"Good. What are you waiting for? Come pour me some wine." Alucard settled back into his seat. Inside the bar, Zinn and the Gold Shark Pirates stared, their eyes wide with disbelief.
The five beautiful women approached Alucard. What was originally a small table for two was now surrounded by five beauties serving Alucard—pouring drinks, massaging his back, and kneading his legs.
If Alucard hadn’t preferred pouring his own wine, they’d probably be feeding it to him too.
’These five women aren’t playing by the rules!’ many people screamed inwardly. ’Don’t they know who Crassien is? He’s Whitebeard’s crew, practically Whitebeard’s son!’
They couldn’t possibly be unaware. Even the woman in the blue dress had initially intended to go to Crassien. So how did it change so completely with just a finger gesture from that young man?
’Is he a Devil Fruit user?’ Many speculated. ’If he had a versatile Devil Fruit ability, controlling a few ordinary dancers would certainly be easy.’
These people had indeed guessed correctly for the most part. Alucard was using one of his abilities, "Charm," which granted him the power to temporarily control people’s minds.
Previously, it was a one-on-one ability, but now he could control multiple people, though still only ordinary individuals.
Once the dancers began serving Alucard, they gradually broke free from his control, their minds reeling.
’What happened? Why did I make such a choice just now?’
They couldn’t explain it themselves. They clearly wanted to choose that Fish-Man, but why did they end up choosing this young man?
The blue-dressed woman, leading the group, nervously glanced at Crassien out of the corner of her eye, seeing his teeth chattering with rage. It sent a shiver down her spine. In this situation, even if she turned back to him, she probably wouldn’t escape being ravaged to death.
Alucard enjoyed the service of the five women, acting as if nothing was amiss. "What’s wrong, Manager? Call out new dancers. Is this establishment really limited to just these five women?"
Before Zinn could reply, Crassien smashed the nearby table with a punch, roaring at Alucard, "You little cheat!"
Alucard squinted, glancing at Crassien, and chuckled. "Cheat?"
"That was a Devil Fruit ability, wasn’t it? Don’t think I’m blind!" Crassien fumed. "I think you don’t know who I am! I am a son of Whitebeard, Gold Shark Crassien, with a bounty of 120 million Berries!"
Crassien’s roar sent shivers down everyone’s spines in the bar. Many scrambled out, and one of the women, dressed in a light yellow gauze dress and pouring wine for Alucard, trembled with fear, almost spilling red wine on him. Luckily, Alucard steadied the bottle, preventing the spill.
"First, you announce Whitebeard’s name, then your own. Looks like you’re just a third-rate pirate... Oh no, not even third-rate. Ninth-rate suits you better," Alucard sneered mockingly, his glasses only enhancing the derisive look on his face.
Putting Whitebeard’s name first already proved he was nothing but a useless wretch swaggering around on Whitebeard’s reputation.
Crassien, enraged, kicked a large wine table nearby, sending it flying.
Suddenly, a gunshot rang out, shattering the table mid-air. Splintered wood flew in all directions. The five dancers beside Alucard covered themselves with their hands, but some splinters still struck them. Aside from a bit of pain, they were unharmed.
"The Whitebeard Pirates have their share of trash too." Alucard stood up, raising Casull. "Too bad I can’t claim a bounty for your head now. And I don’t want to drink that disgusting blood. Sending you straight to hell should suffice, right?"
In an instant, Crassien appeared behind Alucard, grinning ferociously. "Anyone can talk big. Let me show you the Gold Shark’s power!"
He was a hybrid of a Shark Fish-Man and a golden goldfish Merfolk, inheriting his father’s physique and his mother’s skin. This appearance was often mocked by many on Fish-Man Island.
Unable to endure it, he eventually came to the surface and, despite his ugliness, formed his own pirate crew through sheer strength. He was later defeated by Whitebeard and pledged allegiance. However, his core personality remained unchanged; he loved bullying the weak, especially women, and was severely addicted to it.
Alucard turned his head to look at the hand-chop swinging towards him, guessing inwardly. But no! It was merely a clumsy imitation, forcibly mimicking it, then developing a personal fighting style with only a hint of Fish-Man Karate.
Alucard hadn’t even drawn his black gun, Jackal, with his other right hand. He countered directly with an identical hand-chop.
"Hmph! A mere human, comparing strength with a Fish-Man? Overestimating yourself!" Crassien snorted, increasing his power.
Their hand-chops collided, unleashing a powerful burst of air that sent the five frail dancers flying.
One of the women in red unfortunately struck a broken wooden plank, leaving a bloody gash on her exposed abdomen. The other four, though not as severely, also sustained minor injuries.
Crassien was shocked by Alucard’s strength, retreating a few steps, staring at Alucard in disbelief.
Alucard drew his black gun, Jackal, the hammer clicking with a sharp sound. "Weak women, get out of here immediately."
As Alucard spoke, the other four women immediately ran to the red-dressed dancer, struggling to lift her and carry her away.
Crassien and the rest of the Gold Shark Pirates didn’t stop them, as Alucard, their formidable enemy, could not be ignored, nor could they afford to be distracted.
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