Super Card System

Regarding Tanaka, the subpar subordinate of Tesoro, everyone had little to say. However, they all looked at Ian with some curiosity.

They noticed a detail that could easily have been overlooked: when Tanaka was ejected from the floor by Ian’s electric current, the current that appeared in the air was black!

They had seen black lightning before, especially Aokiji, who remembered that the final thunderbolt at the Sabaody Archipelago, when Kizaru and he witnessed it, was Ian’s first instance of black lightning.

Everyone knew that the black lightning Ian produced was far more powerful than regular lightning. However, such black lightning usually required Ian to charge up beforehand.

But this time, they did not see Ian charging up. He simply placed his hand on the gold conductor, and the resulting current was black! This is what puzzled everyone.

What exactly is going on?

Including Aokiji, the members of the Dragon Hunter Pirates all felt something was unusual. They speculated internally whether Ian’s abilities had evolved again. After all, everyone knew that for the past few days, Ian had been holed up in the hotel, tinkering with something.

Only Perospero and Katakuri, who didn’t know much about Ian’s abilities, failed to notice this detail. After Ian casually dealt with Tanaka, they felt a bit more balanced, at least Ian had finally made a move.

“Let’s go!” Katakuri said, “Since Tesoro’s subordinates have shown up, it means he will soon arrive here.”

Everyone nodded and was about to set off when a sultry voice came from behind, “Everyone, the rooftop is off-limits! You can’t go any further!”

Turning around, they saw Baccarat standing in the hallway behind them, hands on her hips, slowly walking towards them.

“Sir Ian, you are truly heartless!” Baccarat said resentfully as she walked, “When I was your guide, you were so indifferent to me, and now you want to rob my boss’s vault. Do you know this could get me in trouble?”

“Heh!” Ian chuckled, leaning against the wall, “You’re Tesoro’s trusted aide. How could he blame you?”

Baccarat sighed. “There’s no helping it; the boss is a strict man.”

As she spoke, Baccarat had already walked to the rear of the group. The sailors of the Dragon Hunter Pirates, seeing her approach, hesitated for a moment and then stepped aside to let her pass.

But just then, Carina suddenly shouted, “Careful, don’t let her get close! She’s a Luck-Luck Fruit user! Don’t let her touch you!”

With Carina’s warning, although the crew didn’t fully understand what the Luck-Luck Fruit’s ability was, they all instinctively stepped back and readied their weapons, wary of Baccarat.

Baccarat halted and addressed Carina. “So it’s you, Carina! When Lord Tesoro brought you back, I knew you were trouble. And now you’ve betrayed us!”

“Hmph!” Carina retorted, turning her head. “Betrayal? I was never one of you. Tesoro used me to make money, and I used him to make money. What’s wrong with that?”

“Say what you want!” Baccarat snorted coldly. “Just wait until Lord Tesoro arrives. Let’s see how you explain yourself then!”

“Hehe!” Carina laughed smugly, wrapping her arms around Ian’s. “Punish me? He can try, but first, he’ll have to get past the dashing captain Ian here!”

Ian looked at Carina speechlessly and said, “Flattering me won’t work.”

Carina smiled mischievously, winking at Ian. “I’m a woman. I need to use my wits to survive. So even if you know I’m flattering you, can’t you just pretend to enjoy it?”

Ian chuckled and decided to ignore Carina, turning his attention to Baccarat. “Miss Baccarat, you’re here to stop us too, I presume?”

“Of course!” Baccarat stood tall and smiled. “I might not have much fighting power, but I can stop you in another way!”

With that, she suddenly flicked a golden chip coin onto the ground.

As soon as the golden chip hit the ground, it bounced a few times, heading towards Doroni and the others from the Dragon Hunter Pirates.

In the puzzled gazes of everyone, the coin bounced a few times, spun in circles on the ground, and then fell flat.

In the next moment, a crack suddenly appeared in the ground where the coin had landed. The crack rapidly expanded, encompassing the area where Doroni and a dozen others stood.

“Watch out!” Ian’s heart tightened. He realized that Baccarat hadn’t come here to absorb their luck; she had been prepared for this all along!

It must have been those defeated subordinates of Tesoro. Baccarat had probably already absorbed all their luck!

With a loud crash, the ground under Doroni and his group suddenly collapsed. A hole appeared, and a dozen Dragon Hunter Pirates’ sailors fell through with a cry.

“What… what’s going on?” Everyone looked bewildered and quickly ran to the hole to look down. They saw Doruni and the others below, dazed and disheveled from the fall. Though they were all physically strong, the sudden drop from such a height had caused them some injuries.

Only Ian understood. The coin Baccarat had flicked was imbued with strong luck, causing a highly improbable event to occur.

The corridor had been filled with bombs set off by Tesoro’s men earlier. Although the solid gold structure hadn’t collapsed, it might have developed small cracks due to the explosions.

When Baccarat’s coin landed, there was a slight vibration. This tiny vibration altered the stress on these hidden cracks, causing them to suddenly expand and swallow up Doroni and the others.

This seemed utterly inconceivable, but Ian understood that Baccarat’s Luck-Luck Fruit was just that mysterious!

It was as if she could amplify those extremely low-probability events, making them develop in ways that favored her…

Honestly, Ian couldn’t explain the principle behind the Luck-Luck Fruit’s power. Paramecia-type Devil Fruits often possessed bizarre, almost bug-like abilities. Just like the abilities of Sugar’s Hobby-Hobby Fruit in his own pirate crew or Ain’s Return-Return Fruit in Zephyr’s Neo Marines, these were undeniably tricky Devil Fruit powers.

After Doroni and the others fell, the closest person to Baccarat was Tashigi! Recognizing an enemy, Tashigi didn’t hesitate. She immediately raised her sword and charged at Baccarat.

However, just as she took the first two steps and raised her sword, her foot landed on a round bullet…

Tashigi’s entire body pitched forward, and she fell flat on her face. The thud was loud enough that Ian’s eyelid twitched, wondering if Tashigi’s chest might have been flattened from the impact…

Seeing Tashigi inexplicably stumble, Smoker felt the situation was incredibly bizarre. However, he didn’t believe in such things and decided to act. His arm turned into smoke and shot forward, aiming his Haki-coated jitte directly at Baccarat’s abdomen to subdue her.

However, Baccarat didn’t move an inch. Suddenly, a strong wind blew up from the hole into which Doroni and the others had fallen. This powerful gust struck Smoker’s smoke-formed arm!

In the wind’s blow, Smoker’s arm bent and twisted, moving erratically. Then something even stranger happened—the bent arm carried Smoker’s jitte in a 180-degree arc, and the tip of the jitte ended up touching Smoker’s own smoke arm!

In other words, Smoker’s Haki-coated jitte struck his own body, a once-in-a-decade occurrence that had just happened right before their eyes!

“How…how is this possible!?” Smoker felt a sudden wave of weakness wash over him. He could no longer grip his weapon, and it clattered to the ground.

Fortunately, being struck by the Sea Prism Stone jitte was only momentary. As soon as he let go of his weapon, his strength returned. He quickly took a step forward to steady himself.

However, something even stranger happened. When he stepped forward, he unexpectedly stepped on a banana peel that had somehow appeared there. With a “slip,” Smoker went flying!

He landed in a worse position than Tashigi had, sliding forward until his head collided with the tip of the Sea Prism Stone jitte lying on the ground…

This time, he didn’t even have the strength to get up!

Seeing Smoker taken down by his own jitte, Ian’s eyes nearly popped out of his head: Is this for real!?

Damn it, how do we deal with this kind of situation!?

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