From the curse back, I started to eat the clone's soft rice

In the eyes of such a big shot, whether it is Chizuka or Takina, they should be just insignificant little people.

"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. Anyway, since Qianshu's body has recovered, it is the best outcome for us."

Too lazy to guess what those big shots were thinking, Mizuki Nakahara simply gave up.

The others nodded in agreement.

"Don't worry. After spending a day together, I believe he's not a bad person. At least he has no ill intentions towards me and Takina."

"But I'm troubled by how to repay such a great favor."

All I could hear was Qianshu smiling and scratching his head in distress.

Takina beside him nodded in agreement.

"Lord An Xiu is very kind to us. Even though we are the ones being protected, he still cares about us. It's just..."

Considering the terrifying background that Anxiu was able to mobilize the entire DA organization with just one trip, will they really have a chance to meet each other again in the future?

......

A week later, Tokyo, Shinomiya's house.

It was the weekend, and in a mansion located in the Shinomiya family, Shinomiya Kaguya was changing her dress with the help of Hayasaka Ai, her attendant.

Today, she received a notice from her father, the current head of the Shinomiya family, Shinomiya Yan'an, asking her to accompany several of her brothers to a very important occasion with him.

Kaguya Shinomiya didn't know where they were going exactly. She just told her to dress up nicely. Her brothers seemed to know some inside information, but they obviously had no intention of sharing it with her.

"Miss Kaguya, it's time to put on makeup."

After helping Kaguya Shinomiya change into her dress, Hayasaka Ai took Kaguya Shinomiya to the mirror and began to help the young lady tidy up her appearance.

Since she was told in advance that she would be attending a very important occasion, and since Kaguya Shinomiya was naturally beautiful, she did not need to wear too heavy makeup, and only needed some simple light makeup.

However, at this moment, there was a knock on the door.

"Kaguya, are you ready? Is it convenient for me to come in now?"

The voice outside the door was that of her brother, Shigong Huangguang.

Shinomiya Kaguya's expression changed, but she finally nodded to Hayasaka Ai.

"Master Huang Guang, please come in."

As Hayasaka Ai stepped forward to open the door, a bald man who was obviously of the same generation as Shinomiya Kaguya but looked so old that he could be Shinomiya Kaguya's father walked in.

"Oh, are you still putting on makeup? Looks like I'm the one who disturbed you."

As soon as he entered the room, Shinomiya Huangguang looked at Shinomiya Kaguya who was sitting in front of the dressing table, and said with a forced smile.

In response to this, Shinomiya Kaguya frowned, because the way Shinomiya Huangguang looked at her just now was as if he was looking at a piece of merchandise.

"Brother, you're joking. We still have an hour until the departure time Father said. I wonder what you want to talk to me about?"

"Kaguya, you probably don't know where we're going today."

Then Sigong Huangguang asked.

"Does Brother know?"

"Yes, I do know. Originally, my father and I were the only two people in the Shinomiya family who knew about this. Including my two younger brothers and you, Kaguya, you were not qualified to know the truth."

"But you are very lucky. The Shinomiya family now has an opportunity to take the family a step further, but father is still hesitant."

"So, I came here today just to give you a heads up. If you have the chance today, you must behave well in front of that adult, both for yourself and for the Shinomiya family."

"What do you mean?"

After hearing what Shinomiya Huangguang said, Shinomiya Kaguya was a little confused and tried to continue asking questions, but unfortunately, after saying the above words, Shinomiya Huangguang left without looking back.

Therefore, Shinomiya Kaguya could only analyze the information from the information just revealed by Shinomiya Huang Guang.

"From what my elder brother said, the place we're going to accompany our elder father to today seems to be a place that only my father and my elder brother are qualified to know..."

"To be precise, it should be only the head of the family and Young Master Huang Guang."

Hayasaka Ai, who was standing by, added on behalf of Kaguya Shinomiya.

"Of course I know this, I don't need you to remind me, Hayasaka!"

"Besides, it seems possible that we might see someone important there..."

However, who else in the entire Neon world is worthy of the Shinomiya family's fawning? You know, as one of the largest chaebols in the entire Neon world, the size and power of the Shinomiya family are unimaginable.

In addition, she didn't know if it was her illusion, but although it was a bit rude of Shinomiya Huangguang to look at her as if he was looking at goods when she just entered the door, Shinomiya Kaguya always felt that her brother, who was usually indifferent and calculating towards her, seemed to be much better in attitude than before?

Chapter 245: The mysterious auction, the Sigong family's lavish spending of trillions of assets

"It must be just an illusion."

Shinomiya Kaguya shook her head in her heart.

As one of the largest chaebol families in Neon, the Shinomiya family has always upheld an educational philosophy that does not believe in any emotions, but only believes in interests.

