Ultimate Fruit

Chapter 98: Kame!

“And? Can you tell us what you are really here for?”

Lucas felt the topic was going off the rails so he quickly returned to the matter at hand.

Carina looked as if she was hesitating for a moment before speaking.

“The truth is, I’m only working under Tesoro in order to get close to him and case out this place. After a long time, I finally got a replica of the key to the giant vault at the top of the tower!”

“So I assume you came here because you wanted us to help you steal from Tesoro?”

Lucas chuckled and continued to eat.

Carina nodded.

“That’s right. As long as we’re successful, the Tesoro Money...500 billion jewels will be ours!”

“F-five hundred…!?”

“Billion!?”

Kinnemon and Momonosuke’s jaw dropped to the table. They simply couldn’t imagine such a large sum of money…

Law frowned as well when he heard about it, feeling suspicious about the whole thing.

Lucas didn’t show any reaction and simply sipped on a glass of wine.

“Oh? How are you even sure that the money is all in that vault?”

“It’s definitely there! I have seen it with my own eyes!”

The moment she said that, the air around Lucas suddenly changed as he sent a glare towards Carina.

Carina was shocked by the sudden pressure on her body. Her face turned pale and she started to sweat from the pressure.

“Don’t lie to me. The only reason why you are alive right now is because you are Nami’s friend. Otherwise...you won’t be so lucky.”

“Y-you…!”

Lucas glanced at her for a few more seconds before looking away. The pressure around Carina also disappeared at this point.

Lucas didn’t care about her condition and spoke.

“Let me tell you what’s actually happening here. Tesoro was mad that he could rip me off with his money so he sent you to us to entice us into going along with your plan when actually, he is setting up a trap in that vault you mentioned. Am I right so far?”

“I-...”

“But what Tesoro doesn’t know is that you are also fooling him and would set up a counter trap of your own in order to make the most out of this. Your real plan is to steal this whole ship, isn’t that right?”

Carina’s widened for a second but returned to normal.

“I’m not sure what you are talking about. I only asked if you want to join me since you are a Nami’s-”

“Save the explanation. Anyway, neither you nor Tesoro will get what you want. There is only one outcome in this.”

Lucas grinned.

“Me winning everything.”

To this bold declaration, Carina opened her mouth to say something but no words came out. In the end, she closed her mouth and sighed.

She looked at Lucas’s confident face and thought in her mind.

No wonder that Nami could fall in love with this man…

She shook her head to clear her thoughts and smiled.

“And how exactly are you going to do that?”

“Simple. Can you get me a Muscle Turtle from a turtle car?”

“...Huh?”

Carina and everyone else looked confused.

In the end, Carina left to look for a Muscle Turtle. She was curious just what kind of miracle this guy would do.

After a while, the group arrived at the Reoro’s front entrance and saw Carina standing by the turtle car.

Lucas smiled and took one of the turtles and placed it in his pocket.

“Kame!?”

The turtle looked confused upon being taken away and shoved in a pocket.

Lucas thought for a moment and decided to take two more turtles with him just in case.

Lucas ignored the confused gazes of everyone else and walked inside the building.

“Take me to the top. Let’s meet Tesoro face to face again.”

Carina still looked confused but still nodded and led them to the elevator.

After arriving at the top, the doors opened and they saw Gild Tesoro in a bathtub with three gorgeous beauties around him.

Looking at his appearance, it seems that he’s still wounded from the fight earlier.

“Oh, so you still survived that huh? And you still had the galls to take a bath surrounded by beauties?”

Lucas chuckled condescendingly.

“What happened to Momousagi and the rest of the VIPs? Did you kill them?”

“Bastard! You dare to come here!?”

Gild Tesoro pushed the beauty beside him aside and stood up. But the instant he did that, Lucas waved his hand and the water from the bathtub rose up and shot straight to his crotch in high pressure.

“Ooo…”

Gild Tesoro’s knees bent down as he covered his crotch from the pain.

“Pervert, my kid is still here yet you dare to show your small stick!?”

“You-”

“Forget it, I really don’t need to waste any more words with you.”

Lucas raised his hand and a transparent dome covered everyone.

Seeing this, Law’s face twitched in annoyance.

This guy is using my ability again!

Lucas ignored him and pointed at Gild Tesoro. As he did, a heart popped up from his chest.

Lucas smiled and took out one of the Muscle Turtles in his pocket and did the same to it.

Gild Tesoro saw what was happening and had a bad premonition.

“W-what...what are you going to do!?”

“What do you think? Luna dear, care to do the honors?”

“Shambles!”

Luna waved her little hand excitedly and the two hearts that popped out from Gild Tesoro and the Muscle Turtle suddenly switched.

Lucas laughed and rubbed her head.

“That’s my girl! So smart!”

“Hehehe~”

After the switch, ‘Gild Tesoro’ looked around in confusion and tilted his head.

“Kame?”

Meanwhile, the ‘Muscle Turtle’ in Lucas’ hand started to shout hysterically.

“K-K-Kame! Kame kame kame kame!!!???” (Translation: “Y-y-y-you bastard! What did you do to me!!!???”)

Lucas laughed and waved his hand again. Suddenly, a chunk of the gold floor rose up and formed into a golden cage in front of Lucas. Lucas opened it and tossed the turtle in his hands inside before closing it again.

The turtle inside grabbed the bars and shouted.

“KAME KAME KAME!? KAME! KAME KAME KAME KAME!!!” (Translation: “WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME!? BASTARD! GIVE ME BACK MY BODY!!!”)

“Yeah...no.”

