Five cars flew past them while blowing dust in their faces, but they didn't look the least bit bothered. Kurapica didn't know that he had just passed four of his enemies on the way.

"How long had it been since the last thirteen of us got together Feitan?" Nobunaga asked with a smug grin.

"Three years two months." Feitan replied. "But the members are a little different, number four got replaced and we have Mizutsuki coming back."

"She actually dressed as a guy and tried to flirt with me at a bar." Machi deadpanned. "I'm so going to kill her this time."

"Where is she?" Franklin asked.

"She said that she forgot something back at Ryūseigai. I don't think that she'd be late though."

Franklin raised an eyebrow. "Speaking of late; Machi, is Hisoka definitely coming today?"

"I don't know, don't ask me."

"Isn't that your job?"

"I only told him to come." Machi was starting to sound irritated.

Feitan's expression was as blank as a piece of paper yet it was still filled with murderous aura. "I don't like Hisoka." He deadpanned. "Why does Danchou always allow his selfishness?"

Nobunaga scratched his neck. "Because he's good I think. His Bungee Gum is well made; frankly, he'd be a hard opponent to fight. You can't block, you can't run, unless you can detach your limbs by will but we aren't that certain clown-ish character in that certain pirate anime."

"Are you saying that chief is afraid of Hisoka?" Feitan shot Nobunaga a sideways glance.

"Nope, I don't mean that."

Franklin looked annoyed. "You speak too much of him." He said. "He's not that big of a deal. There would still be limits to how far his Bungee Gum can stretch. As long as you can figure out the distance and stay out of range, you're safe."

"You can trash talk all you want." Nobunaga said nonchalantly, looking away. But the expression in both their eyes had changed, so did the atmosphere. It was now tense and pressuring. Not that Feitan or Machi cared at all.

The wind blew pass, raising a storm of dust and sand. The two Ryodan members clashed and the dust blew even higher. "Nobunaga, I'm just about to get sick of staying silent at your babbling." Franklin said.

"You're not staying silent at all, Franklin!"

Machi and Feitan ignored them and kept on walking. "How stupid of them to argue over such a boring topic." Machi said.

"You better not let them hear it." Feitan warned.

"I know that they wouldn't hear it because they're too engaged in their fight." Machi replied. "If they want to test out how strong that idiotic magician is, just tell the-one-who-just-recovered-from-brain-damage to fight him. She'd be delighted and Hisoka doesn't know her abilities yet. If he can't defeat her that means he's still weak. I'm also wondering if her Meltdowner can melt down his aura too. Heard that she turned into a Specialist upon brain damage."

"Don't." Feitan advised. "She could melt down the whole building if she feels like it."

"Hmph, so what do you think Danchou has planned for us?"

"We're thieves; we're stealing something of course." Feitan replied.

"I mean, what do you think he'll go for?" Machi corrected her question. "I'm guessing antique books, Danchou likes to read."

Feitan shook his head; Machi could have sworn that she heard a 'tsk-tsk-tsk'. "No, it must be a game."

"Game?" Machi echoed incredulously.

"Multiple copies of the world's most expensive game is going to be auctioned." Feitan replied coolly. "It is also the most dangerous game ever, I'm quite interested in it myself."

Machi raised an eyebrow. "Is it that game you and Phinks have been eyeing since the start of the century?" She deadpanned.

"Yep!"

"But it's just a game!" Machi exclaimed. "I'm still going with antique books."

"Well, we'll see."

The two of the walked for another fifty meters before they finally turned back at Nobunaga and Franklin. "CAN YOU GUYS STOP FIGHTING AND GET MOVING?" They snapped.

Inside the abandoned building, there was a large room with a high ceiling and a beautiful colored glass window. It could have been once used as an expensive hotel or something, not that the members of the Phantom Troupe really cared. Shalnark and Phinks were standing quietly against the wall while Chrollo sat above them reading yet another book. Suddenly they felt the presence of another person walking towards them. They looked up and saw Pakunoda.

"Pakunoda!" Shalnark exclaimed. "Long time no see!"

"Hello Shalnark." Pakunoda answered coolly. "You too Phinks."

Phinks scowled. "Can't you arrive earlier?" He muttered.

Pakunoda looked down at her wristwatch. "Hm? I arrived on time though."

Phinks resisted the urge to raise his voice. "Arriving ten minutes early is manners! Where's your common sense?" He shot the shadows a glance. "You guys too."

Bonolenov emerged from the shadows while Coltopi dropped down from the ceiling. "Bonolenov! Coltopi!" Shalnark exclaimed. "So you guys came together too?"

