Hunter x Hunter: Kurama joins the Phantom Troupe

Chapter 155 Fate X X Showdown

"Maggie, Kubi, you guys are here so early. I thought we arrived very early." (Knight)

The knight greeted Kubi and sat next to him, and Kubi looked at the knight.

Machi was still as aloof as usual and ignored the knight.

The knight chuckled, then his expression became serious...

"The leader told me to do that..." (Knight)

Ace didn't continue to listen to the knight's next words, because she suddenly felt a dangerous gaze...

I looked over there instinctively, but there was no suspicious target...

"Something's wrong..." (Ace's inner voice)

Ace stood up...

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"Everyone! The first opponent chosen by the long-standing Death God in the Floor Lord Battle is this man who is also facing his first battle as a Floor Lord!" (Host)

"Their names are Kuroro Lusilu and Hisoka Moro!" (Host)

The leader and Hisoka stood face to face on the ring...

Amid the excited shouts and whistles of the audience, Hisoka smiled wickedly and said to the leader:

"My wish has finally come true~" (Hisoka)

"After all, we've waited so long, I'm not interested in trivial emotional exchanges~" (Hisoka)

The leader put his hands in his pockets, his expression as cold as ever.

"I understand. To be honest, I also hate being pestered by someone all the time. Let's have a fight to the death..." (Chrollo)

"OK~" (Hisoka)

The moment he finished speaking, accompanied by the commentator's excited shout, the captain stretched out his right hand and summoned the thief's ultimate, while Hisoka took out a playing card.

"This competition is defined as a fight to the death! You can use any weapon in the fight. Please bet on your dignity and reputation!" (Referee)

"Let the fight begin now!" (Referee)

Hisoka was stunned for a moment, and the captain stretched out his left hand, which was covered with chains...

The team leader instantly flashed behind the referee and inserted a chain directly into the referee's body.

"I see, the reason why you made me wait so anxiously after the exorcism was to gather abilities." (Hisoka's inner voice)

The referee and the captain attacked Hisoka at the same time.

"Ace's chains can actually be manipulated. She is really not simple..." (Hisoka's inner voice)

"If that's the case, are you going to use the referee to suppress my movements and then attack me with other chains?" (Hisoka's inner voice)

Seeing the referee rushing in front of him, Xi Suo raised his leg high and kicked the referee into the air.

Hisoka guessed that the captain would probably attack with the chain, but what came was a kick. Hisoka was kicked to the ground, and before he could get up, the captain flew over and stomped on him.

Hisoka took the time to use his right foot to shoot glue at the referee, causing the glue to shrink rapidly. The referee who was stuck was now like a hammer attacking the captain from behind.

The team leader caught a glimpse of this scene and quickly jumped sideways to avoid the impact. He grabbed the referee with his left hand and asked him to quickly adjust his posture to attack the fleeing Hisoka.

"You used your trump card right away, probably to distract me. This is a protracted battle." (Hisoka's inner voice)

Hisoka took out a poker card and stabbed it directly into the referee's abdomen...

"I'm so happy, Chrollo! I will definitely accept the challenge!" (Hisoka's inner voice)

The referee's blood pump splashed on his face, and Hisoka felt something was wrong.

"There's so much bleeding, is this an explosion?" (Hisoka's inner voice)

biu……

Hisoka used glue to quickly move away from the referee, and the referee's abdomen exploded directly, with flesh and blood splattered all over the ground.

The referee fell to the ground with a thud, revealing the group leader behind him.

The back of the captain's hands was now facing Xisuo. The chains on both hands had disappeared, and on the back of his hands were printed the patterns of the sun and the moon...

"The chains have disappeared? When, how on earth was the referee controlled... Could it be..." (Hisoka)

The leader clapped his hands gracefully.

"As you can see, this is an ability that uses both hands. The left hand prints the sun seal, and the right hand prints the moon seal. When the seals touch each other, they will explode." (Chrollo)

"Just now, I left a mark on the referee's left hand and back. The mark itself can be completed in an instant, but if you want to maximize its power, you have to keep in contact for three to five seconds. The power of the mark left in an instant is only as great as it was just now." (Chrollo)

"But if it's a complete bomb, even the people next to it will be blown to pieces. This is the ability I acquired in my hometown Meteor City." (Chrollo)

While the captain was speaking, Hisoka noticed that something like a fishing line was dragging the knight's antenna back into the captain's pocket...

"As expected, I mistakenly thought that Ace's chains could control others in order to attract my attention and find an opportunity to control me with the ability of a knight. The scary thing about the control system is that as long as the conditions are met, you will be killed..." (Hisoka's inner voice)

Hisoka untied the glue and jumped down from the ceiling.

