Suddenly, fierce bidding sounds rang out in the auction hall.
Listen to the fierce bidding sound below.
The auctioneer adjusted his monocle, with a faint sneer in his heart.
As a major force at sea, Black Flame City naturally has an illustrated guide to devil fruits. After obtaining these two devil fruits, they knew their specific abilities.
These two devil fruits are not rare abilities. One is the animal-type Bull-Bull Fruit in giraffe form, and the other is the parahuman-type Bubble Fruit.
Basically, their abilities are not very strong, so these two devil fruits were put up for auction.
On a high platform at an auction, a tall man named Remus, wearing a floral green plaid shirt, was staring at the two devil fruits below.
Although he has eaten a devil fruit and cannot eat a new devil fruit, he can use it to enhance the strength of his close subordinates, which is a very rare thing.
If his pirate group had two new ability users, then its strength would definitely be greatly improved.
After thinking about it, Lemus began to bid: "Two hundred and seventy million!"
However, he was not the only one bidding for the Devil Fruit, so the value was quickly surpassed.
"Four hundred million!"
Suddenly, a bid was heard from the fourth seat on the podium to the left of Lemus.
Remus wanted to raise the price, but he had already paid 100 million Baileys as an entrance fee, and the money he had left was not enough to compete with the price.
Damn it!
Remus sat back in his seat, picked up an apple from the fruit plate, threw it into his big mouth full of sharp teeth, and bit it hard.
You can't use violence at an auction, so he could only vent his anger in this way.
The person who called out the price of 400 million was a man with purple hair. He was skinny and wore a leather mask on his face, with only half of his cheek exposed.
He is the current commander of CP9, Spandam, who was ordered by the World Government to carry out the mission and capture the two devil fruits.
However, although the price of 400 million Baileys is high, it is not prohibitive and the price continues to rise.
Spandam didn't care.
He crossed his legs and drank red wine leisurely. When the bidding below was almost over, he simply used the price of 600 million Baileys to suppress other voices.
This price can be said to be extremely exaggerated, but he does not feel sad at all, because it is the world government that pays for it after all.
The only remaining contender gave up after the bid reached 630 million.
Spandam finally bought the two devil fruits for 650 million Beli, and the auction came to an end.
Coles looked at Nico Robin and said, "It looks like you're going to return empty-handed this time."
"I expected that." There was no disappointment on Nico Robin's face. After the two devil fruits were auctioned together, the money she brought was no longer enough to participate in the competition.
…
Immediately following.
An auctioneer came over and led Coles to the backstage to pay.
Although the auction house lowered the price a bit for settlement in silver, it was still fair and not too much, so Coles accepted it.
After paying the auction fee of 300 million Baileys, Coles successfully obtained the two gems he had bid for, "Deep Blue Sea" and "Eternal Forest".
After walking out of this room.
Three people walked towards Coles.
The one in the middle of the three was a skinny man with a leather mask on his face.
The tall and thin man next to him had a face shaped a bit like a wild wolf, with a slanted scar on his left eye and a pair of purple sunglasses on his head.
The last person was tall, with thick pink hair, like a Kabuki actor, holding two jade boxes in his hands.
Obviously, these are the people who took the two devil fruits.
Coles frowned slightly.
Because these three people are very similar to the three characters in his memory.
CP9!
What are they doing here
Coles had a vague bad thought. He felt that something bad was about to happen in Black Flame City.
At this moment, the Den Den Mushi on Coles' body rang. It was given to him by Admiral Kuzan before he left, asking him to contact him at any time.
Coles walked to an uninhabited place in the auction hall. After using his Observation Haki to check and confirm that there was no one there, he picked up the Den Den Mushi.
"Hey, General Kuzan."
"Ah, Coles, where are you now?"
"In Black Flame City."
“Sorry, I forgot to tell you last time that the World Government has issued an order to our navy this time, the goal is to completely destroy Black Flame City.
Because it is a confidential mission, I will tell you after you enter Black Flame City."
Coles was speechless.
He was almost ready to knock James out and end the mission.
