Chapter 1,194 The Seventeenth Lot and the Master of the Black Market
Ring theater, dark auditorium, dark boxes,
As the young man raised his hand silently, the things hidden in the stage auctions appeared out of thin air!
Troy's escape from the black market is the beacon, the key to the Society's operation tonight,
Normally, if you want to get it without being noticed by the other party and giving up the plan, there is no other way but to attack the holder. It requires careful action and is very likely to face a fierce battle.
But when [Creating Card] is activated, all of these are omitted.
Skipping the Night Palace’s original plans for ‘No. 35’ and skipping the long and tortuous process like the energy field,
This time, I used [Creation Card] to directly create the ability medium that contains the location of Troy.
Breaking the rules, this is what Fang Ran thought of tonight!
Yes, although I can't think of Veronica's method, it's more because of the gap in thinking, knowledge and insight, but in addition, it's also because,
He actually didn't care who took the photo.
In fact, if it were not for the meticulousness of whether the medium is not an object or has not yet been generated, Fangran would not even need to confirm it with his own eyes.
But no matter what, at the moment when I saw the composition of that lot with my ‘wisdom’,
Tonight the last uncertainties are gone,
Troy's location is close at hand!
At this moment, when I saw the strange crystal appearing out of thin air, my eyes were bright, but it was not surprising or incredible, but as if I saw something I wanted to see.
Veronica looked at the young man beside her with a bright smile:
"It's a really convenient ability. If I want confidential information about other countries' latest fighter jets, can you also conjure it up?"
"Before that, it would first be a violation of the Night Network Convention."
He responded softly and calmly. He was helpless as to why the things this person wanted were always of this level. He withdrew his attention from the auction outside.
Fangran looked at the crystal in his hand that was emitting a strange purple halo.
The medium derived from the mysterious side ability, without the appropriate ability, I am afraid that even if I get this thing, I will not be able to find the location of Troy.
But 'wisdom' analyzed the composition of this ability medium, and when it 'saw' a magical energy vein connected to it,
A place appears clearly in the level of perception!
"found it."
When he sensed that position, Fangran opened his golden right eye and spoke softly,
The plummeting stock price of Golden Kite, the turbulent "Wall Street", and the whole of New York are plunged into a storm of impending financial crisis.
The key link that triggered all this is the source of ability of retail investors around the world.
Troy's hiding location finally comes to light!
"What a pity. I still want to experience what it's like to be robbed."
When he heard him say this, he put away the 'little pistol' in his hand, pretended to sigh with regret, and then seemed to put away the joke the next second,
Veronica looked at Fangran with a deep silver-gray eyes:
"So, what are you going to do next?"
"Now that his location has been confirmed, all that's left is to capture him,"
Putting away the strange crystal in his hand, he repeated the purpose of coming to the black market tonight, and recalled all the events before nightfall.
"There is only one day left until the Future Consortium succeeds in its purpose,"
Fangran opened his eyes and looked at the box. It was already past ten o'clock.
"We don't have much time left."
The opening time of U.S. stocks is 9:30 in the morning, and pre-market trading is five and a half hours before that, which means that it is the morning after tomorrow that Lancelot mentioned.
There are less than thirty hours left!
If the impact of this worldwide power crisis has not been lifted during this period, the stock market will open at 4 a.m. the day after tomorrow.
Golden Kite's stock will completely collapse under a new round of selling by retail investors around the world that day.
By that time, the special industry of real estate, which involves a wide range of interests through finance, is expected to have suffered losses of more than 650 billion U.S. dollars.
It will set off a huge tsunami in the ocean of economic globalization!!!
In this critical situation, it stands to reason that they should have taken action immediately.
"But as far as I know, it seems that in order to prevent the occurrence of the Phantom Thief incident, all participants are not allowed to leave before the end of the auction,"
While talking about the rules of the black market auction house, Veronica looked into Fangran's eyes with a smile:
"What should I do? Do I want to sneak out?"
"There is no need to challenge the rules of the auction and attract the attention of the black market party in advance,"
I am sure that whether it is the auctioneer in the black and white dress in front of me or the man in the tuxedo who just entered the door, these black market participants are not simple people.
