One Piece: The World King Who Emerged from the White Town

Everyone in the room was staring intently at slave number 2.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, slave number 2 suppressed his nausea and fear and ate the fruit completely without daring to vomit at all.

Then comes the moment to witness a miracle.

Even Doflamingo couldn't help but feel nervous.

Because this thing has a success rate, it would be ridiculous if it failed in front of so many people.

This will deal a significant blow to his plans.

Although I mentioned the risk of failure before, people don't care about that; they only believe what they see with their own eyes.

So Doflamingo's actions also involved an element of gambling.

Soon, a minute of silence passed.

Just when everyone was getting impatient and thought they had failed, Doflamingo suddenly burst out laughing.

Because slave number 2 did not turn into a 'smiley face'!

This means that the artificial Devil Fruit has successfully worked!

"Remove the handcuffs!"

The host immediately took out a key and unlocked the sea stone handcuffs of slave number 2.

Without the restraint of the sea stone handcuffs, an astonishing change immediately occurred in slave number 2!

His entire lower body transformed into a horse's body, complete with horse ears, while his upper body remained human. It was extremely bizarre, resembling the human-beast form of a typical Zoan-type Devil Fruit user.

Wow!

Everyone in the room stared wide-eyed in shock.

It actually succeeded?!

Many people's expressions began to turn incredibly enthusiastic.

If it were just a simple Devil Fruit, perhaps they wouldn't react this way, but if this thing is man-made and can be mass-produced, then the meaning is completely different!

Slave number 2 was perhaps frightened by the greedy gazes of the crowd, or perhaps he felt the power emanating from within his body, which led him to have other thoughts.

Suddenly, she took a step and began to run wildly outside in the form of a centaur!

This sudden turn of events has once again drawn everyone's attention. Now that there has been a change in form, they also want to see a change in strength.

If it's all show and no substance, then it's utterly useless!

Perhaps having already guessed what everyone was thinking, Doflamingo, who was closest to him, showed no intention of making a move, letting the number 2 slave run past him like the wind.

Clearly, the horse's characteristics gave slave number 2 an extremely high speed bonus.

A group of outsiders from the family stood ready, armed with weapons, to try and stop him.

But with a bang, five or six people were directly knocked away by the number 2 slave who was charging at full speed!

Those behind couldn't stop it at all; those powerful hooves basically resulted in broken tendons and bones for anyone who tried to hooves it.

Upon seeing this, many people were delighted and even more satisfied.

The strength that slave number 2 has shown so far is already enough to make people take notice.

Perhaps feeling that this unexpected 'farce' was about to come to an end, he gave Abel a look.

In an instant, Abel appeared in front of slave number 2, grabbed the man by the neck with one hand, and slammed him to the ground with a thud.

He smashed the object so hard it made it vomit blood!

His rude yet powerful display made many people's eyelids twitch, suspecting that Doflamingo was deliberately trying to give them a hard time.

"Tie him up and send him away."

After getting up, Abel wiped his hands and addressed the henchmen behind him.

Then these lackeys mustered their courage, tied up slave number 2 with ropes, and hurriedly sent him to the backstage area.

At this moment, the host excitedly said, "I believe everyone has witnessed the 'miracle' just now!"

"This is the miracle of 'smile'!"

The host was loudly trying to stir up the emotions of everyone in the audience, but he didn't actually need to do anything more, because someone had already shouted.

"Let the auction start already, I can't wait!"

"Fine, fine, 'Smile,' is it? I'm buying it!"

"Give me a price. Surely you can't sell your artificial Devil Fruit for more than the real one!"

……

Amidst the cheers of the crowd, the host, wiping the sweat from his brow, announced loudly, "Today's auction was originally scheduled for four Zoan-type artificial Devil Fruits, 'SMILE,' but because one was taken out for verification, only three remain!"

