After saying goodbye to Kurapika, Saiki Kusuo took Alluka to the hotel.
After tidying up their things in the suite, there was plenty of time. Saiki Kusuo led the child in the practice of Nen, and then they went to sleep.
That's right, Nen practice.
Even if Saiki Kusuo didn't have Nen, he could still give guidance. The specific procedure was to watch unfinished mystery novels while being next to Alluka, who was using Hatsu. After all, the distance between people and hard work is only a supervisor.
...
The next day, they woke up early and decided to jog all the way to the snack street Kurapika had mentioned.
It was a winter morning run. The child gradually got warm while running, and their face became flushed. A kind old man on the roadside asked with concern: [I'm really worried that the child will catch a cold. Is that the parent next to [him]? [He's] so young to have such a big child.]
[Why can't they be brothers?]
Saiki Kusuo walked behind Alluka. Logically speaking, running would leave a walking person behind, but every time Alluka looked back, [he] would see Saiki Kusuo following leisurely not far behind.
Saiki Kusuo raised his foot and showed Alluka how he could teleport right next to [him].
[Don't worry, I can instantly go faster than Killua running with lightning speed.]
It's just that [he's] a little likely to cause a little damage to the city while going really fast.
Alluka gradually became bolder, confidently running ahead, because no matter what happened with [his] Hatsu, [his] older brother, who could teleport, would immediately appear by [his] side.
"Brother Kusuo! The snack street seems to be up ahead!"
[I can see it. Is there anything you want to eat?]
"I want to eat that preserved vegetable pancake, takoyaki, and dorayaki!"
Saiki Kusuo nodded, using his mind to tell the three store owners to make two extra servings each.
When Alluka went to buy them, [he] was able to buy them directly with the money.
"So lucky, the uncles made two extra servings!" Alluka took a bite of the hot pancake, revealing a happy expression.
Saiki Kusuo calmly took a bite of dorayaki, immediately also showing an expression as if [he] were melting.
Yes, being able to eat such warm and sweet delicious food in winter is indeed a lucky thing.
Speaking of which, the people here are indeed very diverse. As a central city that is like a transportation hub, it gathers food from all over the world and also gathers people from all over the world. If the people near the hotel are all city dwellers with indistinct characteristics, then the snack street they are at now gathers countless people with distinct characteristics. You can't even find two pieces of clothing that are the same at a glance.
In an inconspicuous corner, a man who was thinking bumped into a white-haired little girl holding a blind cane. The little girl fell as a result, and the bag in [her] hand scattered all over the ground.
The man looked down, his eyes sweeping around. [He] used Gyo to look at the items on the ground, inconspicuously putting one thing that fell out of the bag into his pocket. [He] also helped the girl simply pick up the other items and put them back into the bag, adding a stone to make up for the weight of the missing item.
All actions were done without leaving a trace, such a casual and refined crime.
It even came with a relaxed inner thought as if [he] were just taking an item off a supermarket shelf to look at.
[Hm, it's indeed military chess. I haven't played it before but I've seen the rules. I can use it to pass the time.]
The little girl took the bag, the man left, and Saiki Kusuo hesitated to take back his gaze.
If [he] were in his original world, on campus, this would definitely need to be stopped, but this kind of situation is too common in the Hunter world. [He] doesn't need to act heroically and be that awkward person.
"Brother Kusuo, what's wrong?" Alluka noticed that Saiki Kusuo seemed to be in a daze, [he] looked towards the blind girl's side, "That child... is disabled?"
[Yes, a person who can't see.]
"But someone helped her pick up her things! That's great!"
Well, that one...
The blind girl took the bag, hurriedly saying thank you, bowing her head while hugging her bag.
When [she] looked up, the girl had a long trail of snot hanging from her nose. [She] sniffed hard and said, "Um, I'm very sorry, I wanted to ask, is there a wooden box around here? That's the military chess... Ah! I'm troubling you so much! If it unfortunately fell far away, just tell me where it is, I can go touch it myself! I'm very, very sorry to bother you..."
