One Piece: Divine Bird Phoenix

Sabaody Archipelago.

On the busy streets, tourists of all shapes and sizes walked along the wide main roads. Occasionally, a few couples approached the specialty shops with a wide variety of goods, and then came out with bubble balloons storing goods with a smile on their faces.

Biting a piece of Sabaody's specialty barbecue in his mouth, a large number of balloons filled with food floated behind An.

Burning the skewers he had eaten, An popped the next bubble and continued to feast.

Somewhere on the street, a man dressed as an ordinary citizen, after seeing An's appearance,

quietly retreated to a dark corner and took out a white Den Den Mushi...

In Area 1 of the Sabaody Archipelago, a pure white European palace-style building emerged, which was An's destination.

Unlike other areas of the Sabaody Archipelago, which have a variety of uses, there is only this building in Area 1, which is numbered first.

"Slave auction house."

The navy calls it an "employment agency."

The largest slave trading center in the entire pirate world, here as long as you can take out enough Bailey, there is no race that they can't catch, even the Celestial Dragons on the Red Earth Continent often visit here.

Behind the scenes of the auction house, in the dark warehouse with low visibility, slaves of different races are locked in several small iron cages, wearing explosive collars mixed with a small amount of seastone around their necks, quietly waiting for their slave life.

Here, whether you are a famous pirate on the sea or a princess of a certain country, you can truly understand its preciousness after completely losing your freedom.

In a corner of the slave warehouse, the white-haired old man looked curiously at the iron cage only one step away, the girl wearing linen clothes, with a large area of ​​face and neck disfigured by high temperature.

It is a miracle that she can survive with such injuries.

"It seems that she noticed the old man's gaze, the girl turned her head to look at the old man, and then turned back."

In the auction house, the stepped seats from top to bottom were crowded with people who came from different places to attend the auction. Unexpectedly, there were no Celestial Dragons participating in this auction.

He found an empty seat in the last row and sat down. An's observation Haki sensed that there were several people with outstanding auras among the people present. I think they were the pirate supernovas of this year.

Under the thunderous shouts of everyone in the auction hall, a middle-aged man wearing a top hat, monocle, and a blue suit slowly stepped onto the stage.

Taking off the top hat on his head, the man bowed gracefully and said, "Welcome all guests to this auction."

"..."

The following were some boring and ceremonial words that made people drowsy. Other guests also suppressed their restlessness and waited patiently for the other party to finish.

The identity and status of the owner behind the scenes who could hold a slave auction in the Sabaody Archipelago under the eyes of the navy were not something they could afford to offend. You know, the laws of the World Government clearly prohibit the buying and selling of slaves.

"Next, let's invite our first item, a princess from a certain extinct country." As the man's voice fell, two strong men came out from behind the scenes carrying an iron cage.

The large area of ​​exposed white skin, the pitiful eyes, the thin and plump figure, greatly stimulated a nerve of everyone present.

Before the man in the suit spoke, someone raised the sign in his hand and shouted out a price.

"100 million Baileys!"

Without waiting for others to bid, An directly quoted a jaw-dropping high price, "300 million Baileys."

At the current market price, a devil fruit is only about this price. It is not worth spending so much money for a woman.

Seeing that no one raised the price, the princess of the extinct country was finally successfully bought by An.

In the next few auctions, as long as it was not a pirate, An would buy it at a high price. As for the money, she never considered paying.

Marine Headquarters, Marinford.

After receiving the order from the World Government, Admirals Akainu and Kizaru of the Navy Headquarters led a large number of navy officers to the Sabaody Archipelago.

As time passed, fewer and fewer slaves were auctioned, and an ordinary black iron cage was brought on stage.

From her figure, it can be seen that this is a female slave. As if noticing the curiosity of the people outside, the girl in the cage raised her head and scanned the crowd.

When her eyes saw the familiar figure, her weak hands grasped the railing tightly, and big tears fell from the corners of her eyes.

"Damn it, what is this thing? Hurry up and carry it away."

"What do you want to do? You sell this kind of stuff."

"It's really disgusting. I can't eat tonight."

Facing the overreaction of the guests, the man in the suit hurriedly explained, "Everyone, although her appearance is terrible, her strength is very strong. In order to catch her, we lost several slave hunting teams."

Noticed the tears of the girl in the iron cage, An felt that her eyes were very familiar, and released the smell color. A person's appearance can change, but his own breath cannot change.

The moment the observation color touched the girl, a figure that existed in his memory appeared in his mind again, the person that An thought had died on Dawn Island.

"Ain, it turns out you are still alive."

On the stage of the auction house, the man in the suit was still introducing the girl's strength in various aspects, but these were so harsh to An.

"Capture, train, train..."

Each of these words that extolled Ain's strength seemed to be telling the suffering she had endured during this period.

Anger rose in her heart. It was because she had failed to protect the other party that they had died in vain.

Step by step, she walked down the steps, ignoring the strange looks of the crowd, and walked to the stage and gently grabbed the hand of the girl in the cage, "Ain, I'm sorry."

She lit the flames with both hands, tightly grasped the iron cage, and the endless flames burned everything, completely tearing the other party's restraints.

Without the girl's crying, the memory still stayed on the afternoon of the voyage two years ago. Ain struggled to stand firm, and a weak voice blurted out.

"Instructor An."

"Guards, catch her for me." At both ends of the auction hall, the soldiers who maintained order raised their spears and surrounded An and Ain.

"Dare to make trouble on the territory of the Don Quixote family, I think you are tired of living."

"Shut up!"

A roar like a huge bell was heard, and infinite domineering color flowed from An's body to the outside world. Dark red lightning danced wildly in the air, and the incomparable spirit destroyed the will of everyone present. Whether it was ordinary people, guards, or supernovas, they fell one by one without any resistance.

The endless flame of life flowed into Ain's body, repairing the injuries left by Akainu.

In An's warm embrace, the exhausted girl fell asleep.

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