【Xiyi】Ten times Hisoka tried to kill Illumi, but once he didn't

Illumi meets Sheba head-on in the hallway.

"I heard from Wutong that you want the job you did when you were 12 years old?" Shiba called him.

Illumi didn't intend to hide it, "Yes, father, there is something I want to investigate. I just don't have a new job, so take a break."

"Okay, as long as you know what's in your mind." Shiba patted the elder son on the shoulder, "Also, don't worry about Qi Ya for the time being, let him go out to practice by himself, and he will come back eventually. I know mine Son." Listening to the tone, he almost completely forgot that Illumi in front of him was also his son.

"Understood." Illumi nodded, thinking about the possibility that his father had realized that someone was following Kira.

Is it actually the father's person?No, it's impossible.Even though he has formed a mutually beneficial and equal relationship with his father since a few years ago, he was still in the hands of the family at the age of 12.At that time, he must have been impressed by such mysterious and powerful people, because sooner or later, these people would be included in the list that needed to be guarded against.

Illumi still decided to start with the client.

After saying goodbye to Shiba, he came to his study room, where the documents were already arranged on the desk.Illumi scanned quickly, and found an obvious watershed in his salary, which was the first job after Hisoka inspired his ability to create thoughts.The client's name is Trudeau, who lives in Illumiton. He was so impressed by the name that he met him for the second time by accident two years ago.

The amusement park is one of the few clear and deep memories of Illumi.He refused to admit that much of this was due to the fact that Hisoka was its client.That was about the end of the employment relationship between him and Hisoka, so that there was no place for Hisoka for a long time for the killer who didn't need friends.

However, there was another thing that left a fresh impression on him. They happened to witness the slaughterhouse of "that thing" in the amusement park.

Illumi's fingers tapped on Trudeau's name, as if chiseling into his brain, digging out the details of the memory more deeply.

He saw with his own eyes that Trudeau was possessed by the black mist. If it was really him last night, it would be enough to explain the source of Illumi's discomfort and familiarity--a face that can't be seen at all, an incomprehensible Strength, can seal his mobility without knowing it.After all, with the example of Alluka, there is nothing that "that thing" can't do, even though he doesn't understand the opponent's rules yet.

It's just that it's difficult.Not to mention that Illumi never left the client's contact information, but the anti-tracing ability of "that thing" alone can make him go around in circles.

He needs a breakthrough.

A goofy magician whose specialty is finding trouble and making it himself without trouble is clearly perfect for the breakout job.

"What should I do? I'm very busy right now, so I won't be able to go back for the time being. But this is the first time that Yilu begged me so earnestly. It doesn't seem right if I don't help." A certain magician heard Ilumi's words After the question, the voice was high, and there was no regret at all.

Illumi frowned, "I don't need your help, just tell me what you know."

"Huh? But I remember that Yilu was hiding important things from me." Hisoka reminded, "For example, what is it that makes Yilu so nervous?"

"...The fewer people who know about beating the enemy, the better." Illumi said in a deep voice, "If Hisoka can't provide any clues, I'll go find Miji."

Hisoka heard the warning from Illumi's tone, and he accepted it as soon as it was good, "Does Illumi remember Lux?" "I don't remember."

"It's so sad, Yilu can't remember the first time he used Nian."

"Ah, your boss at the circus." Illumi said while spurning himself for forgetting to ask Wutong to find the mission target, "Isn't he already dead? What does it have to do with him?"

"It seems that we accidentally offended his brother when we killed him."

"elder brother?"

"Well, his name is Rabsax McMurden. Unfortunately, I don't know much about him. I only know that I have friendship with various hunter agencies." The sound of playing cards colliding came from Hisoka, which sounded like It was the failure to build the card tower, followed by a sigh, "Of course, it's strange that people with this identity can be easily found."

"It's a lie. Hisoka didn't want to investigate it himself, for the sake of novelty, excitement and mystery."

Hisoka laughed out loud, as a tacit consent.

"I'll let Miji do an in-depth investigation." Illumi went out, and there was an echo from the closed corridor of the enemy's guest house, "Do I need to send you a copy?"

Unexpectedly, Hisoka didn't immediately refuse.When Yilumi was about to enter Miji's computer room, he quietly said, "Then thank you Yilu."

Illumi blinked, he had always been displeased with Hisoka's meaningless "fun", why did he suddenly feel uncomfortable when he really got what he wanted.It seems that Rab Sachs really has a problem.

"Brother, apart from knowing that he is the original [-]-star hunter whose hunter license has been revoked, I couldn't find anyone else." Mi Ji clattered on the keyboard, "It's so strange, it's as if the world suddenly evaporated."

Illumi narrowed his eyes, "Then what he did as a hunter should be recorded, right? Give me the time, place, and purpose of using the license, in every detail."

The workload was overwhelming, Mi Ji murmured in his heart, and transferred thousands of pages of records to Ilumi's mobile phone.His elder brother won't become myopic because of this, right?

