Gathering X Auction

Sunlight streamed through the half-open window and curtains, falling onto the bed.

A pale golden light touched Kurapika's face.

A slight warmth begins to transfer from the irradiated skin.

Kurapika had no choice but to open his eyes.

With a flick of the Chain, the curtains were pulled open.

But he remained lying in bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.

I picked up the phone next to me and glanced at it.

I slept very well, from the early morning until the afternoon.

Oh, right, they got their revenge last night.

It felt unreal, like an illusion, yet it didn't seem to bring about any change.

He clearly did something big.

Kurapika shook his head helplessly and got out of bed.

After tidying up and washing up, I pushed open the door and entered the hotel's living room.

Kevin and the others were already seated in various parts of the living room, doing their own things.

"You two still aren't used to fighting with medication as a backup plan. Don't be timid and hesitant, understand?"

"My medicine can cover your losses. As long as you don't die on the spot, I should be able to help you resolve most of the damage caused by Nen ability."

"You must remember this: trading injury for injury is always a win for you; make good use of your advantages."

As Kurapika entered, he heard Kevin lecturing Basho and Goreinu.

Kurapika was unaware of the details of their battle the previous night, and both of them appeared exhausted but uninjured when they returned.

However, judging from this, it seems that they did not make good use of their advantages during the battle.

Humans have an instinct to avoid risks. When faced with an attack, most people will reasonably avoid it by confronting their own vulnerabilities.

Similarly, there is an instinctive tendency to avoid situations that may cause harm.

For example, it could cause serious injuries such as amputation.

This is human instinct.

Suppressing this instinct during intense combat is difficult; the Lightning Speed of battle don't allow for much time to think.

However, with Uncle Kevin providing support, this flaw definitely needs to be corrected.

Kurapika walked in with a smile, greeted a few people, and sat down next to Pairo.

Usually at this time, Shalnark would be sitting on the other side, but today Shalnark seems to be chatting with Melusina on the windowsill.

Kurapika turned to look at Pairo.

"You don't look like you slept well. Were you too excited? Or were you overthinking things?"

Pairo said he could get a good night's sleep, looked tired.

Pairo glared at him sideways, then sank into the sofa.

"I'm so excited!"

"To be honest, I don't really understand why; I didn't feel anything."

The emotions evoked by revenge were less intense than I had imagined.

"Alright, enough with the nonsense. It's already five o'clock. We can get ready; we have an auction to attend tonight."

With that, Pairo stood up, waved his hand irritably, and left.

Hearing this, Biscuit turned around and said, "Are you going to the auction tonight? Take me with you."

"Is Biscuit going too?"

"Didn't I already tell you? Don't call me teacher!"

Faced with Biscuit's angry glare, Kurapika just smiled awkwardly, but still insisted on using his own form of address.

Biscuit put her hands on her hips and said with a smile, "I wasn't really interested at first, but since we're already here, there's no rush. Why don't we go take a look?"

That makes a lot of sense, it's absolutely true.

Since we're already here...

"Okay, then we'll go together."

Kevin had finished his lecture, and after Kurapika said a few words, Kevin nodded.

He wasn't planning to go; he wasn't particularly interested in these kinds of auctions, having already participated in them before.

To be honest, it was pretty boring.

Unless there's something at the auction that interests him, but he's not interested in the items this time.

Thinking of this, Kevin looked at the others.

"Any of you interested? We can go check it out tonight."

"I want to go! I want to go! Let's go together!"

After chatting with Shalnark Melusina walked in and immediately jumped over, hugging Kevin's arm.

Kevin smiled indulgently and pinched the other person's nose.

"Alright, let's go together then."

Night.

One after another, black cars of various colors drove along the wide street toward the auction.

The surrounding area has been completely taken over by gangsters.

Kurapika!

Kevin and the others got out of the car one after another, and before they even went inside, they saw Nion running out of there.

The lively little girl hugged Kurapika tightly, nuzzling her head against Kurapika chest.

"Nion? What are you doing here?"

Kurapika asked, somewhat surprised.