The little blind girl tightly grabbed the man's clothes.
Whether it was hearing or intuition, [she] felt that this person must be related to her missing military chess. Losing this person would mean losing the military chess.
This unreasonable grip made the man particularly surprised: has [he] been found out? By a blind person?
The man didn't plan to hide the truth, and was even more curious.
"Of course, the item is in my hand. Can you tell me how you realized this?"
So it was this person who took it!
The little blind girl was surprised, but quickly accepted it. [She] wasn't annoyed by this kind of bullying, calmly explaining: "Because the military chess is very important to me, the weight of the bag is heavier than before, so I touched it, and found that it didn't have the shape of the military chess..."
"Sir, can you give it back to me?" the little blind girl asked.
"Well, I don't really want to give it back. It's hard to buy military chess anywhere else."
"Does the sir know about military chess?"
"I know about it but haven't played it before. I'm planning to give it a try."
"But, but this is mine..."
Saiki Kusuo took the last bite of the dorayaki, planning to take Alluka away.
This scene couldn't be watched any longer. After switching from looking through people to looking at the real people several times, [he] finally recognized who those two people talking were.
What a small world, really.
One was Komugi, who should have only appeared in the Chimera Ant arc, and the other was the head of the thieves who lost his Nen and was still stealing things repeatedly.
Saiki Kusuo suddenly noticed that Alluka wasn't beside [him].
"That's too much, taking other people's things is wrong!"
With a turn of his head, [he] saw the child had already started to lecture Chrollo.
Alluka, when did you become so brave, Alluka?
Alluka looked up with angry eyes at Chrollo, who glanced at [him]. A huge sense of pressure enveloped Alluka, immediately causing Alluka's breathing to stop. [He] held [his] breath and took a step back, starting to become afraid.
Some people are skilled at scaring children even without Nen.
Many people around were looking over. Chrollo scanned around inconspicuously and changed his strategy.
"Don't make false accusations. I helped the girl pick up her things but got falsely accused by her. That big brother over there, you saw me helping too, right!" Chrollo shouted, putting on an act. [He] was confident that no one but these two children could have discovered his movements.
The uncle who was pointed out by Chrollo was confused but nodded first. After all, Chrollo looked very convincing.
Saiki Kusuo was speechless. This person really knew how to act.
Alluka stared blankly as Chrollo's demeanor changed. For a moment, [he] didn't know how to react. Many people around instantly thought it was just children causing trouble and looked away.
The effect was so remarkable.
It was morning right now, and today was the weekend, but most people had to rush to work at this time.
Christmas this year wasn't on a day off, so almost everyone was busy in the time before Christmas. The great invention of working people in the city: making up for workdays. This made many people feel annoyed and didn't want to meddle in other people's business.
Chrollo easily resolved the current dilemma, taking a few more glances at this child who bravely rushed out, suddenly feeling that [he] looked familiar.
The blind girl was at a loss, but still didn't want to let go of Chrollo's clothes.
[Oh my, oh my, stop pretending.] Saiki Kusuo appeared beside them.
Komugi... Saiki Kusuo also really liked the Komugi in Togashi's writing. Komugi's popularity is very high.
Of course, it's hard to know which would be higher compared to Chrollo.
Taking a blind child's chess is too much. If there were fans who could send comments, I believe there would be no one who would try to clear Chrollo's name in this situation.
Saiki Kusuo decided to help a little.
[I have a suggestion, this girl is the queen of military chess, would you like to play a couple of games with you?]
Saiki Kusuo knew from his mind reading that Chrollo just wanted to play chess. Maybe after playing, [he] won't want it anymore.
Of course, Chrollo is very smart. As [he] said, [he's] also someone with a 100% win rate compared to the old men at the village entrance when it comes to playing chess .
...Wait.
[Have you only played against the old men at the village entrance?]
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