While Machi and Nobunaga were arguing, A Luo and Kurapika had already returned to the hotel where Neon was staying.
After two straight days of intense fighting with barely any sleep, A Luo was utterly exhausted.
Kurapika wasn't in much better shape.
After making a few arrangements to ensure those people wouldn't find them anytime soon, Kurapika and A Luo ate something, then both collapsed into bed and fell asleep.
Unbeknownst to them, the affair with the Spider had already caused an uproar throughout Yorknew City.
For the first time, the Mafia, who had always run rampant in this city, had encountered people who dared to challenge them.
And this time, damn it, they were powerless against them.
Even the men they sent with heavy firepower had proved useless. Nine of the Shadow Beasts serving the Ten Dons had been wiped out in a single night.
The sole survivor, Mr. Owl, had holed up at headquarters and refused to come out, no matter what anyone said.
Left with no choice, the Ten Dons could only pay a fortune to bring in professionals.
Silva and Zeno, father and son, walked into the lounge the Mafia had prepared for them.
Several other assassins hired by the Mafia were already sitting inside.
In the original Manga Plot, Kurapika would already have begun making a name for himself before Neon's father by now. But with the plot altered, the bodyguard team, including their captain, Dalzollene, hadn't been killed by the Spider.
At that moment, the boy had let his guard down and was sleeping soundly in his room alongside A Luo.
Dalzollene, meanwhile, had accompanied his Boss to this lounge, ready to work with the people there to deal with those damned Spiders.
Elsewhere, Killua and Gon had been running their Condition Auction during