Chapter 38: Dragon and Doflamingo take the stage
Amid the sound of chains rubbing against the floor, Dragon and Doflamingo were pushed onto the auction stage.
A group of greedy and cold buyers are commenting on every aspect of their bodies, while they themselves stand on the stage like merchandise at the mercy of others.
Doflamingo's uneasy mood, which had been in the prison since he was in prison, reached its peak when he stood on the stage. After seeing the eyes of the people around him, he felt a sense of helplessness and anger enveloping his heart.
His heart was beating wildly as if it was about to jump out of his chest, and his throat was blocked by an unspeakable fear, making it almost impossible for him to breathe. He tried to stay calm, but the fear in his body surged like a tide, unstoppable.
Long, on the other hand, had a blank expression on his face as always, as if he was not a commodity standing on the stage, but a king inspecting his territory.
The collar on his neck is easy for him to remove, so his mentality is very different from Doflamingo. If he wants to leave, no one here can stop him.
A warm atmosphere permeated the auction house, an atmosphere intertwined with money, power and greed.
Doflamingo's eyes swept over the buyers' faces, only to see that their expressions were cold, but their eyes were flickering with desire for the young slaves.
Some of them had smiles on their faces, as if they were looking at a valuable work of art, while others had sharp eyes, staring at them like hungry wolves.
He was scared. The looks from these people made him feel physically uncomfortable. He was a little doubtful. Did he look at ordinary people in the same way before?
"Next is item number 16. This is a strong young man from the South China Sea. He can easily move an entire warehouse's worth of goods without showing any signs of fatigue. He can work like a cow or a horse, and he can also be used as a sandbag. And he comes with a handsome boy."
"Ha ha ha ha..."
The people in the auction room burst into laughter.
"So, what's the starting price?" Modise observed the expressions of the people present.
He slammed the hammer down on the table: "Starting price: 3000 million Baileys, bidding begins now!"
When they were announced to be sold by the auctioneer, a commotion immediately broke out among the crowd.
Some people were talking about it, some were discussing with people around them about how to bid later, and some people remained silent, but the greed in their eyes could not be concealed.
Doflamingo felt more and more like a piece of merchandise, displayed in a window for everyone to admire and bid on.
"Damn it, I'm only worth 3000 million Baileys?! You look down on me like that!"
Long felt insulted when he heard their starting price.
No, Long looked at the trembling kid next to him and realized that he was not even worth 3000 million Baileys.
A breeze blew in the hall, but it soon returned to calm after Long calmed down...
Jin An, who was sitting in the auction seat, looked at the two people on the auction table with interest, and the sound of bidding continued to ring out beside him.
"This guy Long is very popular among noble ladies."
There was no way. Almost all the people bidding around were women. It seemed that his disguise was quite popular among these people.
"4500 million!"
"4501..."
The auction process seemed like a horrible dream, and Doflamingo fell into an inescapable despair.
He had never longed for freedom and to break free from his shackles so much, but in this cold and ruthless auction house, he could only watch helplessly as he was stripped away and sold off bit by bit, until he finally fell into the hands of a stranger and his fate was once again controlled by others.
"5000 million!"
The sounds of bidding rose one after another in the meeting hall. Jin An twitched his lips. 5000 million was not a small amount.
After all, it was he who asked the two to be auctioned, so the best solution would be for him to pay for it.
Modise shouted, "5100 million, 5100 million, is there a higher offer than this?"
Jin An saw that it was almost done, and slowly raised the sign in his hand: "5101 million."
The corner of his eye twitched, and Modis glanced at Jinan through his sunglasses. He looked around and found that the bidders all had troubled expressions. He also knew that this price was the highest.
So the price was repeated three times, and finally the dust settled.
"Congratulations to VIP No. 888 for successfully buying the product that suits your needs!"
When Doflamingo saw that the person who took the photo of him was Jin An, he let out a deep breath, and his heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally settled down. He didn't want to suffer this kind of torture anymore.
Long glanced at Jin An, feeling a little depressed. In the end, he, a colonel of the Navy Headquarters and a little kid, only sold them for 5001 million.
Dragon and Doflamingo were taken away, waiting to be delivered after the auction or for the buyer to pick them up in person.
And now, the auction is still going on...
The prices these people shouted out became more and more outrageous, and Jinan became more and more excited.
In fact, Jinan didn't want to pay for it, so it would be more cost-effective to just grab it. However, if he wanted to grab it, he would have to wait until the auction was over, when there would be fewer people and it would be easier to get it.
Anyway, he couldn't stand the fact that these auction houses treated living people as commodities. The human traffickers deserved to die, and so did the people who ran the auction houses.
If he had the capital to compete with the world government, he would have demolished this place right now.
"Alas~ It seems that I will return empty-handed again this time..."
"Is the mermaid I'm most looking forward to still not here? I've been looking forward to it for a long time."
"Not to mention mermaids, even murlocs are rare. You have to rely on luck to see one."
The real VIPs at the auction house, although full of desire for slave commodities, are not satisfied with the current commodities because they desire slaves of higher quality, preferably of some special races.
The commodities before were rather monotonous, consisting of only strong slaves for hard labor, or slaves with special skills, such as being good at cooking or proficient in music.
But the products that can make their eyes shine have not yet appeared...
However, despite the guests' dissatisfaction with the current slave commodity, they are still looking forward to the next one.
They expected that in the next auction, a more ideal slave would appear who could meet their needs and desires.
Therefore, they chose to stay in the auction house, waiting for the next item to appear, hoping to find a slave that suits their taste.
For them, slaves are not only labor, but also a symbol of identity and status, which can bring endless comfort and enjoyment.
"It's so ugly..." Jin An sat in the auction hall and always felt that he was out of place here.
Jin An's eyes wandered over everyone in the auction hall, including kings, nobles, wealthy people, and even a celestial dragon in a separate area.
The Celestial Dragons are extremely wealthy. Robbing one of them would probably be worth the wealth of all the people here combined.
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