Chapter 1144 Big Surprise (2/2)
me do it. Since when have you become such a scaredy-cat?”
Taking over Princeps' number tag, he discreetly made a swipe in his chest pocket. He
then placed his own number tag in front of the one Princeps' handed over, covering it
up.
Standing behind him, Princeps had no idea what Conrad had just done, and could not
see that he had changed the number tag.
The auctioneer did not read out the numbers on the tags. As there were just a few
people at the auction, he pointed at the bidder instead. Besides, he did not have a
chance to call out the numbers. Hans and Conrad were trying to outbid each other
without missing a beat.
”Three hundred thousand!”
”Three hundred and ten thousand!”
”Three hundred and fifty thousand!”
”Four hundred thousand!”
”Four hundred and fifty thousand!”
”Five hundred thousand!” Conrad howled.
The treasure hunters inhaled, watching Conrad with expressions that varied from
admiration to envy, jealousy, and hatred.
Hans made another call and slowly shook his head. Then he lowered his phone and
retreated.
Conrad smiled and waved. ”Hey, Big Fox, thanks for letting me win this round. This
warehouse is mine now!”
Princeps mumbled, ”You mean it's ours!”
Conrad ignored him. Princeps had no use for him now.
The auctioneer was ecstatic. ”Five hundred thousand, 500,000! This is an
unprecedented bid! Alright, there are no counter-bids now. Five hundred thousand
once, 500,000 twice, I am now going to announce it – alright, buddy, let us cheer for the
sale of the most expensive warehouse in the entire history of Bullet Town. It belongs to
you now, little guy!”
The remaining five warehouses did not catch Conrad's eye, so he went to the town
government office to arrange for payment.
Princeps said carefully, ”I have $180,000, Conrad, so you just have to fork out another
$320,000.”
Conrad was just about to answer when someone behind him shouted, ”Big boss
Princeps, come over, hurry. There's some problem with our truck!”
Princeps walked off hurriedly after telling Conrad, ”You wait for me, wait until I'm back
before handing over the money…”
Once he left, Conrad immediately took out his ATM card and the number tag. The
accountant asked in surprise, ”Five hundred thousand? Mister, are you sure this is the
right number?”
”Of course,” Conrad said impatiently. ”Hurry, I have no time to waste.”
The accounted repeated, ”I have to check with you once more. Did you win the
warehouse at a bid of $500,000? It's $500,000!”
”That's right, hurry!” Conrad was getting increasingly impatient. He was worried that
Princeps would return.
The accountant took out the payment terminal and swiped the ATM card. Conrad
entered the passcode, and the transaction was completed.
Very soon, his phone rang, and his father's nervous voice rang out. ”What's going on?
My card has just been charged $500,000!”
The ATM card was tagged with George Anthony's phone number. Hence, there would
be an alert on his phone whenever a transaction took place.
Conrad could not contain his excitement any longer and shouted, ”Dad, I have a
surprise for you!”
Narrating the entire story, Conrad sounded increasingly agitated as he went on. On the
other hand, George's heart sank lower as his son told his story. He forced himself to
wait for Conrad to finish talking before raising his voice over the phone, ”First, go and
look for Princeps. Where is that dude?”
Conrad raised his head quickly, realizing that Princeps had been gone for a while.
Overwhelmed with excitement, he had forgotten all about him. Seeing that Princeps had
not returned, Conrad started to grow anxious and went to look for him.
Once Conrad looked at the parking lot, he saw that the Tucson gang's truck was long
gone. His vision went black, and he almost fell to the ground. Then he quickly ran to the
warehouse and opened it up. The familiar boxes were inside. However, when he
opened the boxes, they were all empty.