In that battle, Killua performed excellently, leveraging his advantages to the fullest.
Conversely, Illumi, lacking preparation, didn't fully utilize the advantages of his needle people.
Killua ultimately broke one of Illumi's arms and a leg, indicating he had the potential to kill him.
However, that battle wasn't life-or-death, and neither side pushed their limits to the maximum.
Still, Killua achieved his goal, and Illumi lost the qualification to insert needles into Killua's head.
From this battle onward, Illumi likely wouldn't covet him anymore.
In Law's view, Killua being able to confront Illumi head-on was a rare and precious growth.
In fact, Law didn't know part of the reason Killua dared to settle things with Illumi directly was because of him.
In the sealed steel room, after initial disappointment, Alluka looked delighted upon seeing Law.
In his memory, whenever he saw Law, it meant good food.
Indeed, Law didn't come empty-handed… he brought a dessert, mango pudding.
He placed the mango pudding on the table, then watched Silva and Illumi approach Alluka.
The Zoldyck Family was preparing to clear the [Wish Levels]. Arrangements were underway. But since Illumi was injured by Killua, they brought him for healing.
Without much effort, Illumi's injuries were healed. Law couldn't stay in the room too long, so he left with Silva and Illumi, leaving Alluka alone to enjoy the mango pudding.
The three walked in the passageway.
Illumi's expression held a hint of strangeness, as if still unable to accept the situation.
Regarding the battle between Killua and Illumi, Silva never commented.
Beep.
A notification sound echoed in the passageway with footsteps.
Law quickly took out his phone and read the message.
"They've made a move."
This was Tonpa's message. After reading, Law's eyes turned cold.
He understood the relationship between Netero and Beyond, and the condition Netero placed on Beyond.
In the current situation, Law thought Beyond shouldn't be so blatant. Even so, he had Tonpa on guard.
He didn't expect Beyond to be unable to restrain himself, wanting to act while Netero was vulnerable.
Thinking this, a flash of killing intent appeared in Law's eyes.
If Beyond personally acted, Netero would probably be pleased because that followed the 'game rules'.
This wasn't about physical vulnerability… the key was Beyond personally appearing. If so, Netero likely wouldn't let Law intervene.
It had always been this way. Netero had his own pleasures and the process of enjoying them.
That's why Netero knew Pariston was Beyond's man but allowed him to cause trouble in the Hunter Association.
Because that was one of Netero's pleasures, even Law couldn't disrupt it arbitrarily.
The key point: Beyond didn't act personally but sent assassins.
With insufficient information, Law mistakenly blamed Beyond.
In the passageway, sensing Law's killing intent, Silva and Illumi reflexively looked at him.
Ignoring their gazes, Law opened his contacts, fingers swiftly moving, sending several messages instantly. He then put away his phone, looked at Silva, and asked, "When can we depart?"
At this moment, Law gave off a different feeling.
Silva replied, "At least two days."
"Tomorrow."
Law directly set the time, somewhat impolitely.
Hearing this, Silva fell silent, pondering the source of the killing intent.
What was that message about? Likely related to Netero.
Nearby, Illumi had no room to interject, just watching the two.
After a moment, Silva chose to compromise. "Okay."
"Thank you."
Law expressed formal gratitude.
Silva nodded. He decided to arrange clearing the wish levels tonight. Based on the currently understood patterns, at most two sacrifices would occur.
The death methods, as expected, would still be being twisted alive into ropes or being flattened by unknown pressure.
…
Including Ging, they all received Law's message.
Unfortunately, Ging and Gon were on an airship heading to Whale Island, having a rare father-son time.
Ging couldn't return to assist. After the Chimera Ant matter, Kite had taken on a new commission.
However, Botda Hospital was near the Hunter Association. Not to mention the Zodiac members residing in that city, many powerful Pro Hunters also lived there.
Therefore, with assassins detected early, there shouldn't be much worry.
Hunter Association's Headquarters, a room.
Knov, Morel, Knuckle, Shoot, and Palm were all there.
They each stood, a projection screen floating in mid-air before them.
The light source was a marble embedded with a red fox. Nique stood nearby, watching the shocked five, thinking, 'I reacted like this back then too.'
The screen played the footage he stored using [The Unseen Thing], which is Law's battle with the Ant King.
When he decided to keep the footage, he didn't know it would come in handy now.
Honestly, due to fear of Law, he didn't want to take out this marble. But compared to being a witness, he'd rather provide this footage marble.
If he could regain freedom, he just wanted to quietly disappear from these peculiar humans' sight.
"Gulp."
Seeing Law erupt with a golden Aura, Knuckle couldn't help but swallow, sweat dripping from his forehead.
His ability was special, requiring numerical calculation to manifest its characteristics.
So, he habitually quantified everyone's Manifested Aura and Potential Aura. Accumulated experience sometimes let him roughly estimate someone's Manifested Aura at a glance.
But seeing Law's powerful Aura, his number-crunching brain turned to mush.
Though he didn't participate in eliminating the Royal Guards or Ant King, he did fight Squadron Leader-level Chimera Ants during the mop-up.
He had a rough idea of Chimera Ants' Manifested Aura. Hearing his master mention the Royal Guards' terror later, he thought humans couldn't possibly reach that level.
He was also curious about the Ant King's Manifested Aura.
Soon after the footage started, he saw…
That utterly terrifying, ominous Aura almost seemed to break free from life and death boundaries, leaping from the screen to strike his mind and body.
Even knowing the Ant King was dead, his body still trembled.
Not just him… even Knov and Morel were similar, let alone Shoot and Palm. The latter felt lingering fear, and after witnessing Law's power firsthand, she couldn't harbor any ulterior thoughts.
Through the footage, they had an intuitive understanding of the Ant King's strength. Initially, they couldn't hide their shock, mentally repeating monster, no wonder Netero lost.
Then, they saw Law erupt and overwhelm the Ant King. Their minds and bodies shook, but the scene soon cut off.
Nique retrieved the marble and explained, "Might as well tell you. My ability borders on rules. When conditions are met and activated, only I can see the monitoring fox. The fox is immune to any form of damage."
"But..."
Here, Nique's tone turned grave. "You saw it too. Law's Aura erupted, and my fox was affected. So the footage cut off there. You're Nen Users, so you know what this means, right?"
Hearing this, everyone fell silent, the inner shock slow to fade.
That was power strong enough to crush rule-based forces.
'So, Law's strength was this terrifying.'
They also remember that before facing the Ant King, Law had taken down two Royal Guards.
Thinking this, Morel wiped the sweat sliding down his cheek, glanced at Knov, and saw his strange expression, feeling an inexplicable chill.
Beep beep.
Just then, phone notifications sounded.
Almost simultaneously, Morel and Knov's phones received messages.
They each checked their phones.
"From Law."
Morel said instinctively.
Instantly, Knuckle, Shoot, Palm, and Nique looked at Morel.
"Mine's also from Law," Knov suppressed a certain tone.
After reading their respective messages, both their expressions changed, then they quickly exchanged glances.
Without hesitation, Knov raised his other hand… Nen appeared, condensing into an ink drop, falling onto the floor.
The spreading black ripple became a black circular hole.
"Follow me."
Without explaining to Palm and the others, Knov jumped down first.