One Piece: Transform into the Eight Great Demons.

"Force" alone is not enough to conquer the sea.

Fruit ability, will, ideas and concepts, power, military power, strategy, purpose...

All of these and more have built up the sea today.

Because of this, if you want to achieve something, "intelligence" will become particularly important.

……

Dressrosa, street.

After parting ways with the toy robot, the group of four continued to hide their identities and wander around the bustling streets.

Robin and Uta were very happy while shopping and playing.

Crocodile, on the other hand, has noticed Lindsay's actions just now.

He came closer and asked in a deep voice.

Of course, Lindsay would not hide it, using "the knowledge of primitive people" as an excuse to explain the origin of the "toy" and the nature of the childlike fruit's abilities.

"?!"

Hearing this, Crocodile's pupils narrowed slightly.

"There are still people with such abilities?!"

Although people who eat the Childlike Fruit will completely stop "growing" under the influence of side effects, so that their bodies are weak and cannot withstand too much shock.

But for Doflamingo, this small shortcoming is easily compensated, and he can fully exert his power to the greatest extent!

"I need to think of a way, just in case..."

Crocodile held his cigar in his mouth and narrowed his eyes.

Suddenly, two voices came from behind them. It turned out to be Robin and Uta, who had climbed up on their backs at some point.

They put their heads together and participated in the discussion between the two.

Robin grabbed Crocodile's coat and said in a deep voice: "Is it the Childlike Fruit? It can actually control 'memory' and 'existence'..."

Uta lay on Lindsay's shoulder and grinned: "Leave it to me!"

She stretched out her hand and lightly snapped her fingers.

Snapped!

Along with the sound, four eighth notes burst out.

They were shining brightly, swaying, and drifting towards the four people present.

Uta reached out first and printed the eighth note on the back of his right hand, then showed it to everyone.

There is also a conspicuous number "4" on the note head of the eighth note.

This is Uta's response plan.

Record the numbers of your companions on the notes, so that if one of your own is hit, the remaining people will at least realize that something is wrong.

Uta added:

"This is the power of Totemugika. It has no entity, so even if I become a toy, Totemugika can still issue a warning!"

After seeing Uta's actions, Robin also extended his hand.

The note floated, finally landing on the inside of Robin's right forearm, and automatically adjusted to a suitable size.

The two little girls had a lot of fun, and Lindsay also became interested.

He opened his mouth, and then bit the note in front of him with a sound of "Ah Wu".

When he opened his mouth again, the notes were already imprinted on his tongue.

"..."

Seeing this scene, Crocodile remained silent.

Although it is undeniable that Uta's idea is indeed feasible due to the special characteristics of Totemjika.

but……

Looking at the notes floating back and forth in front of him, and the expectant eyes of the primitive man next to him, Crocodile just felt unhappy!

In desperation, he grabbed the note and threw it on his right arm.

The note penetrated the coat and finally landed on Crocodile's right arm.

At this point, in order to deal with the potential threat of the Childlike Fruit, each of the four people has a musical note.

……

At noon, it’s time for dinner.

The four of them randomly found a tavern.

"Traces" and "Gravel" worked at the same time to explore the surroundings of the tavern.

After confirming that there was nothing unusual, the four of them found a corner to sit down.

While eating fried rice and drinking wine, we discussed the next course of action.

"First of all, we need to be clear-"

Crocodile nodded on the table and emphasized:

"Those who break the rules first are equivalent to voluntarily admitting defeat!"

"Whether it's 'stealing' or 'robbing,' it's always the last resort when the situation is unclear."

"We don't even know if devil fruits exist or if they are real or fake."

He chewed fried rice and said slowly: "We must first master enough information, and gain as much 'initiative' as possible before the auction opens."

"..."

Robin and Uta both looked serious, waiting for Crocodile's further explanation.

Only Alvin Lindsay, after drinking a large glass of fruit wine, relaxed his facial muscles and showed a soothing smile.

"The so-called 'initiative' refers to 'this', right?"

Lindsay took out the gold card and started to play with it dangling in his hand.

