Chapter 126: Who can you reason with!

"Bang!"

The next second,

the fat man’s movements came to an abrupt halt;

a bullet entered from the back of his head,

exited from between his eyebrows,

and pierced directly through his brain.

Leaving only a circular bullet hole!

Subsequently,

the obese body collapsed with a thud,

and blood quickly spread across the floor!

This gunshot

caused the previously lively auction house to fall into a sudden silence!

That high-spirited emotion, which had been painstakingly guided by the auctioneer,

plummeted to the bottom in an instant!

At this moment,

following the gunshot and the death of the fat man,

the auction house was in chaos!

Many people immediately wanted to run,

but were afraid of becoming the Celestial Dragon’s next target,

so they could only sit in their seats, trembling,

eyes fixed straight ahead, not saying a word,

trying their best to minimize their presence

so as not to attract the attention of that Celestial Dragon!

And those few who had intended to bid earlier

were now breaking out in a cold sweat in hindsight!

If they had been just one step faster than that fat man,

the corpse lying on the ground might have been them!

Although those who can participate in the auction,

especially those who can participate in the bidding for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit,

are basically wealthy or noble!

However,

it depends on who you are comparing them to!

In front of the Celestial Dragons, the self-proclaimed descendants of the creators and world nobles,

these people are no different from slaves!

If a Celestial Dragon wants to kill them,

it is as simple as them killing a slave,

so simple that it requires no reason at all!

At this time,

amidst the fear of countless people,

the Celestial Dragon looked at the fat man’s corpse below

and sneered:

"Hmph, lowly commoner, you dare to compete with me for things!"

Standing beside this Celestial Dragon was a man in a suit,

clearly a bodyguard responsible for his close protection!

At this moment,

the man in the suit stared straight ahead,

not even looking at the corpse below,

as if the person who died at the hands of the Celestial Dragon was not a human,

but merely an ant crushed to death at will!

Clearly,

the man in the suit was already accustomed to such scenes!

Subsequently,

the Celestial Dragon withdrew his gaze,

slowly put away his gun and sat down,

and cast his gaze back toward the Rumble-Rumble Fruit on the display stand.

Seeing this,

the auctioneer hurriedly squeezed out a standard smile,

and raised the auction hammer in his hand to continue presiding!

"This honorable Celestial Dragon has bid 500 million Berries. Is there anyone who will bid higher?"

"500 million Berries, going once!"

"500 million Berries, going twice!"

However,

the entire auction house was deathly silent!

Let alone bidding,

most people didn't even dare to breathe loudly,

for fear that a bullet would pierce their skull in the next second!

Although the temptation of the Logia Rumble-Rumble Fruit was great—

as long as you successfully bid for this Rumble-Rumble Fruit and ate it,

you could instantly possess terrifying lightning power!

Never mind one bullet,

even ten thousand bullets hitting your body would cause no harm!

But all of this was predicated on being able to successfully bid for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit and eat it!

And before that,

almost everyone present was just an ordinary person;

just like that fat man earlier,

a single bullet was enough to end their life!

Not bidding would only mean losing out on a Rumble-Rumble Fruit,

but if you raised your paddle to bid,

you might lose your life!

If you are dead,

what use is the Rumble-Rumble Fruit?

Furthermore,

even if this Celestial Dragon were competing fairly with others,

whose wealth could compete with a Celestial Dragon?

Therefore,

in this situation,

everyone present chose silence in unison!

The auctioneer had clearly anticipated this!

He did not delay too much,

and after waiting for a few seconds,

seeing no one speak,

Regarding this,

the auctioneer had clearly already anticipated it!

He did not delay any further,

and after waiting for a few seconds,

seeing that no one spoke up,

he immediately shouted:

"500 million Berries, going three times!"

"Congratulations to this honorable Celestial Dragon for bidding for this Logia Rumble-Rumble Fruit at the price of 500 million Berries!"

As the hammer fell,

this Rumble-Rumble Fruit, which could be considered top-tier even among Logia fruits,

was pocketed by this Celestial Dragon for 500 million Berries!

At this moment,

the auctioneer’s heart

could simply be described as "sorrow flowing like a river"!

Originally,

he had finally managed to stir up the emotions of the crowd,

and coupled with the fact that this Rumble-Rumble Fruit was indeed a top-tier Devil Fruit,

he had seen the price climbing steadily;

if the Celestial Dragon hadn't intervened,

or if the Celestial Dragon had bid normally from the start,

the price of this Rumble-Rumble Fruit would definitely not have stopped at a mere 500 million Berries!

However,

that gunshot

ultimately fixed the price of this Rumble-Rumble Fruit at 500 million Berries forever!

For an auctioneer,

the final price of an item is closely related to his own earnings!

Now,

this Rumble-Rumble Fruit only sold for 500 million Berries;

although this was not his fault,

reality is just like that,

and the Berries he would receive would also be greatly reduced!

Regarding this,

he had absolutely no way out!

It was not the first time a Celestial Dragon had appeared at an auction;

on the contrary,

the auction house is probably the easiest place to encounter a Celestial Dragon on the Sabaody Archipelago!

And auctions attended by Celestial Dragons

often result in two extreme situations!

Either items that could have fetched a sky-high price are snatched away by the Celestial Dragon,

leading to a huge loss!

Or items that are not very precious are bought by the Celestial Dragon for a fortune,

leading to a huge profit!

And whether it is a huge loss or a huge profit,

they have no choice,

they can only choose to accept it!

After all,

the other party is a Celestial Dragon living in the Holy Land of Mary Geoise!

Although his heart was already filled with sorrow,

on the auctioneer’s face,

there was still an enthusiastic and excited expression!

As if what had just been sold was not 500 million Berries,

but 5 billion Berries!

On one hand,

this is the professional conduct of an auctioneer;

his emotions greatly influence the prices of the subsequent items!

Therefore,

no matter what the final transaction price of this item was,

he could not show a dejected mood,

which would influence the people present!

On the other hand,

if he put on an ugly face,

he was also afraid that the Celestial Dragon would find him displeasing,

and suddenly raise his hand to shoot him too!

If you get shot while auctioning,

and end up dead!

Who can you reason with!