Chapter 70: Get the explosive fruit!
Before the official auction begins, there is a routine opening performance, which is a feast for the eyes.
As for how to describe the dancing postures of the dancers?
All I can say is that there can be a notebook here.
After a dance that made some parts of the body become soft and soft, the chief auctioneer of the Don Quixote auction, a lady with beautiful long blond hair, a mature figure and milky white skin, walked up to the auction stage and habitually took the The gavel was struck three times to indicate that the auction had officially begun.
But compared to the hot and glamorous opening dance, the first few auction items seemed quite satisfactory.
Although the price was quite high, it obviously failed to meet the ideal expectations.
The sixth auction item is a lead gray pocket watch.
The selling point of this pocket watch is that its outer case is painted with exquisite hollow reliefs of a Gothic castle. Dazzling silver diamonds are inlaid on the castle to serve as windows, and in the blank space on the upper left, There is a huge aquamarine with a slight blue light, like the bright moon in the night sky.
Out of personal preference, Adrian spent 830,000 beli to buy it, and the auction process was still tepid.
But as time passed, the nobles and businessmen also began to relax and light up fine tobacco. The curls of smoke hovered around the stage, making the lights on the stage increasingly blurry.
When Lot 23, a gorgeous and huge turquoise ring, was snapped up by an unknown noble lady, there was a brief silence in the auction room.
The beautiful female auctioneer walked off the stage, and a middle-aged man wearing a fur hat, two facial lines on his face, a red cape, a beige vertical striped shirt, and red leather pants came onto the stage.
The cautious expression on the man's face and the slightly cautious steps can all illustrate the weight represented by the wooden box he is holding in his hand.
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, I am Diamanti, the square leader of the Don Quixote family."
The newcomer placed the wooden box in his hand on the auction table, introduced himself, and then opened the wooden box to reveal the true appearance of the Devil Fruit inside.
"This is the last treasure in this auction. I believe many people present came here just for it."
Diamanti looked down at the Devil Fruit in the wooden box, a flash of greed flashed in her eyes, but it was fleeting.
If he hadn't already eaten a Flying Fruit, Diamanti would have wanted this powerful Exploding Fruit from Dover at all costs.
It's a pity that no matter who you are, you can only eat one Devil Fruit. This has been a truth recognized by the world for 800 years!
"According to the information in the Devil Fruit Illustrated Book, this fruit is a superhuman type Explosive Fruit. Now, gentlemen and ladies, can you tell me your price."
The first person to bid was not Adrian or Tommy, but an unknown middle-aged wealthy businessman.
"Nineteen million Baileys!"
This number sounds quite impressive, but the voice of the wealthy businessman calling for the price is not loud, which gives people a very unconfident feeling.
But this is also true.
Normally, the price of a Devil Fruit is around 100 million beli.
Only some fruits whose information has never been released, or whose abilities are very useless, will be sold for tens of millions or even lower.
But obviously, the explosive fruits whose names and abilities have been determined are obviously not within this category.
In this top auction in the North Sea, the final transaction price of the explosive fruit will only be higher than 100 million beli, definitely not in the range of 10 million beli!
Sure enough, the next quotations from everyone present quickly covered the figure of 19 million Bailey.
"Thirty million beli..."
"Forty-three million Baileys..."
"Sixty-two million Baileys..."
When the auction price climbed to 60 million beli, the speed of bidding had begun to slow down significantly.
At this time, some really confident and capable 'big shots' finally started to take action.
"Seventy-five million Baileys!" A faint voice came from the box on the second floor. The voice was not loud, but it was full of the smell of belonging to me.
"Eighty-six million Baileys!" Immediately after, a powerful voice raised the price by more than ten million in an instant.
"Eighty-seven million Baileys..." This was a quote from the first floor. It only added one million Baileys, which was also the lowest additional price. It was obviously the limit.
"Ninety-nine million Baileys!" Another auctioneer shouted the price.
At this moment, Adrian reached out and patted Tommy Shelby on the shoulder, "We can start bidding. The starting price is 120 million Baileys."
Hearing this, Tommy didn't hesitate at all and raised his sign to make an offer.
In addition to the huge profits from arms sales with players during this period, Tommy also diverted most of the liquidity of Shelby Company and the Razor Party.
Originally, Tommy did this just to start business with the Don Quixote family in Beihai.
But spending funds on increasing one's own strength is also a very correct choice in Tommy's opinion.
What's more, participating in the auction has been approved by His Excellency White Ghost!
After Tommy quoted the price, the owner of the box in the center of the second floor finally quoted the price.
"One hundred and forty million Baileys!"
Tommy added another ten million without any hesitation. At this moment, he and the owner of the box on the second floor were the only ones bidding in the entire auction.
The two sides persisted until Tommy reported the figure of 230 million Baileys, and then the owner of the box on the second floor stopped bidding.
Tommy wiped the fine sweat from his forehead, his face turned red, and his whole body was trembling with excitement. When had he ever had the dream experience of spending hundreds of millions of Baileys at one time like he did today?
As Diamanti's auction hammer fell, the auction officially came to an end.
After waiting for the rest of the guests to exit in an orderly manner, the Don Quixote family's Cube personally brought over the wooden box containing the Explosive Fruit. At the same time, Tommy also handed the suitcase containing the huge Bailey to Diamanti.
Pay the money with one hand, deliver the goods with the other hand, and the money and goods will be cleared in both directions.
Diamanti stood there, observed it for a while, and handed the box to Adrian.
"Eat it now," Adrian pushed the box in front of Tommy with a natural expression, "it's best not to leave any behind."
Diamanti had a slightly surprised expression on his face. Even though he was already an ability user, he still couldn't forget the disgusting taste of the floating fruit in his mouth that day.
Doesn’t the Devil Fruit take effect the first time you hit it? How in the world could anyone want to eat something so disgusting?
Tommy nodded, took a deep breath, opened the wooden box, took out the exploding fruit, and bit into it.
His expression turned livid to the naked eye, but he still suppressed his nausea and ate up the remaining pulp bit by bit.
Adrian asked: "Have you felt the changes in yourself?"
"Yes, I feel a new force being generated." Tommy nodded, he stretched out his hand, held the teacup on the table, and activated his ability.
Boomka——
There was a harsh explosion, accompanied by fire and smoke, and the porcelain tea cup was instantly blown to pieces.
"It seems to be the real thing." Adrian nodded with satisfaction.
Then, he looked at Diamanti, the 'cubic leader' of the Don Quixote family, and showed a narrow smile.
"I've finished my personal affairs, now let's talk about business.
"I would like to get to know Don Quixote, who fell from the Holy Land to the mortal world, and was then pushed into hell by several villains. Mr. Diamanti, I wonder if you would like to help introduce him?" Thank you very much to the reader "Streaming" When I was young, I rewarded you with 218 starting coins!
(End of chapter)