Well, he's truly worthy of being an old... veteran hunter who had carved out her place in this dangerous world.
Such a keen sense of smell and alertness is truly extraordinary.
And Luke hadn't intended to be mysterious or deceptive in the first place.
In front of a veteran of this caliber, his attempts to conceal his true intentions only seemed childish and ridiculous.
"Hello… great senior... Biscuit"
Luke wore a slightly genuine smile. "It's a pleasure to meet you here."
Biscuit: Senior is fine, but what's with the great?! Don't you know that just the word 'senior' already sounds a bit old!
And… You just paused noticeably before saying the adjective.
You weren't thinking of old, were you?
And that adjective doesn't really fit with the word senior.
According to our usual addressing habits, the word senior is most often preceded by old…
At this thought, Biscuit's eyes gradually narrowed.
Since he could call her by her name and even knew she was a senior, he clearly knew her.
At least, this guy in front of her definitely knew her true age.
But even then, he still had the audacity to address her like that…
Are all young people these days so brave?!
"Hello, let me introduce myself..."
As if unaware of Biscuit's increasingly menacing gaze, Luke smiled and said: "My name is Luke, and I'm an inventor."
"I came here to gain some combat experience, and also to earn a little money."
"Inventor?"
Biscuit looked Luke up and down.
Already calling himself an inventor, yet still needing money?
If he had made useful inventions, he could have just applied for patents in his own country.
That way, he would automatically earn royalties.
No need at all to come to a place like this, risking his life in battle to get money.
Moreover, for a so-called inventor, inventing is the proper path.
Things like this, engaging in violence, are likely the most frowned upon and most avoided by them.
Since the other party chose to come here, he must be either truly short of money, or perhaps he wants to try to hone his Nen ability, or perhaps it's related to his own Nen ability.
In Biscuit's eyes, she could already tell Luke was indeed a Nen user.
And based on Luke's self-described title of being an inventor, his abilities should be primarily focused on invention.
Regardless of whether Luke is such a person, let's just assume he is.
According to Biscuit's stereotype of an inventor, creating inventions always burned through money.
The other party's ability to invent might require special conditions, such as spending a large amount of money or exchanging money for inventions.
Of course, there could also be other conditions she's unaware of. If he were truly just inventing something peacefully, he wouldn't have come to such a place.
Either his ability to invent requires special conditions, or his inventions might not be anything truly useful.
Biscuit, having traveled extensively over the years, has learned countless bizarre and strange Nen abilities.
And with her professional skills, she quickly developed a number of reasonable analyses based on Luke's brief remarks and his demeanor.
And these analyses were remarkably close to the truth!
Even more astonishingly, these thoughts flashed through Biscuit's mind, instantly clarifying them.
This ability to extract information and analyze it instantly is truly terrifying.
It was honed through repeated life-or-death battles.
Only by being able to make correct, accurate, and precise analyses in the ever-changing situation can one achieve ultimate victory in battle.
Luke was very clear on just how outrageous and professional these veteran hunters were.
In this world, anyone who had carved out a name for themselves was a formidable figure.
Especially one like her, already a highly successful and renowned figure, who had even shone brightly in the anime.
He didn't mind trying his best to understand this veteran's thoughts.
So, in this situation, how should Luke respond?
"Of course, I'm just being honest and telling the truth."
Luke's thinking was simple. In front of such an old monster, any attempt at concealment would be exposed.
It would be much better to be frank from the start.
"If you have anything you want to ask, feel free."
Luke raised both hands. "Of course, if you think I'm bothering you, then I won't intrude..."
Naturally, Biscuit wasn't about to let Luke leave just like that.
"You seem... To know me well?"
Biscuit stared at Luke and asked her first question. She had already had this question in mind from the moment Luke spoke his first words.
"A little bit."
Luke answers with a faint smile while looking at her.
"Senior Biscuit Krueger, that should be your name, right?"
Yes, the famous old veteran driver, a Double-Star Stone Hunter, a Transmuter type, and one of the heroines in the Greed Island arc.
She looks like a cute lolita, but in reality, she's a muscular forty-two-year-old woman.
She's also a veteran Nen user of the Shingen-ryu style.
She usually appears in this cute lolita guise, occasionally returning to her true form during combat.
"Don't call me senior..."
Biscuit waved her hand.
"I just turned eighteen years old. Calling me senior makes me sound old."
Just turned eighteen?!
How dare she say that...
But…
"Okay."
Luke replied boldly, without even blinking.
"Then I'll call you, sister Biscuit?"
Well, since he was younger than her anyway, calling her sister was no loss at all.
Even if she, a seasoned veteran, claimed to be only eighteen, he could still call her sister with complete confidence.
His current physical age was only sixteen.
"Sister... Biscuit?!"
Even someone as seasoned as Biscuit, a veteran of all kinds of battlefields, was momentarily stunned when she heard him call her that.
She hadn't heard such an address... In a long time.
"... Sister?!"
After she snapped out of it, a playful look appeared on Biscuit's face.
"Do you know that almost no one dares to call me that?"
"Then there will be one in the future."
Luke said confidently: "Besides, you're only eighteen, and I'm sixteen. Calling you sister isn't over the line, right?"
Your shamelessness is going a bit too far…
"That's a bit cheeky... But I like it, Hohoho!"