Pirate's pet is king

Chapter 128 128. Auction, Encountering a Devil Fruit
In a blink of an eye, it was time for the auction.

Andy and Elena came to the entrance of the auction house together. There were still more than ten minutes before the auction started. The entrance was already full of carriages, and many gorgeously dressed men and women entered one after another.

A ticket can carry one person, and Andy and Alina stepped into the tall Mengle auction building together.

Walking into the building, he was led to an auction venue by the service staff. Andy glanced at it casually, and saw that there were thirty rows of seats in front of the auction table.

These seats wrap the central auction table in a semicircle, and the gaps between the seats are very wide. There are only fifteen seats in a row, which means that if an auction is full, there will be at least 450 people.

According to the seat number on the ticket, Andy found his own seat. The seat is spacious enough for two people, and there is a number plate next to the seat, and the number plate of Andy's seat is 68.

When the scheduled time comes, the auction will start on time.

"This auction is about to start, let's invite the first lot." The host in golden clothes shouted emotionally, his voice was very loud, but not harsh.

Andy glanced at the stage, and a blond beauty with a hot figure and eye-catching clothes came onto the stage with a small plate covered by a black cloth.

"Let's see what's the first treasure?"

The host walked straight forward and lifted the black curtain covering the plate.

But there was nothing on the plate.

Immediately, everyone's eyes were drawn to the stage, and everyone was wondering if there was an auction accident?

However, the host laughed, and he took the microphone and said loudly: "As you can see, the first treasure has no physical existence. In fact, it is some quotas, participation quotas for a special auction. In the previous Tianben Auction House was lucky enough to obtain an absolute treasure in the sea, a legendary devil fruit."

"Devil Fruit?"

As soon as the devil fruit was mentioned, everyone in the auction house immediately cheered up.

Devil fruit is a treasure in the vast ocean. Everyone here has heard of it, but very few have really seen it.

"Yes! Devil Fruit!
For this incomparably precious devil fruit, this auction house will hold a special auction in a week. In order to ensure the smooth holding of the special auction, the number of places in the special auction is limited. "

The host introduced slowly, trying to make everyone understand: "The first lot of this auction is the quota for next week's special auction. The starting price is 500 million Baileys. There is no price increase. I want to participate in next week's auction." Just hold up the number plate next to you for the special auction."

"A quota of 500 million Baileys? Why don't you grab it?!"

"Devil Fruits are precious, but the auction price is only around 500-[-] million Baileys, and a place to participate in the auction costs [-] million Baileys, how dare you?"

There was an uproar in the auction house.

The host was not in a hurry, he took the microphone and explained slowly: "Although 500 million Baileys is the price for the quota of the next special auction, as long as the price is paid once in the next special auction, regardless of the last Whether or not the treasure is successfully photographed, the auction house will refund the fee of the 500 million Baileys."

After listening to the host's explanation, everyone understood.

Obviously, this is a threshold set by the auctioneer for the next auction.

First of all, being able to easily take out 500 million Baileys basically proves that he has the qualifications to participate in the auction. After all, the price of a devil fruit is in units of 500 million, and even [-] million Baileys cannot be taken out. Isn't it a waste of position to participate in the auction?

Furthermore, although some people are very rich, they don't necessarily want to buy things when they actually go to the auction, they just want to have a look.

In order to prevent such people from appearing in the special auction, the entrance fee must be refunded only after one bid is required to participate in the auction. This condition can screen out some people who simply want to learn more.

"It seems that this fruit is a real devil fruit."

Andy looked around, and there was no one raising a sign in the huge auction room.

"Let me be the first one."

Andy grabbed the number plate beside him and held it up.

One after another, a few rare people also raised their number plates, and most of the other people also wanted to see and see, but 500 million Baileys is not a small amount.

The first auction was over soon, and together with Andy, a total of eight beauties took such a spot.

The auction continued, and Andy successfully won the permanent pointer to Alabas at a price of 600 million Baileys.

A week later, Andy brought Alina to the Mengle Auction House building again.

This is a special auction for Devil Fruits. There are no other items except Devil Fruits, so everyone who participated in the auction came on time.

Before entering the auction, the staff prepared masks for those who participated in today's fruit auction, and every participant needs to wear a mask.

After entering the auction house, Andy found that the auction house this time was much smaller than the previous one, with only fifty seats in total.

When the scheduled time was reached, the auction started on time, and the only precious devil fruit in this special auction was put on the auction stage.

Opening the treasure chest, it can be seen that it is a round, black fruit with red spiral stripes on the skin, which is about the size of an ordinary watermelon.

"This devil fruit has been identified by this auction house, and its category cannot be determined. Therefore, the starting price is 500 million Berries, and each increase in price must not be less than [-] million Berries."

"Auction starts!"

Following the host's order, the auction hall fell silent for a short while.

"Two hundred million Baileys!"

A loud female voice sounded.

"What? The first bid increased by [-] million Baileys. It seems that this gentleman really wants this devil fruit!" Even the host on stage was a little shocked.

Immediately everyone's eyes turned to him.

I saw a tall woman wearing a mask at position [-] holding up a sign. Next to him was a young man in a suit who was also wearing a mask sitting casually. He seemed to be the one who really paid the money, and that The tall and slender woman was just speaking for him.

"500 million Baileys at once? What are you doing? Why did you make the price so high in the first place? We have to bid once to get back the entrance fee of [-] million Baileys!" The individual couldn't help but say.

"Is this the motherfucker of the auction?" Another voice echoed.

Except for these two people, the other people who participated in this special auction did not make a sound.Those who can come to participate in this auction are rich people, and they don't take it too seriously for a mere 500 million Baileys. What's more, this kind of behavior is extremely embarrassing for people with status like them. will do.

And hearing the two clearly harsh voices in the auction house, the young man sitting in the eighth seat stood up, bowed slightly, and said slowly: "I'm sorry, I was negligent, you just want to bid not to auction this If it’s a devil fruit, then hurry up and bid.”

The auction was not affected by this incident. Quite a few people were interested in Devil Fruits, and the price of Devil Fruits soared all the way to around 3000 million Baileys.

"[-] million Baileys!" Andy directly raised his number plate.

"32 million Baileys! The gentleman on the [-]nd bid [-] million Baileys!" The host was stunned for a moment when he heard the price, and then immediately shouted excitedly on stage.

"500 Baileys." The woman next to the young man on the [-]th raised a sign and shouted again.

"It's boring, let's go." Andy looked at Alina beside him.For a devil fruit whose fruit ability is unknown, [-] million Baileys is Andy's limit price.

"it is good."

Elena agreed, then stood up together with Andy, and walked towards the exit passage.

On the way out, I heard offers of 1000 million and 500 million.

Wait until Andy just walked out of the auction house.

boom!
Suddenly there was a loud noise behind him, and even the ground trembled.

"what happened?"

(End of this chapter)