money, I don't have much left." Ji Xing shook his head and took a kettle from his arms: "Little girl, do you have it? I'll exchange it for water."
Rose's eyes widened instantly, looking at the full water in the kettle, swallowed dryly, and then turned around and ran back home quickly.
After searching for a while, she ran out holding a pile of shredded paper money. When she came to Ji Xing, she took two steps inwards with some embarrassment, and said with a troubled face: "Uncle, it hasn't rained here for three months. Water is very precious..."
"It's okay, I still have a lot."
"Really?" Rose happily handed her hands forward, "I don't know how much a pot of water costs now, these are all for you, uncle!"
"Too much." Ji Xing said, picking up only a 1,000-denomination bill from her hand, "These are enough, thank you, little girl."
"Ah~ Thank you, uncle!"
Lose held the kettle in her arms with great care: "By the way, uncle, wait for me..."
"The kettle is for you too." Ji Xing waved and left: "Be careful when you are alone at home."
"Yeah! Thank you, uncle!" Rose thanked and said goodbye again, watching Ji Xing's back disappear, then opened the kettle again, sipped a little bit that could only wet her lips, and then covered the kettle again, running back home with a silly happy smile.
Ji Xing moved forward all the way, and when he left the small town, he had distributed the four pots of water he had drawn from the oasis to similar children.
When he reached the desert, Ji Xing no longer slowed down his pace. The long yellow sand land that the little girl said needed to be crossed by riding a camel, Ji Xing arrived at the city of Rainland that has developed in Alabasta in recent years in less than ten minutes.
As the base camp of the Seven Warlords of the Sea Crocodile, the environment here is very different from other places.
The drought and water shortage in the country have not affected this place at all for the time being. The streets are bustling and prosperous, and the sound of hawking is endless, and the closer you go to the center, the more so, especially the center of the Rain Banquet.
The magnificent casino was built like a palace, and sometimes people with red faces and rich clothes entered, and ordinary people with depressed or even collapsed expressions walked out like zombies.
When Ji Xing arrived at the door of the casino, a man about 30 years old was struggling to be dragged out by two casino guards.
"You can't do this!"
"Give me another chance! Just give me another chance! Just lend me another 10,000 Baileys!"
"My daughter is waiting for me to buy water at home! Please..."
The casino guard kicked him twice in disgust to make him shut up. He turned around and saw Ji Xing, who was dressed differently from ordinary people, and immediately smiled again.
"Welcome, guest!"
Ji Xing smiled and responded: "It's my first time here. Can you introduce me to what's fun?"
"Of course-" One of the guards with a mustache dragged out a long tone: "Guest, please come this way, exchange chips first... How much do you want to exchange?"
Ji Xing took out a wrinkled 1,000 Bailey from his pocket: "These?"
The two guards' smiles disappeared immediately. 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.
Ji Xing didn't even look at him. He stepped into the casino and went to the chip exchange counter to exchange the 1,000 Baileys for a small chip. He looked around and went to a gambling table.
"Big! Big! Big!"
"Small! Small! Small!"
The simplest game of rolling the dice to guess the size, but because of the chips representing money on the table, everyone's face was filled with enthusiasm.
No one paid attention to the newcomer Ji Xing, and no one paid attention to the 1,000 Baileys.
Until 1,000 Baileys became 2,000, then 4,000, 8,000, 16,000, and until it rolled to 128,000 Baileys, all the eyes around the gambling table were focused on Ji Xing.
"This person... seems to have never lost?"
"Every time he bets all..."
"What a great luck!"
So when Ji Xing bet again, countless chips moved with him, causing the dealer who was responsible for shaking the dice to swallow nervously.
"Big! It's really big!"
"Win again, hahahaha..."
"Finally got my money back, thank you so much!"
Ji Xing's expression did not move, he just stared at the dealer silently, waiting for him to shake the dice cup again.