"Wait, he knows grandpa?!" Mi Ji suddenly jumped up from his chair, like a fat cat with fried hair, he didn't care about spilling potato chips on the keyboard.

Illumi followed the ridiculous line of sight, and sure enough, he saw the name of Jeno Beaten. They used to be partners, and in less than a year, they had done dozens of jobs, large and small.He skimmed through it, mostly assassinations, with one or two bodyguard missions mixed in.

Mi Ji was still fussing over there, "Brother, where did you meet this person? You have a good relationship with Grandpa?"

"That was also before." Illumi pointed to the date, "When he first got his hunter's license, I guess it was the grandfather he met during the hunter experiment."

"Then isn't he... the same age as grandpa? Brother, is this your client? Or your target? This is too incredible." In short, no matter which one sounds scary.

Illumi didn't hear the ridiculous question, he was trying to compare the middle-aged man on the screen with the man in the darkness yesterday, there were always some details that could remind him.

"—Is there a record of his ability to read? What is the reason for his license being revoked?"

"..." Mi Ji became immune to the habit of being ignored, "The ability to read is too personal, so it's impossible to find it. But there are official records for the reason for revoking the license, you see." He read those lines from the densely packed The characters are marked out.

"It was inexplicably destroyed, the records in the system disappeared, and the investigators sent to investigate disappeared..." Illumi rarely showed a shocked expression. Someone would voluntarily destroy such a convenient thing as a hunter's license. Selling it is more valuable than destroying it." That’s all? In general, what is the reason why the hunter’s license is destroyed? I clearly remember that at the introduction meeting after the hunter exam, it was said that the issued license will not be withdrawn in any form, and it will not be issued again.”

Mi Ji scratched his head, "Theoretically, there are only death and manual destruction... such as forced degaussing and shredding into pieces."

"...death?" Illumi's brows frowned even deeper, "Can you find the death certificate? The Hunter Death Association should remember it."

"Brother thinks this person died in a fake?" Mi Ji searched around that date for the deceased who was recorded by the Hunter Association, "There is no such person."

"It can't be deleted?"

"Impossible, I tried it just now. Everything I deleted can be retrieved, and I didn't even find a punctuation mark."

"Then check Lux McMurden again." Illumi ordered.

"Wait a minute... yes! Former head of the shady circus, orphan, one-star monster hunter, this one! Died 12 years ago?"

"Drudo Ashdert."

"..." Mi Ji wanted to complain that it wasn't over yet, he also had a job, but seeing his elder brother's dark face, he didn't dare to speak casually, so he could only swallow his saliva and do his job conscientiously, a little fortunate that at least elder brother He will not threaten with his precious figure like Qi Ya did, "Um, why are there so many hunters...Brother, have you stabbed the hunter's nest recently? Ah, he is still an informant, Wan Ying will."

Illumi finally caught a trace of incongruity.

Aside from the vain rule that hunters should not harm fellow hunters, generally speaking, informants wait for employers and workers to contact them, and only serve as an intermediary bridge.When Illumi received the job from Trudeau, his father said it was introduced by a family informant, which was very strange.All the unwritten rules of the agency are that while working as an informant, one cannot become an employer or recommend oneself, and the various informants of the agency cannot contact each other in private, otherwise, once discovered, they will be obliterated.Only in this way can we ensure that the employer's private information will not be exposed due to factions.

How did Trudeau's commission come about?

Miji's fat body trembled, he felt the darker and colder air oozing from his elder brother, could it be that he didn't find anything useful to vent his anger on him?Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the back of Illumi's bruised hand.

"Thank you." Illumi patted him with the hand that frightened Mi Chi, and the poor fat man trembled even more.

Illumi wrote down the address of Trudeau's agency, turned and left, "Ah, the money has been sent to you."

Illumi likes to meet his employer in a quiet and secluded corner of a coffee shop, but Hisoka, on the contrary, chooses to greet his guests by the dance floor of the busiest disco in the downtown area. It is more suitable for those who have micro-social anxiety, they will not remember who they met the next day, how good it is.

DJ's drumbeats hit the eardrums rhythmically, and the flashing colorful lights made the field of vision bright or dark, from dark silhouettes to overexposure in the blink of an eye, passing the dizziness to the writhing dancers on the dance floor people.They change frequently, and it is often seen that those who support each other crookedly leave alternately with those who enter the arena with catwalks.

Hisoka changed into the bright red hair similar to the atmosphere here, but he unexpectedly didn't fit in, and a vacuum was formed around him to block all the drama.He was one of the few guests who sat down, and compared to the other "sitters" who either collapsed on the leather seat or collapsed on the prey, he seemed to be glued to the chair, except for the golden eyes. Contaminated by any paint, the black shirt on his body has been integrated with the environment.

