The Ainsworth family is a clan that is been long dated hundreds of years ago, so it wasn't a shocked that the Ainsworths have many hidden wealth hidden around this world, and if Aisha wasn't mistaken, there are more or less 12 hidden places that has blinding wealth and treasures. While the Ainsworths have no connection to the underworld, they are a relatively large and powerful family.
Even Aeron's Abyss Empire, despite its impressive achievement over the past decade, it was still below the Ainsworth Empire.
Some time ago, one of the keys to those places went missing. The incident cause a turmoil in the whole family, many suspicious people have been tortured and killed but the key was not found. The Ainsworth family had no choice but to seek Morano for help but even then, Morano didn't find the key, much less find its traces. It seems like the key just disappeared out of thin air.
And now, after many years, the key appeared right before their eyes.
"Now, everyone calm down," the host said in hopes to calm the crowd, everyone did so but the greed in their eyes can't be hidden. "I know that many of you are confused why the key is in our hands. A few years ago, a mysterious man, his name can't be said to the public, sorry, so a mysterious man came to us a few years ago and give us this wonderful key.
We studied for years if there is some value regarding about the key and we've found out later that this is the legendary Dainty Gold Key of the Ainsworth family.
The key to an everlasting wealth!"
The crowd cheered loudly, and after the crowd calmed down a bit, a woman's cold voice boomed in the room, "How can we be sure that the key is really the Dainty Gold Key of the Ainsworths?"
It was Adeline Ainsworth.
Her words caused suspicions amongst the crowd. If it was really the legendary key, why would the owner of the casino (in this case, it's the Sutton famiglia) will be willing to auctioned something so precious as the key?
Of course, the crowd wouldn't think that by having this key is equivalent to danger. Not only the Ainsworth but everyone, including those in the underworld, are prying to get ahold of these keys.
Many resources and money will also be spent to find the hidden place.
Also, the Sutton famiglia wasn't too sure if it's true that the Ainsworths has such wealth in the first place. The Sutton famiglia has always been careful when it comes to this, and they aren't too greedy for wealth and power because for wishing for such things will be granted by bad karma.
Aisha also thought of this, and she wasn't too shocked that the Sutton didn't give the key to the De La Torre famiglia once they knew it was the key from the Ainsworth.
Aside from Morano, Kristin, Rafael, Kristen, and the the twins' parents, the outside world didn't knew the union between the De La Torres and Aisnworths in order to protect the Ainsworths from the De La Torres enemies. Moreover, Kristin's real identity is still not known to the mafia world.
So it is understandable why the Sutton famiglia didn't surrender the key to the De La Torre famiglia.
"We have determined the authenticity of the key. Also, since when did El Grande Asta auctioned a faux item?" The host words had some authority in it, and then he smiled again to the crowd. "The bidding for this item is started, the bidding will be 1.5 million euro."
The guests are still unsure. If the item is fake, then they will just waste more than 1.5 million, but if it's true, they will lose an everlasting wealth.
"20 million!" Aisha didn't know who started bidding but after the man, several guests also followed suit.
"25 million!"
"30 million!"
"45 million!"
The bidding went on until it is already 700 million. Augustus pumped his mouth, he also knows about the hidden wealth of the Aisnworth but he won't spend that much money for a simple key.
If Aisha knew what he's thinking, she will simply say that it was because he didn't have that amount of money.
"700 million!" The host beamed happily. "Is there anyone who will go higher than that!?" Nobody dared to follow it. "No one? Going once! Going twice! The Dainty Gold Key is sold to number---"
"One billion euro!" A cold voice was heard in the microphone. Everyone look around to find who is it, and then they saw a man holding a number 29, besides him was the woman who questioned the authenticity of the key earlier.
Aisha's eyes darkened, she send a signal to Aeron and Aeron nodded and went out together with his subordinates.
It will now start.
"Going once, going twice! Nobody dared to go higher than that? Sold! The Dainty Gold Key of the Ainsworth family is sold to number 29, Mr. Samuel Ainsworth!"