"Nothing about teams, we're the Phantom Troupe." Chrollo smiled as he watched the scene. "Sigh, I wonder where Little Color went."
Who is Little Color?
"It's the chameleon cat. Because it's an endangered rare species, I'm used to calling it chameleon cat directly, but Nobunaga and the others gave it a name."
What a bad name. The other three... two words, whichever one you use as a name would be normal. You could even call it Mimi; all stray cats are called Mimi.
"Then when he comes back, give him the new name Mimi."
You know he is right.
"The one who gave it to me has naming rights."
The Troupe's group beating was in full swing when Saiki Kusuo watched Hisoka get punched multiple times, then switch to a strategic retreat, and sighed.
But the score gap between the two teams was still huge. No matter how much the Troupe members wanted to beat him, they had to catch up to this Hisoka who seemed to have springs on his feet and could climb walls and swing on ropes.
The loudspeaker announced after a long time: "Attention all siege attackers, 10 minutes left until the end of this siege!"
Time officially entered the countdown, but the score was still 50 points short. The Zoldyck kids had already harmed each other enough, and even the butler had long stopped hurting each other. Now seeing the score, they barely mustered up a solid defense again, hitting each other one point at a time.
On the red team's side, the Troupe members were Nobunaga and Machi. Nobunaga had already taken two punches for no reason.
"Hey! You're doing this on purpose, right!" Nobunaga shouted.
Phinks: "Whoever has the red circle gets hit, who cares so much."
Feitan: "Hitting between different teams gives more points."
Nobunaga: "Then why hasn't Machi been hit?"
Phinks: "Who dares to hit Machi?"
Uvogin: "I generally don't hit women."
Nobunaga: "So you're all targeting me! Hit Hisoka!! You bastards! I'll chop you!"
Feitan: "Chop outside, if you hit us now, those punches you took earlier will be for nothing."
Uvogin: "The boss's order is top priority, I'll definitely hit when he comes back."
Nobunaga: "Damn, what the hell! Hisoka! Don't run, bring back our Little Color!!"
They really called it Little Color.
Nearby, Chrollo leisurely did some stretching, loosening his muscles and twisting his neck. He said, "Should we join in too?"
Who is 'we' with you? I'm a weak girl now.
"That's exactly it. If you still had Nen, I wouldn't dare let you act, but now I'm sure you don't have Nen. Hitting between different teams gets more points. We're on different teams, everyone else is working hard, shouldn't we join instead of just watching?"
I can watch, you go hit Hisoka.
...Oh, Chrollo and Hisoka are on the same team. That's why he's not fighting, to leave chances for the blue team to attack more.
"You can trust that I really want the blue team to win. A world with Hisoka as lord..."
The next second's explosion would be better than that.
"Exactly."
The two reached an agreement, and Saiki Kusuo finally raised his fist.
For the first time in his life, he had to clench his fist for a full-force attack on a fragile person, which made him feel a bit uneasy.
Too dangerous, better go light.
"I'm not a fragile person. Since you have no Nen now, go all out. I'll put up a solid defense." Chrollo put his hands in his pockets, slightly bent down to meet Saiki Kusuo's eyes.
"Actually, my telepathy ability, called Same-Frequency Voice Transmission, the thing on your shoulder is one of the conditions."
Saiki Kusuo glanced at his shoulder and only then noticed a cute American Shorthair cat brooch had appeared on it.
Who would think this cute little thing is a mind-reading device.
"Other requirements are within three meters, and head height needs to be as level as possible for clearer hearing."
Saiki Kusuo quickly stepped back four steps to get precisely out of the three-meter range.
Chrollo blinked, not minding the distance: "You can relax, I'm not that eager to eavesdrop anymore. There's still a bit of height difference between us, my neck is tired from looking up. So I told you the conditions, later you can know when I can't hear your thoughts, like now."
"If you want to communicate, how about speaking out loud? Saiki."
I've already prepared. Where do you want to get hit? According to the height difference, punching the chin seems perfect.