"I'm glad to see you grow up so big. You know, when I first saw you, you were still a little skeleton that could be crushed to death by me at any time. I once thought you would die very young." Rabsacks forever Knowing how to pierce Hisoka's sore spot with one blow, even though the magician now wears an unchanging hard shell, he believes that the inner poison can easily penetrate everything, and these precipitated and fermented toxins will not be so easily removed .

Hisoka smiled and raised his head, still maintaining the original posture, "Sit."

Labsacks didn't care about the rudeness of the younger generation. He was a quality old man, and the direction of the wrinkles on his face was telling the upbringing, which made his facial expression more kind.He sat upright opposite Hisoka, clasped his fists on his knees, and shook his head helplessly, as if a parent saw a child who ran away from home in a willful anger, and the next moment he was going to coax him with a lollipop, "Your Nian has improved a lot, and I have practiced a lot in these years."

"Of course, I always remember your teachings." Hisoka accompanied the poor widowed old man to make daily routines, and properly satisfied the loneliness of the other party's empty nest for many years, "Find someone you think is strong as an opponent, and others are not worthy , so we can make progress, can’t we?”

"I'm very pleased." Labsacks took a glass of red wine from the passing waiter's tray. "But at the same time, I'm also very disappointed. Why didn't I do anything after watching the son of the Hakka beating the enemy for so long? Do you think I educated him?" Are you not as good as someone from the No. [-] killer family?"

Hisoka narrowed his eyes with a half-smile, and the indifference and fear in his eyes were shattered by the bouncing lights, "I didn't know you would come to care about me. But I don't fight people who have no fighting spirit." He said Turning around, "You don't blame me for what happened to your brother?"

"...I never blamed you, and it wasn't you who killed him." He smiled wryly and took a sip of his wine, "It's always you who lose your temper and refuse to forgive yourself. Isn't it just because of a toy? Beating the son of the enemy's Hakka family, and watching him grow up to what he is now, is also the pinnacle. As I said, the strong must be destroyed to be valuable."

"I also said that I don't fight people who don't have the will to fight."

"Then why do you think he has no fighting spirit?"

Hisoka slid his hand across the rim of the glass, wiped off the fine drops of water on it, and licked it again, "...Because of love?"

Labsax's hand trembled slightly, and it was stabilized so fast that Hisoka almost ignored it, but he didn't, and he succeeded.

"Yeah, you've reached this age too... you already know what love is." Labsacks said melancholy, his eyes were out of focus as if he was recalling the unfounded past, which made the anger around him produce waves of sadness , "But this fragile thing, I told you a long time ago that it's unbelievable—"

"Just kidding, are you serious? I'm so sorry." Hisoka felt that he had played enough, and really didn't want to continue to face the despicable acting skills. He watched Labsachs almost lost his composure again with satisfaction, and felt that the wine tonight was extra mellow. It even dilutes the nausea of ​​acting with the old fox.

Labsax was about to speak, but was interrupted by Hisoka again, "You want to say, you can make him fight against me?" He tilted his head, imitating Illumi and trying to put on an innocent look, " Does his younger brother know me? He probably won’t succeed, right? What’s more, you gave me the strategy of empathy. I think it’s similar to what other people say about heart-to-heart. What do you think?"

Hisoka whistled at the same time the table between him and Rabsacks was overturned, and opened his arms to enjoy the surging murderous intent coming from the opposite side.

The huge sound became their cover, and the movement on their side only caused a small exclamation in the vicinity, but did not have a greater impact.The ghostly changing lights illuminate Hisoka's face as a ghost from hell, with dozens of playing cards in his hand, drawing beautiful arcs in the air.

"You think you can defeat me by provoking me? Hisoka, don't forget your roots."

"Oh? Who said I'm going to be a man? There are too many rules to be a man, why bother."

Labsacks seemed to have heard some joke, "Do you know that the more a person is afraid of something, the more he will talk about it. Hisoka, admit it, you are an ordinary person, and you are more afraid of death."

Hisoka pulled out a poker card and held it in front of his eyes, "The operating system is still so unreasonable. Of course, there are commendatory and derogatory meanings. Let me remind you, in the current environment, the mental ability you are proud of cannot Play a role." Otherwise, he wouldn't have spent so much thought choosing this place.

"Hisuo, you are still too young. Impulse is a good thing, but blind impulse is reckless."

"Really? Then you are really old. Self-confidence is a good thing, but blind self-confidence is a dead end."

They were already in a state of verbal tension, and they didn't take the lead. They were civilized and humble to each other, really like good citizens who respected the old and loved the young, but the silence suddenly swept through this small bar—not the silence in the traditional sense, the tireless music or It's playing—just without the dance steps, yelling, and clinking glasses mixed in.

In the shadow blocked by the corner of the table, Rabsacks' feet moved slightly, and Hisoka sneered and cut open the carotid artery of the waiter who was approaching him.

The first rush of blood marks the beginning of the fight.

-TBC-