Anyway, you didn't join, right?
Saiki Kusuo didn't find the spider tattoo on Kort, and immediately felt a lot better.
"How did Kort get here?" Alluka asked excitedly. "Did Kort come to play with me and big brother?"
"Well... because big brother was planning to bring Milluki along," Kort said quietly, looking down. Alluka couldn't see Kort's expression. Even if she could, Kort had received serious assassin training and was good at hiding his feelings.
But Saiki Kusuo could hear his thoughts.
Kort: [Actually, I came to find Killua. I don't understand... why are the brothers leaving home one by one? After Killua left, even Alluka left, and Kusuo too! Isn't it good at home?!]
Kort looked up, his dark eyes, like Illumi's, staring at Saiki Kusuo.
Yeah, isn't it good at home? Don't look at me, I like home too.
I don't even want to leave the house for 365 days a year.
Kort thought to himself: [But, it's going to be difficult... if the brothers are looking for Illumi.]
Where's Illumi? We should hide for a bit.
[My Hatsu will show that I ran away from home.]
Saiki Kusuo: ...
How old is Kort this year?
Zoldyck, eternal freedom, eternal running away from home... Has Silva ever thought about changing his education policy?
"Brother Kusuo, Brother Alluka, I'm going to find big brother if you don't need me for anything," Kort said, bowing, trying to find an excuse to leave by himself.
I have to think of a reason to keep the kid here. I can't let him go astray and join The Phantom Troupe. The leader who decides whether he joins The Phantom Troupe is right here!
Before Saiki Kusuo could speak, Alluka spoke first: "Wait! Kort!"
Saiki Kusuo: Good job, Alluka.
Kort quickly stopped, his foot, which was already stepping out, tensed up. He wanted to jump away directly, but he politely stopped.
Kort: [If I'm acting strangely, Kusuo can easily catch up with me with teleportation.]
What a coincidence, I can't use teleportation right now.
Alluka noticed the ring on Kort's hand. It was a game ring, which meant Kort entered through normal means.
"Kort, can you treat us to a meal?" Alluka said. "And earn a little money in the game to renew our subscriptions!"
Oh. Saiki Kusuo thought that he could use his ability to switch things to exchange for food. Chrollo also thought that there was always a way to get money.
After all, they were all experienced people, and since they were in a game like this, no one thought they would go hungry.
Only Alluka, who was experiencing the huge problem of not being able to use the money at home for the first time, was really worried about money.
"You want me to earn money? Why?" Kort was very surprised.
If we want to get to the bottom of it, then we have to explain more.
Saiki Kusuo: [Let's talk about it in the restaurant.]
Kort had money. He took the two of them into the restaurant and ordered a lot of food during this time when no one was eating.
While waiting for the food, Kort learned many little secrets.
"What?! The brothers sneaked in!"
"What?! They're here to do a mission!"
"What?! The client is that The Phantom Troupe? The one Killua fought against before?"
How could Killua beat them, Kort?
"What?! Brother Alluka can't make wishes now!"
This was blocked by me. Until I complete the three requests, Alluka can't use his ability.
"What?! Packing costs extra? Can't you just pick it up and turn it into a card?"
Yeah, why? Oh, we can't take the restaurant's plates either.
…
After a long time, the NPC handed over the packed food.
Kort's face turned cold: "Brother, do you want to kill the NPC to silence him?"
[That won't be necessary.] If the NPC is possessed by a GM, I'll hear their thoughts.
There are such people. There were eleven game administrators on Greed Island, each with their own responsibilities, but some were specifically free and looking for things to do, living in the game and experiencing it.
After all, this game was the result of their hard work for more than ten years.
Normally, the sellers in the stores might be game administrators.
More specially, the people playing the random event quests on the road might not be NPCs but administrators.
Saiki Kusuo was on high alert to guard against them.
Other than that, the game's NPCs did nothing wrong. Don't buy or sell them, and don't kill them.
When the three of them came out of the restaurant, Kort put the card [Packed Bento] into his book, and followed Saiki Kusuo and Alluka to their hotel in a daze.
Opening the door, they indeed saw the face of the wanted criminal sitting by the window reading a book.
"It's actually real," Kort said, still shocked.
"Oh? Who's this? Our new little helper?" Chrollo looked up and smiled gently. "Hello, I'm Chrollo Lucilfer."