Moreover, there is a high probability that they will assist the association tonight. If they are provoked in advance, it is very likely that they will alert the snake.
Watching the auction hammer fall in Gloria's hand in the white light of the stage,
Fangran's eyes turned to Box 35, which was the successful bidder.
"He also can't leave before the auction ends. We can just wait until then."
"Is it,"
After hearing his arrangement, Veronica smiled lightly and continued to look into the auction house with a sweet smile:
"It just so happens that I also want to see what the last auction item tonight is."
After confirming Troy's location, the purpose of coming to the auction tonight was achieved. I slightly slowed down my concentration. When I heard Veronica say this,
Fangran also returned his attention to the auction itself.
Following the lot that was auctioned off in Box 35 just now, several more lots of similar specifications appeared one after another.
Ultra-long-distance guided sniper artillery, mysterious spears that can be fired into the target's body and become larger, large mines ten times the size of the Black Death Star...
Different from the psionic submunitions that were targeted at groups of low-level serial numbers at the beginning, the items later on the market are all targeting powerful serial numbers at the B-15 level.
Then as the auction comes to an end, the sixteenth lot tonight,
It is also the most important auction item since the opening is finally on the market!
When the auctioneer in the black and white dress raised his hand to signal,
In the center of the white light of the stage, an extraordinarily large circular platform slowly rises, above which it is larger than an armored tank...
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And at the moment when this powerful and ferocious creation appeared, Gloria announced its name with excitement,
"No. 3104 - [Kobo Machinery-Three-Headed Dog of Hell]!"
"Starting price - 200 million!"
Then tonight the first auction item reaching the starting price of 200 million appeared!
The Kobo Machinery, produced by the Third Pillar, is an iconic and terrifying weapon under the Guild.
Known for their quantity, destructiveness, ability to devour similar evolutions, and the fact that almost every one of them is unique and difficult to defend against, this is a powerful boost that makes the official elite generally stronger than other groups.
Any participant who has spent time in North America is very familiar with it!
"Box No. 4, 210 million!"
When the first quotation sounds, the competition begins,
It is larger than an armored vehicle and has a ferocious form like a three-headed hell dog. It has undoubtedly devoured countless similar species.
Normally, unless you join an association, it is extremely difficult to obtain workshop machinery, let alone such a rare and powerful individual.
Because of this, several boxes in the auction house were bidding one after another.
The starting price alone is already as high as 200 million U.S. dollars. According to the bidding trend of tonight's auction, the final transaction price will definitely exceed 300 million U.S. dollars.
This kind of price is already the stage where only those boxes representing one party's power organizations are qualified to compete.
But during the bidding, many people were staring at the biggest uncertainty tonight - Box 9, wondering if it would suddenly outbid the whole audience again.
However, this situation did not come true. After a game,
No. 4, the first bidder, bought it for NT$330 million.
As for Box 9, he was distracted for a moment when he saw the dark and ferocious three-headed hell dog. He did not expect that there would be such things as workshop machinery in the auction.
Thinking back to the words Veronica said while walking on the streets of the black market, thinking about the benefits, attractions, and winning values of the scenes it might create in the future...
At this moment, Fangran seemed to suddenly understand the meaning of the auction.
And with the sale of this item, tonight’s auction finally ushered in the seventeenth item.
This is also the last item on the auction block!
After so many previous accidents involving powerful equipment, items, and even workshop machinery,
At this moment, Fangran was also a little curious about what the last auction item would be.
"The next thing to be auctioned is the last lot of this auction,"
At this moment, standing in the white light of the stage, he chuckled and announced, Gloria looked around the audience and slowly spoke:
"This lot is a little bit special. Anyone familiar with the history of auctions should remember the only lot we ever failed to auction."
When hearing her words, many participants in the box looked at each other as if they had thought of something.
Unlike real auctions, given the participants’ demand and purchasing power for stronger power, it stands to reason that there will be no unsold auctions at black market auctions.
But since the establishment of this auction house, there has been the only exception...
