17 City Wonders

In a city filled to the brim with people, two could be seen traversing the alleyways and shops. A little girl dressed in a black cloak, her brown boots clearly worn it. Her pants showed signs of damage and blood, to her left walked a man with a white suit, cane, and a large briefcase.

"Now my little doll, are you ready for your debut?" Said the man.

"You'll rot in Hell!" Screamed Bloody Mary.

5 months of training had passed, and today was her first solo mission. Underneath her cloak was her knife, the same that had taken many lives thus far.

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3 days earlier

"Now listen Mary, today you'll begin your first mission, the job is to simply kill 10 of the most notorious mafia members. On this paper is their facial features, height, and their guards. With your red eyes you will enter posing as a member of the Kurta clan, a slave."

"Understood, However there are a few things on this paper I'd like to point out." She said pointing to a specific person. "On this paper it says that all 4 of his guards are nen users, so, as you already know. You have prevented me from using nen on any of our missions. Am I still restrained by those same rules?"

With a smile on his face he gave her a gentle pat on the head, "Of course you are! Along with that I prevent you from using any of the throwing knives, poisons, and wires I've given you. An Assassin should learn to be self-reliant."

"Yeah like you've ever given me any opportunities to be self-reliant." Looking him in the eyes she whispered, "Swap."

"Wah! Uncle, where are we?" Asked the now platinum haired and blue eyed girl. "Am I going to have to kill somebody again?" She said with tears filling her eyes. Her first kill had made her sick to her stomach, the pain she felt when needing to kill that little baby lion cub made her adverse to any more killing.

"Calm down, calm down," he said while giving her a little hug, "your sister is just going on a... treasure hunt! Yes a treasure hunt! She'll be finding 10 treasure and taking them away from this world, but listen, you can't help her ok?" Nodding to himself he turned away.

"G-got it uncle! I can't wait to see what kind of treasure sister brings back, maybe it'll be a golden airplane or maybe some kind of bronze horse for my pages." She said excited for the future. "Swap."

"So, where am I going?" Said a blonde red eyed doll to her "uncle."

"First we need to make you look more like a slave, here put these on." He told her while tossing her some dirty clothes and two steel cuffs.

"This is just like you." She said while putting on the dirty clothes. "Making me train even during a mission, these are the same cuffs that weigh 100 kilograms each aren't they?"

Still turned away, he began to whistle.

"What a terrible teacher."

Around an hour later she and her uncle turned up at a building near a torn down restaurant.

"One Kurta clan survivor, I'm sure you'll pay me the standard market price won't you?

"Please! Please I need to find my brother!" Cried Bloody Mary.

"Quiet!" Screamed her uncle.

"2.5 billion, take it or leave it." Sounded a lazy voice from the building.

"Deal," Mary's uncle said with a smile on his face.

"Here are the coordinates for the money." Said the voice as a piece of paper floated into the air.

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"Now now little Kurta, a child should be well behaved." Said the man in the white suit while tying a gag to her mouth.

"Seems like he doesn't see me as a threat whatsoever. Thankfully this auction will be relatively small, only around 15 members of the mafia will be attending." Bloody Mary thought to herself.

"In the cage, now!" He yelled

"How delightful, a cage just for me, very classy."

Walking into the cage she was covered by a blanket of darkness.

From up above her she could hear a woman of about 28 years of age walk onto a stage.

"Ladies and Gentlemen I formally welcome you to the 3rd annual Spider's den auction!"

Applause erupted from the small crowd.

"Now for our first item, the flesh crown starting off at a bidding price of 100 million jenny and a minimum raising amount of 5 million. This crown is believed to have been owned by the emperor of the fallen kingdom of the South. Legend has it that whoever wears this is thrown into an unquenchable blood thirst!"

From the corner of the room a relatively young man raised his hand.

"200 million from the Nostrade family! Do we have 205 million? Nobody? Very well! going once, going twice!"

"250 million!" Yelled a short old man in the front.

"300 million!" Yelled the "young" man.

"A small bidding war huh? Perfect, I'll be able to tell all the positions of my prey. Although those nen users do have me a bit worried." Thought Bloody Mary to herself.

This "war" continued up to 500 million, the crown ended up being bought by the Nostrade family in the end.

"Now for our next item!"

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A young boy could be seen singing as he walked into the city. "A doll! A doll! A little precious doll, oh how I neeeeeed! A little doll." His face could be seen covered in wounds from what seemed to be needles. "Maaaaybe just a bit longer my sweeeeet sister!"

"Hey you there! Stop right there!" Shouted a city guard.

His shouts were short lived, needles made of nen began to prick the both his skin and the boy's skin.

Walking past the bloody guard he continued onwards. "Avīci, Avīci, no hell can tie me down! The mountain of needles, the red pins of blood, they flow, they flow! Down the flowerless road!" He finished while laughing, "Tomino, Tomino, my mother died and papa fell!"