Even if they are relatives with the same blood, they will only be competitors or superiors and subordinates. Even if Shinomiya Huangguang's attitude really changes, there will only be one reason, that is, Shinomiya Kaguya can create more value for him and the Shinomiya family.

She continued to fix her makeup with the help of Hayasaka Ai. After everything was ready, someone came to tell Shinomiya Kaguya to get ready to leave.

"Father."

When she arrived at the gate of the huge manor of the Shinomiya family, Shinomiya Kaguya saw her father Shinomiya Yan'an, and her brothers Shinomiya Huangguang, Shinomiya Qinglong, and Shinomiya Yunying.

"Get in the car."

Shinomiya Yanan didn't say much about Shinomiya Kaguya's arrival. After seeing that everyone was there, he simply asked everyone to get on a black stretched sedan that had been prepared long ago.

As the car started and slowly drove towards its destination, except for Shinomiya Yan'an and Shinomiya Huangguang who seemed to be used to it and their expressions did not change much, Shinomiya Kaguya and her other two brothers were looking at the route calmly, silently guessing in their hearts where they were going.

This direction... seems to be heading towards a large auction in Tokyo?

After driving for a distance from the Shinomiya family, Shinomiya Kaguya, Shinomiya Yunying and Shinomiya Qinglong quickly determined roughly where they were going.

In the Internet age, even top chaebols like the Shinomiya family need to pay some attention to their external image. Therefore, apart from Shinomiya Kaguya, several of Shinomiya Kaguya's brothers have attended various auctions under the name of charity.

And if I remember correctly, there will be a charity auction held tonight at the large auction house they are heading to.

But, as the head of the family, Sigong Yan'an, had made such a big show and brought them all out, just to attend a charity auction? And as the eldest son, Sigong Huangguang sat aside as expected, seemingly without any objection.

Something is clearly not right with this situation.

Sigong Yunying and Sigong Qinglong were thinking about various details in their minds, especially Sigong Qinglong. You know, before this, he was a close ally of Sigong Huangguang, and to some extent he could even be regarded as a supporter of Sigong Huangguang. As a result, now, Sigong Huangguang seemed to have known some inside information for a long time, but he knew nothing about it!

Unlike her two brothers, Shinomiya Kaguya continued to think about what Shinomiya Huangguang said to her before they set off.

Could the opportunity for the Shinomiya family to advance further be hidden in the destination of this journey?

After an unknown amount of time, an extended black luxury car slowly stopped in front of the door of the large auction venue.

The service staff who had been waiting on the side immediately stepped forward and opened the car door, and Shinomiya Yan'an, Shinomiya Huangguang, Shinomiya Kaguya and others also got out of the car.

The moment they got off the car, Shigong Yunying, Shigong Qinglong and Shigong Huiye noticed that many powerful figures had gathered around the auction venue, including some who seemed more influential than the Shigong family.

Moreover, outside the venue, various dignitaries continued to arrive in a steady stream.

It is obviously impossible for an ordinary charity auction to attract so many top-tier dignitaries. It is obvious that the so-called charity auction announced to the public is just a cover.

"Once you enter the venue, be mindful of your words and actions and don't offend anyone."

Shinomiya Yan'an said something to Shinomiya Kaguya and others behind him, and then walked towards the venue, stopping from time to time to talk to some dignitaries passing by.

"You'd better listen to your father, otherwise if you cause trouble here, the Shinomiya family will abandon you without hesitation."

Shinomiya Huangguang also reluctantly reminded his younger brothers and sisters. It was not for the sake of his family, but simply because he was afraid that his two younger brothers and Kaguya would rely on the power of the Shinomiya family in the outside world to do something stupid, and then accidentally offend someone and implicate him.

After the reminder, Shigong Huangguang also followed in his father's footsteps. Shigong Yunying and Shigong Qinglong did not dare to fall behind because of the successive warnings from their father and brother, and followed closely with Shigong Kaguya.

After entering the venue, contrary to the expectations of Sigong Yunying and Sigong Qinglong, their destination did not seem to be the auction hall. Instead, under the leadership of Sigong Yan'an and Sigong Huangguang, they went straight to a hidden passage in the backfield.

After passing through a long and narrow passage, they came to an elevator leading to the underground. After riding the elevator for half a minute, they finally arrived at another auction venue underground.

"So, this underground auction venue is our real destination?"

Looking at the underground auction house in front of them, which might be located dozens or hundreds of meters underground and which they had never been to before, Shigong Yunying, Shigong Qinglong, Shigong Kaguya and others were thinking in their hearts.

At this time, Sigong Yan'an and Sigong Huangguang had already arrived at a window similar to a currency exchange not far from the elevator and spoke to the staff inside.

"We apply for asset exchange points."

"Okay, please show your member badges to identify yourself."

