After receiving the final bonus, he refused to register and ascend, came here to buy the last chocolate candy, and then left. This gave Hisoka reason to suspect that the Zoldyck family, or more precisely, Illumi, had done something behind the scenes.
"Now is not the best time for him to learn Nen."
Illumi gazed longingly at Killua's departing figure, "He is the most talented person in our Zoldyck family and the one we have high hopes for.
"He can't be like me, crudely opening his aura nodes directly. He is destined to become the world's greatest assassin!!"
By the end, the fervor in his words was unmistakable. Such intense emotion made Hisoka silently put down the playing cards in his hand.
"Forget it, the affairs of the Zoldyck family aren't something an outsider like me should meddle in."
He looked at Illumi and brought up another topic: "How about the information I asked you to find earlier?"
"You mean the Phantom Troupe?"
Illumi thought for a moment, "I also asked around at home for you, but the situation seems to be somewhat unexpected."
"Oh?"
Hisoka squinted his eyes, intrigued. "What do you mean?"
"My grandfather personally issued an order at home: any commission related to the Phantom Troupe's bounty is to be treated with the highest commission level of the Zoldyck family." Illumi tilted his head at Hisoka.
"You might not understand, but in our Zoldyck family, once something is priced at the highest commission level, it basically means we are unwilling to deal with it."
"Or rather, it's something we can't handle."
"Since we started accepting commissions, anything that reached the highest commission level, aside from V5 officials, has been people like Chairman Netero of the Hunter Association.
"To date, no one has successfully issued a commission for us to complete."
"Do you understand what this implies?"
Illumi calmly laid out the facts for Hisoka, explaining them one by one. This not only didn't make Hisoka recognize reality but instead made his eyes shine even brighter. Or perhaps, because he recognized reality, his inner emotions became even more stirred.
"The Phantom Troupe, which even the Zoldyck family fears?!"
A crimson tongue slipped out from Hisoka's mouth, licking his lips.
"What kind of person must the leader be to assemble such a team?!"
"I'm really looking forward to it!!!"
His body began to tremble uncontrollably.
"The Phantom Troupe is so formidable, it might not necessarily be just the leader; there could also be very powerful members involved," Illumi calmly offered his perspective.
"Hehehe, is that so? Then I'm becoming more and more fascinated by this team!!"
"I really want to have a good fight with them!!!"
Hisoka let out a strange laugh that could give anyone goosebumps.
"So," he said to Illumi, "how can I join the Phantom Troupe?"
"There are two ways."
Illumi gestured with two fingers, "The first is if the troupe is short on manpower, the leader personally seeks out someone they deem worthy."
"The second is if the troupe is full, you can kill an existing member, and the killer can take their place and become a member of the troupe."
"Is there such a requirement?!"
Hearing this, Hisoka's eyes lit up. This way of doing things suited his taste perfectly, and he chose the second option without hesitation:
"Among the current members of the troupe, who is the most suitable for me to replace?"
The leader who came up with this method of member recruitment must be quite a character!! This made Hisoka even more eager to meet that person in the future.
"From the information I have, the members of the Phantom Troupe are all connected and have good relationships with each other."
"If you target any of them, you might be targeted in return."
Illumi stated truthfully, "But there is one member who doesn't quite fit in."
"Not only does he not maintain contact with the other members, but he also seems out of place with them."
"In fact, I think that guy, like you, seems to have joined the troupe with a different purpose."
"Is that so?" Hisoka chuckled, "It seems I'm not the only one with such thoughts; there are quite a few with other motives."
"In that case, let's choose this person. What's his name? What's his number?!"
"His name is Omokage, and his number is four."
"Omokage, huh? I see, hehehe..."
The sun gradually moved westward, stretching their shadows long. Then, slowly, they overlapped.
Some time later...
After leaving the Heavens Arena and playing outside for a long time before returning home, Killua found that a new apprentice butler named Canary had come to his house. She looked no older than ten, not much older than him.
Rarely having a peer, Killua gave her a skateboard he bought with the last of his bonus money.
