Chapter 86: Black Market Auction! Part-1/4
Gan still had time before the auction began, so he went to a restaurant for breakfast. The people in the restaurant were gossiping about the police. They were also talking about the new criminal
It was a hot topic.
Gan listened silently before being seated by a waiter. He ordered some breakfast food for himself, as his Pokemon had already eaten prior.
'I need to really leave this city after this auction. There are some pretty interesting things up for auction.'
Gan knew this because of the paper he had received before leaving the Black Market. He paid for his meal and left the man a tip before exiting the restaurant.
'Time to head to the black market. I may as well get seated and wait for it to start; rather than going in while others were doing the same.'
There would be a series of traffic coming through during this time. Gan had even heard that a few rich families would participate silently. They wouldn't let their face be discovered in such a place, but they did this behind closed doors.
Gan put on the same outfit as he had on last time before going stepping into the Blackmarket. He wore the half-black and white phantom of the opera mask, with a hooded cape.
The moment Gan arrived, he could see an influx of people going into the dilapidated house.
"It looks like I'm not the only one with the same idea." Some people wanted to get seated early, so they arrived early.
Gan met with Jayce, the Fatman.
"Ah, you're here, I'll show you to your V.I.P. room." Jayce rubbed his hands together with anticipation.
"Wait a minute, there's something else I would like to add to the auction." Gan had thought about a few things over the days and opted for this.
"Oh, you want to add items to the auction? This is good, there have been a few people doing the same at the last moment."
Jayce signaled Gan to follow him. He followed him down to the auction area where Gan handed his Storage backpack.
There, Gan spotted the man Luke from Before.
"Oh, if it isn't Hank, right?" Luke turned in their direction, but he hadn't forgotten Gan's 'name'.
That's me." Gan nodded.
Luke turned to Jayce, but for Jayce to bring him here; there must be something.
"What you're thinking is likely right. Hank is here to add a few things to the auction he managed to gather."
Jayce had known Luke for some time now, so he could somewhat guess what he was wondering.
"Ah, you want to add more items? This is perfect, the more the merrier!" Luke's eyes brightened.
This Hank guy already added a very sought-after item to the auction, what would he add next?
"Please, show me what you would like to add." Luke rubbed his hands together with anticipation.
Gan thought about it for a moment and pulled out the Mr. Mime he stole from Professor Oak's lab. It was, of course, in it Pokeball, so they didn't know what pokemon was inside.
Gan also pulled out one of the Helix fossils he had stolen while he was back in Mt. Moon.
"This... this is a fossil!" Luke smiled and continued, "There was another fossil on auction, but it isn't a fossil from this region."
Gan wondered what type of fossil it could be. If it wasn't from this region, it was likely from the Hoenn region.
Luke stated that there was quite an amount of collectors who loved fossil pokemon. There so happened to be a good portion of them participating in the auction.
Luke told Gan that he was going to get a great price on the fossil no matter what because of this. Gan was naturally feeling good about this, he needed all the money he could get.
Luke evaluated the pokemon inside the Poke ball with a machine, he didn't bother summoning it. This machine checked what pokemon it was, its type, gender, talent, and health condition.
Luke set a starting price for Mr. Mime and Gan was fine with it. As far as Gan was concerned, he had added it to his Pokedex and it was such a useful pokemon to him.
"Ah, right, there has been an update on the auction list. This thing keeps updating, and you've just caused another update."
Luke handed Gan the newly updated list, which was just printed out. Gan looked at the list and saw that it had changed a lot.
Gan saw that a couple of pokemon had their talents changed and more items added to the list.
With that, Jayce and Gan left the evaluation room. Gan was guided to his own separate V.I.P. room alone.
The auction was going to start in about thirty to forty-five minutes.
The V.I.P. room had luxurious red carpet with beautiful wooden furniture. On side of the room, there were expensive-looking pictures on the wall.
Gan seated himself on the couch and took a deep breath. Afterward, he summoned Growlithe and proceeded to give her her daily medicine.
"After this auction, I'll head to the checkpoint to see if I can leave the city. Hopefully, they'll let me through due to my status as an active league challenger."
Gan sat back and rubbed Growlithe's head and back. In no time, the place began to fill up with people taking seats below.
Gan was watching this from a place in his personal room. The time had finally come. Right then, everything in the auction room grew silent.
An elderly man came from the back and onto the stage, he wore a black suit and tophat.
"Welcome everyone, to the grand auction. We're proud to announce the start of our annual three-year auction! My name is Qu'ron and today I will be your host for this amazing auction."
Qu'ron smiled and gazed around the room.
