Before long, someone went out to investigate Ryan and the others.
"Doflamingo, that kid feels familiar!" Diamante said, pointing at Luo in sunglasses.
"I feel the same way!"
The strong all had their own instincts. Just as King and the other two had sensed something unusual about Ryan's group earlier, Doflamingo and Diamante also felt a sense of familiarity when they looked at Luo. Besides, less than a year had passed since Corazon's death.
It was just that Luo, wearing sunglasses and dressed like a suited thug, had a completely different temperament from the kid they remembered.
On the auction stage.
"The starting bid is one hundred million!" Having said that, the auctioneer calmly looked down at the powerful figures from the New World.
Of course, that Fruit was not worth one hundred million. The greatest appeal of an auction was using multiple bidders to drive up the price of an item.
Many people could get caught up in a battle of pride.
If no one competed, the Fruit's price would remain fixed. But once there was competition, the price could easily soar.
Especially when people got carried away, paying a premium was nothing unusual.
Sure enough, the moment the auctioneer's words fell, someone immediately placed a bid.
"Two hundred million Beli!"
"Three hundred million," said a pirate wearing a top hat.
"Five hundred million!" The underworld tycoon who had bid first spoke in a low voice, while his lackeys glared viciously at the pirate competing with their boss.
The price rose rapidly, soon reaching one billion!
"One billion fifty million!"
"One billion one hundred twenty million!"
At this point, the bidding slowed down. The increases were no longer measured in hundreds of millions.
Ryan watched the scene with interest. He also wanted to see the Gold-Gold Fruit's