Thanks to the power of the kaijin, in Zhen Liu's case, and the majin, in the girls' case, the entire party was well aware that soone or sothing had been rampaging in Rainbowden's underworld and had subjugated many of the factions that called this city ho.
Amongst their number was the Beautiful Marionette Society, that group of puppet makers that Zhen Liu and the others had travelled with to get to Rainbowden and had assud to be the reason why Axer's master and their old contacts had wound up dead.
It wasn't that hard to put together that a group obsessed with making the most beautiful and powerful puppets in existence would probably try and do sothing incredibly shady with the corpses of powerful aether warriors that were killed using [Mandrake Tears].
However, once they had heard that the Beautifully Marionette Society had been wiped out by another underworld force, they had figured that was a dead-end lead.
As such, when they heard that na being used for an auction house item, the group couldn't help but be...a little intrigued and a little worried.
However, the more courageous among them saw this mont as an opportunity.
"So...do you guys think if we win this particular bid, we'll be able to et whoever placed this Aether puppet up for purchase?" Jinju Ren asked as she stared down at the auction stage from above.
The initial price of this silver tiered aether puppet was around five thousand gold pieces and had gone up to six thousand gold pieces. At this point, the number of people willing to help him had tapered off to about two people. However, this was only the first puppet out of a lot of ten, so Zhen Liu and his allies weren't too worried about losing out on this first auction.
"I don't think we'll be able to do so due to the house's policy on anonymity," Zhong Wei pointed out. "Although, I think your bridegroom-to-be probably has a thod or two to track people, yes?"
"That...he does," Jinju Ren agreed. "He most certainly does."
Everyone in the room turned their gazes towards Zhen Liu, expecting him to imdiately answer with how he would be able to undergo this task.
He didn't verbally answer the group, but his tangential awareness made him able to provide an answer by reaching into his pocket and producing a solid gold zako marble, which then took on the shape of a gold piece.
"Excellent," Jinju Ren nodded in approval. "In that case, it's ti to secure one of these puppets..."
...As for the reason why Zhen Liu was silent...
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