One Piece: Gambling to The Top
Chapter 73 - 73

Inside of a cafe shop. 

"So, you are saying that we may be followed."  Mikita leaned on her chair as she stared at Kalifa, who joined their table from nowhere. 

Marianne sipped her tea and stared at the blue-eyed blonde. 

Mikita turned in stared at Josh, who was leaning on his chair and sipping his coffee. 

Somehow, Mikita believed Josh now. Lust makes people ignore their brains. It seems that his fake torture is working on someone who had undergone the toughest training to endure pain. 

But as Mikita had experienced lust attribute in bed with Josh, she could understand a bit of the torture Kalifa had gone through. 

"Yes." Kalifa nodded. "I'm staying around just to see how this ends." Kalifa was just staring at Josh. "By the way, how do you plan to protect Robin." 

"Kill anyone who gets near to her," Josh said, looking back at Kalifa. 

Unlike her appearance on the ship, she was wearing a short white dress and long leather white boots. 

Her hair was tied in a ponytail, which made her look different and less recognisable. 

"Why do you ask?" Mikita decided to ask Kalifa. 

Kalifa took a deep breath. Although she tried her best to keep her face cold, a blush ran across her cheeks. 

"I already gave you secret info about the protocol. The World Government would kill me once they know. I need to stay close to you." 

"Why me?" Josh said, playing with his teacup. 

"I don't trust what you have done to me." Kalifa seemed to have already undergone a mental break. 

After experiencing lust, and the pleasure that comes after, staying away from Josh would be the real torture. 

Josh decided to give her some attention as he looked at her. "So, since you gave me info about World Government, it means you have no choice, is that what you are saying?" 

"Yes, I can't leave your side," Kalifa said. 

Josh could notice that she is an honest, and also a prideful woman. 

"But why should I trust you." 

Kalifa took a deep breath. 

"I already told you why. Moreover, I will teach you the six powers, as you have asked me." 

Kalifa had admitted to herself the moment Josh was about to throw her away. 

Getting away from him would be torture. 

Staring at his handsome face, she had to admit. Demons are specialists in torture. 

"Fine, how about we make a contract then bound it by lust," Josh said, lifting his hand, which was covered by a red aura. 

"A contract?" Kalifa's blue eyes shook for a brief. 

Though, the words lust sounded good in her mind, that made her crotch twitch when looking at Josh. 

Josh closed his eyes. 

He had a feeling that he can make a contract with her with his demonic energy. All he needs is a sample of her blood and approval. How? He will just try to figure it out. 

"Yes." Josh opened his eyes. "The devil has the power of dealing. I can make contact with mortals for powers and loyalty and curses, only if you agree." 

Kalifa took a bit of time while checking out Josh and thinking. 

Mikita was rolling her eyes while holding Josh's arms close, saying. "Don't think too much. Joshy loves me most. At best you stay around, get it." 

"I'm not thinking about something bad…" Kalifa lied. 

She just smiled at Mikita after a bit of thinking and said. "You are the prettiest one, why would I even think I can compete. You are worried for nothing." 

Mikita opened her eyes widely. Kalifa just boot licked her without caring about her pride since she had lost her dignity when she had begged Josh for his **** yesterday, which was torture. 

"Fine, I will make a contact with you." Kalifa turned to Josh and said.

"Let's see."  Josh grabbed a near paper and pencil. Trusting his spiritual talent to have more understanding, he let the demonic energy float through the paper, making a contact. 

While writing, Josh thought about something and wrote. 

[For the price of loyalty, Kalifa, the mortal, would have powers of a noble vampire, without being killed off the sun, or silver… The ones that get bitten would suffer from the curse….]

In some of the fiction he had read in his past life, the first generation of vampires, which was transformed by a devil, won't get burned by the sun. However, the ones transformed by that vampire would have their weakness. 

Also, when dealing with the Devil, the devil chooses some of the powers and weaknesses. Josh, of course, doesn't need a weak one. 

Josh thought of adding superpowers, but his spiritual intuition told him it won't work. 

