"Now the twelve Zodiacs, all holding Lord's Game Pieces, have entered the Kakin Kingdom's territory. This includes other Hunter Association members; it's almost like the entire force went. We're still waiting because Kurapika hasn't returned..."
"Has no one come out?"
The elder shook his head sadly.
Saiki Kusuo: So it was a total wipeout.
"In the worst case, the Hunter Association's pieces have all fallen into the hands of the Kakin Kingdom, or they can only cooperate because of their identities," Kurapika said. "The last piece is key… Has the location been found?"
Sure enough, the last level is always one you have to pass, like the eighty-one trials that must appear, even if they're perfunctory.
"Kurapika, the new map is now known to everyone. Deep in the continent, there's a vast world. You have to go through many dangerous forests..."
Sounds dangerous.
"To reach the final King's Domain! School!"
The boss is a school theme?!
What on earth is the other me doing? It's like the hero's game where the princess to be saved is actually a baby dragon who doesn't want to listen to their mom and is calling out to the castle king for help. Taking the desire to save the world and rushing into the dragon's lair, discovering that the world is very peaceful, bringing soldiers and a team, and suddenly it's not good to retreat, so they can only charge in fully armed. Under the dragon mom's questioning, they say: Ah, actually, we're here to be teachers helping out.
Everyone would have a problem with this plan.
Kusuko: Aren't you getting it yet? These all represent the lives of ordinary people. I was only born three years ago. This setting allows me to quickly experience every ordinary stage of an ordinary person's life!
*Self-talk that no one hears.
Saiki Kusuo was silently counting the known domain themes.
Hmm, I don't get the point of this arrangement. If it's about experiencing life, he should go to Hunter Island and go to school properly.
Distracted for a moment, the group had already formed an action team. Getting on a ship to the Dark Continent obviously wouldn't take idlers, so everyone had fighting power.
"No, someone has to stay behind," Kurapika said. "Someone who's cooperating with us… a man will come here within ten days to hand over the Lord's Game Piece. Someone needs to tell them information then. Leaving a note would work, but it's better to be safe."
The Phantom Troupe – he definitely didn't want to say those four words.
"I really want to stay, but I'm not comfortable with everyone entering that domain that the Kakin Empire has already noticed," Kurapika was also not comfortable letting just any Kurta wait here for the Spiders.
Saiki Kusuo realized this was a golden opportunity.
An opportunity to completely get rid of trouble and live a normal, solitary life!
Saiki Kusuo raised his hand.
"Oh yeah, Kusuo can teleport directly!"
You can't teleport to places you haven't been to, Killua. But I can't use teleport now anyway.
That's right, having spent 14 days in prison, Saiki Kusuo had been hiding the fact that his superpowers were gone.
Or maybe everyone thinks this: Being able to get along with the Phantom Troupe's leader for a long time must mean he has Nen to protect himself, right?
Or maybe, no one would expect his powers to disappear.
"Are you sure, Saiki?" In the small room, Kurapika, one of the only three who knew the truth and cared if he lived or died, came to talk to him alone.
"It's okay, in a way, Chrollo also protected me for more than 10 days. I'm from the Zoldyck family, he won't do anything to me."
"What exactly is he planning…"
Who knows? Maybe it's to repay the favor of protecting him on Greed Island. He already paid, but this person is so polite.
…If I think about it like that, there won't be any blackmail later, right?
"Recently, some areas have been seeing wild dark creatures. It's dangerous in every way."
If that's the case, the entire Dark Continent is dangerous. "Don't worry, I'm someone who can push open the Zoldyck family door. My basic physical fitness is good."
"If possible, after meeting the Phantom Troupe, reach an agreement with them to come to the school domain together."
"Yeah, maybe you'll be back by then."
"Should I ask Neon to help you with a fortune reading? Neon has already done fortune readings for Killua and Alluka."
"Ah, that won't be necessary." Which name and which date to use are both problems. And I've never had my blood type tested at the hospital from the start. If I really went for a test, it would definitely be non-human, and I'd be taken to a research institute.
