One Piece: It's always been you

Chapter 161 Please, my lord, don't make me go

"Katakuri-san! You can't just stand by and watch him die!" Cracker cried. If this weren't Yu's territory, would he have held back like this? He was afraid of causing trouble and angering Yu. "I only did it because... that's why..."

The relationship between the older brother and Yu was already strained due to family issues. Now that the older brother finally had someone he liked, the younger brother had to help him out.

Because Yu was there, Cracker didn't finish his sentence, but Katakuri understood. He sighed and said helplessly, "Lead the way."

He easily found his way to the place where he had just gambled so heavily, and the man who had won against Cracker was still there. However, he was even more arrogant than before. When he saw Cracker arrive with his men, he was not afraid at all, but rather became interested.

"Oh, so you went crying to your brother?"

With Katakuri as his backer, Cracker is more unrestrained than before, although he wasn't much more restrained to begin with, he just hadn't made a move. "Enough talk, let's continue what we were doing."

Without further ado, let's get started.

Sariden was unwilling. He had heard of Cracker's brother Katakuri, a master of Observation Haki. Compared to him, wasn't he just being foolish?

However, upon seeing the people around Katakuri, he suddenly changed his mind. "I didn't want to compete, but I've changed my mind."

"Let her compete against me, and none of you are allowed to interfere."

Yu was confused when she was suddenly pointed at; what did it have to do with her?

"What, are you afraid you can't beat my brother?"

Saridon snorted coldly, not denying it. "Not entirely. Don't you think it would be more interesting to have her come? How about this, if you lose, give her to me, and we'll call it even."

Cracker has seen shameless people before, but never anyone this thick-skinned. "You really think I wouldn't dare to mess with you?"

"So angry? What, is this woman that important? Then I want her even more." Saridden said condescendingly, "Either let her come, or get out."

In any other place, Saridon wouldn't dare to be so arrogant, especially against a member of a Yonko pirate crew. But in Grantesoro, in this gambling den in the gaming area, he was the one who ruled everything.

Cracker was furious and wanted to rush up and teach her a lesson. But Yu secretly pulled him back and asked Salidon, "What if we win?"

“Little beauty, you can’t win,” Sariden said with absolute certainty. But for some reason, he seemed to see a fleeting glimpse of disdain in Yu’s eyes, which inexplicably made him uneasy.

Just as they were about to explore further, they saw Yu clinging tightly to Katakuri's arm, her eyes red-rimmed, saying, "Lord Katakuri, I don't want to lose to him. Please, please don't gamble anymore."

Katakuri was stunned, and Cracker was stunned too. Even Law and Ace, standing not far behind them, were stunned. Was this really Yu?

Although I don't know what Yu wants to do, I still have to cooperate.

"We can't lose, you go."

Yu panicked and released Katakuri's hand, trembling as if resigned to her fate.

Cracker hadn't even reacted when Katakuri gave him a warning glare, and he silently shut up, not daring to say another word.

If it weren't for the calculating glint in Yu's eyes, Katakuri would have believed it. He pulled out the chair opposite Saridon and sat down, habitually crossing his legs. "Let's begin."

Saridden was unhappy with his attitude of acting like a superior when he was clearly the one on the defensive, but he didn't care when he thought about the outcome.

"Don't rush, let me explain the rules to you first. It's a ten-round limit, with the payout doubling after each round." From the beginning, it doubles after one round, then quadruples after two, and after ten rounds it becomes a thousandfold.

Although it's a gaming area, the initial amount started in the millions, and a thousand times that would be a billion.

This is considered a huge amount anywhere. A typical pirate crew might have a bounty of hundreds of millions, but the total value of all the treasure on board would barely reach five or six hundred million.

"What is Yu going to do?" Ace stood with his hands on his hips, looking at Yu and Katakuri with their confident expressions, and was not sure what they were up to.

Luo gave Ace a disdainful look and moved a little further away. "Nai-san mentioned before that there's a pirate in the game area who takes advantage of the fact that you can't cause trouble in the city. He often sets traps to swindle money. Originally, the amounts weren't large, so Nai-san didn't do anything about it. But recently he's become more and more arrogant, and he's even started using people as stakes."

"I see, Yu is waiting for him to make another mistake and run into the line of fire." He pointed at Salidon with the gun gesture and then fired a shot.

"Hey, the head of the Fire Circle, as Nei-san's younger brother, how come you don't know about this? What, Nei-san didn't mention it to you?" Luo didn't hold back his tone, raising an eyebrow to see his reaction.

Ace, "..."

“I was…”

"It's starting," Law interrupted Ace.

The sound of the dice has stopped; now it's time for both sides to guess "big" or "small".

“Ladies first, you go first.” Sarridon made a first-come-first-served gesture, thinking himself a gentleman.

Yu glanced at Katakuri, who didn't even look at her, remaining coldly like an observer.

"Then, choose the larger one."

His words lacked confidence, which made Sariden laugh and lick his lips. "Then I'll choose the smaller one."

Open the lid, five five six, it's big. You won this round.

“We’re really lucky, let’s continue.” Saridden said with great interest, showing no sign of being in a hurry.

In the next six rounds, Yu chose "big" in three rounds and "small" in three rounds. Whether it was the favor of the god of luck or something else, he won five out of the six rounds and only lost one.

Seven out of ten games have already been played; it's well past the halfway point.

Yu was a little nervous after losing the game, but she won the next one, and then won the next two. Now she has 128 times the odds.

Yu glanced at Katakuri beside her with surprise, knowing that it wasn't over yet. She looked a little embarrassed, completely like a shy girl with no real ability.

Sarridon looked at her with increasing delight, a smirk playing on his lips. "Beautiful lady, there are still three rounds left."

Yu was pulled back to reality, the joy on her face gone, but thinking of her luck, she mustered her courage again.

Katakuri remained seated, showing no signs of emotional fluctuation.

Cracker, leaning against the back of Katakuri's chair, was a little bored, so he started teasing his older brother, "Brother, tell me honestly, do you really want to laugh right now?"

"What are you laughing at?"

“Of course!” Cracker didn’t say it directly, but glanced at Yu in front of him. “I’ve never seen her like this before.”

"There are many things you haven't seen."

Cracker gave a disdainful "Ew~". Katakuri's tone just now was so smug, like he'd seen it all before. Pshaw, he didn't believe it, and he didn't care.

These two are both such good actors; who knows what they're up to?

As the two were talking, another game ended, and You lost, suffering a loss of 256 times. There were still two games left, but the last game was crucial.

Yu held her clenched fist against her chest in a defensive posture, indicating her fear and worry. This was exactly what Sariden wanted—a perfunctory attempt to comfort Yu.

Another round ended, and Yu lost again.

"Katakuri-san, it's the last round. If we lose this round..." Cracker didn't dare to finish his sentence.

Before they began, Saridon joked, "Katakuri, do you want to see what her fate is? Knowing the outcome beforehand might make the beauty less nervous, after all, changing the future isn't easy."

"Lord Katakuri..." Yu opened his mouth tentatively after hearing this.

Katakuri glanced at it coldly, his expression full of disdain. "No need to waste it." Well, after all, Sariden's fate was destined to be a failure from the very beginning.

Roll the tiles to determine whether to guess big or small.

"Please go ahead," Sarridon said confidently.

Yu suddenly let go of her hand, as if she had come to terms with it, and said, "You guess first."

"Hahaha, Katakuri, did you see that? Your men are all disappointed in you now, handing victory directly to me." Sariden made no attempt to hide it; letting him choose first was truly effortless. "Then I'll choose the smaller one."

The big prize fell on You's head.