"Well, it'll take some time to clean up the body," Ronnel said with a smile.
He spoke the words with an almost casual tone, despite their bloody implications.
...cough cough.
Bisky choked immediately, swallowing the words "Is there enough time?" that had almost escaped her lips. She coughed to cover her awkwardness and then straightened up, her face becoming serious.
"Be careful."
"Don't worry~"
Ronnel gave Shizuku a gentle glance before adding, "Use [Accompany], Masadora!"
Whoosh!
A blue-white light shot straight into the sky.
"Then, let's warm up first too~" Killua said, taking his gaze off the sky and casually reclining, hands behind his head.
"I don't know what will happen after we collect all the cards, so let's be mentally prepared~"
"Yeah!!"
...
Meanwhile, in the dense forest near the entrance to Masadora, the magic city...
"Genthru, do you think that guy will really come?" Bara, a dark-haired man with a tough-guy haircut, asked as he dribbled a basketball. He glanced over at Genthru, who had stopped communicating and was meditating.
"If you keep talking like that, are you sure you even have any tricks up your sleeve?"
"Tricks up my sleeve? Hidden cards? You really think highly of those players, don't you?" a yellow-haired man with squinting eyes said disdainfully. "If they were that good, they wouldn't have been tricked like the previous group."
The yellow-haired guy, who seemed to be more smug than he realized, continued, "Only Tsezguerra and his group are worth taking seriously. As for those who got lucky and pulled one or two rare cards and think they're invincible, they're overestimating themselves. We've seen it all before."
His words were dripping with contempt for the other players, as well as a bit of arrogance. And to be fair, anyone who managed to grab more than 90 cards in one go and kill so many players would probably feel the same.
But what the yellow-haired guy didn't realize was that the so-called "overconfident guy" was actually...himself.
"But we'd better be careful. If the opponent's ability is as weird as we think, we don't want to end up in a trap. After all, we've come this far."
The worried expression on the dark-haired man's face started to fade after hearing the yellow-haired guy's words. He also realized that there weren't many players left who could challenge them at this point. Even Tsezguerra's group wouldn't be a match for the three of them.
But just to be safe, he made a symbolic nod.
"Bara's right, we do need to stay cautious."
After hearing this, Genthru pushed up his small round glasses and raised his head.
"Yeah, we still need to be careful. After all, we don't know what kind of strange situation might come up once we have all the cards."
His voice was filled with more confidence than even the yellow-haired guy.
The dark-haired Bara and the yellow-haired guy exchanged glances. With the smile on Genthru's face, they could almost feel that victory was already within their grasp.
"It looks like he's here~"
Genthru's words broke the moment of silence as he suddenly looked up at a ray of light flying down from the sky.
"Get ready, we're about to win!" Genthru declared.
"Got it!!"
The two responded quickly, spreading out to form a triangle.
Boom!
The light fell to the ground with a burst of dust and mist at the entrance to Masadora.
"Are you waiting for me?"
The "circle" unfolded, and Ronnel easily located the Genthru trio hidden in the jungle.
"Such a circle, expert!" Bara muttered under his breath as he felt the aura of the Nen ability in the air. The three of them froze, an unsettling feeling creeping up their spines. This wasn't just any player.
They were facing someone who truly understood Nen.
As they processed the situation, their bodies tensed up, and the alertness in their hearts shot through the roof.
"No wonder he dared to challenge us. It turns out his strength... retreat!!"
As Genthru's mind raced, he suddenly noticed Ronnel charging toward them with unimaginable speed the moment the light faded.
His face paled, and he yelled for his companions to retreat immediately.
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