"So you're saying you learned the truth about me from some of the Hunter Association's old legends~" Bisky said expressionlessly as she clenched her fists.
"Then who exactly did you hear it from?!"
"Chairman Netero~!" Roy sold Isaac Netero out without a second thought.
That old man never did any proper work anyway. He spent all day staring at the female staff's chests, so giving that dirty old man something to do was only fair~
Besides, Roy could also tell that when Netero had gone to visit the Zoldyck family, the old geezer had probably called Mahā more than a few times!
"Huh?! The Chairman? You know the Chairman? It really was him who told you?!" Bisky froze for a moment, then looked at him with open suspicion.
"It's true. I fought Isaac Netero before, and the two of us got along really well." Roy lied as smoothly as breathing. "If you don't believe me, ask these kids whether I fought Chairman Netero back during the Hunter Exam~"
"Yeah, Roy really did fight Chairman Netero," Gon said, raising his hand.
With that innocent, guileless look on his face, most of Bisky's suspicion faded away.
But the truth was, Roy had only asked whether he had fought the Chairman, and that part was true. As for everything else, Gon had no idea.
Gon blinked at Killua, and Killua naturally understood what he meant.
"Is that so? I never thought that guy could be that unreliable." Bisky grumbled to herself, then suddenly sensed that something was off.
She looked up and found Roy staring at her with a strange, unreadable look.
"W-What is it?" Bisky asked, feeling a little guilty under his gaze.
"Senpai, I already gave you plenty of courtesy just now and answered all your questions. So next, shouldn't you answer ours?"
"W-What... what question?"
"The question is this~" Roy folded his arms and said, "Why have you been following Gon and the others? And even though you're obviously a senior, why did you deliberately disguise yourself as a frail little cutie to get close to Killua and the others? What exactly are you trying to do?!"
Roy's calm tone immediately put Gon and the others, who had only just relaxed a little, back on guard.
That was right. She was clearly a top-class expert, yet she had been tailing them from behind. On top of that, she had been trying to join them and travel with them. No matter how they thought about it, something was off.
At that moment, the usually silent Milluki suddenly spoke up.
"I saw something online before. There are people with really twisted tastes and bizarre sexual preferences who especially like underage boys... the kind who are twelve or thirteen and have delicate, handsome faces..."
Milluki didn't finish the sentence, but everyone present understood what he meant.
Twelve or thirteen. Delicate, handsome faces...
Gon and Killua exchanged a glance, then looked at Bisky with deep wariness and distance in their eyes.
Even Roy's mouth twitched after hearing Milluki's words. He had not expected his second brother's train of thought to be that bizarre.
"That's not it! I'm not some disgusting, desperate old woman like that!" Bisky's face flushed red with anger when she saw the strange looks Gon and Killua were giving her.
"Then what are you after?" Roy pressed without yielding an inch.
"I... I'm a senior of Shingen-ryu Kung Fu. It's rare to see juniors these days, so I just wanted to be magnanimous and give them a little guidance." Bisky rolled her eyes around and started making things up on the spot too.
"Oh, really?" Roy stroked his chin, a meaningful smile curling at the corner of his mouth.
"Milluki, come here."
"Coming, aniki!" Milluki hurried over.
"Him? But he doesn't practice Shingen-ryu Kung Fu, does he?"
"What, so if someone doesn't practice Shingen-ryu Kung Fu, that means they can't be guided or taught? Chairman Netero told me before that Shingen-ryu Kung Fu embraces all things and accepts everything."
"...Did Chairman Netero really say that? Whatever. It's just one junior, right? Fine, let me take a look."
Having already decided in her heart that she was definitely going to have a nice long talk with Isaac Netero later, Bisky began carefully observing Milluki.
Meanwhile, Roy's lips curved into a faint smile.
Even someone like Killua, who came from the Zoldyck family, had received tailored training and proper Nen guidance from Bisky. Since Milluki was also from the Zoldyck family, then naturally he could too~
But...
He was still far too fat, and he was already eighteen years old. Strictly speaking, his body had mostly settled into shape already. Even if Bisky could guide him, the results were probably going to be very limited~
...
At the same time Roy ran into Bisky on Greed Island, inside the Chairman's office at the Hunter Association—
"Achoo!"
Netero, who had been holding a cup of tea, let out a huge sneeze. A bit of spit even landed on the yellow plaid shirt of the man sitting across from him.
The blond man facing Netero kept his gentle smile even though quite a bit of spit had been sprayed onto him.
"Sorry about that, Pariston. Once a man gets old, his body starts having problems easily." Netero rubbed his nose.
"It's fine, Chairman," Pariston said with the same warm smile. "But if your health is acting up, then why not just step down from the Chairman's position, get some proper rest, and finally enjoy life a little?"
"Step down as Chairman?" Netero looked at Pariston and said, "If I step down, then wouldn't you, the Vice Chairman of the Hunter Association, take over? No, better not. These old bones of mine can still squeeze out a little more value for the Hunter Association yet. Heh heh heh!"
"I see." The smile on Pariston's face never changed. "That's true, though. Over the past half year, Chairman, you really have seemed much more energetic. You've even... evaporated three layers of body weight."
"When exactly did that change start, I wonder? Oh right, I think it was after you came back from this year's Hunter Exam, wasn't it? Looks like this year brought in quite a few promising newcomers, enough to put the Chairman in such high spirits~"
Netero's expression did not change. He simply took another sip of tea.
"Hey, Beans! This tea still isn't strong enough. Go get some more tea leaves!"
"Yes, Chairman, right away!" From behind the desk, Beans—dressed in a black suit and sweating as he handled a mountain of paperwork—poked his head out and responded.
Then he broke into a quick little run and left the office.
(End of Chapter)
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