"We'll first be kicking this auction off with something that's beautiful and tough to come by." While Qu'ron was speaking—a man had come on stage.
The man placed a beautiful turquoise stone on the display table. Inside this stone appeared to be a star.
"This is a Dawn Stone, it can only be used to evolve two types of pokemon. The starting bid will begin with ₱5,000, you may start your bids!"
₱5,100!
₱5,500
₱7,500
The bids began to rise quickly. Gan thought that it was best to get his hands on what stones he could.
"I'll wait and see."
The price went up to ₱15,000 when Gan finally bidded and up the price to ₱17,000. Gan only had ₱210,000 on him, but he was relying on the things he placed on auction.
Someone else placed a bid before Gan placed a bid again and bought the stone for ₱23,000. This stone usually costs ₱30,000 to ₱40,000, so Gan considered it a deal. Someone came up to his room and exchanged the money with the stone.
The next item was a Dusk stone, this stone. This price started at ₱15,000 because it was rare and could evolve four species of pokemon.
This stone shot up fast until someone purchased it for ₱80,000. Perhaps it was a Team Rocket member who wanted to evolve a Murkrow or Misdreavus.
The next item was a Toxic Orb, which was bought by a man in a V.I.P. room.
Time passed, and they auctioned many items but Gan wasn't interested in most of them.
"Now, we're concluding the standard items, it's time for the really rare items." Qu'ron seemed eager, and that's when a man came onto the stage.
"The next item is this; this is known as a Dragonscale. This will evolve one pokemon, and that's Seadra into a Kingdra."
The scale was baby blue and yellow.
"The starting bid will be ₱50,000, you may place your bids." There were some people interested in the scale and began their bids right after.
₱60,000!
₱75,000
₱90,000
₱100,000
"Haha, it's my stone, no one can have it!" A man yelled triumphantly from his V.I.P. room.
₱105,000!
"What? Someone's willing to spend that much money on an item that evolves one species of pokemon."
"Damn it! ₱110,000!" The man in the V.I.P. room said with frustration.
"₱120,000!"
Gan didn't back down, there was no telling when he would run into this item again. Besides, it was a one-time use thing—once this scale was used he wouldn't need to worry about it anymore.
"Damn it! Forget it!" The man decided to forget about it.
"₱120,000 going once... going twice... sold to the guest in room six!" Qu'ron said happily.
A woman came up to Gan's room to exchange.
"After this, all the items I purchase from here on—I want to pay for after the auction. I have something up for auction and I would like to use that money as collateral."
As Gan was exchanging with the woman, he mentioned this.
"I can't make this decision, I'll go ask someone of a higher status if this is possible." She merely worked here part-time, she couldn't make this type of decision.
"Please hurry, the spicy items are going to be auctioned soon." Gan couldn't miss evolutionary items, especially ones similar to the Dragonscale.
The woman hurriedly left to confirm if this was possible. Meanwhile, the next item was being auctioned. Gan looked and saw from his appraisal that it was an Upgrade; something that was used on Porygon.
The price had already risen to ₱190,000, which was more than what Gan could afford. The price kept surging, this item wasn't an item that Silph. Co would simply give out.
₱240,000!
Right then, a knock was heard at the door.
"Who is it?" Gan asked.
"It's me, sir. I just wanted to say that they approved of it!" The woman said from the other side.
"Alright, thanks!" Gan smiled with satisfaction.
₱245,000 going once, going twice...
"Hehe, it's mine now!" A man smiled happily.
"₱255,000!"
"What?!" The man spat out his wine in surprise.
"F**k! ₱260,000!
"₱270,000"
"Who is this guy? Is he a part of Team Rocket or some foreign team?" The man didn't know, it was best for him to know who he was dealing with.
"Bane, go investigate who's in that room, I want to know who we're dealing with."
"Yes, boss, right away." The bodyguard hurriedly left the room to gather information.
'Go against me? You better have a good backing or you're finished!' The man glared across at room six.
However, he couldn't see who was inside because of the glass prevention. This glass disallowed people to preview from this side, but it was different for the person in the actual room.
In order to talk and bid, they had to use a mic—which channeled their voices through a speaker near their room.
No one bidded anymore, they seem to be saving their money for other things. Gan won the item, but they didn't send the item to him. They held onto the item until he paid for it at the auction.
Jayce called up to Gan's room and told him that Luke was involved, but they couldn't give him the items until he paid.
"The next item is something special, something really special!" Qu'ron spoke with deep meaning.
Qu'ron revealed the item to everyone. This item caused many eyes to bulge because it was important to a lot of people here.
"I have to get this item!" This was something Gan had to acquire, it was important for boosting his team's strength.
It was a Protector!
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