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YOUR EYES OPENED to a cold, damp room. your limbs weren't restrained and it seemed like your captors didn't give two fucks. the building was silent as the phantom troupe members were minding their business, not uttering a word. you looked to the right and saw chuuya and dazai also awake, silently calculating how they were going to get out of this unfortunate situation.

"so, you're awake now. that's unusual. a normal person should have been out cold for at least seven hours. interesting how you three woke up in less than three."

you stretched your hands as your eyes landed on a blond man with no eyebrows.

nobunaga huffed. "phinks, you know they're not normal people, right?"

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NEW CHARACTER: PHINKS MAGCUB, CURRENTLY MEMBER NUMBER FIVE OF THE PHANTOM TROUPE

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phinks roughly crossed his arms. "i know. i just don't see the point in keeping them here." he gestured to a woman in a magenta blouse. "pakunoda checked their memories already and she said they aren't related to the chain user in any way, shape, or form."

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NEW CHARACTER: PAKUNODA, CURRENTLY MEMBER NUMBER NINE OF THE PHANTOM TROUPE

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"they have very interesting memories though." pakunoda stood up and pointed to chuuya. "that one works for the port mafia and the other two used to work for them."

nobunaga sighed and itched his head. "and what's your point, paku?"

pakunoda turned to him with a straight face. "they fight with supernatural powers but not once have they fully mastered nen. bandage guy knows the basics but redhead and the girl don't." she calmly walked towards your direction and grabbed your chin. "so, what are you?"

your lips parted to give a sly remark but a very familiar giggle was heard behind you. an irritated smirk played on your lips as you moved pakunoda's hand off of your face and turned around to see the one and only, hisoka.

"oh, hey hisoka. good to see you." you sneered.

"what a marvelous surprise. when they said they caught interesting people, i never expected it to be you and your friends.~"

you scoffed and looked over to dazai who had a glint in his eyes you and chuuya knew far too well. knowing exactly what he was planning you immediately called out his name.

"dazai! don't you dare!"

chuuya got the hint and also joined in.

"you suicide freak! don't even think about it. i still have to torture you to death!"

an innocent smile plastered itself on dazai's face. the phantom troupe members watched, intrigued what the man would do. dazai stood up and marched towards hisoka. you and chuuya both groaned and slumped down.

"it's the end for him." chuuya murmured.

"fly high, i guess." you murmured back.

dazai walked up to hisoka who had a puzzled expression. "would you do me the honor of ridding me from this world?" he asked with twinkling eyes. the phantom troupe deadpanned as hisoka declined, saying that dazai had potential and refused to let it go to waste.

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hours passed and the troupe still had absolutely no idea what to do with the three of you.

"whatever! me and nobunaga have a mission to do so just babysit those three until boss gets back" machi crossed her arms.

pakunoda nodded her head. "i agree, we should just keep them here and boss will deal with them. after all, he's the one who said not to kill them."

at last, the troupe settled down on an agreement. you internally sighed, irritated that the situation dragged in for this long.

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