Detective: I'm Sato Miwako's Informant

"As you can see, I don't think I need to introduce her much. This mermaid girl is a hunter from our auction house. We encountered her by chance on Mermaid Island last time and captured her!"

"Buying a mermaid girl like this as a slave would be quite nice, and I believe many of the male guests here are also very interested in her!"

The auctioneer, a veteran of decades in the auction world, stirred up the atmosphere in just a few words.

After he finished speaking, everyone in the room looked at the mermaid girl with even greater fervor.

"As you all have probably already noticed, this mermaid girl's special qualities are what we're talking about, so the starting bid for this auction is 500 million Berries!"

"Whoosh!"

Upon hearing the starting price, a murmur of surprise and disbelief erupted in the room.

The auction price was simply too high. The two who had been shouting the loudest earlier shrank back and sat quietly in their seats after hearing the auctioneer's bid.

After all, even if they poured all their savings into it, they simply couldn't come up with 500 million Berries.

They were just boasting so loudly, saying that the mermaid girl would definitely be theirs.

This is really embarrassing; he can't even come up with 500 million.

"Alright, everyone, quiet down! Our auction is about to begin!"

Aside from the fact that the rude guests in the lobby all had incredibly intense gazes toward the mermaid girl, there was no other exception.

In the box above them, a group of strange men were also greedily watching the girl in the cage on the auction stage. These men were wearing huge glass sphere-shaped covers over their heads.

If the people below could see them, they would find it incredible, because the group in this private room were actually the Celestial Dragons, the most noble people in the world today.

Chapter 0483: Auctioning the Mermaid

"Jellyan, hurry up and help me snatch that damned mermaid! We absolutely cannot let him fall into the hands of those lowly commoners!"

One of the Celestial Dragons, sitting at the very front of the private room, turned to the person behind him and spoke.

"Yes, young master!"

It was obvious that the man called Jellian was not a man of many words.

"Now, please begin the bidding!"

To be honest, he took the wooden hammer in his hand and struck the iron cage that held the girl heavily.

Suddenly, a loud bang came from the air. The mermaid girl was so frightened by the sound that she shrank to a corner of the cage, her whole body trembling.

"Captain Shiraishi, should we help him?"

Olvia looked at Shiraishi Xiu beside her and spoke earnestly, but Shiraishi Xiu clearly did not want to meddle in other people's business.

"It's not that I don't want to help that mermaid girl, Olvia, but our purpose here today is the Poneglyph. If we offer a high price now, it will definitely attract attention from others!"

"Oh, okay then!"

Olvia knew that Shiraishi Xiu didn't want to help the mermaid girl, although she didn't say anything more.

But in his heart, he had already cursed Shiraishi Xiu hundreds of times. This guy was simply a cold-blooded and heartless bastard. The mermaid girl was so pitiful, yet he didn't want to save her.

"Five million one hundred thousand!"

While the two were discussing, someone had already made a bid, but this person clearly didn't have that many Pelés.

I just wanted to try and see if I could get my hands on that mermaid girl.

Moreover, judging from the expression on his face, 510 million was probably his limit; if the price went any higher, he wouldn't be able to continue.

Sure enough, as soon as he announced his price, another voice immediately drowned out his.

Six million!

The sound was clearly coming from a private room on the second floor, and everyone in the lobby on the first floor turned their attention to the private room on the second floor from which the sound was coming.

However, the private rooms here are not visible from the outside, so they don't know who is bidding inside. They only know that those who can sit in the upstairs private rooms are not ordinary people.

They likely have very powerful backing, and some people have already decided to give up on resolving this issue.

After all, if those big shots upstairs found out that he was also competing with them, he probably wouldn't have a good ending.

So after the sounds came from the private rooms upstairs, the lobby on the first floor immediately fell silent.

They were all wondering what that guy was, that someone was trying to steal their auction items.

The box where the six million Berries were shouted out was none other than the Celestial Dragon from the beginning.

"Keep up the good work, 943! Look at those lowly commoners down there. As soon as we open the price, they don't dare to follow. Lowly commoners will always be lowly commoners!"

The obese Celestial Dragon standing at the front spoke again, and this time the people behind him simply answered him in a low voice as usual.

Seeing that Jellian didn't say much to him, the obese Celestial Dragon didn't continue speaking.

However, their bidding voices weren't just heard from the casual patrons in the lobby; even Shiraishi Xiu turned his gaze over. He felt that the voice sounded so familiar, like those despicable fellows from Mary Geoise.

