Alabasta: The Auction Item in Someone's Sights / Alabasta: The So-Called Underground Auction

The stall owner went on with a sly grin. "These Golden Apples are on sale right now. Just a thousand Beli each. How about buying two so you and your kid can have one together?"

"Kid?" Red-Hair froze.

"Yeah." The stall owner pointed at Lin Mo. "He came here with you. Isn't he your kid?"

Red-Hair burst out laughing. "Pfft... Hahahaha! If only he were my kid! Hahaha..."

Lin Mo: "..."

"Huh? You're not father and son?" The stall owner scratched his head, then waved it off with a laugh. "Haha, doesn't matter! You should each buy one anyway. At this price, you're getting a bargain, guaranteed!"

Alabasta: An Auction Lot Draws Attention

The so-called Golden Apples were just ordinary apples painted gold by the locals to fool outsiders.

Only people who were stubbornly gullible or far too innocent would believe the story.

And yet Red-Hair, who was nearly thirty, had fallen for it...

But Red-Hair had given away all his money in the previous town. He was penniless now, unable to buy even a bottle of water.

"Lin Mo, lend me a thousand Beli." Red-Hair immediately turned to him for help.

"No," Lin Mo said flatly.

"Huh? But it's a Golden Apple." Red-Hair looked a little disappointed, but he still muttered, "One bite lets you live a thousand years..."

Lin Mo walked on without a word.

Red-Hair had no choice but to follow.

The Golden Apple seller watched them go, baffled. "Uh, have they got their roles backward? Why does the kid seem more like the adult...?"

During their two days crossing the desert, huge creatures hiding beneath the sand had occasionally surfaced to attack them. Food had never been a problem.

Lin Mo had plenty of food piled up in his System Space, but with Red-Hair constantly watching