However, some people who knew Genthru also came up to him.
"Oh! Genthru, is this your new pet?" Someone suddenly appeared, chatting away without asking, and even poked Panda Bear.
[Yeah.]
Saiki Kusuo didn't even want to move, just looked up: [Pass.]
Chrollo Panda Bear, enduring the poke to his face: [What's the reason? You haven't even asked anything yet.]
[You can tell at a glance from his shady face that he's just cannon fodder.]
Chrollo: […Be a little more normal with your screening.]
Saiki Kusuo looked at the people in the area. Except for two certain people, they were all so unfamiliar.
Some might wonder, since he's read the manga, why can't he just find the people directly?
Hisoka's face changed a lot from 1998 until now, it's hard to recognize him without the water drop and star marks, and the flipped up hairstyle.
Back when Illumi first met Hisoka and came home to complain about the weirdo he met.
Saiki Kusuo didn't recognize that kid was Hisoka.
The difference between the 2D and 3D worlds is huge, not to mention the other Nen users were just fleeting small characters, he had a stronger impression of that giant centipede-like Nen beast than the Nen users themselves.
Wait a minute, Nen beast?
Saiki Kusuo remembered the Nen remover saying something like: We're going to have to add another troublesome partner.
Does that mean besides that one, there are other Nen beasts around him?
Saiki Kusuo suddenly stood up and looked around.
[Did you find a new Hatsu, master?] Panda Bear was lying on Saiki Kusuo's shoulder, seeming a little tired.
What kind of roleplay are you doing?
Saiki Kusuo said: [I realized the Nen remover has Nen beasts.]
Chrollo: […That's important information!]
[It's not that important, no one here has released their Nen beast.]
[No, it's very important!] Chrollo Panda Bear stood up, [If you have a Nen beast, you can ask them to help with game tasks. Even on the hunter task website, they often specifically want Nen users with Nen beasts.]
It was getting closer to nine o'clock, and almost everyone had arrived.
A plan formed in Chrollo's mind, and Saiki Kusuo heard it all.
As long as they claim to have obtained a task clue, and invite Nen users with Nen beasts to help complete the task, those with Nen beasts will immediately think of themselves. Even if they don't appear on purpose, others nearby will think of people with Nen beasts in this group.
It might be the Nen remover's people, and none of them will escape.
Saiki Kusuo improved the plan: [The one square meter of coastline is difficult, so we need more people to complete it.]
Chrollo: [Okay, let's use that. You go on stage and talk.]
Saiki Kusuo: ...
What should I do? I don't want to talk anymore.
Using words to achieve goals is too troublesome.
After almost an hour of working together, Chrollo realized this young master was really shy.
But Chrollo had to achieve his goals, and he couldn't give in.
[Well, well, just this once.] Saiki Kusuo sighed, [Bisky also has a Nen beast. If possible, I'd like you to meet her, I hope she can be my brother's Nen training teacher.]
Chrollo Panda Bear blinked: [Okay, I'll remember and remind you?]
[No, soul swap. You use my body.]
As soon as he said it, he did it. Saiki Kusuo was about to touch the Panda Bear on his shoulder, but it scrambled to dodge him.
[Wait, that can't be done.] Chrollo said.
Saiki Kusuo: ?
What do you mean it can't be done? If I say it can be done, it can be done. Saiki Kusuo was speechless, his hand hanging in the air.
[That way you wouldn't be able to use your Nen.] Chrollo shook his head, [Nen is yours. Maybe I could use it after possessing your body, but your illusions are very complicated, right? I can't possibly use your abilities perfectly the first time, and we only have this one chance to play Genthru.]
Saiki Kusuo: [My abilities are attached to my soul.]
Chrollo: [Impossible.]
What do you mean impossible? My superpowers came to this world with my soul, they're not like Nen.
Chrollo shook his head very firmly: [The appearance of Nen does require a person's will and soul to construct it, but Nen is a kind of life energy that must be supported by the body…]
Saiki Kusuo: [Okay, you talk too much. Mine is attached to my soul.]
Chrollo Panda Bear frowned and held his head with both hands: […Even if you can see souls, it's done with Nen. That's the underlying logic, like a math formula. When we swap souls, the one using the ability is me in your body.]
