This is the West Blue, the West Blue that has the Kano Country. In the powerful Kano Country, there are some people who have mastered methods for training Armament Haki, so in the West Blue, Armament Haki is something many ambitious people clearly know about.
And quite a few people came precisely for this.
"Hey, hey, hey, captain, it's experience notes on Armament Haki training—interested?"
"Idiot, captain already knows Armament Haki himself. What's the use of this?"
Red-Haired Shanks had no interest in this training experience. He had seen the Armament Haki of many powerful figures—just naming them would scare people to death.
Pirate King Roger, Dark King Rayleigh, Scopper Gaban… these were all direct encounters; indirect encounters included strong figures like Golden Lion and Whitebeard.
It could be said that he was quite clear on how Haki should be trained, and even on higher-level Ryuo and Conqueror's Haki Infusion into Armament Haki—he just needed time to accomplish them one by one.
Although the Kano Country was powerful, in recent years the only truly famous figure was Chinjao, the leader of the Happo Navy. This was likely just an ordinary set of Armament Haki training notes. Naturally, Red-Haired Shanks had no interest at all.
Red-Haired thinking this way didn't mean others would think the same.
"This is exactly what I want—the standard gear of the strong on the Grand Line! I bid 30 million Belly!"
"I bid 40 million!"
"45 million Belly!"
Mr. Auctioneer hadn't even had time to announce the starting price when the people in the private boxes couldn't hold back and began shouting bids.
Because the starting price was already 30 million Belly, Mr. Auctioneer didn't stop their competition, instead letting Miss Clara hold up the booklet with the training notes and walk it around, stirring up everyone's competitive urges.
This competition completely belonged to the people in the boxes. Those seated below could only look on greedily—their wealth simply didn't allow them to do anything.
Vane: "60 million Belly!"
In the past, the price of Haki training notes here was usually around 60 or 70 million. But because so many rich people had gathered now, its price might very well reach the same minimum price as a Devil Fruit.
Someone immediately followed Vane's price: "65 million Belly!"
Vane didn't slow down at all: "75 million Belly."
The other side was raising the price in increments of five million, while Vane directly jumped by ten million to show his confidence.
And his confidence was real. The Belly he got from capturing pirates, plus what he seized from looting brothels, added up to a full 700 million—absolutely no bluff.
The other party gritted his teeth: "80 million Belly!"
"90 million~"
From both the tone and the speed of bidding, it was clear that Vane's confidence was even greater.
"90 million Belly, that's way too high."
"Even if we sold our captain, he wouldn't be worth that much."
"Everyone's gone crazy. I don't even know what Armament Haki is."
Vane extended his Observation Haki into the box competing with him. Just as there was a brief contact, he heard the sound of a teacup being smashed hard onto the floor.
Hearing that sound, it was obvious he was panicking. Panicking also meant he had no money left to keep following.
"Damn it!"
"Your Highness, please stop spending money. Have you forgotten your main objective—the Devil Fruit?"
"With a Devil Fruit, you'll be able to sweep away your competitors."
So he was a prince of some country. From what they said, the Belly they brought with them should be around 200 million, and their main target was the Devil Fruit.
If he really bought the Armament Haki notes, then he definitely wouldn't be able to get the Devil Fruit.
"What a pity. Even the Devil Fruit—you shouldn't even think about it."
Going out with so little money—how could that be enough? Remember to bring more next time.
"90 million!"
"90 million—does anyone have a higher bid? This is Armament Haki training experience from the Kano Country! As long as you succeed in training it, you'll be able to run rampant across the West Blue and even the Grand Line!"
Mr. Auctioneer continued hyping it up for a while. Seeing that no one was bidding anymore, he could only drop the hammer—dragging it out further would only make earlier buyers unhappy.
"90 million! This set of notes officially belongs to the honored guest in Box 17."
Soon, someone delivered both the Log Pose and the Armament Haki training notes.
"Honored guest, since the item you won is of high value, we need you to settle the payment in Belly right now. If you pay now, you can also pay 500,000 Belly less."
The auction house was also worried these buyers might run off. They didn't have much trust in gangs and pirates.
"Of course. Lena, pay."
Vane took the two items. Lena carried the suitcase and paid the Belly on the spot with the staff.
Vane tossed the Log Pose to Meowth. Meowth immediately stuffed it into his stomach—this way, no one could find it.
"If there's anything interesting, call me. I'll take a look at the Armament Haki training notes first."
Vane directly flipped open the notes. These were recorded by a deputy leader of the Kano Country navy—exactly which one wasn't very clear.
According to his account, Armament Haki was a kind of latent potential hidden within the human body, a special form of energy. Anyone might be able to awaken it, but training was essential. Physical strength was the prerequisite for awakening Armament Haki…
Vane became somewhat engrossed for a while.
The auction outside continued as usual. Vane didn't pay attention at all to what items were sold in the meantime.
Naturally, Vane wasn't interested in anything that Lena and the others weren't interested in either.
After an unknown amount of time, Vane was shaken back to attention. Baccarat leaned close to his ear and whispered with warm breath, "The Devil Fruit is about to come up."
Devil Fruit?
This was extremely important. Vane reluctantly pulled his mind away from the training notes.
"Did we participate in any bidding just now?"
Lena: "Meowth spent five million to buy a treasure map. To be honest, I don't think it's reliable."
Vane: "It's only five million, whatever."
Even if Meowth threw that money straight into the sea, Vane would still praise how well Meowth skipped stones. A mere five million couldn't possibly compare to Meowth's importance.
"Ladies and gentlemen! Next up is our second-to-last auction item—the ocean's secret treasure that everyone longs for! The Devil Fruit!"
"Hurry and bring it out! My wallet can't wait anymore!"
"With that wallet of yours, how could you possibly pay? I'm the one who's fully prepared!"
What Vane found strange was that the Devil Fruit was actually the second-to-last item. Then what was the very last item? Could it be another Devil Fruit?
"Everyone, please take a look. This is the Devil Fruit for this auction."
"The Vision-Vision Fruit!"
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