Fujitora's High-Stakes Gamble and Luffy's 100 Million Beli

East Blue, Goa Kingdom, Mount Colubo, Bandit's House.

"Waaah, that brat Sabo has really grown up! He's got quite the flair for talking, he really knows how to make people cry!" Dadan wiped away the torrent of tears and snot streaming from her eyes with a handkerchief, and then ordered the bandits in front of her, "Choose option two, support Sabo!"

"Yes, boss!"

On a ship in a certain sea area Grand Line.

"Sabo, don't act recklessly! Your statement could harm the leader and everyone in the Revolutionary Army," Koala said, pinching Sabo's cheek.

"That... that... was what my future self said, it has nothing to do with my present self!" Sabo retorted, his words slurred.

"Uh!" Koala was taken aback, then realized she had overreacted, but immediately invoked her natural feminine privilege, saying unreasonably, "Anyway, I don't care about any of that. The future you is still you, and it's your word anyway. Besides, every time you cause trouble, I get punished along with you. Can't I vent a little?!"

"Yes... yes, you can vent however you want, Koala." Sabo said apologetically, "I'm sorry, these past years have been tough!"

Upon hearing this, Koala's face flushed red, and she unconsciously loosened her grip on Sabo's face, turning her head away. She said, "Why are you suddenly bringing this up? Ah! Never mind! I won't argue with you! I'd better make a choice quickly! I believe in you, you can definitely win, so I'll choose option two."

"Hehehe..." Sabo rubbed his face and chuckled foolishly, "Thank you for your trust. I definitely won't—no, I mean, I definitely won't let you down in the future."

Koala snorted and said, "That's for the best."

However, the happy smile on her lips betrayed her true feelings.

Marine Headquarters, Marineford, port, aboard the Dog-Head Warship.

"Go for it, Sabo!" Ace silently wished in his heart, while simultaneously sending the second comment to the screen.

Soon, the one-minute pause was over, and the video feed resumed.

"Bang!"

A loud bang rang out, followed by a wall of fire shooting into the sky.

Inside the wall of fire, Sabo and Fujitora gripped their weapons tightly, launching continuous attacks on each other, but their attacks were all blocked.

"When!"

In another clash of weapons, Sabo and Fujitora distanced themselves from each other.

Suddenly, a visible ripple appeared on the Cane Sword in Fujitora's hand, and the ground beneath his feet began to collapse, like a flash flood, extending towards Sabo.

"Not good!"

Sabo muttered to himself. The next second, he felt a weight on his body, as if some force was pressing him down. He immediately activated his ability, transforming into a flame and retreating backward.

"Bang!"

No sooner had he left than a large hole appeared where he had just stood.

However, before he could even catch his breath, Fujitora's gravity followed him as he retreated. He immediately opened his right hand, transforming it into a claw shape, infused it with Armament Haki, and pressed it against the ground in front of him, unleashing the "Dragon Claw Fist - Dragon Claw."

"Boom!"

Sabo grabbed the ground in front of him and collided with the gravity of Fujitora's attack, instantly creating a strong shockwave and thick smoke.

In an instant, the entire video screen was shrouded in smoke.

But soon, the smoke dissipated, and the first person to appear before the world was Fujitora. Then, Sabo suddenly appeared to his right, swinging the water pipe in his hand and slashing at Fujitora.

"When!"

As if he had anticipated this, Fujitora parried Sabo's pipe with a flick of his Cane Sword to the right.

"I see." Sabo gripped the hose tightly, locked in a stalemate with Fujitora's Cane Sword, and said, "It seems this smoke has no effect on you!"

"That's right." Fujitora replied, and the next second, with a forceful movement, he sent Sabo flying.

However, as if it had anticipated this, Sabo circled twice in the air before landing safely on the ground.

"As expected of the second-in-command of the Revolutionary Army who bears the weight of the times, he is indeed powerful!" Fujitora praised sincerely.