"This is a big auction, aren't you all here? Are you trying to leave me behind and have fun?"

Nion, hands on her hips, said with some dissatisfaction.

"You know, we're here to—"

"Okay, okay, of course I know. I was just kidding. Let's go inside, Dad's here too."

Nion laughed and grabbed Kurapika's arm, forcefully pulling him inside.

Shalnark stood thoughtfully to the side and slightly behind Pairo.

Biscuit walked over and patted her on the shoulder.

Seeing Xiaodi's Shalnark expression, Biscuit clenched her fist and swung it fiercely in the air, making a menacing face.

Although no words were said, it was as if everything was said.

Shalnark took a step forward and naturally took Pairo's hand.

The two of them walked forward as if it were perfectly natural.

"Hahaha! You brat, did you see that? He's still pretending nothing's wrong; his body's stiff."

Biscuit, who was watching the show from the back, didn't hesitate to laugh.

The sound was made without any attempt to conceal itself, and naturally reached Pairo's ears.

Pairo could only grunt twice, pretending not to hear, and quickened his pace.

As everyone went inside.

Then they saw Light waiting for them.

He came straight up to Kevin and gave him a hug.

"It seems you won a very impressive victory."

You have to have confidence in our capabilities.

"Of course, of course, I have no doubt about it."

Light said with a bright smile.

Rosana walked over from the side and looked at Pairo and Kurapika.

"Mom, you---"

Just as Kurapika was about to say something in surprise, Rosana had already hugged the two of them.

"Don't talk Kurapika, let Mommy hug you."

She hugged the two of them tightly, her eyes slightly red.

No one else disturbed them.

Kevin strolled around the venue with Melusina without being bothered, since Kevin wasn't well-known to outsiders.

In a way, he has always been operating in the shadows.

Light was always the one brought into the limelight; he was visibly very busy, with people constantly coming to talk to him.

When you begin to sit down.

Kevin glanced at the field as usual.

Sure enough, I saw quite a few Nen user.

"Um?"

"What's wrong?"

Hearing Kevin's puzzled voice Melusina, following Kevin's gaze in that direction, and then couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth into a smile.

"What a coincidence!"

As she spoke, she pulled Kevin and walked over there.

"Do we really have enough money?"

Gon asked with some concern.

Qi shook his head, seemingly unconcerned but also somewhat helpless. "Of course it's not enough, but we can take a look first and see who buys it, then we'll figure something out."

"Are you going to rob me? That's not a good idea."

"Who said that? I never said I was going to rob you!"

Startled, Qi Meng, who was speaking, quickly tried to turn his head away.

However, dodging was pointless; a hand simply pinched his face.

Qi broke out in a cold sweat, and when he looked up, he saw it was the smiling Melusina.

He immediately put on a sour face.

"What are you doing?"

The sudden attack had really startled him; the enemy had touched his face without him even noticing.

If he hadn't looked up, he probably would have jumped several meters away in an instant.

"Did I scare you, Xiao Qi?"

"There's no small print," Qi retorted, clearly dissatisfied.

Seeing Qi looking like a cat with its fur standing on end, Melusina smiled amusedly.

Qi was dissatisfied, but helpless; what could he do?

If nothing unexpected happens, even his own brother is afraid of this woman, so it's best if he doesn't mess with her.

Gon greeted the two of them with a cheerful expression.

Then they saw the others who had come with the two of them.

"Kurapika, and Pairo!"

Qi greeted him with great surprise.

Gon glanced at the two of them, and also greeted Shalnark, who had a relatively low profile.

Qi didn't dislike Shalnark, but he was somewhat reluctant to interact with her; he always felt that this woman was creepy.

Then they saw a long line of more than a dozen people following behind.

The two of them sat in a whole row, which was quickly filled up one by one by Kevin and the others.

Looking at the dozen or so people who came with Kevin,

Qi couldn't help but click his tongue, his expression turning somewhat serious. After everyone was seated, he secretly whispered something in Gon's ear.

"There are many very capable people among these people."

