"I offer two billion!"
Kahn's bid caught everyone's attention.
The person making the offer was a young man in a white suit with short blue hair. Some people who didn't recognize Kahn cast pitying glances at him.
Those who did recognize Kahn, however, had a slight change in their complexions, sensing an ominous premonition.
This big shot wouldn't be so impulsive, right?
"Uh...uh, this... this gentleman bid two billion. Is there anyone else who will bid higher than this gentleman?"
Even the eloquent host stuttered at Kahn's offer.
Obviously, he didn't expect anyone to dare to bid against the Celestial Dragons.
This guy,~ is he looking for trouble?
The host, who also felt pity for Kahn in his heart, quickly regained his composure. He picked up the wooden hammer and began to strike, shouting loudly: "Two billion for the first time, two billion for the second time...
"Three billion!"
Surprisingly, the Celestial Dragon didn't order his guards to arrest Kahn for provoking the world's nobles. Instead, he frowned slightly and then placed another bid.
With just three bids, the auction price of these three Devil Fruits skyrocketed to three billion berries.
If this auction concluded successfully, there was no doubt the owner of this auction house would make a fortune.
"Three and a half billion berries!"
As soon as the Celestial Dragon's new bid was made, Kahn raised the price by another 500 million.
Even the Paramecia Op-Op Fruit is only offered for 5 billion in the black market.
The Paramecia Love Love Fruit naturally isn't worth that much money.
Even with two Zoans included, 3.5 billion is already a premium.
Even the hegemons of the New World wouldn't spend 3.5 billion on a Devil Fruit.
They have too many people to support, and 3.5 billion is not a small amount in this era.
But for Kahn, who owns a fabled gold country, an island full of minerals, and the backing of the largest gangster family in West Blue, such a small amount of money is insignificant.
A mere 3.5 billion, compared with the rule-class Paramecia Love Love Fruit, is not worth mentioning.
As long as it doesn't exceed 10 billion berries, Kahn won't bat an eyelid.
However, while Kahn doesn't care about the money, the Celestial Dragons do.
There's no denying that the Celestial Dragons are rich.
Every year, more than 170 member countries need to pay a huge amount of heavenly tribute to the World Government, serving as a protection fee for the Marines and granting various privileges.
One-third of the heavenly tribute is distributed to the Celestial Dragons of the nineteen royal families.
The remaining two-thirds is split between the Naval Headquarters and CP organizations.
The final portion is given to Enies Lobby and Impel Down.
Although one-third of the heavenly tribute is divided into nineteen shares, each share is still an astronomical sum.
But over the past 800 years, Mariejois has expanded countless times.
The expansion of Mariejois is due to the increasing number of Celestial Dragons.
After eight hundred years of reproduction, every royal family has many branches.
For example, Donquixote Doflamingo's father was just a member of one branch of the Donquixote family.
Inside Mariejois, there are many Celestial Dragons called Donquixote.
For example, the Celestial Dragon, who will be brought back to Fish-Man Island by Princess Otohime a few years later, is named Donquixote Mjosgard.
With more branches, the heavenly tribute obtained by each royal family is divided into countless shares and distributed to these branches.
If those branches have children, the share is further split and distributed to their descendants.
This has led to the relatively low status of some Celestial Dragons. Their pocket money for a month or even a year might only be a few hundred million or a few tens of billions.
The Celestial Dragon bidding against Kahn is one of them.
One billion can be obtained, three billion can be obtained, and even four billion can be obtained.
But after spending it, this Celestial Dragon, who is used to spending money like water, would need to save for the rest of the year.
Saving is something Celestial Dragons have never tried.
Having someone bid against him, this Celestial Dragon faced a first.
Therefore, the Celestial Dragon was very angry.
Since he was angry, a mere human daring to provoke the descendants of the Creators was unforgivable.
At the same time, he was annoyed that, as a descendant of the Creators, he wasn't as rich as a mere human.
Simply unforgivable!
Therefore, the enraged Celestial Dragon immediately ordered the two guards in black suits beside him, "Go and capture that damned human. I will make him my slave!"