Chrollo: ^^... Though he couldn't hear, he could guess completely.
He took out the Bandit's Secret from his coat pocket, removed the bookmark and moved it to another spot, but his finger lingered on the page he removed it from, the ability called Same-Frequency Voice Transmission.
"I'm ready, please attack. For points, I won't block..."
Saiki Kusuo took two big steps forward and punched him.
Well, though the motion looked like swinging for a home run, without superpowers, no matter how hard, it's just a girl's strength.
"Bam!!"
What was that sound? Did Hisoka get hit or Nobunaga?
"Damn, Chrollo! You okay!!"
Wait, what could happen to Chrollo.
"The one who just flew by was the boss, right? I didn't see wrong?"
Wait a minute, so that's it, he used a flight ability, right.
"Hey, you over there with the pink hair, you want to die? Is this your declaration of war on the Phantom Troupe?"
No, I'm just a normal person now, don't cause trouble for a normal person.
"Oh dear, didn't expect our lord to be so hidden."
This guy is still alive.
"Hmm~ So this is the lord pretending to be Kusuo male? Looks like I've seen him somewhere..."
Things are getting more troublesome, did Hisoka recognize me?
"Hisoka! She's with you, right!" Nobunaga took the chance to slash at Hisoka with his sword.
No one would team up with Hisoka, nor with any of you villains.
Hisoka released rubber from under his feet and flew up to dodge: "No, don't sneak attack me like that~"
"Time! Up!" The loudspeaker announced the cutoff, and scoring froze.
Feitan, who had already rushed to Hisoka's side, clicked his tongue. The tip of his umbrella still fired bullets at Hisoka.
The surroundings quieted down a lot. After a while, Saiki Kusuo dared to look up.
In front of her, straight to the wall, there was a crater.
In the dust, a figure slowly walked out, followed by something hopping behind.
"Really surprising, to fool us to this extent, how did you hide it?"
No fooling, I really didn't know I still had this power without superpowers.
"Good thing I was cautious and used a seatbelt..."
Seatbelt??
"Safety Kangaroo ability. When about to take an attack that would cause serious harm, it takes the damage for me once."
The person who came up with this ability must be a traffic cop or a driver.
"Don't you have anything to explain to me?" Chrollo asked. "If I wasn't more careful, I'd probably have a broken bone now."
Well, as long as he's alive...
Saiki Kusuo looked away, not daring to meet his eyes.
"Hahaha idiot! Big bro is the white-haired heir of the Zoldyck family, super talented, not to mention we Zoldycks average start with three doors open upon entering the house, hands base at 16 tons, underestimating big bro is your problem!" Killua shouted loudly from above.
Chrollo paused: "I see, that was my carelessness."
The loudspeaker sounded again: "Now, announcing the result of the siege!"
Everyone looked up at the score. Saiki Kusuo's final strike added a full 20 points to the blue team, the real highest crit score, pushing the score over the red team.
"Congratulations to Lord Saiki Kusuo for taking three new territories!"
The Bandit's Secret in Chrollo's hand disappeared, meaning both abilities were canceled. He passed by Saiki Kusuo and lowered his voice for a quiet word: "Even with pink hair, you're still Zoldyck heir. Your brother wanted to warn me about that, right? I need to state my position too. As long as the Phantom Troupe is on good terms with the Zoldycks, Lord, I won't invade your privacy casually."
Chrollo simply went back to the group. Saiki Kusuo rubbed his slightly itchy ear.
Without superpowers, many experiences become ordinary.
Chrollo just emphasized 'Lord', that means he hopes I use the Lord Chess well, without casually stripping the Phantom Troupe of rights.
Oh man, even without superpowers, I absolutely won't misuse everyone's rights for nothing.
"Huh? Wait, no way, really stripping? Alluka, Alluka hold the clothes!"
What happened, how did it suddenly change channels like that.
"Brother! My hand is moving on its own!"
What's wrong with Alluka? Hey, what's happening up there, can't see at all. Wait, this scene is...
