"Next are five Ancient Zoan Devil Fruits. The first is an Ancient Zoan, the Sabertooth form. Bidding starts at one beli."
The Common Zoans and Insect Zoans earlier had already achieved great success compared to an ordinary auction. It went without saying that the Ancient Zoans would fetch even higher prices.
"One billion."
Sure enough, the first bid skipped all the lower numbers and started at a modest one billion.
And the pirate crew making the bid was no ordinary crew.
"Have the Beasts Pirates made their move?"
"I heard Kaido of the Beasts intends to build a Zoan army."
Although King had made the bid, everyone was looking at Kaido of the Beasts.
Many pirate crews had already begun to hesitate.
"One billion fifty million."
"One billion one hundred million."
There were still plenty of pirate crews and other factions who weren't afraid to bid.
The Marines joined in again, too.
But Kaido was even more brazen than anyone expected.
"Gahaha! One billion five hundred million."
Kaido of the Beasts suddenly burst into wild laughter, as if money were nothing but trash.
The auction fell silent. One and a half billion was far too much, and for many pirate crews, it simply wasn't worth the cost.
The same item could mean different things to different people. Some cherished it as a treasure, while others thought nothing of it. That was the difference.
"One billion six hundred million."
The Marines made another bid.
"Gahaha! One billion seven hundred million. Keep it coming!"
Kaido of the Beasts looked provocatively at Sengoku and the others.
"That lunatic."
"One billion eight hundred million."
"Two billion."
"Two billion. It's worth far more than that. No wonder he's Kaido of the Beasts."
"Kaido of the Beasts really is loaded!"
People around them whispered among themselves.