Mask.

Or a mask.

Many wealthy merchants or aristocrats, unwilling to reveal their identities at auctions, prepared their masks early.

This also provided convenience for Lindsay and others.

The group of five, including Tezzolo, had breakfast, put on masks to hide their identities, and went straight to the Dressrosa Arena.

……

In front of the entrance to the arena, the five of them looked up and saw King Riku waving from above.

They were all aware of the king's anomaly.

Uta's pupils shrank, and he heard the unwilling melody in King Liku's heart, and slowly clenched his fists.

Robin lowered the brim of his hat slightly, clenching his teeth.

"Are you even being manipulated by someone......

“……”

The current King of Riku, if he can take off the mask, he must be crying, right?

But he was helpless.

His own life, the lives of his ministers, everyone's families, and the entire people of Dressrosa are now hostages of the Don Quixote!

King Riku had to and had to convene this "Devil Fruit Auction".

His gaze wandered back and forth, looking for the faint "hope" in the tears in his eyes.

Suddenly, King Riku discovered something.

Even if the other party has hidden his identity, the feeling of being connected by blood will never be wrong!

It was his daughter Scarlet, and his friend and son-in-law, Cyrus.

The two of them had also arrived at the arena and were communicating with another group of five.

The group of people is ...... Who?

……

King Liku was too far away to see clearly.

In fact, in addition to Scarlet and Cyrus, Leo of the Lilliputians was also lying on Scarlet's shoulder.

Using yesterday's day, the Lilliputians figured out the route inside the arena and synced it to their temporary allies.

"This is the rough road map, everyone must be careful!"

Leo handed the map to Lindsay, and muttered to himself, "The Lilliputians have also had some accidents recently, but I don't know what it has to do with this side......

“……”

The two groups briefly converged, then quickly separated, and continued to move separately.

……

After entering the gate of the arena, there is a complex passage.

After crossing the rest area, you can see the fork in the road.

One went straight to the backstage of the "contestants", and the other went straight to the audience.

There is still some time before the auction opens.

Therefore, the five of them did not rush to sit down, but began to secretly explore the entire arena according to the map provided by Leo.

“……”

The ancient sight and hearing are domineering!

Lindsay leaned over and sensed the "traces" around her.

One of them stands out in particular, as it was left behind when transporting Devil Fruits!

"In this arena, there are indeed Devil Fruits."

Lindsey muttered, "At least one, if not more......"

On the other side, Robin and Uta looked around and saw many wanted pirates, all of whom were famous guys.

Among them, there are many murderous people with bounties of more than 100 million!

"There are a lot of people!"

Uta exhaled and said in surprise, "Are there a lot of pirates who are attracted by the auction?" ”

"This is a new world after all, big sister!"

Tezzolo's eyes moved slightly, and he said in a deep voice:

"The first half of the Great Voyage is much milder by comparison, and the New World is the real place of chaos."

"You have to be cautious when doing things here, everyone can be your enemy."

“……”

Hearing Tezzolo's warning, Uta and Robin became vigilant.

Just then, a group of pirate hooligans approached and bumped into Klockdahl with their shoulders.

"Wow!"

The pirate hooligan immediately fell to the ground and said in pain: "You hurt me!" ”

Klockdahl: "......"

The rest of the younger brothers immediately surrounded them, and the captain led by them shouted:

"Hey, what should I do if I hurt my men?"

"That's it, our captain is a sea thief with a bounty of 250 million berry, so we want to give face!"

Klockdahl: "......"

He didn't say much, and he didn't bother to take care of this group of stinky fish and rotten shrimp.

The real question that needs to be asked is, why do such people exist in the arena?

Is it because of the threshold of the auction?

The guys, who hadn't yet scraped together the threshold funds, gathered around the break room, looking for their last chance.

As the organizers, neither the Dressrosa guards nor the Don Quixote family had any intention of intervening to stop it.

"Is it tacitly permissible to fight in arms?"

Klockdahl raised an eyebrow.

In the face of the looming hooligans, he was about to make a move, but Uta and Robin had already rushed over.

The two little girls were full of vigilance, and when they saw that no one was paying attention to them, they punched and kicked the hooligans around them.

Enemy, fight!

The two of them moved extremely quickly, and before the people around them could react, they were all planted upside down in the ground.

"It's dangerous!"

Uta embedded the last of the pirate captains into the ground and exclaimed, "The powerful enemies of the new world are dangerous! ”

Tezzolo: "......"

Klockdahl was used to it.

"There are a lot of strange people on this sea, why can't it be us?"

He patted Tezzolo on the shoulder and said with a gloomy smile: "Relax, don't need to be so rigorous, and by the way, have some fantasies." ”

“……”

Tezzolo didn't know why, but he felt more and more that the four people around him were unusual.

……

On the other side, the corner of the passage.

Ivankov and Big Bear, disguised, are reporting to the leader of the revolutionary army, Dragon, about the current situation of Dressrosa.

This includes, but is not limited to: the Quadripartite Cooperation, the arrival of the Draco people, Dressrosa and the Don Quixote family......

All of this was far beyond the original expectations of the revolutionary army!

Long pondered for a moment, and said slowly in a deep voice: "If it is too dangerous, pay attention to retreat first, the revolutionary army cannot lose you." ”

"Iha! This is also a rare opportunity! ”

Ivankov grinned: "If everything goes well, the revolutionary army will be secretly supported by Dressrosa!" ”

“……”

In this regard, the dragon was noncommittal, but repeatedly told the two to pay attention to safety.

While the two were talking, the big bear was vigilant and didn't notice any movement.

However, a burnt smell suddenly got into the bear's nose.

"Huh?"

Big Bear followed the smell and found Rosinandi and Rowe, who were also on the phone, in the corner on the other side.

Rosinandi used the Fruit of Silence ability to isolate the voices from his side.

As an undercover agent of the Navy, he is reporting to the [Zhi General] Warring States.

But for some reason, he accidentally ignited his coat while lighting a cigarette, and the fruit ability was forced to be released, and the voice came out again.

At this time, Ivankov also came over.

Two phone bugs rang at the same time, and the voices of the dragon and the Warring States were also heard.

"In short, be careful!"

“……”

"Is there anyone over there?"

"The sound is a little familiar......"

“……”

Click!

Dragons and Sengoku, two heavyweight characters who stir up the storm on the sea, their reaction speed is naturally extremely fast.

Although the identity of the other party has been roughly speculated, the current situation is obviously not suitable for clarification, so it is rare to be confused and hang up the phone decisively.

“……”

The undercover agents of the revolutionary army and navy stared widely, and finally shrugged helplessly at the same time.

……

Give the gold card verification, and then enter the auditorium.

Four waves of people scattered around, sat in the audience, and waited quietly.

After a short time, the host appeared on the stage, and the grand auction officially kicked off!

"Everyone, long waiting!"

The host held the microphone and his high-pitched voice spread throughout the venue.

Soon, many treasures, treasure maps and other things were brought to the booth.

The participants bid on their own, and the scene was lively for a while.

But as the auction continued, something was gradually wrong in the venue.

The auction items were gradually mixed with weapons, shells, warships, and other munitions, from the treasures that were common at sea.

Until the climax of the auction -

There was a clattering sound of chains, and the next group of lots was pulled onto the stand.

It's "slaves".

Among the goods in this auction are "slaves"!

……

(End of chapter)