19 Candle’s Red Flame

The auction was coming to a close as its final two items were shown one at a time. It was at this time that Mr. Limerch was growing impatient, Bloody Mary, however, was sitting calmly in the crowd of mafia members. She had already removed the gag and bindings restraining her, and with a simple push she had already left her cage. The plan was to cut the lights as the cage came up and use the confusion to kill all of her targets. There was however one issue, the four nen users. She had no information on wether they were complete rookies or masters with nen. Although the chances of a child being a nen master was extremely small.

"I think he'd make a great toy, what a pity that I don't have enough information." Thought Mary to herself. (A/N if I don't mention swapping the first Mary I use, Bloody Mary or just regular Mary is the one I'm referring to.)

Suddenly the boy turned around and looked at an empty seat.

"Something the matter Charlie?" Asked Adrian.

"N-no I just thought someone was watching me for a second."

"Well it's not that unusual for somebody to do so, it's not like you all exactly fit in with your clothing." Reasoned Shirley in her dress.

"Yeah but for some reason I just feel like something will go wrong." Charlie thought to himself.

"Sshhh, the next item is coming up, one more after this and our employer's target is up." Whispered Edwin.

The lady auctioneer seemed very excited for the upcoming item. "Next up, ladies and gentlemen I present to you! The candlestick phone of red. Very little is known about the item itself, however by testing it we were able to communicate with the dead! Although be warned for the cost of using it is your own blood. Every 5 minutes the phone will take around a half cup of blood. Thus earning its name!"

It was quite the grotesque thing, the rotary dial was made of the bones of some type of animal, and the numbers/letters were inscribed onto a set of human teeth and the mouthpiece had 4 needles protruding from it.

"We will start the bidding at 1 billion jenny!"

The crowd erupted into bids, some wanted the phone to communicate to loved ones already dead, and other simply wanted it as a collectible, a showpiece of sorts.

"Ending in a bid of 3.4 billion jenny the phone goes to Mr. Dwynle!"

"Now everyone please prepare yourselves for our final item! It's rarity is extremely high and it's overall capacity for making money is insanely high!"

A cage covered by a red tarp was being raised up as she spoke.

"Now if you will all hold your applause, I present to you a living Kurta girl!" She removed the tarp and suddenly the entire room was flooded in darkness."

"Hey what's going o-" Complained someone from the back.

The room was almost completely silent apart from the occasional thud every 5 milliseconds or so.

"Everybody get into position!" Yelled Adrian.

"Understood!"

Activating her ability Shirley said a few words. "Queen of the show: Spotlight of pain!"

The entire area around them was filled with a golden light, followed by a hiss of a little girl. Her face was only visible for a fragment of a millisecond, but none of the four missed it. A child of around 7 with blonde hair and red eyes could be seen holding a knife stained with a small amount of blood.

"Damn it! He was the last one!" Thought Mary to herself.

"Edwin keep charging your flower cannon! Shirley keep spotlight of pain active! And Charlie use Gyo to keep track of her!" Adrian ordered.

"Yes sir!" Said the three.

"I'll flush her out! Shoreline: Whirlpo-" Before he could finish he was cut off by his employer.

"Don't forget, you have to protect me! I have to kill that wench! In fact, I'll double your pay! Apprehend her and deliver her to my feet." Yelled Mr. Limerch.

"If I want to kill my target I'll need to kill the weakest link." Mary thought to herself while looking at Charlie.

Using her surroundings she began to laugh. It was a sweet little laugh, however it echoed around the entire room. It was like a ghost had invaded the area and was attempting to terrify them. Because of Shirley's light their eyes could not adjust to the darkness completely. The laughter had also dulled their senses.

"Damn it! Shoreline: Crashing waves! Charlie, any progress with finding her?"

Waves erupted from the ground, filling the area with water, Adrian could feel the presence of all the mafia member on the ground, alive or otherwise.

"Charlie! I won't ask again, have you found her?"

In their confusion they didn't realize the person standing behind them was no longer Charlie. A splash filled their ears as they turned around and saw a body falling gracefully into the water, it's head already in the water.

"Why hello there everyone! It seems you've dropped some dead luggage!" Laughed the little girl maniacally.

"Charlie!" Shirley's rage and sorrow had overtaken her. "Queen of the show: Director's Cut!"

She began to dance in a graceful yet eerie fashion, with every move her bones creaked and cracked. Her mouth was filled with blood. Mary was no different however, Shirley had nearly full control over her body, cracking it and destroying it as well.

"Edwin! Use it now!" Screamed Shirley.

"But if I do what'll happen to you?! I know how your ability works! It's a reflection of what happens to both the opponent and you."

"I'll be ok! I'll cancel it right before it hits!" She Smiled to Edwin, However that was the smile of a liar. It won't be canceled, not until the show ends.

"Full bloom: Final shot!"

A beam came rushing to Mary at a rapid pace.

"Uncle, thank you for training my pain tolerance." Thought Mary as she broke one of her ribs in order that barely avoid a fatal wound from the flower's beam. A sizzling sound could be heard as both Mary's and Shirley's side had holes in them.Both began to cough up blood. "This is bad, I'll need to kill my target now and leave! I'm sorry my little toy, it seems we'll have to part here." She looked at her knife before launching it towards Mr. Limerch.

"Oh no you don't! Shoreline: Oceanic walls!"

A wall of seashells and coral rose up to protect Mr. Limerch, but it was to no avail, the knife cut through the wall and cleaved into his heart.

"You Kurta scum!" Mr. Limerch Yelled as he fell backwards and died.

"While it was nice meeting you all I'll be taking my leave!" Mary Smiled as she began to use her nen. Now that the mission was over she could use nen to escape.

"You Will Pay!" Screeched Adrian. "Shoreline: Whirlpool!" An enormous vortex of water trapped Mary in. It began to shred her clothing before Mary used one of the many Assassination techniques she had learned.

"Flash step." Muttered Mary. She had left the three behind.

"Charlie, Shirley I swear on my life that I will avenge you." Adrian knew why Mary was able to run away, The curtains had closed over Shirley in her final scene. In the spotlight a woman could be seen standing, completely devoid of life. Tears flowed wildly down both Edwin's face and Adrian's. The four friends had been reduced to two. Truly pathetic were they, to lose to someone who didn't even use nen.

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In the corner of the auction hall a man could be seen shaking in fear. "Bodyguards, I need stronger bodyguards!" Thought Light Nostrade.