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Once guests arrive, the auction will officially begin.
The host of the auction looked very professional. He held a small hammer and introduced many products with great enthusiasm, while using exciting words to persuade others to follow suit.
What Kashiwagi didn't expect was that the autographed photos and used items of celebrities seemed to be particularly popular, with many people following them to take pictures.
They actually have fans in the Ourei region?
Ironic.
Soon, groups of single-headed dragons were pulled onto the stage by the staff. Their lively and reckless appearance in the cages amazed many people.
Seeing how energetic they were, Kashiwagi wasn't sure whether they were really healthy or had been fed some kind of stimulant before going on stage. It was difficult to tell from a distance.
When the host introduced this batch of Pokémon, he naturally said:
"From the hometown of Unova Champion Alice, the powerful and ferocious three-headed dragons, a total of six single-headed dragons! Please enjoy!"
The champion's reputation is indeed extraordinary. When these words were spoken, many people around him became excited.
Of course, there is a difference between coming from the champion's hometown and being personally trained by the champion, so after the bids reached 50 million, the speed of raising the placards gradually slowed down.
When it reached 60 million, there were only two people left competing.
The final price was locked in at 65 million.
A single-headed dragon is worth more than 10 million!
Kashiwagi secretly clicked his tongue. With this money, he could buy the Arcanine he had seen before. It started at the cadre level and soared directly to the sky. Who would buy a dragon-attribute Pokémon that was difficult to evolve at level 20 or 30?
A quasi-god must evolve to the final stage before he can be called a quasi-god.
However, there is a disadvantage to "finished" Pokémon with high levels and ages, which is that their character and expertise values have been solidified, just like a Pokémon whose effort values are randomly distributed and has missed many important moves.
The key is that there is no way to find memories from NPCs, and there is no way to rely on tree fruits and NPCs to reduce efforts, which makes people feel that this account is wasted.
It is difficult to train them to the next stage with the level of Pyrite Town trainers.
Turn around.
The Pokémon that was planned to be auctioned, a combination of Sunrock and Moonrock, appeared. It was rumored to be the "split bodies" of the two gym masters of Hoenn Green Ridge City, Kaede and Nan.
What is a split body? It is a special breeding method for some genderless Pokémon of the egg-type mineral group. After all, there are not so many Dittos for them to give birth to babies, so life has naturally found a special way of reproduction.
This thing can probably only be seen in the background of animations, like the Pokémon clone offspring who was born as Nidoqueen in Mewtwo Counterattack, and the legendary beast Lugia who was originally unable to give birth but still gave birth to cubs.
Kashiwagi participated in the auction on behalf of "Yamaminoru". When people around him looked at him, he had a blank expression on his face, as if he was a little brother.
"Shan Min" had a smile on his face and sat there with sunglasses on, looking very dignified, as if everything was under his control.
however.
What surprised Kashiwagi was that after he made the offer, no one dared to match the price. You know, no matter how bad the Pokémon is, it is impossible for one person to want it, let alone the "split" of the gym leader's Pokémon.
This is too much of a face-saving thing.
When he was thinking this, the "Shan Min" next to him suddenly changed his expression and looked angry.
He was stunned for a moment, then he saw someone holding up a sign.
This?
What do you mean?
"The organizer saw that I was unhappy, so they asked someone to raise the price." Shan Min's slightly smiling voice reached his ears, "It's worth the arrogant image I've shown these days."
As Kashiwagi listened, he saw "Yamaminoru" turn sideways and cover his mouth with his hand, as if he had said something.
In fact, he didn't say a word.
Shan Min was still talking in the headset, "Just give up the bid and treat it as a temper tantrum."
Amazing.
Kashiwagi wanted to applaud very much, but he held back.
Shan Minoru: "Do you need me to repeat your mission again?"
He couldn't respond.
"We're about to enter the antique segment, the pace will speed up, the host will try to liven up the atmosphere and make the auctioneers unable to react, the backstage will also become hurried and chaotic, this is a good time for us to take action." Shan Min said to himself.
"When the time comes, you don't have to do anything. Just follow Ditto outside and then go find trouble with the person in charge. Then you can curse them along with him."
When the voice fell.
