"Ten Common Zoans, four Insect Zoans, and five Ancient Zoans have all been auctioned off. Next are five Paramecia Devil Fruits. I'm sure everyone will be very interested.
"The first is the Paramecia Taste-Taste Fruit. Compared to Zoan Devil Fruits, Paramecia offer more possibilities. The starting bid is one berry."
After the Zoan Fruits had been auctioned off, Betty didn't waste any time and went straight on to the five Paramecia.
"The Taste-Taste Fruit? Never heard of it."
"I can't think of anyone on the seas who's had it!"
"Who was the previous user?"
The room buzzed with discussion. Many pirate crews frowned; most of them had clearly never heard of this Devil Fruit.
Or perhaps its previous user simply hadn't been famous.
As Betty had said, Paramecia Devil Fruits offered more possibilities than Zoans, but that depended on the person.
If there had been a known user before, they could at least compare notes.
But the problem was, ninety-nine percent of the pirates present had never heard of it.
"Two hundred million berries."
A cool voice rang through the hall. Chaos followed everyone else's gaze and spotted a familiar face. The two of them had once fought tooth and nail on Post Island.
Slippery Man Delice, the Paramecia Slime-Slime Fruit user, had grown even more mature and beautiful over the years.
She'd actually made it to the second half of the Grand Line.
Her outfit was still daring: a bright red bra and a pair of very short shorts. The exposed skin was smooth and dewy, gleaming brilliantly.
Her long, wavy orange-red hair fell loose around her shoulders.
Her bounty had been 232 million back then. Now it had soared to 430 million.
"Three hundred million berries."
Another female pirate joined the bidding: Ghost Pirates captain Ghost Princess Lorian.