Between Black and White

Roy turned and stepped out of the dream, looking around at the buildings. He subconsciously touched his smooth chin. "How did a monster like him appear in Dressrosa? This isn't five years later in the original story. Or has he already set his sights on this place?"

"How would someone dedicated to abolishing the Seven Warlords of the Sea system react if they met me, a genuine Shichibukai?" Roy walked into the casino with a playful smile.

"Big big, big 15, hahaha, I won, all these chips are mine."

"Ah, how could it be a leopard? Impossible, I don't believe it! If any of you lend me some more money, I can break even right away."

"The roulette wheel was clearly spinning white. You deliberately bumped it, causing it to roll into the black zone. I don't care, all this money is mine."

"How dare you act so arrogantly on our Donquixote Family's territory! Who gave you the courage? Men, break his limbs, no, break all five limbs and throw him out."

Upon entering the casino, Roy was surrounded by a cacophony of noise and commotion, with occasional violent clashes. But the gamblers, blinded by their losses, paid no heed to the fate of others, and instead cheered for the absence of their competitors.

"Hey, young master, is this your first time at a casino?" The casino's lobby manager's eyes lit up the moment he saw Roy. With his keen eye, he could immediately tell that Roy's clothes were made of the most precious Sea Kings leather, and coupled with his aura that ordinary people could not fake, he was definitely a very important person who was either rich or noble.

Seeing that Roy did not answer but kept scanning the room, the lobby manager's heart skipped a beat. He chuckled and said, "Don't worry, we certainly won't put a distinguished guest like you with these commoners. There are private rooms on the second floor."

He winked at Roy and said, "Sexy dealers are dealing cards online."

Roy said that someone as innocent as him wouldn't understand what that meant at all.

"No need, I'll just play around here." Roy waved his hand dismissively.

The lobby manager gave Roy a strange look, wondering if this guy was a fraud. Shouldn't a real big shot be disgusted by such a terrible environment?

However, when he took 10 million Beli from Roy to exchange for chips, all his doubts were dispelled. He didn't care who the other party was; he only knew that the other party was God.

After Roy took the chips, he calmly walked toward a roulette wheel in the center of the table.

"What... what is it this time? Please help me take a look, it has to be white!" The blind man anxiously asked the Donquixote Family member next to him for help.

"Oh dear, what a pity, it's the black '29'." A member of the Donquixote Family said "kindly" as he looked at the ball that landed in the white area number 18.

The surrounding gamblers all let out "good-natured" snickers, "Looks like you're having bad luck, blind man. You haven't won a single game today."

"I think you'd better go back as soon as possible, otherwise you'll lose all your money for food."

"No, let's do it one more time, just one last time. I'll break even right away. This time, I'll bet all my money." The blind man stubbornly placed his last bet.

The others didn't seem to care; there were many gamblers like him who were blinded by their losses.

Roy watched this scene with a strange expression. Although Ikko's Observation Haki could only capture a blurry shadow and could not discern the details, his Sense Haki could detect goodwill and malice. Coupled with his experience in dealing with people, he should have been able to easily tell that the henchman was lying to him.

Roy could only categorize Yixiao's feigned madness as one of those who were defeated by the King of the Pirates.

"Well said! I like a man with guts like you. Winner takes all. Let's have one last life-or-death duel between men!" the henchman said recklessly.

"Gentlemen, would you mind if I added one more?" Despite saying this, Roy had already placed a large amount of chips on the table, his attitude leaving no room for refusal.

The henchman was about to refuse, but for some reason, he lost the courage to say it.

Yi Xiao still looked like a gambler who had lost everything, completely ignoring Roy's arrival and only muttering to himself, "White, it has to be white!"

After regaining his senses, the henchman was also a little puzzled, but he still smiled and said, "Then I'll bet on black."

"There is no pure good or evil in this world. Black and white doesn't work in this ocean. So, I'll bet on something somewhere between black and white."

The crowd burst into laughter.

"Heh, hahaha, kid, you don't understand the rules of roulette at all."

"Moreover, the sphere will eventually fall into the groove. The chance of it falling exactly between black and white is less than one in ten thousand."

The henchman was about to sneer, but remembering his previous experience, he felt a sudden, inexplicable unease. He could only offer an awkward yet polite smile and say, "Haha, young man, we don't have that kind of rule here. You can only choose black or white; there's no third option."

"Perhaps you didn't have this rule before, but from now on, you do." Roy's words carried an undeniable domineering tone.

Even a slight hint of Roy's power was enough to overwhelm these lackeys. Their faces turned red with fear, and they couldn't utter a word, their eyes filled with terror as they looked at Roy.

Even the most obtuse person could see that this seemingly easy-to-bully fat sheep was actually Arlong in human skin.

Although they didn't know why such important figures would join their gambling game, the underlings' bodies still honestly spun the roulette wheel.

"However, even if you are powerful, luck doesn't change with strength. Just wait to embarrass yourself." The Donquixote Family members cursed silently in their hearts.

"Uncle, I see you've been betting on white from the very beginning. Are you trying to protect the last vestige of white in this black-and-white world?" Roy said pointedly.

"No, I just like the color white. For a blind person like me, the world is already filled with too much darkness, so I yearn for the light."

"Absolute light is absolute darkness. Only in darkness can the preciousness of light be revealed, isn't that right?"

Clang!

To everyone's astonishment, the ball landed steadily on the barrier between the black and white lines.

"The absolute truth of this world lies in its interplay between light and darkness, and its wandering between evil and justice."