Luna, in particular, was already an Empress intending to assault Mary Geoise.
But now, without a doubt, this pair of beautiful sisters belonged to her.
The chairman of the auction immediately relayed the instruction to the new auctioneer.
The new auctioneer immediately struck the gavel three times, finalizing the sale and ensuring that the pitiful sisters in the iron cage were now officially Luna's property.
Privately, of course, the auction house waived the entire cost for Luna.
A female attendant quickly informed Luna of this arrangement.
Although Luna had long suspected it, she still expressed her thanks.
Since it was a gesture of goodwill from that Doflamingo fellow, she could only reluctantly accept it.
The auction continued.
Luna was uninterested in the rest of the lots, but whenever beautiful maidens possessing youthful vitality appeared as slaves, Luna bought them all.
Luna was now extremely satisfied, as she had acquired a significant number of talents.
Including the two sisters from before, she had secured at least seven beautiful maidens with exceptional abilities.
This was already a considerable number, as truly talented individuals are always rare.
The only thing Luna found regrettable was the lack of any special racial types among her acquisitions.
To be honest, there were very few special races in the One Piece World that could actually catch her eye.
Even the Giant Tribe, hailed as the strongest race, was unacceptable; they truly failed to meet her standards.
Although the fighting strength of this race is undeniably high, only a few are capable of learning Haki, as most of the Giant Tribe are far too gentle and kind.
Furthermore, the most prominent feature of the Giant Tribe is their immense size.
Isn't it just giantification?
Frankly, Luna could achieve that herself, as her current Greeza progress bar had reached an extremely high level.
Since the monsters in the Ultraman World are so massive, she can achieve the same scale now that she possesses Greeza's power.
Among her crew, besides Shiro, there was now one other person who could also achieve this.
That person was Kuina, because one should never underestimate the power of resentment.
She believed in her system.
She also believed in Shiro, as she was currently delving into matters of genetics and biology.
Therefore, she had no intention of recruiting the Giant Tribe, even though a beautiful giantess had indeed appeared in a previous auction.
As for the other special races—the Longarm Tribe, the Longleg Tribe, and the Snake-Neck Tribe—the former two, in particular, suffered from severely disproportionate body ratios that did not align with her aesthetic preferences, thus excluding them from her recruitment list.
The Tontatta Tribe was acceptable; if she encountered a suitable member in the future, she might consider them.
The Lunarian Tribe was similar.
Although only King was publicly known, since they were called the Divine Race, they must have some hidden contingency.
Perhaps more Lunarians were concealed in the shadows.
The Fish-Man Tribe also failed to meet her aesthetics; in Luna's eyes, they were merely sea demons, so she disliked them.
Furthermore, she had already encountered female members of the Fish-Man Tribe during her time with the Sun Pirates, and she genuinely did not like them.
As for the Celestial Dragons, heh, they should all be utterly annihilated.
In conclusion, Luna wanted to recruit beautiful women from special races, but there were certain races that she absolutely did not want.
Of the slaves being auctioned now, she would only purchase those of the female category.
As for the other slaves, especially the males, she would not buy them at all.
However, her thoughts quickly changed when she saw another iron cage being brought onto the stage, containing many male slaves.
But one person among them instantly dumbfounded her.
Wasn't that guy...?
At that moment, Luna stared fixedly at a man huddled in the corner of the iron cage.
Or rather, an old man with white hair, whose face was etched with wrinkles and the weariness of time.
Silvers Rayleigh, the former right-hand man of Pirate King Roger, was an incredibly powerful swordsman in both strength and Haki, and was also Luffy's rather inadequate teacher.
Upon realizing this, Luna's lips immediately twitched.
That guy was pulling this trick again: selling himself as a slave, then robbing the person who bought him and stealing their wealth to pay for his wine and living expenses.
Honestly, it was ridiculous.
The distinguished Silvers Rayleigh, doing something like this?
He clearly had the power; why didn't he just rob them directly?
She truly couldn't understand what was going through the man's mind, especially since there were always plenty of pirates and nobles visiting the Sabaody Archipelago.
After a brief consideration, she decided that perhaps she might need his help later, so she would just treat it as protection money.
In any case, she wouldn't have to pay double, since all her purchases here were complimentary.
Thus, Luna immediately raised her bidding paddle and bought these people.
No one competed with her.
Aside from the fact that they genuinely dared not, even the bodyguards of some great pirates and Celestial Dragons failed to recognize Silvers Rayleigh inside the cage.
The other slaves were mostly commoners, which significantly lowered their interest.
But at the same time, they were confused: What was this exceptionally young Sea Emperor thinking?
What was she planning to do?
If her previous actions were aimed at recruitment, the hiring criteria for the Pink Hat Pirates were known throughout the entire sea, the most important of which was that recruits must be female.
Yet, looking at the cage, there wasn't a single woman inside.
Therefore, they were genuinely curious about what this person was thinking.
Naturally, they dared not ask, fearing that Luna would simply slap them dead.
After all, how many people on the high seas today dared to provoke this young lady?
She seemed like the favored child of the entire sky and sea.
Meanwhile, many of the people inside the cage immediately recognized Luna and were instantly overjoyed.
They believed that a Sea Emperor, an absolute powerhouse of the current era, wouldn't stoop to using slaves like them for mere amusement or to vent her frustration!
Even if she didn't want them, it was still better than many other outcomes, such as being bought by someone else or remaining locked up simply because they couldn't be sold.
However, the person most startled inside the cage had to be Silvers Rayleigh.
He hadn't expected Luna, Rocks' Granddaughter, to show up.
At the same time, he realized why Luna had bought them: she had recognized him.
Especially the look she had cast his way, combined with that ghostly smile, was undeniably genuine.
This girl had truly set her sights on him.
Silvers Rayleigh was immediately perplexed.
Why would Luna seek him out?
Could this be Rocks' revenge?
Was she planning to start with the Roger Pirates?
The mere thought of this possibility sent shivers down even Silvers Rayleigh's spine.
After all, who on the high seas today dared to provoke this grandfather and Granddaughter pair?
The former maritime overlord, along with his resurrected Pirate Crew, combined with the current strongest Sea Emperor, Void Demon God Luna.
Forget everyone else; even the Navy and the World Government had to carefully consider the consequences.
Especially the virtually unstoppable and invincible Luna.
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