"Oh? You're back." Shizuku stopped using her vacuum cleaner when she saw it was Saiki Kusuo.
"Huh? Why did you stop?" Killua asked.
What's wrong? Are you looking forward to fighting, Killua?
"Because Illumi Zoldyck is a member, and the boss said to let the Zoldyck family go." Shizuku answered honestly.
"You didn't want to let me go just now, did you!"
Is it because of the cooperative relationship with Illumi? Too bad Illumi was still thinking about how to set up Chrollo just now.
Everyone was issued a tape, but Saiki Kusuo didn't get one. He generously walked out of the students' final circle.
"Bring the money to buy assets. All acquisitions and cooperation must be done through contracts. This time, abide by the contract terms."
"Brush up any rankings that can be obtained with money. Well, don't let the points go to waste. If we want the final score to surpass the principal, we also need to build a snowball."
As expected, the Troupe are running a real estate scam.
Saiki Kusuo crossed his arms, respecting other people's fates. Anyway, dark creatures won't jump off buildings, and they won't die even if they do.
This might be one of the game's strategy methods, although it's a bit immoral.
Chrollo put down the phone. At this time, he had a slicked-back hairstyle and was wearing a white vest and sports shorts. He barely looked like a gym teacher.
He was obviously still thinking about something, occasionally typing on his phone.
"Oh? Long time no see. How's it going in the infirmary?"
He left the infirmary eight hundred years ago.
Still, it's unexpected that cell phones still work in this place.
"The simple signal tower built by Shalnark doesn't have enough range." Chrollo muttered to himself.
Your Troupe's ability to take action is a bit too exaggerated.
"The signal was good just now, but suddenly it seems to be blocked."
As if I caused it.
Saiki Kusuo covered his ears.
Chrollo looked at the time and put the whistle hanging around his neck in his mouth.
"Tweet—!"
The assembly whistle! Immediately, many people rushed out of hidden places. Saiki Kusuo realized that there were so many people around.
"Teacher! I have eight tapes!"
"Boss, I got twelve."
"Two were just snatched from me! Teacher, you can't snatch after the whistle, right!!"
...
So lively. Saiki Kusuo silently hid in the corner, wanting to leave quietly.
"Big brother! You're all better!"
He almost bumped into a wall that was six feet tall.
Ya re ya re, I've been better for a long time. Don't worry for nothing.
"Brother, long time no see!" Alluka hugged Saiki Kusuo.
Okay, now there's no way to leave.
In front, Chrollo tapped his cue a couple of times, signaling everyone to be quiet: "I've pretty much looked at the number of tapes. The three teams with the highest numbers are Shizuku's, Killua's Zoldyck team, and that what's-his-name team. Each team can get a maximum of three. Come up and get them."
That what's-his-name team is just a random team. Since they're random, he doesn't even remember their names? How did this person become a teacher?
"Tomorrow is the start of the arena competition. I will randomly give out five more tickets. I hope you... wait a minute, I'll take a call."
The crowd below: Give out the tickets first!!
Alluka asked: "Brother, do you know why the gym teacher is giving out so many tickets?"
I don't know. Why?
Saiki Kusuo waited a moment and realized that his younger brothers were looking at him.
So, he was supposed to answer. He doesn't understand what's going on in the Phantom Troupe's minds. But according to the rules Illumi told him before, the more people the better. That way, in the end, they can get higher scores in each round of the competition.
They have to win against Meruem. They must have one of the strongest people get more points than Meruem in order to get the Lord's Pieces.
So, Chrollo is basically giving away tickets.
"Killua got three tickets. There are five of us. The arena starts tomorrow. What about the other two people's tickets?" Milluki wondered.
Don't count me. I don't have any points. Don't include me.
A voice came from the front: "Who is Saiki Kusuo? A ticket was drawn!"
Who is Saiki Kusuo? I don't want it.
"Damn it! So lucky!"
Just you. Pretend to be Saiki Kusuo and take the ticket.
"Ah! Who is Alluka again!!"
How did Alluka get one too?
"Hey! Alluka, don't! Just draw someone else!" Killua roared at Chrollo.
"Wow... as expected of the captain of the first-place team."
"So brave. I think the gym teacher is quite fierce."
"Yeah, the gym teacher is very dignified..."
The dignity is because of that slicked-back hairstyle... and more, right? Why is Killua so brave?
"Is that so? Does Alluka really not want it?" Chrollo asked.
"I want it, I want it! Brother, help me hold it up!" Alluka's blue eyes sparkled.
