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章 304: Carina's Proposal

"We just have to pay back the money, yeah?" Cherry spoke up.

"That's right. You have until midnight tomorrow to pay back the entire 1,325,000,000 Beri," Gild Tesoro said casually. "Of course, I'd be willing to consider your own debt separate so your friends have a fighting chance, if you want?"

'So he's after me, is he? That's only natural I suppose. Kingdoms would go to war over my beauty alone; and if he's got more than 1 brain cell then he'll know I've got other valuable talents as well.' Cherry thought.

"Yeah, let's do it that way. I'll find a way to settle my own debt, and the rest of you should be able to pay off the three hundred million." Cherry said.

The others knew she was up to something. Since she and Robin had more than enough money to pay off the entire debt immediately, that could only mean she had no intention of paying.

"Perfect," Tesoro said with a strong contender for the smuggest smile in the world. "Before you leave, though, I need some insurance to make sure you keep your end.

Tesoro raised his hand. Zoro felt something was wrong and charged him, but before he was even halfway across the short distance between them, he froze. His body from the chest down was coated in gold.

"Do you remember the gold dust from when you sailed into the Gran Tesoro?" Tesoro's smile widened.

'Shit.' Cherry grimaced. 'I didn't notice because the whole damned ship is saturated with his influence…'

"""Zoro?!""" the group cried out in concern, ready to fight again.

"Stop!" Zoro shouted. "Just figure it out, I'll be fine!"

"Smart man, you should listen to him. He'll be right here when you pay up. Or when you don't." Gild Tesoro said, then tapped Zoro's gold shell with his foot. "Remember that some of you are worth more to me than others. The government pays out in full even if I turn bounties in dead, did you know that?"

"You bastard!" Luffy growled.

"Let us regroup, Luffy. Acting rashly here will do no one any good." Jinbe implored.

Luffy grit his teeth, but nodded nonetheless. Jinbe was a very wise man in his eyes, so even with his heightened emotional state he valued his words.

"Come back in an hour, my dear. I'll be waiting with the best meal you'll have ever eaten. Hahahaha!" Gild Tesoro's laughs rang in their ears even after Tanaka escorted them back into the elevator.

Soon enough, they were back out into the bustling streets; this time without a concierge to guide them, though that was for the best.

*GROWL*

"I need meat!" Luffy declared angrily.

"What we need to do is find Law so we can get all the damned gold out of you. It won't do any good to break Zoro out if he can just take another hostage," Cherry said. "Then, meat."

"It's a good thing we used those masks. We didn't breathe too much of it in, so we only have to worry about the gold on the outside," Chopper pointed out, lifting the mood ever so slightly from the dour pit it had fallen into.

*bump*

"Hold on!" Nami grabbed a woman's hand.

"You haven't lost your touch, cat burglar~" the woman teased. The hand that Nami caught was holding Nami's wallet.

"You have, though~" Nami shot back, and showed that she had the woman's wallet.

"Hey!" the woman snatched her wallet back as Nami took hers back as well.

"What are you doing here, Carina?" Nami asked, a bittersweet tinge to her tone of voice.

"Well, why don't you follow me and we'll have a little chat about that?" Carina giggled girlishly.

"This girl totally has the hots for Nami," Cherry leaned over and said to Robin.

"N-No I do not!" Carina stamped her foot, having overheard the comment that Cherry made no attempt to speak quietly.

Carina looked at Nami and saw a questioning look on her face. She repeated, "I don't!"

"Tsk, why do all the pretty women around me only go for other pretty women?" Sanji muttered grumpily, but then a perverted expression crossed his face as he looked down at Carina's cleavage and he continued. "Not that I can blame them, huhuhuhuhu~"

Jinbe's large hand clasped down on Sanji's head and lifted him just off the ground. Whilst Sanji kicked around the air in momentary panic, Jinbe said "That's an inappropriate way to speak about a lady, especially in her presence."

"I give, I give! I'm sorry!" Sanji frantically apologized.

Jinbe released him, then after Sanji caught his breath he bowed at a 90 degree angle and shouted "Please forgive my impudence, mademoiselle!"

"E~shishi! You have some funny friends, Nami~" Carina giggled.

