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The Chapter get Retranslated
The next day, a piece of news spread throughout the Padokea Republic.
Fitzgerald, chairman of the Gerald Group.
Was discovered dead at 12:05 AM today in his sea-view villa in the Saint Lawrence Bay Villa Area.
As for the cause of death, it is currently confidential.
***
Time: 10:35 AM.
Location: The airport waiting lounge in the city where Heavens Arena is located.
"Beep..."
As Illumi stepped into the waiting lounge, his phone in his trouser pocket vibr vibrated.
"The money has arrived."
Illumi looked at the text message notification from the bank on his phone screen, which showed his balance was 1.2 billion and 100,000 Jenny.
"Young Master Illumi is already a qualified assassin."
Zebro and Gotoh guarded Illumi on either side, chuckling softly.
"Let's go."
Illumi walked with his hands in his pockets, passing through the crowds, and boarded the airship bound for Dentora Region with Zebro and Gotoh.
He wondered what punishment Silva Zoldyck would mete out this time, after all, he had defied his words and ascended to the 200th floor without permission.
And how should he explain the matter of Nen?
He had considered not returning at all, but then thought that there was no way he could escape the Zoldyck Family's intelligence network.
***
4:55 PM, Kukuroo Mountain, Testing Gate.
A black sedan with a 'Y' logo slowly approached. Zebro, sitting in the security room, immediately came out to greet the car.
"Young Master Illumi, welcome home."
Zebro stood before the Testing Gate, greeting Illumi respectfully.
"Mm."
Illumi glanced at him, nodding slightly.
Zebro at this time was not yet the bald old man he would be 19 years later. This was his strong and robust period, though his black hair was a bit sparse.
"Young Master Illumi, would you like to try how many gates you can open now?"
Zebro looked down at Illumi, smiling kindly.
Gotoh also coldly glanced at him, a hint of curiosity in his heart.
"I think, probably two, at most two and a half."
Before the Testing Gate, Illumi looked up at the highest, seventh gate. The last gate weighed 256 tons; he wondered how many people in this world could open it.
Zebro, standing beside him, broke into a cold sweat upon hearing Illumi's words.
As expected of a member of the Zoldyck Family, at such a young age, his strength already surpassed his own. No wonder he was just a gatekeeper.
"Then, I'll give it a try."
Illumi stepped forward, placing his hands on the cold, heavy Testing Gate, his eyes narrowed. White transparent aura continuously seeped from Illumi's body; that was his Nen.
"Rumble~"
As Illumi continuously exerted force, the first gate slowly opened with a roar.
"Boom!"
But that wasn't all. An even more violent roar sounded. Illumi's eyes narrowed, and the aura on his body fluctuated more intensely.
"Rumble rumble~"
Accompanied by a deafening tremor, the second Testing Gate opened.
"Hoo~"
After pushing open the second gate, Illumi took a deep breath, stepped forward, and said without looking back,
"Let's go."
"Hohoho, Young Master Illumi, won't you try to open the third gate?"
Zebro followed behind Illumi, smiling as he asked.
"No need, I can't open the third gate."
Illumi looked up at the volcano at the top of Kukuroo Mountain, his eyelids lowered, and said,
"I have a clear understanding of my own strength."
"Currently, I cannot open the third gate, but in half a year, I definitely will."
Zebro stopped talking upon hearing this. Since Illumi had his own thoughts and goals, he didn't need to worry.
"Hm?"
Illumi frowned, stopping his steps, and looked towards the dark forest beside them.
"Because Young Master Illumi opened the Testing Gate, the guard dog has come to record your scent."
Zebro and Gotoh also turned their heads to look at the dark forest nearby.
"Hoo~"
First, a heavy breathing sound reached Illumi's ears, followed by a series of "thump-thump-thump" heavy footsteps, and a massive magical beast nearly ten meters tall appeared in Illumi's line of sight.
"Hoo~"
Two streams of white breath shot from its nostrils. The magical beast seemed to find Illumi's scent very familiar. After observing for a moment, it retreated back into the forest.
The three of them walked straight along the path and soon arrived at an old wall, where a butler with a ponytail in a swallow-tail coat stood at the entrance.
From here on, it was the Zoldyck Family's activity area.
"Young Master Illumi, welcome home."
The butler bowed to Illumi, moving to the left to let Illumi pass.
"You're back."
Illumi, who had just stepped through the entrance, paused and looked sideways at Ilmi Zoldyck, who was leaning against the wall with his eyes closed.
"Your aura suppression is quite good, even I almost didn't notice."
Illumi looked at Ilmi Zoldyck, who was dressed in a blue and white long robe, his expression calm, and a hint of curiosity in his voice, he said,
"When did you start wearing clothes like this?"
"I like these clothes, similar to Grandpa and Dad's."
Ilmi Zoldyck opened his eyes, walked up to Illumi, and asked expressionlessly,
"I heard you completed an assassination mission yesterday?"
"Ruthless and clean."
Illumi didn't answer, walking past Ilmi Zoldyck with a calm expression.
"Mom and Dad are waiting for you at home, don't keep them waiting," Ilmi Zoldyck said softly, following behind him.
The four of them slowly walked towards the Zoldyck Family mansion.
Inside a bright room in the Zoldyck Family mansion, father Silva Zoldyck and mother Kikyo Zoldyck sat on tatami mats, one step behind each other, looking at Illumi, who stood opposite them.
"Regarding your unauthorized ascent to the 200th floor, I will not pursue it."
Silva Zoldyck's tone was calm. In Illumi's eyes, Silva Zoldyck was covered in a layer of calm, harmonious dark blue mist.
"However, you must tell me how you learned the method of cultivating [Nen]."
With these words, the dark blue mist around Silva Zoldyck instantly changed to black, a solemn and oppressive black mist.
"Meditation."
Illumi spoke softly, his expression calm.
"Meditation?"
Silva Zoldyck and Kikyo Zoldyck both showed surprise at the same time, while Ilmi Zoldyck looked curious. He still didn't know the concept of [Nen].
"Father should know that I've liked meditation since I was a child."
Illumi continued, his voice calm and steady, completely unlike a five-year-old boy.
"Meditation allows my inner self to become peaceful, my body and mind to be at ease, and my spirit to be uplifted."
"And through years of meditation, I suddenly discovered that I could perceive a special kind of energy and aura."
"That energy felt very peculiar to me; everyone had it, and even animals had it."
"After that, I would spend a portion of each day perceiving that peculiar energy."
"Just two weeks ago, I often found that the energy fluctuations in my body were becoming increasingly obvious."
"So obvious that I seemed to be able to reach out and touch it."
Hearing this, Silva Zoldyck, Kikyo Zoldyck, as well as Zebro and Gotoh, all looked surprised. There was such a way to awaken Nen?
Although meditation could indeed enhance the spirit and thus control the body's aura to open Aura Nodes, they hadn't expected it to reach this extent.