One Piece: Gambling to The Top

Chapter 214

The carriage of the VIP characters moved to the huge palace that was built as a cake. They were met by an extreme tall pale man, 3.3 meters, who had a candy staff. The candy was at the top of a huge staff, matching the height of the man of 4 meters. 

Around them, there were flowers, alive, with mouths and eyes, singing for them. And the candy man was talking to Josh and the underworld scums in a singing way. Josh felt a quiet headache. It reminds him of Disney. Never mind. 

The candy man waved his staff, and candy stairs shaped from his staff, first as a liquid, and then they became solid. Stussy winked at Josh and pointed to him to follow her since she has previous experiences in attending Big Mom\'s parties. Josh let a sigh, and he climbed them until he and the group reached a living door, which was opened on its own. 

"Please guests, have fun here." The candy man, Perospero said. His name was quite hard to spell. But one can get used to it quickly. 

The VIP guests just acted polite while Josh felt sorry since Perospero\'s childish look made him feel sympathy for what Josh is about to do. 

Josh walked along Stussy, climbing all of the ways up. He restrained himself from saying anything. 

"You surely know how to act like you don\'t know someone." 

"Says who?" Josh turned his head. Wasn\'t she the one who had acted clueless when Saint Carlos came to kill him? 

"Hey. Did you forget that I came in advance and told you to leave, and not drink that poisonous coffee?" Stussy put her hand on her chest. She acted as if Josh said something that offended her. 

"Not coffee, but the milk." Josh, with a thick skinned face, raised his eyebrows. "True story."

Stussy held her chuckle and slapped his back slightly. 

"Okay. Once we get up, let\'s take a private table." Josh said with a low voice. He didn\'t want to give her all of the details, since they aren\'t alone, and he was sure that these underworld bosses were trying to listen to their conversation. Since he could read their minds, he was sure that they were. 

Stussy understood his intents and didn\'t say much. Once they reached the top of the cake palace, they were welcomed by an extremely tall woman, 4.6 meters; from the long legs tribe. 

She was tanned, had long silver hair, and blue eyes. Her face was quite sharp and her lips were blue, while her legs were long. Stussy just smiled and said. 

"This is the second commander of Big Mom. Charlotte Smoothie. She\'s here to make us any juice we want."  Once Stussy finished her whisper, she turned to the tanned woman. 

Smoothie faked a hosting smile and said. "We have for the menu, a beautiful woman, a giraffe, and a stone from a volcano. What do you want to order." Next to her, there was a giraffe, a pretty woman, and a red flaming stone. 

"Don\'t order the girl," Josh said as he saw the near future. When Stussy orders a pretty woman, Smoothie will squeeze that woman with her big hands, and juice will flow out of her. Josh wanted to vomit, thinking of anyone wanting to drink that. 

Josh loves to drink women\'s juices. But he prefer it if it came in a rainy form. Not a life-draining one. 

"Thought you have a tougher heart for someone called the fifth Pirate Emperor." Smoothie heard him and raised her eyebrow at him.  "I expected more." 

Josh lifted his head and clicked his tongue. "You have a good info gathering network, as I heard. Tell me, what\'s my pirate flag." 

"You don\'t have one?" Smooth titled her eyebrow. 

"Exactly. The problem is in your expectations." Josh let a sigh. Why do people think he is a pirate? 

"Then I\'ll say I\'m not disappointed," Smoothie smirked. "What do you want to drink then?" 

"That hot stone." 

"Be careful. It may burn your tongue." 

"Don\'t worry," Josh said. 

"I\'ll take the giraffe…" Stussy said. 

"Alright." 

Stussy made everyone\'s order. Juice flowed from everything her hands fell on. Just pure juices. 

"One must not get a hand-job from these hands," Josh muttered in a low voice. Stussy held her chuckle, while Smoothie paused a bit, but she continued doing her work. 

Josh\'s order was the hottest so far, yet he drank it in one gulp, using his gluttony power. 

He and Stussy then moved to a table of their own. 

"So. What did you want me for?" Stussy knew that their conversation will be quick. Now that Josh is an outlaw again, she knew that he has a use for her. And that means that she will have a release finally. Probably she may be able to join his crew and have the sex life she wanted. After all, Josh had awakened her lust since that day, just like he had done to that traitor Kalifa. 