Before Bonolenov or Coltopi could answer, another deep voice echoed from the hallway. "Yo, long time no see everybody." Uvogin walked out into the lights. "I'm here Danchou!" He exclaimed. "What're the targets this time?"

Shalnark laughed. "Don't be so anxious Uvo! Feitan's group isn't arriving for another twelve hours! Wait until everybody is here!"

"You're anxious about everything as usual…"Pakunoda said warily.

"Che, they're not arriving for another half a day?" Uvogin whined. After a second he looked up. "Shouldn't everyone be here this time? I heard that Mizu's back."

Phinks and Shalnark facepalmed deeply. "Yeah… she is…" They laughed dryly.

Pakunoda raised an eyebrow. "What? Have you guys met her already?"

Phinks nodded grimly. "Yep, if there's one thing that had changed about her, I'd say that it's her personality. It got worse. She dressed up as one of the steak house employees and changed the taste of my beer." Phinks was not going to talk about the part that she splashed the beer on his face. "I'm totally going to beat her up when I see her."

Shalnark sighed. "You're better than me though, she stole my wallet and bought Starbuck for herself."

Not really... Phinks thought. "That psychopathic woman…" A knife came whizzing pass Phinks' ear. "Wha –?" He exclaimed.

The other members immediately turned to look at the direction where the knife had flew from. What they saw there was a smug Mizutsuki leaning against the wall holding a few knives in her hand. "Aww, don't be mad Phinks dear." She smirked. "I brought you some food Hannah made." She held up a box bento and her eyes twinkled in amusement. None of the Ryodan members except Feitan knew about Hannah's Dark Matter yet. Plus she knew that Feitan wouldn't care enough to stop her from handing the Dark Matter out unless they are in a absolutely desperate situation.

"Mizutsuki!" Uvogin exclaimed. "You're alive!" Before he could rush over to give her a warm welcome-back hug, Phinks walked over and punched her on the head.

Mizutsuki crumbled. "Ow!" She whined. "What do you think you're doing you jerk? Do you want me in the hospital again?"

Phinks crackled his knuckles. "Thanks to you, the peace we had achieved is now gone for good."

"Waaa I'm so scared." Mizutsuki made a crying face and stuck out her tongue, showing off a new tongue piercing (along with a bunch of other ones on her ears). Then her expression turned murderous. "I'm not binded by the Vows and Limitations anymore because I've died once. If you wanna fight, bring it on!"

Shalnark pulled them away from each other. "Now, now," He sighed. "Don't fight! It's against the Ryodan's rules."

Mizutsuki stuck out her tongue playfully. "Yeah, I know, just teasing little Phinks here." She stood on tiptoes and patted Phinks on the head.

A vein bulged on the Pharaoh's cheek. "Can I please kill her?"

Everyone ignored him. Mizutsuki then rushed over to give Pakunoda, Bonolenov, Coltopi, and Uvogin a hug. "I missed you guys!" She exclaimed. "Paku, Bono, Topi, and Uvo!"

"We missed you too." Bonolenov laughed dryly. "The Ryodan will get much livelier from now on."

Mizutsuki shrugged. "If you say so."

Pakunoda smiled and patted her head. She was rather happy that they now have three female members again. "Welcome back, Mizu." She paused. "You got a lot of new accessories."

Mizutsuki laughed it off with a shrug. "Oh, I just wanted to feel some pain to make sure that I was alive and all my nerves were functioning. But I swear to god, navel piercings hurt like hell... So where's the new number four?" She looked around. "Is he not here yet?"

At the topic of Hisoka everyone quieted down. Coltopi coughed. "Although that guy had been in the Ryodan for two years, he had never shown up for any of our meetings."

"I can't tell if that's a joke or not." Mizutsuki said. When it came to business, all her playful attitude was gone and what replaced it was seriousness.

"Nope, it's not a joke." Pakunoda said.

Mizutsuki facepalmed. "Gosh… Well, at least I'm interested in who this newbie think he is now."

When Machi's group came, Machi punched her on the head as well for flirting with her. Mizutsuki simply laughed it off and apologized, promising that it will never happen again. Then she pulled Feitan aside to show him the Dark Matter.

Feitan peered into the lunch box and stared. What Hannah had made this time was fried chicken and it had a 75% power-up compared to the cream soup. Meaning that it could kill seventy-five extra people or save 75% of the time used to kill a person. Mizutsuki had tested it out.

"So you were in the hospital a month longer because of this?" He asked and reached for one of the pitch-black material.

Mizutsuki slapped his hand away and closed the box. "Careful!" She hissed. "You'll burn yourself unless you wear gloves."

"Are you actually serious about that?" Feitan deadpanned.

