【Black Auction】

On the final day of the annual founding festival, an auction is held by Lubacher. The location is Speaker Harman's mansion in the sanatorium of Mishuram.

The exhibited goods are all valuable treasures, but most of them are stolen goods, and the food is related to bribery, tax evasion, corruption and other illegal activities, such as fine art, paintings and jewelry.

The attendees included not only Crosbell locals, but also many aristocrats and bourgeoisie from the surrounding countries, so the auction was also an underground social event.

For Rubacher, it was an important source of income, and for Speaker Harman, it seemed like an excellent time to build relations with national authorities. At the same time, the security of the auction hall is strictly enforced by the members of the rubacche team, and it is absolutely impossible to enter without a guest with a golden rose printed on it.

"It's!"

After reading the entry, Lloyd couldn't help but exclaim.

This kind of action, which can almost be said to be lawlessness and defiance of the royal law, almost made Lloyd unable to help himself.

Beside him, Ellie's expression was also very solemn, and she muttered in a low voice: I really didn't expect that this kind of event would be held every year......

"But...... Something strange...... It's a big event, right? ”

Theo was confused.

If this entry is correct, then the participants should all be well-known people, such a large number of "celebrities" gathered in Crossbell, no matter how you think about it, there will be newspapers to talk about it, shouldn't it be such a secret event?

"Heh, it's probably putting pressure on the relevant departments - isn't the previous Warcraft incident also ......?"

Randy's tone grew darker as he spoke, talking about the incident in which Rubacher was training military dogs. That incident was also worthy of special mention, but because of the pressure, the garrison was pinned down everywhere.

Randy silently glanced at the chairs that had been placed on the dining table. This innocent little girl was breathing peacefully in her sleep.

That's great. Carefree little kids. What a world of adults...... But it's complicated.

Randy smiled wryly.

"Wait...... Black Auction? ”

Lloyd suddenly realized that he had heard the term somewhere......

The memory flashed back to the underground space terminal.

"Theo, keep up quietly - what keyword was it looking for in Jonah's database?"

"Black Auction."

A conversation from the past immediately came to mind.

"Yu, are you investigating this?"

was suddenly called by name, You shrugged his shoulders, and admitted quite calmly.

"Yes. I'm looking into this. If you want to know more details, come and read this. ”

You smiled and handed over the crystals that Ling had given him.

There are not as many things in the crystal of the game as there are in Jonah's crystal, there are only three entries.

【Scheduled Exhibits】【List of Invitees】【Venue Defense Map】

【Scheduled Exhibits】Below are all kinds of gorgeous things, paintings and statues, as well as intricately carved crafts, almost all of which have been marked with a way to get started. The reserve price is also marked at the back of the road, and looking at the string of zeros behind the numbers, it is difficult to imagine how much it is even in the brain. Of course, all of them were done illegally.

After all, the main purpose of the Black Auction is to launder money, and through transactions, turn illegal gains into legal gains. It is illegal to steal the painting with his authority. Sell it anonymously and buy it back yourself, that's legal. Because he was the seller, the money was finally returned to his own hands, but he lost some of the auction house's commission.

The "Inviter List" is full of familiar names. Big bourgeoisie, big collectors, whatever, it's all a bunch of people who can talk for a minute or two just by title. It also seems to have the name of the president of IBC Bank...... However, Theo acted quickly, and Lloyd just swept it away without paying much attention.

[Venue Defense Map] is a floor plan of the venue, on which black dots and red dots are densely drawn. The lower right corner is intimately indicated, the black dot is Lubacher's personnel, and the red dot is Lubacher's military dog...... And the number is so large that it's hard to imagine someone invading. Two of the black dots are particularly large, probably symbolizing Garcia and Vincent.

"Oh my god, man, you really have a way."

Randy had a look of resignation, this kind of pre-war preparation is not something anyone can make.

No matter how tight the defense is, as long as you can get the defense map in advance, then the chance of breaking through is not zero.

"That...... Miss? Miss Ellie? ”

As he spoke, Randy looked around at his comrades in the hope of getting approval, and suddenly found that Ellie was in a state of his mind, so he called out to her, and she only heard it several times in a row.

"Sorry...... I'm thinking about things......"

"Sure enough...... Have you heard of the Black Auction? ”

You smiled gently, and said what Ellie's heart was thinking about.

Ellie has traveled to various countries to study, and she will definitely have some good friends. As the saying goes, people are divided into groups, and Ellie, who is the mayor's granddaughter, has to get to know the children of some upper-class people even if she doesn't want to. I guess I've heard about it at that time.

"Huh? Yes, during my study abroad, I also heard my classmates talk about it privately...... Cross Bell's Underground Social Event...... I thought it was just a legend. ”

Ellie's face was very bad, as the mayor's granddaughter and a girl with a sense of justice, she was really saddened by this evil act. But as the mayor's granddaughter and an ordinary girl, she also deeply realized that her strength could not fight against this huge evil.

"That ......"

"Now, Lloyd. I know what you're going to say. You can eat as much as you want, but you can't talk nonsense. ”

As soon as Lloyd spoke, he was interrupted by Yutatsumi.

He put away his smile and stared into Lloyd's eyes with a serious expression.

In this living room, it's not just people from the support department.

One of the main bodyguards of the Black Auction they were about to break into, Vincent Campbell, was lying next to him.

"Don't worry. Welcome to the ...... When the time comes...... Old...... I will annihilate you completely. ”

Vincent seemed to sense their concern, but at some odd times, he deliberately replaced the impolite self-title of "Lao Tzu" with "I".

After speaking, there was a laugh, and I couldn't hear the emotion, but if I had to say it, I was confident. The kind of confidence that can handle any random number except for it.

"Annihilation or something is terrifying. It's a bit too much to fight and kill or something. ”

Yawning, a lazy and unmotivated man descended the stairs.

Sergei Rowe. The Chief of the Support Division.

It's also a person who is almost unremembered by all the members of the Support Division.

"Section Chief?!"

"So you're here!"

Sure enough, the first reaction of the Support Division was this.