Chapter 5 Bidding
As a transit point between the continents of Ezhen and Elubian, Caesar Island is a world of prosperity compared to other small islands, and even the streets leading from the port to the city are paved with marble.
As soon as he got off the boat, Luxi was targeted by many locals, because of the large number of tourists here every year, some locals made a living by working as guides for outsiders, and they rushed to "sell" themselves to this group of disembarking passengers:
"As long as 8,000 nuns can hire me for a day, whether you are visiting attractions or need life services, I can solve it for you. And there are some places where the rules are different, and only I can keep you from making mistakes! ”
Because they arrived a day early, the men sent by Leeds would not arrive until a day later, and Lucy didn't want to make any trouble. His eyes swept through the crowd a few times, and finally he chose the outermost girl:
"What's your name?"
The girl was about to be squeezed out of the crowd by the other guides due to her thin body, and at this time she was a little surprised to hear Lucy's words: "My name is Maggie, this ...... Sir, are you here to visit or are you looking for a place to stay? Although Lucy looked fifteen or sixteen years old, a few years younger than her, the young man's clothing and temperament made Maggie a little shorter.
Maggie...... What does pearl mean? Lucy walked around the crowd towards the city gates, and Maggie hurried to follow.
"It's still early, so take me to the city's famous attractions."
"Yes sir, that, the salary for hiring me for a day is 6,000 rings, and the daily settlement is ......" Maggie said a little embarrassed, it seems that she has not been in this business for long. The common currency of this world, "Rings", is a bit similar to the yen in the previous life, and six thousand rings is only about three hundred to four hundred yuan, Lucy nodded noncommittally, if he remembers correctly, he probably has hundreds of millions of rings in his card, and the expenses before Leeds sent someone were enough to deal with it.
The two walked through the streets along the way, and I have to say that the buildings on this island are completely different from what Lucie has seen in other backward islands, full of modern atmosphere. Roadside malls display a variety of valuable goods, and luxury cars of various brands speed along the roadside. After about ten minutes, Maggie leads Lucy to a huge square and introduces:
"This is the most crowded area of Caesars Island, and there are a lot of things for sale that you don't have anywhere else except for the people who play here. But there are many of them who are liars, holding some tattered and falsely claiming to be treasures, so you must not be fooled. ”
Luci looked out over the square, and in the center of the square was an oval imitation Romanesque building, with a tall tower going up the stairs. With his eyesight, he can clearly see the tourists taking pictures on the tower, which seems to be only for sightseeing. Countless tents and stalls are scattered around the square, and large crowds of people are interspersed with shouts and shouts.
With great interest, he walked to a stall by the lawn, and in front of him lay all sorts of strange things on the linen. A rag doll with dense needles and threads sewn all over its body, a puppeteer that keeps jumping on the spot when it is wound up, and a record player with an old and strange shape...... The owner of the stall sat cross-legged on the grass and looked at the magazine in his hand with relish, ignoring the customers.
Lucy turned his head to look at Maggie, and although he didn't want his employer to spend money on these useless scraps, his role as a guide made Maggie explain:
"If you want, write your price next to the item you picked, and if there are no other buyers at twelve o'clock, the item will be yours."
"During this period, if other buyers also take a fancy to this thing, the highest price wins, and it should be noted that each price increase must exceed 20% of the other party, which is a general rule made to avoid endless bidding."
Lucy asked curiously, "Do you have to wait until twelve o'clock in the evening, if I am in a hurry to get it now, is there a quicker way?" ”
Maggie tried to make herself look professional: "Well, if you want to trade on the spot, as long as your bid is satisfactory to the boss once." However, it also depends on the situation, for example, some stall owners are very greedy and must wait until 12 o'clock when no one else bids with you before selling to you. ”
"That's right," Lucy nodded, crouched down and played with the rag doll that he had taken a look at, and suddenly said with a wicked taste, "But I think the easiest and quickest way is to kill the stall owner, and these things are not all mine." Looking at Maggie's stunned expression, Lucy smiled: "Just kidding, I mean, hasn't this happened before?" ”
Maggie breathed a sigh of relief, obviously the young man in front of her looked harmless, but when she said that sentence just now, she felt a chill inexplicably, just like a vicious wanted criminal in front of her. She reluctantly admonished her employer: "Please don't make such jokes, once a group of internationally renowned wanted criminals stole a batch of jewels on the island, but they were killed by the island's guards in less than half a day." Then the girl stole a glance around, leaned into Lucy's ear and whispered, "I heard that there are several big family properties on this island, and even the [Ten Old Men] have people involved in it. ”
"Oh?"
didn't care why Maggie knew about the [Ten Old Men] in the underground world, the breath exhaled by the girl's mouth made Lucy a little uncomfortable, and she quietly pulled away a little distance, Lucy raised her index finger and thought about it at the corner of her mouth.
It seems that the water on this island is very deep, but unfortunately we will leave tomorrow, so we can't explore it.
If even the [Ten Old Men] have planted forces on the island, presumably the Hunter Association also has a branch.
After thinking about it for a moment, Lucy finally dispelled the idea of robbery, after all, he was not the Phantom Brigade group, and he only obtained what he wanted by force. And there is nothing special about this rag doll, but he just used [Ning] to notice a few faint wisps of telekinetic aura on the sewing needle and thread, which aroused interest.
After picking up the pen on the stall and writing the number of 50,000 rings on the bidding column, Lucy prepared to go to the other stalls to have a second look. Although Maggie is not angry that such a broken doll is worth her ten days' salary, she is very self-aware and does not point fingers at her employer, and can only secretly sigh that the young master of the rich family does not take money seriously.
Just as Lucy turned to leave, a tall man walked straight over, his eyes were firmly locked on the rag doll that was picked by Lucy, and he thought to himself: I didn't expect to see it here, from the half of the sign under his head, it's right, the vicious thing scattered around the world in the last century, the scarlet doll!
"Did you get a head start?" The man frowned when he saw Lucy's bid, and then saw Lucy and Maggie next to him, and relieved, "Although I don't know who you are, this thing is not something that ordinary people can touch." ”
Judging by Lucy's clothes, this is the behavior of a rich young master who came out to hang out and buy some gadgets and losers, the man is ready to write a higher price - although he has already figured out how to scare Lucy with the story of the "disaster thing", because of the rules, even if Lucy no longer bids, he must buy the things here at a higher price.
Just as he was about to write the price, Lucy also spoke:
"I want to say that, too."
"I don't know who you are, but you dare to write a word."
Hearing Lucy's words, Maggie was the first to react: It's over! Lucy's attitude was completely provocative, and looking at the man's physique and the dagger pinned to his waist, Maggie couldn't have thought that he would be a good gentleman.
Seeing that there is about to be a conflict, I can only hope that this man is unfamiliar with the road and will not be caught up when he runs away with his employer!
The man turned his head a little amusedly and looked down at Lucy condescendingly:
"What happens if I write it?"
Looting goods on Caesars Island will be chased to death by the guards, but it doesn't mean that buyers can't do anything with each other. As long as you don't cause death, no one cares even if you break your hands and feet.
Just as the man was pondering how hard to teach this arrogant imp a lesson, he suddenly felt a chill that penetrated into his bones, as if he was naked in the ice and snow.
This malice directed at him emanated from the boy in front of him.
Lucy tilted his head and calmly spit out three words:
"Kill you!"