"Kexing, why was the Governor of the Central Bank getting involved in the auction too? Did he have some ulterior motive?" Cat Morning Star looked at Su Yu in confusion.
"I don't know either." Su Yu shook his head. "Maybe the Guard Army and the Central Bank had some kind of behind-the-scenes deal. Or maybe he just wanted to make his presence known and give the Guard Army a warning? Anyway, let's keep watching the auction. We can ask Letedoz later."
"Alright." Morning Star nodded and turned back to the livestream.
While they were talking, the auction for the "Core of Omen" had already begun.
Letedoz announced a starting price of 1 billion Saint Silver Coins.
Since no one had ever auctioned a "Core of Omen" before, he had set a relatively conservative starting price.
But in just that short span of time, the bids began soaring wildly!
1.3 billion... 1.5 billion... 1.8 billion...
In barely ten seconds, the bidding had already surpassed 2 billion and was still climbing!
"The price is rising so fast..." Cat Morning Star clicked her tongue.
She turned to Su Yu. "But this doesn't look like he's trying to steal the spotlight. The final price will probably only be a few billion."
If Governor Andrew had forcibly added an auction item worth as much as the Dark Thunder Dragon's corpse, they could reasonably suspect he was there to cause trouble.
But putting up something worth only a few billion did not look like sabotage. It seemed more like he was helping liven up the auction.
"Yeah. Besides, Governor Andrew has no reason to steal the spotlight." Su Yu shrugged. "We've never dealt with him, much less offended him. There's no reason for him to do something like this. So the question is, why did he