Kurapika instinctively looked toward Roy, only to find the latter gazing at him gently.
"I know what you're thinking, but this isn't the place to talk. Let's head back first. I'll give you an answer that satisfies you."
A hesitant look appeared on Kurapika's face, his right hand tightening around the chain.
"Most of the Phantom Troupe members are here right now. There's nothing you can do even if you want to act. Go back first. I'll explain everything to you slowly."
Kurapika fell silent for a moment, then slowly nodded.
"Okay~"
...
"All right, all the poison in your body has been cured, and your arm is completely restored too~" Ilo dispersed the healing light and clapped his hands.
"I'm not like a certain someone who charges fifty million Jenny just to stitch up a tattoo~"
As he said that, Ilo glanced at Machi, who directly acted as if she hadn't heard him.
"Whoa! You really are amazing!" Uvogin said cheerfully. "Then the leeches inside my body also..."
"The leeches should still be inside your body."
Uvogin: "...???"
"So it's like Shizuku's ability, only effective against things like poison, but useless against living organisms?" At that moment, Feitan and the others had also arrived at Uvogin's side.
"Or rather, this ability can only heal. And the leeches inside Uvogin are, for the moment, like living cells inside his body—they haven't caused him any harm yet, so they can't be treated away?"
Shalnark pieced together his own analysis.
"I personally lean toward the latter." Ilo shrugged.
The leeches hadn't been removed?
Of course they had been removed. Dende's Healing Technique was guaranteed quality assurance~
But why lie to everyone?
Naturally, it was still because of Ilo's incurable rotten habit of lying.
And Ilo had a faint feeling that hiding this information might lead to some unexpected results~
Over there, Shalnark had already begun analyzing some of the leeches that had fallen onto the ground.
After concluding that drinking beer would solve the problem, Uvogin let out a sigh of relief.
Then he perked right back up.
"No matter what, why didn't you say you had this kind of ability earlier? With you, Shizuku, plus Kortopi and Pakunoda, our Troupe now has every kind of talent covered!"
As one of the original founding veterans of the Troupe, Uvogin was genuinely delighted at its growth.
"I think we should first report the situation to the Boss and ask what we should do next~ Honestly, you two didn't even bother leaving a survivor behind to question about the auction items."
Complaining as he spoke, Shalnark pulled out his mobile phone.
"Didn't the Boss say we were supposed to investigate the prophecy ability of that Nostrade Family young lady? How about we go there first and kidnap her?" Uvogin slammed his fists together, looking completely unable to wait.
"As for what you all do next, that's up to you. I've got a date. I'm going to meet an old acquaintance, so I'll be heading off first~"
Ilo waved his hand and started back on his way.
"You're our primary person of interest right now. Is it really okay for you to just leave like that?" Feitan narrowed his eyes as he stepped forward. "What kind of person is worth you running off in the middle of the night to meet? I'm actually a little interested~"
"Oh? The Boss already approved my going out, and now you want to stop me?" Ilo turned his head and looked at Feitan expressionlessly.
"Are you trying to pick a fight? Or are you planning to defy the Boss's decision? You may be one of the Troupe's veterans, but that doesn't mean you can casually bully newcomers~~"
"That's enough, you two!" Franklin stepped in yet again as the peacemaker. "Feitan has a point. Ilo, your ability is very special, so you are one of our primary people of interest. But since the Boss approved your outing, we won't stop you. Still, you haven't forgotten our rules, have you?"
"Heads~" Ilo chose first.
With his strength, even if they flipped a coin, he could still use his dynamic vision and the flow of aura to make the coin land on whatever side he wanted.
Sure enough, it was heads.
"Then we'll head back first and report the intelligence to the Boss. Once you've finished meeting that person, come back immediately~!"
"This guy really does have a nasty personality~" Shalnark shook his head as he watched Ilo's departing figure.
"But his Nen ability is definitely outstanding. The healing effect is far better than my Nen threads~" Machi looked at Uvogin's perfectly restored arm, and her tone still showed some fluctuation.
"And his strength is abnormally high too. Even Uvogin's iron-hard body had its arm severed clean off by a single chop from him. And that ball of light he released blew both the arm and that Shadow Beast into pieces. He's seriously strong~!" Nobunaga stroked his stubble as he spoke with emotion.
"Forget it. I'll report the situation to the Boss right now. As for whether we keep tracking the whereabouts of the auction goods or investigate the Nostrade Family's daughter, let the Boss decide~"
Shalnark dialed the number.
"Do whatever you want. I'm going to find some beer now." With that, Uvogin leaped away from the area.
"Honestly, not one of them gives me any peace of mind~~~"
Just as Shalnark was in the middle of complaining, a huge red sack suddenly fell from the sky, wrapping toward everyone present.
Bang!
"Oh? You people really aren't ordinary after all." A tall man wearing black sunglasses and a center-part hairstyle jumped into the scene. He didn't land anywhere near where the others had stumbled to the ground.
"So these are the legendary Phantom Troupe? They don't seem like much~" Behind the man in sunglasses, four more bizarre-looking figures appeared one after another.
"So those are the remaining Shadow Beasts?" Feitan raised a hand, intense Nen clinging to it. "Looks like they're all here. Good. That Number 12 pissed me off, so I'll vent on this lot instead~"
"Feitan, remember to leave someone alive. We still need to interrogate them about the auction goods."
"Of course~"
...
Inside the Nostrade Family's bodyguard car, Kurapika finally could not hold himself back any longer and asked:
"Roy, that person who released the same explosive ball of light as you... who exactly is he...?"
"Now's not the time to talk about that~"
Kurapika glanced at the other people in the car and also realized that this really was not an appropriate place. But since this matter involved the Phantom Troupe, the murderers of his entire clan, it was only natural that he would be this abrupt.
"Come to think of it, you don't actually have some arrangement with someone tonight by pure coincidence, do you?"
"Hm?!" Kurapika raised his head and looked at Roy. He hadn't told anyone about this matter yet, including Gon and Leorio.
(End of Chapter)
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