Chapter 309: Toads Crawling on Your Feet Don’t Bite, but They Are Annoying
"VIP No. 4 actually bid 20 million! It seems that they are determined to get this magical obelisk! Is there anyone else willing to bid for the extraordinary power? If not, let us... wait a minute! VIP No. 7 bids 25 million! 25 million!”
The auctioneer's shocked roar spread throughout the venue. After a small fuss with placards in front of the auction, the bidding price for this treasure finally exceeded 25 million.
The auctioneer was so excited that he simply abandoned the original slow calling method and chose the most direct and direct price, because only in this way can the value of this magical obelisk be more fully reflected.
"Miss Stark, do you need my help?"
Fisk, who was in the VIP box No. 3, saw that Leni did not continue to increase the quotation, so he took the initiative to ask.
Leni thought for a while and accepted the other party's suggestion instead of refusing.
Although she has some spare money on hand, SHIELD will send her a large sum of money every month, but most of the time, for the convenience of tax avoidance, it is Leni's company account at Stark Technology. So she didn't actually have enough cash on her books to spend.
This was one of the reasons why Leni had no intention of actually spending money to buy it in the first place.
"Your company doesn't have much liquidity, so just stop bidding when the price reaches 30 million. If the other party offers a higher price than this, it doesn't matter if you give it to them."
Fisker knew this and simply raised the price to 30 million, hoping to force others out.
"VIP No. 3 bids! VIP No. 3 bids 30 million U.S. dollars! A total of 30 million U.S. dollars!!"
However, it seemed that Fisker's intervention caused the other party's dissatisfaction. Before the auctioneer could continue to speak, the green light for bidding came on in VIP box No. 7 again.
"What?! 50 million! VIP No. 7 actually bid 50 million US dollars! Oh my God! This will be the highest bid in this auction so far! You heard it right! A full 50 million US dollars! Then VIP No. 3 Do you want to continue bidding? No. VIP No. 4 also gave up."
Seeing that the price was already the limit, the auctioneer quickly picked up the hammer and struck it three times quickly, completely locking this mysterious obelisk to VIP No. 7.
"Then let us congratulate VIP No. 7 for successfully acquiring this mysterious obelisk. Our staff will deliver this item to your box later. Thank you very much for your participation!"
Glancing in the direction of Box 7, Leni frowned, not expecting that the solution would have to be violent in the end.
"Okay, we won't have anything to do next, let's go."
After finishing what she wanted to shoot, and the target of the action had been locked, there was probably no point in staying here any longer. Leni simply got up and planned to leave.
Skye glanced at the venue below, still feeling a little unfinished.
She had just fully experienced the feeling of bidding hard, and finally found some of the imaginary auction feeling.
"Ms. Stark, won't you look at the last lot next time?"
Upon hearing that Leni was about to leave, Kingpin in the next box hurriedly reminded her.
"Thank you for your help, Mr. Fisk, but I think I won't be interested in the following things..."
However, before Leni could finish her refusal, the auctioneer below who had calmed down had already begun to introduce the next auction item.
"Okay, now comes our final show. The next piece of auction is also a magical metal, but it does not have the same magical ability as the previous obelisk.
But please don’t be disappointed, because it is absolutely worth the money, so let me buy our final auction item! The mysterious attracting metal - Vibranium! "
Hearing the word vibranium, Leni's steps towards the door of the box stopped, and then she turned her head in disbelief and looked at the center of the stage through the single-pane glass.
Equally incredible are Skye and Mester. As members of the S.H.I.E.L.D. investigation team and having seen Team USA’s vibranium shield with their own eyes, how could they not know what the so-called vibranium is?
In terms of its rarity, compared to that unknown obelisk, it is even more rare.
"As you can see, the metal block in the sealed can is the legendary vibranium. After calculation, the total weight of this piece of vibranium is approximately 1304.76 grams. Therefore, the starting price is set at 13 million US dollars. The bidding begins now."
The auctioneer didn't hesitate and started the bidding process directly.
Because according to the seller, people who know how to do it will buy this thing even in heaven. For those who don’t know how to do it, it’s useless to tell them.
However, just because of this reason, most people in the venue had no idea what this thing was used for, and they were quite embarrassed for a while.
Only some business people engaged in scientific research and materials have a good interest in it.
"Skye! Shoot it!"
Leni didn't have time to think about why there was vibranium in the auction. If she didn't fight for this opportunity now, she might have to wait until that damn Ulysses Crow showed up if she wanted to get real gold in the future.
Skye didn't hesitate. Although she didn't know what Leni wanted to use the vibranium for, she quickly pressed the bidding button.
However, the name the auctioneer called out immediately was not from the VIP box No. 4 where they were.
"Oh! VIP No. 6 bids 15 million U.S. dollars! VIP No. 6, who has been silent for a long time, directly bids 15 million U.S. dollars. If I remember correctly, VIP No. 6 has not bid for any item in this auction before. See Their goal is our final treasure!”
The auctioneer's excited voice echoed throughout the venue. Just now, he almost thought that today's grand finale would fail.
"continue!"
Through the wall of the box, Leni turned her attention to the VIP box No. 6 located next to them. Through the perception of the radar system, Leni unexpectedly discovered that the people participating in the auction there were also three women?
Through the wall, Leni could neither see nor hear. She could only know through the feedback from the radar system that the other person was also a woman, but she could not determine who the other person was at all.
"No. 4! VIP No. 4 bids 16 million! VIP No. 4 has already missed a good treasure, and obviously does not want to miss it again... Wait! VIP No. 7 bids 20 million! This should be the limit of VIP No. 4, right? "
As if in retaliation for Leni and others, the people in Box 7 deliberately raised the bid to 20 million, obviously intending to take the vibranium and disgust Leni at the same time.
This is indeed the case. Leni was indeed disgusted by the opponent's method. The previous behavior of exposing her own strength became the foreshadowing of this round of bidding.
"Skye, increase the price by 25 million!"
Leni gritted her teeth. To her, a mere tens of millions of dollars was just a matter of a few bottles of paradise potion. However, the behavior of the other party's toads crawling on her feet really made Leni feel disgusted.
Expanding the active sensing capability of the radar system to Box 7, Leni wanted to see who was so eager to seek death.
"30 million! The bid for box 7 is 30 million!"
The auctioneer also saw the clues and simply did not dare to continue the fight. Most of the people in the VIP box upstairs were either rich or noble. If anyone offended them, he would not get any good results.
"Miss Stark..." Fisk's voice reached everyone's ears along the communicator, obviously wanting to help, but Leni did not give him a chance to continue.
"Fisk, I heard from Wesley that you have been harassed by the Hand recently?"
Fisk was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that Leni would suddenly ask about this matter. He glanced at the second-in-command beside him, and finally expressed his affirmation in a deep voice.
"Yes, but that's all a minor trouble, so you don't need to..."
"Call some people, wait for the people in Box 7 to leave, and block them for me!"