"Franklin said there was another little boy who attacked Uvogin at the time. Before Franklin could help, Uvogin was taken away by the chain. So our enemy is still the chain user," Shalnark continued his explanation.

"Franklin, did the little boy who fought Uvogin have upright Hatsu?" Chrollo looked at Killua briefly and asked.

"Yes, but I didn't see the chain user. I only saw the chains," Franklin said.

How annoying. Chrollo covered his mouth, deep in thought. The spiders fell into a state of waiting.

"We can't determine anything just from the chains, but I just thought of something. Does the auction's item list have Scarlet Eyes? Probably so. The biggest underground auction of the year always has to have Scarlet Eyes present. There were three people who attacked you, two of whom were Killua and... Gon, right?"

Chrollo knows the other person is called Gon!

Killua and the Phantom Troupe members were surprised.

Chrollo's eyes fell on Killua. Without Pakunoda, his eyes could still tell any lying reactions. He walked towards Killua, put his hand on his shoulder, and stroked Killua's neck, placing his index finger on the main artery.

This is a hint. Resisting means death. Not answering properly means death.

"Is the chain user Kurapika?"

Even with Ren training, people will still have a moment of awkwardness when they decide to lie. Ren training can only make that unnaturalness shrink to the point where it can't be noticed.

Killua started playing games where his life was at stake when he was three years old. As a Transformer, he has a natural talent for lying.

But Killua is facing Chrollo.

A straight-A student who has been learning disguise and deception for his ability since he was 13, until he was 26.

Even if Killua has a talent and received rigorous Zoldyck training, his experience is far beyond Killua's.

"Huh? Kurapika? We haven't seen each other for a long time. Come on, you guys checked me out before. I really don't know the chain user!" Killua said.

"Your neck is under my hand, but you aren't afraid. Is it because your brother is next to you?" Chrollo said.

Killua's pupils shrank, and he suddenly looked up: "You, how do you know..." [How does this person know everything!]

Ah, because he was Shalnark from the Hunter Exam, Killua. Saiki Kusuo added in his mind.

Chrollo didn't need to answer Killua's question. He had already made a decision in his mind, and he glanced at the Troupe members.

"Kurapika, blond hair, 18 years old, his height half a year ago was only about 5 centimeters shorter than me, a survivor of the Scarlet Eyes clan," Chrollo said. "He has a great hatred for The Phantom Troupe."

"His initial purpose for coming to Yorknew City should have been for the Scarlet Eyes. He just didn't expect The Phantom Troupe to attack the auction. The previous suspicion of the Nostrade family is likely correct. Focus on investigating the new people who joined in recent months. If there are no clues, look at other mafia groups."

"Boss, isn't there a faster way? Pakunoda and Uvogin could be..."

"You can rest assured about that. Based on my impression of them in the Hunter Exam, their feelings for each other are deep, and they value their friends very much. They won't abandon their partners. As long as the other party wants to let this kid called Killua get away safely, Pakunoda and Uvogin can come back."

After speaking, Chrollo looked at Saiki Kusuo, who hadn't left. He didn't say anything, but in his heart, he asked: [What is your choice?]

Which side will you stand on, or will you unconditionally save your brother now?

In Chrollo's impression, Saiki Kusuo is also a person who cares very much about his younger brother.

Saiki Kusuo's answer was direct and simple.

He turned his head and left.

Killua's expression was complicated.

...

Well, after all, the other members of the Troupe wouldn't allow him to stay here. They only accept people who are tied up and controlled. It would be very troublesome.

Saiki Kusuo walked into the ruins and hid his presence. The spiders no longer watched him.

"Don't completely relax your guard. This pink-haired guy has the ability to teleport. Someone must always be in contact with this hostage kid. Machi, you control him," Chrollo handed Killua over to Machi.

"Shalnark is enough to investigate the information. The rest of you, tell me your names, blood types, ages, and birthdays," Chrollo said, explaining the reason for keeping everyone here. "I'll use my fortune-telling ability to learn more."

...

Saiki Kusuo walked into the alley.

In order to allow the hail of bullets to hit Saiki Kusuo, Franklin probably increased the range. Even at such a distance, bullet holes remained on the walls.

