One sentence made many humans feel unhappy. Well, after all, that statement was too arrogant.
Saiki Kusuo's good ears heard it.
[Tch, we came for profit. Who cares about the principal?]
The Ant King's ranking is the highest NO.1 on every list.
[Don't underestimate humans! Let someone from the Hunter Association... let Kurapika and them take out the principal! Take the principal's points and show them what's what!]
Don't push Kurapika too hard. Even if he uses up all his lifespan, he can't beat the Ant King.
"The competition has single and double matches that can be signed up for, and opponents are assigned in order of signup time. Unsigned fields will be randomly forced. Everyone must have at least one round of competition. Everyone has come here, so if you have points, you have to fight," Neferpitou flicked its tail and said happily. "Kikyo, our King will be the grand finale. The King will not appear until the three of us guards are defeated."
"This is important information. That principal is quite strong. Knowing his location makes it easier for us who have already lost points to challenge him."
Neferpitou wiggled its ears: "People with zero points lose their qualifications to compete, meow."
"Tch, then it's not worth it."
"No, we can consider changing the order of accumulating points. For example, let Uvogin with 1000 points fight Phinks with 1004 points. If Uvogin wins, Uvogin gets 2000 points, and Phinks can challenge with 4 points. Although the principal is very strong, it's still necessary for us to test his strength."
"Did they hear our discussion just now? It seems that the three guards are also difficult to deal with. How about a gauntlet match?"
"Trash who think of solving enemies with this method would have been killed long ago in a real fight."
"Haha, everyone is full of fighting spirit. I just hope I don't run into them..." Shalnark sat down beside him.
Saiki Kusuo sat in place with a dark face.
Why did The Phantom Troupe just sit here on their own? He looked around the field and finally found this spot that was completely empty. Even if these people were looking for an empty spot, shouldn't they at least acknowledge his existence?
Moreover, Uvogin immediately sat down in front of him, blocking his view. Although he didn't want to watch any matches, was deliberately sitting in front of him to cause trouble?
Uvogin raised his hand, and his big hand swept past from behind. Saiki Kusuo quickly ducked! He barely dodged the attack.
They are completely ignoring him!
The competition rules were still being announced. Surrounded by the Troupe, Chrollo was in the center analyzing the impact of the specific competition rules. Occasionally, other members would add a sentence or two.
[Just leave it all to the leader...]
The voice came from beside him. Was he talking to himself? Saiki Kusuo turned his head and saw Shalnark holding his face. That face was the same type as Chrollo's. Both looked young and could pull off a baby-faced high school student look with a slightly slicked-back hair style.
But who can tell him what this person is doing sitting in the same row as him? Isn't Shalnark the strategist? He should be by Chrollo's side.
Forget it, Saiki Kusuo sighed. He'll just leave. He is going to the toilet and won't come back... but Shalnark is blocking his way!
[Suddenly I want to go to the toilet.]
Why did he say such a thing to himself?
But luckily, if Shalnark goes to the toilet and leaves, he can also leave.
"Leader, we're going to fight soon, right? I'm going to the toilet!" Shalnark greeted the front and left.
"Okay, huh? Didn't Shalnark just go recently? Did he eat something bad?"
"Leader, you even pay attention to this?"
"Because we went together. Where were we just now?"
"Using double battles."
"Right, double battles might be more beneficial to us. At least Shalnark, Shizuku, and Korutopi can participate in a match through double battles first, ensuring that subsequent points are not randomly accumulated by outsiders. Go do double battle matchmaking. If we meet our own people, one side can concede. If we meet other people, we can defeat them and plunder their points..."
To go to the toilet, you need to leave from the exit at the very back of the stands, then take the stairs down to the outside of the stadium.
It's a very long way, and there's no reason to take any extra detours. Saiki Kusuo followed closely behind Shalnark.
After walking a distance, Shalnark suddenly said, "As expected, there are footsteps."
Huh?
Shalnark turned around and scanned behind him. They had already left the seating area, and the view from the high ground was very wide, but there was still no sign of anyone. "An invisibility ability user? That's rare. Is it a long-range observation type? Hello, why are you following me? Are you trying to get information? Everyone is here for the same purpose. Even if the Troupe loses points in the early stages, the final chess piece will be given to Kurapika. Don't worry. Everyone is on the same front now..."
