The pirates sat and forgot, and they really believed the nine truths and one lie.

Brook opened the gate of hell due to the awakening of his fruit. This news only spread in the waters of Wano Country. Outsiders who leave this closed sea area don't know what happened here.

In the past, there were naval reconnaissance ships that monitored the emperor's territory at sea. Now the navy has reduced its strength and does not have so many troops to disperse to various places to carry out missions.

For the sake of the World Government's own safety, all agents who are not carrying out important missions will be withdrawn to strengthen the defense of the Celestial Dragon Holy Land.

The navy and pirates are fighting to the death on the sea. The Celestial Dragons don't care how many people die. They wish to defeat both forces so that the Gods can reap the benefits.

As the big auction approaches, the number of ships coming and going in the Chabaoti Archipelago is increasing. All the hotels, big and small, are fully occupied by tourists. Moreover, the hotel rates change every day, and ordinary people simply cannot afford it.

Pirates who have no place to live can only find an open space to sleep on the street. Fortunately, the temperature in the Sabaody Archipelago is suitable all year round, and they can sleep wherever they want as long as it doesn't rain.

The emerging pirate groups all gathered in the Sabaody Archipelago after adventuring in the first half of the Grand Line. This is an important transit point and also the place where the most complete intelligence information is obtained.

The influx of a large number of foreign population has further stimulated the growth of the gray market, and gambling and pornography industries are prevalent, with the money earned every day being astronomical figures.

The underworld forces hidden behind the scenes are making so much money that they are almost starving themselves to death, but the indigenous people living in the archipelago where the project is located can also get a sip of the soup.

Renting out a room in your home can earn you a lot of rent. As long as you are brave, there is always a chance to make money.

As the news of the grand auction spread throughout the world, more and more pirates and wealthy people began to flock in. Such a grand event had never been held before. Previous auctions were all held in secret with limited transaction amounts, and only wealthy people could play.

The best items offered for auction before were devil fruits, and most of them were ordinary animal-type devil fruits. Superhuman-type and natural-type devil fruits would never appear in the auction.

In this grand auction, whoever can spend a large price to buy an auction item is not only demonstrating financial strength, but also a symbol of status.

If you can get a natural devil fruit and eat it on the spot after getting it, ordinary pirates will not dare to get close to you, and it will be easy to deal with a pirate who has just exceeded 100 million.

The construction of the main venue of the grand auction has been basically completed. Now is the stage of cleaning and eliminating safety hazards in preparation for the subsequent opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Shaoqi's Rip-off BAR appears to be a tavern business, but in reality it is an intelligence station. The revenue it gets from serving drinks is not even a fraction of what it gets from selling intelligence.

The sisters Rem and Ram have been very busy these days. They almost never leave the ground. Customers arrive at all times of the day, and the proprietress has dark circles under her eyes, which she can only cover with makeup.

"I'm really busy. I didn't expect the auction to attract so many people. I can even earn back my retirement money this time."

Xia Qi lamented the madness of outsiders. She had made a lot of money from selling intelligence recently. Every day when she opened her eyes, she saw the rising numbers in her account.

"You don't have to work so hard. Rest when you need to." Reilly found a hot towel and put it on his lover's forehead to relieve Xia Qi's fatigue.

The two old men in the store can only act as bodyguards and cannot discuss business at all. Xia Qi also doesn't want her man to show up in public, so it's better for him to stay out of some things.

Soon the couple started talking about the big auction. The venue of the big auction was named Pandora. Xia Qi had visited this venue and it was capable of accommodating at least tens of thousands of people at a time.

The grand auction project is promoted by multiple forces, including the navy, the world government, and the underworld. Almost all the well-known figures are involved, making intelligence work difficult.

It is impossible to find the real mastermind behind the scenes, or to put it another way, Xia Qi said that all the forces involved in this project are the masterminds, and the complexity of the matter is difficult for outsiders to sort out.

The auction list leaked from the grand auction contained those extremely precious exhibits. Xia Qi inquired through various sources and found out that a large part of the funds were indeed paid for by the Tianlong people.

One of the natural devil fruits was confirmed to be provided by the God Clan. Come to think of it, only these fat pigs have such background.

If ordinary forces obtain natural fruits, they will choose to digest them among people they trust and turn them into combat power. They will not keep powerful fruits until now.

The Celestial Dragons like to collect treasures, but they themselves do not like to eat devil fruits. They would rather feed the precious devil fruits to their slaves.

If the sky curtain had not appeared before, outsiders would only scold the God Clan for being crazy, saying that it was a sheer waste for them to eat instead of themselves and give the food to outsiders.

After the sky curtain appeared, people knew that the devil fruit had a big drawback. The more outstanding a person is, the more likely they are to be possessed by the devil fruit and become a vessel for the devil.

This is a reasonable explanation for why the gods don't eat devil fruits. Pure-blooded celestial dragons sneer at devil fruits and can only use them as tools, and they have to be on guard at all times.

"The Celestial Dragons are really arrogant. Since they can provide natural fruits, the devil fruits of the three admirals of the navy are most likely provided by them."

Hearing what her lover said, Xia Qi nodded in agreement. The navy was a bunch of paupers, and in the past, every year's military expenditure had to be allocated by the World Government. It was impossible for them to store three natural devil fruits and keep them in their hands without eating them.

The Celestial Dragons gave three natural fruits to three outstanding navy officers, hoping that these Mesozoic navy officers would suppress the chaotic pirate era.

Judging from the results, the effect was not very significant. Among the three admirals, only Admiral Akainu executed absolute justice and annihilated the pirates. The remaining two admirals let the pirates go many times.

Among them, Admiral Kizaru is the most ruthless. He can occasionally reveal some information to Xia Qi, make money from the information dealer, and then use the reward to spend money on wine and women in Happy Street.

Borsalino has really learned the lesson. It is even harder to fool him with virtual things than to kill the Celestial Dragons. To bribe him, you have to spend real money, and the amount cannot be small.

"I heard that members of the Whitebeard Pirates can be seen on the island. I wonder how much trouble the auction will cause."

Rayleigh sighed, he couldn't see through the current situation. With the appearance of Sky Curtain, it felt that the influence of Pirate King Roger was decreasing day by day.

There were fewer people discussing One Piece in the tavern, and more attention was attracted by the sky curtain. The various magical adventure stories caught people's attention and made the audience linger.

There is very little mention of the treasure left behind by the Pirate King in the story of Tenmu, which is the only thing that Rayleigh is thankful for.

No one is sure where the pirate era that Roger opened with his own life will go. Is it true as Tianmu said, that the next dark age is about to come?

Rayleigh can't see through it, he really can't see through it