Saiki Kusuo couldn't explain it to this Nen expert.
[Practice makes perfect.]
[Wait! At least go outside, if it's here…]
Saiki Kusuo closed his eyes, the Panda Bear was right against him, and with a clap, Chrollo's soul entered Saiki Kusuo's body.
Would others abuse his superpowers if they entered his body?
Don't worry, absolutely not. Everything was as Saiki Kusuo said, no one had permission to use his superpowers.
Saiki Kusuo dived into the Panda Bear's body, and touched his own body the whole time. The true illusion didn't disappear for a moment.
Okay Chrollo, start your acting performance, I'm going offline.
The Panda Bear's body was easy to get used to, but after Saiki Kusuo turned over, he became a white cat.
This is more suitable for an animal.
And he only needed a moment to transform.
Saiki Kusuo felt that his superpowers were already strengthening the body of this chameleon cat.
His soul was very strong, how long could this body support it? He hoped the chameleon cat was okay.
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You can trick one person, and you can trick a group of people.
Chrollo was capable. He took over the meeting and inserted a new goal, leading everyone to recommend themselves and to push forward all the people in the area with Nen beast abilities, testing how they used their abilities.
Finding the Nen remover was a natural thing.
The meeting lasted for almost an hour. After it ended, Chrollo made an appointment with the Nen remover to meet at a café in Masadora at one o'clock the next afternoon with the people he had arranged, and planned to switch back to Saiki Kusuo's body.
[No, not yet.]
"Why?"
[Look back.]
Chrollo turned around. A glass of wine was held up to his face, and a pointed fingernail with nail polish reached over from the other side. A man stood behind him, about to put his arm around his shoulders.
Chrollo frowned, turned on his heel, and left Hisoka's embrace.
"Oh, what a shame~ Don't be afraid, I'm here to talk about working together." Hisoka stood with his hands on his hips, shaking a glass of wine in his other hand. The red wine in the glass looked like dripping blood, a dangerous taste under the moonlight.
"Genthru, let's work together~ Don't limit yourself to Nen beasts."
Chrollo hesitated for three seconds, thinking of a solution to trick Hisoka into working with them, and then watching him fly away alone.
Although it would expose his non-player status, it felt like it would work, it would make Hisoka disappear right away.
"Please, add me as well." Bisky appeared quietly, scaring Chrollo again.
Chrollo: That's weird. Why is my perception so weak?
Saiki Kusuo: Because you don't have the telepathy superpower.
Selective deafness. Saiki Kusuo's brain is usually filled with telepathy, so his body is used to ignoring those subtle, hidden footsteps. He can directly hear people's thoughts, so he doesn't need very sharp perceptive functions.
Both advanced Nen users were hiding as they approached.
Chrollo originally wanted to simply refuse, but remembering Saiki Kusuo's instructions to get to know Bisky, he looked around and said in all directions: "Okay, you two. I don't think it's convenient to discuss the time and location in detail here. Let's meet tomorrow at six o'clock in front of the monument in Andoni Ba Square."
Saiki Kusuo cat: Why are the one o'clock meeting and today's meeting at two different locations, did you already decide that I'm going to run back and forth tomorrow?
With the time arranged, the players weren't worried about not being able to find people they had met, maybe because there was a way to contact each other in the game. The two left the area neatly.
Saiki Kusuo also quickly swapped bodies with Chrollo, ran back to the hotel in three minutes, and stuffed Chrollo's soul back into his own body.
"—Phew!" Chrollo breathed a sigh of relief, "It's much more comfortable. My own body is more free."
Like Kikyo, the body you've been with since birth is the most suitable for a soul.
Saiki Kusuo tried his own body. His soul had left and returned. He wondered if his superpowers would become unstable again.
Huh? How come there's a letter on the table?
"That…" Chrollo said from the bed, "Can you set me free now? Saiki."
So he was still tied up.
Saiki Kusuo, without even looking, raised his hand to untie him, staring at the letter as he read.
