Chapter 303: Elsewhere in the Casino

Chapter 303: Elsewhere in the Casino

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Meanwhile, on the Thousand Sunny.

"Who are you?" Cabernet looked up at the giant dressed in a tuxedo that had sat himself down next to the ship.

"I'm here to guard your vessel as a special V.I.P. service." the giant lied. He was actually here to prevent the Straw Hats from trying to leave by lifting the ship out of the water if the need

arose.

"Okay." Cabernet accepted the explanation easily and turned back to what she was doing.

She sat at a table across from Caesar, playing a game of Shogi with him while Merry acted as the referee. Caesar was, of course, still handcuffed to ensure that he didn't try to run off. Why was a sheep acting as a referee? Well, that was because Cabernet didn't really know the rules, which necessitated having Merry tell her which moves were legal and illegal as well as prevent Caesar from cheating. Both of these reasons infuriated Caesar, the former because it made the game last ten times longer than necessary and the latter because "Why in the world would I cheat at a board game?!"

He did actually try to cheat, believing that Merry didn't actually know what was going on either, and was promptly bitten on the ass cheek by an angry sheep. He didn't try to cheat again.

"Tsumi." Caesar said, indicating his win after his turn.

Cabernet then proceeded to study the board for five whole minutes because she didn't trust Caesar not to just lie about his win to make her concede.

"What's Zou like anyways? How come we have to follow a vivre card to get to it instead of a log pose?" Cabernet asked, making small talk as she glared at each piece on the board as if it had murdered her parents.

"How should I know?" Caesar asked incredulously.

"I thought you were supposed to be smart?" Cabernet raised a suspicious eyebrow at him.

"I AM smart!" Caesar shouted. "The few minks in the outside world haven't exactly advertised their homeland! They're very secretive, the selfish beasts..."

"Bah." Merry bleated.

""..."" Kanjuro and Momonosuke deadpanned at his shamelessness and both thought, 'This is a married man...'

Kin'emon caught sight of their disapproving looks and did his best to hide his rather shameful expression. "Ahem. We've made a tidy profit, so perhaps we should take our winnings and retire for now."

They truly had made quite the profit. From the original 5 million Beri that Cherry had loaned them, they were up to over 30 million Beri! More than enough to pay back the original amount and have enough Beri for any purchases they may wish to make on the Gran Tesoro before they eventually returned home.

"Can we try one of the restaurants?" Momonosuke asked.

"Of course! We should try the food since we have the money. It isn't everyday you get to sample the fine dining of the outside world, after all!" Kin'emon agreed. "Sanji's cooking is quite good, but his priority is clearly set on practicality first and foremost, given he's a ship's cook."

"I believe I saw a restaurant called "Wild Cow" with a large bull's head on the front. Perhaps we can go there?" Kanjuro suggested.

"Ohhh! It sounds like they serve beef there. It has been a while since I've had beef, it was somewhat of a luxury even during our time in Wano." Kin'emon concurred.

Momonosuke was already drooling at the prospect.

"Ah, but first I need to find a toilet. Those 'cocktail shrimp' they gave to us don't seem very agreeable with my intestines." Kanjuro said, drawing disgusted looks from the two bunny- eared women who promptly stalked off.

"Ah, wait- Oh well. Go on then, Kanjuro. We shall meet back up at the restaurant; it shouldn't be too hard to locate." Kin'emon said.

Nodding at each other seriously, as if they had just made a battle plan and were now going to enact it, they parted ways.

Once they were a fair distance apart, Kanjuro found an isolated corner that wasn't even observed by the numerous den den mushi security cameras. He took out his brush and painted

a small bird, tying a scrap of paper to it and sending it on its way to who knew where.

*grumble*

Kanjuro hurried off to find a toilet. The shrimp really hadn't agreed with him.