"You can't have them, they're mine," Nami said jokingly. "Lead on then, Carina. I'll at least hear you out."

"Alright~ Follow me~" Carina skipped away. The group followed after her until they came to a restaurant with a bull's head on the front.

"MEAT!" Luffy didn't wait and immediately rushed inside. By the time the rest of them got inside, Luffy had already put in an order for half the menu and wasn't stopping there.

"You got any booze, boss?" Cherry asked the large man behind the counter.

"Hold on please, I'm still taking this gentleman's order." He said.

"Just bring him ten of everything. Here." Cherry slapped down a wad of cash that made the man's eye's bulge. If the entire stack was 10,000 Beri notes like the one on top, then it would cover several dozen times the charge for that massive order. "Bring me whatever you've got that's strong, and a lot of it. I've got a dinner date with Gild Tesoro and I won't be able to stomach his presence if I'm not wasted. Keep the change."

The big man nodded furiously and swiped the wad of cash off the counter. Watching Cherry closely and seeing that she didn't protest, he concluded that she was serious and got to work on the food immediately, drinks first of course. Just about everyone who worked on the Gran Tesoro was an indentured servant in debt to Gild Tesoro, so this money would go a long way towards paying the debts of himself and those he cared for on the ship

Robin didn't comment on the drinking. She wasn't sure she could stand to be alone with that man for more than five minutes without strangling him, and she had worked for Crocodile for several years.

"Can you guys really eat all that?" Carina asked curiously.

"Luffy can eat all that by himself; and he will if you aren't vigilant with your own plate," Nami said.

"Right…" Carina said, not really believing those words.

"This is both disgusting and fascinating." Carina gawked at the sight of Luffy literally throwing shovels full of food into his gaping maw with each bite.

"Nevermind him, spit it out. We're quite busy, you know?" Nami said, slapping Luffy's hand as it reached for her beef stew.

"Right. How would you guys like to pull off the heist of the century with me?" Carina's eyes sparkled.


章 305: Disappearing Act

*Gulp* *Gulp* *Gulp*

Cherry chugged down an entire bottle of the liquor that the proprietor had brought to her before respectfully bowing as he thanked her for her generosity.

"Are you really okay drinking that much, Cherry-san?" Brook asked her with some concern. He picked up one of the bottles and read the label, "100 proof…"

"Hoooo…" Cherry put down the first bottle and grabbed the second. This time she at least poured it into a glass, even though it was a mug meant for beer rather than hard liquor.

"If you're going to pull off a heist, then you should bring Law into it. There's no one better to have on a heist than a man for whom locked doors mean nothing," Cherry said.

Carina frowned and didn't seem too happy with the idea. Trafalgar Law was his own man, not a member of the Straw Hats, so he would expect his own cut; especially since he would be bringing an invaluable skill into the mix. Which meant less of the bounty for Carina herself.

Incidentally, Nami agreed with her. "We can do this ourselves. Law might be our ally, but that doesn't mean he'll work for free. He'll probably want half all by himself, and that's if we're lucky!"

Nobody disagreed with her and Cherry shrugged her shoulders. They were pirates after all; greed came with the title.

"Well, we can keep that man in mind if we need help later. Once you find out what we're after, you'll be glad to have a bigger cut!" Carina said cheerfully.

"And what is that?" Nami asked her, getting a little annoyed that she wasn't getting to the point faster. "It's not like you're going to-"

"Go after Tesoro's treasury?" Carina smiled wickedly.

"What?! Are you crazy?!" Nami asked incredulously.

"I've been planning this for longer than a year, Nami. The odds are in my favor even without your group. With all of you? It's all but guaranteed to be a success~!" Carina spoke confidently. "Think about it! That's 500 BILLION Beri, ripe for the taking!"

"Nobody has ever succeeded before…" Nami wasn't quite so confident.

"Perhaps I wouldn't be either… but I have this." Carina placed an odd object on the table. "This… is a spare key to the vault. I got it only after painstakingly gaining Tesoro's trust."

Nami frowned, then smiled. "Alright then, I'm in!"

"Atta girl! You can pay off your debt afterwards and get your friend back too!" Carina smirked.

"Oh, we could do that anyways," Robin revealed.

"Eh? Then why did you…?" Carina asked, confused.

