If these treasures were bought up, they would definitely have been bought at extremely low prices—the hundreds-of-years-old gold the Straw Hat Pirates had collected from Sky Island had only sold for 300 million Beli as antiques. As everyone knew, a buyback price was usually only one-tenth or two-tenths of the original value.
In other words, the bag of gold they had was worth at least 1.5 billion Beli.
The five hundred kilograms of gold and jewelry on Leo's side alone had actually sold for one billion Beli in one go—pure gold profits, not including the value of the goods themselves.
That price left the Kuja Pirates' crew staring in stunned silence.
Rindou was so furious that even her hair seemed to stand on end, her entire body radiating an aura that warned strangers to stay away.
"What happened to her?" Not only Rindou, but even the Empress sisters and Ran were giving off cold, razor-sharp killing intent. Robin shuddered, and the merchants could practically feel the air grow several degrees colder.
Taking advantage of the transition between sales, she came over to Leo and asked him quietly.
Leo smiled faintly and took Hancock's hand. Hancock's killing intent immediately softened.
"What else could it be? They obviously sold their treasures far too cheaply before. The merchants they worked with must have swallowed up quite a bit of their money."
Anyone could tell that the Kuja Pirates could not possibly leave the Calm Belt and the Grand Line to trade goods with merchants at the Sabaody Archipelago. There had to be merchants who served as the Kuja Pirates' regular partners. They looked honest and sincere as they bought back the Kuja Pirates' spoils, but anyone in business knew that a buyback would never offer much profit. Goods that should have been worth