However, when it came to dark power, he felt he can, such as turning to Zombie and so.

It was like giving curses. Kalifa here would get strength with the curse of an additional lust for blood.  

"Please, make a cut in your hand and sign it with your fingerprint, and let's see if it work." Josh bit on his finger as he placed the paper on the table. When a drop of blood fell from his finger on the paper, the words flashed in red glint. 

Kalifa looked at the contact. It only required her to be loyal, not to think of betrayal, or she would die horribly, and also, Josh could control her lust level. 

She felt that she would become a slave, super slave in case she made contact with him. 

"You demon…" 

Making a scratch on her finger with her nail, Kalifa put her hand on the paper, her fingerprint there. The words seemed to come to life as she did that. They turned into a red light that moved inside of Kalifa, absorbed by her. 

"Welcome to my group." Josh extended his hand toward her. The first vampire he ever made. 

Kalifa, on the other hand, became paler. Her smooth skin looked smoother now. The blonde woman looked prettier as she pushed her blonde hair back. When she moved her tongue across her teeth, the fangs became longer. "Ouch." She found that she could control them back to their normal size. She glanced at Josh and said. 

"I feel stronger." She then used a finger gun in the air, a compressed air bullet leaving her finger. 

"I can assure you, ten times more," Josh said as she shook his hand. 

Real vampires would break through the human limits and become way stronger. People in one piece, like her, has super strength already. So, breaking through the limits would surely offer her power that she can't reach in years of training. 

"Happy to work with you," Kalifa said, smiling. "But first, I have to inform you, some of the spies are here, and it would be better to leave through the back door." 

"Mmm…" Josh said, noticing her. "But first, can you eat normal food." 

Kalifa thought for a brief. She reached a near plate and tried to eat something. "I can, but it tastes blander." When she ate a stick, she said. "I can eat meat, although it tastes a bit dry." 

"Good." Josh extended his hand to her. "Try my blood." 

"Excuse me," Kalifa said, taking her head back. 

"Don't worry, I can regenerate. I think you can too." 

Nodding, she took his hand slowly, and bite on his wrist. Slowly, she started drinking.

Kalifa closed her eyes as Josh's devilish blood was running through her veins, and it made her feel stronger. Somehow, the blood was like a drug. It tasted so sweet that she couldn't get enough. 

Mikita and Marianne looked at each other before looking at Kalifa, who was enjoying herself. 

"Hey, only I can suck him dry." Mikita put her hand on Kalifa's head, making her take her head back. 

Kalifa stared at Josh. His blood's taste was a reward on its own, like the lust he has awakened in her.

Now she gets it. She knows where she wants to be. 

Understanding that she has some vibes of the enemy here, Kalifa thought that she needs to be likeable around the other girls, so she can bend in their group. In that case, Mikita seemed to be the first girl around as she was the closest to Josh. 

When Kalifa stared at Mikita, Mikita raised her eyebrows and Kalifa smiled. 

"Please Mikita, I didn't mean to. He is yours, I was just having a taste. He is yours to dry." Kalifa faked a gentle attitude that shocked Mikita again.  

"You're too polite with me…" 

"Why not, of course, I would be. After all, aren't we the only blondes here." 

Mikita raised her eyebrows. "Seems my kick had planted some fear in you, kyahahaha…" 

Kalifa had some veins appearing on her forehead. Yet she suppressed them and laughed. "Right, kyahahaha…" 

"Don't you ever copy my laugh?" Mikita frowned.

"Right." Kalifa patted her glasses as she took them down. It seems that she doesn't need them to see anymore. In fact, she can see way better than a normal person. 

"Anyway, you said that your people are around," Josh said, turning to the important point. 

"Yes." Kalifa looked at Josh and nodded. "I can actually smell them from here." She said. 

"Mm…" Josh nodded. "Leave through the back door, I will take Robin to this place.  Let's meet there. Kalifa, protect them." 

"Yes, master." 

"Call me just Josh," Josh said. Josh then gave them the new meeting location. He would grab Robin before others would notice her, and then, he would gamble with all of his money.