There were also louder sounds in this uninhabited alley. It was animals.

Because the number of people around had decreased, the animals' thoughts were especially clear.

[Everyone, we are cats.]

[Cats are the noblest creatures in the world. Everyone has seen them more or less in their short lives, the way domestic cats dominate the world. Domestic cats will team up in groups of one or more to completely tame a human family. The tamed human family will take care of the domestic cats until they die! Hunting, bathing, even burying poop! Human beings who are completely tamed will take care of domestic cats to the best of their understanding!]

[Is this okay? Is this able to maintain our cats' noble souls!]

[Our claws can tear everything. We should fearlessly climb tall trees several meters high to look up at the sky. We should run freely in every environment! Freely from the ground to the garbage dump, freely jumping onto walls and windows, freely choosing to climb onto the eaves or crawl into cardboard boxes! Instead of conforming to human habits and staying in small, coffin-like rooms!]

[We are wild cats, fearless and undaunted. We are wild cats, but we are in groups! We may die individually, but we will gather together to pass on the most basic and precious spirit of cats!]

--What a bunch of cats with edgy disease.

The excessively intense speech allowed Saiki Kusuo to hear every word clearly.

[Of course, we have always lacked the opportunity to expand our wild cat spirit and the power to expand our group, but today, I think we can do it.]

Oh? Tell me about it. Saiki Kusuo stood still, feeling bored. Anyway, he was waiting for The Phantom Troupe to come out. After all, Killua's life is too precious. If he dies carelessly, he will have the responsibility of the butterfly effect.

[We have this mysterious power!]

[ The bullets that gave us power have allowed eight cats, including me, to gain incredibly powerful and mysterious power. We can feel the power coming from ourselves!]

[Fat Gold's paw destroying the iron bucket proves the power of this power, and Mizu-chan, who was accidentally affected and injured by Fat Gold, also gained this power...]

The more Saiki Kusuo listened, the weirder it got.

He originally thought it was just ordinary felines being arrogant, but the bullets and mysterious power gave him an ominous premonition.

Saiki Kusuo walked towards the sound of the cats.

The cats were in an abandoned small yard. Nearly half of the yard wall was destroyed. There was a lot of waste in the yard. There was a high place where waste was piled up. A black cat with a ring of white fur stood on it.

Below him, there were eight cats of different breeds and sizes surrounding him, and many other ordinary cats.

Saiki Kusuo immediately noticed the power on those cats, Nen.

Don't be too ridiculous.

No, this is possible. It is indeed possible for animals to awaken Nen in this world. Nen is life energy. Ants can learn it. This group of wild cats has enough intelligence and bodies trained from birth in life and death to be able to open Nen.

Just like the ninja world also has ninja beasts. Don't discriminate against the animals of the hunter world. They are all animals. Cats can also...

[We will lead all cat clans to dominate the world!]

No, can't do it, Zetsu can't do it.

Is it just good luck? Generally, creatures hit by Nen will die. The sweeping of the Nen bullets actually took away the lives of some cats. The corpses were gathered in the pit in the corner.

But these eight cats survived by chance, and they also unintentionally learned how to pass on their power to their companions.

Saiki Kusuo suddenly felt a headache. His predictive ability was taking effect.

The scene of the black cat killing the child without mercy, the scene of the cats occupying the food factory, they everywhere seizing human resources, getting injured can run away, find a corner to gather companions and grow again.

It was also listed as a B-level threat by the Hunter Association…

What a Phantom Troupe cat version, don't be too ridiculous. Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on novel•fire.net

Saiki Kusuo looked at the group of cats in front of him. Should he kill them all immediately? They are just cats anyway?

No, Saiki Kusuo wouldn't kill casually even if they were cats. After all, he could hear what they were saying. In his eyes, smart cats are just like three-year-old children and some stupid adults.

He has to give this group of cats the right guidance.

The acceptable guidance is definitely not the kind of method Saiki Kusuo used when he made a deal with the black bear.

The command of the strong will indeed temporarily subdue animals with few brain cells, but as long as time passes, the animal will forget the oppression and rebel. It is not a long-term solution.

And if he teaches them as a human, I'm afraid this group of cats with eyes higher than the sky won't agree, right?

