The sky gradually darkened. The setting sun had already faded, leaving only a faint glimmer where the sea met the sky.
The sky had changed into a deep, melancholy gray curtain. A cool autumn breeze swept across the vast plains and blew into the bustling western peninsula.
At that moment, inside the resplendent casino, neon lights dazzled the eye. Well-dressed gamblers constantly came and went, intoxicated by the extravagant atmosphere.
Reiner and the others entered the casino. Laughing, Luffy was the first to dash off, climbing and jumping around like a monkey as he curiously examined every new thing he saw.
Whenever he passed an attendant, he would grab food from their tray, toss it into his mouth, and dart off somewhere else.
He was practically like the Monkey King. Reiner thought of a certain figure from his memories and could not help smiling.
"That smell is so familiar. What is that?" Chopper stood beside Reiner's feet and pointed at a sofa in the corner.
Following his finger, they saw six or seven people sprawled across the sofa. There were both men and women, all with glazed eyes and muddled minds.
A pack of cigarettes was scattered messily across the table. That familiar smell Chopper mentioned was probably coming from those.
"They're high. Stay away from there, Chopper." Reiner gave them a casual glance. Though he did not recognize the stuff, he could roughly tell from their condition.
They had most likely taken some dirty drugs. Those things were usually highly addictive, and he even spotted the guard captain from the harbor earlier that day among them.
They did not pay much attention to it and headed straight into the casino. Come to think of it, Reiner had never actually spent money in a casino before.
The only games he