"Let the psychic save the world, Vap would have definitely won." Saiki Kusuke stood to the side, easily saying something that would definitely let Saiki Kusuo shine.
Saiki Kusuo, listening to everyone's thoughts, was still hesitating.
But the Ant King acted at this moment.
Mereum steadily walked over the steel bars, saying, "I already understand the advantage of that device, an accident has made the match unfair. Therefore, I allow you to go back and prepare again, so that the device can fight me again. If you win, I will give you all my points."
Saiki Kusuke tilted his head to look at Saiki Kusuo: "It will take at least a day, it's very hard."
The choice was still given to Saiki Kusuo.
Was he going to let his brother work hard, re-editing a finished product because of his own mistakes?
Or was he going to show off, defeating the Ant King together with Kusuke in the spotlight?
Well, even though he hadn't started showing off yet, everyone's eyes were already on him.
After a little waiting, Saiki Kusuo had an answer.
[He's going to challenge the person who already beat the Ant King.]
Amid everyone's confusion, Saiki Kusuo looked towards the stands below.
While everyone was shocked by the accident, only one voice over there expressed regret at the unexpected end of the game.
Saiki Kusuo revealed the secret hidden in the hearts of several ants: [Ant King, you don't have many points, and you don't call yourself the principal. The current principal is someone else, right?]
Below, someone was already going to check the stands Saiki Kusuo was staring at. Unexpectedly, Neferpitou, the cat-person from the Ant King's three Royal Guards, suddenly ran towards the stands, making a fancy jump in the arena.
"Bang!"
Landing and creating two big pits, scaring the people who were already in those stands into running away.
Neferpitou said leisurely, "Don't run in the stands, meow, it's too disruptive, meow."
Who is more disruptive, anyway?
There was a child in the stands, incredibly calm amidst the chaos.
The child's white hair was scattered, her eyes closed. Although she didn't understand what was happening around her, she could hear Neferpitou's voice.
She sniffled and held her breath.
Like a baby animal hidden in the grass, unaware of the surrounding situation, she would wait quietly.
However, as the people around her gradually fled, the girl's figure became more and more conspicuous.
At this moment, the Ant King could only be sure that the other party probably really knew Komugi and had really seen through some secrets.
[As the principal, you shouldn't need a ticket, right? Otherwise, you can't challenge.]
"Komugi only plays Gungi, she's just an ordinary person in other ways, very weak." The Ant King walked closer, but he also had concerns in his heart.
With Komugi's will, if she lost, she would kill herself.
It seemed like he didn't want the possibility of defeating her to fall on someone else.
Saiki Kusuo knew that she would kill herself, so he had to find a way to get Komugi to agree to other competitions.
Komugi should be on the side of humans, as long as he explained the reason properly... Hmm? When did that guy get down there?
While Komugi was nervous, she heard footsteps coming from behind her.
"I didn't expect to meet you here, are you also playing in the Dark Continent?"
The voice was somewhat familiar, and Komugi immediately remembered who it was.
"You are, are... um..." Komugi crossed her arms, her expression showing obvious distress.
Well, well, she remembered who it was, but didn't remember the name.
"Leg injury, I took you out to eat, and played chess with you." Chrollo reminded her, and sat down next to Komugi, making obvious sounds with every move.
"I know, you saved me when we were hit by a car on the road, but I didn't have time to say thank you, and you escaped from the hospital..."
"Haha, there was no way. The diagnosis said I had to stay in the hospital for at least two months, and reporters would come to interview me, it was too awful."
It would be awful because his enemies would come to kill him within days of the interview being published.
"Oh... so, um... why is Mr. Steal-Chess here, are you here to play chess too?"
The name "Mr. Steal-Chess" came up, although she didn't remember the name, she remembered very clearly what Chrollo did!
"I'm not here to play chess. Most of the people competing here are here to fight." Chrollo's tone had obvious surprise, "Here, you need to have a certain status to play chess. Komugi, what is your status?"
"Huh? Do you need status to play Gungi?"
"Of course. I also want to compete in Gungi, but I can't. How are you playing chess here? Do you know anyone... with a high status?" Chrollo leaned closer, Komugi felt his breath on her face, the probing feeling made her uneasy, as if revealing her status would lead her into some trap.
