East Meet West

218- Auction Begins

Soon, a transparent glass having a diameter of 2 meters was brought into Orochi’s room and was placed near the one-sided mirror. The transparent glass was nothing but a huge convex lens which is normally used in magnifying glass and telescopes to view objects that are far away.

The huge lens was focused towards the auction stage on which the host or the announcer will stand.

Orochi’s group was even able to see the wooden pattern on the table which was placed on the stage.

Since there was still some time for the auction to start, Orochi asked one of the female servants to bring them some breakfast.

So, while the group was having their breakfast, people started entering the auction hall at a moderate pace.

Suddenly, someone knocked on Orochi’s door. One of the female servants opened the door and when she returned, she carried along with a big box with her and gave it to Orochi.

When Orochi received the box, he frowned because of his sensitive nose, he smelled a foul bloody smell coming from the box. And because he just had his breakfast, he did not like this smell.

And he also vaguely guessed something about the content placed in the box, and when he opened the box, a bloody stench hit his nose, and looking at the thing inside the box his face immediately turned gloomy.

Armelia and June, who were sitting close to Orochi, when they looked inside the box their expressions also turned severe.

Armelia immediately looked away and covered her mouth to prevent herself from vomiting, while June frowned deeply.

Inside the box, a head which belonged to a woman was placed.

Orochi’s group could see that the woman’s face was covered with slap and bite marks, so they were able to infer that the woman was tortured to a great extent while she was alive.

It can also be seen that the people who killed the woman were extremely cruel.

The woman’s eyes were not closed, and the head was placed in such a way that whoever opened the box, the woman’s eyes that were filled with despair and pain would look at that person and make him/her feel that the woman was looking at him/her.

So, in Orochi’s eyes, the woman's eyes were looking at him and it made his face more gloomy, and killing intent started radiating from his body.

There was also a paper placed in the book.

Without reading the paper, Orochi knew who sent this box, but he still read the letter.

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“Hello, what do you think of my present? Did you like it? I am sure that you loved my present, didn’t you? There is no reason for you not to like this present because this belongs to your friend's wife, so I am sure that you must be pleased with it, right? C’mon, I know that you must be very thankful to me for letting you have a last look at your friend’s wife. But don’t worry, before she died, I took care of her with great love. And I must say, she tasted way too good. I wished that you too would look at how I took care of her, but unfortunately, she was so shy that she committed suicide and left this world.”

“Although, it is regretful but we cannot stop someone from dying right?”

“Oh, by the way, I expect that your women would make me feel way better than your friend's wife. Oh, don’t worry, I have prepared special gifts for your women, and I am sure that they will make me feel better after taking them and of course, you will also see that, right?”

“I don’t know your name but I am sure you know mine- Alex Xavier. We just met yesterday, you remember me, right? I hope we can meet after the auction and have a good discussion. And yes, don’t try to escape, I have your friend with me, so know the consequences.”

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On Orochi’s face, a small smile appeared, but this smile was filled with great killing intent. Feeling this killing intent, nearby servants were shivering with cold.

While Armelia’s condition was somewhat better, but she still felt uncomfortable facing this killing intent.

She pulled Orochi’s hand and tried to make him calm.

Feeling Armelia’s hand, Orochi converged his killing intent. And assured her that he was fine.

Although he assured Armelia, his heart was still filled with anger.

Seeing Orochi expression returned to normal, Armelia asked,

“Husband who is this woman and who is this friend of yours that Alex Xavier mentioned in the letter?”

Orochi closed the box and replied to Armelia,

“I don’t know. I don’t have any contacts in this country or town, so we can only wait until we meet Alex Xavier after the auction. And see who this ‘friend’ of mine is.”

Although he said that, Orochi still had a vague answer in his mind.

He looked at the servant who bought this box and asked in a cold tone,

“Who gave you this box, I want you to bring that person here, right now.”

Hearing this, the female servant immediately ran out of the room and brought a guard with her. She said,

“Sir, this is the guard that delivered the box.”

Orochi looked at the guard and asked coldly,

“Who gave you this box and in which room is that person in?”

Listening to Orochi’s tone, the guard did not dare to get displeased because he was aware that any person who stayed in the VIP room, belonged to an influential organization, so offending them was equal to digging a grave for yourself.

But he still had to follow the rules, so he replied to Orochi in a respectful tone,

“Sir, I am extremely sorry but we have rules that we cannot disclose the information of any customer in the VIP room to others.”

Hearing this, Orochi’s tone grew colder,

“Rules? If you have such rules then how can Alex Xavier know that I am staying in this room and send me this box. This can only happen when some people of your Golden Cloud Chamber of commerce sold this news to Alex Xavier.”

With that Orochi approached the guard slowly and said,

“Now, tell me in which room is that person. Or else call the InCharge of this auction and I will have a good talk with him. And of course, you will also pay the price for it.”

Feeling Orochi’s aura, the guard lost all his courage and kneeled on the ground. He replied immediately,

“It's the guest staying in the Gold Room, the room number is 11.”

The guard answered quickly and pointed towards room number 11. Through the one sided mirror, Orochi looked in the direction the guard was pointing at.

The Golden Cloud’s auction building has three floors, the ground floor is where the seats are arranged for the ordinary people to sit. On the first floor, there are bronze grade VIP rooms. And on the second floor, there are silver grade VIP rooms and on the third floor, there are gold grade VIP rooms.

So, Orochi looked at a room that was above his floor and few dozen meters across, the guard was pointing towards that room.

A cold light flashed in his eyes, as he whispered in a low voice,

“Alex... Alex... I thought that after the auction, I would give you a quick and painless death, but your actions have changed my mind. Although, I am not a saint and I don’t even know who this woman is, but people who get on my nerves don’t have a good ending. And you just made into those group of people.”

Although Orochi’s voice was low, everyone in the room clearly heard it. Apart from Armelia and June, everyone else felt their body go cold when they heard these words and were scared to look at Orochi.

Orochi looked at the guard and told him,

“Pass my message to whoever gave you this box, I loved your present and I promise that my return gifts would not lose to it, I am waiting to meet you. So, let’s meet after the auction.”

Listening to this, the guard nodded and immediately ran out of the room.

After the guard ran away, Armelia approached Orochi and tried to make him calm.

“Husband, I know that you are angry but please calm yourself. We can take care of that bastard after the auction,”

“I just regret that I am so weak. I know that the reason you did not kill him is that you are worried about our safety, if I were strong, you would not be so restrained.”

“I am sorry, because of me that guy is still alive and an innocent woman got killed by that bastard.”

Tears started forming in Armelia’s eyes. Seeing this, Orochi consoled her.

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Almost an hour later, a beautiful young woman stepped on to the stage and announced.

“Welcome everyone to the yearly auction of our Golden Cloud Chamber of Commerce’s branch in the town of Chans.”

“I announce that the Auction begins.”

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