"Hello, I'm James Jones, the boss of the James Family, would I have the honor of getting to know you?"
However, Oboro thought things too simply. He thought he could have some peace and quiet, but he didn't expect that a stranger would approach him soon, handing him a business card, and speaking cautiously.
"It looks like I can't avoid it..."
Oboro sighed inwardly, and seeing his timid appearance, smiled wryly, "Good name."
The latter's expression was overjoyed, and he quickly offered a toast.
As time passed, the atmosphere gradually became lively as more and more people entered the venue.
And Oboro had been surrounded by a circle of people...
For the current Fiers Family, many leaders of small organizations were eager to make friends with Oboro and establish a relationship...
"Hmph!"
Not far away, the big shot who had been offended by Oboro earlier saw this scene, and his eyes were gloomy.
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"100 million!"
"300 million!"
"500 million!"
"1 billion!"
Soon, it came to the core time of the party, the charity auction began, a group of Mafia bosses raised their paddles and shouted, each more imposing than the last, and the price gradually rose. Each winning bidder would receive the attention and applause of the audience, and their sense of vanity would explode.
The Ten Dons held several of these events almost every year.
Among them, there were also people who were doing it for face or overestimated themselves, and spent a price that was difficult to pay, and went bankrupt not long after.
"5 billion!"
Oboro gave David a look, and the old man understood, and raised the paddle.
"Oh! The Fiers Family, the boss of our Fiers Family, Mr. Oboro, bids 5 billion!" The host on stage shouted exaggeratedly, and as he shouted, a spotlight also shone on Oboro.
The Mafia bosses around him were a little shocked, because the amount of Oboro's bid was a bit outrageous.
The auction had only just begun, and hadn't entered the white-hot stage yet, but it had already reached the baseline of 5 billion.
For a time, the other bidding voices disappeared.
"6 billion!"
Suddenly, a cold voice sounded.
Oboro looked over, and found that the person shouting was the middle-aged man who had been sitting with Badim, and had exchanged words with him in the hotel lobby just now.
This person had been secretly observing him, and his gaze was unkind.
"10 billion!"
Oboro didn't speak, but David understood his meaning, and raised the paddle again.
"Oh my god!"
This time, even the host exclaimed.
Even though everyone knew that the Fiers Family had the casino industry, the extent of this extravagant spending was still incomprehensible!
The big shot next to Badim lowered his eyes, clenched his teeth, and in the end, didn't dare to bid again.
Oboro smoothly obtained an auction item.
A pure white porcelain vase... It would be nice to use it for growing flowers.
Oboro's purpose was to become one of the Ten Dons, so he didn't care how much money he threw away. After he successfully took the position, this money would be insignificant in comparison.
The truly wealthy people in this world could be referenced by Batra, who bought the Greed Island game for his beloved in later generations.
That was, the wealthy man who hired Gon and Killua, and allowed them to successfully enter the game. He spent a sky-high price of hundreds of billions just on a set of game equipment, and also issued a 50 billion clear reward... Note that he bought and collected thirty-two sets of games before and after, and only bought seven sets at the Southpiece auction.
Adding these together, he spent half of his total assets.
During this period, one set was snatched away by Feitan and Phinks.
In other words, if measured in money, the top wealthy people had a net worth of at least trillions.
The Fiers Family had absorbed the assets of the Kenny Family and the Mike Family, but 10 billion was still not a small amount for the current family size... And this was just the first bid!
Time passed slowly.
The Fiers Family became the focus of tonight!
Oboro grabbed a total of ten lots, and the money he paid was about a thousand billion... This amount was equivalent to the Fiers Family adding together the assets of the Kenny Family and the Mike Family that they had just absorbed, and still having to fill in some more.
Although it wouldn't lead to bankruptcy, it was almost emptying the family fortune.
The Fiers Family and Oboro became the focus of people's discussion.
As the party ended, the Mafia members poured out of the venue, looking at Oboro and David, who had already walked away.
Those Mafia giants who had wanted to embarrass Oboro and give him a lesson were also among them.
"He stole the show!" One of them put out the cigarette in his hand, threw it on the ground, and said coldly.
"Did he think he could make the Ten Dons look at him differently by using this method?"
"..."
Badim didn't say anything, a thousand billion!
Everyone understood that the auction was just a process, a means for the Ten Dons to scrape money.
Even the lofty Ten Dons would be moved by this amount of money!
It was just that a few people were unwilling to admit it.
They could all take out a thousand billion, but there was no need to destroy their foundation for this!
This was just an auction, a process that happened every year...
"By taking out so much money, the Fiers Family is probably going to cut off their own arms!"
"There won't be a Fiers Family in the future..."
"You're quick to act..."
...
"We'll separate later."
After a while, Oboro and David left the hotel one after the other.
"Yes."
The old butler lowered his head.
He had a premonition that something was going to happen...
Being too high-profile wasn't a good thing, especially in this kind of occasion where Mafia members of all sizes gathered.
"Everything is arranged as I said, right?"
"We've already notified the people below..."
"Hmm."
Oboro was very satisfied with the butler's efficiency.
People were constantly walking out around him, greeting him, and the luxury cars on the street left one after another.
Oboro got into a car alone, and disappeared into the flood of taillights with the family convoy.
The car was very quiet, with only Oboro and the driver.
The car was traveling very fast, and left the city in no time, driving on the transportation route back to Kok City.
Then, outside the car window... Several escort vehicles traveling together suddenly made a screeching sound as they braked hard... The car Oboro was sitting in also began to slow down slowly, and then stopped.
"Are you planning to dump my body in the wilderness?"
Oboro was very calm.
His family members had all been killed... The other party had disguised themselves and cleaned up the traces in a very short period of time.
It seemed perfect...
A group of gunmen got out of the cars outside, and without saying a word, aimed their guns at the back seat where Oboro was sitting.
"This is a gift from our boss River to you."
The driver in the front seat looked up through the rearview mirror and said coldly.
In the next second, gunfire erupted wildly...
After a while, Oboro threw away his tattered suit jacket, and stood alone on the deserted suburban highway, on the phone... Behind him were several corpses lying upside down.
The driver's rotten head had also fallen on the steering wheel.
Beep beep beep...
The phone rang a few times and was connected.
"Did you find them?"
Oboro asked casually.
"We found them, but their cars are driving very fast... With the distance you're at now, I'm afraid..." On the other end of the phone was David.
"It's okay, I can catch up."
Oboro responded, asked for the approximate location, and hung up the phone.
Then he stood on the road, and moved his limbs.
"When was the last time I ran a marathon?"
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