Komugi became nervous: "I, I don't have a status. My friend always plays Gungi with me. I, I didn't know there was this rule..."
[As expected, the Ant King hid the rules. Komugi didn't know that she had become the principal because she had won against the Ant King too many times. She also wanted to help the Ant King hide his identity to avoid trouble.]
Her little thoughts were easily seen through by Chrollo. Komugi was a simple person, with only Gungi in her heart. Because she couldn't see, she wouldn't correct or hide her expressions, and was very bad at lying.
"So that's how it is! Then do you know that everyone in the stands has to participate in the competition?"
"Huh? Is that so!"
"Yeah! My leg injury has left me with hidden problems, it's too dangerous to fight. I don't want to trouble my partners, can Komugi play a match with me? I don't care about winning or losing, I just need to play a round safely."
[Because of his leg...] Komugi lowered her head and hesitated: "But, but I can't do anything but Gungi..."
The two were still talking, and the surrounding environment was unusually quiet.
Komugi couldn't see so many people around, didn't know so many eyes were staring at them. Because she was focused, she completely ignored how unusual the quiet was compared to before.
The blind person was performing normally.
But the other person, who had been telling lies for so long with his eyes open, was too good.
He could deceive a child so freely under the gaze of everyone in the audience?
"You're Kusuo's brother, what's your name?"
Saiki Kusuo became alert. When he turned around, Illumi had silently appeared next to Saiki Kusuke.
"Hmm? Illumi Zoldyck? My name and identity have appeared in front of you many times, it seems your alertness and observation skills aren't very good. So, nice to formally meet you. I'm Saiki Kusuke. There are no extra suffixes. In our original world, Saiki is the last name, and Kusuke is the first name. You should know that now, right?"
Neither of them reached out to shake hands in a friendly gesture. Illumi stared at Saiki Kusuke, looking down slightly because of his height. Coupled with Illumi's usual aura, it should have created a sense of oppression.
But Saiki Kusuke was completely unaware.
"My brother has had memories since birth. Going to your house was an accident caused by his psychic powers. He has never let go of the Saiki surname for a moment. Saiki Kusuo... is my brother."
Okay, can someone tell me how to resolve this situation?
Is the main character of the incident going to watch from the sidelines like a scum?
Or is he going to intervene in the matter between brothers, cover Kusuke's mouth, and take him away?
The latter is absolutely impossible. If he takes action, it will affect Kusuke's decision.
His brother wouldn't accept the fact that he has family in another world... Although it was expected, it was unexpectedly aggressive.
Saiki Kusuo watched worriedly.
Accepting family is his decision. He doesn't want to see both sides troubled.
Illumi was silent for a long time, and said, "No matter what, Kusuo is my brother. We have a clear blood relationship. If you are also his biological brother, then you can only be my younger brother?"
:?
Illumi, what are you thinking, Illumi!
"Me? Younger brother? Don't joke. There is a time difference between worlds, and there is also a time difference between our births. Putting aside why I would be randomly assigned to the Zoldyck family, do you think I want to be a younger brother?"
"I'm six years older than Kusuo, and you're two years older than Kusuo, right? You can only be a younger brother."
When did Illumi ask his parents about his age? He actually cared about asking about this?! He cared about this?!
"No, I'm eight years older than Kusuo. I win on that point. If we were to call ourselves siblings in the realm of non-existence, there's only one possible result: you'll also become my younger brother."
Illumi narrowed his eyes. [Me? Become a younger brother?]
You two really shouldn't be so similar. What's wrong with being older or younger? It's just a question of who was born first and who was born later, right? If we're talking about age, the sum of my ages from both worlds is greater than either of yours, should I just be your older brother?
Broadcast: "A new round of matches is now open at venue number 1, the loser versus Komugi!"
A chuunibyou versus a little girl in a wheat field, huh.
Wait, Komugi agreed? What are they going to compete in? If it's not Gungi, what kind of event would Komugi agree to?
"Standing on one leg, a game where not being able to see won't affect the result. Considering that even if someone is standing still when they can't see, they will gradually lose their sense of direction, Komugi, you can use a cane for support, and I'll stand on one leg, how about it?"
"Mr. Steal-Chess, wouldn't that be unfair to you?"
"Don't worry, I'm also a grown man, it's hard to say who it's unfair to."
It was definitely unfair to Komugi, that goes without saying.