Saiki Kusuo standing in front of him: ...
Is this a prank? Shalnark is a mischievous boy, right?
"Are you not showing yourself because you're still being cautious? Are you from the Hunter Association?" Shalnark guessed in place. [But why are they our enemy now?]
I'm not your enemy, I just happened to meet you on the way to the toilet.
Shalnark fell into thought, his bright green eyes scanning his surroundings with a focused light.
[After entering the arena, the following dark creatures left and I can't find their location. The chain user has already released the right to use Nen on our own side in the arena yesterday. The sudden appearance of a person with such a clear goal—are they an enemy of the Troupe? Are they targeting me because of the Troupe, or because of my identity? When I sold real estate yesterday, only dark creatures were buyers, so have we offended new people in this short week...]
He is thinking super seriously! And his mouth isn't moving!
[Let's contact the leader with the phone. Huh? There's no signal, not even this close?]
Your Troupe's network needs to be fixed.
Saiki Kusuo bit his finger. Oh well, even he can't lie to himself. In this situation, he can only accept...
That his telepathy is back!
If his telepathy is back, the other party has no hidden thoughts. He can see it or not, and it's impossible to fake.
He really can't see.
Invisibility? He really didn't want to admit this. Although he still can't use it freely, the invisibility to change his entire body is back. Some organs, especially his eyes, may have had his abilities, such as clairvoyance or petrification, return.
But, he is also very lucky. In the invisible form, many abilities cannot be used. If his superpowers are gradually returning, it's best to find his glasses as soon as possible. As for why, the trouble caused by the ability to petrify people with a direct look from his eyes after canceling the invisibility is the hardest to deal with.
He can temporarily maintain invisibility as long as he is not touched by others, preserving him from the disaster of his superpowers returning. Okay, the operation plan to find glasses in invisible form is established.
So, who here has glasses?
The Zoldyck children all have good eyesight. It would be too bad if assassins had to wear glasses to do missions, so they don't, next.
The dark creatures' eyesight... there should also be dark creatures who wear glasses as decoration? One by one, Saiki Kusuo looked around. No, everyone who came to the arena to compete is human or ant! The dark creatures are only the referees with very good eyesight!
What's going on? When he thinks carefully, none of the people he knows well have glasses. The only person he can think of is Wing, but Wing didn't come to the Dark Continent!
...Should he target The Phantom Troupe? After so many years of stealing things, isn't being robbed in return karma? But the people of The Phantom Troupe all have great eyesight. Who wears glasses? Right, Chrollo! Saiki Kusuo looked back at the Troupe.
Ugh, that guy's glasses for pretending to be scholarly after becoming a gym teacher are gone! Classless, next.
He feels like he forgot someone.
"Shalnark? Why are you here?" Shizuku appeared from behind.
Shizuku!! There's salvation, Shizuku is wearing glasses! He supported Shizuku with breakfast just now. It wouldn't be strange to borrow her glasses now, right?
If he suddenly speaks out to borrow glasses while invisible, he will be seen as a ghost. He will only close his eyes the second before he touches her reach for her glasses, and then he will explain the thing of borrowing glasses.
Saiki Kusuo approached and reached out…
"Ah!" Shalnark suddenly pressed Shizuku's shoulders down, then the two of them quickly jumped away!
Tch, did their keen intuition discover him? Is everyone in the Troupe a savage? Wait, no.
Saiki Kusuo saw the vigilance in the two's eyes in the next instant, it was definitely not against him, but was behind him!
The card's that flew out caught from the corner of his eyes, countless rubber-like strings connected to the back of the card, Saiki Kusuo fell into a moment of high alert.
"Shoosh shoosh shoosh shoosh!" Card special effect sound.
Dodge dodge dodge dodge dodge! No special effect sound.
Saiki Kusuo's final frozen action was a difficult single-handed limbo posture.
Some cards with Hisoka's ability were stuck on the wall to form a net, and some cards were scattered. That few elastic likes were also canceled.
Saiki Kusuo carefully lifted his feet to avoid the ability lines on his upper thigh and lower calf.
He has to be fast, because Hisoka is already approaching here with his arms crossed!
"Hehehe~ Shalnark is very sharp."
