In a far away Island.
The 10 Mafia heads were having a meeting. The mansion, not a bit lacking from a castle, was surrounded by thousands of Mafia members. An assassin walked into the mansion without anyone of them noticed. He killed some on the inner yard, but pass through the rest of them.
This man was Illumi Zoldyck, Killua's big brother, and Silva's son. 10 Mafia heads hired Zoldyck Family's service to kill Phantom Troupe, but in the meantime, Lucilfer hired the same service to kill 10 Mafia Leaders. After all, Zoldyck's would not turn away from a job. Even if it doesn't worth the money. What made them this famous was this very code.
After sneaked into the Mansion, Illumi killed 9 Mafia heads, except the one, had more authority than the others. By using his needles, he controlled the man and made him call Auction Hall with the video call. When the myriad of Mafia members from all around World saw the person on the screen, their trust flamed once more. This man was the strongest in their work area.
"Hey, all doing okay? First of all, I apologize for taking so long to make contact. I am sorry. There has been lots of chaos, but we've taken care of all of them. We've dealt with Leader of the Phantom Troupe. The rest of them will be taken care of in no time. The Professionals are working on it as we speak so you can enjoy the auction." the video call ended.
All the spectators waiting for Auction cheered for their boss, and the Auction started.
After that, the Auctioneer eased the air with few words and items started brought in.
****
On the top floor of the same building.
Silva's phone started to ring. The caller was Illumi.
"Where is my client?" he asked his father, who was looking at the rubble he just created. Zeno and Lucilfer were beneath that rubble.
"Right here," said Silva, and Zeno walked out under the big boulder, Lucilfer also walked under the rubble.
"Were you just having a fight? Is she still alive?" asked Illumi after he heard the rubbles moved, and boulders fell to the ground. "Well, as long as she is okay. Anyway, relay my message. The Ten Mafia Heads are assassinated. Tell her to send the money to my account as we agreed earlier." and ended the phone call.
Zeno complained and started to walk away. Lucilfer couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you supposed to kill me?"
"We were hired by Ten Mafia Heads, now that they are all dead, you are no longer our target," said Zeno.
"Is that so. Well, you will not get another chance like this," said Lucilfer with a smile. It was a rare moment for her to be caught alone in a situation where she was in disadvantage. Even Hisoka was looking a moment like this, and couldn't catch Lucilfer alone, because two of the Spider would always be with the Lucilfer, never leave her alone.
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"Do you think that we kill for pleasure?" said Zeno and continue, "We don't do this for fun. I refuse to work for nothing or die for nothing." This was their family code. If they were hired, they would look at it as work, but if there wasn't a contract, the hatred wouldn't affect them at all.
After some talk, Lucilfer asked the question that was bugging her, "If you and I fight for one on one, who would win?"
"Most likely I would win." said Zeno with a smirk, "Unless you decided to actually try to kill me."
'He saw through this one too.' thought Lucilfer. This was her weakness. In every fight, she would try to steal an ability if she was fancy of it. Hindering herself from fighting seriously, as long as she isn't in the dangerous situation.
Zeno and Silva walked away just like that.
****
We walked to the room where Lucilfer was lying on the ground. The room was like a battlefield. The broken walls were everywhere. There has been a tough fight. "Looks like you had some fun, boss," I said. This was originally Franklin's cue, but he was dead, so I wanted to say it in his place.
"Yeah, I am a little tired now," said Lucilfer. She didn't intend to stand where she lied.
"You were against that Zoldyck family," said Shalnark with an enthusiastic voice, clearly she was upset because she missed this fight.
"I would like to see you fight with the Zoldyck family, too sad I missed it," said Shizuku.
"Fighting would be more fun than watching," said Feitan. All that massacre haven't satisfied him clearly. He wanted to fight with a strong opponent.
"Kortopi, everything ready?" asked Lucilfer to little hairy thing.
"Of course," he said. This was the first time ever I heard him speak. "I can't make living copies, but I can create static copies."
"Good enough. We will stick to the plan," said Lucilfer, standing up from the rubble she was lying. "Also, don't touch the girl in the ambulance." The girl was Neon. Not because of her good will that Lucilfer asked us to leave Neon alive, but because if she were to be killed, the power Lucilfer just stole would vanish.
But I wasn't going to sit and let Lucilfer has this power. Crow already told me that with the fortune telling, Lucilfer was able to see through Hisoka's betrayal, or would leave the city. If it weren't for Texture Suprise Hisoka used to change the poem, things would have gone more badly. Letting the Lucilfer have this power wasn't something I could accept. Even if it means the death of an innocent girl.
Before I came in, I left a clone outside and made him change to one of the paramedics. When they brought the girl to the ambulance, we took off to the hospital with his father, and on the way, I killed Neon and his father.
****
"The Auction now begins," said Auctioneer. He was being controlled by Shalnark, and Shalnark was running the Auction.
The plan was simple. By using Kurtopi's Nen power, we copied every item in the Auction and sold the fake ones to the Mafia, while stole the original ones.
****
Outside of the building, Kurapika looked at the ambulance just left. When he was about to go inside and join the fight, one of the Mafia Executives said all the fights are over. The Phantom Troupe eliminated. Kurapika couldn't believe that of course and shaken to the core. This was his life purpose, how could he accept the fact the people he was looking all this while died just like that. He wanted to see the bodies with his own eyes.
But there they were. The members of the Phantom Troupe were all dead, lying on the ground. Some had bullet holes in their body, some had sliced all over their body. The mafia was taking pictures to display them on the internet so they can show their might to everyone. Even the Phantom Troupe died like dogs in front of them. Some even said, they should find each members families and make them pay too.
Normally Kurapika had to buy eyes from Auction for Neon, but since Neon died with his Father, Kurapika lost all his reasons and had no reason to buy those eyes. I was waiting outside, and Kurapika started to walk on the bridge without aim. I knocked him unconscious and flashed away to a hotel room. Crow told me he would sleep few days, so I left a note for him.
"The bodies were fake." I already knew Hisoka also would tell her, but I wanted to say it myself.