While he was still catching his breath, Gon and Killua caught up from behind.
"Hey, Milluki, that explosion just now was your doing, right?"
Gon and Killua had only worked up a light sweat from running over, nothing nearly as dramatic as their second brother.
"If it wasn't me, who else would it be, you~?"
Very discreetly pulling back the slightly envious look in his eyes, the pudgy second brother straightened up and adjusted his clothes, speaking with obvious pride.
"My inventions are seriously amazing. Some mere Bomber is nothing to worry about~"
Milluki boasted as usual.
Killua, meanwhile, narrowed his catlike eyes. He could never stand seeing Milluki so smug. The two of them were practically natural enemies.
"But all you did was set off a bomb and run. We're still not strong enough!"
Killua shot back, then fell silent.
That group from before had clearly been stronger than him and Gon, yet even so, they had still surrounded them in a pack over nothing more than the Sword of Truth, a card with only B-rank difficulty.
Then wouldn't the players who had already gotten A-rank, S-rank, or even SS-rank cards be terrifyingly strong?
With just his and Gon's strength, could they really snatch cards from players like that?
Killua wasn't exactly optimistic about their prospects.
Even though the two of them especially didn't get along, they were still full brothers with the same father and mother, and they had grown up together since childhood. Milluki understood Killua pretty well.
Seeing Killua fall into silence, Milluki thought it over for a moment and immediately understood what Killua was worried about. Rarely, he chose not to argue back.
Although he had awakened his Nen ability a few years earlier than Killua, he was also a veteran shut-in who adored food, the internet, technology, and two-dimensional culture. What he believed in was using the power of technology to achieve his goals.
That was also why Milluki was a Manipulation-Type Nen user.
As everyone knew, once a Manipulation-Type Nen user fulfilled their conditions, they were practically invincible!
The key, however, was fulfilling those conditions. And with the pudgy second brother's personality, his Nen ability and its conditions were most likely tied to computers, networks, or technology.
But in Greed Island's current environment, expecting second brother to use his Nen ability was obviously unrealistic.
As for his own personal strength, honestly, when Killua had run away from home before, he had stabbed both second brother and their mother, Kikyo.
Their mother, Kikyo, had probably gone easy on Killua.
As for second brother…
Ahem.
Seeing both Killua and Milluki fall silent together, a giant question mark practically popped up over Gon's head.
But the silence did not last long before someone broke it.
"Please wait!!"
Bisky wore a delicate, lovable expression on her face, clasped both hands together pleadingly, and looked at Killua and the others with eyes that seemed to sparkle with stars.
"Huh? It's that girl who played rock-paper-scissors with Gon and lost every single round!"
Killua blurted it out immediately.
Bisky's hand twitched, and then, in a soft, cutesy voice, she said sweetly,
"Please let me join you!"
"Huh?"
Killua and Gon both froze.
"I'm begging you…"
"Ah, no. The three of us are already more than enough. We're not taking anyone else~"
Killua immediately narrowed his cat eyes.
"Though if you can convince this guy to get kicked out of our team, then I might consider it."
As he said that, Killua pointed at Milluki beside him.
He was already extremely displeased with this guy for butting into the two-person adventure world he wanted to have with Gon, and since Roy wasn't here right now, maybe this was his chance to kick him out.
If the woman in front of him really drove Milluki away, then afterward he could just find any random excuse to take Gon and slip off on their own. Everything would be perfect!
Killua's little scheme was clicking away furiously in his head.
Milluki, standing beside him, only let out a cold and disdainful sneer when he heard that.
With Roy-niisan added in, and with Roy-niisan's strength and sharp mind, plus this great Milluki-sama's gaming experience and technological network expertise, Greed Island would be under their control in less than half a month!
Then when that time came, what item should he choose? According to the game rules, after clearing the game, only three cards could be brought back into the real world. That meant Roy-niisan would definitely take two, and he would take one. So what card should he pick then? What a blissful problem to have.
At that very moment, Milluki was already thinking about the clear rewards.
It had to be said, he was thinking far ahead, but also thinking far too innocently.
Bisky, after hearing Killua's words, stiffened for a moment, then immediately switched to an expression of utter heartbreak after being rejected.
But the three people standing before her now…
There was no need to even mention Gon. He only wanted to find his dad, and the woman he had had the most contact with growing up was Mito obaa-san.
And on top of that, he was only twelve or thirteen. Raised among beasts since childhood, he was still utterly clueless about the matter of attraction between men and women.
As for Killua, he had finally found a friend and companion. Having one Milluki around was already annoying enough. There was no way he was going to let anyone else join and disturb the two of them.
And as for second brother, well, sorry to say this, but second brother was only interested in the beautiful girls of the two-dimensional world. Of course, that didn't mean he disliked real-world beauties, but for some reason, when those eyes of his—eyes seasoned by countless uncensored beauties—looked at Bisky, they felt a faint, inexplicable sense of wrongness.
"W-Why?" Bisky asked, covering her mouth like a fragile young woman.
"Because you'd just get in the way!"
Killua waved his hand carelessly and answered with brutal directness.
"Ghk!"
The muscle witch instantly had countless throbbing anger marks pop up on her forehead.
"This brat actually dares say that to me? I've lived several more years than you lot!"
While Bisky clenched her fists and ran through a full internal drama of her own, Killua, Gon, and Milluki had already walked far away.
Bisky immediately snapped back to attention and hurriedly shouted,
"Wait! I'll do my best not to become a burden to you…"
She quickly ran toward Killua and the others, and in the very next instant—
Swish!
A figure suddenly stepped across her path and blocked her way.
(End of Chapter)
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