"Yes, it is provided by the owner of this 'New York Black Market' as the entrusting party,"
And like an affirmation, Gloria said the name of the last auction item at this moment!
"Lot No. 0000 - The Promise of the Black Market Master."
"As long as you don't violate certain rules, no matter what kind of life or death crisis you encounter, or you have any goals you want to achieve, that one will definitely agree to your request,"
"Of course, you can also replace it with something equivalent."
As if he was describing some dreamy thing, there was a hint of passion and desire in his eyes,
Gloria slowly spoke out the criteria that touched the heartstrings of all the attendees.
"There's no problem even if it's Class A."
Class A,
This short name seemed to have a huge weight when it fell, causing the entire audience to fall into silence.
When she 'saw' the last lot, she was slightly incredulous. Fangran didn't expect that there would actually be an A-grade lot in the black market auction.
And it still appeared in such a special way.
No one knows who the owner of the New York black market is, but sitting on something like a scene fragment, anyone can imagine that he is definitely a powerful being.
And a promise from him, a promise worth Grade A,
This is enough to make countless people crazy about it!
"So it's this kind of thing, what a pity,"
But now that I know the true identity of the seventeenth lot, to a certain extent, there has been a ‘superior replacement’.
Veronica sighed in boredom as if she suddenly lost interest:
"I'm also looking forward to whether the final auction item will be a nightware."
If it is a night device, what are you going to do...
Looking at the bidding interface she had drawn out and thinking silently, Fangran turned his eyes back to the venue. When he learned the truth about the last grand prize,
He suddenly wanted to know about the A-level, which was already difficult to measure in terms of money.
What price will such a promise fetch?
"As for the bidding method for this lot, being the final winner does not mean you have to bid the highest,"
After introducing the special features of the last auction, Gloria announced its starting price:
"But find this thing."
A hand-drawn sketch appeared in the projection, and what was drawn on it was...
An old-style, bronze-colored monocular telescope.
The moment I saw this thing, or in other words, saw ‘this price’,
The lowered golden color in Fangran's right pupil shone slightly!
"This is what the client wants to recover. This is a monocular telescope. There is nothing special about it. It is just an ordinary telescope."
"And it fell onto the Atlantic coast in the 1930s..."
Just listening to the beginning made all the junior participants present suddenly realize. No wonder it was an A-level promise of a sky-high price. If you want to find an item that fell into the ocean without any special items,
This is truly a needle in a haystack!
Moreover, it was a long-lasting event in the last century. That thing may have been completely eroded in the sea water long ago.
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"Here's the exact dimensions; here's the manufacturer's information that has gone out of business.... Just what you need to find it,"
"We will provide all the information we can about it."
Compared with bidding, it is more like a bounty commission for the entire night battle world. Under the projection of the white light on the stage,
As Gloria's voice sounded, information about that thing emerged one after another.
But in response to such support, the entire audience remained silent.
Because everyone present knows that even with this information, the success rate of finding a needle in a haystack is very slim.
You know, the last time this auction item appeared was twenty years ago. This information had long been disseminated, but no one found it for twenty years.
This is simply an almost impossible task to complete.
There was no surprise at all in the silence of the whole place.
It was originally an attempt to rely on the various miraculous abilities of the mysterious side. This time it was proposed just for the purpose of reminder, without any expectations.
Gloria looked at the scene without any signs of 'bidding', and was following the process as usual, planning to finish with a smile.
"Okay, since there are no bidders, I declare this auction..."
But at this moment,
A voice sounded in the auction room!
At that time, everyone was familiar with the sound of someone bidding!
As soon as the smile on Gloria's face stopped, all the participants in the box were slightly startled. When they heard this voice, they suddenly looked towards the floating projection above.
Then everyone present clearly saw the line of information on it,
Bid on Box 9!
What....?
The fact that someone was bidding was unbelievable, and it was unbelievable that it was the mysterious box No. 9. While thinking about whether someone was stupid enough to think that they could fool the existence of the New York black market with fakes,
Everyone is worried about the same thing at this moment,
Could it be...