Lucas ignored the ramblings of the turtle and walked towards ‘Gild Tesoro’.

Everyone else looked so shocked by what just happened.

Law’s face kept on twitching nonstop. How come it looks so easy when Lucas does it!?

Betty started to laugh wildly, causing certain waves to keep flowing on her chest…

Kinnemon and Momonosuke were shocked with the ‘ninjutsu’ that they just witnessed.

Monet’s body shivered. She was already starting to pity her former young master Doflamingo…

Hina’s mouth curved into a smile and looked proud.

Luna was playing around with the turtle, raising the cage up and down or twirling it in her hands. She was a smart girl and she knew that the ‘turtle’ is actually a bad guy so she didn’t show any restraints...

As for Carina…

Her mouth was so open that it could fit 3 co...colas. Yep. It can fit 3 cola bottles!

The three girls around ‘Gild Tesoro’ looked confused as they interchanged their gazes towards Tesoro and the turtle. Only after a while did everything click in their minds.

This...does this mean...they are free…!?

While everyone was still sorting out their thoughts, Lucas approached GIld Tesoro and patted his shoulder while unleashing his Emperor’s Haki.

“Listen up. From now on, you are Gild Tesoro. And you will obey my every order. Understood?”

“K-kame!”

“Speak properly!”

“Y-yes...kame!”

‘Gild Tesoro’ nodded quickly with his face pale and sweat pouring on his body.

Though the turtle is now in a human body, in essence, he was still an animal and can be tamed with a powerful haki.

As for the language, it seems the turtle is still having a hard time getting used to not saying ‘kame’ all the time. It’s different for Gild Tesoro though. He can only say ‘kame’ now no matter what he is yelling.

After that, he looked back at Carina and smiled.

“And that’s how you win everything.”

“...”

Carina felt completely defeated.

Lucas had actually managed to steal everything from Gild Tesoro and even owned Gild Tesoro himself now!

“Well, time to tie the loose ends.”

Lucas stretched his Observation Haki to find Gild Tesoro’s people.

The others are mostly just grunts so he only needed to find three people.

Dice, the large guy who was breaking the metal cups back at the VIP area.

Tanaka, who is the head of security.

Baccarat, who is the concierge for VIP guests.

At first, the three were confused when ‘Gild Tesoro’ suddenly summoned them. Then, when they entered the room, they were shocked to see Lucas and the others here as well.

Lucas didn’t waste time with words and directly switched the personalities of Dice and Tanaka to the other two Muscle Turtles he had.

After tossing the two to the golden cage, he looked towards Baccarat who looked frightened with what just happened.

“Hm, I’ve run out of turtles to use. Carina, can you get me another one for this one? Or wait, maybe a fish is also good?”

“Kay~”

Carina laughed and nodded. After the initial shock, everything was quite funny in her eyes.

Momonosuke was also playing with the turtles now while laughing.

When Baccarat heard what Lucas said, her face went pale and she quickly begged.

“P-please wait! There’s no need to do this to me! I’ll be loyal! From now on, I’ll listen to you without any questions! My body and soul will be yours to command!”

Lucas was surprised by the sudden begging then laughed.

“Why on earth should I want you? There are already plenty of beauties around me, what’s the use of keeping you?”

“I-I...I can still entertain guests properly! Think about it! People will get suspicious if they see Tesoro, Dice, Tanaka, and I act completely differently! I can help you fool them!”

Lucas rubbed his chin in deep thought.

What she said was not without a point. If Lucas wanted to gain control of Gran Tesoro, having someone from Gild Tesoro’s side aid him would indeed make things smoother.

After deciding as such, Lucas walked towards Baccarat and placed his palm on her soft chest.

Then, with a light push, a cube-shaped heart popped out from behind Baccarat.

Picking up the heart, he clenched it a bit which made Baccarat yelp in pain.

“Fine then. You can stay human for the time being. But since I don’t really trust you, I’m going to take your heart as consolation. Should you have any ideas against me...well, you know what will happen.”

“Y-yes! I understand!”

Baccarat clenched her teeth and nodded.

“Good.”

Lucas nodded and looked back to Hina and the others.

“Well, you guys can relax now and have fun. We’ll wait here for the other Strawhats to arrive first before going to Dressrosa. They should be arriving soon.”

Earlier, while Lucas and the others were waiting for Carina, Nami had called with a denden mushi and said that they are coming back.

Since Lucas had left a vivre card to them, there should be no problems with getting here.

Lucas smiled as he imagined the look on Nami's face when she sees this place.

He then remembered that there were still three girls on the bathtub wearing bikinis.

“Ah, right. You three, you can leave this place as well if you want or stay and continue working here. Things won’t be the same now and no one will be forcing you to do anything. You're free.”

Lucas just said that casually but didn’t expect the three girls to suddenly break into tears.

“T-thank you!”

“Thank you very much!”

“Thank you…!”

Lucas was a bit overwhelmed with their reaction but then remembered that they were actually being forced by Gild Tesoro back in the movie.

Slightly pissed, Lucas flicked the turtles in the cage a few times in annoyance.

The turtles started to shout ‘kame’ angrily.

Lucas sighed and walked towards the window overlooking the city covered in gold beneath him.

Later, he’ll have to ask Kohza to restructure the whole place and arrange trustworthy workers to make sure this golden city will truly be paradise.

Wouldn't this be interesting?

A neutral ground where the World Government, Marines, Pirates, or the Revolutionaries can gather.

Lucas felt like he should change the name too. Gran Tesoro sounds too annoying.

The City of Gambling...no, gambling sounds bad. Let’s just call it, City of Dreams.