Sabaody Archipelago, Grove No.1, Human Auction House.
Disco, the person in charge and auctioneer of this auction house, stood on the stage and introduced his auction items vigorously. A sexy beauty was posing and enlivening the atmosphere, which made these big fish customers' hormones explode and raise the auction prices.
The three Celestial Dragons in the audience were impatiently waiting for the finale of the mermaid. They all wanted to buy this rare mermaid so that they could show off to the other Celestial Dragons.
After all, mermaid slaves are very rare among Celestial Dragons.
The Fish-Man island Ryugu Kingdom is not only a member of the World Government, but also the territory of the Whitebeard Pirates. Over the past decade, fewer and fewer mermaids have appeared in the auction house because of this reason.
On a seat, X Drake, the Marine undercover, looked at this ugly and dark slave auction with a blank expression, but unfortunately he could do nothing.
This world is so corrupt that people are powerless to resist.
This human auction house is the property of the Shichibukai Doflamingo, and is also favored by the world's nobles, the Celestial Dragons.
This let this auction house be the strongest presence in this illegal zone, with a profound background, no one dares to mess with it, and the business is booming.
Apoo watched the slave auction with indifference, especially when he saw a pirate captain being auctioned as a slave, he laughed wantonly, mocking and scorning these captured losers!
Luffy and his gang were waiting for the old man Rayleigh, hoping to get his help and bring him back to exchange information with Shakky.
Only Sanji was paying close attention to the legendary mermaid. It would be such a terrible thing to watch a mermaid being auctioned off as a slave in front of him.
This made Sanji very distressed and he kept smoking.
"Luffy, if possible, I would like to use that money to save that mermaid!"
The knight Sanji, who could not accept seeing the humiliation of a beautiful woman turned into a slave, said to his captain with a solemn expression.
Although Sanji is now the financial officer on the ship, he still has to ask this idiot captain if he wants to use the money. After all, it is all the loot they worked hard to rob from the big bank in the capital of Water Seven.
"Yes, but don't let it affect my purchase of Rayleigh."
Luffy just glanced at his chef, then grinned widely, as if he didn't care about the money at all, as long as he made his crew happy.
"Thank you! Luffy!"
Sanji was a little touched by this, because for his own kindness and principles, he misappropriated the Straw Hat Pirates' small treasury, which made him really sorry for everyone.
"I'm very unhappy with these guys. I don't know if I can blow them away and let all these people go!"
Luffy watched these fanatical rich nobles noisily and happily buying miserable slaves, which made this innocent-hearted protagonist feel disgusted.
All in all, it made him feel very uncomfortable and unhappy, and he wanted to hit someone and beat them all up!
As time passed, the auction continued to sell various slaves and merchandise, and slowly reached its climax.
A huge glass fish tank was pushed out, and there was a green-haired mermaid in it. She was now hugging a starfish tightly, looking extremely frightened.
"Haha, distinguished guests, this is today's finale product, a mermaid from under the 10,000-meter-deep sea!"
"Due to the extremely rare quantity, the starting price of this auction is 100 million beris!"
Auctioneer Disco shouted enthusiastically, because a normal mermaid would start at 70 million beris, but that was the price when the supply was relatively abundant.
Now there is only one mermaid, and there are Celestial Dragons who want to buy her, so he has to raise the price no matter what!
Celestial Dragons are super big fish, no, they are super rich people. There's no way he wouldn't take a little advantage of their spending ways.
He even arranged a person just to make the Celestial Dragons leak a little extra money.
As soon as Disco announced the price, someone started bidding.
"One hundred and twenty million beris!"
"One hundred and fifty million!"
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The atmosphere at the scene was extremely intense, which made Drake frown. This auction was so wild that they even dared to openly auction citizens from the countries affiliated to the World Government. The most important thing was that Celestial Dragons were rushing to buy her.
And Apoo at the side was marveling. He didn't expect that the price of a weak mermaid had already reached the supernova bounty. It's really hard to compare with others. The rich people on this island are too outrageous at spending money!
He felt that the auction price of this mermaid would soon exceed his bounty of 198 million beris.
Sure enough, his guess was exceeded in the next moment.
"We offer 200 million beris!!"
The yellow-haired Sanji gritted his teeth and took out all the money of the Straw Hat Pirates just to save this mermaid.
"Tsk, tsk, I didn't expect the Straw Hat Pirates to be so rich!!"
Apoo grinned, his white teeth were like piano keys, with black and white intervals, and there were some air holes on his arms, like some kind of musical instrument.
"Hoo~ho~, just a bunch of commoners! The mermaid is mine!! I'll pay 500 million beris!"
The Celestial Dragon Saint Charlos looked at these commoners bidding with disdain, and suppressed them as soon as he opened his mouth.
Celestial Dragons are the world's aristocrats, and all they have is money!
Hearing this price, Sanji and the other Straw Hat Pirates' eyes widened. This was completely beyond their limits.
Even selling Luffy won't help them make enough money!
"Hahahaha~, the price of a weak mermaid actually exceeds the bounty of the strongest supernova. It really made me see the wealth and power of the world's nobility!!"
Apoo laughed a little nervously. This was an insult to them, the Supernova Pirates, and the terrifying financial resources of the Celestial Dragons also shocked him.
Buying a mermaid with 500 million beris making it look as easy as buying a newspaper.
Drake also clenched his fists. The heavenly gold that the affiliated countries desperately collected was wasted by the Celestial Dragons and fell into the hands of the underworld emperors like Doflamingo.
The World Government even wants to cut the funding of the Marines and expand the CP organization, which makes both Sengoku and Tsuru very troubled.
Drake had no intention of watching any more. He is afraid that his own righteous heart will completely deteriorate.
When he was a Marine Rear Admiral, he had already seen a lot of darkness. Unexpectedly, after becoming a pirate, he discovered that the world was even darker and more desperate than he imagined.
Amidst the noise, he lowered his head and left the human auction house with a gloomy face.
He does not want to see the World Government and the Celestial Dragons, whom he is loyal to and protects, using the heavenly gold of the allied countries to oppress the civilians of these same countries.
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On the other side, the Big Daddy Pirates were still having a banquet, attracting many pirates to watch, including various spies and intelligence personnel.
After Kuro received a message, he whispered a few words into his captain's ear, making Basire smile strangely.
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