Just now, as red lord, Hisoka's wish is coming true now! All the red team people are stripping!
"Saiki, if you don't want to see a lot of naked bodies, better..."
Saiki Kusuo turned toward the sound and first saw the coat on the ground, then Chrollo bare-chested undoing his belt. It's this guy who wears coat over bare upper body!
In the background, Machi with her hair down, Nobunaga nearly naked but Phinks threw clothes on him to not be fully nude!
Sensing it would be bad if slower, Saiki Kusuo immediately called the Lord Chess: "Return all stripped rights!"
The bad scene finally stopped in time.
...
After the siege ended, everyone returned to their territories before leaving. Saiki Kusuo and his siblings went back to the suburbs of Love City, but were welcomed by people shapeshifted from dark creatures in between.
"Welcome Lord!"
"The battle was so exciting, especially that last punch!"
"I gave it ten thousand points!! But it got removed as the highest score, damn!"
These guys were the audience just now, not pretending anymore, huh.
"Lord, you can now stay in the most luxurious hotel, villa too! After siege victory, any lord challenging you needs at least half of your Lord Chess holdings to challenge your territory!"
So, won't get broken one by one anymore.
Sounds a bit safer.
The siblings ran into the city to see novelties. Saiki Kusuo let out a long yawn.
Now an ordinary person, superpowers full to empty, body more tired than ever.
"Bro, let's play water gun war! Anyway, sky will light up in two hours!"
Then go sleep, don't stay up all night!
Killua grabbed a water gun, loaded it like a pro weapon: "We're all full of energy, right! Alluka, Kort!"
"Heh, main thing is I want revenge. Alluka, Kort, you two aren't standing with Killua, right?"
"Kort doesn't know, but Alluka abso——lutely stands with me! You can figure it out with your toes?"
Alluka picked up two water-filled balloons, and Nanika appeared beside to fill more balloons with water.
Alluka: "Wrong, brother. Alluka and Nanika both think brother went too far!"
"Huh?!"
"Bullying Milluki brother, time to get payback!"
"No, if we didn't hit Milluki, we might have lost now! Ruled by Hisoka! So scary!"
"Still gotta get payback from Milluki brother! Milluki brother can't beat brother, I'll help Milluki brother!"
So many 'brothers', Alluka.
Kids' energy is so high... Well, if ordinary kids from original world, Saiki Kusuo would tell them to sleep, but Zoldyck kids are far from ordinary in every way, they even have night training sometimes. This all-nighter is normal for them.
You guys play, I'm going to sleep.
Saiki Kusuo normally checked into that hotel's luxury room before.
The top presidential suite was said to be unavailable due to burst pipes, oh man what's going on. Anyway, clean up everything around, no more G's.
Saiki Kusuo closed his eyes, opened them.
No good, as ordinary person now, even tired, one more step before sleep.
Take a bath.
Usually lazy times he could just restore.
Meanwhile, the Phantom Troupe found a restaurant to celebrate reunion.
Food on the table was swept clean like a storm, some kept a bit of elegance among them. After the meal, the Troupe started discussing plans for the future.
They were all on the ship, now surely all alive, but scattered in other areas of the Dark Continent.
"Gathering is top priority, taking other areas is necessary too. This Lord Chess makes conditions very thorough, seems no limit."
"Yeah. Must go conquer other territories, but is Lord Chess safe in others' hands? Boss, maybe grab it first."
"I think grabbing it would be trouble. The current holder of Lord Chess is trustworthy, and easy to control."
"Easy to control? That person has teleport ability. And Zoldyck next heir candidate, must have ambition."
"His ambitions won't clash with our goals. Illumi is still our member, we can give Zoldycks some trust."
"Boss, I've always thought Illumi joining the Troupe is weird. His heart is only with Zoldycks."
"He won't devote to Troupe, I know, but give him tasks and he'll do them. Through him, we can use many Zoldyck conveniences."
"Then get killed by Zoldycks at some point. Boss, isn't your fondness for Zoldycks too high?"
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