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Game of Thrones: The Sword King
Game of Thrones: From Deserter to Power
Game of Thrones: King of Harrenhal— Garth Greenhand Stat Panel
Inside a luxuriously decorated hotel room.
Neon, freshly bathed, sat dazed in front of the vanity mirror, her long, wet hair draped over her shoulders.
Her maids, Eliza and Fury, stood behind her, drying her hair with warm air before gently combing it through.
Eliza seemed to sense something amiss with the young miss and asked:
"Miss Neon, is something on your mind?"
"Hmm..."
Neon pouted, pondering for a good while before speaking: "Eliza, do you think... I've been a little strange lately?"
"Why do you say that?" Eliza chuckled lightly, feigning ignorance as she asked.
"I didn't feel this way when we first met, but recently... I seem to be paying excessive attention to that guy."
Neon said, recalling the scene in the lobby earlier, unable to quite put her finger on the feeling she had at the time.
Even now, recalling it caused ripples in her heart, and his figure would unconsciously surface in her mind.
"Speaking of which, Eliza..."
Neon turned her head and asked: "Do you remember what I told you about my first impression of him when I first saw him?"
"Of course. You said he was like a doll made of snowflakes—cold, unsmiling, just like a monster from a TV show," Eliza replied.
"But now I find he's not actually that scary, and it's not that he has no emotions, it's just that he doesn't seem very willing to show them..."
Neon said, thinking back to the half-month they spent together on the airship, including his recent actions... which clearly proved her guess.
And if he had emotions, it meant there must be things that made him happy or sad.
But so far, Neon had only seen Yuu angry or melancholic. She had never seen him smile. For some reason... she really wanted to see it.
Lost in thought, she chatted with her two maids late into the night.
Meanwhile, Yuu was in the room next door, silently watching the dazzling street view outside, a myriad of thoughts in his mind.
He knew that the 'Spider' was in this city right now.
And next, at any moment, he could encounter a member of the Troupe, or even...
They could be right here in this hotel.
However, Yuu didn't waste his mental energy using 'Gyo' to scan the building. Instead, he chose to sit in his chair and rest with his eyes closed, intending to face his opponents in peak condition through rest.
"Ideally, I'll solve it all in one go and eliminate any future trouble."
Holding onto this thought, Yuu spent the night peacefully.
...
The next day.
Although she went to bed late, Neon was in good spirits. She demanded to lead everyone to the city's busiest district for shopping early in the morning.
Yuu had rested well, and since going to such a crowded place might offer a chance to encounter Troupe members, he didn't mind.
However, Valtz, Kurito, and the others instantly looked bitter.
After all, unlike Yuu, they didn't possess the 'Six Eyes' that gave a god-like perspective, nor could they instantly and clearly detect the traces of Nen users.
The more crowded the place, the greater the pressure on their security work. At the same time, once the young miss arrived at the mall, she would often shop from day to night.
Having to maintain a high state of alert under such circumstances was miserable just thinking about it.
Everyone thought Yuu would be the first to object, and they were counting on it... after all, only if he spoke up to dissuade her would the young miss possibly become obedient and sensible, and dispel this idea.
Unexpectedly, this aloof white-haired hunter was actually the first to express support.
"I don't care," Yuu said without thinking, then swept a cold glance over everyone: "What about you?"
Hearing this, Miss Neon jumped up in joy, her favorability towards Yuu rising slightly.
Facing Yuu's question, Valtz and Kurito, the leaders, looked at each other and could only nod helplessly, then say against their will:
"We're fine with it too."
...
On the other side, after discussing the theft plan last night, the members of the Phantom Troupe dispersed to wander freely in the few days before the exhibition began.
Among them, Kortopi and Bonolenov were relatively compatible partners.
Both had very unique appearances.
Kortopi was short, with a mop of seaweed-like hair covering his face.
And Bonolenov, as a member of the Gyudondond tribe, wrapped his body in bandages to cover the holes all over his body, dressing himself like a mummy.
Precisely because of their appearances, even just walking on the street, they attracted the attention of many passersby...
"The capital of the Kakin Empire has more people than I imagined," Bonolenov whispered.
"The Leader ordered us not to attract too much attention... let's change location," Kortopi said.
"Mm."
Currently, perhaps because the exhibition was imminent, there were far more Nen users in the Kakin Empire than in places the two had visited before.
So, to avoid attracting attention, Kortopi and Bonolenov didn't use 'Ten', but let their 'Nen' dissipate freely, disguising themselves as ordinary people.
But judging from their attire alone, in the eyes of others... they couldn't possibly be ordinary people.
Realizing this, Bonolenov suggested: "It's still too conspicuous like this. I want to steal a few sets of clothes..."
He looked at Kortopi and asked: "What do you think?"
"Mm, it might be helpful for future actions."
Kortopi nodded, then raised his hand to rub his belly, saying: "However, I seem to have eaten something bad just now. I need to go to the bathroom first..."
"Then I'll come find you later," Bonolenov said, then turned and left.
Kortopi, struggling to find a bathroom, activated 'En'. Although the range wasn't large, it saved him a lot of detours. He soon found the right direction and then retracted his scattered Nen.
Meanwhile.
Yuu, who was not far away nearby, sensed this fluctuation. Although due to the distance, he only felt the aura of Nen and didn't capture the specific figure of the target.
But he still felt it necessary to verify. He glanced at Neon, who was shopping diligently in the store, patted Valtz on the shoulder at the door, and ordered: "Watch her."
"I'm leaving for a bit..."
Then, before Valtz could respond, Yuu vanished from the spot, rushing towards the direction where he had sensed the aura earlier.
...
At this moment, inside a dim and lightless bathroom.
Kortopi had just pressed the flush button, pushed open the door, and was about to walk out.
However,
The next moment!
A figure suddenly flashed before Kortopi's eyes. Before he could react, his face was firmly gripped by a powerful hand and slammed violently into the wall behind him!
Accompanied by the moment the back of his head contacted the wall, blood mixed with crushed stone burst and scattered instantly!
And a loud "bang" was emitted!
When the sound subsided, Kortopi's limbs, which had been horizontal in the air due to inertia, slowly drooped.
From the intruder's appearance to the end of the attack, it was but a fleeting instant!
Kortopi didn't even have time to think about who the other party was before his face became a blurred mass of flesh.
Because his head was completely embedded in the wall, his entire body was also fixed on the wall.
The 'Nen' around his body also dissipated rapidly at this moment.
Before long, he became a completely dead object.
After confirming the target was thoroughly dead.
Yuu simply left a message, then quietly left using teleportation.
The reason he could kill with one blow was partly because Kortopi wasn't maintaining a state of 'Nen', and partly because he utilized the detection range of the Six Eyes and the advantage of teleportation.
While Kortopi was completely unsuspecting, he launched the fiercest attack.
But since Kortopi was dead, Yuu thought it wasn't important to review these things anymore.
What was important now was—he had effortlessly broken off a leg of the spider.
And this was just a good beginning.
...
When Yuu returned to Neon's location, Bonolenov was also looking for Kortopi.
And when he had searched for most of the day, checking almost all nearby bathrooms, he finally found Kortopi's long-cold body.
...