"Don't worry, Iska, you can play whatever you want after the expo is over."
Sabo stopped Iska. Now everyone is going to the expo. If they take action, some pirates will choose to leave. It is better to wait for the expo to end and then catch all the pirates!
Under the gaze of countless people at the port, the warship stopped. Luffy and his party stepped onto the port. At this time, reporters among the crowd began to take pictures.
Their expressions were extremely excited, as if they had seen "Pele".
In fact, this is exactly what happened. The person standing in front of them was the youngest admiral candidate. Luffy and the other three were also called the strongest in the world today!
"Let's go shopping separately."
Looking at the "lively" scene around them, Ace and Sabo decided to act separately to avoid attracting attention when many people gathered together.
Soto Square, a large square covering tens of thousands of square meters, was originally the venue for festivals held by the Soto Kingdom.
Nowadays, Soto Square has become the territory of vendors. Thousands of stalls are neatly placed in this large square, and the products are also dazzling.
After asking his naval officers to settle down on the warship, Luffy took Nami to the square.
The reception team sent by the Soto Kingdom family was also driven away by Luffy. He didn't want a group of people to follow him shopping.
"What a beautiful necklace."
As she walked, Nami looked at an exquisite necklace on the ground, and her eyes immediately shone.
She was wearing ordinary clothes. Although when she was in the navy, there were specialized people who would make exquisite clothes for Luffy and Nami, but Nami and the others were not used to wearing those clothes at all.
Apart from military uniforms, they basically wear ordinary clothes they bought themselves.
Therefore, if you don't know them, you really can't connect them with the Navy Supernova.
Nami walked to the stall. The owner of the stall was a fat man...
It seems that fat people appear quite frequently in this world.
Luffy looked at the street stalls around him. Seven of the ten stalls were fat, and three had collapsed beds...
"Miss, you really have a good eye. This is a treasure fished out of the sea by our fleet. It is rumored that it is a personal accessory of a certain king's princess!"
The fat boss rubbed his hands, forced out a funny smile, and worked hard to introduce his products.
Although he almost said that he was a pirate.
The exposition held by the Soto Kingdom does not mind the participation of pirates, but there must be no disputes during the exposition, and you cannot reveal that you are a pirate, otherwise you will be arrested by the royal guards.
In fact, no pirate dares to disclose his identity now.
In the East China Sea, pirates have given themselves the name of adventurers or treasure hunters, otherwise they will be suppressed by both the navy and the New World Government Army. Unless they have absolute confidence in their escape skills, no pirate dares to do anything casually. Coming out to cause trouble.
"Then, how much is it?"
Nami rubbed the necklace, and the cold touch made it difficult for her to let go.
"Hmm..." The fat boss' little eyes that could no longer be seen rolled, "Seeing as you like it so much, miss, then I'll endure the pain and get two million Baileys!"
"Two million Baileys? I think you might as well go grab it."
Nami immediately started complaining that even if this necklace had the gimmick of being a personal accessory for a princess, it would only be worth half a million beli at most.
After all, this thing is not the princess herself. Unless it is someone with a special fetish, other people will definitely clean it and wear it themselves or wear it for the woman they like. The material and style must be considered.
The price of two million quoted by this fat man is just robbing people.
Luffy on the side also started to chime in, but his chime made the fat man uncomfortable.
"Sir, if you don't want to buy it, you can leave. I don't have to sell it to you, right?"
After listening to Luffy's words, the fat man forced a smile. With his previous temper, anyone who dared to speak like this would basically go see the King of the Near Sea.
But now he had no choice but to endure it.
At least, he, the fat man, doesn’t have the capital to challenge the rules set by the Soto Kingdom!
Just after the fat man finished speaking, the stall owners at the stalls nearby burst out laughing. Their eyes when they looked at the fat man were full of teasing and ridicule.
Where did this idiot come from? He didn't even know the current supernovas and general candidates in the navy. Not to mention flattery, he actually dared to kill these people. He really didn't know how to live or die.
The fat man seemed to be aware of it. He observed the surroundings keenly, and then he forced a smile again, "If this beautiful lady really likes it, the price of five hundred thousand is actually not impossible."
Nami looked at Luffy in shock. She naturally knew that the fat man realized that their identities were unusual, so he chose to lower the price.
Luffy squinted at Fatty, then he chuckled and threw him half a million beli. Then he picked up the necklace from Fatty's stall and handed it to Nami.
"Since the stall owner said half a million Baileys, let's go with half a million Baileys."
After the transaction was successful, the fat stall owner lowered his head, packed up the things on the stall, and ran away.
In less than three minutes, Fatty's stall was occupied.
The fat man who ran away was caught by a group of people in a small alley. He looked at the navy standing at the two exits of the alley with a sad face, and then raised his hands unwillingly to surrender.
He is a pirate with a bounty of 3.5 million beli. He is considered a big pirate in the East China Sea, which has now entered peace. Once caught by the navy, he will definitely undergo labor reform after twenty years. of.
Just a moment of greed has led to such disaster, fat man regrets it!
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"Let's go and see what the Soto Kingdom is doing."
After walking around with Nami for a long time, the expo outside had reached its last moments.
The auction organized by Soto Kingdom has begun!
Arriving at Soto Square again, all the large and small stalls had disappeared, replaced by rows and rows of seats.
In the center of the square is a wooden platform about one meter high and covering an area of dozens of square meters.
Behind the wooden platform was a large curtain. Luffy used his sense of sight to detect the area and knew it was where the auction items were placed.
Below the wooden platform is the so-called "elegant seat".
There are ten golden leather sofas in total, and they are filled with fresh fruit plates and expensive-looking red wine.
Behind the ten "elegant seats" are rows of benches, which should be the so-called VIP seats.
