Luffy, how can you become the Pirate King if you don't work hard!

Perona flipped over her cards and her eyes narrowed with laughter. "I have three 2s. What are you two still playing for? Just admit defeat and stick it out."

"I don't acknowledge it." Luffy flipped over his cards, his expression unchanged.

Merry looked down at her cards, her expression subtle.

Perona won the first round without any suspense, with straights and pairs in a row, and Luffy and Merry were overwhelmed before they even had a chance to play a few cards.

Perona happily pulled two white strips from the table and stuck them on the faces of the two people.

Luffy obediently tilted his head to let her stick it on, already planning the next round in his mind.

Perona won the second game again.

In the third game, it was still Perona.

In the fourth round, Perona even played a winning hand, preventing Luffy and Merry from playing a single card.

She slapped the white slip on their faces, leaned back in her chair, and laughed heartily.

"Wow, my luck today is just unstoppable, don't you think?"

Luffy already had five white marks on his face, and Merry's skin color was no longer visible.

"Shouldn't you two be getting a little more serious?"

Perona crossed her legs and swung them around, then picked up the juice next to her and took a sip. "When it comes to playing cards, you can still win if you try hard enough. It's definitely difficult to find an opponent of my caliber, but at least you should make me feel a little bit of pressure, right?"

This guy...

Today, luck was on that woman's side. She had no ability whatsoever; it was all luck.

Luffy and Merry exchanged a glance and couldn't help but sigh.

But she got too cocky, even after winning she started mocking others, how could I tolerate that?

There seemed to be some different emotions spreading in their eyes.

Luffy: "Again, again!"

Perona was clearly very pleased with herself, having snatched the landlord's land again.

Luck was still on her side this round. She glanced at the two guys opposite her, their faces covered in white bars, and began to plan how to crush them in this round.

Sure enough, a pair of straights and a flush were both unbeatable.

“One k.” Perona.

"2." Luffy.

Merry looked at the cards in her hand, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

It seems like Luffy is the only one who can help in this situation.

Perona tossed a bombshell with a smile, "You've lost without the two kings."

Just then, Bonnie's voice came from behind Perona, "Hey, I haven't even arrived yet, why are you guys already starting?"

Perona turned around and said, "Who told you to stay in bed? We agreed on that last night."

Bonney pouted. She was still in her pajamas, her hair casually falling down. She was about to say something to Perona when she saw Luffy and Merry exchange a glance and quickly reach some kind of understanding.

The cards were switched right under her nose, and Perona was still smugly showing off her good luck. When she turned around, Luffy dropped two Kings.

Perona's smile faded slightly.

"Fine, I only have one card left anyway. I don't believe you can beat me with just one card!" Perona sneered.

As a result, Luffy and Merry started feeding cards to Perona, who gradually became uneasy.

"No."

"No."

"No."

......

In no time at all, Luffy had run out of cards.

"Put on a parking ticket."

Luffy grabbed the white strip and pressed it against Perona's face, but she still had a blank expression.

How could we lose to this?

Perona didn't immediately suspect Luffy and Merry. Instead, she reflected on her decision not to use the bomb immediately. She should have waited until she had passed a card to safely use the bomb first, so that Luffy and his crew wouldn't have a chance to win.

Bonnie, who was coming from behind and seeing the whole picture, kindly reminded them, "They've changed the cards."

Merry looked up, her eyes clear and innocent: "No."

Perona actually believed it at first.

"That's right, that's right,"

Luffy argued vehemently, "Can you call it exchanging cards when it comes to the captain and the ship's spirit? That's called tactical cooperation!"

Upon hearing this, Merry turned and ran, yelling, "Idiot Luffy!"

Seeing that things were going badly, Luffy also ran away.

Perona's chest heaved with anger. She ripped the white strip off her face and slammed it on the table.

Then she screamed, "You two bastards, don't run away!"

Countless ghosts surged out of her body, baring their fangs and claws as they lunged at Luffy and Merry.

The ship suddenly became lively.

Luffy and Merry rushed out of the living room one after the other and ran wildly down the hallway.

Perona chased after them, lifting her skirt as the horde of ghosts surged in, slamming open doors along their path. Chopper's startled voice came from one of the rooms: "What's going on? What's going on? Is it an enemy attack?!"

"No enemy attack! Perona is hitting someone!" Luffy shouted as he ran.

"Who are you going to hit?"

"Attack the captain!"

"That should be considered an enemy attack, right?"

Luffy and his crew have already rushed onto the deck.

The morning sea breeze hits you in the face, carrying a slightly salty dampness.

The warm sunlight shone on the deck as the Thousand Sunny sailed smoothly. In the distance, the sea was marked by a line separating deep blue and light blue, with a few seabirds occasionally soaring across the sky.

It's a beautiful day today.

They were no longer in Wano Country; they had left the waters of Wano Country.

Zoro, Kuzan, and a few other drunkards were playing drinking games there, but no alcohol was visible.

Luffy retorted, "You guys changed your nature?"

The Straw Hat Pirates' few alcoholics can't live without alcohol. At first, it was just Zoro, but after Nika joined, Nika turned into a drunkard. Kuzan was originally a pretty easygoing person, but then he was also dragged into it.

He's either drinking or on his way to drink all day long. Sometimes when Gion sees him, he can't help but complain about Kuzan, saying, "If Zephyr-sensei saw this, he'd be furious."

Kuzan also has something to say.

Life is life, hobbies are hobbies, and justice is justice!

Kuzan picked up his glass of water, took a sip, and said slowly, "We'll play a drinking game, vegetarian, no alcohol."

Nika kept a long face. "What's the point of playing a game without drinking? Isn't it just about playing the game?"

"I've been drinking too much these past few days,"

Kuzan yawned. "It feels like the liquid from last night hasn't completely dissolved yet."

The drinking at the banquet almost made the drunkard vomit. I don't know if it's because he used to be a naval admiral, but there were extra people coming to toast him.

Zoro chuckled. "You're just getting old."

Kuzan opened his eyes, glanced at Zoro, and replied expressionlessly, "How many times have I blocked for you?"

Zoro: "But then again..."

Luffy excitedly squeezed next to Nika: "Come on, I'll join in. It's all about reaction speed, whether you drink alcohol or not."

Perona, who was chasing behind, tried to pull him back with a chokehold. Seeing this, Zoro complained, "What did you do to offend her this time?"

Before Luffy could even speak, Perona was already accusing him.

"That's outrageous! He actually swapped cards with Merry! How can the captain treat people like this?"

Luffy complained, "Can't you give the captain a little face?"

Perona shook her head firmly.

"Then what's the evidence?"

Luffy retorted, "Where's the evidence?"

Do you need more evidence?

Perona gave Luffy a bite directly.

However, in the end, Luffy still got to play the game. He wasn't lucky enough against Perona, but here he was absolutely unstoppable!

Luffy regained his confidence.

After playing a few more rounds, Luffy's performance improved significantly, and he won four consecutive games against Nika, making Nika's face turn green with envy.

Not long after, Nami came out of the cabin and frowned when she saw the cumulus clouds in the distance.

"Is it going to rain?" Luffy asked.

Nami nodded. "About an hour or two later, there are cumulonimbus clouds moving in the southwest."

Nika pouted: "So what if it rains? We've been getting rained on plenty of times already."

Nami thought about it and realized it was true.

Not long after, Shirahoshi came out and praised Nami as soon as she saw her, "Nami-neechan, you look so beautiful today!"

Nami smiled brightly, "Hmm, when don't I look pretty?"