Beneath the night, a vast, sci-fi metropolis shimmered in splendor.
Between the magnificent skyscrapers, planes of luminous crystal stretched across the sky like sheets of paper, while clusters of high-rises formed a dazzling spectacle resembling one enormous supermall.
This astonishing scene, created from scene fragments, was currently filled with over a thousand participants moving about at once.
Compared to reality, that number was only enough to recreate the sight of ordinary pedestrians on a street, but in the world of Night Battles, it was already unbelievably staggering.
After all, even setting aside the official elites, gang higher-ups, renowned Night Seekers, and black market shop owners with deep resources and connections among them,
there were also high-level participants who controlled some kind of core technology, rare Abilities, or even a Night Device—people with hidden strength like protagonists from a novel.
The mere fact that over a thousand participants had gathered in one place was an immense force that anyone would have to take seriously.
The reason so many participants had been drawn into the New York Black Market was certainly related to the fact that this place was the center of the entire North American stage.
But at least a considerable number of those appearing tonight had come for one purpose:
The Black Market Auction!
The introduction had already explained the auction, so there was no need to repeat it. Still, it was worth mentioning that as the highest-grade auction in the entire Night Battle world,
the New York Black Market's auction was on a completely different level from those of other black markets.
As the time on the holographic clock neared ten, giant advertising projections on the buildings beside the streets kept flashing images of pure black envelopes.
More and more participants began heading in one direction, toward the very