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After all, the practice of Nian places great emphasis on personal will and spirit.
Over the past year, he has returned to Gramgarans several times, but the circus is no longer there...
I heard that after performing at the Grand Hotel, Mauritonio, who was known as a master of performance, disappeared and no one knew where he went...
The circus subsequently took part in some performances in Gram, but its reputation plummeted and the audience didn't seem to be interested. Later, the performers left... and continued their life as wandering artists.
"Abbachi should have left the group too..."
Hazy thought.
The girl should inherit Moritonio's dream and become a hunter.
Back in Gram, it was still very prosperous, with people coming and going on the streets. Even in broad daylight, it was very lively. There were many performers setting up stalls on the roadside, including clowns handing out balloons to children, girls dancing hotly to the music, and skilled performers who blew fire from their mouths, drawing rounds of applause...
Some people walk on stilts, some throw balls...
Long stood outside the crowd and took a few glances. After all, he had been in a circus for some time, so he could tell at a glance that the techniques of these jugglers were extremely unfamiliar. They must have practiced at home for ten days or half a month before coming out to perform.
“Haha…it seems that the Moritonio Circus has brought some influence and changes to Gram.”
Hazy smiled.
Most of the performers in the open-air venue are from circus shows, which means… The outside world also knows that a year and a half ago, a circus became very popular here, and they are all imitating the former and rushing here to make money.
However, what people remember more is Mauritonio's "air swimming". As for small-time figures like him and Hisoka, no one would pay attention to them.
Afterwards, he got a hair cut, bought some clothes, returned to his ordinary appearance, and reintegrated into the life of the big city.
In addition, I also bought a mobile phone.
He didn't spend much of his savings in the past year and a half, and there was still some left...he could take care of all his food, drink, and toilet needs in the mountains.
"Next, we'll head to the Republic of Bartochia and visit the Sky Arena!" In a small hotel room, Long looked at the few rings in his wallet and sighed softly.
The money is still too little... He needs to make money and live.
In addition, although the foundation of Nian has been well consolidated... but Long knows what his current shortcomings are.
Lack of practical experience... He needs a lot of actual combat to enrich his methods and ideas of using telekinesis. He can't be like Hisoka and have an innate fighting instinct, so he can only grow little by little through acquired experience.
If you want to find a place where you can make money quickly and have fights every day, it has to be the Sky Arena.
Although, in the Sky Arena, the strength of Nen users varies greatly, except for the OP who is quite strong, many of them are even at the level of vagrants... But for Long, these people are enough to be guinea pigs for training.
After a good rest for a day, the next day, Long, wearing a white shirt, black casual pants, sunglasses and short hair, appeared at the long-distance bus station in Gram, bought a ticket, and prepared to take the airship to the Republic of Batocchia.
The airships in this world are much slower than the airplanes on Earth and are very slow... It will take him at least a few days to reach his destination this time.
When talking about the Republic of Bartokia, in addition to the Sky Arena, we have to mention Mount Kurukulu where the Zoldyck family is located.
"Killa has gotten used to the hell life now..."
Sitting on a chair in the waiting hall, Long raised the corner of his mouth.
Calculating the time, Killua should be four years old now... As the next generation with the greatest potential and high hopes from the Zoldyck family, the growth environment that Killua has to experience... is not ordinary.
From the age of three, I have been undergoing terrifying killer training. Now, a year has passed...
Just as he was thinking about it, he noticed that the seat had sunk and someone sat down in the empty seat in the same row as him.
The waiting hall is very spacious. Although there are many passengers on the airship, there are still plenty of seats...
Long subconsciously glanced at the person who came.
Then, the pupils under the sunglasses narrowed.
A few meters away, sat a man with long black hair and distinctive clothing.
Fair skin, youthful face... about the same age as me.
The only difference is the man's facial features... The expression between his eyebrows is extremely stiff, and it is hard to tell whether he is dull or indifferent, and he also exudes a sense of coldness invisibly.
Even some passengers nearby stood up and changed seats unconsciously after seeing him sit down.
Soon, this row of seats was empty, with only Long and the other person left.
"I really..."
Long calmed the throbbing in his heart.
Speak of the devil and he shall appear. Just as he thought of Zoldyck, someone came...but it wasn't Killua who came, but... Illumi Zoldyck!
Oboro likes to call him Illumi... a guy who is just as dangerous as Hisoka...
