A/N: This chapter is quite ordinary in terms of the fighting choreography, but it's mostly to show that there're also people who aren't monstrously strong in the world. :P the next chapter has a much more impressive fight. That i can promise.

Clear to cloudy

Target 13: Luckiest of the unlucky

Following Murphy, Ren and Tsugemora's journey towards platform D, Ren looks up at the ceiling seeing that it's quite unstable looking with little pieces falling off. Quite on the contrary to the tunnel Kotsu and Reborn took. Likely due to Murphy's unlucky curse. Of course, Ren is not aware of this fact, but it's the easiest explanation. They spot a side tunnel going off to the side in the larger one. It looks to have been carved out recently, rather than something that was in the subway when it was active. There's a large sign hanging from the ceiling saying 'The girl is in here. No need to check elsewhere!' Which is highly suspicious.

"A… sign?" Ren says tilting his head and Murphy looks down the highly unstable tunnel.

"Going down there looks like total suicide… so let's just ignore it," He says and they keep going, and as they're about to reach the next platform, someone is standing in the tunnel against the wall talking on the phone.

"And then I put up a sign saying that she was inside that unstable tunnel. It's a foolproof plan!" He says and laughs. He's an older man with a large black coat and belts all over, for… no reason Murphy can see at least. The man spots Murphy and the two young boys and hangs up. "Gotta call you back…" He says right after. There's a moment of complete silence between the four of them, three of them, if you don't count Tsugemora who's still recovering though his face is MUCH more colorful than the pale mess he was previously.

"How on earth did you see through my trick!?" He suddenly says and Murphy takes a step back.

"Um… what? You mean… that sign…?" The man nods.

"It was perfect and totally believable… right?" He's answered by a simple shake of the head from both Ren and Murphy leading him to fall to his knees. 'No way… these guys are GENIUS'… hmm…' He suddenly takes out a gun, from his west and points to them. "Well then I'll just shoot you to death I suppose," He simply says and Murphy pulls Ren and Tsugemora down as he barely manages to dodge the bullet, however it ricochets off the walls hitting a very VERY specific spot on the ceiling right above the three of them and it starts rumbling. Murphy pushes Ren and Tsugemora back, jumping forward himself as the ceiling collapses right between them.

The hitman lets out a sigh of relief. "Pew… safe…" he says and Ren looks through a tiny gap in the rumble.

"Mister Murphy! Are you alright in there!? That didn't seem staged!" He says for once thinking that Murphy could've ACTUALLY gotten hurt and Murphy stands dusting himself off, bleeding a bit from his forehead.

"Yeah… I'm alright… luckily," he chuckles a little at the sort of strange irony of that statement. "What about you two" He asks looking through the hole.

"We're fine… do you know how to get out of there?" Murphy thinks for a second before he hears the man from before shuffling around behind him and he turns around seeing the shooter from before pointing the gun at him. He's standing really close now, the gun pointed straight at Murphy's forehead.

"I'm warning you! No one gets past my traps like that. I can hit anything within a 100-meter radius with this gun! If my name isn't Salvatori!" He yells angrily at the accident hitman and Murphy has meanwhile managed to take off his gloves and he quickly before Salvatori can touch the trigger, touches his hand just after Salvatori fires, however, the gun jams, and Murphy quickly hits him backwards. "How on earth did he do that!?" He yells getting the gun unjammed in an instant, and Murphy just smirks a bit and takes his fighting stance again.

"They don't call me the Accident Hitman for nothing," He says and runs forward again, but trips like he always seems to do and slides along the floor. Salvatori looks strangely at him and then laughs at his pathetic attempt at attacking.

"You really are unlucky aren't you!?" He shoots at Murphy, but somehow misses the easiest shot of his life.

Murphy does a swing kick knocking Salvatori off his feet. Salvatori falls and once more his gun goes off shooting the bullet that was previously jammed, just grazing Murphy's cheek. Murphy grits his teeth as his contagious unluckiness is already wearing off. Salvatori starts trying to get shots off while still laying on the ground. Murphy tries getting closer and is grazed a little more before he's hit in the shoulder by a shot, however he grabs hold of Salvatori and pulls him up and then headbutts him, pushing him against the wall making him drop the gun.

