Chapter 687: Two People's Murderous Intentions
Even if the user of the Luck Fruit rowed straight into the calm zone, no sea king would pay attention to him. Some sea kings might even sneeze at him and blow him out of the calm zone, so he wouldn't even need to row.
In that way, it would be very convenient for the Revolutionary Army to travel between the four seas and the Grand Line. Of course, this is only the most basic application of the luck ability, but such a basic ability is of great help to the Revolutionary Army.
"Sure! If you like it, just buy it and compete with them."
After hearing the introduction, Vic also remembered the origin of this devil fruit. Isn't the ability of this fruit possessed by a beautiful female subordinate of Tesoro? She relied on the ability of this fruit to play with the Straw Hat Pirates at her fingertips.
If Usopp hadn't used the gold coin gambling machine to consume her collected luck, the Straw Hat Pirates would probably have fallen to death because of their bad luck.
So the ability of this fruit is still very good. Vic didn't expect that it was Tesoro who bought it at this auction.
No one else could compete financially with the item that Tezoro liked, so it was no surprise that he bought it. He was not called the Golden Emperor for nothing. Although Tezoro did not have as much money and title as he did later, Vic was not optimistic about Doragg this time.
"But I don't have any money, can you give me some more support?"
"Okay! Forget it if it's over a billion."
Dorag was somewhat embarrassed to say this, the Revolutionary Army's ranks have been expanding over the years, but they have very few projects that can produce money, or they have not focused on making money.
It can be said that except for the treasure of the Flower Kingdom that Victor told Dragon about before, the rest of the money was secretly provided by Victor. Otherwise, do you think that Rebecca has been fighting against pirate groups in the New World all these years just for the contract with the World Government?
Is it because he still has some so-called justice in quitting the navy? Is it because Rebecca is naturally aggressive? Is it because Wick wants to train his soldiers? None of them. To put it bluntly, it is to steal money to support the cause of the Revolutionary Army. Wick does not want to extend his hand to ordinary countries and civilians, so he can only attack the pirates.
Of course, Vic must have some income from business. For example, Ben's intelligence agency has been able to make money for him a long time ago. The personnel have been spread out all over the world and there is no need for large expenditures. The income from selling intelligence has far exceeded the expenditure.
Moreover, Ben's reputation has long been spread. A lot of the information is worth hundreds of millions of Baileys and can be sold to several buyers. Vic has also arranged experts to protect Ben and his team.
Of course, there are some other businesses, which, like Ben's intelligence organization, are not made public. No one knows that they are related to Vic. Vic has not used the gold in the dimensional ring yet, nor has he used the gold obtained from the Sky Island Golden City.
Moreover, by letting Rebecca lead people out to rob, Vic did have the intention of letting them gain practical combat experience and become famous. It could also make those pirate groups that have committed countless crimes disappear on the sea, and save some countries and civilians who will be persecuted by them in the future. It can be said to kill three birds with one stone. There is no reason for Vic not to do such a thing.
So Dragon felt embarrassed to ask Vic for money to buy the devil fruit. It was equivalent to him taking a group of people from the Revolutionary Army to eat and drink Vic's food, and then packing up a portion to take back.
But Vic didn't refuse. He knew that one billion Baileys would definitely not be able to compete with Tezoro's, so he let Dragon play with one billion Baileys.
Moreover, 50 billion Beli is not a small number. It is definitely enough for an auxiliary Devil Fruit like the Lucky Fruit in normal auctions. This is not the Surgery Fruit that can help people achieve immortality. That fruit is only worth billion Beli. The two Devil Fruits are not of the same level, so Dragon had nothing to say and joined the bidding after Vic agreed.
"5 billion Baileys!"
"This mysterious man is offering 5 million Baileys. Is there a higher price?"
"I'll give you 5 million Baileys!"
"5 million Baileys, is there anyone who can get more? Are there any other competitors? Are these two the only ones who know what they are talking about?"
"6 billion Baileys!"
"6 million Baileys! These two gentlemen are really rich! Are they determined to get it? Will that gentleman make another offer?"
"I'll pay 6 million Baileys"
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"10 billion Baileys!"
"The price has reached 10 billion Baileys. The competition for the first lot today is so fierce. This is a good start for this auction. Thank you both for your support. Are there any other bids?"
The host was conducting the auction while fanning the flames in an attempt to stimulate more people to bid, but he was not the only smart person in the venue and they would not be swayed by his words.
Of course, there are still people like this, such as the father and son of the Celestial Dragons, but they really don’t like this devil fruit, otherwise they would really be aroused by their competitive spirit. It’s not like they earned their money themselves, so they don’t feel bad about spending it!
The host just wanted to encourage the two celestial dragons who often visited to join the bidding, but this devil fruit was simply not someone else's cup of tea, so no matter what he said, it was useless. Only Dragon and Tesoro made it to the end of the bidding.
Blackbeard did not participate in the bidding at all. His purpose has always been clear: he loves no one except the Dark-Dark Fruit.
Quinn participated in two rounds and then stopped bidding. He originally came for the Animal-type Devil Fruit. He even went to the first half of the Grand Line to meet an Animal-type ability user. He was almost killed by Wick that time. It can be seen how much the Beasts Pirates value and are obsessed with Animal-type abilities!
The other underground kings gave up after calling for two more rounds because the price had exceeded their estimated cost-effectiveness.
Katakuri was relatively persistent, but he gave up when the offer reached 500 million or 600 million Beli. The Big Mom Pirates were robbed by Wick last time, and with the pirate group's own expenses, the money available was not that abundant.
So when he saw the other two people bidding desperately, he gave up. The lucky fruit was not that urgent, and he wanted to save the money to buy what he really needed, so he had to give up this auction.
Only Dorag and Tezoro persisted to the end, and the host thanked them for creating a good atmosphere, while at the same time encouraging them to continue bidding. It can be said that this was extremely shameless, and many people present sneered!
Tezoro even thought of getting rid of the host. Although he was rich, he didn't want to be a sucker. He believed that it was the host who had been instigating the mysterious person to keep bidding with him.
"I'll pay 11 million Baileys!"
"Okay! This gentleman offered 11 billion Baileys. Is there a higher price?
There are no other competitors now, maybe I can get this devil fruit if I bid again!
11 billion Pele once...,
11 billion Pele twice...,
Is there really no one bidding? If no one bids, the deal will be closed! "
"11 billion Baileys three times! Deal!
Unfortunately! This devil fruit can only belong to this gentleman! "
Both Tezoro and Dorag had the urge to kill the host. Fortunately, they wanted to see what good things were behind, otherwise they might really take action. This host was really too mean. I don’t know how he survived until now. Hasn’t he met someone with a bad temper before? That’s really lucky!