Detective: I'm Sato Miwako's Informant

Everyone waited quietly for the auctioneer to introduce the stone tablet.

However, the auctioneer's next explanation left them even more puzzled, wondering if the auction house was trying to make money off a worthless rock.

"We don't know what's recorded on it, we only know that it should be a directional historical inscription stele that records the route and method to reach a certain place!"

The auctioneer's introduction plunged everyone in the hall into a deathly silence.

"What? They don't even know what this broken rock is!"

"Then why would this auction house dare to present it as the grand finale item?!"

"Aren't you afraid that those powerful and influential people will be unhappy about this?"

For a time, doubts about the auction house were everywhere, but soon dissenting voices emerged.

"It's also possible that it's more valuable precisely because they can't understand the information recorded on it; its value can't be estimated in this way!"

“These powerful and influential people are not fools. It is simply impossible for the auction house to swindle money from them.”

"So there's only one possibility: those big shots know what this stone is for, otherwise they wouldn't have gone to such lengths for it!"

After these kinds of remarks were heard, the amount of cursing and insults directed at the auction house in the hall immediately decreased.

What that person said seemed to make sense, and they wouldn't even bother buying such a worthless rock anyway.

So let's see how high the prices those big shots are willing to pay.

Most importantly, even if they were lucky enough to acquire the stone, they would have no way to deal with it; they would be utterly helpless.

This stone is completely stuck in my hands; I have no way of deciphering its meaning, and it might even bring me death.

In that case, let's just quietly watch how these big shots fight over this stone tablet.

"I believe most of you don't know what this stone tablet is, but I do know that some of the guests at the auction are here specifically for this historical inscription stone tablet!"

"Therefore, I won't introduce myself (Noli) in much detail, and even if I wanted to, I wouldn't be able to share the information on this stone tablet with everyone!"

"But I believe that some of you have the ability to explain all the information on this page!"

The auctioneer's words reached everyone's ears once again, which further solidified their belief that this stone tablet was definitely not ordinary.

Bai Shixiu and the others in the private room were all poised to seize the historical inscription stone tablet.

Chapter 0495: The Uninvited Guest

Once the auctioneer announces the auction, everyone who has come prepared for this historical inscription stone will be caught up in a frenzy of bidding, including Shiraishi Xiu.

This final round of auctions was destined to belong to the very few people present who knew the secrets of the historical inscription stone tablets.

But just when everyone was looking forward to the auction of the historical inscription stone, a group of uninvited guests suddenly appeared at the auction house.

These guys who suddenly appeared were all wearing masks, making it impossible to know their identities.

As soon as these people appeared, they went to the auctioneer's ear and whispered something to him.

The auctioneer, who was 950, had never seen such symptoms before and was immediately stunned, standing frozen in place, unsure of what to do next.

However, the burly men who had appeared earlier immediately stood behind him.

As they watched the menacing masked men approaching, they were about to rush forward and drive them out of the auction house, but the moment they made a move, they froze in place.

Then, after a crisp sound came from the auction stage, they collapsed on it.

This scene left everyone in the hall in disbelief. What kind of powerful force could possibly knock down more than ten bodyguards from the auction house in an instant?

"You know, even if they were to face these bodyguards at the auction house, they might not have a chance of winning."

"But these guys who suddenly appeared knocked everyone down in a single exchange, leaving them no chance to fight back!"

This clearly demonstrates just how formidable these guys are; they are definitely not people they can handle.

At this moment, everyone in the hall had only one thought in their minds:

"That means staying here and not moving around recklessly. If we anger those masked men, they might kill us. Let's see what happens next!"

But after the auctioneer heard what these people said to him...

His face instantly turned horrified (badj). Yes, horrified, as if these guys had said something to him that made him feel dangerous.

These guys openly revealed their identities to the auctioneer as members of a special intelligence organization of the World Government.

On the other side, Olivia and Crocodile, who were behind Shiraishi Shu, were also a little taken aback by this sudden turn of events.

"Who are these guys, Shiraishi Xiu and his group? Why did the auctioneer react like that when they appeared?!"

Olvia seemed somewhat flustered as she asked Shiraishi Xiu his questions, after all, she had never encountered anything like this before.

"Don't speak yet. These guys are from the World Government, and they're probably here for that Poneglyph!"

"It seems obtaining the historical inscription stone will not be so simple today!"

Upon hearing Shiraishi Osamu's words, Olvia consciously shut her mouth and stopped speaking.