"These three artificial Devil Fruits, 'SMILE,' will not be sold individually, but will be listed together, with a starting price of... 10 million Berries! Each bid must be at least 500,000 Berries higher!"

"The auction begins now! Bang!"

No one present expected that the remaining three artificial Devil Fruits would be auctioned off as a package instead of being sold separately.

Logically speaking, if the auctions were conducted separately, the final price would be higher.

However, there were also some intelligent people present, and they immediately discovered the brilliance of this move after analysis.

First of all, there is a chance of failure with artificial Devil Fruits. If they are sold individually, there is a possibility that the buyer may lose everything and get nothing at all.

This is very detrimental to Doflamingo's initial market penetration and promotion.

Selling in a package is different, because what you're buying is a force, and with three chances, you're bound to succeed one or two times.

Success is the best advertisement.

As for the remaining failures, there's no way to seek 'after-sales service,' since these side effects were explained in advance, and you can only accept your fate.

Secondly, this artificial Devil Fruit currently only exists in the Zoan type.

Ordinary Zoan-type Devil Fruit abilities are considered relatively common among all Devil Fruit powers.

Moreover, it's an artificial, flawed Zoan-type Devil Fruit.

Therefore, the price ceiling is set there.

Even an auction cannot break this.

Because once the price exceeds that psychological price, people will think, why don't I try to buy a real Devil Fruit instead of bidding on an artificial, counterfeit product with side effects?

In this way, whether it's a single auction or a bundled auction, the final price is actually about the same.

Finally, it is the most important point.

Doflamingo's current attitude seems to indicate that what he has presented so far is not the entirety of the artificial Devil Fruits he possesses.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been so generous as to take out one to demonstrate its effect in public, and then simply packaged the remaining three together for auction.

How many artificial Devil Fruits does Franco actually possess?

What are the production volume and cost of this product?

Why not secretly use it to strengthen your own power, instead of putting it up for auction?

Many intelligent people have begun to speculate about Doflamingo's true intentions, wanting to see if there is any trickery involved.

But this still couldn't stop the heated bidding at the scene!

Chapter 588 The Money Ship Sets Sail

"Fifty million!"

"I'll offer 51 million!"

"Fifty-one million Berries!"

"This is troublesome, sixty million! I'll put up sixty million! Let's see who dares to compete with me."

"Funny, I'm not afraid of you! I'll offer 60.5 million, no matter how much you offer, I'll still give you 500,000 more, just to disgust you to death! Hahahaha!"

"Hey! One-Eyed Dragon, are you doing this on purpose? Today it's either you or me."

"Fine, I'm all in! Whoever runs away is a coward!"

"If you're going to fight, then go out and fight already. Don't waste everyone's time. Sixty-five million!"

……

The atmosphere at the scene was absolutely electric!

Even the worst Devil Fruit is worth 100 million. Although the one being auctioned now is man-made, it should still be worth at least half price!

One costs 50 million Berries, so three would cost 150 million Berries!

In other words, acquiring it within 150 million Berries would be a huge profit.

If it exceeds 200 million Berries, we need to consider whether it's worth it.

After all, there is still the risk of failure.

If there is no risk of failure, acquiring it for under 3 million would be a sure-fire way to make a profit.

Everyone here is shrewd, so they all want to play some underhanded tricks.

This world isn't just about having money; you also need strength.

Otherwise, even if you buy the items, you won't live to use them.

So some people simply withdrew from the competition and began to watch with a cold laugh as these people argued back and forth.

Amidst this turbulent atmosphere, it was ultimately won by Du Fred, the son of the wealthy loan shark king, who purchased it for a hefty price of 3 million Berries!

There's nothing we can do; this guy is just too rich.

Moreover, doing this is also a show of force. Doflamingo didn't even inform them in advance about something as important as artificial Devil Fruits, so his attitude is already very clear.

Therefore, Fred Du, who came with a mission, will definitely not let Doflamingo get away with it easily.

Do they really think they're just like rags that are used and thrown away after use?