"Brother Kusuo, what is Christmas Eve?"
[A peaceful day, I guess.]
"Brother Kusuo, what is Christmas?"
December 24th, Christmas Eve.
They went to the snack street to buy things again. Outside the shopping area, people were walking in small groups. 80% of the stores already had Christmas decorations. Alluka was next to Saiki Kusuo, but her eyes were drawn to the surrounding shops many times.
[Christmas... I'm so excited.] Alluka thought.
No way. Saiki Kusuo noticed that if he didn't let Alluka experience Christmas early while there were few people today, tomorrow she would definitely want to go to the busiest central street to celebrate with humans.
Saiki Kusuo didn't like crowds, especially the atmosphere of Christmas. He couldn't feel any surprise or joy in it, only awkwardness.
[Let's go to the mall,] Saiki Kusuo said, [Christmas can be
The biggest mall was near the city center. If they were going to have fun, they would have the best. Saiki Kusuo put down the map and went with Alluka.
They walked to the subway station.
To reduce the time spent in the mall, he would let some time pass on the way. That's what Saiki Kusuo thought.
At ten in the morning, the subway station was not crowded. Saiki Kusuo made sure there were no familiar thoughts here and safely led Alluka inside.
"Don't give up!"
"Don't give up, Shutou! This challenge of hitting exactly 23.333 seconds! You can definitely do it!"
That name was a little familiar.
Alluka couldn't help but be drawn to the sound.
It turned out to be a small game machine placed in front of the subway station ticket gate. Two young men were next to the machine. One was crying sadly, and the other was shouting words of encouragement.
Saiki Kusuo recognized the two.
One was Shutou, and one was Knuckle. Both of them were students of Morel, and Morel was a student of
So they were two strong people. Why was Shutou crying? Just because of this game?
The two's behavior also attracted some people waiting to ride the subway, who gathered around in small groups.
[Even I might not be able to hit 23.333 seconds,] Knuckle, who was cheering, thought, [But Shutou can definitely do it!]
Don't make it so hard on your friend if you can't even do it yourself.
Shutou covered his face with his hands: [That person... that person was so cool and effortless. I know he wasn't using Nen.]
[A man in a shirt walked into the crowd and asked, "Can the same person get the prize twice?"
Shutou said, "The rules don't say you can't. Do you want to try? I'll let you go first."
The man bowed, seeming polite, but didn't give Shutou even a glance.
He came to the machine, still holding the hand of a white-haired blind girl with his right hand: "Excuse me for a minute or two."
The man tried five times in total.
The first time, he pressed the button after only two
The second time, he pressed the button after two seconds again, but stopped at 2.337.
The third time, he stopped at 10.333.
The fourth and fifth times, he stopped at 23.333 seconds.
The machine gave out two Christmas hats. The man took one for himself, and put the other on the head of the white-haired blind girl before leaving.]
Everything seemed natural.
He came quickly and left quickly, beating everyone who
Shutou: [He even used his left hand...]
Saiki Kusuo: No, that guy is a lefty anyway.
The advice is that you can compare yourself to people, but don't compare yourself to monsters.
Saiki Kusuo knew what had happened, but Alluka was being inspired by Knuckle's fighting spirit.
"Brother Kusuo! Let's go get a prize! That brother really needs a prize!"
Saiki Kusuo looked down at Alluka's shining blue eyes, as thoughts shot out of her eyes to match: [I want to play! I want to try too, I want Brother Kusuo to cheer me on!]
Don't ever do that last one.
Well, well, Saiki Kusuo didn't like being in the center of the crowd, but he still led Alluka closer.
Shutou was adjusting his mindset. At the moment, Knuckle was trying.
Alluka, who was a little shy, quietly waited behind,
Suddenly, Saiki Kusuo felt a dark presence, mixed with killing intent. The killing intent grew stronger, and the target included everyone in the area.
Saiki Kusuo turned around and spotted a long-haired woman with a dark and moody air.
Netero had another student, Nob, and this was Nob's student, Palm.
In his memory, she really liked her teacher, so she was now holding two kitchen knives.
How did she get into the subway? Does having a hunter's license allow you to carry two knives in public?
[Teacher Nob is waiting for me... ahhh, these two are wasting time here... unforgivable, unforgivable... but... Teacher wants us to go together... ahhhh, unforgivable!]
Saiki Kusuo held Alluka's shoulders.
[Alluka, it's more important for Christmas Eve to be peaceful.]
"Huh?" Alluka was confused.
[Emergency situation, we're leaving now.]
Saiki Kusuo instantly teleported with Alluka, directly to
Alluka looked left and right with her little head. Although it wasn't the first time she had been teleported, she was still surprised.
"Brother Kusuo, did something happen just now?"
[A danger that would hurt us if we didn't leave.]
"Is Christmas Eve not peaceful after all..."
You can rest assured about that. Places where super-powered beings are present are very safe. In other words, Alluka, unfortunately, you can't…
A loud horn sounded, followed by the screech of brakes.
Damn it, we're on the sidewalk. Where are you looking, driver!
Saiki Kusuo reached out and turned the car, steering it back onto the road.
The driver was awake and had no problems with his mind. What's going on? Let him step on the brakes. Wait, he is stepping on the brakes!
[Brakes! My brakes are broken!]
What!?
The car moved forward, about to hit an old grandma crossing the road! The driver's answer to this was to
Saiki Kusuo raised his hand and with Nen power, hit the side of the car, planning to make the car go onto the sidewalk again and hit the thick telephone pole on the inside.
Just as he hit it, causing the car to rotate 90° and go toward the sidewalk, he saw two people on that path.
They were two familiar people.
Chrollo had just bought sweets for lunch for himself and Komugi with to find a place to play chess. The car was flying directly at them.
In an instant, Saiki Kusuo thought of making the car move sideways to avoid them.
In an instant, Chrollo figured out the car's direction and saw the unconscious driver. He first pushed Komugi
However, when he took a step back, he found that the car seemed to be following him... moving sideways? He couldn't believe his eyes. Everything happened so fast that it was hard for him to believe in the confusing sense of wrongness.
With Saiki Kusuo's powers, he could have directly stopped the car in mid-air.
But there were too many cameras around, and Saiki Kusuo wanted to directly switch Chrollo, this useless person, out of the way, but the clothes Chrollo was wearing were beyond what Saiki Kusuo had on hand.
Why wear something so expensive? Damn it. Could he only make the car float in the air? He could just take out a Hunter license to explain it. Ugh, he really didn't want to stand out.
Wait, that…
In the end, Saiki Kusuo noticed that there was a manhole cover right under Chrollo's feet.
"Bang!"
The car, following the laws of physics, crashed into the thick telephone pole.
Komugi lay on the ground, confused and helpless. She heard a loud crash and curled up into a ball.
Alluka, who saw everything, was shocked: "Brother Kusuo..."
Saiki Kusuo wiped sweat from his face with one hand.
"Christmas Eve is so unpeaceful!"
[Don't worry, no one died.] The super-powered person has tried hard enough.
"Really? That's great! Oh right, Brother Kusuo, why do you have a manhole cover in your hand?"
Something very expensive, and because of it, our bag of cash is in someone else's hands.
The ambulance and police arrived quickly. After everyone moved the car aside, they heard voices coming from below.
The normal person at the moment, Chrollo Lucilfer, had fallen straight down a well.
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