Chapter 24
"Eaters, eaters' souls, eaters are the best!" Xia Jie was not very interested in the auction, but Tuan Tuan looked at him eagerly, because he heard people around him say it was very lively.
He just likes to join in the fun.
"Eat first! Let's talk after we finish eating!" Xia Tian said lightly, and then ate the food in front of him in big mouthfuls, his hands were as fast as lightning, and the food on the plate disappeared quickly.
Nothing is more important than eating, if there is, it is to change a place to continue eating.
"Hey, boss, leave some for me!" Tuan Tuan exclaimed, seeing the food disappearing quickly on the table, and joined the ranks of eating.
On the other side, Kalina went shopping with Poker, because compared to Akin's zombie face and Enel's high-handed indifference, Poker was relatively easier to talk to, although sometimes weird, but compared to normal communication.
At first, everything was fine. He happily swept the whole street to buy clothes and bargained wildly. Poke looked around to find useful materials and books, but after finding a notice from the World Government in a corner, Kalina looked very ugly and terrified. She trembled and returned to the Smile ship, lying in the room, with crystal tears unconsciously in the corners of her eyes.
"Uh, what's the matter? My materials are not complete yet ⚆_⚆?" Poke followed back to the ship with a helpless look on his face. Seeing Kalina with the door tightly closed, he was at a loss.
"Alas, women are troublesome. Let's go back to the laboratory to study my little cutie, hehe", Poke took a long breath, then thought of something and walked to the laboratory excitedly.
In the restaurant, Xia Tian, who had eaten and drunk enough, met Tuan Tuan's eyes, habitually clicked his teeth, and then calmly walked out of the door.
"Hey, brother, haven't paid yet?" The boss shouted from behind.
"Thank you for the hospitality!" Xia Tian and Tuan Tuan thanked together, then ran all the way, and their figures gradually disappeared from everyone's sight.
"Damn, kid, you're eating a free meal, stop right there! #*&♂￡﹁"
The angry roar resounded through the sky, and the boss's cursing voice came from behind, waving a kitchen knife in the wind, and everyone on the street looked sideways. From now on, this restaurant has an extra rule. You must pay immediately after ordering the dishes, otherwise they will not serve you.
I don't know if Ace will pass by here when he goes out to sea. Free meals are not so delicious. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Xia Tian didn't know the impact later. At this moment, the two of them had arrived at the auction and found a place to sit at the back.
After a while, the auction officially started.
After all, it was just an ordinary island, and the items on the auction floor were not particularly precious, but existence was reasonable, and there were still many people competing to bid, and it was very lively. Xia Tian looked at it calmly, but Tuan Tuan was like a chicken blood, waving his fists, very excited, just like the one who bid.
As time passed, the auction came to the final stage, and the bottom of the box appeared.
A devil fruit, animal-type ostrich fruit.
Although Xia Tian did not like it, in the eyes of ordinary people, it was indeed like a great secret treasure, and it was the source of becoming a strong person. After all, it was a devil fruit.
"Ostrich fruit? I thought it was a natural or fantasy beast type", Tuan Tuan curled his lips, lacking interest.
"The bidding starts now. The lowest price is 900 million berries. Each bid must be no less than one million berries. The bidding starts. Duang!"
"91 million berries!"
"93 million berries!"
...
"One hundred and twenty million berries!"
"Is there anyone who wants to bid more? One hundred and twenty million berries once! One hundred and twenty million berries twice! One hundred and twenty million berries three times!"
"Congratulations, this gentleman has obtained the devil fruit! You will definitely be one of the future strong men in the new world."
"Hahaha, that's for sure. My Cai Kun will surely be a great power in the world! Hehehe!" The winner is a fat and greasy uncle. At this moment, his face is flushed and he makes an excited sound.
He didn't notice the jealousy and cruelty in the eyes of the people around him. It seems that it will be another extraordinary day.
"Then, let's take a look at the last item. The young fishman from the bottom of the sea is strong and good at fishman karate. He is an absolutely powerful bodyguard."
"And with the special collar of our auction house, the owner has the ability to decide life and death with a thought, which is absolutely worth it!"
"The starting price is 80 million berries! Everyone, you can bid!"
The male fishman in the auction house had a dull look in his eyes. He looked around and saw the excited shouts of the humans below. His heart fell to the bottom and he had lost hope of living, but he couldn't die yet.
"Alas, it's a pity thatA male merman, ᵕ᷄≀ ̠ᵕ᷅ "
"Yeah, it would be great if it was a female merman♀️, I heard that they all have hot bodies, rare beauties, if I take a picture of them, hehehe, I would be so happy (º﹃º )(º﹃º )"
"Ah, yes, yes, you are right (º﹃º )"
"Don't think too much. If a mermaid appears, the auction house will definitely notify the Tianlong people. Don't forget that this is that man's industry. What will you do then?" A kingdom noble retorted disdainfully. Do these people really not recognize their own strength?
"You~ Hum-"
"Tsk, what a bummer, you are"
...
The male tycoons and kingdom nobles below the auction house all showed disappointment, but some noble ladies were full of energy, staring at the mermaid on the auction table with shining eyes, wondering what they were fantasizing about.
On the auction table, a middle-aged mermaid appeared, with a white belly and eight abdominal muscles, and a silver-gray body that looked very healthy and strong. Especially unlike most mermaids, the one in front of him looked very handsome, about three meters tall, and a perfect image of a high-quality middle-aged uncle.
"85 million berries!"
"87 million berries"
...
"92 million berries! ”
“95 million berries”
“One hundred million berries!”
A fat woman in the VIP seat was chewing a chicken leg with a greasy face. She spoke in a hoarse voice like sandpaper and looked at the fishman in the auction room as if she saw a rare treasure.
“Damn, it’s this fat pig! "A noble cursed unwillingly.
Because this fat woman is a member of the World Government, the princess of the Kingdom of Katemoss, she doesn't care about money at all.
"Forget it, the items this woman likes, almost no one can take them away except the Celestial Dragons."
...
Hearing the fat woman's bid, the people in the other VIP seats stopped in disappointment. Although they were a little unwilling, they couldn't afford to offend the nobles of small countries, and they didn't have so much wealth to squander.
Besides, this is a world where the strong are respected. All rules are made by the high rulers. Weakness is the original sin.
"In this case, the last item of this auction will be obtained by Princess Meimei of the Kingdom of Katemoss. Everyone, this auction is successfully concluded..."
"Boom!"
Just then, a violent explosion sounded, and a huge open hole was blown out of the roof of the auction house. A person fell from above and hit the auction table directly.