Birds of a feather flock together. This can be seen from the fact that Hisoka and Illumi can "play" together in later life.
As a time traveler, I had imagined many scenarios of encountering characters in the plot... But I didn't expect that Illumi would be in Gram, and in such an ordinary, lifelike way...
It just comes into view so vividly.
Long was afraid that he had made a mistake, so he looked a few more times.
Although his hair was not as long as in later generations... he was very familiar with this outfit.
The unique aura will make people subconsciously ignore the maturity of the appearance... According to the timeline, Illumi is only sixteen years old at this time, Oboro is eighteen years old, and Hisoka is nineteen.
"Alas... I should check the almanac before going out... Unfortunately, there is no such thing as an almanac in this world..."
He thought to himself.
As a member of the Zoldyck family, what is Illumi doing in Gram...Oboro can guess it with his butt, it's naturally business...killing people.
The purpose of the Zoldyck family is that anyone can be killed as long as they are paid enough money...
Suddenly, Oboro's heart skipped a beat, but he remained calm... because Illumi stood up, walked towards him, and sat next to him, and the two of them sat close to each other.
"You...know me?"
Illumi turned his neck stiffly and asked without any emotion.
A pair of grey and deep eyes gave his gaze an indescribable sense of oppression.
So sharp!
I just took a few more glances...
However, since the other person took the initiative to talk to him, Long couldn't remain silent any longer.
She looked at him in surprise and smiled: "No... I just thought your outfit was a little bit special."
"Oh."
Illumi responded, then… turned his head back.
But the person did not leave, and just sat in front of him... There was a very strange silence and awkward atmosphere between the two of them.
I don't know if he did it on purpose or...
Time passed little by little, and passengers kept coming in and out of the hall, but some people made way for them after seeing them, and even if they were standing, they would not come to sit in the empty seats.
"..."
hazy.
"Dear passengers, please note that the airship from Gramgarans to the Republic of Batocchia is about to depart. Please prepare your tickets and go through inspection in turn."
Finally, the staff's announcement was heard in the hall.
Long slowly stood up and walked towards the entrance.
Chapter 12 Both sides suffer losses
As soon as Oboro stood up, Illumi followed.
The two seemed to be on the same flight.
But without any warning, Long sensed a very weak spiritual energy emanating from behind him.
As he was warned... Illumi made a move, his arm almost becoming a shadow, and shot a mental nail towards the back of Oboro's head.
A swish sound.
Long seemed to have eyes on the back of his head and dodged by tilting his head. The sharp weapon flew out along his scalp and pierced a stone pillar not far away, leaving a hole as if it had been shot by a bullet.
This shows how terrifying the power of this attack is...
whoosh…
The sneak attack from behind failed, so Illumi swung again, and several mental nails were thrown at several vital parts of Oboro's body.
This time, Long did not dodge, but burst out with telekinesis unscrupulously, forming a protective layer on the surface of his body. After a few crisp ding sounds, Illumi's telekinetic nails seemed to hit the steel plate and bounced off to the ground.
Long turned around slowly, his eyes were very cold under his sunglasses, staring at Illumi.
"Hmm... you are indeed a Nen user."
And Illumi didn't seem to think there was anything wrong with his sudden attack on Oboro and sneak attack. Instead, he said it lightly.
This way...it seemed like he just wanted to test it out, and he didn't care whether it was offensive or intrusive to Long.
Long moved his fingers, and the next second, his big hand was like a pair of pliers, directly fanning Illumi's temple.
The fierce palm wind even created a gust of air and made a muffled sound.
But when the palm hit Illumi, there was no feeling of touching a solid entity... Illumi's figure in front of him became blurred and disappeared on the spot.
Killing skills!
The unique skills of the Zoldyck family.
As a famous assassin family, the members of Zoldyck have been learning techniques specifically used to kill people since childhood... such as dark steps, limb bending, snake skills, etc., and Killua also knows it.
People like Illumi started working at a young age, and countless people died at his hands.
It can be said that Illumi's actual combat experience is absolutely unimaginable.
Long's pupils shrank, and just as he was about to react, a dark shadow approached from behind. A ray of silver light flashed, and the sharp tip of the mental nail was only a few centimeters away from Long's cochlea.
boom!
Just as Oboro was about to be hit due to his slow reaction, Oboro suddenly bent down and hit Illumi's lower abdomen with his elbow in one go.
Illumi's numb face finally showed a slight change for the first time.