One Piece: Gambling To The Top

The lion-man shook his sunglasses as Josh stood up slowly. Josh's actions of predicting his words had made the human in a position of power. As a representative of Big Mom, he needed to assert his dominance. Besides, predicting the future isn't that unknown. Dogtooth , AKA Katakuri, could do it.

"So, You have been expecting that I will be here." Josh cocked his head. "Am I supposed to be impressed?"

"As expected from the person who killed Akainu and Doflamingo and beat the Admirals." The lion patted his chest. "I'm Pekoms, and I'm here on the behalf of Mama."

"So…" Josh started walking toward Pekoms and patted his shoulder. "What does your mom wants."

"It's Mama, not mom," Pekoms said, not following Josh with his eyes as the latter walked around him.

"By the way, how did you know that I beat the Admirals and killed Doflamingo," Josh said. The news had mentioned that Josh only beat Akainu.

"You are underestimating our network." Pekoms sounded a bit proud. "We can gather info that no one can."

"Makes sense." Josh stretched his arms up. "So, why are you here?"

Josh has nothing to do with Big Mom. But it seems that she wants something from him. He can't ignore it now, can he?

"First of all. Mama wants to invite you to a birthday party." Pekoms said while thinking of something else. He had a second thought, he hid it well deep in his head, but it didn't escape Josh.

'She wants the Poneglyph that I have.' Josh thought. 'Well. I wanted to sell it to everyone anyway.'

But there is one more thing that disturbed Josh.

Pekoms lips twitched a bit when he saw Josh's furrowing his eyebrows.

Big Mom's parties were not to skip. You cannot skip it, that's a very well known fact.

If Big Mom invited someone, then she surely knows that person's weakness.

"You realise it now."

"You know. In the late days, I have always wanted to visit my old place." Josh appeared in front of Pekoms. "So, what do you have."

"I don't know." Pekoms smiled, refusing to reveal that information.

Josh, knowing how the human brain works, smirked. He decided to use his mind-reading ability with the right words.

"I advise you; try not thinking about that person," Josh said.

When you tell someone not to think about something, they will try not to. And in the process, they will think of it.

It's like.

Try not to think about watermelon.

Subconsciously, you'll think of it, even if it's as fast as a blink.

The lion-man cocked his head in confusion. But he was helpless. "What's that supposed to mean?"

"Nothing. Tell Big Mom I have some time to spar."

"Be sure to get a generous gift," Pekoms said. "She'll be happy to see a new Emperor coming."

Josh knew that these words were just a bluff. The emperors are in constant competition against each other. They all want to find the One Piece.

Well. Lucky for Josh, the information that Big Mom had collected about his power was before he spent tens of billions on his power and eating More More.

Josh made an evil smirk. "Sure. I'll be happy to make contracts with each other."

Besides, the invitation came at the right time. Josh had wanted to meet Saint Carlos, and to do that, he had to meet his mistress, Stussy, who will surely appear at Big Mom's parties.

Pekoms felt something wrong when Josh smiled at him. He tried to keep his guts, and he turned his back. "Well, my job is done here." He then left, followed by a few men who made their way between the crowd.

Josh went back to his chair and sat down.

"Josh… does he?" Robin came to Josh and said. She knows what it means if Big Mom invited you to her party. Some, in the past, had refused her invitation, only to find the head of the people they loved hanged on the wall.

"She is using Vivi to threaten me. And here I thought that I had that woman pregnant." Josh let a sigh.

"Who?" Robin asked. The other girls seemed to be curious.

"That's a story for another time." Josh let a sigh before turning to Diamante. The latter was unconscious, unable to deal with his injuries.

Josh massaged his head, and he thought of a way to get into Doflamingo's wealth.

If his memory served him well, there should be a woman in Doflamingo's crew that has a very unique Devil Fruit that allows her to see everything.

Viola, the legit crown princess of Dressrosa, has the power to see everything around her in 400 kilometres radius.

Having someone like her in his crew is more appreciated than anything.

"Kalifa. Look for a brown-haired woman, average size, with very big boobs." Josh said, only to feel some gaze at him. "She is the princess of this country, just business. Viola, if you see me, come out."

Josh, raised both of his hands and turned. "I have an offer for you."

She was actually a good person to get to the crew.

Even without her Devil Fruit, she was able to beat the crap out of Sanji depending on her physical power and speed.

The damage she had done to him was more than his brothers could.

She could be trained with a few cheap items. If someone had a good foundation, then Josh can bring them to another level.

From the middle of the crowd, stepped an olive-skinned woman and a long black hair. She was around 178 cm tall, had an hourglass body, and a very curvaceous body. Her boobs seemed to be so huge that her cleavage barely could hold. She had golden eyes, a small nose, full lips, and flawless lips. With each step, her huge boobs jiggle. So pretty and hot at the same time.

Josh examined from head to toe, and then, from toe to head. And again.

"You sure it's for business," Kalifa asked, suspicious.

"It's for the greater good." Josh nodded as he made a wide smile.

"Are you going to…" Viola seemed to be quite hesitant. After all, Doflamingo had been using her, so people can mistake her as a part of his crew.

"Relax…" Josh said as he pointed to the chair. "And sit down."

He then turned to the people surrounding them. Seeing that his privacy was violated by tens of thousands of people, Josh decided to try the next. Unleashing his Conqueror Haki, a wave left his body and shook the air. The next second, the people started falling to the ground, unconscious.

"Now, we can be comfortable."

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