"But... it's been so quiet around us since just now, am I really still in the arena..." Komugi was still a little uneasy.
"Of course, I just used an ability to block out outside noise."
"Ability? What's that?"
He let it slip when he was about to succeed. Komugi had agreed because she thought Chrollo was just an ordinary person, now she was going to...
"Ah, it's a game function card, don't you know?" Chrollo said as he took a bookmark from his Bandit's Secret.
There was such a setting? It only appeared once other than the Memory Album, right? And it was totally Nen, blind Komugi was completely being deceived.
Speaking of which, the original function of this ability was that you couldn't hear outside from inside, but you could hear inside from outside.
How useless.
Komugi could now hear the surrounding sounds. Below in the stands, Alluka was the first to shout: "Komugi! You can do it!!"
"Ah! It's Alluka's friend who came to the birthday party that time!" Milluki only recognized her because Komugi's hair was down.
"Oh! Then let's shout encouragement together!" Killua said.
"You can do it..." Korto's voice was small.
But he was holding two paper cheering clappers.
Komugi can't see, though.
"Boss, you can do it!" A strange voice came from somewhere.
Why are you cheering for that guy, is there any way he could lose? Saiki lowered his head and found the source of the sound.
The Phantom Troupe was sitting somewhere near venue number 1, a blonde person was rolling up a paper tube and shouting: "You can do it! Elder Brother Steal-Chess--"
Nobunaga: "Hahahaha Shalnark, you're too quiet, you have to shout with Nen!"
Shalnark: "No way, I don't want the boss to hear me."
Shizuku: "The boss wouldn't care even if he heard it, right? We just need to liven up the place?"
Uvogin: "Does that mean we can shout anything?"
Phinks: "What did Shalnark shout at the building before?"
Shalnark: "What's the point of shouting that kind of thing here..."
Feitan: "But you can't shout 'Boss, you can do it,' right? Right now it's Elder... Brother... Steal... Chess."
Shalnark: "Don't shout that no matter what, I don't want to be the boss, I'm tired of being the acting boss!"
A parrot racked its brains and remembered the lines, flying up and shouting in a high-pitched voice: "To succeed, you must first go crazy!"
Shalnark: "Hey! Mimi!"
Chorus: "Charge forward without hesitation!"
Mimi: "Risk it once, be a rich third generation!"
Chorus: "Striving is the only way to avoid failure!"
Mimi: "Sleep on the floor today!"
Chorus: "Sleep with the boss tomorrow!!"
"Who shouted 'Sleep with the boss'!?"
Shizuku looked innocent: "Ah? Isn't it 'Sleep with the boss,' what else would it be?"
"It's 'Be the boss'! Idiot, who else shouted it?"
"But Shalnark said he didn't want to be the boss, so we could only change it to 'Sleep with the boss.'"
"Machi, let's move away, don't let people think we know these idiots."
"Paku, did you shout too just now?"
"No, I didn't..."
"Paku saw everything, right? Give everyone a bullet of memory and see!"
The Phantom Troupe is so noisy. Saiki Kusuo stared at the scene below and commented.
Although the whole place was lively, the Phantom Troupe was the noisiest.
And we can also see that Chrollo in the ring was not only closing his eyes, but also taking deep breaths while standing on one leg.
Chrollo: [I shouldn't have cancelled the ability.]
Yeah, I think so too, it's not too late to turn it on now.
At this decisive moment, Kurapika also came to the side, with Melody standing next to him: "The atmosphere around us is very relaxed, Kurapika."
"Is that so..."
Kurapika thought deeply: [The original cooperation has just been transformed into a vow with Shalnark, and Chrollo has returned. Is this a conspiracy of the Phantom Troupe?]
Sorry, this is my mistake.
[Given the relationship between Kurta and the Troupe, cooperation really can't continue normally. It's better not to have Kurta hold the final chess piece. Contributing and establishing achievements is possible, but being too much in the spotlight would be a little abrupt for the new Kurta Clan integrating with the outside world.]
[Saiki Kusuo Zoldyck, he is definitely the best candidate to choose to be absolutely neutral. He is a Zoldyck, but also someone with more influence than Killua, and he isn't that Illumi who likes to control people, so he can gain the trust of more people.]
Hmm? Wait, am I not just an invisible person in the family?