Hearing this, although Crocodile was unhappy, he still nodded and said:

"To take advantage of the auction rules, 'funding' is very important, and we need a lot of funds."

At his signal, everyone looked at the back of the gold card.

Sure enough, there is a line of small words marked there——

If you want to participate in the official auction, your team must have at least "one" gold card with [-] million Beli in it as a proof of participation!

"The average price of an ordinary Devil Fruit is about [-] million Berry."

Robin thought for a moment and couldn't help but sigh: "As a 'participation threshold', [-] million berries is not a small amount."

"..."

On the side, Lindsay was still smiling, but murmuring in her heart.

Isn’t it really a small amount?

Not counting the golden fruit.

According to the information he knew, the most special "surgery fruit" had an exaggerated value of at least 50 billion berries!

As for the Thunder Fruit and the Fluttering Fruit, the former is a rare natural type, and the latter's ability has once made the world famous.

If these four Devil Fruits really existed, their total value would be extremely exaggerated!

So according to Lindsay, the opposite is true.

If you want to participate in the competition for these four Devil Fruits, the threshold is only [-] million Berry, which is even a bit too low!

Are other auction items considered?

Or are there other "reasons" or "confidence" to set a participation threshold casually?

"..."

Snapped!

Crocodile's snap of his fingers brought Lindsay back to reality.

"We don't have a penny now anyway," he reminded.

This is the biggest problem!

If you can't even enter the auction site, then you have to think of other ways.

"..."

"Pfft!"

While thinking, a burst of snickering suddenly came from the side.

The four people turned around and saw that they were several pirate gangsters, who seemed to have noticed the movement on their side.

The leader of the thin man met Lindsay's eyes, simply raised his glass and mocked:

"Hey! You guys, are you planning to make money temporarily?"

"Why don't you do what we did, grab enough money offshore, and come here to join in the fun!"

"I said, don't you dare?"

"..."

The four were speechless.

Similar proposals were rejected by several people from the beginning.

Not only is it slow in efficiency, but it also does not conform to the "victory aesthetics" of the four people, and it is absolutely impossible to do it.

But seeing the four people ignoring him, the leader, the thin man, was not happy.

He slammed the table, stood up together with several companions, and said with a ferocious smile:

"You guys know who we are -"

"——I'm sorry, ladies and gentlemen, we know we were wrong."

All six pirate gangsters were beaten with bruises on their noses and faces, and they knelt down in the corner of the tavern to admit their mistake.

Lindsay turned them upside down one by one, but in the end, he only poured out a "one hundred beli" coin from the thin man's pocket.

"..."

"Hey!"

Crocodile's face was gloomy, he lifted the thin man's chin with a golden hook, and said coldly:

"Didn't you just say that you have collected enough for the admission fee?"

"I...we..."

The thin man hesitated and said mournfully: "We have collected enough, but in order to have more funds, we went to the casino for a spin."

"It was a huge casino built by the organizers this time. We thought we could make a lot of money."

"In the end, all the results were lost! This coin still fell..."

"..."

"casino?"

The appearance of these two words attracted Crocodile's attention.

If there is anything that makes it easier to make money than "robbery", it is only "casino".

——Of course, this is all for the "banker".

The chance of becoming rich overnight as a "gambler" is tantamount to directly robbing gold from the sky and successfully succeeding without being discovered!

but……

Whether it's robbing gold from the sky or becoming rich overnight as a "gambler",

What is "impossible"?

Crocodile glanced to the side, and the primitive man over there seemed to have the same meaning.

Lindsay bent down, picked up the "One Hundred Berry" on the ground, held it in his hand and looked at it carefully.

Not long after, he already grinned, unable to suppress his excited smile.

"Ha ha!"

"Hehehehe..."

Crocodile did the same, raising his eyebrows and smiling sinisterly.

After casually sweeping away the group of pirate gangsters, the next destination was already clear——

casino!

"Let's go!"

Lindsay flicked the coin into his pocket, then pressed the heads of the two little girls with both hands and grinned:

"We're going to use [-] beli to win [-] million!"

……

There are only two days left before the auction is held.

The main theme tonight is——

Gambler's Night!