Chapter 650

After the meal, Su Xiao leaned on the table and chairs on the street, looking at the bustling crowd in front of him, with Bubu Wang, who still had cream on the corner of its mouth, to the side.

Facts have proven that "reasoning" with this idiot clearly doesn't work; slippers are still more effective.

Just as Su Xiao was considering where to stroll afterward, the phone in Black Mary's arms rang.

"Hello, hello, no, I'll ask."

Black Mary refused the other party several times in a row.

"Mr. Bai Ye, it's Ten Don Brant. He wants to invite us over."

Black Mary covered the phone with her hand, leaning over. From Su Xiao's angle, he could see a large area of fair skin inside her neckline.

"What's the matter?"

"The Ten Dons hired a batch of assassins at a high price, wanting you to go over and meet these assassins. I feel they want you to go and shake the scene. Should I refuse?"

"Agree to them."

"Yes."

Black Mary said a few words and hung up the phone.

"Earlier than expected..."

"What?"

Black Mary looked at Su Xiao in confusion.

"Nothing."

The two drove to the new venue of the auction. This place is not far from the original auction house, three blocks away.

The new auction house was filled with flowers of various colors. Some flowers were tied into a circle and placed at the door, next to a few gang members with panicked expressions.

When the two drove there, Su Xiao was stunned after seeing those "wreaths." His first thought was, who died?

"Who died?"

"Huh?"

Black Mary was somewhat confused, then said: "Is there a bloody smell? As expected of Mr. Bai Ye, I'll have them patrol the surroundings immediately."

Black Mary made a move to get out of the car.

"Wait."

Su Xiao called out to Black Mary, coughing lightly in slight embarrassment. Those "wreaths" should be a celebration method in the Hunter World, similar to the opening celebration of a shop.

Sending wreaths for a shop opening, Su Xiao felt awkward no matter how he thought about it.

"The etiquette here is really special."

Su Xiao got out of the car, leaving behind a surprised Black Mary.

One can tell from these wreaths that the development of the new auction was not smooth. The auction even needed to hold a celebration to attract guests. In the past, the auction didn't need to do these things at all; guests would find their way to the door themselves.

Black Mary saw Su Xiao's confusion and began to narrate what happened this morning.

After the auction house was leveled once, most guests had a resistant attitude toward the Yorknew auction. No one was willing to risk their lives to participate in an auction.

When the auction opened this morning, it could be described as deserted. Not to mention guests coming to watch the fun, the merchants and residents who opened shops within a few hundred meters all ran away, looking like they treated the auction house as a plague god.

This really angered the Ten Dons, but even though they were gangsters, they couldn't hold a gun to the guests' heads and force them to participate in the auction.

For the sake of their own face, the Ten Dons could only resort to this, holding an opening ceremony that wasn't needed at all, and gathering gang members to show support. This order scared the direct gang members of the Ten Dons' faction; these people didn't want to participate in the auction either.

At 8:00 AM that day, the Ten Dons found that there were still few people participating in the auction, and even their own gang members were being evasive. The Ten Dons were furious and ordered that anyone who dared not come would be expelled from the gang.

10:00 AM, which is now.

Because of the previous events, there was the current scene. The auction house door was filled with wreaths, and next to the wreaths were some nervous gang members with bulging waists.

After listening to Black Mary's description, Su Xiao roughly understood the situation.

"That is to say, now there are no people from other forces in the auction house except for gang members?"

"Yes, no one dares to come, after all, before..."

Black Mary still had lingering fears. She was also present at the last auction.

"It's best if no one participates. However, the Ten Dons have been in the underworld for so many years, and someone will definitely come to show support when the auction opens tonight."

Su Xiao didn't care whether anyone participated in the auction, as long as it could open smoothly.

Entering the auction house, this building covers a considerable area, larger than the last auction venue.

The auction house was full of gang members, and no outsiders could be seen. Su Xiao took the elevator on the first floor, and the elevator stopped on the sixth floor.

"The hired assassins have arrived, just waiting for you to arrive."

Black Mary led the way.

At this moment, in a meeting room on the sixth floor, a bald fat man with small round sunglasses and a short stature was biting a cigar, looking at the assassins in the room with a scrutinizing gaze.

The bald fat man was named Jian Ji. This was not his original name, but a nickname given to him by others after he mixed in the underworld. Over time, everyone called him that.

Jian Ji is a direct gang leader of the Ten Dons' faction. It is only natural for him to receive these assassins, and Jian Ji also enjoys doing these things that have no risk and can expose his face.

Although his character is not very good, Jian Ji is a smart person. In the original work, all the Ten Dons died, but Jian Ji still lived freely. Of course, this has to do with his strength being very trashy; no one would specifically go to kill him.

"13.4... It seems everyone has arrived."

Jian Ji fiddled with his fingers, recalling the number of assassins he hired in his mind. A subordinate behind him leaned over and replied: "Not all arrived yet."

"Isn't the assassination group eight people?"

"The Nostrade family seems to be bringing someone over."

Hearing the Nostrade family, Jian Ji was somewhat unhappy, a feeling called jealousy spreading in his heart.

"Cut, that guy who only knows how to bluff with fortune-telling."

Although he said so, Jian Ji was very envious, and he also hoped to have such a daughter.

Just as his voice fell, the door was pushed open.

Light Nostrade and Kurapika walked into the room. Light Nostrade is the patriarch of the "Nostrade family," which is the father of the fortune-telling girl Neon.

The two walked into the room without speaking, just standing to the side.

"This time it's finally all here. The commission is to get rid of the Phantom Troupe. The auction will reopen tonight. They might appear. Once discovered, kill without mercy."

Jian Ji looked around at the few assassins present. These assassins were dressed differently. For gangsters, these were all experts.

This commission was actually not an assassination, but rather protection, waiting for the Troupe to take the initiative to find them in the auction house. But after all, they were all assassins, and directly saying let them protect the auction to proceed smoothly would inevitably hurt the faces of these assassins.

"As a team, everyone's goal is the same. Since that's the case, why not decide on the code names for contact?"

An assassin spoke. This assassin had a plain appearance and belonged to the type that would never be noticed in a crowd.

"Why not use colors to address each other? I'm blue."

An assassin wearing a vest spoke.

"I'm red."

"Black."

Just as a few assassins stated their colors, two assassins who had been standing the whole time spoke.

"Simply like child's play."

An old man with white hair and a long white mustache spoke. The old man stood with his hands behind his back, with a long strip of cloth hanging in front of his chest, on which was written "Career Active."