Ace in the audience has quietly become the commentator...

"I see... I'm using the Knight's ability to confuse people and cover up my ability to manipulate others, so that Hisoka can let down his guard against my ability and take the opportunity to control Hisoka..." (Ace)

"But if that's all... why do we need to borrow Kubiki's ability?" (Ace)

Hisoka on the ring shook the poker.

"How thoughtful... Do you look down on me?" (Hisoka)

"Or... you look down on me." (Hisoka)

The team leader opened the thief's secret book.

"I don't like to hide things. It's more interesting to play it openly. It's because of this simple fighting mode that it's particularly important to do so. It's much more important than winning or losing." (Chrollo)

"Could you please be more determined to win? Otherwise I won't be able to muster the energy..." (Hisoka)

The leader took out a bookmark from the book...

"Of course I plan to win, what about you?" (Chrollo)

"Think carefully about whether you still want to fight me after seeing my good cards." (Chrollo)

As he spoke, the team leader shook the bookmark in his hand.

"This is the chapter of bookmarks, also called the double face. As demonstrated just now, as long as the bookmark is inserted, even if the book is closed, I can still use the ability of that page. Not only that, I can also use the ability of another page that is opened at the same time." (Chrollo)

Hisoka's mouth curled up and his heart was extremely excited.

"As long as you can fight happily, it's enough. Fighting is like dancing. It has to be willing and you can't just do it on one side~" (Hisoka's inner voice)

"Can I make a grammatical mistake? The power of the bookmark, the power of the page where the bookmark is located, and the power of the unfolded page, this way it is not double but triple." (Hisoka)

"If you say so, then this book plus it would be a quadruple ability. This bookmark is attached to this book. It is not a stolen ability, but belongs to me." (Chrollo)

As the team leader said this, he turned the pages of the book with one hand and put a bookmark on a page with the other.

"Dual means that you can use two stolen abilities at the same time. By the way, there is only one bookmark, and being able to use two abilities at the same time is really powerful." (Chrollo)

"But the biggest benefit of the bookmark is that it frees up my hands. Originally, the premise for using this book was that I had to hold it with my hands, but I stole an ability that required the use of both hands to activate, so I had to make some adjustments." (Chrollo)

"Thanks to that, the troublesome restrictions have increased again, but activating the ability has a great effect on improving physical skills. Don't you think it's great to use an ability with both hands willingly?" (Chrollo)

"Then, I will introduce you to a few more abilities." (Chrollo)

The leader closed the thief's ultimate intention.

Then he raised his hands, and at this moment a strange purple aura emanated from his hands.

"You've set a new record for the number of abilities you've used to kill one person. Be proud of that." (Chrollo)

A small seal with the Chinese character “人” on it appeared in the leader’s hand.

"Any ability has its strengths and weaknesses, so the ability user will try to cover up the weakness of the ability, or try to hide their ability, or carefully choose the place and opponent to fight, or try to fight in a team. These are common examples." (Chrollo)

"I can also add abilities based on my needs, and I will wait until I have 100% of the abilities to win." (Chrollo)

Hisoka put his hands on his hips and watched the captain's next move with interest.

"It's the right way..." (Hisoka)

"My favorite moment is knocking a confident guy like you to the ground, and then looking down at your face full of words like 'I don't believe it' and 'This is impossible...'." (Hisoka)

"Let's get back to the topic of ability, the proof of humanity..." (Chrollo)

Chrollo waved the seal.

"The knight's ability to control the fate of others is the ability to manipulate humans." (Chrollo)

"And Ace's control chain seems to have no clear restrictions according to the introduction. It is very likely that as long as it is a living thing, it can be controlled. In the future, as her abilities improve, she can even control inanimate objects. However, she herself does not seem to realize it yet..." (Chrollo's inner voice)

Of course, this guess will not be told to Hisoka...

"On the other hand, this is the ability to manipulate puppets. The former has the advantage of being able to change a person's will, but it can only manipulate two people at a time. The latter, although it can manipulate more people, cannot issue overly complex commands." (Chrollo)

"That cell phone was really used to kill, and the chains were just to confuse my judgment, but... it doesn't make sense. According to him, humans and puppets can't be used at the same time. Does he have other countermeasures?" (Hisoka)

Seeing Hisoka's somewhat puzzled expression, the captain opened the book, took out the bookmark and fixed it on a certain page, then put the book back in his pocket and squatted down.

This pocket is ridiculously big...

"You must have seen this ability before." (Chrollo)

As he spoke, the captain placed his left hand on the back of the dead referee...

