In the eastern part of Ward 14, inside Dayuan Auction House.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this item absolutely cannot be missed..."
As the host introduced the item onstage, the bidders below began calling out their bids one after another.
It was daytime, so this was the humans' world. Of course, even during the day, a few Ghouls had managed to sneak in.
The atmosphere in the auction house grew increasingly heated. Two stern-looking old men had both taken a fancy to the item and began competing with their wealth.
Su Xiao was also seated below the stage, but his focus differed from everyone else's.
This auction house was quite large, capable of accommodating at least several hundred bidders at once. The entire auction house had three exits.
They were the main entrance, the rear entrance, and the emergency exit.
The emergency exit was normally kept closed and would only be opened in emergencies such as a fire. However, it still needed to be secured.
If there were three passageways, Mado Akira alone would not be enough. It seemed they would need to dispatch more people from the branch.
Su Xiao rose and walked through the crowd to the auction house's restroom, then took out his phone.
"Special Class Shinohara, this is Byakuya."
Shinohara Yukinori was probably out on a mission, as the voice on the phone was surrounded by noisy sounds.
"What is it, First Class Byakuya?"
Shinohara Yukinori's form of address made Su Xiao pause. The other party was actually calling him First Class. It seemed Headquarters had already promoted him.
"I've discovered a large-scale Ghoul gathering point. I need manpower—a lot of people."
Su Xiao deliberately emphasized "a lot of people." To purge Ward 14, it would be somewhat difficult for him and Mado Akira alone.
It wasn't that