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UndergroundAuction

Mafia members attending the Underground Auction

The Mafia Community's Underground Auction (地下競売(アンダーグラウンドオークション),[1] Andāguraundo Ōkushon; ()()オークション()()()()()()()(), Chika Ōkushon; or ()()(きょう)(ばい)()()()()()(),[2] Chika Kyōbai) is an annual event held at the beginning of September at the Cemetery Building in Yorknew City.[1] All the Mafia families usually send their high-ranking representatives to attend the auction, and some Mafia bosses even go to the auction themselves because it is the place where they can show off their wealth to the rest of the community and make a name for themselves. There have even been cases of Mafia families entering bidding wars and ending up bankrupt.[3]

Notable Incidents[]

The Underground Auction that takes place in 1999, the same year as the 287th Hunter Exam, is notable for being involved in a series of violent incidents:

On the night of September 1st, the Phantom Troupe attacks the Cemetery Building to steal all the auction items, killing a large number of Mafia members and their clients in the process.[3] Not knowing that the items were safely removed from the vault of the building by the Shadow Beast, Owl, the Mafia mobilizes a large number of members, including Kurapika and the other bodyguards of the Nostrade Family, to chase after the Troupe toward the Gordeau Desert.[4]

The Mafia's superior numbers and conventional weapons, however, are no match for the battle prowess of Uvogin, and another massacre takes place. Four of the Shadow Beasts; Leech, Porcupine, Rabid Dog and Worm then arrive at the battlefield and attack Uvogin together.[5] Although they manage to injure him, Uvogin eventually defeats them all.[6] Kurapika then takes the opportunity to capture Uvogin using his Chain Jail. The Troupe immediately goes after Kurapika and his comrades, but their car is stopped on the way by the arrival of the remaining Shadow Beasts. The Troupe then kills all of them except Owl so they can steal the auction items.[7]

They quickly find where Uvogin is being held captive and free him after killing Dalzollene, the head bodyguard of the Nostrade Family.[8] On the night of September 2nd, Uvogin is killed in a duel with Kurapika in the Gordeau Desert.[9] To avenge him, the Troupe launches another attack on the Cemetery Building on the night of September 3rd,[10] killing approximately 2,000 Mafia members and a number of professional assassins hired by the Ten Dons.[11] After the Dons are killed by Illumi Zoldyck,[12] the Troupe creates fake corpses of themselves,[13] steal all the auction items and continue the Underground Auction by using copies[12] that will disappear in 24 hours.[14]

Notable Items for Auction[]

Translations around the World[]

Language Name
Spain Flag Spanish Subasta del Bajo Mundo

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 8, Chapter 71
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 8, Chapter 72
  3. 3.0 3.1 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 8, Chapter 73
  4. Hunter × Hunter - Volume 9, Chapter 74
  5. Hunter × Hunter - Volume 9, Chapter 75
  6. Hunter × Hunter - Volume 9, Chapter 76
  7. Hunter × Hunter - Volume 9, Chapter 77
  8. Hunter × Hunter - Volume 9, Chapter 78
  9. Hunter × Hunter - Volume 10, Chapter 84
  10. Hunter × Hunter - Volume 11, Chapter 96
  11. Hunter × Hunter - Volume 11, Chapter 98
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 11, Chapter 100
  13. 13.0 13.1 Hunter × Hunter - Volume 11, Chapter 101
  14. Hunter × Hunter - Volume 11, Chapter 103
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