The dealer wiped the sweat from his forehead and hesitated to move, which caused everyone to denounce. The casino reacted quickly and quickly noticed the situation here. A slightly fat middle-aged man with luxurious clothes and pockmarks on his face came over with a smile.
"You seem to be an expert, do you dare to play two rounds with me? If you can beat me, the casino will pay you double~" He spoke in a bewitching tone.
The surrounding gamblers were dissatisfied, but seeing the group of ferocious guards quickly gathered around, they dared not say anything.
"We welcome normal games, but if you want to cheat... Humph!" The pockmarked middle-aged man glanced at them coldly, and smiled again when he looked at Ji Xing: "Guest, a master like you, you don't want these people to make money easily by following you, right?"
"Yes, it's true, very thoughtful." Ji Xing's words made the people around him even more angry, and those who were angry didn't dare to get angry, "Double payout, right? Then let's play a few games."
The pockmarked middle-aged man smiled even more, picked up the dice cup and shook it wildly, and then knocked it hard on the table: "Guess the size, please."
Ji Xing pushed the chips: "Big."
The pockmarked middle-aged man nodded, and the little finger of the hand holding the dice cup moved slightly, and one of the three dice in the dice cup suddenly rolled from 6 to 1.
"Sorry, sir, it's..."
'4, 4, 6. '
"It's... Big?!"
"Oh..." There was a low cry from the people around.
How is this possible? ! I clearly...
The pockmarked middle-aged man looked down in astonishment and then looked at Ji Xing again, forcing a smile: "The customer is really amazing, let's do it again?"
"256,000 Baileys, double payout is now 768,000, right?"
Ji Xing nodded: "Okay, let's do it again."
The pockmarked middle-aged man gradually became ferocious.
...
Ten minutes later, on the top floor of the casino, the manager's office door was knocked hurriedly, and the mustache guard rushed in anxiously.
Sitting behind the desk was a young woman with red and black pupils, holding a book and reading, and raised her head when she heard the sound.
"What's wrong?"
"No, it's bad! Lord Sunday! A powerful guy came downstairs and has won more than 60 million from Leiber. He, he dare not continue. If he loses again, we will have to pay that person nearly 200 million Baileys!"
"Is that so." Nico Robin looked back indifferently and continued to read: "Opening a casino is originally a win and a loss. If you meet a master, just give him the money he won and persuade him to leave with kind words. There is no need to ask me."
"Just, just like that?"
Robin stopped answering and waited for the mustache in front of him to go out. She stood up and walked to the window.
She knew that these people would not do what she ordered. She could not control Crocodile's people. She just hoped not to hurt the other party's life and see if she should stop it.
After waiting for a minute, she did not see any movement in front of the casino door. She frowned a little strangely and heard the door behind her open again.
"What..."
Halfway through the question, she turned around and saw a strange face, her expression changed slightly: "You are... the one who won 60 million Baileys?"
"Ah, your casino is a bit unrefined."
Robin asked again: "Where are Leiber and the others? The pockmarked face who gambled with you."
"What do you think?" Ji Xing asked back.
"Really? How pitiful. Has he really been dismembered by you?" Robin sighed softly.
"..."Ji Xing smiled: "No, that's not the case. After all, winning some money is just a by-product. I came to find you, the son of the devil, Nico Robin."
I am guilty, I confess, I couldn't help watching the game all night, these two overtime games were for me to watch, I went to bed at six and got up at two, the next chapter will be late, before 11 o'clock.
I also recommend this book-"Girl, don't worry first"
Introduction: I am a town transporter in the Town Transport Department.
You ask me what I am doing?
I am helping an old lady cross the road.
Why do you do this?
Because the system said I can't live for more than three days.
Oh, by the way, there is one more thing.
I found that there was a tunnel in my house that led directly to the next door.
Then a princess moved in next door.
New author, many female protagonists, the writing style is light and humorous, very comfortable to read, and a little sweet, those who are interested should not miss it.