65 – Auction (2)
Ansan has always had poor security. It was because there were a lot of foreign hunters, so sword fighting happened often.
So conflicts often broke out and people were injured or even killed.
At first, it only had a negative impact, but later it had a positive impact as well.
Illegal people gathered because the public order was not good, and illegal capital gathered because illegal people gathered. Through this, a huge commercial district was created, and the back-end auction house where rare items were often traded was born that way.
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I followed the giant into a residential area, and two Jindo dogs barked. Males are docile, but females are f*cking crazy.
“Shut up. Mutts.”
“The dogs are handsome.”
“It is a mongrel.”
“There are a lot of good-looking mongrel kids.”
“Is that so?”
The giant gave a sensible reply and led me through the gap between the dogs. When a sliding iron door appeared in an old hole-in-the-wall shop, I opened it and went inside. There was a sink right in front of the door, and when the giant pushed the sink, a staircase leading down to the basement appeared.
“You can go down this way. If you go all the way down the stairs and go forward, you will find the place you want.”
“Thanks for the guidance.”
“You are welcome.”
I moved according to his guidance. As I walked along the stairs, the floor came out and I reached the basement. The basement of the building was as wide as a tunnel built during the war, not suitable for the basement of a house, but with some exaggeration, it was wider than an apartment parking lot.
It’s filthy wide.
I changed my tentacles to a caveman mask and walked at a brisk pace. By the time I reached the dead end, this time an ugly man with many scars on his face stood in my way.
“What is it?”
“Guest.”
I read a similar vibe to him.
It looks different, but there are similarities.
As I did to the giant, I showed him the dog tags, and he bowed his head.
“Are you a guest? Come this way.”
It’s obvious that he’s a guest when you see him come all the way here, but he’s being rude until he’s identified.
These bastards are funny.
I followed his guide and entered the auction house. The inside of the auction house was dark, so the messy lungs looked like a master bedroom.
“You can sit wherever you like. Then I’m done.”
There were so many people that the front seats were almost full, but there were empty seats in the back. I sat in the very back seat.
As I looked around, feeling the metallic feel of the iron chair, the auctioneer appeared and started the auction.
“Okay, let’s start the auction now. Let me show you the first auction item first.”
At first, I was interested in the auction because I was interested in it, but after watching it, it got boring and boring. It is more so because the item I want is not in the official auction order. As I was yawning and thinking about something else, I heard a strange voice next to me.
“Are you not participating in the auction?”
It was a person wearing a cat mask. Hearing his voice, he seemed to be a bit older, but since I was sitting right next to him, he seemed interested.
“I don’t have what I want.”
“Looks like you have something you are looking for.”
“Yes.”
I gave a rough answer and killed time casually. The auction went on like that until it came to an end. When the number of people using the auction decreased by more than half, the moderator gulped down a glass of water and said,
“Today’s official auction ends. And….”
It was then that I took an interest in him.
“There will be an antique auction in a little while.”
Before returning, I was a mercenary and a martial artist. From the standpoint of using his bare hands, he was interested in the same bare-handed martial artist, Choi Kang-cheol, and sought out his information.
The information on this auction house is a piece of memory that I learned then.
Antique auctions are a kind of random box, but unverified and unknown items are sold randomly without categorization. It is a type of event transaction.
Before the return, someone found a weapon left by Choi Kang-cheol here and hit the jackpot with it. I don’t know the exact time, but as I found out later, it was around this time.
“Okay then, let’s start the auction for items 1 through 30.”
Antique auctions are not formal auctions, so they go fast. I slowly inspected the items coming out and licked my lips. Unfortunately, the item I wanted did not come out that day. This is because martial arts books take the form of books, but there were no books among the items.
* * *
I stopped by the auction house again the next day. After the Daejeon Intensive Week, the evaluation is over, and there is still time left since it is vacation, but the fact that non-levels appear around this time worries me.
As much as you can get out of the academy thanks to the match test, if you are unlucky, you may miss the time when the secret level comes out.
If fate touches you, you’ll get it.
I thought I was half lucky and attended the auction. After handing over the identification tags to the giant and the ugly, I was sitting at the back of the auction house when the man wearing the cat mask spoke to me again.
“Are you here today just to watch?”
He gave admonitions in passing.
“It’s not good to just watch too much. If there is no performance, the dog tag may be taken away.”
It doesn’t matter if it is retrieved. It’s okay to buy again using points.
“It’s okay.”
“It’s okay. It’s all money, it’s time. Wow, young people these days tsk tsk….”
Sometimes there are people who are too interested in other people. People say that they have a wide range of people.
Ojilap is very wide.
I ignored the man’s words and focused on the auction. And on this day, the goods finally came out.
“Today’s antiques are items that have been stored in warehouses, and many of them are of unknown origin. I’m sorry to tell you, but instead of knowing information about antiques until the transaction, they become the property of the buyer immediately after purchase. As a result of the appraisal, no matter how good the item is, we do not ask for any additional money.”
It was an old booklet, but I recognized at a glance that it was a non-combatant grade.
“Okay, let’s start the auction. The starting price is from 1 million won.”
It seems that many people have the same thoughts as me. The starting price of the auction was 1 million won, but it rose to 3 million won at once.
I called for 5 million won. The cat mask sitting next to me said.
“Here seems like a young man who has never been to an auction house, so let me give you some information. That’s the trick. They crumple up old brochures to make them look like non-combatants, and deliberately sell them as if they were worn out. It is one of the old tricks of this auction house.”
I did not respond to him. When someone asked for 5.5 Million won, he called for 6 million won.
“Uh huh. Because it’s a target.”
At that time, a person wearing a skull mask called for 6.5 Million won. I called for 8 million won. Then no one follows.
“I am….”
I won the bid, waited for the auction to end, and immediately went to the back of the auction house to complete the transaction. When I opened the book, I was right, as he said.
The secret level written on martial arts was correct, but there was information on self-defense techniques that could be easily obtained on the market.
* * *
The next day and the day after that, I stopped by the auction house. After the first day, the brochures kept coming out, and I was being targeted one after another. After handing over the identification tags to the giant and the ugly man, I was sitting at the back of the auction house, when the man wearing the cat mask spoke to me again.
“Did you come today to be targeted?”
I didn’t respond, so he looked down at me arrogantly with his arms crossed.
“If you had listened to me, you wouldn’t have thrown 20 million won into thin air… Tsk tsk.”
After the first day, a total of 4 books were awarded. 8 Million won, 6 million won, 3 million won, 3 million won. The man seems to be very interested in the amount of money I blew.
“I don’t know what you’re looking for, but the level you’re thinking of won’t be here. So you’re just throwing money away. Oh, it’s a waste, it’s a waste. If you had just listened to me, you wouldn’t have lost your money… Tsk tsk.”
The cat mask preached for a long time, then shut up disapprovingly when I didn’t respond. While enjoying the silence, the formal auction ended and the antique auction began.
“Then, let’s start the antique auction. The starting price of this item starts at 1 million won.”
The auction started, and the booklet came out from the beginning. I raised my hand this time too. There were people who followed me a few times, but the amount did not grow easily. So I was able to bid for a lower price.
“You have won the bid for 2 million won.”
A lot of people just give up on booklets now.
Seeing that I am raising the price unconditionally, they seem to give up before they even start.
Good.
And while waiting for the auction to end, on this day, unusually, another booklet came out. I paid 2 million won from the start and waited for the winning bid.
No one will catch up this time again.
I was sitting leisurely with such thoughts, but a woman wearing a demon mask suddenly raised the price.
“100 Million.”
A silence fell over the auction house.