Mizutsuki nodded. "Yeah, I am." She handed him a pair of gloves. "But still be careful though."

Feitan raised an eyebrow and put on the gloves. Mizutsuki opened the box again and he picked up one of the fried chicken. To his ultimate surprise it was rock hard. He banged the piece of fried chicken on one of the concrete chunks that existed all around the room. Only one tiny edge was broken off. "…Exactly how was your sister able to cook this?" He asked. "And how is your nephew still alive?"

"How the hell should I know?" Mizutsuki handed him the box and he plopped it back in. "I think that it has something to do with the natto and chocolate-chip cookies she put inside."

"I'm not even going to ask why natto and chocolate-chip cookies would be part of a fried chicken recipe."

"Don't; in an actual battle I prefer throwing these instead of rocks though. These are awfully convenient to throw."

"If your sister knows about this she'll cry her eyes out."

Time flew by quickly and it was two a.m. The Ryodan members each sat on different concrete chunks but they were all thinking the same thing. They were waiting for Hisoka to come. Mizutsuki didn't like him already.

"He's not here yet…" Phinks muttered.

"It's almost morning…" Feitan said softly.

"Hisoka that bastard… When I see him I'm seriously going to beat him up and dismember him…" Uvogin scowled.

The candle beside Chrollo blew out and he snapped his book shut.

"Oh my, oh my…" Came a voice which Mizutsuki didn't recognize. Every member looked up and saw Hisoka standing against the door. "I'm so scared."

"HISOKA! You bastard!" Uvogin exclaimed.

Shalnark stood up with a smile. "You're late Hisoka!" He exclaimed.

Mizutsuki shot Shalnark a glance. "Shal you're too nice." She said. "You should be mad at him."

Hisoka glanced at Mizutsuki. So that's number eight who had brain damage before… Overall is… 83. Maybe she would have gotten 90 if she wasn't injured before. Maybe she'd get even stronger than she was before as time goes pass. But I don't have time. What a pity. He walked forward into the lights.

Machi sighed. "Gosh, I thought that you weren't coming."

Hisoka simply smiled. "I only came because it was you who came to tell me to come. If I didn't come, I'd never be able to see your Nen Stitches again!"

"Hmph…" Machi looked away.

Mizutsuki smirked. "My, Machi, you didn't tell me that you had a boyfriend."

Machi shot her a glare. "Mizu, do you want me to sew your mouth shut?"

"Ahahahaha, no." She glanced at Hisoka. All members of the Ryodan could see the deadly venom dripping from the sugar-sweet smile. Machi forgave Mizutsuki's rude comment of her and Hisoka seeing that expression.

"Danchou!" Shalnark called up at Chrollo. "We're all here!"

Chrollo stood up.

Uvogin rushed forward excitedly. "Danchou! What are we stealing this time?"

"We are stealing the treasures from the underground auction…" Chrollo said softly.

"What treasure?" Shalnark asked.

"I think that it's antique books." Machi said. "Danchou like to read."

"Nope," Feitan shook his head. "It's a game. Multiple copies of the world's most expensive game is going to be auctioned."

Nobunaga shrugged. "Whatever, aren't shiny gems and stuff the basics?"

Mizutsuki crossed her arms. "Those Mafia communities bothered my sister and I a lot. It better be something meaning a lot to them that we're stealing."

"It's all of it…" Chrollo continued and walked out of the shadows. "We're going to steal all of the underground auction's pieces…"

A wave of shock washed through the Ryodan members. "Are you serious Danchou?" Uvogin cried. "The whole world's Mafia conducts the Underground Auction, if we rob them, we'll have the entire Mafia on our backs!"

"Are you afraid? Uvogin." Chrollo simply asked.

Uvogin was trembling, but not in nervousness. He was excited. "I'm excited! Give me the orders Danchou, NOW!"

"I allow it, kill them." Chrollo said. "Terminate all of them who get in our way."

"ALRIGHT!" Uvogin roared.

Chrollo turned their backs on them and walked back to where he was previously sitting. Everyone vanished within a sec to prepare themselves for the upcoming work.

A lot of the Mafia families know what I look like and they know that I'm in the Phantom troupe. Mizutsuki thought as she jumped out of a window and landed on the ground. If I appear, they'd cling on to me until god-knows-when. If my face gets recognized I'll bring the Troupe trouble. I can get every member of the Phantom Troupe legal tickets into the Underground Auction through some old routes back in the Mafia community but that wouldn't be our style. This is my first work after I recovered, I must do it well. I'll have to do disguise myself, I didn't think that I'll have to do it again so soon.

A small grin floated onto her lips. This job… is awesome!

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