Oh well, in order to prevent a ridiculous phantom thief cat group from appearing in the world... Saiki Kusuo silently transformed.

Two hours later, Saiki Kusuo, a snow-white cat with white-rimmed green glasses and wristbands in his hand, appeared.

"Meow!" [Who!]

"Meow meow, meow meow meow?" [A guy I've never seen before, looks like a house cat, was he abandoned?]

Perhaps because of his snow-white body, Saiki Kusuo was attacked by many meows as soon as he appeared. After all, wild cats are rarely so clean.

Oh well, this is inconvenient for everyone to read, how about temporarily changing the meows into direct speech?

*He was accepted by God.

On top of the trash pile, the black cat that was originally giving the speech lightly jumped down: "Everyone, please be safe, abandoned house cats are wild cats, what we have to do is teach him the rules of being a wild cat, as long as he passes the trial, he will be one of us."

Saiki Kusuo's X-ray vision could see that the cat was actually about the same size as him, but it knew how to make good use of its fur. The hair on its body was slightly puffed up, making it look a little stronger.

"Tell me, where are you from?"

[Oh well, from another world, aren't you too? If we were on the blue planet we might be fellow villagers.]

No wonder Saiki Kusuo suspected it. The cat's behavior was too strange, as if it had opened its mind.

As for why he revealed that he came from another world... cats can't speak, so he can rest assured.

"Which direction is the other world? What are you talking about?" the black cat asked suspiciously.

[Then let's say Kukuroo Mountain at an altitude of 3,000 meters.]

"Where is that again?"

[You have so little knowledge, and you dare to think about dominating the world?]

"You better watch your words, kid!" a very strong orange cat shouted.

"What does this newcomer cat know?" a mini black cat also said.

"It's okay, Fat Gold, Afei, I accept opinions and criticisms," the black cat said calmly. He couldn't see Nen on this white cat, but he could feel the potential danger in the cat's body with his animal instinct. "What is your reason for denying me?"

[You are too weak and don't know the world.]

"You seem to have seen a lot of worlds," the black cat said calmly. "Then you should know that there are cats outside of cats and dogs outside of dogs."

Sorry, active mind reading for 36 years and I have never heard of this word.

"If it were before, I would have taken care of everyone's weakness and lived here in hiding. But now we have the power to change the environment!" the black cat raised his head high, and the slightly longer white fur around the neck fluttered in the wind, making it quite majestic.

"Little Water can turn off the fan, his battery is limited, we should use him when it's very hot." The black cat nodded to the side, and the little blue cat who was turning on the fan for the leader was pulled down by the neck by a fat cat.

The ones who spoke and acted were the cats who already knew Nen.

[We mastered the power of the wind a long time ago. This white cat must be shocked by our wisdom, right?] the black cat thought.

But when the black cat looked up, he noticed that Saiki Kusuo was still sitting calmly in the same place.

It was a little surprising, but a fan? I don't need this kind of electrical appliance at all.

Saiki Kusuo raised a paw and held a small wooden stick in the center of his fingertip.

The wooden stick started spinning on his furry cat paw, gradually spinning faster and faster, so fast that the cats' sharp eyes couldn't keep up, and so fast that the wooden stick was comparable to a small top! Wind radiated from his fingertips, and its power had long surpassed the fan that was blowing just now!

Countless cats fed back their shock in their minds.

Saiki Kusuo's prestige has improved.

"You don't have that mysterious power... how do you do it?! If you possess it..." the black cat was shocked and had already thought of cooperation in his mind.

[I won't cooperate with you,] Saiki Kusuo refused first. [The power I have is much more advanced than the power you have. Yours is just low-level power, so I said you are too naive.]

Cats are still beasts after all. After Saiki Kusuo finished speaking, countless cats felt unconvinced in their hearts. This is exactly what Saiki Kusuo wanted.

[Those of you with mysterious powers, attack me with all your strength. If you can hurt one of my hairs, I will follow you.]

Oh? The atmosphere around the cats suddenly became solemn.

The black cat pondered for a while, then walked towards Saiki Kusuo, but slowly bent his back.

"Do you know what this represents..." [This is declaring war on me, fighting for the position of leader!]

No, not at all. What do I want the position of leader for?

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