Did someone really find that thing from across the ocean!?
At this moment, in box No. 9, where everyone is watching,
It was not the same as before. Out of the queen's game mentality, Veronica looked at the young man who pressed the bid this time with a smile,
"I thought you would say there was no need to cause unnecessary trouble or unnecessary attention."
At the highest-profile black market auction in North America, bidding on the last final lot when there was no one to bid for it showed a financial strength that overwhelmed every participant in the room.
Fangran held a small section of the cylinder in his hand that had been eroded by the sea water, and spoke with determination:
"This is the best opportunity for the black market side to stay out of tonight's incident. We can't miss it."
Then at the moment he finished saying this,
When, when, when,
There was a knock on the door of the auction box.
"Please come in."
Not surprisingly, the next second he responded,
Fangran saw a thick shadow forming a calm man wearing a thick black coat.
"Good evening, sir, madam, I am one of the managers of the New York black market."
Introducing yourself and revealing your identity is related to the entrustment of the black market owner. The top management of the New York Black Market directly takes action in person.
He appeared out of thin air in front of Fangran and Veronica and spoke calmly:
"Please allow me to first confirm that you two have indeed found what we asked for."
Without saying much, when I heard him say this,
Fangran placed the rusty and broken iron cylinder on the table in front of him.
When he saw this thing, there was a fluctuation in his eyes. The manager took out a white cloth and carefully wrapped it and picked it up. Then he looked at the two figures in front of him, both of whom showed their true faces:
"The black market needs to contact the person to confirm the authenticity. Please rest assured that the results will be available soon."
When the words fell, his figure turned into a shadow and disappeared again.
And just as he said,
After he left, the knock on the door rang again soon.
This time, the man in a tuxedo holding a cane and wearing a ball mask appeared at the entrance of the auction house.
Like a messenger, he brings the confirmed results with a touch of reverence:
"The owner of the black market hopes to meet you."
The moment she heard what he said, Fangran's eyes flashed with excitement.
"This is a mysterious item that can project the user's consciousness to another location. Please rest assured that you can interrupt this state at any time without any risk."
-【reality】-
Without any unnecessary words, as if he was responsible for conveying such a brief message, the man in the tuxedo tapped his cane,
He flew something up and put it in front of Fangran as a signal, then left.
He was not surprised by the invitation. Picking up the mysterious item, Canjin lightly confirmed that it was as non-threatening as the other party said.
"Do you want me to go with you?"
At this time, I heard Veronica next to me chuckle and suggest with lively eyes,
I feel that if she takes action, any negotiation will be easy, but the Queen herself cannot be put in danger. When the ability is activated, open the [Shield] light wall.
Fangran looked at Veronica beside him and said softly:
Then after getting her smiling response, he input the magic energy to activate the mysterious item.
Then after the next blink,
The view changes.
What appeared in front of me was a small hut that was not too big, with desks, chairs, piles of books, an astronomical mirror set up, papers full of manuscripts for recording drawings, and instruments placed everywhere...
In the scene where the sunlight shines through, it looks like an astronomer’s study room in the last century,
There is a young man who looks slender and quiet.
He is the owner of the New York black market...?
I thought when I saw this figure, and then the next second,
Fangran heard a calm voice that seemed to have no emotional fluctuations.
"You have something about Youye. Who are you to her?"
Varied...!
Hearing such direct words at the moment of meeting, Fangran, who was still thinking about how to negotiate, opened his eyes slightly, and seemed to have noticed that his words were too direct.
The slender and quiet young man nodded immediately, looked at Fangran and continued to speak very calmly:
"Sorry, I don't usually talk to people...Introduce yourself...I am the owner of this black market,"
"E. Copperfield."
When I heard his words, my eyes suddenly opened wide this time.
But I am not surprised that the quiet and peaceful man in front of me is the client of the auction just now, and the owner of the fragment of the 'New York Black Market' scene.
But the last name he spoke was in the database of Il Link's "You Ye".
Fangran knows a more widely known nickname!
A-level high-ranking technologist, one of the six ultimate controllers in the world of night battles.