He knew that if he revealed Shiraishi Xiu and his identity at this time:

They could very well be captured by the World Government here, after all, one is someone who openly defies the World Government, and the other is a scholar from Ohara Island, and the most intelligent one at that.

The World Government issued the Buster Call on Ohara Island because the scholars on Ohara Island could decipher the meaning of the Poneglyphs.

This posed a threat to them.

Chapter 0496: CP (couple pairing).

Crocodile also realized the seriousness of the situation. Even though she usually seemed unreliable, she knew that they absolutely could not expose their identities so easily at this time.

Furthermore, it's unclear whether these guys from the World Government suddenly appeared here for the Poneglyph they wanted.

"This is CP0, the intelligence organization directly under the World Government. Each of them possesses extremely strong abilities, no less than Crocodile!"

"Moreover, every member of this organization is extremely loyal. They will carry out any order given by the World Government, even at the cost of their lives!"

"In other words, CP0 is the most enigmatic, secretive, and powerful of all the intelligence organizations under the World Government!"

They deeply agreed with Shiraishi's words, since neither Olvia nor Crocodile had ever heard of the World Government having an agency called CP0.

In their understanding, there are only CP1 to CP9.

The people who were sitting near Shiraishi Xiu and his two companions from the beginning also heard what Shiraishi Xiu had just said.

When they learned that these masked men were actually from the World Government, they sensed that this last item up for auction would be extraordinary.

Otherwise, an organization that the World Government had never publicly disclosed would not have been exposed.

The fact that they were allowed to be exposed to the world speaks volumes about the allure of this final item.

It seems unlikely that this auction house will make any money from this last item today.

On the contrary, they are also likely to be affected by this, and the weak world government decided to eliminate them at this time.

If everyone who knows this news is killed, they will be the first to be eliminated.

Although there were still some VIP customers on the second floor, they must have already known the significance of this stone tablet.

Otherwise, they wouldn't all be gathered here today, and none of them would have made a bid on any of the previous items. They must all be here for this last so-called guiding historical inscription stele.

The reason why the people around Shiraishi Xiu were able to hear his words was because of the appearance of these masked men.

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The entire hall fell into a deathly silence; no one dared to utter a word.

It's because those guys exuded an indescribable sharpness from the moment they appeared.

Even those of them who often live on the edge are still apprehensive about this.

This murderous aura seemed to have completely solidified, making them all feel oppressed.

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Therefore, no one dared to cause trouble here and could only wait for these masked guys to leave the auction house as soon as possible.

This way, they could put their worries at ease.

After a long time, the group of masked men took a step back from around the auctioneer, leaving the auctioneer standing there bewildered.

He was still replaying in his mind what those masked men had said to him:

"We are a special organization directly under the World Government. If you want to live, stop this auction right now!"

The identities of these people could not be verified, and the auctioneer was unsure whether what they were saying was true.

But the auctioneer had clearly sensed a murderous aura emanating from them.

Chapter 0497: Two Choices

He knew that if he didn't follow their orders, these guys might actually kill him right away.

The auctioneer was caught in a dilemma. He didn't know whether he should listen to these guys, since they were a threat to his life.

But what if none of what these guys are saying is true?

If my boss knew about "950", I would be the one punished for what happened today.

Whenever the auctioneers thought about the boss's punishments, they felt a pang of unease, even though they wouldn't die from those punishments.

But it certainly won't feel good; the feeling is more like being worse than dead.

Comparing the two, he still chose to believe what the former said.

After all, lives were truly threatened. The auctioneer's gaze swept around the room before returning to the center of the room, and he opened his mouth as if to say something.

At that moment, a foolish fellow did indeed shout and interrupt the auctioneer.

"Who are you guys? How dare you trespass into the auction house? Don't you know what we're all waiting for in this final round of auctions?"

Before he could finish his next sentence, the man's eyes widened to the size of copper bells, and he lost all vitality.

Looking at him again, I noticed that there was a rather deep wound on his neck that someone had left there sometime during the night.

The wound was bleeding profusely and couldn't be stopped.

It wasn't until everyone in the room realized that the guy who had spoken was already dead that they could see clearly.

The guy who killed him, one of the masked men, is now standing in the very center of the auction house, sheathing his knife.

The only way to tell that he was the one who did it was that there was still blood on the knife in his hand.

How fast must one be to kill someone before anyone can react and then immediately return to their original position?