Section 5: Trafficking animals, earning 1 billion

  "Why can't we?!" Little Loli Nana asked back first. The plan to rob the auction house was originally proposed by her, a cannon maniac.

  She had already seen a treasure-level cannon, the Patton Bronze Ice Cannon, which was no less powerful than Napoleon's royal cannons, on the propaganda flyer. Unfortunately, the starting price was 500 million Berries, more than 10 times the total assets of the ship. Under duress, the violent girl could only resort to a barbaric plan of robbery. She vowed to get her hands on the Patton Cannon no matter what.

  "The security of the city of Water 7 is actually quite chaotic, but since the auction house can be held here, it naturally has a powerful defense force. Moreover, at that time, there will be heavyweight figures from the Navy attending, and even Whitebeard and Roger, famous pirates, will be present. You may be the strongest young people I've ever seen, but you still have a huge gap with those who are at the top of the world!" Tom said with a bitter tone.

  "What?! Even heavyweight naval officers, Whitebeard and Roger, have to be on their best behavior?!" Shao Bao was also shocked by these words. Although Whitebeard and Roger were only slightly older than him now, they had already established their own domains. The fact that such powerful pirates could keep themselves in check showed that the armed forces at the auction house were absolutely beyond his imagination.

  "What's going to happen now, Captain Brother? My Barton Ice Cannon!" Little Loli shook Shen Bao's sleeve and coquettishly said.

  Shen Bao thought for a moment, then suddenly relaxed his brow and smiled to comfort the anxious Nana: "Don't worry, I've already thought of a way. We can also auction off some rare treasures and use the money to buy back the Batton cannon."

  "How can that be! The treasures we have, whether it's my Napoleon royal cannon, or Dragon Horse brother's autumn water treasure sword, or Precious brother's dragon flute, hot air balloon octopus, are all one-of-a-kind rare treasures, how can they be taken to auction!" Little miser Lori exclaimed anxiously, her anxious appearance was quite cute.

  Treasured one teases with words, but just smiles and doesn't respond.

  "Could it be that Shao Bao's brother wants to sell the dozen or so permanent pointers on the merchant ship?" Little Nana suddenly lit up, thinking of this possibility. The magnetic field in the great navigation channel is extremely chaotic, and the weather is very turbulent, making ordinary navigation techniques completely useless, and compasses also lose their effectiveness. At this time, record needles must be used, or a special type of record needle, permanent pointers.

  "Of course not, little treasure. Shino patted Nana's small head and smiled confidently: "How could Captain I possibly spit out the treasure that has already been swallowed? There is still a week until the auction, there is enough time, let's just wait and see how I make 10 billion."

  "Ten billion?!" The crowd heard this and suddenly took a deep breath of cold air.

  "Wow, indeed heroes emerge in youth! I'm really looking forward to it, Uncle!" Tom laughed loudly and took another swig of strong liquor.

  The next morning, when the sky was just brightening up, Shen Bao gathered all the crew members together.

  "This time, we're going to a very secret island, the fewer people the better, requiring covert action, keep it in mind. Fortunately, everyone is on their own, now let's set off!" With the captain's order, the crowd was filled with extreme curiosity and excitement, driving the merchant ship away from the Seven Waters Capital...

  Six days later, the merchant ship returned to Aquaria with a cargo hold full of countless rare and exotic beasts.

  "Wow! What is this?!" Uncle Tom exclaimed, his eyes wide with wonder as he watched a procession of strange and wondrous beasts being led off the ship. There were animals with long elephant trunks on tigers, lizards with cow horns, snakes with rabbit faces, horses with pig heads... all sorts of creatures that seemed to be made up of mixed-up animal parts.

  "Uncle Tom, this is the one and only rare beast we caught from Treasure Island!" Little Loli exclaimed with joy.

  "It's finally over. I'm so tired!" Dongli and Buroki, the two giants, collapsed to the ground as soon as they got off the boat. After six consecutive days of hunting beasts, these two giants had made great contributions.

  "Oh my, it's my first time on a hot air balloon, I'm getting dizzy, can't take it anymore, I need to rest. Uncle Tom, please help me deal with these precious beasts, I'm going to sleep." To save time, the group used a hot air balloon octopus, but while others were fine, this dignified transmigrator was seasick instead.

  This 50-year rare grand auction, jointly organized by almost all major merchant houses nearby, will last for a full 7 days. On the first and second day, ancient books, rare manuscripts, treasure maps and other secret documents will be auctioned off. On the third and fourth day, slaves of various ethnicities and exotic beasts will be sold. In the final three days, all sorts of weapons, firearms, and rare treasures will be put up for sale.

  The whole family of Jinbao was exhausted after five days and nights of hard work. As soon as they lay down on the bed, they fell fast asleep, not waking up until the auction had been going on for five days.

  The moment he woke up, he heard Uncle Tom's good news: "Great joy! Shénbǎo Lǎodà, those precious beasts were sold for 1.2 billion Berries!"

  "1.2 billion Beri?!" Nana's face was filled with incredulity.

  "Yes, those rare beasts are absolutely one-of-a-kind in the world. The people participating in the auction are either rich or noble, with all sorts of big shots present. A mere few tens of millions is just a drop in the bucket for them." Tom's uncle seemed to have seen too many lavish spenders and his explanation was tinged with an unspoken sigh.

  "Ah, 12 billion, it's even better than I imagined!" Shao Bao heard such a result with some comfort and some regret. "Unfortunately, this is just a one-time deal. The adult animals on the island have almost all been dug up by us, and it's likely that there won't be any way for them to reproduce again within 30 years. In the short term, if we still want to get rich through such means, it's not going to work."

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