The Marine Admiral's Glint-Glint Fruit had been made famous by Kizaru, so nearly everyone generally considered the Glint-Glint Fruit to rank among the upper tiers of Logia-type fruits. Even many who shouted, "There are no strongest fruits, only strongest people," had to admit in their hearts that Devil Fruits still had superior and inferior ranks.
Take Uchiha Hiko's Slow-Slow Fruit, for example. Once someone of considerable strength consumed it, their power could advance by leaps and bounds. The boost provided by a Slow-Slow Fruit was not the same as that of just any other fruit.
As he watched countless greedy gazes gradually light up throughout the venue, like a pack of wolves gathering together, Hiko smiled faintly to himself.
"I only obtained this fruit after enduring untold hardships and narrowly escaping death," Hiko silently mourned Foxy. "And I have only put it up for sale now after keeping it all this time. If not for Dressrosa's need to establish its nation, I would never have handed over such a precious fruit!"
Everyone nodded. The value of a Devil Fruit was not as simple as what was written on paper. Its true worth depended on what kind of abilities it could display in a person's hands.
"Now, I shall put it up for sale and see who tonight will become its truly unrivaled owner!" Hiko raised the Slow-Slow Fruit and smiled with confident ease, infecting countless people with his enthusiasm. "The auction begins now. Starting bid: One billion berries!"
Everyone excitedly gripped their bidding buttons, only to suddenly fall into boundless silence the very next moment.
One... One billion berries?
Quite a few people began asking those beside them whether they had misheard the price.
One billion berries was neither too much nor too little. In the New World, it could