Kuzan now tells him that the real mission is to destroy the Black Flame City
Then didn't his previous worries about the consequences of killing people in Black Flame City have to be completely in vain
But it doesn't matter.
What’s more important is that the World Government actually chooses to take action against Black Flame City. Aren’t they afraid of causing a war between the Four Emperors
The Den Den Mushi continued to emit Kuzan's voice.
"In the New World, the other two admirals have already gone to stop the possible arrival of the Four Emperors. I will personally lead the navy fleet to launch an attack afterwards.
So your next task is to create chaos in the city, and cooperate with the outside forces. In ten minutes, the navy will officially attack Black Flame City!"
"I understand!" Coles understood.
The Den Den Mushi then hung up.
Coles put the two gems in the exquisite box in his hand into the shadow storage space and walked out with a serious expression.
Although the mission has changed.
But, it seems like we can have a big fight now!
…
A moment later.
A man and a woman walked out of the auction house.
Coles did not have his navy coat draped behind him, as that would have affected his subsequent battle.
"Ready to go back?"
Nico Robin nodded.
"Almost there. What about you? When are you going to catch that ordinary pirate?"
Coles tossed the five hundred Baileys coin to Nicole Robin and said calmly, "Let's go now, and I'll treat you to a good show."
Nicole Robin took the coin with her fair hand, with a puzzled look on her face. She wondered what the interesting part Coles was talking about was.
And at this time.
Coles was already walking towards a strong pirate leader outside the auction house.
Nicole Robin looked at the target that Coles had locked onto, and her expression froze.
Because that is this year's pirate supernova, Crazy Fang Lemus, with a bounty of 200 million berries!
Is this the ordinary pirate Coles was talking about
"Have you ever seen a flying slash?"
Coles asked, then placed his right hand on the hilt of the demon sword.
Swish!
The magic sword is unsheathed.
The black and red blade appeared, and at the same time a black half-moon shaped slashing force was suddenly swung out.
The slash was aimed directly at Lams who was about to leave in the distance.
The flying slash cut through the air and landed behind Remus in the blink of an eye.
The expression on James' face suddenly changed, but he could no longer dodge and could only defend himself with his strong body. However, he was hit hard and flew away.
Blood gushed out from his back, dyeing the colorful green shirt even brighter.
"captain!"
"Captain, what's wrong with you!"
The pirate crew members following Lemus were in a panic and hurried to check on the captain's condition.
The criminals who had not yet dispersed were all a little surprised. They couldn't believe that someone dared to take action in Black Flame City
but.
Isn't that flying slash just now an attack that only a swordsman of the swordsman level can perform
This young man is so young, could he be a new swordsman
Nico Robin couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
When she saw Coles half a year ago, Coles' swordsmanship did not seem to be so strong, but now when she saw him again, he had become a swordsman.
This growth rate is so powerful!
After Coles took action, several birdman guards flew down from the sky.
However, they did not ask Coles for ten times the entrance fee.
Because Lemus is not dead yet.
As a supernova with a bounty of 200 million berries, Lams is very powerful and will certainly not be killed by this flying slash.
What's more, Remus is an animal-type devil fruit user with a stronger vitality than ordinary people. He is just injured now.
With the help of other crew members, Lemus slowly stood up from the ground, but the injury on his back made him extremely angry, and his eyes almost spit fire.
Remus endured the pain and asked the birdman guard next to him: "If I kill him, how much entrance fee do I need to pay?"
The birdman guard glanced at Coles and said, "He only paid 500 Baileys for the city entrance fee. You only need to pay 5,000 Baileys to kill him."
This information had been recorded when Coles entered the city, so the guards knew it.
"Okay." Lemus pushed away the crew member who was supporting him, then smiled grimly: "Boy, since you want to die, I will grant your wish!"
To this.
Coles remained unmoved. The murderous aura emanating from the demon sword made him feel like the god of hell.
"Crazy Fang Lemus, after the mission change, I didn't have to kill you, but I am a man who sees things through to the end. I planned for you to die today, so you must die!"