Prelude

There was dead silence in the room, and all that they could hear was the ever-increasing sound of sharp gasps.

Then, the frantic voices began.

"Three hundred million berries, pure gold!"

"One billion berries, pure gold!"

"Five hundred million berries ... are you crazy? Only the eternal life with negative effects is bid one billion!"

"Idiot! One billion is just the beginning, like that Ope Ope no Mi, there are people who are willing to bid up to five billion berries even before they are sure if it can bring eternal life."

"Damn it, then I'll bid 1.2 billion berries!"

This noisy venue was equally interspersed with voices about the ancient stone tablet.

"One hundred million berries, this Poneglyph I will take!" Kaido looked around angrily, apparently trying to do the same trick again.

However, this time no one bought his face.

Akagami spoke directly and said, "Three hundred million berries, Poneglyph."

Beckman is a little surprised; Shanks can rarely act so aggressive, "It seems that Shanks may know something."

"Akagami, you brat is to oppose the old me?" Kaido roared.

"Fair play, what, you Beast Kaido don't even have that kind of nerve?"

On the other hand, Whitebeard said, "Pure gold plus the Poneglyph, this bastard Apophis is really a big deal!"

"Yes! Apophis is indeed unpredictable." Marco said, suddenly shouted, "One billion berries plus two Devil Fruit, pure gold."

Whitebeard's expression suddenly grim, his heartaches, one billion berries!

All this money can make his hometown out of poverty, but now it has to be given to that bastard Apophis; it's unpleasant.

Inside the marine camp, Kuzan asked in a deep voice, "What's next, something like the Poneglyph, if it falls into the hands of pirates, it will be a disaster for the whole world."

"To make a move to grab it by force?" Tokikake took a deep breath and asked.

"Don't be impulsive." Longinus cautioned, "Our identities are too sensitive, and it's better to let someone else do something like go out on their own."

A corner at the edge of the ruins;

"When will we do it?" Red Count asked.

"When the auction is over." Bullet said calmly.

"You are really calm." The Red Count said, but his gaze coalesced on the pure gold that shone brightly in front of Apophis.

Although he is known as a single force to compete with Whitebeard and Roger on the same level;

But the harsh truth is that he is a poor man without his power.

In this kind of auction, he does not have the financial strength to shoot priceless pure gold.

Therefore, he could only choose to cooperate with Bullet.

"We must be calm, otherwise, we can't afford to snatch something from Apophis." Bullet said in a deep voice.

Speaking of Apophis, is the Red Count, composed his face also rarely gaze up, "That guy's ability is indeed very difficult, putting pure gold into space is also just a matter of a moment."

"So, rest assured to wait for the auction to end." Bullet said, "With that guy's cold personality, the things sold should not interfere."

...

After some fierce competition, pure gold was bought by the older man with two billion berries, and Kaido took the ancient stone tablet with a price of one billion berries.

As for why Kaido can still come up with so much money after the crazy sweep, the reason is simple; he hit ... begged a few pirate groups after borrowing a lot of money from them.

As for Akagami, he could not do such a thing.

"It seems that all the treasures have found their owners, then, the auction ends here." Apophis said in a deep voice, "Together we end this Pirate Festival."

Strangely enough, neither cheers nor laments on the venue's ruins, there, only dead silence and unsuspecting eyes.

There is nothing there for Kaido to dare to fight, but the older man with white hair is different; no one is doing it now, just these pirates are afraid of the attitude of Apophis.

At that moment, a blood-colored light rushed to the older man with great speed.

Boom! Boom!

Tearing ground and booming thunder sound all prove the power of this slash.

However, amidst the diffused dust came this voice, "Is this how you greet an old friend? Patrick Redfield!"

"A bounty hunter appears in the land of pirates, should I say you are ignorant or pointless?" Red Count landed on the ground with an elegant posture, his hands folded and flat on the umbrella with a bat handle, "Hunter Guild President, Isaac Netero!"

The dialogue between the two was like a thunderstorm ringing in the ears of a crowd of pirates; both the Aloof Red Redfield and the Hunter Guild President Isaac are big names who became famous in the last previous times.

In a sense, they are also both significant figures at the level of Yonko.

"These two guys actually also came!" Whitebeard is also a little surprised.

"Both are old-timers!" Akagami, on the other hand, sighed.

"Are you kidding? This island has gathered close to ten of the top battle power, if they fight, should not even the New World be destroyed, right?" Some pirates thought with trepidation.

"I, I actually tried to rob the Hunter Guild president before?" Those pirates with weird eyes before were even scared out of cold sweat; this is not the initiative to send the bounty to the other side?

Just when the crowd's eyes were attracted by these two, another violent and domineering aura rushed towards Kaido.

"Which bastard dares to sneak attack the old man?" Kaido gave a decisive blow, knocking the other party away, and at the same time, he also took more than a dozen steps back, stomping on the ground with a dozen footprints before he could stop.

"Hiss! Another monster!" The crowd lamented powerlessly.

Although this latest person has the advantage of sneak attacks, he is still suppressed, but he chose the enemy as the strongest creature of the sea, land, and air Beasts Kaido!

Such a result of the battle has been brilliant enough.

"Bullet-senpai!" A cry of alarm from Akagami, and even more so, the crowd doubted their hearing.

What character can make the Yonko Akagami is addressed as senpai? The answer is only one: the other party is also once a member of the Roger Pirates ship.

"Humph! You brat is crawling quite fast." Bullet cold snort of dissatisfaction, he considers himself most qualified to inherit Roger's will, has always been very upset about Akagami who got Roger's straw hat.

It seems that Akagami can become the same level as the Yonko Kaido, which is indeed much stronger than him.

"Haha! Just lucky!"

"Douglas Bullet! So it's you!" Kaido, on the other hand, moved his body and grabbed the kanabo club towards his opponent, "You're the bastard who wants to rob the old man?"

"That's my stuff!" Bullet also replied forcefully, "Roger's things, all should be inherited by me!"

PS: To celebrate my birthday, it is surprising that Typhoon Mekkhala rose four levels in a row, and the author bacteria in a project in Fujian shivered (๑ŏ﹏ŏ๑).

Published in Qidian, August 09, 2019