"God's left hand, the devil's right hand." (Chrollo)

As Kuroro whispered, an identical referee appeared under Kuroro's right hand...

Then Kuroro turned the replica of the referee's body over, took out the book, and materialized the seal again.

"Humans are really incredible creatures. In my opinion, there is no difference between corpses and dolls. They are just pieces of immobile meat. However, the previous owner of the human proof does not seem to think so." (Chrollo)

"It has no effect on a corpse, but it can control a replica of the corpse..." (Chrollo)

The leader said as he stamped the forehead of the replica of the referee's body, and when he was done he stood up.

"Stand up." (Chrollo)

Following the leader's order, the puppet stood up.

"For the previous owner, the difference between a doll and a non-doll seems to be whether the head and torso are connected." (Chrollo)

The captain pointed his right hand at Hisoka and gave the order along with the puppet:

"Go destroy Hisoka." (Chrollo)

The puppet who received the task quickly rushed towards Hisoka, while Kuroro stood there and continued to explain.

"The way puppets receive orders also has different characteristics depending on the puppet." (Chrollo)

"If a puppet copied from a human is given an order to [kill someone], their original personality will be strongly reflected. Some puppets insist on using extremely inefficient means, while others think they have completed the task before the other party dies. In the worst cases, some puppets even ignore orders directly." (Chrollo)

"But...if I change killing to destroying, for some reason, all the puppets will try to take off each other's heads." (Chrollo)

Hisoka quickly dodged the referee who was rushing towards him.

"While gradually mastering the ability, you can savor the darkness in the heart of the previous ability user. This is the beauty of "Thieves' Ultimate Intention"..." (Chrollo)

Hisoka grabbed the puppet's head, and then pulled it hard, pulling it off...

"Binggo, as long as you take off the head, the puppet will stop moving and the mark will disappear. However, because the God's Left Hand and the Devil's Right Hand have not been removed, the puppet is still there. If the puppet disappears, you can be sure that the God's Left Hand and the Devil's Right Hand have been removed." (Kuroro)

"Anything else?" (Hisoka)

The team leader took out the book, found a page, opened it, put a bookmark on it, and then closed it again.

The leader turned the palm of his hand with the arrow pattern towards Hisoka.

"Although this ability can still be activated when holding a book in the left hand, if you want to use the ability of the right hand, you will need to use a bookmark." (Chrollo)

"After activating it, as long as you hold the book with the page opened, you can continue to maintain the ability even if you pull out the bookmark." (Chrollo)

"This ability is called transfer student. When I touch someone with my right hand, they will become like me. If I touch them with my left hand, I will change into their appearance. If I touch them with both hands, my appearance and theirs will swap. Only the appearance is exchanged, and the personality will not change. However, it is easy to tell which one is the real one. The one with the arrow mark in my hand is me." (Chrollo)

"God's Left Hand, Devil's Right Hand, and the transfer student can all create replicas of humans, and both require the support of the Operation System. They are abilities of the same system, but their division of labor is very clear." (Chrollo)

"In order to defeat you, all of these are indispensable..." (Chrollo)

Hisoka took a step forward.

"So you think the explanation is over, and it's almost time to start." (Hisoka)

The leader flipped through the book in his hand...

"Finally, I will give you one more piece of important information. Originally, once the target of my thief's ultimate theft died, the ability in the book would disappear and become unusable. However, among the several abilities I just explained, there is one ability that remains in the book after the user dies." (Chrollo)

Hisoka showed a shocked expression.

"Becoming more powerful after death?!" (Hisoka's inner voice)

"It seems that you are also shocked. In fact, I was also surprised at that time. The original owner of this ability is the elder of Meteor Street. Once someone attacks the residents of Meteor Street outside, the elder will turn his compatriots into bombs to send a death message to the person concerned. In the eyes of the elder, there is not much difference between humans and puppets. I agree with him on this point." (Kuroro)

"You should have realized what I want to say." (Chrollo)

"Hmm... Once a pair of destroyers leave a mark, it cannot be erased." (Hisoka)

"That's right. Whether you close the book or make it disappear, the mark will remain until it explodes." (Chrollo)

At this point, the team leader's face became a little gloomy, as if he was thinking of something not so good.

"That's all. I have no intention of provoking you, but I will definitely be the winner of this battle." (Chrollo)

"Even so, will you continue?" (Chrollo)

"That's natural~" (Hisoka)

The leader let out a long sigh...

"Humans are so interesting..." (Chrollo's inner voice)

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[Spoof of the Brigade's short play "Fruit Farmers Want to Fight"]

One hour before Hisoka's battle with the captain...