"First of all. Be prepared. I\'m going to engage in a battle with that fat bitch." 

"Wait… what?" 

"You know who." Josh let a sigh as he looked around. Stussy couldn\'t believe her shock. He is here to fight Big Mom. Even for a CP0 agent, that was too much. Yeah, sure, he had defeated Akainu and fought the two Admirals on equal grounds. 

That actually put him in a Yonko level. But those are monsters, people who not only have bizarre powers but also mastered Haki. Only Admirals and a few hidden weapons of the World Government can deal with them.

That\'s why the World Government had to endure Vice Admiral Garp calling Celestial Dragons trash because they need strong people like him in the face of the Pirate Emperors. 

Josh turned to Stussy, who raised her glass to her lips and smiled, acting as calm as one can. If not for his ability to read his mind, he would have believed that she didn\'t hear him, or she wasn\'t shocked at all. 

"Aren\'t you… you know, rushing it. I know you may be pissed off that she may have a hostage on you. But seriously." Stussy said. 

"Don\'t worry. With the Devil Fruits, I have. Even you can beat her." Josh said, not sounding so confident. "Hey. She\'s still mine." 

"Really, Josh. What Devil Fruit." 

Josh extended his hand. From the thin air, a green Devil Fruit appeared. Stussy\'s mind worked swiftly, recalling every Devil Fruit she had studied about. 

There are guides about Devil Fruits. But the one that belongs to the World Government has almost every Devil Fruit that appeared within the 800 years, and she couldn\'t recall the one in front of her. 

"Is it SMILE?"

"Don\'t compare it to that shit," Josh said. "Well. You can compare it to shit. Since that is what it tastes like. And no, I haven\'t tasted shit, but I\'m pretty sure they are on the same level." 

His face was green. Josh was one of the few people who ate Devil Fruit twice. His stomach is still cursing him today. 

"I\'ll trust you," Stussy said, lifting the Devil Fruit and gulping. "Tastes bad." She didn\'t show any emotion on her face as she looked at Josh and took another bite. "But why act dramatic about it. I know a good technique that allows you to disable your senses." 

"Don\'t tease me with that face." Josh rolled his eyes. "I can read your mind, and you are thinking: This is the worse thing I ever tasted., I need to eat some high-class sausage."

*Ahem* 

Faking a cough, Stussy took the glass and drank it in one gulp. 

"Anyway. What\'s this one." Stussy said, deciding to leave the questions in her mind later. 

"Sea King Zoan. It\'s a goat, Sea King. I used my Devilish abilities to create that Devil Fruit out of the blood of a very large sea king." Josh said. Using his Devilish powers seemed to make sense and less troublesome to explain. 

He continued. "Now I wonder. What may happen if you used a hybrid form. Relatively to your size you are very strong. This fruit will surely match your Government techniques. " 

Well. Since Josh is in her control, he is sure that she is at the ancient weapon level. 

"Seriously. Were you this mysterious the first time I met you?" Stussy looked at his face, waiting for him to say that he is joking. 

"Yes." Josh nodded. He then leaned and whispered in her ears. "I may hold more surprises." 

"Don\'t tempt me." She whispered as she kissed his ear. Josh pulled back. 

"Anyway. Suck my finger," Josh said, extending his hand at her and putting an Angel Tear from his storage on his index. 

Stussy didn\'t know what he is doing. But she felt turned on by the action, by the hype. He is naughty, and she likes it that way. In a seductive way, she leaned forward, exhaled a hot breath on his finger. 

She extended her tongue, and rolled it over his finger, before opening her mouth and sucking it. 

Josh felt something pocking between his pants as he observed the hot action. Stussy was leaning backwards and forward. Josh felt the temperature raising all of the sudden. 

"They don\'t call you pleasure queen for nothing." Josh found himself taking his finger back. "Anyway. I\'ll give you a message to deliver for Saint Carlos. But later." 

Stussy chuckled, not caring about the eyes on them. 

Josh turned his eyes when the ground started shaking. 

The largest human was walking. Josh turned his head slightly to the left, a cold expression taking over his face. 

A very fat woman, standing at 8.8 meters long, was walking. Her nose was like a shark\'s, and her teeth were spread with space between them. Her face was full of twinkles. 

She looked like a fat witch with pink hair. 

Josh\'s cold expression was replaced with a smile. 

Big Mom is here.