"Why would we pay over a billion Beri for that Mosshead?" Sanji asked rhetorically.

"What he means is that we planned to get him back another way. Zoro also understands this and would rather we not pay up to those rotten cheaters," Usopp explained.

"But if we rob him blind and pay him back with his own money, that's even more SUPER~~~!!!"" Franky exclaimed.

"Shush!" Nami snapped at him. "Don't be so loud!"

"I wouldn't recommend using force. Tesoro has his gold inside of all of us and can solidify us into gold statues at the drop of a hat." Carina dissuaded.

"An easy issue to resolve, between myself and Law." Cherry said, with slightly slurred speech.

"Really?" Carina asked in interest, but then she shook her head. "That would only tip him off that something is wrong and ruin my plans."

"Okay, let's do it!" Luffy declared, only after finishing his meat.

"That's what I want to hear! E~shishishi!" Carina laughed.

Nami spoke up again, "Now about the split. I think an 80:20 split in our favor is more than fair-"

"Hold on! This is MY plan and MY key! How exactly is a 20% cut fair to me?!" Carina slammed her hand onto the table and objected.

"You're just one person and there's more than a dozen of us! 20% is already being generous!" Nami shot back.

"Without me, there's nothing you can do!"

Cherry finished off the last of her booze. "*BURP* That's good stuff, hehehe~"

*Crunch*

"Whoopsie~ Hehehe~" Cherry accidentally crushed the glass mug in her grip.

"Uh oh…" Robin muttered and inched away.

"Are you alright?" Carina asked, looking at Cherry's hand to see if there was any bleeding.

"Oh, I'm just fine and dandy~" Cherry spoke and showed off her pristine hands. "Now what was that about- *hic* about being helpless without you~?"

Carina felt that something was off about the way Cherry was smiling at her. It was like she was barely conscious, but at the same time like she was up to no good. Regardless, she answered the question. "Without my key, you can't get into the vault."

Cherry lurched forwards in her seat and slammed her head against the table next to the key, her piercing eyes studying the key almost ferociously. "Mhm, I see~"

Cherry shot on her seat and spun around to a painting behind her and ran her hand down the side of the frame. The gold came off of it as her hands passed by until the whole frame was stripped of every bit of gold. She then pressed the gold in between her hands like a ball of dough until a shape started to come about.

"..." Carina stared slack jawed as Cherry presented what appeared to be a perfect replica of her own key. She took the replica and her own key and compared them closely, using her keen trained eye for detail to suss out any differences. There were none, as far as she could tell.

Carina looked up to see Nami smugly smiling at her. "We need your key, do we?"

"Ugh! FINE!" Carina relented. "Wait, couldn't she just go directly through the vault door…"

Carina looked to where Cherry had been sitting, and she was gone. She looked around and the others also noticed Cherry's absence and looked around too, to find nothing.

"Where did she go? She was right here…?" Carina was confused how she could miss her leaving after looking away for just a few seconds.

"Hm, why is there a hole in the floor?" Luffy commented casually.

Looking under the table, there was a hole right beneath the table where Cherry was last seen.

"I'm sure she's fine," Jinbe said.

"It's not her we should worry about," Robin said with some amusement and a little nervousness. "Well.. she won't ship the ship with us still on it, at least… probably…"

"""Probably?!"""

*smash*

They all turned their heads expecting to see Cherry making a mess, but it wasn't.

"You little gremlins did that on purpose, didn'tcha?! Huuuh?! Because we work for Tesoro-sama, riiight?!" the most stereotypical gangster in the world shouted at a pair of small children, who just so happened to be two of the children among those that were asking them to buy flowers.

"I-I'm sorry, please forgive us-" the boy tried to apologize.

The gangster stomped on a steak in the mess. "Look, you've ruined my new boots, you stupid brats! That'll add 50 thousand Beri to your debt!"

"W-what?! You can't just-!" the boy started to argue.

"Are you tryin' to tell me what I can and can't do now?!" the gangster reared back his fist to punch the boy. The proprietor was already moving to intercept when-

"Eh?!" a sword was leveled at the gangster's throat.

"What do you think you're doing to that child?" Kin'emon growled at him, with Momonosuke standing defiantly behind him.


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