One Piece: Peak Aesthetics
Chapter 283

An Unexpected Turn: Marine Brigadier General

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"Make way, everyone."

A young blond man with slicked-back hair stepped out from among his subordinates, a cigar clamped between his teeth.

His features were strikingly handsome, but his complexion was pale and sickly, with slightly sunken eye sockets. It was obvious at a glance that years of indulgence in drink and women had taken their toll.

The gamblers around them, who had already retreated to the edge of the VIP area, were all taken aback when they saw his face. Their expressions turned strange as they began whispering among themselves.

"Hey, isn't that Young Master Anjie of the Garl Family?"

"Doesn't that wastrel rarely come back to Spring Queen City? Why did he suddenly show up here today?"

"Bringing so many people with him and acting all aggressive... Tsk, tsk, is he trying to ruin his father's reputation...?"

The handsome blond youth named Anjie paid no attention to the murmured discussions around him.

Surrounded by his subordinates like stars around the moon, he came to the gambling table. The middle-aged dealer trembled as he tried to rise and bow, only for Anjie to impatiently kick him aside. The dealer fell to the floor, clutching his stomach in agony as he curled up like a shrimp.

Fujitora did not raise his head, but his brow furrowed slightly.

"Hey, blind man."

Anjie waved his right hand back and forth in front of Fujitora's face, grinning around his cigar. "Even if you can't see, you can hear me, right? I heard you won eighty-five million Beli here just now?"

Fujitora did not move or speak.

"Playing dumb won't help. It was obviously you!"

Anjie flicked ash from his cigar and burst into laughter. "You turned one million Beli into more than eighty times that amount in half an hour! Under normal

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