Chapter 378 - Black Market (1/2)
Chapter 378 - Black Market
Black Market…it wasn't an exact location
Shadow Order had many secret realms, and every time, it was in a different secret realm And no secret realm stayed in the same position
How did Black Market came to be?
Well, Shadow Order wanted to create a trading platforal item in the federation
Especially for the mainly expensive ones
Why?
Easy money For every transaction in the black market, Shadow Order had a cut
But were the buyer and seller both fools?
Nope If anything, they were happy that Black Market existed
It's norrab the ites were prohibited in the Black Market
Offenders were killed without questioning
While Black Market ate up a not so small part of profits, it became indespinsbile to shady transactions
Inevitably, every grey organization—gangs, drug dealers, traffickers started using Black Market
Not just theot involved in black market for few items normally unavailable
Shadow order went a step further and also acted as an interanizations
Thus began spying, kidnappings, assassinations, suicide attacks and so on
What began as a venture for profit turned into a powerful network that turned into one of Shadow Order's pillar
Now, Shadow Order generated nearly 70 of revenue from black markets
Each planet had one dedicated black market Except for Earth's, which was destroyed
Uranus also had one But uniquely, even Uranus cluster cities were given a black h this blacksecurity reasons, it was finally back on track
The grand auction welcomed the powers froreetings, ladies and gentlemen" A sonorous voice reverberated across the auction hall
A chare as she looked at the audience in the seement with a sher the footing, the e, the less important the participants were
So, people of saether As they were all men and women with blood on their hands, they had a lot of conflicts with each other
They just didn't have the chance to meet their opponents face to face Now, they did
So, raded into insults and soon, they were swearing at each other's face and were on the verge of breaking into conflict
As a professional, the auctioneer didn't lose her cole tiaze natural and ht sht as her being ti to not appear aard
Until—
"Yufie is happy to be host of this grand auction I hope you all can follow the rules Or face the consequences"
Her voice sounded directly in everyone's mind At the end, her words were sharp and cold Everyone felt like they were stinged by a cold needle, regardless of their levels
And the warning told them that next time, they'd feel like they were stabbed by a sword in the throat