#38 - Chapter 38: Dragon and Doflamingo take the stage

With the sound of iron chains scraping against the floor, Dragon and Doflamingo were shoved onto the auction stage.

A group of greedy and ruthless buyers were commenting on every aspect of their bodies, while they themselves stood on the stage like merchandise to be manipulated.

Doflamingo's unease, which had been brewing since he was in the prison, reached its peak upon stepping onto the stage. Seeing the gazes of the surrounding people, he felt a sense of helplessness and anger engulfing his heart.

His heart pounded as if it would leap out of his chest, and his throat was blocked by an unspeakable fear, making it almost impossible to breathe. He tried to remain calm, but the fear within him surged like a tide, unstoppable.

Dragon, on the other hand, was as expressionless as ever, as if he were not merchandise on the stage, but a king inspecting his territory.

The collar around his neck was something he could easily remove at any time, so his mindset was very different from Doflamingo's. He wanted to leave, and no one here could stop him.

A fervent atmosphere permeated the auction house, an aura woven from money, power, and greed.

Doflamingo's gaze swept across the faces of the buyers, seeing their cold expressions and the desire for young slaves gleaming in their eyes.

Some wore smiles, as if viewing a valuable work of art, while others had sharp eyes, staring at them like hungry wolves.

He was afraid. The gazes of these people made him physically uncomfortable. He wondered if he had looked at ordinary people with the same eyes before.

"Next up is product number 16, a strong young man from the South Sea, capable of easily moving an entire warehouse of goods without showing fatigue. Not only can he be used as a beast of burden, but also as a punching bag, and he comes with a handsome boy."

"Hahahaha..."

The people in the auction seats burst into laughter.

"So, what will be the starting price?" Modis observed the expressions of the people in attendance.

He slammed the hammer on the table: "Starting bid is 30 million Berries, let the bidding begin!"

As they were announced for sale by the auctioneer, an uproar immediately erupted in the crowd.

Some discussed among themselves, others consulted with those beside them about how much to bid later, while some remained silent, but the greed in their eyes could not be concealed.

Doflamingo felt more and more like a commodity, placed in a window to be displayed and bid on by everyone.

"Damn it, am I only worth 30 million Berries?! What an insult!"

Dragon felt insulted by their starting price.

No, Dragon looked at the trembling kid beside him. He wasn't even worth 30 million Berries.

A breeze swept through the hall, but after Dragon calmed down, it quickly returned to stillness...

Sitting in the auction seats, Jin An watched the two on the auction stage with interest, accompanied by the constantly rising bidding prices.

"Dragon is quite popular with noble women."

No wonder almost all the bidders around him were women. It seemed his disguise was quite popular with these people.

"45 million!"

"45 million and one..."

The auction process felt like a terrifying dream, Doflamingo fell into a despair he couldn't escape.

He had never yearned for freedom so much, yearned to break free from constraints, but in this cold and ruthless auction house, he could only watch himself being stripped away bit by bit, being sold off bit by bit, until he finally fell into the hands of a stranger, his fate once again controlled by others.

"50 million!"

The shouts of bids rose and fell in the hall, Jin An twitched the corner of his mouth. A price of 50 million was not a small sum.

After all, he was the one who let the two of them be auctioned off, the best solution was still to pay for them himself.

Modis shouted loudly: "51 million, 51 million, is there anyone bidding higher than this?"

Seeing that it was about time, Jin An slowly raised the sign in his hand: "51 million and one."

The corner of his eye twitched, Modis, with his sunglasses on, glanced at Jin An, looked around, and found that the bidders all had difficult expressions, and knew that this price was the highest.

So he repeated the price three times, and finally the matter was settled.

"Congratulations to VIP number 888 for successfully bidding on a product to his liking!"

Seeing that the person who bought him was Jin An, Doflamingo breathed a sigh of relief, the heart he had been holding finally fell, he never wanted to suffer this kind of crime again.

Dragon glanced at Jin An, feeling a little sullen. In the end, a Marine Headquarters Colonel plus a little brat only sold for 50.01 million.

Dragon and Doflamingo were taken down to await delivery after the auction ended, or for the buyer to pick them up in person.

And now, the auction is still going on......

The prices these people shouted out were getting more and more outrageous, and Jin An got more and more excited.

In fact, Jin An didn't want to pay to buy them, robbing them directly was more cost-effective, but if he wanted to rob them, he needed to wait until the auction was over, when there would be fewer people, making it easier to do.

Anyway, he couldn't stand these auction houses treating living people as commodities. Human traffickers should all die, and the people running the auction houses should also die.

If he didn't lack the capital to contend with the World Government, he would have torn this place down by now.

"Alas~ it seems like I'm going home empty-handed again this time..."

"Isn't there still no mermaid that I've been looking forward to the most? I've been looking forward to it for a long time."

"Don't even mention mermaids, even fish-men are rare goods. You have to rely on luck to see one."

The real VIPs of the auction house, although filled with desires for slave commodities, were not satisfied with the current products, because what they craved were higher quality slaves, preferably some special races.

The previous commodities were relatively monotonous, only slaves with strong bodies for hard labor, or some slaves with special skills, such as those skilled in cooking or proficient in music.

But commodities that could make their eyes light up had not yet appeared...

However, despite the guests' dissatisfaction with the current slave commodities, they were still full of expectations for the upcoming slaves.

They expected that in the upcoming auction, there would be more ideal slaves appearing, able to meet their needs and desires.

Therefore, they chose to continue staying in the auction house, waiting for the appearance of the next auction item, hoping to find a slave that suited their tastes.

For them, slaves were not only labor, but also a symbol of status and status, capable of bringing endless comfort and enjoyment.

"How ugly..." Jin An sat in the auction house, always feeling out of place here.

Jin An's eyes wandered over everyone in the auction house. There were kings, nobles, rich men, and he even saw a Celestial Dragon in a separate area.

Celestial Dragons were not just rich, robbing one was estimated to be worth the wealth of everyone here combined.

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