This shouldn't be a requirement that Nanika has to fulfill, right? Saiki Kusuo met Alluka's gaze and couldn't stand those eyes for two seconds. He lifted Alluka high.
Luckily, it's gym class, and Alluka is wearing pants.
Alluka and Saiki Kusuo successfully obtained tickets.
...
After school in the afternoon, Saiki Kusuo was invited to dinner by his younger brothers.
Milluki: "You guys, what do you think of Saiki Kusuke-sensei?"
Saiki Kusuo heard the discussion about his older brother as soon as he sat down.
Can I leave? Isn't it weird for the teacher's younger brother who lives with him to be listening at the same table? If I hear suggestions, am I responsible for passing them on?
Alluka: "Saiki Kusuke-sensei, although he is very strict, and the punishments are very strange, I have learned a lot by following the teacher..."
How strange? Don't bring your perverted hobbies to school, Kusuke.
Killua: "I also think Saiki-sensei is pretty good, but a lot of people seem to hate him? I heard that someone in Class 2 was made to stand as punishment."
It's not surprising that he's hated. How is he managing Class 2?
Milluki: "I also think Saiki Kusuke-sensei's teaching methods are unique and efficient. Those complaining guys just don't understand."
A class that can't be understood is very torturous, forgive ordinary people.
Kalluto: "Last time, when Kusuke-sensei was talking about human nature, there were things I didn't understand..."
What is that guy talking about in high school class!?
"It's okay, Kalluto, I didn't completely understand either. If Gon were here, he'd probably faint."
"Back then, a lot of people were passed out on the desks."
What kind of non-physical attacks that surpassed Nen users?
During the meal, everyone's chat was fragmented. There was concern for Saiki Kusuo's health, and speculation about tomorrow's arena. The best result would be if someone topped the Lord's score directly at the end of tomorrow's arena. Although the Lord's judgment is once every fourteen days, they could start negotiating with the Kakin Kingdom first.
Even kids are thinking so far ahead.
"Finished eating! What should we do tonight?" Killua put down his chopsticks.
Kikyo goes home to sleep at night, and you guys have the arena to fight tomorrow, right?
The Zoldyck children's table was set up with two tables, one table for people to eat, and one table to put the discarded plates. The plates on the adjacent table were already stacked very high, because both Killua and Milluki had very good appetites.
"You ate too much, we should take a walk. And Milluki ate a lot!" Alluka said.
"Hey, Alluka, older brother didn't even care if I ate a lot! And Killua ate almost as much as me!"
"But only Milluki is getting fat. Why is that?" Alluka asked with clear eyes.
"Ah!! Killua is definitely using Nen to make himself lose weight!"
Some people's constitutions are just prone to gaining weight, accept the reality, Milluki.
"If we're going for a walk, should we go to school?" Kalluto, who was listening seriously to his brothers' conversation, suddenly suggested.
Why go to school for a walk? Didn't you get enough of school during the day?
"Now that Kalluto mentions it, I remember, is that the ghost legend?"
"Ghost legend!" Alluka said excitedly.
Don't forget that you live on the Dark Continent now. Ghosts are everywhere, right?
Killua started his lecture: "I heard that recently, at school, the sound of a piano can be heard in the middle of the night..."
Maybe it's Ant Pouf playing the piano.
"The long-haired ghost walks silently, like big brother Illumi..."
Maybe it's just student council president Illumi patrolling.
"In the men's toilet, there is a person wearing a skirt who is not as tall as the urinal..."
Maybe they're just short.
"I also heard that there are distorted, non-human shadows at the elementary and junior high school sections at night. Yesterday, someone specifically went to the elementary school section and heard a very eerie song! Vaguely saying... apple, apple, one, two... buried under a big apple tree! Wah!" Killua suddenly slapped the table and jumped up to scare people.
Alluka puffed out her cheeks: "That wasn't scary at all, brother."
Maybe replacing the human in the introduction with "distorted Hisoka" would create a scary atmosphere.
"It's decided!" Killua suddenly said, "If it's scary or not, we'll go see it for ourselves!"
That "we" won't include me, right?
"What is there to be afraid of for us Zoldycks!"
Although he said Zoldyck, it doesn't necessarily include me, right?
"Five people's midnight adventure!"
Kikyo needs to bring a butler when four children go out at night, that's reasonable.
"By the way, Kusuo brother is not allowed to use teleportation. To experience the scary atmosphere, he must not use teleportation. I won't use electricity either!"