"Yes - Sir!"
The two guards nodded respectfully, then used the Soru technique together, disappearing from beside the Celestial Dragon.
"Hey... why bother to find your own way?"
Kahn, seeing the Celestial Dragon's impotent rage and his orders, shook his head helplessly.
**Swish——**
As the words fell, a faint blue light slowly emanated from Kahn's body.
The two guards, who turned into afterimages that couldn't be caught by the naked eye, were rushing towards Kahn when they suddenly appeared in midair above the venue.
It wasn't that they jumped into the air, but that when they passed through it, they suddenly lost control of their bodies, as if they had escaped gravity, and just floated there.
On their bodies, there was also a layer of faint blue light similar to what covered Kahn's body.
This middle-aged Celestial Dragon was obviously not of very high status.
The guards arranged for him by the World Government or his family were merely CP agents who mastered a few superhuman skills.
Agents like this, Kahn had seen and killed many in West Blue.
These half-hearted agents, after their bodies were covered by Kahn's telekinetic wave, couldn't break free with their own strength like stronger foes could.
Therefore, their lives were held by Kahn's invisible hand.
If telekinetic power could directly harm the human body, Kahn could crush the two agents to death with just a thought.
Although he couldn't directly harm their bodies, Kahn had plenty of ways to use telekinetic power to kill these agents and the Celestial Dragon.
Kahn then used the most common method, directly ending the lives of both agents and the Celestial Dragon.
**Whoosh——boom!**
Kahn's thought moved, and then he eliminated the air barrier, throwing the two agents floating in the air towards the Celestial Dragon sitting on the special seat at the speed of sniper bullets.
As soon as the ear-piercing sound of piercing the air was heard, the special seat under the Celestial Dragon's buttocks was immediately torn apart.
As if the ground had been hit by an invisible giant hammer, it was sunken in a large circle, with a large number of cracks appearing.
Three bright blood flowers then bloomed at the bottom of the pit.
After the dust dissipated, the Celestial Dragon and the two agents had disappeared.
Instead, there was just a mass of bloody flesh and tattered white spacesuits and black suits.
The speed of the two agents and Kahn's attack was so fast that the ordinary people in the venue, and even most of the pirates, didn't even react.
When they came back to their senses, they looked at the pit below and the bloody mess at its bottom.
"|||..."
The silence in the venue was suddenly broken by a scream that pierced the eardrums.
"Run away!"
"The Celestial Dragon is dead! The Marine Admiral is coming!"
"Hurry up and escape from this island! This lawless island is about to be cleansed!"
"Get out of the way, don't get in my way!"
"Move! Get out of here quickly, you lowly peasants!"
As the screams broke the silence, everyone scrambled to escape from the auction house.
Whether commoners, pirates, wealthy businessmen, or nobles who came to the Sabaody Archipelago for entertainment or to curry favour with the Celestial Dragons, no one dared to stay here any longer.
A stampede occurred in various places within the venue.
Watching the frantically fleeing audience, the host on the stage dropped his microphone.
Only the man in the suit responsible for delivering the Devil Fruits returned to the stage, intending to close the silver metal box and take it away.
However, just as the man in the suit approached the metal box, the same blue telekinetic wave that had covered the two agents also enveloped his body, ruthlessly depriving him of control.
"Ka... Your Excellency Kahn..."
The man in the suit, unable to move his body, could only move his eyes. He looked at Kahn, who was floating towards the stage, and said with difficulty, "This... this is against the rules!"
"I know."
Kahn nodded, closed the silver metal box containing the three Devil Fruits, and held it in his hand.
He then took out a card specially made by Robin, stuffed it into the left breast pocket of the man in the suit, and said, "Three and a half billion was my bid just now. Since the Celestial Dragon didn't continue, the three Devil Fruits are mine."
"This card has my contact information. Let the people above you contact me, and I will remit the money."
After speaking, Kahn carried the metal box and disappeared from the sight of the man in the suit and the host.
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