Shinomiya Yanan carefully took out a badge representing the identity of a faction member from his arms and handed it to the staff. After confirmation, it was returned again.

"Each ordinary faction member can redeem a maximum of 3000 points per year with real-world assets, at a ratio of 1 billion to 10. You've already redeemed 500 points. How many points do you need to redeem this time?"

The staff's light-hearted words changed the expressions of Sigong Yunying, Sigong Qinglong and others who were following behind Sigong Yan'an.

The exchange rate is 1 billion yen to 10. Even for the Shinomiya family, which is worth trillions of yen, it is still not a small amount once the exchange amount goes up.

These so-called points sound like the unique currency of some specific organization. Why are they so valuable that they are even subject to exchange limits?

Under the watchful eyes of the other members of the Shinomiya family, Shinomiya Yan'an chose to redeem all the remaining points without hesitation.

With the staff's operation, the transaction was completed quickly and the 2500 points were fully exchanged, which meant that in just a few minutes, the Shinomiya family's property had shrunk by 2.5 trillion yen.

But both Sigong Yan'an and Sigong Huangguang remained expressionless, as if they thought such a deal was very worthwhile.

"In the currency system established by that lord and his forces, the value of points is immeasurable, far beyond the reach of real-world assets."

"Let alone a few trillion yen, even if it were increased tenfold, it would still be worth it for our Shinomiya family."

As if he noticed the expressions of his children behind him, Shigong Yan'an said something and then officially walked into the auction hall.

Chapter 246: Cooperation between the Shinomiya Family and the Suoh Family, the Shinomiya Family's Desire for Progress

It is obvious that this auction house is the work of An Xiu.

In fact, strictly speaking, this auction house had nothing to do with An Xiu at first. Instead, it was formed naturally after An Xiu implemented the point currency system in the forces under his command, when the various members of the forces and the families behind them exchanged interests with each other.

After all, where there is trade, there is a market. Moreover, due to the scarcity of points in the point currency system promoted by An Xiu, this currency, which is exclusively used among the forces under An Xiu's command, naturally has a very high transaction value.

Members of forces that are large in size but lack points need more points to exchange for rewards from An Xiu. Members of forces that are small in size and have small families cannot exchange the points they want from An Xiu for the time being because they do not have enough points. They will trade the points in their hands and convert them into real assets to expand their own size, and then use this to make more contributions to An Xiu and obtain more points.

Such a circular trading system undoubtedly promoted the circulation of points and greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of the members of An Xiu's forces. Therefore, An Xiu did not stop this phenomenon, but took over the current underground auction as a formal trading venue and opened it to the members of his forces.

Moreover, every three months, An Xiu would select a devil fruit and a varying number of mass-produced Ouroboros potions and put them up for auction for members of his faction to purchase.

In essence, it is no different from exchanging rewards directly from An Xiu. It just provides another channel for monetizing points for those members of forces who have not made much contribution and therefore find it difficult to meet An Xiu to exchange the points in their hands for rewards.

Entering the auction venue, since all the members of An Xiu's forces are basically rich or noble, the auction venue is naturally not the kind of crowded seating format, but is divided into different areas of just the right size. Each area has a standard four to eight seats plus a table.

"Master Shigong."

Looking at the many dignitaries who were fewer in number but obviously more important than before in the outside world, before Kaguya Shinomiya and others could take a look, a voice came from not far away.

Looking back, I saw an old man who looked about the same age as Shinomiya Yanan. Next to him sat a woman and a girl who looked about the same age as Shinomiya Kaguya.

"Master Suoh, and Miss Suoh Yumi."

Seeing this scene, Shigong Yan'an nodded, then came and sat down next to the old man who spoke.

Shinomiya Huangguang and others also greeted the three people from the Zhou Fang family and sat aside.

Zhou Fangjia...

While sitting down, Shinomiya Yunying, Shinomiya Qinglong and Shinomiya Kaguya were also recalling the information about the Suo family.

The Suho family, a family of diplomats, is an old and powerful family in Tokyo. Although the family size is far smaller than that of the Shinomiya family, it is still of considerable weight.

Previously, the head of the Suo family was Suo Yumi, the woman who was sitting next to the old man who was talking to my father. But not long ago, for some unknown reason, the previous head of the Suo family suddenly took over the position of head of the family again and took charge of the overall situation.

Now that I think about it, it's probably because of this situation, this strange underground auction house, the badge representing the faction's membership that my father showed me earlier, and the adult that my father mentioned earlier...

Thinking of this, Kaguya Shinomiya looked at the only person of the same age present, the black-haired girl who had been sitting on the other side of the head of the Suo family.

The girl seemed to have noticed Kaguya Shinomiya's gaze and nodded at her with a smile.

Yuki Suho, the eldest daughter of the Suho family, will be the only heir of the Suho family in the future if nothing unexpected happens.