Thanks to the headbutt his contagious unluckiness has been refreshed, and as such right as the gun lands it shoots the final shot in it and grazes Salvatori's leg. Murphy manages to force Salvatori to the opposite side of the rock wall where Ren is looking in, with a martial arts-like throw causing the gunman to roll to stabilize. Murphy grabs the gun with a roll of his own and aims at Salvatori's head, but once he shoots, he finds that the magazine is empty and quickly tosses it to the side. He instead runs at the unarmed Salvatori. However Salvatori grabs after something behind his back.

"Do you really think I only carry a single gun!?" He yells and pulls on another gun he had hidden, however it seems to get stuck and Murphy jumps him making them both fall. They struggle for a bit before Salvatori gets his second gun out and tries firing however his bad luck has been 'refreshed' from the struggle and both shots miss, Murphy who's laying on top currently and bounce off the ceiling and cracks start to appear in it.

Ren's eyes go wide seeing the exact same thing happen that happened at the start. "Mister Murphy! Watch out! The ceiling!"

Murphy looks up quickly. Realizing what's about to happen, he jumps back quickly and Salvatori gets on his feet. He points his gun at Murphy.

"For such a famous hitman, you sure aren't worth much in a normal fight," Murphy smirks and points up at the ceiling.

"I'll admit I was never that good at fighting, but I WILL admit that unluck is always on my side that's for sure," He says and the ceiling above Salvatori suddenly caves in and falls on top of him. Murphy turns his attention to Ren, and Tsugemora standing behind him in the hole in the rock wall.

"Sorry I can't go on. With my luck, if we try removing this wall either I will get crushed or you will. Go back the way we came. Find Reborn and Secondo. I'll figure out a way to get out of here," Ren nods and turns to walk the other way.

"We'll be back Murphy! Wait for us!" he yells as he heads back the only way he can and Murphy sits down, careful not to touch the rock wall out of fear of making it collapse and he looks up at the ceiling.

"I hope I can at least stay a bit lucky," he says looking at how it's a bit worn down and cracked and a drop of sweat rolls down his forehead. "Key word… hope,"

-NII-

On the other end of the tunnel Kotsu and Reborn are walking, Reborn casual with his hands firmly tucked in his pockets, almost literally oozing confidence. Meanwhile Kotsu appears to be scared out of his mind, closed off staying as close to Reborn as he can without getting hit over the head, by the very same. He's frantically looking out for traps and enemies and the like.

"Show some confidence. You are the boss after all," Reborn states suddenly making Kotsu jump a little.

"Easy for you to say! You're super strong while I'm really weak!" The two of them reach the platform they were heading towards: Platform E. Kotsu slowly peeks around both corners to make sure that there're no- AAAAaaand Reborn's already inside. "Reborn!" Kotsu yells almost angry at the hitman for his lack of precaution for potential danger. However nothing seems to happen so Kotsu slowly joins him.

The room is quite large, with two tracks. At the other track is a chair with Fumie strapped to it, bag over her head and something in her mouth, clearly to prevent her from speaking. "Fumie!" Kotsu yells out and starts running towards her when Reborn holds out his hand making Kotsu stop. "R-reborn…?" A few seconds after the man from before with the many spears comes walking, now carrying another spear with a head that looks like a lightning bolt.

"so… it's you… Reborn-senpai. I'm afraid the last thing standing in the way of you two… and this girl… is me," He says pointing to himself and holds out his arms as if to welcome them. "So how about it? Shall we fight?"

Reborn seems to recognize the man's face. "I see… I heard that someone within Geraldino's gang was a man with many spears. They call you Yari correct?" The man bows and nods.

"the one and only. Pleased to meet you," Kotsu is standing behind Reborn cheering him on, silently when suddenly Reborn pushes Kotsu forward.

"Well… go get him," Kotsu looks frantically at Yari as he prepares his fighting stance.

"Wait… WHAAAAAAAAT!?"