Chapter 53: Already here
The white coat is more bloated than a space suit, or maybe it's because of his bloated body, the transparent bubble hood, and the strange hairstyle that looks like a standing fish tail. I don't know if these high-ranking Celestial Dragons have different aesthetic values from ordinary people. Anyway, this guy looks ugly to Zhang Daye.
Zhang Daye and the others at GR No. 1 did not wait too long. They just quietly walked around the human auction house and saw that all the pedestrians on the road facing the main entrance of the auction house quickly stopped and knelt on both sides of the road.
He and Altria stood behind the crowd, watching the celestial dragon quietly.
This Tianlong man was very young, and his face looked stupid and arrogant. He did not walk by himself, but sat on a slave.
The slave was crawling forward with difficulty on all fours. He was wearing a tattered red shirt, a hat with a skull printed on it, and many scars on his face. It seemed that the pirate captain had been beaten many times while being a slave.
Next to him was a man wearing a black suit who looked like a butler, and behind him were four guards covered in armor.
Just looking at the simple entourage, you can tell how powerful the Celestial Dragons are in this world. No one dares to take advantage of them.
Soon someone ran out of the auction house and knelt down in front of him: "Respected Saint Charlos, thank you for coming. In order for the auction to proceed smoothly, can you waive the kneeling ceremony in the venue?"
Saint Charlos sniffed and spoke slowly and in a silly voice: "I allow it."
"Thank you very much. Please enter the VIP seat."
"We must buy a strong slave this time. This guy is too useless." Saint Rozward kicked the slave on the shoulder again and again.
The unknown captain had a painful expression on his face, but dared not say anything. He just gritted his teeth and continued to crawl forward slowly.
Tom was a little scared when he saw this scene, and subconsciously wanted to hide behind Zhang Daye's neck, completely ignoring the fact that he was invisible.
Zhang Da could also feel the hand holding his wrist tightening a little, so he quickly grabbed her wrist with his backhand, worried that she would explode, and whispered: "It's just a pirate, not worthy of sympathy."
"Well, I know, but..." Altria didn't continue.
Zhang Da also roughly knew what she wanted to say, but this was not right. Pirates were hateful and should be punished according to their crimes, either death penalty, fine, or imprisonment.
Seeing him being tortured by the nobles at will according to their mood, although it seemed quite satisfying at first, when I thought about it carefully, I always felt that something was wrong.
"It's better for pirates to suffer than for ordinary people." Zhang Da could only tell himself this. In this world where the Celestial Dragons are above everything, one can't expect the law enforcement agencies to do much.
As Saint Charlos entered the venue, people outside stood up one after another . Some left directly, while some nobles and merchants followed him in to buy the slaves they liked.
"Why is that guy so arrogant, wearing a bubble on his head?" Today's Tom seems to like the old coward's vest very much.
"Because they disdain to breathe the same air as ordinary people, they will wear bubble masks as soon as they leave the holy land." Zhang Da also explained, thinking maliciously in his heart that maybe it is because their brains are lacking oxygen that they have to wear that thing all the time.
"Let's go back." After seeing the ugly faces of the world's nobles, Altria felt a little bored.
As for whether she has ever thought about overthrowing the rule of the Celestial Dragons and saving the people of the world, of course Altria has had the thought but she would not do it, because she feels that she cannot even protect Britain, let alone save the world.
She believed that even if she could occupy a piece of land and establish a country with her ability, it would eventually perish due to her lack of ability.
Little did they know that many kings in this world were actually competing with each other for the worst. If she were the king, she would definitely be much better than those guys.
Zhang Da didn't know what Altria was thinking exactly, but he could hear the disappointment in her tone. He guessed that she was upset because she saw such a thing but was stopped by him and couldn't take any action.
After thinking for a while, Zhang Da also said: "Since we are here, why don't we do something before going back?"
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GR No. 2, the entrance of a store with a sign that reads “Renjianwu”.
"This is..." Altria looked around the store in confusion.
Zhang Da also said: "This is a human trafficking store that is similar in nature to a human auction house."
Through the open door, one could see that there were many small cubicles in the store, each as big as a public telephone booth, with glass display windows. People wearing slave collars were displayed inside like commodities, with expressions of either numbness or despair on their faces. Each window had a label on it.
Because there was an auction today, there were not many customers in the store. After all, the "quality" of slaves in ordinary stores could not compare to those at the auction.
Passersby are indifferent to the existence of this store, or are accustomed to it. Most of the slaves here are from non-member countries, and some are criminals such as pirates.
"While the invisibility effect is still there, I want to quietly deal with the owner of this store and release some slaves." Partly because of the influence of Major General Kadaru and partly because of sympathy, Zhang Da also wanted to do something .
Those who directly capture slaves and sell them are not good people, and those who open a store to "purchase goods" and then sell them are also not good people. Altria and Tom agreed with Zhang Daye's plan.
There was only one boss and one clerk in the store, and the rest were slaves wearing collars and chains. There was no one responsible for security.
Suddenly, some slaves saw something incredible, rubbed their eyes, and some even let out small exclamations.
The boss and the clerk thought one of the slaves was being dishonest, so they turned their heads to look. One saw a baseball bat floating in front of him, and the other saw a golf club.
[Tom's baseball bat: strong and durable, can knock down the big dog Spike with one hit]
[Tom's Golf Club: A magical tool for digging holes. Give Tom a golf club and he can dig through the golf course]
The boss and the clerk had just shown expressions of astonishment when the baseball bat fell on their heads. With two bangs, the two men fell to the ground with red envelopes appearing on their heads.
The slaves showed surprised expressions and leaned on the glass to look out with anticipation.
A bunch of keys flew out of the boss' pocket and stayed in front of the window for a few seconds before he opened the window and untied the collar of the first slave.
The clanking sound of collars and chains falling to the ground made all the slaves' eyes sparkle with hope. Those whose collars were removed fell directly to the ground, speaking words of gratitude with tears streaming down their faces.
Although they don’t know who these invisible people are, they have heard of devil fruit users, so there must be a kind-hearted person who comes to rescue them!