—Kusuo, although you are already an adult, in theory, I can't control you. But given that the prey you're aiming for is dangerous, as your older brother, it's necessary to pay attention to your physical and mental health. I don't mean to stop you, please come to Masadora to find me and them one day in the future. We will be there waiting for you.
Why does this look a little strange? What's going on? What prey? Does it mean I see money as prey?
The letter should be from Illumi, but the meaning is incomprehensible.
Saiki Kusuo put down the letter, the psychic rarely confused.
He had known Illumi for eighteen years and still didn't understand him. Chrollo, who's the same age, can you understand him?
Saiki Kusuo turned around.
But he found that the bed board had collapsed. Chrollo was half-kneeling on the ground, holding on to the edge of the bed, tearing off the twisted restraints on his body.
"Ahem, are you indirectly showing your dissatisfaction by letting it go? But the task will be over soon, I will transfer all the money in the card to you."
[…It's the unselective loss of control of superpowers.]
"Unselective?" Chrollo looked around at the other parts of the bed. The frame was fine, it just felt like only he was injured.
Saiki Kusuo slammed his hand on the table. The table floated into the air, all normal, why did the bed collapse only when he used it on Chrollo?
He used another restoration, restoring the table and the chairs on the ground that had been blown into pieces earlier. The tables and chairs were brand new, as if they had just been made by an craftsman.
So the only reason can be that Chrollo was really unlucky today, right?
…
December 31st.
Early in the morning, Saiki Kusuo found the members of the troupe, Bonolenov, in the love city, Ai Ai.
Although he didn't know why Bonolenov was in the love city.
But it seemed like he was living well here, and many dating NPCs don't discriminate against people's appearances.
Saiki Kusuo used this opportunity to inform the Phantom Troupe about the transaction with the Nen remover at one o'clock, and the negotiation of the transaction was officially conducted by…
Milluki Zoldyck.
Masadora, at an open air table outside a restaurant.
The Phantom Troupe gathered, the Zoldycks gathered.
Chrollo? He was left in the hotel.
Milluki had seen a lot. The 12-year-old patted his clothes and demanded a high price: "I want to charge 5% of the transaction price as a commission."
"Whatever, as long as the deal is done."
Few of the Troupe members were sitting properly. Phinks had his foot on the chair as the main speaker, others were leaning against pillars, or squatting on the ground poking at weeds and joking.
Milluki was seeing such a casual attitude for the first time, and turned to look at his older brothers: [Are they really going to pay? Are they really going to pay, the thieves!]
[They will, don't be afraid Milluki.] Saiki Kusuo soothed the child.
Milluki: [Then do they have a lot of money? They agreed so readily, did I lose out!]
"Milluki, you can give non-discount prices to customers like the Phantom Troupe who don't treat money like money, " Illumi said.
Illumi, why did you say that in front of the Troupe?
"But the price has already been decided, this will do." Illumi hugged one arm across his chest, and held up the fingers of the other, "However, Milluki is talking about in-game money. Can the Troupe pay that?"
"In-game? What do you need so much money for in the game?" Phinks raised an eyebrow, "It's more troublesome to steal money inside there."
"The kids want to play in the game, it won't be fun without money. Right, Milluki?"
"Ah! Right! What I want is game money!" Milluki perked up. With this income, he feels like he can quickly buy a villa in Masadora!
In-game house prices are cheap, since no one is speculating there, but it's hard to earn money in the game! It would be great if the Troupe helped!
"Whatever, Phinks, we stole a lot of junk cards, selling them should be enough, right?" Feitan said, "The head trusts the Zoldycks' reputation, as long as it solves the problem."
Milluki nodded quickly, "Then, we have a deal!"
Milluki raised his hand, a screen appeared in the air, declaring the contents of the transaction in front of both parties and receiving their agreement.
"After making a deal with the Nen remover, tell him that we have four more people who need a Nen remover," Phinks said.
"Are you sure you want to ask after making a transaction?" Milluki asked.
"Yes, if I were the Nen remover, I would be wary of this kind of continuous transaction. It's hard for the trouper's identity to put the other side at ease. At least make sure that the boss' Nen is taken off first." [he is of course referring to Chrollo]
There was such a consideration.
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