Wendy and Killua go to Greed Island

Bid and Haste

An old man came walking in and lots and lots of paparazzi started to surround him.

"Hey, that's your target right over there... The Tycoon, Mr. Battera." Said Zepile.

Wendy and Killua just stare at Mr. Battera. "What am I watching? Well, the Greed Island video game, of course." Said Battera.

"But What makes you so interested in a Video game, Sir?" Asked the Reporter. "You've spent a considerable amount of money on it already."

"The answer, my dear, is love. When you fall in love with something, you want it all to yourself." Said Battera and walks away from the paparazzi.

"Love? Really! There are so many rumors flying around. Would you like to make a comment?"

Wendy looks at Mr. Battera with determination. "I'm gonna get my hands on the clue Grandeeney left." Thought Wendy.

***

Wendy, Killua, and Zepile took their seats in the auction house.

"Our next item is the fabled game... known as Greed Island." Said the Announcer.

People started to murmur in the crowd and gasp. "And it has a mysterious power. Let's take a look." Said the Announcer.

A big man with a hammer comes up on stage and pounds the console down to the floor, but it was still standing.

Everyone gasps in the crowd. "Now, as I'm sure all of you can plainly see, a mysterious power protects the console from any damage. Well, as long as someone is playing inside the game, that it." Said the Announcer while snapping her fingers.

On the screen it shows a man with black hair and a black beard. "This man is Jeitsari. He's the player who's inside the game even as we speak. As a matter of fact, he's the one who signed a contract allowing us to auction it off." Said the Announcer.

"So Grandeeney didn't bring this one here." Thought Wendy.

"Jeitsari left behind the following contract that stipulates, if no one has cleared the game by the contract date, even if he and the seven other players are still inside the game, he would consign all seven units of the game as well as the consoles to the Southernpiece Auction and entrust his dream of clearing the game to other challengers." Read the Announcer.

The Announcer, then put on a serious expression. "Unfortunately, when we received these units, the game had ended for two players. Losing the game results in actual death for a player. This dangerous game requires that you risk your own life. Only bid if you're prepared for the consequences." Warned the Announcer.

"The starting bid is 900 million jenny!" Announced the Announcer with a happy expression.

The audience started to raise their hands and bid. "I have one billion. 1.5. Number 105 doubles it. 71 doubles again to six billion."

Killua looked at number 71 and saw his brother, Milluki.

Killua had a disgusted look on his face. "Crap, my big brother." Thought Killua.

While Killua had disgusted look on his face Wendy wondered what the fingers meant.

"So you use your hand to tell her how much you want to bid?" Asked Wendy.

"Yeah. The Auctioneer looks at the crowd's hand signals to discern the highest bid instantly." Said Zepile.

Then Battera puts his thumb up. "Number 16 doubles it again to 12 billion!" Announced the Announcer.

"Oh, so that's what it means." Said Wendy while she accidentally puts up her index finger.

"201 doubles it again to 24 billion!"