Auction Punch Sends Prices Soaring, Scarlet Eyes Thrown In Free

On the day of the auction, the convention center was under tight security.

Kurapika, dressed in a crisp black suit, walked at the front. Using his identity as a Nostrade Family bodyguard, he led the group straight into a VIP box. Leorio pressed himself against the glass and looked down at the Greed Island game cards beneath the red cloth on the auction stage, his palms slick with sweat.

"Starting bid is 8.9 billion..." Leorio swallowed and turned to Saitama. "What can your five million yen even buy? It's not enough for even a fraction of it."

Saitama did not even look down. He was absorbed in devouring a box of limited-edition milk cake, mumbling through a mouthful, "If it's not enough, then don't buy it. You can't drink a game anyway. The Milk Expo has a midnight sale later, and limited-edition cheese milk is seventy percent off. You guys going?"

Killua rolled his eyes, a lollipop in his mouth. "Can you have a little ambition? That's a game that can grant any wish!"

"Can it grant the wish of drinking milk for free?"

"...No."

"Then it's boring."

Kurapika said nothing. His gaze swept over the auction list as his fingers tightened slightly. Listed there was "a pair of Kurta Clan Scarlet Eyes," the item he had been tracking for so long. They were expected to go up for auction after Greed Island. He gripped his chains, already calculating more than a dozen ways to seize the eyes back.

Just then, a deafening bang came from the entrance to the venue.

More than a dozen masked robbers charged in carrying rocket launchers. Their leader kicked over a security guard, raised his weapon, and roared, "Nobody move! This is a robbery! Hand over every auction item! If anyone so much as