Gon's terrifying intuition also sensed it, and he couldn't help but nod.

"Yes, I can feel it."

Normally it wouldn't be this obvious, but since everyone had just gone through a major battle last night, the smell of gunpowder on them wasn't so easy to suppress.

Under normal circumstances, there would be no difference, but Qi and Gon are clearly not normal children; they both possess terrifying intuition and extraordinary sensitivity.

Light sat down with the others.

He was supposed to arrange for them to go to a private room together, but Kevin refused, so they had no choice but to come along.

How can you experience the atmosphere of an auction house in a private room? Melusina came here to experience it.

As the auction officially began, the noisy chatter gradually subsided, leaving only soft, quiet murmurs.

The auction, which lasted for nearly ten days and consisted mainly of small, miscellaneous items, was truly outrageous, featuring all sorts of strange and unusual things.

It truly lives up to its reputation as the world's largest auction, held annually.

"It looks quite interesting."

Kevin muttered to himself as he flipped through the auction catalog in his hand.

He saw some interesting materials, but at this point, they were merely interesting to him.

Kevin is currently only interested in two types of material.

One type is of extremely high grade, and can be described as materials from the Dark Continent.

Another type is the useful type, which can be continuously supplied or cultivated.

The materials at the auction are all expensive individual items; only rare items are auctioned because they are expensive enough.

This material, when used to make medicines, cannot be made into a systematic whole; it can only be made into a single set, which is then consumed and is gone.

There are tons of these potions in the Nosra Manor now, like in Pharmacy. Actually, not many new potions have been added in the past year, only two or three in total.

It wasn't that Kevin hadn't developed more or more suitable ones, but rather that he hadn't developed one that could be supplied sustainably.

The development of these two or three products is thanks to Koto, who helped Kevin cultivate several kinds of plants that are difficult to grow.

After their relationship improved and they signed a contract, Koto would continue to supply Kevin with materials.

It was only at this point that the introduction of Fiery Red Eye began on stage.

Kevin and his companions, who had been chatting idly, suddenly fell silent, and even Gon, who had been whispering about the novel experience, shut his mouth.

"Do you want me to help you bid?" Light asked.

Kurapika shook his head.

If Light makes an offer, many people will give him face, but correspondingly, his rivals will also try to cause trouble.

"One billion!"

"1.2 billion!"

"Sixteen billion!"

Prices are gradually increasing.

"Wow, they're so rich!" Even Gon, who doesn't really understand money, couldn't help but exclaim.

In his recent efforts to raise money, he has begun to develop a better understanding of money.

The final transaction price was over two billion, easily securing the acquisition.

Although Fiery Red Eye are rare, their price is around this level.

Generally speaking, the prices of human body collectibles have never reached a very high level, and people who collect these kinds of items are somewhat psychologically disturbed.

Moreover, compared to other collectors, their numbers are relatively small, belonging to a niche group.

Even within this top-tier circle, enthusiasts still have reservations about auctioning such human body objects.

"The next item up for auction is the original hand-drawn manuscript of Teacher Emiko's classic romance manga, 'Love Equation'."

This comic...

On stage, a set was being introduced at length. When Kevin heard about the auction item, he turned to look at Melusina beside him.

Sure enough, Melusina's eyes had already started to sparkle.

The starting bid is 20 million.

Twenty-five million.

Thirty-one million.

"Thirty-three million."

One hundred million.

Kevin simply held up a sign.

One hundred million is an almost impossible price for this item at auction.

When Kevin announced that price, everyone immediately went silent.

It's not worth it at all.

It didn't matter to Kevin, of course.

After it was announced that Kevin had won the bid for the item, Kevin lowered his head and raised an eyebrow.

"You're so handsome!"

Melusina clung to Kevin's arm and chuckled.

It wasn't just that I got what I wanted, but also that I collected some classic scenes from romance comics.

The CG is over.

They would spend a fortune on something their loved one cherishes.

"Next, we'll be auctioning off a game."

"They're here! They're here!"

The two of them shouted excitedly.