"It sounds really strange coming from you!" Sabo chuckled and said, "Such insincere words... I really don't know if you're praising me or praising yourself!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, and a ball of fire immediately appeared in his hand.

Immediately afterwards, he charged at Fujitora again.

Fujitora drew his Cane Sword and charged towards him.

"Bang!"

The two collided again, and another wall of fire shot into the sky.

The next second, Fujitora exerted force with his Cane Sword, and a powerful gravitational force surged forth, rushing towards Sabo.

Sabo quickly transformed into a streak of flame, retreating and landing smoothly on the ground. Then, he clenched his fist, jumped up, and shouted, "Fire Fist!"

"Boom!"

A fist made of flames erupted from Sabo's fist and charged towards Fujitora.

Fujitora immediately swung his Cane Sword forward, and the ground in front of him cracked open and floated upwards. The Fire Fist that had been rushing towards him also floated upwards and exploded near the Birdcage, as brilliant as fireworks.

"What exactly do you want?" Sabo looked at Fujitora with some confusion and asked, "With your title of Marine Admiral, you shouldn't have more than this much strength, right?!"

"If you really want to keep fighting, then quickly show your true strength and stop holding back like this!"

"Water proof?"

Upon hearing this, Fujitora's lips curled into a slight smile as he said, "You're really strange! You're the one who's holding back the Navy's advance, yet you're saying things like this now? I've used all my strength! Where was I holding back?!"

"Whether I've been lenient or not, you know perfectly well," Sabo said, a hint of anger in his voice. "How long are you going to pretend to be confused?!"

"Pretending to be confused? I'm not, but since I am blind, could you perhaps have some sympathy for me?!" Fujitora touched his blind eye and asked.

"Excuse me, but the word 'discrimination' doesn't exist in my dictionary," Sabo replied. "Not to mention, you're Marine Admiral; I can't afford to underestimate you!"

"That's truly terrifying! No wonder you're the second-in-command of the Revolutionary Army," Fujitora chuckled. "However, I also have my own stance! I hope you'll understand."

With that, Fujitora drew his Cane Sword from its sheath again and slammed it down on the ground, shouting, "Gravity Blade - Fierce Tiger!"

"Bang!"

A horizontal gravitational wave surged toward Sabo, distorting and bending the spot where he stood and the buildings behind him.

Sabo raised his hand to block, gritted his teeth, and stomped his feet hard on the ground to avoid being carried away by the gravitational wave.

However, he was well aware that if he stood still and let Fujitora's gravity wave surge towards him, it was only a matter of time before he was carried away by the gravity wave.

Thinking of this, he immediately transformed into a flame, defying Fujitora's gravitational wave, and surged towards him, saying, "As expected, you do possess this kind of strength, Marine Admiral."

As he spoke, he had already reached Fujitora, and with a kick that was still burning with flames, he kicked at Fujitora. The Cane Sword in Fujitora 'Fujitora hand, which was still radiating weight, and immediately stirred up a terrifying wave of fire like a tsunami. The marines who had been watching the show not far away were so frightened that they ran even further away from them.

After a while, the waves formed from the flames finally stopped surging.

Fujitora and Sabo, who were in the very center of the fire, immediately separated. Not only were they unharmed, but they didn't even break a sweat.

Clearly, neither of them used their full strength in this round.

At this moment, Fujitora suddenly spoke again, as if addressing Sabo, yet also as if talking to himself, "Whether this round is big or small, I'm determined to bet my life on it, but before that, if I lose the dice, everything will be for naught, and the bet won't even stand."

Upon hearing this, Sabo was immediately startled and turned to Fujitora, asking, "Hey! Uncle, what do you mean by that?"

"I've decided to bet everything on that straw Straw Hat." Fujitora said, sheathing his Cane Sword and walking towards Sabo. His tone was indignant. "In a sense, we Marines and Doflamingo are two of a kind, and therefore neither of us is qualified to be heroes who save this country. But the Straw Hat Luffy are different. They're just passing pirates. Pirates defeating pirates is just the norm in the pirate world!"

