The next day, the sun rose in the east!
It was a rare day of fine weather.
The biggest auction house in Sabaody Archipelago's Grove 1!
Plenty of pirates, wealthy merchants, and nobles were heading inside. Word was, this auction had a lot of fine goods—and even Celestial Dragons were attending.
Compared to Devil Fruits and rare treasures, slaves were the biggest sellers.
If you had money, you could buy anything. Beautiful, alluring female slaves were especially popular.
"Look! That's Slime Person Delice, with a bounty of 232 million! She really is as beautiful as the rumors say!"
A crowd of reporters stood outside the auction house, cameras in hand, watching one important figure after another enter. They were all thrilled.
This kind of material was great for their careers.
"It's the Ghost Pirates! Their captain, Ghost Princess Lorian, has a bounty of 280 million. They say she's a Paramecia user. She really does look like a girl of sixteen or seventeen—but who'd guess she's actually in her thirties?"
"The Giraffe Pirates!"
"That's the prince of the XX Kingdom!"
"It's the Dog Pirates! Their captain, Dog King Bugga, has a bounty of 130 million. He's a Zoan user with the Dog-Dog Fruit: Hyena Form."
"Look! The Brother Pirate Hunters! The elder brother, Glass King Roseftus, is a Paramecia user with the Glass Fruit and a bounty of 240 million. The younger brother, Agate King Hakftus, has the Paramecia-type Agate Fruit and a bounty of 219 million!"
"That's the Impact Pirates! Their captain, Impact King Temeklin, has a bounty of 731 million. Behind him are the first commander, Giant Pig Elcaca; the second commander, Dandy Rickmame; and the third commander, Centipede King Namelte. Every one of them has a bounty of over 400 million berries."
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