MTLNOVEL Chapter 111: Corpse Bone Chain
Disco on the auction table looked at the madness in everyone's eyes and licked the corner of his mouth with his tongue.
The auction has reached this point, and the transaction amount has even exceeded the highest value that Disco initially predicted.
This also made Disco even more fortunate that he had snatched the first right to hold slave auctions at the East Blue from Doflamingo this time.
After that, as long as he settles down in Loguetown, wealth and fame will come.
As for the feelings of those slaves… Who cares?
Are they people?
Of course not!
Since they were put into chains, their identities have been just commodities!
The corners of Disco's mouth gradually curled up into a ferocious arc.
The only value of a commodity is to stand on the auction platform and be sold at the highest price!
"The Fish-Men auction begins now!"
"Starting price… Three hundred… No, five million Belly!"
"Each increase in price must not be less than 100,000!"
Bang!
The sound of hammers hitting the strike plate instantly pushed the atmosphere to its climax!
"Five and a half million!"
"Six million!"
"Eight million!"
After a few seconds,
The price directly exceeded 10 million, but this could not stop the madness of the East Blue's nobles!
After all, the most peaceful sea area also means that it is much richer than the other seas, and the nobles at the pinnacle of power naturally make a lot of money.
Gawain stood in the VIP room, watching the madness of the crowd, and for the first time, he felt regretful.
If he had known earlier, he would have asked Kuro and the others to be more ruthless, at least to peel off a layer of skin from these bastards!
However, after this auction is over, it should still be in time, right?
Eventually, these Fish-men were bought by a noble from the Kingdom of Goa at an extremely high price of nearly 30 million Belly.
The auction is now reaching its climax.
Disco couldn't stop milling no matter how hard he tried because this price was far above the average transaction price in the Sabaody Archipelago!
He forced himself to put away his smile, and then, seeing the expressions on everyone's faces gradually ease, he cleared his throat and said: "Next, it's the main dish of this auction. I believe there should be many people here who come for it."
Gawain sat up straight instantly, his eyes fixed on the auction table below.
A waiter in a suit and tie slowly walked up to the auction table, placed the exquisite octagonal box in his hand on the table next to Disco, and then quickly retreated.
Bang!
The glaring light hit the box.
Disco casually pressed the mechanism on top of the octagonal box. With a bang, the octagonal box split open like petals, revealing the strangely shaped fruit hidden inside.
It's like countless ribs surrounding a skull in the center; the remaining roots on the fruit stalk are curled together like a spine.
There was a hint of evil in its ferocious look.
"This is tonight's final item."
"Paramecia: Bone-Bone fruit!"
Disco said excitedly: "After eating it, you can control all the bones in your body, change their composition, gain a hardness beyond that of steel, or change their shape, making it extend from your body and turn into a sharp blade or armor."
"If developed properly, even the bones in the opponent's body can be controlled!"
"Of course, you all know the side effects, but what you get in return is an extremely comprehensive enhancement, which is definitely worth it."
"The starting price is 100 million Belly! There is no limit to the increase in price! Bidding starts now!"
Bang!
The hammer banged on the strike plate again.
In an instant, someone in the buyer's seat stood up and made an offer: "One hundred and twenty million!"
"One hundred and thirty million Belly!"
Gawain, in the VIP room, did not speak immediately but stared at the devil fruit at the auction table in a daze.
After listening to Disco's description, the first thing that came to his mind was the Corpse Bone Chain!
It can also control bones and change their strength and shape to form blades or armor.
If this fruit is developed to its extreme, it can even control the bones in the opponent's body, which is a completely superior ability of the Corpse Bone Chain.
In the few seconds that he was thinking, the price of this Devil Fruit had already been pushed up to nearly 200 million.
If it can be supplemented by powerful Armament Haki, it is enough to push the upper limit of this ability to a higher level.
Thinking of this, Gawain immediately made a decision.
"This devil fruit may be useful to Gin. Even if not, it is definitely worthy of being the final prize for the competition!"
Obviously, Gawain was not the only one who could see this devil fruit's potential.
Among the East Blue nobles who were able to come here and control countless wealth, there were naturally fools who relied on their fathers' influence to enjoy the fruits of their labor, but there were also naturally ruthless characters who fought their way to success with their own abilities.
These people know much better than the former that only one's own strength is the hard truth.
As for the problem of being cursed by the sea and unable to swim after eating a Devil Fruit, it is not a problem at all for nobles with fixed territories!
The most they can do is to be cautious when going out to sea and prepare a rescue team.
But what they got in return was a powerful strength that was enough to suppress the rebellion in the territory!
No matter how you think about it, it doesn't hurt!
"One hundred and ninety million!"
"Two hundred million!"
Even Daz Bonez, who had been sitting still, stood up.
Just as he was about to speak, he heard a deep voice coming from the Vip room above: "Three hundred and fifty million Belly!"
Daz Bonez's hand holding the sign stopped in mid-air, and he swallowed back the offer that had not yet been uttered.
It was because the price was far beyond his expectations, and even with all the money he brought, it was still not enough.
"What to do?"
Zala gritted her teeth, unwilling to fail.
As the second-highest-ranking female officer agent, she knows much more than anyone else.
"The boss wants this devil fruit. He wants to trade it with someone in the World Government to help cover up our actions in Alabasta."
"And the boss said that this devil fruit is very special. It is said to be one of the five devil fruit of blood, flesh, bones, heart, and soul. It has a hidden value."
Daz Bonez's gaze slowly moved towards the location where the voice came from, and his eyes gradually turned cold: "If we can't get it through regular channels, then we can only rob it! Go and confirm the target's movements. After the auction is over, we will take action!"
"As long as the opponent is not the mysterious person man just now, we have nothing to fear."
"Okay!"
Zala nodded, and just as she was about to take action, she heard another voice coming from the VIP room above:
"Four hundred million Belly!"
As soon as the voice fell, the scene suddenly became quiet, and no one continued to raise the price for a long time.
This was because the price had already exceeded the psychological expectations of everyone present, and most people did not carry that much cash with them.
Even the person in the VIP room who originally bid 350 million Belly did not raise its price any further.
It was obvious that the previous offer was close to the upper limit of their financial resources.
Seeing this, Daz Bonez felt even colder: "Quick!"
"Just in case they get it and leave!"
"Okay!"
Zala nodded solemnly, immediately stood up, took out her Den Den Mushi, and began to distribute the mission instructions to the agents accompanying them.
At the auction venue, after Disco looked up at the VIP room, he was slightly startled.
He had some impression of the buyer in the VIP room. He was a young man with an ordinary appearance and clothes, but he didn't expect that the other party was so wealthy.
"As expected, I can't judge a book by its cover, but this price is already far higher than expected!"
After speaking, Disco looked around and said: "Going once!"
"Going twice!"
"Sold!"
Bang!
The auction hammer fell with a deafening sound.
"Congratulations to the buyer!"
After a few minutes, the Devil Fruit, made entirely of skeletal skin, was placed on Gawain's desk.
He took a quick look at it, and after confirming that there was no problem, he put it away, stood up, and left the auction house directly.
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