One Piece: Gambling to The Top
Chapter 116 - 116

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Josh entered the house of the Franky Family, one of the known families in the underworld; known for strength and deals. The people inside shifted their attention from the man stuck in the wall toward Josh, who had just done it. Josh observed them as they stood up. 

'For real, what do they eat to get huge.' Some of them were huge, although not giants, they were wearing armours. Despite that, they are still weak physically in comparison. 

Taking their weapon, they looked at Josh with disdain, and they started swearing and cursing at him for what he has done. 

"Your money. Grow up over it. Your life is more important, which you just lost." 

"Fuck off!" 

"Kill him." 

One of them aimed a big bazooka at Josh. Josh could easily reflect the projectile by holding the tip, and before it could explode, he moved his hand with amazing speed and threw it at them, making it explode and making them jump in every direction. *Boom* the wall was destroyed. Josh then found himself surrounded by them, holding weapons, daggers, and guns. 

It seems they are unaware that they are against a Warlord, recently, who didn't take them seriously. Taking a step to the side, Josh dodged a stab from a dagger from behind. When a man's head followed that knife, Josh made an elbow and hit the man on the back of his head, sinking him deeply to the ground. 

It was done without depending on his eyes, which somehow, made the Franky Family hesitate for a second. Thinking it's enough to show power, Josh clenched his fist and started punching with high speed around. It didn't take Josh too much focus, since he has Observation Haki and he is aware of everything around him. Josh could let himself speed up without limitation. 

"What in the hell!" 

Franky family opened their eyes widely. Josh had turned into after images in the air, making it seem they were fighting more than one person. Each of Josh's afterimages attacked them. When the after images vanished, everyone flew to the wall, and they fell to the ground. 

One man tilted his head up and looked at Melissa, who was standing between the group of women and she was looking at Josh with wide-opened eyes. He was wondering why is this bitch blushing at someone kicking them instead of helping them. 

"This is your Ex boss!?" 

"Yep."  Melissa nodded. 

"Why didn't you warn us. Damn girl." 

"I did… Remember the time I told you he took a Warlord down." Melissa shrugged her shoulder at him. 

There was a long pain groan coming from everyone down. One of them said the truth. 

"We thought you were bluffing."  He said, letting his head on the ground. 

Josh cracked his fingers. "And the cyborg would come here in… 3. 2. 1." 

The fact josh had made many of them hit the wall would make it very loud. The people who are on the floor above should come down. 

Once Josh was finished from the count down, the roof above him was cracking. A hole appeared there, and a man from it descended.  

He landed on his hairy knee, nothing covering his legs except for black underwear… which only covered a part of his butt. His upper part was covered by nothing except an opened summer shirt. He was wearing sunglasses under his blue hair. 

Checking the huge muscled man, Josh felt an urge to rub his eyes. 

Franky, in the real-life version, looks like a pervert, especially with the underwear that covered his not so hidden bulge. If you see him, the first thing you would think is to call the police to take him away. Except... there is no police here. 

Josh wished he could wash his eyes. 

But, closing his eyes didn't work. 

Josh still have Observation Haki. 

'Now I wish I only trained Armament.' 

Franky stood up to his full height of 225 cm. Staring down at Josh, he cracked his fists, which produced, not a bones cracking sound, but a metal creaking sound. 

"You did this to my family!" Franky said, his sunglasses going up and down. 

"For the god sake, wear shorts."

"What is a God to a pervert," Franky said, proudly. 

"What is a pervert to a Demon." Josh looked up and cracked his fists. Compared to the bones and blood Josh had seen in his journey, Franky's look was still acceptable. 

"Someone who's banging him tonight," Franky said, clicking his tongue at Josh. Franky, of course, was really angry after seeing his comrades on the ground, except for his green-haired assistant. "Who is he?" Franky asked without looking at Melissa. 

"My Ex…boss" 

Franky scoffed. "I see. I have to fight your ex now, that I took his girl and money." Franky said, shamelessly. "Tell me, who's bigger." 

"Let's see who will last longer." Josh lifted his hand since he has a say in this.

The girls on the side chuckled a bit. Robin smiled, while Mikita laughed out loud. Marianne didn't show any reaction, except for a smile, while Melissa put her hands on her mouth, her eyes widely opened. 

"I see, be a man and show me how long you're going to last." 

Clenching his right big fist, Franky twisted his body, shifting all of his weight to the right hand. "Franky Hammer!" When his fist landed on Josh's face, the latter stood there. A metal clashes loud sound echoed through the room. The cyborg, Franky, stopped and took his fist back, staring at Josh's face. 

"It's… you have some stamina." Franky took his hand and was ready for another attack. 

Josh shook his head. 'So, this is the man, who beat Tony Stark by turning himself into a cyborg, using junkyard recourses, a cyborg who works on Cola… this is freaking amazing.'

If someone like him excited on Earth, then all scientists would have to kill themselves. Nevertheless, this guy owns Josh money. 

Franky attacked Josh with another stronger fist. This time, however, Josh vanished from his sight, making Franky open his eyes widely. Josh appeared in front of him, his hands on Franky's metal nose. 

Before Franky could say anything, he found himself weightless as Josh lifted him from his metal nose using only his fingers. Josh then appeared on the wall, and he slammed Franky's face there with amazing strength. 

Franky felt his mind blanking out as he had a strong concussion. When he tried to resist, he found himself powerless in comparison to the strong flesh arm holding him. The cyborg tried to kick, but before his food could reach, Josh gave him a strong slap on the face, making him sink to the ground. 

"That slap… oh…" Kalifa put her hand in front of her mouth. Marianne and Mikita turned their head toward the blushing Blondie, before looking at Josh. 

Josh looked at Franky, who was barely able to move, his blue eyes looking through the broken sunglasses. 

"I…" Franky could barely last any longer. "I can't… give up…" 

"Whatever," Josh smirked, leaned forward, and whispered something in Franky's ear. 

Franky opened his eyes widely. With difficulty, he opened his eyes widely! "Him! No way. You're lying! Right?"

"Why would your employee's ex lie to you." 

"Because she would mention him occasionally how awesome and strong he is…" 

"Franky, stop. Don't phrase it like that. Josh, there was nothing between me and him, except learning how to make cyborgs and ships." Melissa said, taking a step back and hiding behind Robin. 

Josh and Franky ignored her. 

Franky looked at Josh. "Anyway, the thing you said about Iceberg…" 

"I think you owe me more than you can think," Josh said. All of this is just a build-up to get something for free.

Franky seemed to be holding his tears as his eyes turned cloudy..  But nothing came out.