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TM : [191] Kurokawa Kazuya's Target
🕑 Added 2023-12-16 16:02:00 +0000 UTC"Thirty million dollars."
"Thirty-five million dollars."
"Forty million dollars."
"Forty-one million dollars..."
The bidding had somehow turned into a private auction between Lehrman Noel and Kurokawa Kazuya.
"Forty-five million dollars." Kazuya once again stated the new bidding price.
"Really... Mr. Kurokawa, you've already bought two mystic eyes, haven't you? Why do you still want to buy this one..." Lehrman frowned, his tone, though polite, carried a hint of dissatisfaction.
The NobleColor-level mystic eyes were still fine, but currently... the auction was for Golden-level mystic eyes, and as a Mystic Eye family member, he couldn't afford to ignore them.
However, he felt that Kazuya's bid was too much...
The real trouble was still ahead... the jewel mystic eye, that was the most crucial one!
"Because I haven't made up my mind yet." Kazuya pretended to be helpless and said, "I haven't decided which one to buy, so... I'll just bid for now. By the way, what's your bottom line? Above forty-five million dollars? Above forty-seven million dollars? Or perhaps above fifty million dollars? It shouldn't be that high..."
"Ha... fine." Lehrman sighed, "Forty-six million dollars."
"Well... then, let me bid one last time. If Mr. Lehrman can surpass this price, I'll give up on this mystic eye, how about that?" Kazuya said, "Fifty million dollars."
"I give up." Lehrman covered his forehead; he wouldn't bid more than fifty million dollars for this mystic eye.
"Fifty-one million!" Dead Apostle Colin Kidd smiled and said, "I bid fifty-one million, how about that?"
"Fifty-five million." Kazuya continued with an expressionless face.
"You—!" Colin Kidd's face turned ugly, "You said your maximum was fifty million dollars!"
"Indeed... I did say that if Mr. Lehrman bid higher than this, I would give up. But you're not Mr. Lehrman, are you?" Kazuya narrowed his eyes slightly... this risky guy should just go to hell.
In any case, he couldn't let the mystic eye fall into Colin Kidd's hands.
"Tch!"
Colin Kidd, dissatisfied, clicked his tongue and left his seat without saying more.
"Well, this mystic eye is sold for fifty-five million dollars."
After that... Kazuya also obtained another Golden-level mystic eye for "sixty million dollars." It was clear to see... Lehrman, the person named, sighed in relief.
Perhaps he thought that Kazuya had already spent over a hundred million dollars here and wouldn't have the capability to compete for the final jewel mystic eye...
Although he wanted to push up the price a bit.
However... looking at Kazuya's seemingly insightful eyes... he was also worried that this might be a trap set by Kazuya to drain the money in his hands.
Afterward—
"Well then, onto the final act—The top-notch 'Jewel' rank, Mystic Eye of Dark Abyss." The host bowed, not towards the guests, but towards the mystic eye.
"This time, the train is handling the 'Jewel' rank Mystic Eye for the first time, which is a supreme luck for both me and all the distinguished guests on the train."
"The starting price is twenty million dollars." The host's voice, unlike before, was no longer calm, sounding a bit excited.
"Fifty million dollars." Neil Edington, who had not spoken before, made a move this time.
"Eighty million dollars," Mevis immediately added.
The atmosphere suddenly heated up.
Kazuya did not rush to make a move but stood there, observing...
The price of the mystic eye continued to climb, quickly reaching two hundred and fifty million. Kazuya casually looked at a few people and said, as if joking, "What's your bottom line? Two hundred million? Three hundred million? Or perhaps below four hundred million, not above?"
No one told him to stop, not to make a fuss about the bidding. After all, it was just a small-scale auction, and even if everyone sitting there wasn't an ordinary person, it was a place where strength spoke...
The price slowed down at three hundred million.
There was a pause each time the bid increased.
Kazuya raised his hand, "Four hundred million dollars."
The scene suddenly fell silent...
Groans and moans could be heard.
Mevis looked at him in astonishment, the Dead Apostle stared at him fixedly, and the priest seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, perhaps because it seemed he wasn't acquired by that Dead Apostle.
Behind him, all six familiars stared at him. Even though they couldn't see through his substitute to know what was happening, they could sense the astonishment.
Lehrman covered his head, unable to believe it and moaned, "You... Are you that wealthy?"
"There happens to be some spare change." Kazuya smiled.
"Hey—wait a minute... I need confirmation. Does he really have that much money? Could it be that he's disrupting the auction with random bids?" Colin Kidd couldn't believe it, saying, "As a Dead Apostle, I've accumulated money over hundreds of years of life, and it's just over three hundred million dollars."
This guy casually threw out several hundred million?
He'd only been alive for a few years, right?
"No..." Leandra directly confirmed, "It can be verified. He does have this money."
They had already investigated. Based on calculations, Kazuya's liquid assets in various banks aside, the fixed assets he held in Japan were already worth several billion dollars.
Lehrman felt a bit of a headache and finally sighed, giving up...
The Lehrman family was wealthy, able to produce hundreds of millions or even tens of billions, but—being a frequent visitor to the Mystic Eye Collection Train, there was no need to invest too much money in a single mystic eye. Moreover... if this information could be verified...
The Mystic Eye Collection Train had the intention of auctioning 'Rainbow'-level mystic eyes.
If that were the case, they needed to be even more cautious.
Even... all the Jewel-grade mystic eyes they had bought from the Mystic Eye Collection Train before would have to be sold!
Because... according to their calculations, when a 'Rainbow'-level mystic eye appeared, the final price might reach above a hundred billion dollars!
And... that was something they would spare no effort to acquire... even if it meant going bankrupt—
"So... is there anyone willing to bid a higher price?"
Because of the interruption, the host asked, and three seconds later, she dropped the auction hammer.
"Sold, Jewel Mystic Eye—Mystic Eye of Dark Abyss is acquired by Mr. Kurokawa Kazuya. This time, all five mystic eyes are obtained by Mr. Kurokawa Kazuya and can begin transplantation work at any time. So... what are your intentions?"
"I'm ready anytime."