Chapter 0484: The Guest in the Private Room Makes a Bid

However, Shiraishi Osamu wasn't sure if these guys were the Celestial Dragons of Mary Geoise.

If he had known that it was a Celestial Dragon who had offered that price, he would definitely have continued to compete with them.

We will absolutely not allow these Celestial Dragons to obtain this mermaid girl.

Unfortunately, Shiraishi Xiu did not intend to reveal himself at this time, because those guys on the second floor definitely knew him!

Because of the Celestial Dragons' price, many guests in the hall were deterred and dared not continue to compete with them.

The auctioneer couldn't help but feel angry after witnessing this scene.

He didn't care who was in the private room; as long as they blocked his money, he could curse them in his heart.

Moreover, these people have no idea that they are cursing them in their hearts.

Although reluctant, the auctioneer still asked:

"The VIP on the second floor has asked for 600 million. Are there any other guests willing to pay more than 600 million?"

The people in the hall had shifty eyes, and it was unclear what they were thinking.

After a long time, someone finally continued bidding:

"Six million and a half million々II!"

After hearing someone call out a bid, the auctioneer immediately spoke up:

"This customer asked for 650 million. Is there anyone asking for more than 650 million?"

At this point, anyone who dares to bid is practically doing themselves a favor, all because of the interference and disruption caused by those guests on the second floor.

This silenced everyone in the lobby, and judging from the situation just now, none of the other VIPs upstairs seemed interested in the fish-man.

If that customer really wins the bid for 600 million, then their auction house will suffer a huge loss.

Once someone starts bidding, a second person will naturally follow suit.

"Six million eight hundred thousand!"

The Celestial Dragon in the private room looked down at the two people who had suddenly become his competitors, and his eyes turned cold.

He instructed Gerlian behind him:

"Kill both of them in a minute. I don't want to see them again. If they leave Gran Island alive, Jellian, do you know what your punishment will be?"

"Ok!"

Jellian could only nod in agreement.

"Eight million!"

Bidding voices came from the private rooms upstairs again, but this time the price was increased by more than one million.

It was still the same private room, and suddenly a series of gasps of shock echoed through the lobby on the first floor!

"Who is this person? They're incredibly wealthy and powerful."

"He can afford a private room on the second floor, wouldn't you say he's incredibly wealthy? Maybe 800 million is nothing to him at all!"

"That's absolutely true. What do we have to compete with them with? We might as well give up now!"

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"It's a pity I was just trying my luck to see if I could get a picture of this mermaid, but now even the VIPs upstairs are scrambling for it, so I definitely have no hope."

"Okay, I think I'd better give up now!"

The inquiry quickly filled with all sorts of discussions, and the auctioneer naturally listened to all of them.

The atmosphere that had been so hard to create had now turned back into the way it was just now.

The auctioneer had already cursed the entire Celestial Dragon family in the upstairs box hundreds of times.

However, there were always a few people who were not afraid of them and continued to bid:

"Eight and a half million!"

Chapter 0485: Offending a Distinguished Guest

"hiss!"

The hall was filled with incredulous stares as the guy who had once again bid 850 million Berries stared at him.

"Doesn't he know what kind of terrifying beings live in the private rooms upstairs?"

"Aren't you afraid of retaliation if you bid against them without giving them any face?"

"Why do you care so much about them? Since they think they have the strength to compete with those VIP customers on the second floor, let them compete. As long as the weak aren't afraid of losing their lives on Gran Island!"

"Ten million!"

It's the same private room upstairs again, and that same group of shady characters. They've already driven the price up to 1,000 million, showing how determined they are to get this 943 fish.

After the price of 1,000 million was announced, the hall fell silent instantly. Many people with a little money were wondering if it was worth spending 1,000 million to buy such a mermaid.

After all, for many of them, 1,000 million peles is several years' worth of savings.

Moreover, he's definitely at his wit's end right now, with only 10 million Berries to his name, and he's actually going to use it to buy a mermaid, and he might even offend the VIPs in the second-floor private box.

Having weighed the pros and cons, several pirates in the hall immediately gave up bidding.

"Ten million! Ten million!"

“Our VIP client on the second floor has offered 10 million. Is there anyone willing to offer more than 10 million? Everyone should think carefully. This mermaid girl is definitely one of a kind on Fishman Island.”