At the back, that is, on the outside of the square, there are standing seats. People without power and money can just stand here.
"Come on, let's go say hello to our old friends."
Luffy took Nami and walked towards the man sitting on the sofa, silently flipping through the Bible in his hand.
"Snapped."
Bartholomew Bear closed the Bible in his hand and looked at Luffy sitting next to him with a smile.
Some people who had already found their own positions were trembling unconsciously. Is this a collision between strong men?
"Luffy, long time no see."
"Haha, Uncle Xiong, you are here this time."
Bartholomew Bear was originally the Shichibukai recognized by the World Government, and he did a pretty good job. He was originally planning to turn the Shichibukai into a force of the World Government before the World Government prepared to do so. When the time came, Bartholomew Bear chose to "rebellion".
Oh, to be precise, he did not rebel, but returned to his own camp, that is, to the revolutionary army.
But the sudden disappearance of the World Government made his original plan come to nothing, so he naturally returned to the New World Government.
"What are you doing here?"
Xiong spoke calmly. There was still a lot of blood beside his seat.
Daxiong had easily defeated several pirate groups before, and everyone present could not bring up the idea of going to the "Sea".
"Of course I'm here for that thing. It's true. We were all planning to go to the New World and all the countries, but I didn't expect that Donghai would cause such a big show for me."
Luffy picked up the apple from the fruit bowl next to his seat and started to chew it. He didn't say this to Big Bear. They really planned to go to Wanguo, because the scenery there was really good.
BIGMOM at least does this very well.
However, the appearance of the Roger Pirates' voyage log directly attracted the attention of the world. Even now that the pirates have been completely suppressed by the navy, the Roger Pirates' voyage log has caused an uproar.
Luffy looked around and saw that many "familiar" faces had arrived at the venue and chose their seats to sit down.
The bear didn't reply, just looked up at the wooden platform silently.
As time went on, the seats in the auction house were basically full.
But one very strange thing is that there are only two people in the "private seats", and even the now legendary [Escape Admiral] Creek in the East China Sea is sitting very quietly on the bench.
One is Bartholomew Bear, who comes on behalf of the New World Government.
The other one is Luffy, he is here on behalf of the navy.
Luffy turned his head and looked around, but he didn't see Ace. Shouldn't Ace appear at this time?
"It looks a little bad."
Soto III's mouth twitched as he strolled into the venue. He did not expect that even the pirates and underground forces would not have the guts to sit next to those two people.
Although this is the most correct choice.
Kath shook her husband's hand, and then sat down on the sofa next to Luffy very dignifiedly.
"Oh, isn't this the princess of Soto Kingdom?"
Nami stood next to Luffy and was chewing an apple, a little surprised.
The royal family was actually involved in this auction?
The New World Government, the countries that join the New World Government, pirates, underground forces, and Luffy, the candidate for admiral, will almost wipe out all the forces in the sea.
Luffy sat up straight, it seemed that today's auction was a bit interesting.
Luffy didn't have to wait long before the auctioneer came up and everyone was in an uproar.
Because the auctioneer is none other than Soto III! ! !
"Dignified guests from all over the world, I know that many of you have grudges between you. But now please put aside the past festivals and let us end this expo perfectly."
Soto III waved his hand grandly, and a bunch of gold-rimmed signs were handed out.
Luffy looked at the sign in his hand.
Number three!
Big Bear is number two!
This is in the order of sitting down. Luffy did not choose the number one on the left side of Big Bear. There were signs that someone had sat on it.
"So, who is number one?"
Nami looked at No. 4 in Queen Kath's hand next to her with some amusement.
"The auction will begin below. The first item is a mansion in the capital of my Soto Kingdom. The starting price is 500,000 beli, and each increase in price must not be less than 10,000 beli."
Soto III asked someone to push up a small cart with some documents on it, all of which were very formal certificates of property rights.
The people below began to whisper that this auction item was not a good thing for outsiders, but it was an investment opportunity for the local people of the Soto Kingdom.
"550,000 Baileys!"
"560,000 Baileys!"
"600,000 Baileys!"
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According to Luffy's understanding, the land price in the capital of the Soto Kingdom is still very high. After all, it is a powerful country and very peaceful.
A mansion is worth at least one million dollars, and it seems that this first auction item is just to warm up the auction.
Sure enough, this mansion was taken away by a local nobleman for 970,000 beli.
The next auction item is a large dark blue gemstone.
It was the local nobles who won the bid.
The third item...
The fourth item...
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Luffy felt like he wanted to fall asleep. The auction had already reached the eighteenth item, and the previous auction items had no way of attracting Luffy's interest.
"Next, the eighteenth auction item." Soto III took a sip of water and slowly looked at the impatient pirates.
"It's a 50% discount on the weapons of our Soto Kingdom. The starting price is 10 million beli, and each increase in price must not be less than 100,000 beli."
Although the Soto Kingdom is no longer engaged in arms trading, if someone wants to buy some weapons, the Soto Kingdom is still happy to clear the inventory.
"Ten and a half million!"
As soon as Soto III put down his hammer, a bearded man stood up impatiently. It seemed that he had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
"Eleven million!"
"11.3 million!"
Looking at the pirates who kept bidding and their eyes were red, Luffy suddenly lost interest.
He didn't quite understand the point of these pirates shouting so fiercely. Could it be that they thought they could leave safely with this offer when he, a candidate for general, was here?
No way, no way, no pirate is really that naive, right?
Or maybe they think that the New World Government is too weak and will not cause chaos in the territory of the franchised countries?
If that's the case, Luffy wouldn't mind getting these guys to change their minds about the New World Government.
They just respect the participating countries, not let them do whatever they want!
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