novelraw Chapter 69 Opportunity
Chapter 69 Opportunity
The South Point Auction House is a long-established auction house and the most authoritative in the world of auction houses. Even the most arrogant gangsters dare not provoke it.
It is an open auction venue.
The South Pears auction will be held from September 6th to 10th, with admission and a catalog costing 12 million jenny.
Twelve million is no small sum of money.
Based on the budget of 800,000 yen per person per month for each member of the Eligi team, the budget for the nine members—Hinata, Shino, Kiba, Gaara, Kakashi, Kakuzu, Sasuke, Sasori, and Hidan—would be 7.2 million yen.
As for Tsunade, she has her own private savings, so she doesn't need operating funds.
Twelve million is enough for the Ailiji team's activity expenses for a month and a half.
This shows that this is not an entry ticket that ordinary people can afford.
Entry is merely a threshold; those who enter the Southpis auctions are all wealthy individuals, and to acquire their desired items, one must pay at least half the premium to have any chance of winning the bid.
Therefore, these formal auctions are places where wealthy people display their wealth.
Ordinary people wouldn't spend tens of millions to come and watch the spectacle.
Upon hearing that Eligi didn't have a game console, Killua crossed his arms and said, "Hmph, liar! Tell me, what are you trying to do by tricking us into coming here?"
After hearing what the arrogant Killua said, Eligi was a little confused about what the other party was trying to express.
Why did Ailiji lure the two children here?
Oh! By the way, Bisky, Ellige called the two of them because of Bisky.
Eligi glanced around the room, then looked at Hinata and asked, "Can you sense where Bisky-sensei is?"
Although Hinata doesn't yet understand advanced techniques like "En" in Nen, she can vaguely sense the aura of powerful individuals, and this ability can reach distances of several kilometers.
I don't know if this is a unique method of investigation specific to the Naruto world.
"It seems that Bisky-sensei and Tsunade went to Butler for a consultation. They've been driving for quite a while now," Hinata said.
Eligi was stunned when he heard this. Tsunade was really bold to drive without a license. If she got caught, he wouldn't go to ransom her.
"Remember the two-star gem hunter Bisky I mentioned before? He thinks you two are pretty good, so he wants to continue training you." Eligi directly expressed Bisky's thoughts.
Of course, Bisky never said that; it was all Ellig's own speculation.
I wonder how happy Bisky will be when she comes back and tells Eligi that she found two nice rough stones for her.
After hearing this, Xiao Jie immediately grasped the key point and said directly, "So, Eliji, you're willing to give us two game slots?"
"Gon, don't get your hopes up. The other person doesn't seem like such a kind person," Killua said sarcastically from the side, clearly not thinking highly of Eligi's character.
It can only be said that Killua has a keen eye for people. All I heard was Eriji say, "How is that possible? Didn't I say on the phone before that if you two want to use the positions, then each of you will need 1 billion jenny?"
"But you don't necessarily have to follow me. Butler will definitely auction off all the game consoles."
"Butler doesn't have that many suitable players under his command, so he recruits Nen players from the public. With Killua's strength, it would be very easy for him to get in. As for Gon, he's just missing a killer move."
Ailiji has now made his point very clear: one is free, the other costs money. If you have to choose, any normal person would know which to choose.
"Don't worry, Ellige, we'll earn you a billion Jenny," Xiao Jie said with a determined look in his eyes.
When Killua saw this, he had an "I knew it" look on his face.
This left Eligi completely bewildered. Then, realizing that Xiao Jie's choice couldn't be judged from a normal person's perspective, some things seemed much more normal.
"Hey! You brat, not only did you make decisions for me without my permission, but you're also bullying a child." Bisky appeared in the house at some point, and she didn't even come in through the front door.
Seeing this, Eligi looked at Hinata with some confusion. Hinata explained somewhat embarrassedly, "It's probably because Bisky-sensei used 'Invisibility,' which is why I didn't sense her presence."
After hearing this, Eligi understood what was going on, so he asked, "Don't accuse me. I've already given the other party the best option. It's just that Xiao Jie chose a less-than-ideal one."
Bisky wasn't the type to reason with people, so she said directly, "How about this, give them a chance to have a real battle. If both of them can last three days against the one you choose, then they'll get a free chance to enter the game."
"Since it was Bisky-sensei who said it, I naturally have no problem with it. Do you two have the same idea?" Eligi readily agreed.
"Great, thank you, Ellige." Xiao Jie said as if he had already secured a spot in the game.
Hearing this from the side, Killua also revealed a confident smile and said, "Don't choose someone too weak, or Gon and I will defeat them in less than three days."
Hearing Killua's arrogance, Eligi stroked his chin and said, "Then let's go with Kakashi. As long as you can hold out against Kakashi for three days, we'll be done with it."
"Damn it, you did this on purpose, didn't you?" Killua, who had been so calm just moments before, was now getting quite agitated, looking guilty even before the fight had started.
However, Xiao Jie confidently shouted, "No problem."
"Gon, are you going to give up this opportunity?" Killua sometimes didn't quite understand Gon's thoughts. Perhaps only someone with such a quirk could occasionally pull off unexpected moves.
Gon looked at Killua with great confidence and said, "Killua, don't worry, we can definitely do it."
Seeing Gon's confidence, Killua felt relieved and said, "Then we can only show the results of our training to Kakashi-sensei."
Just as Gon and Killua were full of fighting spirit, Eligi suddenly changed his mind and said, "Kakashi is nowhere to be found right now, and we can't find him for a while. Why don't we send Sasuke instead?"
Sasuke, who was on the second floor, replied expressionlessly, "Boring. I won't hold back."
Killua's gaze involuntarily fell upon Sasuke, who wasn't very old, probably around sixteen or seventeen.
Seeing Sasuke like this, Killua immediately regained his confidence: "We don't need you to give way to us. Don't be embarrassed if we defeat you."
Upon hearing such provocative words, Sasuke jumped directly from the second floor, his movements so graceful that he made no noise whatsoever.
This move alone shows that Sasuke's strength is extraordinary.
"Let's go, let's find a more open place to start." Eligi was somewhat looking forward to it, but he wondered what Gon and Killua would look like after being beaten up.