There were twelve items in the auction's finale.
As the organizers, the Pluton Pirates had put up only one of them. The remaining finale items came from other factions or individuals, especially individuals.
For individuals, treasures like these were often hot potatoes. Once exposed, they could bring death upon their owners.
The sea was vast, and someone was always finding treasures for one reason or another. This World Expo gave them a way to exchange those treasures for Beli.
Many precious items could never be brought out into the open. Doing so meant death.
With the Pluton Pirates and the longstanding reputation of "Pluton" Hades as guarantees, along with the Pluton Pirates' partnership with the Dark Bank, none of their information would be leaked.
They could entrust their treasures to the Pluton Pirates without worrying about being robbed by the very people handling the sale.
Thus, every item in the finale was exceptionally valuable.
They included one mythical Zoan Devil Fruit, one logia Devil Fruit, five ancient Zoan Devil Fruits, and one rare paramecia Devil Fruit.
Such a lineup would have been utterly unimaginable at past auctions.
Several of them were also targets of Hades.
The first item, the Thousand-Year Blood Ginseng, had pushed the auction's record even higher. Its staggering price of 5.4 billion Beli was enough to drain an entire faction's coffers.
In the future, five billion Beli would be enough to buy a small kingdom, let alone 5.4 billion Beli now.
Such an astronomical price would be difficult to surpass.
The second item was the ancient Zoan Land Crocodile Fruit, the item the Pluton Pirates had put up for auction.
A precious ancient Zoan Devil Fruit naturally drew the interest of numerous factions and pirates.
To be honest, Hades had not taken the auction all that seriously