One Piece: King of the World from White Town

Doflamingo came to the front of the stage from behind the scenes.

In an instant, the place fell silent.

The host quickly took over the conversation and said, "Bring the person up."

Under the gaze of the crowd, three people, two men and one woman, all handcuffed, walked to the front of the stage, their eyes full of fear of the unknown.

"These three people are ordinary humans who have never eaten a devil fruit. They are wearing handcuffs made of seastone."

"If anyone has any doubts, please come and verify it."

"Or if anyone among you is willing to try out the effects of this artificial devil fruit yourself, you can sign up."

"But I would like to inform you that taking the artificial devil fruit 'smile' has certain side effects. There is a small chance that the awakening will fail, and the loser will forever become a smiley face."

"So please be cautious whether you want to verify it yourself."

……

These words calmed down those who were eager to try and get something for free.

Isn't it % successful?

But on second thought, this is more true.

And the side effects of this failure are actually nothing.

Just to let them know, this is what 'smile' means.

"Let me... check it out."

"whispering sound!"

Amid the jeers of many people, a man walked onto the stage nonchalantly and began to check the condition of the three slaves and the seastone handcuffs.

When he touched the seastone handcuffs, his face suddenly changed, and he quickly withdrew his hands and took two steps back.

Then he checked the conditions of these people and made sure that none of them were affected by the seastone handcuffs.

This basically confirms that these people are indeed ordinary people who have never eaten devil fruits.

"How is this gentleman?"

"no problem."

"Let me take a look!"

Although some people checked, they were still not convinced, so more people went out to check the situation.

The final result is indeed fine.

This will make everyone believe it.

As for trying it yourself and being a guinea pig for others...

So far, no one is willing.

Seeing this, the host continued, "Since it is confirmed that there is no problem with the personnel, let's start witnessing miracles!"

"You, eat it."

The host said coldly to slave number 1.

Just as slave number 1 tremblingly picked up the artificial devil fruit, someone suddenly shouted, "Let slave number 2 eat it!"

After being stunned for a moment, many people understood what this guy was thinking and began shouting for someone else to be replaced.

The host said to slave number 2, the only woman, nonchalantly: "You eat."

Upon hearing this, Slave No. 1 immediately stuffed the fruit in his hand into Slave No. 2's hand as if he had been pardoned, as if he had escaped a disaster.

Slave No. 2 had no choice but to grit his teeth and stuff the fruit into his mouth.

Chapter 587: The Lively Centaur

Everyone in the audience was staring at Slave No. 2.

Under the gaze of everyone, Slave No. 2 suppressed his nausea and fear and ate the fruit completely without daring to vomit at all.

Then it’s time to witness a miracle.

Even Doflamingo couldn't help but get nervous.

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

It will deal a heavy blow to his plans.

Although I have mentioned before that there is a risk of failure, others will not care about it and will only believe what they see with their own eyes.

So there is also an element of gambling involved in Doflamingo's move.

Soon, a minute of silence passed.

Just when everyone was getting impatient and thought they had failed, Doflamingo laughed out loud.

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

This means that this artificial devil fruit has worked successfully!

"Unlock the handcuffs!"

So the host immediately took out the key and opened the seastone handcuffs of slave No. 2.

Without the restraint of Hailoushi's handcuffs, an astonishing change took place in No. 2 slave!

The entire lower body directly turned into a horse's body, and then grew a pair of horse ears, while the upper body was still a human body. It was extremely weird, and looked like the human-beast form of an ordinary animal-type devil fruit ability user.

Wow!

At this moment, everyone in the audience widened their eyes and showed a look of shock.

It actually succeeded?!

The expressions on many people's faces began to become extremely hot.

If it was just a simple devil fruit, perhaps they wouldn't be like this, but if this thing is man-made and can be mass-produced, then the meaning is completely different!

Slave No. 2 might have been frightened by the greedy gazes of the crowd, or he might have felt the power coming from his body, so he had other thoughts.

Suddenly, she took a step forward and started running outside like a centaur!

This sudden change once again attracted everyone's attention. Now that there have been changes in form, they also want to see changes in strength.

Don't just look good for show, otherwise it will be useless!