"Then… please take care!"
Nen users move quickly. They had only decided in the morning, and by noon, they had all left.
Saiki Kusuo lived alone in the seaside villa. He walked upstairs step by step, closing the doors and windows. The area without anyone around was already quiet, but now it was as peaceful as if it were in outer space.
Wonderful, finally away from all humans and living a solitary life. This is a dream that many young people want to achieve.
Oh yeah, although all the breathing people were gone, there was another being who was always with him.
The robot Warp.
He'll always be by my side, obediently hiding in a nearby inconspicuous corner and following me. Occasionally, he'll trigger some mysterious program and meow, but other than that, even if a pervert attacks, he'll run back to my side.
Hmm, a toy from my brother.
Even though it's a bit corny to say, I'll cherish it. Maybe I'll take some time to study its functions, hmm, so…
Saiki Kusuo had started looking for the cat five sentences ago, but he still hadn't found it.
What's going on? When did the cat go missing? Did it run out of power? That guy is basically solar-powered during the day, and he charges himself at night, right?
Saiki Kusuo sat heavily on the sofa. Well, I really don't want to assume that, but those biting movements yesterday…
It didn't seem like a robot cat at all.
——Two hours ago——
Neon was playing fortune readings alone in her room.
"Hmph, Chrollo didn't say a word. As Kurapika said, he's a bad guy. Hmm… who's that person with him?"
"Saiki Kusuo Zoldyck, male, probably the same blood type A as Killua. Crap, I don't know his birthday. Huh? When did it get written down?"
Boom, boom,
So many people are sleeping,
Things taken must be returned,
Things desired will appear.
The window has always got a meow,
Dropping and damaging are not allowed,
It is both a toy and a key to two worlds,
Older brother will definitely strongly criticize it.
Lying children are not good children,
Eyes of all colors are watching you,
Don't deceive with cherished things,
Sincerity can only get sincerity.
You can swing on the tail swing in the afternoon,
It's okay to say goodbye to everyone,
The guards fulfill their duties,
The king performs his duties.
White Saiki Kusuo saw the content of the prophetic poem. The first paragraph, or the first four lines, are things that have already happened this month. That's right, he did change many people's memories.
But the second paragraph… cat? Didn't he drop it yesterday!
Wait a minute, wasn't it himself who was dropped at that time! What is my brother's severe criticism? Illumi? Illumi is not in prison at all right? However, does this cat and brother allude to.
A millionth of the chance made him feel frightened. White Kusuo quickly left Saiki Kusuo and began searching for the Warp robot cat.
Finally, he remembered that it was in Love City. At that time, that robot cat was handed over to the Dark Lord there.
Reina!
Reina: "Huh, that robot cat? Because, because it kept running away, I gave it to my brother."
Kold!!
Kold: "Sorry, I can't control that robot's movements 24 hours a day either. I gave it to a stronger Neferpitou."
Neferpitou!!!
Neferpitou: "Oh, I already took it apart to make it stop meowing, it's in that pile... What's wrong, King?"
What did you do, Neferpitou!!!
Neferpitou was beating their head to the ground.
Three minutes later, Kusuko's cat paws stepped on Neferpitou's head, the two cats facing a pile of parts.
Neferpitou: "Because I took it apart 14 days ago, it can't be restored at all... Oops!"
*Her face got closer to the dirt.
"Wait, 14 days ago?" White Saiki Kusuo thought about what date it was today.
14 days ago was the last day of last month, right? The content predicted by the prophetic poem is all part of the month. In other words, Neferpitou destroying Warp was already the premise in the prophecy, so the thing in the prophecy will still happen! What day of the week is today? No, no matter what day of the week it is, it's the second week!
It's okay, there's still a hint of luck. Maybe he guessed the content of the prophetic poem incorrectly. How could that brother come from another world? The main body said that he wouldn't be back for two years…
The two cats were almost lying on the ground. At this time, a pair of shoes suddenly entered their vision, and there were also the naturally hanging white coat corners on both sides of the shoes.
