From the beginning, everyone in the auction house had been speculating about Vic and Dragon's identities, but to no avail. They couldn't be seen with their eyes or sense anything with their Observation Haki. Vic had simply let Rayleigh know his identity, knowing that Rayleigh wouldn't expose him!
The fourth item was sold, and the auction continued. This time, the item was another Devil Fruit, which revived the gradually declining atmosphere and made the annual auction worthwhile.
In the past, a small auction held once a month would be considered a high-quality auction if even one Devil Fruit appeared. This auction, however, has already featured two Devil Fruit halfway through, truly deserving of its title as the annual auction.
"I won't keep you in suspense this time. This is a Paramecia Devil Fruit called the Mirror-Mirror Fruit. It's a space-time type fruit ability. As long as it's a mirror—no!—or rather, any reflective surface will do."
You can use your ability to pass through mirrors and enter the Mirror World, then emerge from another mirror. The ability can ignore distance, as long as you can find the mirror where that place is located!
This is an essential ability for everyday life, travel, hiding, escaping, assassination, and stealing! I think many people would be interested. The starting bid for this Devil Fruit is 100 million Beli. Bidding begins now!
"100 million Beli!"
"150 million Beli!"
"..."
As soon as the host finished his introduction, fierce bidding began. This Devil Fruit was indeed more suitable for the individual than the previous Lucky-Lucky Fruit.
The Lucky-Lucky Fruit is suitable for groups and factions, but it doesn't offer much help to individuals. In the face of powerful and Haki individuals, luck has very limited effect.
However, the Mirror-Mirror Fruit is different. It is of great help to individuals, as well as to groups and forces. For example, if you want to attack a country or a force, you can first settle your army in the Mirror World.
Then, by finding the corresponding mirror, you can launch a surprise attack. It plays a significant role in large-scale wars and is also very effective in protecting an individual's life. The value of the fruit is very obvious, so there are many competitors.
Vic and Katakuri were very familiar with this Devil Fruit, and their expressions changed when the host announced its name.
This Devil Fruit ability has been listed in the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia for a long time. Doflamingo and Big Mom obviously have Devil Fruit Encyclopedia. Last time, Big Mom Pirates recruited the Mirror-Mirror Devil Fruit User and his crew after receiving news of the Mirror-Mirror Fruit.
Before Katakuri could even provide backup, Vic stumbled upon the person and captured them with his men. Ultimately, under Vic's pressure, the Devil Fruit user was killed by Smoothie.
Unexpectedly, the reborn Devil Fruit ended up in Doflamingo's hands and even appeared at the auction. Katakuri came here this time determined to get it!
Vic also coveted this Devil Fruit. Previously, due to his connection with the Navy, he hadn't been able to obtain it using his Dimensional Space. However, now that he had his own power, he really wanted this Devil Fruit Devil Fruit.
Blackbeard was still disappointed; it wasn't the Logia Dark-Dark Fruit he had hoped for, so he didn't make a move.
If Doflamingo truly possessed Logia Fruit, would he have put it up for auction? The answer is probably no. Looking at the original work, Doflamingo obtained two Logia Devil Fruit.
One is Monet's Snow-Snow Fruit. Monet's fruit ability was definitely given to her by Doflamingo, there's no need to doubt that. The other is Ace's Flame-Flame Fruit he was reborn with after his death.
The Devil Fruit didn't appear at the auction; instead, it was used as bait to lure Luffy into becoming a prize in the Corrida Colosseum. Doflamingo never even considered that the Flame-Flame Fruit would be stolen.
He simply underestimated the Straw Hat Boy ' strength, and then Sabo from the Revolutionary Army appeared unexpectedly, which led to the loss of the Flame-Flame Fruit. But this was not Doflamingo's intention.
Therefore, even if Doflamingo truly possessed the Dark-Dark Fruit, he wouldn't sell it; he would most likely keep it for his subordinates to enhance their strength, such as Vergo, who infiltrated the Marines.
Having eaten the Dark-Dark Fruit, Vergo has the basic qualifications to be promoted to Marine Admiral. For Doflamingo, placing one of his own in such an important position within the Marines is more valuable than the money from selling the Dark-Dark Fruit. In this way, the Marines are basically transparent to him, so the probability of Blackbeard buying the Dark-Dark Fruit at the auction is close to zero!
Queen was also very interested in such a Paramecia Fruit ability. Although they were the Beasts Pirates, it wasn't impossible for them to have an ability that could support the entire pirate crew.
He had seen the Barrier- Devil Fruit User and the Imitation Devil Fruit User beside Kurozumi Orochi before, and sometimes such abilities were quite useful, so this Mirror-Mirror Fruit was worth the money.
" Vic! This Devil Fruit looks pretty good! It should be a big help to us, could you...?"
"Okay, but it's the same as before. I can't afford anything more."
Not only the pirate forces, but even Dragon, the leader of the Revolutionary Army, was tempted. They needed to liberate many small countries suffering from cruelty, and with such a Devil Fruit, they wouldn't need to go through costly and unprofitable battles like beach landings and sieges.
It could reduce the number of the Revolutionary Army soldiers who died, greatly shorten the time required to liberate these countries, and avoid the danger of being surrounded by reinforcements. This Devil Fruit indeed very suitable for military operations, and it is of great help in intelligence gathering and surprise attacks.
With Vic backing them up, Dragon also joined the bidding. This auction didn't need a host to stir things up; everyone was bidding enthusiastically, even Rosward, the old Celestial Dragons, was participating.
Actually, this Devil Fruit doesn't hold much appeal for the Celestial Dragons. They themselves rarely eat Devil Fruit Devil Fruit; they give them to their slaves. However, if a slave were to eat such a Devil Fruit, there's a high probability that the slave would escape through some mirror the next day.
Therefore, Vic guessed that this old Celestial Dragons wanted to eat it himself and then use the Mirror World to peep at others bathing and changing clothes. Although Celestial Dragons don't eat Devil Fruit, it's not absolute. Some Celestial Dragons in the Holy Knights have eaten them, so it still depends on the individual's wishes.
The bidding was fierce, with many people competing, but Blackbeard remained calm and didn't make a move. Then came the representatives of the Underworld's powerful forces, who were the first to lose. In terms of resources and influence, they were no match for the Four Emperors.
The kings of the Underworld are reshuffled every now and then, and since they specialize in only one area, they are destined not to grow very large.
However, the power of the Emperor of the Sea is different. They can do whatever they want, and they have vast territories and countries to support them. Their foundation is incomparable to that of underground kings.
Therefore, Katakuri's bidding was still quite aggressive. If Vic hadn't robbed them once before, the bidding would probably have been even more aggressive.
He had his eye on this Devil Fruit long ago and had received news of it beforehand, which is why he brought his younger sister, Brulee, with him. He planned to buy the Mirror-Mirror Fruit and have his sister eat it immediately, just in case. He wanted to increase his sister's importance in his mother's eyes, as the injury on her face had always been a source of pain for him!