In Shinji's expectation, as soon as he said this, everyone would be shocked and he would become the focus of everyone's attention - after all, all kinds of online novels in the past life were written like this, and there were many such cases of people using money to hit others in society.
However, this time, his expectations were dashed.
It has become the focus of everyone's attention, but the people are not surprised, but ridiculed, disdainful or unable to look directly at it.
Melvin, who was sitting at the next table and insisted on bidding despite spitting blood, said, "The closing price in London the day before yesterday was $405 an ounce. For ten tons, it would be about $140 million, not counting the train handling fee."
In other words, the ten tons of gold that sounded very domineering and arrogant was actually less than one-third of the auction price. It was a typical invalid bid and a move beyond one's ability.
He failed to show off and got slapped in the face. Even though Shinji had a thick skin like a city wall, he couldn't help feeling embarrassed, because he knew that he didn't understand the price of gold and took it for granted.
Fortunately, he quickly adjusted his mentality, coughed twice, and said in a nonchalant tone:
"I don't usually use so much gold, so I didn't pay much attention to it. Since ten tons is not enough, fifty tons will be enough."
Come on, come on, kneel down, the real super money sponsor is here.
If he hadn't failed in his previous attempt to show off, and had he offered 50 tons of gold right away, he might have shown off his wealth and wealth, with gold all around.
But now, after the previous experience, everyone’s first reaction was not shock, but suspicion.
Even Waver was asking, "Shinji, can you come up with so much gold?"
The agent manager also said: "Dear guest, false bidding is prohibited."
Receiving a lot of distrustful looks, Shinji said that the experience of pretending to be cool was extremely bad, but he had already said it, and it would be even more embarrassing to take it back, so he could only patiently explain:
"It's ok for others to doubt me, but you, the acting manager, shouldn't doubt me."
"Why?" the woman asked.
"You, as well as the driver Rodan and Miss Reilly, are all from Rogian. You must know your master very well. Miss Rogian has a rival whom she loves and wants to kill. She is one of the twenty-seven ancestors like her."
Not only the subordinates of the Rojian faction, but anyone who has a little knowledge of the Dead Apostles world will know that this pair of good friends - the 27th Ancestor, the 15th, Silitta Rojian, and the 27th Ancestor, the 21st, "Water Demon" Smeale, have an extremely close relationship, to the extent that they believe that "if one of them is about to die, that is the time for one of them to kill", and they will fight for fun whenever they have the chance.
"This 'water demon', Miss Smeeley, possesses the same special abilities as Elquet."
"What does it have to do with me?" Elquet looked confused, but the three staff members were shocked, obviously understanding what Shinji meant.
"Water Demon" Smeale is the only Dead Apostle among the twenty-seven ancestors who possesses the ability of "Dream Materialization". It is precisely because of this almost omnipotent ability that she can compete with Rojian, who has collected various Mystic Eyes.
"Imagination materialization" is connected to nature. As long as the spiritual power is sufficient, all natural creations can be materialized and made to exist forever. Gold, which is used as currency in human society, is essentially just a mineral on the earth. With the scale of Elquit's ability, let alone fifty tons, one hundred tons, one thousand tons, or even ten thousand tons is not a problem.
If she wanted, she could destroy the Earth's economy in a very short time.
"I apologize for my shallowness." The acting manager bowed to Shinji and Elquet, "Fifty tons of gold for $700 million. Your bid is valid."
"Seven hundred million dollars at a time, is there anyone else willing to bid?"
Reyandros raised the hammer because the strongest competitors Melvin, Hanano Hishiri and Yvette all showed expressions of giving up.
"Seven hundred million dollars twice."
"Seven hundred million dollars three times."
"make a deal!"
The final word.
"Congratulations, VIP, you have successfully won the 'Mystic Eye of Bubble'." The acting manager showed a faint smile on his face and handed the jar containing the Mystic Eye to Shinji. "The transplant operation can be performed at any time - although VIP may not need it."
Shinji knew she was talking about oranges. Although he didn't know if he could remove them without risk like the agent manager did, it would be no problem to just transplant them. Of course, he didn't say it clearly, and responded vaguely.
"It's hard to say. The person who reserved this pair of magic eyes is not yet an adult and is not suitable for transplantation. I may have to trouble you in the future."
"Well, the auction is over now, thank you all for your—"
"Please wait a moment. Can I take up a little more of your time?"
Just as Rey Andros was about to make her scheduled bow, someone stood up and walked to the center of the auction table.
It's Weber.
"Oh, what do you want, Professor Velvet? Are you dissatisfied with my reasoning?"
The female magician of the Law and Politics Department, Hanano Hisiri, tilted her head, her words were somewhat provocative, but her face was full of joy.
Yes, reasoning.
Before Shinji arrived, there was another accident on the train, and people died. This Waver was like a certain elementary school student of the god of death. Wherever he went, murders occurred.
And this time, it wasn't Shi Xiaocheng's fake death, nor was it Izeluma's frame-up, but a real dead person.
Now, the deceased's head was in the center of the booth at the venue, held in the hands of Weber's assistant, Coles.
"Trisha." The moment she saw the head, Olga Marie bit her lips tightly and her face turned pale.
The deceased was named Trisha Firoz. She was her attendant and her tutor, and she had a very good relationship with her.
Olga Marie's father, Marisbil Yasmiret Animusphia, was very busy with work, and Trisha was responsible for her daily life and education. For Olga Marie, Trisha was not only a teacher, but also a sister and even a mother.
It is easy to imagine how much of a shock her death brought to a 12-year-old girl. Even for a lord's daughter who had received an elite education and was used to disguising herself with aristocratic pride and a false face, it was difficult for her to remain calm.
The story was not complicated. On the second day after boarding the train, Olga Marie returned to the room after finishing her socializing with Weber and others, and found Trisha lying in a pool of blood. Her head was missing, and only the part below her neck was lying in the pool of blood.
So, Weber automatically started his second career as a detective and began to investigate, collect evidence and look for the murderer.
Everything was going smoothly and Weber found some clues, but before he could do further analysis and exploration, he was attacked.
Although he was wearing the ceremonial attire prepared by Shinji and was protected by Gray, the attacker was unexpectedly strong. Fortunately, Rey and Rodin, who had received orders from their master and had been secretly keeping an eye on Weber, arrived in time and worked together to force the enemy back.
Despite this, Weber was still injured and his magic power was severely depleted, and he needed treatment and rest.
It was at this time that Olga Marie found Trisha's missing head, which was discovered by the secretly monitored Kanono Hisiri, who used it to find the murderer.
PS: Orange should be able to remove the evil eye. In "Kara no Kyoukai", she said to Shiki, "If you don't want the eye, you can sell it to me." In the animation, she even took out a special container on the spot - someone who is not sure will not say such a thing.
PS2: The more than 400 million mentioned by the book friends seems to be the recent gold price. I specially checked the gold price in 2004 and found it was really cheap.
PS3: I mentioned in the previous chapter that I found that the book friends are very concerned about this matter. Let me explain the situation briefly. First of all, my friend's father is not in danger of life, but his hip bone (I typed it wrong before, it is hip bone, not hip bone, the human body does not have this bone) is not in good condition, and he needs to have a steel nail inserted and then removed later. The medical expenses are estimated to be 40,000 to 50,000, not as exaggerated as 300,000, but the 10,000 compensation that comes with the compulsory traffic insurance is definitely not enough. By the way, I am not in the car accident business, I am in the insurance business, and my main business is car insurance, so I have seen it quite a lot, but no matter how much I see it, I still feel very uncomfortable when such things happen to people around me.