What a person of taste, it shouldn't be that person, right? Telepathy can't hear it, so it's not that person, right? Is it a brainless dark creature wearing human clothes? That must be it.
"That's outrageous. You actually disassembled Warp like this. Even I would need some tools to restore it. But how did you do it without damaging any of the delicate parts?"
"Warp's corpse is scattered here. Who is the other Warp? Who else in this world needs to pretend to be Warp? No one should know him, right? Ah, there's only one answer, right? Look up and get rid of the illusion you've cast. What do you think?"
"——My younger brother's clone."
Kusuko's tail drooped completely.
Neferpitou sensed the King's emotions keenly. Facing an outsider, they would no longer cooperate.
Neferpitou stood up, looking at the man with short yellow hair. They were a little short and had to look up, they put their hand to their lips: "Hey human, do you know the King? Doesn't that call you named mistaken? I'll give you three seconds to change your mind."
"No, I'm not mistaken." Kusuko spoke human words. At this time, he had canceled his illusion abilities and turned into a normal-looking white cat.
He repeatedly met Kusuke's eyes, then looked away. Kusuke's tone of speech made him feel familiar, but Kusuke's expression without a smile let him know that Kusuke was just looking him over.
Like observing an object, with a little bit of research.
He was recognized in an instant. Is the difference between him and the main body that big?
"Kusuo wouldn't pretend to be Warp even if he broke Warp, that's the difference between you. Speaking of which, where's Kusuo? You're the only one here, could he have been killed? Haha, that can't be, clones disappear when the main body is injured. So, what exactly is going on now, would my younger brother's clone be willing to explain?"
Kusuko curled up his paws and nodded slowly.
So and so… so and so…
"I see, the superpower suppression machine's superpower elimination function can't be used like this for so long. It takes a lot of physical energy. I'm afraid you've already developed resistance and may suddenly recover after a few days of no longer injecting the needle, right? The content predicted by the prophetic poem has matched until now. How about following the instructions in the prophetic poem later? I'm sure Kusuo would want to have as little trouble as possible. I'd prefer that these things become fully on you, as to whether you want me to leave you don't know, I prefer to let you disappear, after all you are a menace. Ah, are you sad?"
"...No, the day a clone appears, it is meant to disappear," Kusuko lowered his ears for other reasons, "Kusuke, do you hate me?"
"Kikyo, how can an older brother allow others to bully his younger brother? If I were to use crime and going to court as an analogy for your actions this time, and I were the judge, I would definitely sentence you to use the human form's body to make 5,000 kinds of poses that humans can make, recorded in high-definition Avi. Wearing clothes is meaningless, so Kikyo is nude. Because I can't allow videos of my relatives to be spread to others, I will store them on my private computer forever, so I would eliminate the anger, how about it? Would you like to try?"
"Absolutely not!" Kusuko's eyes had the same sharpness as Saiki Kusuo, which surprised Kusuke for a moment.
"This is punishing the main body, it was me who made the mistake." Kusuko blinked and returned to normal, "Sorry, I scared you. Do you have any wishes? I can fulfill them all in this place. You can go see the main body too if you want."
"Hmm~ this makes things more interesting. You're definitely like Kusuo. But Kusuo isn't having an easy time being alone right now, right? It's good to let him stay in that place for a while, if he goes to school in the end. This is good, would you like me to appear at school and scare him?"
"However than that, need to repair the warp, don't know how to restore an ordinary uncle who cry the whole night, here have exact tool?"
Kusuko's tail pointed upwards.
Above, Neferpitou's abilities manifested, and the ordinary Kusuke could see them too.
"I see, Nen users."
"I'll arrange everything you need," Kusuko promised seriously.
...
The next day, the seaside villa.
Saiki Kusuo made a cup of tea and sat on a lounge chair on the balcony, looking at the typhoon.
Yes, a typhoon swirled up on the sea in the distance. He wondered if these houses would still be intact if the typhoon really hit here.
But he was still watching the scenery on the balcony.