"400 million, for the third time! Congratulations to the captain of the Battle Axe Pirates, for winning the ownership of this Devil Fruit!"
After a congratulatory message, the auctioneer continued, "The next auction item is... um, an old man."
As he spoke, the staff brought the Devil Fruit away, and then brought up an old man in shackles.
The old man had white hair and a beard on his chin. His beard and hair were all silver. He wore round glasses, and had a straight scar on his right eye.
Having already prepared to leave, Vladimir sat back down after seeing this person.
"Dark King Rayleigh?" Vladimir opened his mouth, speechless for a long time.
Not only him, but the buyers at the scene were also speechless.
"Hey, what's going on? What's the point of auctioning an old man? Who would buy him?"
"That's right, even if you buy him back as a servant, aren't you afraid that he'll suddenly die?"
"Haha, hurry up and go to the next one. No one will buy this thing."
The auctioneer was also embarrassed, and said with a forced smile, "Ahem, regarding this auction item, this old man volunteered to auction himself off. In his words, he wanted to exchange it for some drinking money. In short, the starting price is 100,000 Berries, and each increase must not be less than 10,000. The auction begins."
After speaking, the auctioneer was prepared for a cold reception. Even he didn't believe that anyone would buy a bad old man.
If it was a young man, he could be bought back as a servant, but an old man might not even be able to do the work. If he died, he would have to pay for his burial.
However, things always exceeded expectations.
At the moment the auctioneer finished speaking, Vladimir personally raised his hand and calmly bid, "110,000."
"Hmm?!" The bald man was taken aback.
The next moment, the auctioneer reacted, and he had a feeling of wanting to cry.
This was really a good person, afraid that he would have a cold reception, so he specially called out a price. This money was basically going down the drain.
Immediately, without thinking, he immediately said, "Okay, this gentleman bid 110,000. Is there any higher? No? Okay, congratulations to this gentleman, for winning the bill of sale for this old man!"
With a series of words, without pausing, the auctioneer couldn't wait to drop the hammer.
Bang!
This time, a group of buyers at the scene looked at each other in silence. The world was so big, there was nothing strange.
Only the old man himself on the stage had a look of surprise on his face.
He had a subtle feeling that he seemed to have seen the man in the cloak below the stage somewhere.
"Okay, that was just a small episode. We will continue to auction the next item..."
Below the stage, Vladimir made a gesture, and took the lead in getting up.
"Are we leaving, sir?" The bald man immediately got up to follow.
"We're leaving. You go to the backstage to pay and get the goods." Vladimir instructed softly, "Remember, be polite to that old man."
"Huh? Isn't that just an old man?"
"Remember what I said, don't ask anything extra."
Seeing that Vladimir seemed to be angry, the bald man nodded repeatedly, scolding himself for being an idiot, forgetting that the person in front of him was from Phantom.
"Go, I'll wait for you outside."
Leaving a sentence, Vladimir walked towards the door.
"Wait, sir, be careful. The Evil Shark Pirates won't let it go."
"Evil Shark?" Vladimir paused, chuckled, and said, "Let him ask for more blessings. Does he think the name 'Phantom' is borrowed for nothing?"
If he guessed correctly, the Navy would arrive in the Sabaody Archipelago in at most half an hour, and even an Admiral might appear. That idiot thought Phantom was a good reputation, but he didn't know that the Navy was now digging three feet into the ground to find him.
Shaking his head, Vladimir was too lazy to care about other people's lives.
He left the auction house and waited in a hidden place. After about a dozen minutes, the bald man arrived with the old man.
"Here, sir, this is the Devil Fruit you wanted."
The bald captain respectfully handed it over.
Vladimir took it and skillfully put the fruit into the cloak.
The next moment, the sound of the Fantasy Gene sounded in his mind.
"Scanning for Mysterious Power."
"Starting the absorption mode... Absorbing... Absorption complete!"
"Congratulations, Host, for obtaining the third transformation... Great Yokai - Ibaraki-dōji!"
"Congratulations, Host, for unlocking the third transformation... Great Yokai - Ibaraki-dōji!"
When the voice of the Fantasy Gene sounded, Vladimir couldn't help but be stunned.
He didn't expect that he didn't eat it at all, and the Fantasy Gene took the initiative to absorb it, and the speed was so fast.
In almost less than three seconds, a Devil Fruit had been completely absorbed, turning into a pile of powder dissipating in his hand.
"Ibaraki-dōji... it's actually a Great Yokai transformation!"
Before Vladimir could be happy, the forced transformation had already started.
He suddenly felt a burst of heat, as if flames were overflowing from his body.
Streams of black flames, uncontrollably, began to overflow outward from all parts of his body.
"Sir!?" The bald man noticed the abnormality immediately. When he saw the black flames overflowing from under the cloak, he retreated a few steps in fear.
And next to him, the old man's eyes flashed, and he said in surprise, "Black flames?"
The black flames intensified, and in an instant, the cloak on Vladimir's body was burned to ashes, revealing his young face.
But Vladimir, who was shrouded in black flames, couldn't feel the heat.
He quickly got used to this state and began to try to control the flames.
"Ibaraki-dōji, black flames... is this from the game?"
Vladimir suddenly reacted and felt extremely surprised.
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