Uvogin has a strong sense of pride.
Even though he's only a teenager, his personality and temper have already long been formed in Meteor City.
Furthermore, at this age, this tendency and his need to save face are even stronger.
So, when Uvogin heard Luke ask him to beg him, he immediately refused.
"Are you kidding me?!"
Uvogin suddenly leaped from the ground. "If you want me to help you kill someone, take something from me, or do something else."
"Then for the delicious food, I'll do it!"
"But!"
Uvogin's face was grim. "You want me to give up my dignity and beg you humbly?!"
"Stop dreaming!"
Uvogin squeezed his palms, making crisp, crackling sounds.
"I'm telling you, even if I never had again eat such tasty sticky rice cakes or the like—"
"Even if I starve to death, die outside, I will never come back to beg you!"
Uvogin's voice was filled with unwavering determination.
But to Luke's ears, those words… Why did they sound so familiar?
And the person who said them, at the end...
"Let's go, Machi!"
Uvogin angrily grabbed Machi and walked straight towards Luke's door.
But just as he was about to push the door open and leave, Uvogin paused.
"These sticky rice cakes you gave us count as you treating us."
"In Meteor City, food is precious, and you brought it out specially for us to eat."
"No matter what your intentions may be, at least, we did indeed eat them."
"In the future, if you ever run into trouble you can't handle, you're free to come and beg me!"
"I, Uvogin the Great, will never say the word no!"
Bang!
With that, he pushed the door open, pulling Machi, who remained silent, away.
Well, just as Luke had asked Uvogin to beg him, in the next moment Uvogin tossed the exact same words right back at Luke, telling him to beg…
What else could be said? After all, he was still young, full of competitive pride…
"It's quite consistent with the Enhancer's personality."
Luke smiled and shook his head.
But there's no rush for this kind of thing.
Living in Meteor City, Luke had plenty of opportunities and... Time.
"After all, it's only 1983, and the members of the Phantom Troupe are still little kids. No rush, take it slow..."
After all, impatience won't get you mapo tofu.
Not to mention, Luke now inexplicably missed mapo tofu and a bowl of rice…
"Once my ability reaches another level, I'll have bread, and mapo tofu too..."
Thinking of this, Luke slowly closed his eyes again.
Around his body, an aura began to gently swirl.
Luke had experienced the benefits and effects of the Nen ability, Master Inventor.
But he also felt the aura consumption even more vividly.
While this cheat was powerful and impressive, its aura consumption was truly terrifying.
Now, Luke was contemplating how to minimize his aura consumption in invention.
The best way to reduce this is to utilize Vows and Limitations, adding more conditions based on abilities.
Luke had many ideas in mind, wondering if they could all be realized.
Just as Luke began researching, on the other side...
"What a disgusting, arrogant guy! He actually wants us to beg him...!"
Outside, on the garbage mountain, Uvogin walked ahead while cursing: "It was just a few bites of food, what's the big deal? Like nobody's ever eaten before."
"I used to think he was a nice guy, but now it seems..."
"He's just like those bastards who always come to my territory to steal things!"
Machi, following behind, was constantly pondering the strange Mochi-Maker and the items for planting and harvesting.
Everything seemed quite magical to her.
She was curious about how those things came about.
Or rather, how that man had invented them...
Bang!
Caught off guard, Machi, lost in thought, bumped into Uvogin's back.
"What's wrong?"
She stumbled back two steps, looking up at Uvogin, who had stopped dead in his tracks.
She saw Uvogin gnashing his teeth, his gaze fixed squarely on the three men active in their territory.
Machi poked her head out and spotted the three men.
And, surprisingly, they were all familiar faces…
Uvogin took a deep breath, puffed out his chest, and then roared in that direction: "Chrollo!"
"You bastards, you're stealing from my territory again! You're so brave!"
"Today, no matter what, you guys have to stay here!"
With that, Uvogin rushed down without a second thought. "Wow! It's Uvogin!"
"Just now we were saying how it would be nice if this wasn't Uvogin's territory, and then he suddenly showed up."
"This shouldn't be the time for Uvogin to be active, and he just finished chasing the previous group, didn't he? How could he suddenly appear so quickly?!"