Even Coral, sitting next to Leo, looked at him with a strange gaze.
The spotlight in the auction hall shone on Leo’s face at the right moment.
When the businessmen realized that the bidder was a stranger, they were even more surprised.
At charity auctions, many businessmen and wealthy individuals would generously donate, but usually only a few hundred thousand or maybe a million at most. After all, money doesn’t come easy.
Typically, a charity auction would raise around ten million in donations.
But now, someone had directly bid one hundred million.
Amaya, on the auction stage, also looked at Leo with astonishment in her eyes.
In fact, she had noticed Leo when the auction started. She had even noticed that Leo was attending the auction with a beautiful woman. However, she didn’t have time to greet Leo.
“Who is the young man bidding?”
“I don’t know, I’ve never seen him before.”
“It seems like he came with Coral from the Wilde Jewelry Group…”
After the surprise, people couldn’t help but whisper to each other.
Feeling the strange gazes and hearing the whispers, Leo couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
He just wanted to show some love and support.
“Mr. McGuire, do you know the young man bidding? He’s quite generous, bidding one hundred million,” a wealthy middle-aged man next to Kihachi asked.
Kihachi turned his gaze away from Leo and shook his head. “I don’t know him.”
“Haha, Mr. McGuire, you should be careful. I think that guy might have his eyes on your precious daughter. That’s why he bid one hundred million,” the middle-aged man laughed.
Hearing this, a glimmer flashed in Kihachi’s eyes as he shook his head and smiled.
Kihachi knew that what the wealthy middle-aged man said was not impossible. After all, there had been quite a few rich young men pursuing his daughter in recent years.
But to think that a mere one hundred million would make him, Kihachi, take a second look or capture his daughter’s heart? That would be underestimating him, Kihachi, or rather, underestimating his precious daughter.
In terms of wealth, the McGuire family didn’t need to rely on anyone or any other family.
One hundred million might be a significant amount for others, but for Kihachi, it was nothing worth mentioning.
“Bidder No. 36, are you bidding one hundred million?” the female host asked uncertainly.
Leo smiled faintly and nodded.
“One hundred million, what an astonishing number! Thank you, bidder No. 36, for your generous bid and your generous donation to the children in impoverished mountain areas. We also thank Miss McGuire for donating her precious jade bracelet!”
“I wonder if bidder No. 36 would come up on stage and take a photo with Miss McGuire?” The female host looked at Leo and smiled, seeking his approval.
Seeing everyone’s gaze turning towards him again, Leo couldn’t refuse. He nodded and stood up, walking towards the auction stage.
The audience erupted in applause.
Even if they didn’t know Leo, just his calm and composed demeanor was not something he could fake.
So, no one doubted that Leo wouldn’t be able to pay the one hundred million.
On the auction stage, Leo stood next to Amaya as photographers started taking pictures.
Amaya blinked at Leo and whispered softly, “Leo, who is the woman sitting next to you?”
Leo didn’t expect Amaya to ask that question and didn’t know how to answer for a moment.
Amaya’s face showed a hint of jealousy as she whispered again, “If you’re fooling around outside, I’ll tell Sophia.”
Leo was speechless once again.
Under the gaze of cameras and the crowd, even if Leo wanted to explain, it wasn’t the right time or place.
Seeing Leo’s embarrassed expression, Amaya smiled and said, “Alright, I won’t tease you anymore. Let’s take the photos together and look at the camera.”
The photographers found their angles in the audience and took several shots.
After the photos were taken, Leo quickly slipped off the auction stage, afraid that Amaya might say something else.
“Mr. McGuire, that young man seems quite impressive,” the wealthy middle-aged man said again.
Kihachi simply nodded.
Just as Leo was about to return to his seat, his expression suddenly changed. He raised his head and looked towards the top of the hall.
At the top of the hall, there were four black figures hanging upside down like bats from the ceiling.
Due to the height of the hotel hall being over ten meters and the lights not being particularly bright, with most of them focused on the auction stage, no one noticed anyone at the top.
As Leo looked up at the ceiling, the four black figures moved slightly.
One of them flashed a cold light in their eyes and spoke in Orientia language, “We’ve been discovered. Kill!”
The speaking figure touched something behind them and held an extremely sharp ninja dagger in their hand.
Without any hesitation, the black-clad person used the ninja dagger to cut off the huge crystal chandelier hanging from above.
The massive crystal chandelier fell down, causing the entire auction hall to darken.
After a loud crash of shattering glass came terrified screams.
At the same time as the chandelier fell, Leo had already summoned a protective Diamond Talisman for Coral.
Amidst the screams and chaos, frightened people rushed out of the hall.
Leo flashed to Coral’s side, took her hand, and led her to a corner of the hall while comforting her. “Coral, stay here and don’t move.”
Coral knew that something was very wrong. Although she was nervous, she trusted Leo and nodded in response. “I’ll listen to you.”
After letting go of Coral’s hand, Leo looked up at the top of the hall again.
Using Divine Awareness to scan, Leo already knew the identities of these four black-clad individuals-ninjas!
The leading ninja shouted coldly, “Kill!”
“Kill!”
Two black-clad ninjas jumped off the ceiling like frogs with their feet pushing against it.
“The Koken family… hmph, they don’t know any better!” A killing intent rose within Leo’s heart because he had previously killed ninjas from the Koken family. So he thought these four ninjas were here for him.
However, he soon realized that these four ninjas weren’t coming for him.
Because when the two black-clad ninjas descended, they didn’t even spare him a glance and went straight for Amaya on the auction stage!
Seeing two figures rushing towards her, Amaya paled in fear.
“Imogen, quickly protect Amaya!” Kihachi, who was usually calm and confident, was shocked and quickly gave orders to his guards.
A woman named Imogen erupted with powerful internal energy. With a flick of her foot, she shot forward like a bullet towards the black-clad ninjas attacking Amaya.
“Zoshiro, intercept her!” The leading ninja ordered his third subordinate.
“Hi!” Zoshiro nodded and a cold light flashed in his eyes as he pulled out a sharp ninja dagger from behind him.
Zoshiro swung his incredibly sharp dagger towards Imogen from a distance.
Seeing the dagger coming towards her, Imogen’s expression changed. In mid-air, she abruptly stopped for two seconds and avoided Zoshiro’s attack.
It was during this brief pause that she missed the best opportunity to rescue Amaya.