Chapter 86 The Storm Stirs Again (2/2)

Hearing this, some of the impulsive hunters calmed down again.

”Is that so? You want to risk it? What a coincidence,” a lazy voice rang from the storage entrance, ”I'm feeling adventurous too. Fifteen grand!”

The crowd fervently turned toward the direction of the voice. Li Du glanced and saw the bidder wearing a Hawaiian shirt and pants, squatting at the storage unit entrance and looking in. He wore a cheeky smile, and next to him stood a tall, beautiful woman with black hair massaging his shoulders.

”The Playboy is here too?” Hans sucked in a breath of cool air. ”Sh*t, the storm stirs again—The Soviet still wants to punish the world?”

This man was the one that had invited them to the Sotheby's Auction, the Playboy, Akkalou Benidito.

Li Du twisted his lip to the side and said, ”Looks like we will really be offending all the treasure hunters of Flagstaff.”

The whole of Flagstaff only had four individuals who were members of the Hundred Thousand Club. Cocky Andrew was one of those, and the Playboy was another one. The other two did not appear much in Flagstaff, so Li Du had not met them.

Akkalou Benidito had good relations with them. When Li Du was down with a cold, he had sent his regards to Li Du via Hans.

If this unit was really taken by Akkalou Benidito, when the storm cleared, it would probably be the end of their friendship.

Seeing that Akkalou Benidito had made an offer, Andrew's expression changed. He glared at the other party, and then shouted, ”Twenty grand, here!”

Akkalou Benidito unhesitantly followed, shouting, ”Twenty-five grand!”

The two of them had a personal feud. Whenever they met during business, there would always be bloody carnage. The treasure hunters knew about this, and also knew that the spark of this carnage was the valuable unit.

Clearly, this storage unit was valuable.

The treasure hunters that had been preparing to just watch the show stopped sitting on the fence. They hastily joined in. Once Akkalou Benidito made his offer, Rambis also raised his arm. ”Twenty-six grand!”

A guy beside him said in anger, ”Rambis, didn't you say that the Chinese Li did something to this unit?!”

”Twenty-seven grand!” Blackjack swiftly bid as well.

”Twenty-eight grand!”

Akkalou Benidito nodded and said, ”Thirty grand, here!”

”Thirty-two grand, d*mn it,” Andrew raise the offer.

Hans also took the opportunity to step in. ”Thirty-five grand!”

Li Du just stared at him.

The previous sullen atmosphere was blown away, and everyone started another fierce bidding war. Thirty-five thousand, forty thousand, fifty-one thousand; in less than a minute, the value of this unit had exceeded the first deal.

The price continued rising, and it was only when it hit 70 thousand dollars that the amount of bidders decreased.

At this time, the treasure hunters had suddenly realized that Li Du, Hans, Akkalou Benidito, and Andrew had mysteriously backed out from the bidding.

Seeing that no one made any offers, Rambis took the chance and shouted, ”Seventy-two grand!”

The other treasure hunters hesitated. They looked at Akkalou Benidito and Andrew, but the two would not make any offers. With the crowd remaining hesitant, no one followed.

Old Humphries pointed to Rambis and said, ”Seventy-two grand, going once, going twice, if there's no one then I'm gonna hit the hammer—going thrice! Sold! This baby belongs to you!”

Sounds of discussions rose.

”Seventy-two grand, d*mn. What if there aren't any antiques?”

”I keep feeling that something is off. That Chinese guy stopped offering at forty grand!”

”Andrew and Akkalou Benidito's competition didn't seem like they were gunning for the items—it was more like they were just trying to spite the other…”

Rambis was, instead, full of confidence for this unit. He happily locked it up. ”Wait and see, I'm going to be rich, you cowards!”

Andrew patted his shoulder and said, ”Risking seventy-two grand; you really have guts!”