Perhaps he had already guessed what everyone was thinking, Doflamingo, who was closest to them, had no intention of taking action at all, and let Slave No. 2 run past him like the wind.

Obviously, the characteristics of the horse brought a very high speed bonus to the No. 2 slave.

A group of people outside the family were on high alert, armed with weapons, trying to stop him.

But with a bang, 5 or 6 people were knocked away by Slave No. 2 who was sprinting at full speed!

The people behind were completely unable to stop it. Anyone who was hit by the horse's powerful hooves would end up with broken bones and tendons.

Seeing this scene, many people's eyes lit up and they became more satisfied.

The strength displayed by Slave No. 2 at the moment is enough to impress people.

Perhaps he felt that this unexpected "farce" was about to end, so he glanced at Abel who was standing beside him.

Then, Abel's figure instantly appeared in front of slave No. 2, grabbed the other's neck with one hand, and pressed him to the ground with a bang.

The opponent was hit so hard that he vomited blood!

The rude yet powerful performance made many people's eyelids twitch, and they suspected that Doflamingo was deliberately trying to intimidate them.

"Tie him up and send him away."

After standing up, Abel wiped his hands and spoke to the minions behind him.

Then these minions plucked up their courage, tied up slave No. 2 with ropes, and hurriedly sent him to the backstage.

At this time, the host also excitedly said: "I believe everyone has seen the 'miracle' just now!"

"This is the miracle of 'smile'!"

The host was loudly trying to stir up the emotions of everyone present, but in fact there was no need for him to do anything else, as someone had already heard someone shouting.

"Hurry up and start the auction. I can't wait!"

"Okay, okay, 'smile', right? I'll buy it!"

"Make an offer. You can't sell this artificial devil fruit for more than the real thing!"

……

Amid the shouts of the crowd, the host wiped the sweat from his forehead and shouted loudly: "Today we were supposed to auction off four animal-type artificial devil fruits 'smile', but because one was taken out for verification, there are only three left!"

"And these three artificial devil fruits 'smile' are not sold separately, but are put on the shelf together. The starting price is... 50 million berries! Each bid increase must not be less than berries!"

"Now, the auction begins! Bang!"

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

Logically speaking, if the items are auctioned separately, the final price will be higher.

But there are also many smart people here, and they immediately discovered the brilliance of this move after analyzing it.

First of all, this artificial devil fruit has a chance of failure. If it is sold one by one, there is a possibility that the person who buys it may lose all his money and get nothing.

This is very unfavorable for Doflamingo to open up the market and carry out publicity in the early stage.

But selling in a package is different, because what you are buying is a force. With three chances, there will always be one or two that will succeed.

Once successful, it is the best advertisement.

As for the remaining failures, there is no way to find "after-sales" service. After all, these side effects have been mentioned in advance, so I can only accept my fate.

Secondly, this artificial devil fruit currently only has the animal type.

And the ordinary animal type, among all the abilities of the devil fruit, belongs to the relatively ordinary one.

What's more, it is an artificial, defective animal-type devil fruit.

So the price ceiling is there.

Even through auction, it cannot be broken.

Because once it exceeds that psychological price, everyone will think, with so much money, why don’t I try to buy a real devil fruit, but instead bid for an artificial counterfeit product with side effects?

In this way, whether it is a single auction or a package auction, the final price is actually similar.

Finally, it is the most important point.

Doflamingo's current attitude seems to point to one point, that is, the ones that are shown right now are not all the man-made devil fruits in his hands.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be so generous as to take out one to verify the effect in public, and then simply package the remaining three together for auction.

How many artificial devil fruits do so many Flamingos have?

What is the production volume and cost of this thing?

Why not take it secretly to strengthen the strength of your own forces, but instead put it up for auction?

Many smart people have already begun to speculate on Doflamingo's true intentions, wanting to see if there is any fraud in it.

But this still couldn't stop the heated bidding on the spot!

Chapter 588: The Golden Money goes out to sea

"Fifty million!"

"I'll give you 51 million!"

"Fifty-one and a half million berries!"

"What a hassle! Sixty million! I'll give you sixty million! I wonder who dares to compete with me."

"It's funny. I'm afraid of you! I'm offering 60.5 million. No matter how much you offer, it will be 500,000 more. It's disgusting! Hahahaha!"