Don't worry, I can't use it even if I wanted to now.
...Ya re ya re, am I completely included? Is it out of politeness that they can't exclude me? Good kids, but it's okay if you don't care about me.
Milluki paid the bill and asked Saiki Kusuo: "Kusuo brother, you don't have any plans for tonight, right? Do you want to go together?"
Saiki Kusuo was stunned. He thought it was taken for granted, but he didn't expect Milluki to actually give him a choice.
At this time, as long as he says that he wants to go to bed early, his younger brothers will feel sorry and let him have a good rest. Moreover, he is an ordinary person now, and his younger brothers are Nen users. They are elites cultivated by the Zoldyck family, so there is no need to worry about safety issues at all.
Saiki Kusuo lowered his head and took a sip of his drink.
"...Well, I don't have anything planned." He heard himself say.
At night, the Zoldyck children climbed over the wall and sneaked into the school one by one. They were agile, stepping with neat cat-like steps, sneaking into the elementary school section in a small line.
Saiki Kusuo doesn't know how to do this kind of thing, so he normally asked the security guard to open the small door and walked into the elementary school section.
"What's going on? There's nothing here!"
Ya re ya re, so rumors are just rumors most of the time.
The Zoldyck children then sneaked into the junior high school section.
Saiki Kusuo was responsible for wandering around the first floor, while the other children were assigned to the second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth floors.
When Saiki Kusuo walked to the end of the corridor, Nanika's face suddenly appeared in front of him!
For some reason, Saiki Kusuo wasn't scared.
Heh heh, so is this what it means to get used to being an ordinary person? Although ordinary people should be scared too, seeing Nanika's white face with three hollow skulls, Saiki Kusuo felt that it was even more familiar than a normal human face.
This kind of unconcealed skull face is the kind of face that Saiki Kusuo has been seeing for more than thirty years. Nanika has no expression and no eyeballs, and it just appeared like a very clean ornament.
"No, no," Nanika said.
There were no discoveries, right? As expected. Saiki Kusuo took Nanika down from the windowsill.
Only the eighteen-story high building of the high school section is left.
--"If there are ghosts, they must be above the sixth floor." After a while, Killua guessed.
After all, the six floors below the high school section have already been explored.
"Killua, who did you hear the rumors from? You wouldn't have said there were ghosts just to make me lose weight, right?" Milluki gasped while leaning on the railing.
"Huh? Is it because Milluki is too weak?"
"I'm weak? Are you guys slacking off! Did you go to the toilet and check? Did you go into every classroom on every floor? Did you lie by the wall and listen to see if there was any movement in the teachers' office!"
Milluki is too serious.
"Ah? Ah, yes... Well, we're all super serious, and we didn't even miss the ladies' room, right Kalluto?"
"I didn't go into the ladies' room," Kalluto answered.
Very good, don't go into the ladies' room just because of that nonexistent rumor, Killua.
Saiki Kusuo stood at the entrance of the corridor. His younger brothers were still discussing which floors to go to and who to go with. Milluki suggested that everyone go up together, and Alluka supported everyone moving separately.
During the discussion, Saiki Kusuo vaguely heard the sound of a string being drawn.
With the configuration of a psychic, the sound heard in such a quiet night was still vague, indicating that the sound was from a very far away place.
Saiki Kusuo looked up.
"Kusuo brother, what's wrong? Did you find something?"
Can't you guys hear anything?
Killua followed Saiki Kusuo's gaze, suspiciously jumped onto the stair railing, raised his head and put his hands on his ears and closed his eyes to listen.
"I can't hear anything, is it high up?"
Saiki Kusuo nodded slowly.
The kids believed Saiki Kusuo. They looked at each other and decided, "Let's go upstairs directly!"
...
In the night, a gentle breeze swept across the rooftops of the city, climbing on a rather high rooftop.
Everything was silent. The city was without lights and with no source of noise.
Someone in a black suit stood on the edge of the rooftop.
The night wind came from below, blowing the hem of the suit. That person raised his hand and placed the bow on the strings, pulling out a long string sound in the night wind. It was like a beginning, like the whisper of the night wind, quietly spreading through the night.
The unknown sound wasn't just the violin.
In the corner of the rooftop, a piano that came from nowhere was found by the moonlight. The silver-white moonlight draped across the black piano, and the keys exuded a faint glow. A hand fell on the keys, and the sound was crisp and spiritual. The melody also started from there.
I didn't know when the second musical note was connected. I didn't know from where the drum beats were rising and falling. The music became richer and richer.