[He's actually not hiding his identity!] Kort was shocked again.
"...Hello," Kort glanced at Saiki Kusuo, and only said it with relief after confirming that Saiki Kusuo didn't give any negative instructions. "I'm Kort Zoldyck."
Chrollo had the expected thought, he casually praised: "Very good for In."
"In? Isn't Mr. Chrollo's Nen sealed?" Alluka asked.
"The purpose of In is to hide your aura, and that kind of feeling doesn't require Nen to use; people without Nen won't be useless. Aside from the supernatural sense, just from the sound, Kort didn't make any noise when he came, only your footsteps were more obvious." The person Chrollo was referring to was Alluka.
Saiki Kusuo also walked without making any noise, which in Chrollo's eyes meant that even though he didn't kill, his assassin training was done well.
[Besides, does he really not kill just because he says so?]
[I don't kill, thank you,] Saiki Kusuo replied with his thoughts.
[Oh, so Alluka is an accident? Why didn't you train him, and why are you just starting to train him now, and not teaching him assassin knowledge?]
You're meddling a little too much, Chrollo.
The four gathered at the square table in the middle of the room.
"Book." Kort called out his book and took out the [Packed Bento] card from the free card slot.
The food wasn't leftovers. The few of them had just chatted in the restaurant. Facing this high-paying customer, the three Zoldycks still treated Chrollo with great professional ethics.
For example, packing the food and eating together.
The three of them put their hands together before eating. Chrollo looked left and right and followed their movements.
"Let's dig in." x2.
"This action is like the eating habits of a certain small island country. Do you have the habit of not speaking while eating?"
[No.] You definitely would in front of your elders at home, but who cares now?
Chrollo nodded. He was planning to communicate with Ryu while eating, so he asked an extra question: "So, any progress today?"
[Yes, big progress. According to your line of thinking, I found it all at once...] Saiki Kusuo took out a piece of paper from his pocket. The instant the paper came out, he used his psychic Nen to write on the blank paper, printing out a photo like a printer.
It was a photo of the bomber.
Chrollo took the paper and fell into thought.
He observed the bomber's face. He was a difficult type to talk to. Although he had a smile, it was clearly fake and kind. The tall person had a straight back, and the outfit he was wearing had an extremely pure white coat...that was too weird, generally speaking except for nen removers should be low profiles.
Chrollo quickly thought, "This is a very difficult person to deal with, I'm afraid that besides money, we'll have to give other rewards, and that might be difficult to bring out the group."
[Not a nen remover, the person in this photo is the bomber, and his ability is explosion.] Saiki Kusuo's late sentence ended Chrollo's brainstorming.
Chrollo: ... What kind of major progress is this?
Alluka: "The Bomber?"
Kort: "The Bomber? I've heard of him! He often floats around in various cities doing cases, killing people with explosions, and using violence to take away cards."
"An addict to murder? Interesting." Chrollo said.
The kids and Saiki Kusuo were staring at Chrollo.
"...Don't look at me, with my current state it's difficult to kill him." Chrollo took his own dish, took a bite to cover up he was too lazy to explain the different way to observe nen. "So then, what's the connection to the Bomber and the nen remover?"
This was difficult to explain. Saiki Kusuo pondered: [By some special means, I know that the bomber will attack the nen remover and then the nen remover removes the nen off themselves.]
Chrollo: [It's hard to imagine what special means could know about this in advance. The details they know about are very uncertain, could it be because they saw a vision from the future? A power like that...]
Saiki Kusuo neither admitted nor denied it.
It was too tiring to pretend, better to not even dress up. Chrollo knows that he has a lot of strange powers, and should they think it normal.
If I don't say it's a premonition, he will naturally guess in another direction.
Alluka: "Brother is so amazing! Then what are we supposed to do? Waiting for the nen remover to remove the nen on themselves and then use our Hatsu to find him..."
Kort: What kind of way to complete the mission is this? It's too strange! Where's the information? Where's the plan? Why would you know about this, does Brother Kusuo have the power of prophecy?
Saiki Kusuo slowly drank a sip of orange juice. He does have the power of prophecy, but this is not it.