"Hey! Uncle, if word gets out about your idea, it'll cause a huge uproar!" Sabo exclaimed in surprise as Fujitora walked past him with his back to him.

"No, this situation will never get out, because I was simply stopped here by you, young man!" Fujitora laughed.

"Huh?" Sabo paused for a moment, then smirked and said, "That's quite a gamble for you, old man!"

"Hehe." Fujitora chuckled and said, "My luck with bets has always been pretty good."

Having said that, he ignored Sabo and walked towards the sea of fire on his own.

Sabo glanced back at him as he walked away, then extinguished the flames around him.

Thus, this duel ended in such a bizarre way!

The next second, the system's text appeared. "This great battle is between Marine Admiral Fujitora and Revolutionary Army Chief of Staff Sabo."

"The result was a draw, but the winner was the Revolutionary Army Chief of Staff — Sabo."

"Congratulations to those who made the correct choice. I will now randomly select one lucky winner from among the many who made the correct choice and award them one hundred million Beli."

The next second, the void hand and the box full of small balls appeared on the screen once again.

Shortly after, a small ball was drawn, and a name appeared on the screen. "Congratulations to Captain Monkey D. Luffy of the Straw Hat Pirates for being the lucky winner of this multiple-choice question. He is hereby awarded 100 million Beli. The prize will be delivered shortly, please accept it."

The Grand Line, somewhere in the sea, the Thousand Sunny.

"Whoosh!"

A golden sphere appeared in front of Luffy. Having learned from his previous experience, he immediately understood what it was and reached into the sphere. The next second, a gleaming gold bank card appeared in his hand.

"Hahaha, 100 million Beli! That's great! With this money, I can spam all the bullet hell with Sabo and the others!" Luffy excitedly shouted, holding up the gleaming gold bank card in his hand.

"Luffy, lend me some money! I want to send a message to Dr. Kureha." Chopper immediately moved closer to him and said.

"Lend me some too! Luffy, I want to send a barrage of bullets with Kaya and Chinjao- head too," Usopp chimed in.

"Alright, alright, you can send comments to whoever you want, I can lend them to you for free, because I'm rich now!" Luffy said with boundless pride.

To his surprise, as soon as he said this, a shadow appeared behind him, punched him in the head, and shouted, "Don't try to act like a rich guy. A large portion of your money is mine!"

That's right! This person is none other than Nami, the ship's navigator, the true captain, as well as the treasurer and miser.

"What do you mean 'yours'? Nami, this is a reward I received from that God from Beyond the Domain for answering a multiple-choice question correctly! So it's mine!" Luffy argued forcefully.

"Oh! Really? Alright then! Since you said it was a reward from that God from Beyond the Domain, then it's yours! But..."

Nami's eyes narrowed, and a chill instantly spread from her body outwards. She said, "We should also settle accounts for all the money you've squandered before. For example, that banquet in Water 7, you spent a whole 100 million. I haven't even settled that score with you yet!"

"Why!"

Meanwhile, the screen erupted in chaos, with many comments expressing dissatisfaction with the answer given by the Heavenly Dao. {Hey! God from Beyond the Domain, what do you mean by a draw, with the winner being the Revolutionary Army Chief of Staff — Sabo?! This is blatant manipulation! It's disgusting.}

{ God from Beyond the Domain, your actions are utterly disgusting! This is clearly a shady operation! If you're so eager to give rewards to those with a reputation, just send them directly! Why do you have to treat us like this?!}

{ God from Beyond the Domain, give me an explanation, or I'll keep bombarding you with insults in the chat.}

{Coocean, cow, cow, cow...}

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Faced with such overwhelming public opinion, the Heavenly Dao immediately responded, and the system's text quickly appeared.