Meanwhile, it seemed there was quite a bit of turmoil within the Phantom Troupe.
Mainly, there were two major events concerning the troupe.
The first was the issue of member replacement. The original number four member, Omokage, was killed, and the number four was replaced by a new member.
The new member was named Hisoka.
Morin knew this was just Omokage faking his death, and Hisoka was a very memorable character, one that couldn't be ignored in the entire Hunter world, with significant weight and a distinctive style.
Like Omokage, he joined the Phantom Troupe with a different purpose.
His goal was to fight Chrollo, to satisfy his desire to battle strong opponents and win.
He had absolute confidence, always believing he was the strongest.
Only fighting and killing could bring him joy.
He affectionately called his method "apple picking."
Yes, the title of "perverted fruit farmer" was well-deserved.
If it were before, hearing that Hisoka joined the troupe, Morin might have joined in the excitement.
But now, he didn't have the mind to care.
Because the second major event was that the Kurta Clan couldn't escape their predetermined fate and was exterminated.
The culprit, according to major media reports worldwide, was the Phantom Troupe.
As a result, due to the heinous nature of this massacre, the Phantom Troupe was officially listed as an S-class criminal group by V5 and the Hunter Association.
[I'm really frustrated. Even though I haven't written much content, it's always getting banned... Unlucky, the reviewers are like gods.
Also, as I've always said, I hope to present something different in this new book compared to the previous two. I've always been doing that.
In my previous two books, the Hunter world had a single female lead, so in this one... Of course, I know that although the romance is lacking, I'll try to make it reasonable, and it won't be too excessive. Everyone can watch as they please...]
179 The True Culprit Behind the Kurta Clan's Extermination!! Perhaps We Should Do Something~
"The Kurta Clan has been exterminated."
At a world-famous tourist spot, the Flower Sea Corridor's mountaintop, Morin sat cross-legged among the flowers, talking on the phone.
Baise, like a drunken butterfly, danced and laughed joyfully among the flowers.
Like a fairy fallen from the sky, her swaying dance and figure would mesmerize anyone who saw it, making them unable to look away.
Morin also smiled, appreciating Baise's demeanor and dance.
Though he had seen her figure countless times and worked with her many times, it was always so attractive, making Morin happy to be her eternal audience.
"Yes, the Kurta Clan has been exterminated."
On the other end of the phone, Chrollo's calm voice came through.
"It wasn't me."
"I know."
Morin touched the pink-purple flowers beside him, "Such a big operation, you would have informed us to do it together."
"Uvogin called me earlier, complaining that you did something alone without including them."
As the latter shyly closed, Morin continued, "When Uvogin contacted me and when I heard the news, I pretty much knew it wasn't you."
"After all, it's unrealistic for you to secretly wipe out an entire clan alone."
"Mm?"
Chrollo nodded on the other end, "I'm also investigating the specifics of the situation. Feitan and the others called me to inquire, and it's confirmed it wasn't us."
"I previously understood that the Kurta Clan had strong overall strength, a decent force in the world."
"But they were silently exterminated without a trace."
"Only when the smell of blood spread from the mountains did people know about the massacre."
"To have the strength to achieve this, in this world, only those organizations..."
Chrollo softly analyzed:
"The Hunter Association or V5.
"Only these two organizations have the power to do this."
"Indeed," Morin nodded slowly, "I think so too."
Though the Hunter world has various strange Nen abilities, a Nen that can silently wipe out an entire clan is almost impossible.
Unless numerous skilled Nen users joined forces to suppress them with overwhelming strength.
And the only ones who could gather so many skilled Nen users are the Hunter Association and V5.
When the Phantom Troupe committed such a crime and was labeled as "S-class criminals," Kastro immediately contacted Morin. After all, Morin had previously said he was a member of the Phantom Troupe.
When the world announced this, Kastro and Morin naturally became the first targets of attention.
Morin didn't take any action, and there was no news of any action from the Hunter Association either.
At least according to Kastro, he and most of the Zodiacs were unaware of this matter.