"Most nen removers have a way to hide their identity. But the Bomber doesn't seem like he would hide his identity, so we can track him. But at the same time the other side is definitely very alert. It would be good to find track down the Bomber, Saiki, do you have any approximation when the other side will use bombs on the nen remover?" Chrollo step by step planned.
[Within a year.]
Chrollo: Neon's prophecies are just for the current month.
Saiki Kusuo: Sorry that I didn't look at the timeline within the comics very carefully.
A year was clearly a little long.
[However, you don't need to worry about finding the nen remover for that, at least we can confirm that he won't be lost. The bomber is in a force aiming to collectively clear the game, there will be a moment when he will suddenly making great strikes, and steal all the cards just for himself, at that time it won't be completely silent. Compared to that, tracking down the Troupe would be the second most important thing.]
Saiki Kusuo then looked towards Chrollo, waiting for him to make at least a little prediction on the movements of members.
"My members? If they came here, they will be everywhere."
Don't start daydreaming.
"We are the type to stare at the benefits in front of us. This place is just a game, there really isn't a need for any plans. Feitan and Phinks should just grab one and be done with that and they will just stay where they are."
"If I were to guess, the pillaging of the resources here isn't very convenient. If the other members came, their chance of being in the wilderness will be greater than being in the city." [But if they need to pillage anything they will need to come into the city.]
That truly is everywhere.
Saiki Kusuo understood, and left on his own, planning to use Thousand-Mile Vision to find the Troupe to contact them
Walking out the door, he discovered Kort seriously following him out.
[What's wrong, Kort?]
"Brother Kusuo, allowing Brother Alluka to be alone with someone like that?"
[...Alluka is unable to make a wish for the time being.] He won't expose his powers to that guy.
"That is not what I am saying! Right now that is Brother Alluka, are you three of you sleeping in a single room?"
[Ah, no. We are not sleeping on the same bed, Alluka sleeps in the floor.]
"Brother Alluka is extremely and innocently... What if he gets deceived! He doesn't know anything!"
[...]
"And, also, Alluka's heart is..."
He is identified as a female.
Kort stared at Saiki Kusuo, "You can't Zetsu like this, I want to rent another room next door, can you have Brother Alluka move there at that time? Sleeping with a man like that is too dangerous."
[Alright Kort, I will vehemently support.]
Little Kort got his desired approval and hastily went downstairs.
He wanted to sell the cards he has to pay in advance for a room.
There were only five rooms on the floor, he might as well rent it all.
The unexpected forcefullness of the youngest son.
Saiki Kusuo discovered he really knew too little about Kot.
As for Chrollo's dangerous nature.
At this moment, Saiki Kusuo stood at the door and could still hear the curious child Alluka asking Chrollo questions, with Chrollo answering them.
One might assume that if this thief hadn't been born in Meteor City, he could have been a teacher.
—Clairvoyance.
Saiki Kusuo crossed his eyes and began scanning the entire Greed Island from the doorway.
The Phantom Troupe must be somewhere on Greed Isl...
Alright, found them.
Saiki Kusuo realized he didn't need to ask Chrollo for any guesses earlier—finding The Phantom Troupe was incredibly easy.
First, he had seen them before and knew what the members looked like.
Second, The Phantom Troupe members had distinct personalities. As Nen users, they weren't bothered by the cold in winter and wore the same outfits all year round.
So.
Finding them was almost too simple.
The massive Franklin, and Shizuku holding a vacuum cleaner.
Bonolenov wrapped in bandages, and Nobunaga gripping a knife with a hostile expression.
The blond, pharaoh-attired Phinks, and Machi with her disdainful look.
Feitan with his slightly torn upper garment, and Hisoka with multiple Nen threads attached to him.
Illumi standing with arms crossed, observing, and Milluki, half-hidden behind Illumi, looking terrified.
Maintaining clairvoyance for too long wasn't advisable, so Saiki Kusuo closed his eyes and rubbed the bridge of his nose beneath his glasses.
Great, Illumi was found by accident.
What's going on? What was that situation just now? Were they about to fight?
Alluka opened the door and came out, noticing Saiki Kusuo standing there. "Huh, brother, why are you still here? Weren't you going to find The Phantom Troupe?"
[There was a slight complication. Besides, if I were really leaving, I would definitely take you with me.]
"Why? If it's faster for you to search alone, you don't have to take me along."
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