Just as the other party said, the auction entered the stage of antiques and jewelry. These products directly linked to money made the white gloves crazy, and the speed of raising signs was comparable to that of a mole coming out of a hole.
Even Kashiwagi, under the instigation of Shan Minoru, hurriedly raised his sign, but his previous face seemed to have no effect in front of these things.
--normal.
Who here doesn't have a mission to obtain something? Sun Rock and Moon Stone can be given up, but antiques and jewelry cannot.
As the scene became more tense and exciting, Kashiwagi also symbolically showed a curious look, and like the people around him, he turned his head back and forth to observe the people holding the signs.
When the penultimate antique came on stage, the host shouted excitedly:
"This is from the Carlos Dynasty three thousand years ago—squeaky!!!"
An extremely harsh noise suddenly came out from the speakers, causing all the guests to cover their ears, frowning and looking at the host with dissatisfaction.
But the next moment.
The entire venue suddenly went dark.
"The power is out?"
"what's the situation?"
"What are you doing at the auction? I hope no one will take the opportunity to steal things!"
The noisy sound echoed everywhere, and then the lights came on again. Everyone looked at the antiques covered by glass on the stage. Fortunately, they were not stolen.
The host said with some embarrassment and pride: "Don't worry, everyone. Our security measures--"
The sound stopped suddenly.
Because the lights went out again, the host's subsequent voice became as faint as a mosquito's hum.
"The electricity is out again. If you don't know how to hold an auction, then don't do it!"
"Let your manager come out!"
The noise started up again, and everyone was looking forward to the lights coming on again.
The light did come on.
It just lit up for a moment, and it exploded like an overload!
Bang bang bang! !
Countless pieces of light bulbs flew everywhere, screams and shouts were heard, the ground began to shake, and there was a sound of things falling overhead.
“There’s an earthquake—!!”
"Run!"
"Run outside!"
Someone shouted, and everyone rushed outside. Kashiwagi, with Ditto and Alakazam, quietly mixed in the crowd, watching everything with a strange expression.
The auction house seemed a little slow in responding to the surprise attack. Is it because no one ever dared to provoke them?
Right.
After all, it was the mayor who opened it behind the scenes.
Not long after.
All the guests came outside, as did most of the staff, some carrying antiques and gems, and some carrying Pokémon.
Kashiwagi was unable to see the figures of Yamaminoru and Takeru, and had no idea whether they succeeded or not, so he just stayed where he was and looked around.
He watched the staff running around, and from time to time someone would rush back and then run out anxiously.
From the fragmentary words, he seemed to have heard a lot of reports of stolen things, and the expressions of those people at the auction quickly became anxious.
a lot of?
Kashiwagi's expression was a little strange. Shan Minoru said that the target was only the single-headed dragon. Could it be that he met someone in the same field?
He pressed the headset to see if the person had anything to say.
But never.
Soon the news of the theft spread among the guests. They hurried to the person in charge and loudly asked what they should do with the things they had already taken pictures of now that they were gone.
Kashiwagi rushed in as planned and shouted twice. Seeing the person in charge explaining something with an embarrassed look on his face, he couldn't help but feel funny.
It's really interesting to see thieves and robbers being stolen from and robbed.
"Isn't it bad that you two are so silent?" He returned to his original position and turned around to say.
Never thought about it.
"Silence is enough for now."
Shan Min suddenly spoke up, and seeing Kashiwagi's eyes widened, he said, "Calm down, there might be a camera somewhere."
"Are there cameras?"
"What a joke! No matter how many there are, they have all been hacked remotely. These low-class people rely on Pokémon for their information technology. Little do they know that humans are the real masters of the Internet, especially the information experts among humans."
His words made Kashiwagi deeply understand.
In the Wings of Dawn short story, the secretary of the Galar League President Ross seems to be a very good information technology expert, who beat the attacking wild Rotom to tears.
"That's almost it. Let's go in."
Shan Min spoke.
The crowd went back into the auction hall, and when they passed by the person in charge, they received his sincere apology.
"I'm so sorry for what happened to you today. This kind of accident was beyond our expectations..."
This person kept talking a lot, but Shan Min just took off his sunglasses, looked at him with a cold look, and the person in charge quickly shut up.
"Amazing."