"Hisoka, so it's you, what are you doing suddenly acting?"
"Don't worry, I just want some information from the Troupe. How are you going to fight? Don't waste my points, let me join your plan~"
Usually you would say "join".
"If you want to join, you can discuss it with the leader. We won't refuse. You can sign up now. The early stage is the process of accumulating. Although I didn't hear all the leader's plan, I think the leader should decide to have everyone randomly matched with unfamiliar people to fight first. There are many people at the beginning, and the probability of meeting is still very low."
"Hehehe, do I have to endure..." [How can I possibly endure, I've already signed up.]
Then why join the plan?
"Hisoka, there shouldn't be any exhilarating battles here that will satisfy you. Everyone is just here to collect points."
"It's too cold to say that~"
Hisoka approached step by step, and Saiki Kusuo finally successfully escaped the rubber spider web created by Hisoka and sat on the ground to breathe a sigh of relief.
Just as he was about to stand up, Hisoka suddenly stopped in his tracks in front of him.
What's wrong? His dog-like keen sense of smell wouldn't have discovered him, would it?
Shalnark and Shizuku also assumed a vigilant fighting posture.
"Suddenly I feel like going to the toilet," Hisoka said.
Why did he say such a thing to himself? This time it definitely wasn't telepathy I heard.
"There's no toilet inside the venue. You can only go outside," Shalnark said.
"Hmph~ Shalnark is so clear about it. Are you coming out at this time to go too? Let's go together~ It's lonely going to the toilet alone..."
Are you a little girl asking to go to the toilet together?
[I really don't want to be alone with Hisoka...] Shalnark troubled, "Shizuku, you also came to the toilet now, right?"
"Yeah," Shizuku nodded.
"Then help me lead the way!"
"Shalnark, why do you need someone to accompany you to the toilet?"
"Cough, I don't usually need it! But being stared at by Hisoka, I have a mysterious feeling of unease... haha."
That feeling of unease is very correct. Thinking of Hisoka killing people in the toilet in the manga, Saiki Kusuo agreed in his heart.
Saiki Kusuo suddenly realized.
His goal is Shizuku's glasses. At this moment, Shizuku is going to the toilet with Shalnark, but the two people are of different genders! This means that when Shalnark goes to the toilet, Shizuku must be alone, and Hisoka should even enter that men's toilet! So, taking action would be the most reliable at that time.
Saiki Kusuo quietly followed.
Shizuku led Shalnark and Hisoka to find the toilet. She sometimes walked and sometimes stopped, recalling the way she had passed by the grilled sausage stand, the drink stand, and the cotton candy stand.
Saiki Kusuo stared at the cotton candy machine for a long time before leaving.
Wait, wait for me to have you, soon.
However, the road to the toilet is really far.
"Hey boss, I want a cotton candy... white and fluffy, the kind without added coloring, yup, yup pure white curls are the treasure of the world, wait a second, suddenly I want to go to the toilet."
Saiki Kusuo turned his head, a familiar white-haired curly-haired uncle, but there were no minions around him. Is he here alone? At least bring Shinpachi's lenses, that's also one kind of glasses!
However, the white-haired curly-haired uncle turned around and walked in the opposite direction, running a few steps and entering the toilet.
Saiki Kusuo: ...
Wait, so the toilet is in that position in the opposite direction?
Shizuku is lost!
The other two people are actually following Shizuku completely, are those two idiots? He has to think of a way to remind them.
"Boss, give me a roast... wait my pee is urgent, boss save me the sausage!"
"Where is the toilet, oh, it's over there!"
"The three have been here for a long time, are you lost? I am a volunteer for the student council, I can... wait for me to go to the toilet first and then help you find the way!"
Why are so many people suddenly wanting to go to the toilet.
Saiki Kusuo dodged left and right, rushing towards the people heading for the toilet. However, with so many people needing a toilet, Hisoka and Shalnark finally reacted.
"Shizuku... the toilet seems to be in the opposite direction."
"Hehehe~ Did you forget?"
"Yeah, I didn't remember in the first place, but Shalnark asked me to lead the way, so I gave it my best shot," Shizuku replied honestly.
Very sincere, I suggest you don't try next time.
So, why are there so many people suddenly going to the toilet.