__________ POV Ashton__________
I followed the pink-haired member until I reached a warehouse. It wasn't exactly in mint condition.
But neither was their group. Still, I did make them travel all the way to this country just for some entertainment. I guess they aren't all looking forward to the assignment I have for them.
"You seem to be missing some members..." I remember a bulky and arrogant guy and a lady with a big nose.
Did they croak? I don't care about their lives, but this might affect the assignment that I have for them.
I looked around to see their leader. It wasn't the person I remember? Chrollo was certainly not this short...
The leader was a short fellow with a constantly angry look on his face. His name's Feitan if I remember correctly.
He was just sitting on a crate, looking all gloomy. Something was certainly up with him. He just seemed pissed off.
But still, I was hoping that I'd be able to hire their group this time. Without Chrollo they aren't as strong...
For fuck sake. This somewhat puts a stop to my entertainment plans...
I almost couldn't hide my disappointment. Thankfully, the poker face I practised for decades is powerful enough to stop my scowl from showing.
"What's with that frown on your face FeiFei? I was expecting a warm welcome, aren't we friend?" I said in a simple tone.
"It's Feitan..." He said in a relatively calm tone. But his anger was rising quickly.
"I didn't plan on doing anything profitable for our group... Our current circumstances are quite horrible." His frown turned even worse.
"Yeah, I can tell. This is no place to call a meeting with an important client." Seeing him and his colleagues grow angrier and angrier with every sentence that comes out of my mouth is quite fun.
Most of the people in the room were mad at me at this point. I guess Chrollo didn't inform them of my identity properly.
"Stop spouting bullshit you freak! Why did you call us all the way here?!"
A tall and muscular man with an extremely short fuse. I can't really remember his name, I think he was the guy that could wind up his fist? Oh well, a boorish individual.
Feitan isn't much better, the only reason I know his name is because he's the one that delivered the eyes of the Kurta Clan to me. Well, he doesn't really know much about me.
I only needed a few pairs of them for my experiment, it was quite a fun one too. I think the Phantom Troupe sold the rest to collectors or something like that...
"Calm down Fister... I had a little assignment for all of you. But it seems you won't be able to pull through. Two of your stronger members are missing." I didn't want to just annoy them by calling them here for no reason.
But I really doubt they'd win against Pitou as they are now. If the aggressive big guy and their actual boss were here things would've been different.
My whole plan was me making strong Nen users kill Pitou for fun. Since doing it myself would be quite barbaric. I don't like breaking my toys with my own two hands after all...
"Well... We also came here for a reason." Feitan finally spoke up. I guess they also have a motive for meeting me huh? I wonder what that is...
"It's because of you. You hired us to kill off the Kurta clan and now one of theirs has come to us for revenge... He's killed two of us and cursed our leader."He was basically radiating murderous intent. So was everyone else.
Well, except the little girl wearing a Kimono. She just looked emotionless.
__________ POV Narration__________
"Now now... There seems to be some misunderstanding here. I am not responsible for any of that." Ashton's response was calm, too calm. It somewhat confused the Phantom Troupe members.
But they didn't think a random mad researcher would be able to defeat any of them. He didn't look like a fighter.
Everything, from his well-kept hair, his clean and ironed suit to the pure white coat. It made him look like an intelligent man, not a strong one.
Most of the Troupe members knew better than to judge him by his looks. But he also didn't seem to be a Nen User. At least his Aura didn't flare up in the slightest against their combined Murderous Intent.
They also didn't have many interactions with him, the only one being the time he hired them to bring him the eyes. They only knew that he was very influential from Chrollo.
Overall, his reaction was beyond strange to them.
"Don't joke around with us. You will either help us find and exorcist or you will die here." Feitan said angrily.
But, deep down, his anger was already subsiding. As he suddenly remembered something Chrollo had told him quite a few years back.
'Whatever you do... Never attack that scientist.' It was when he was delivering the eyes to him. He didn't think much of it at the time. It was just his boss telling him not to kill their client.
But now, he realised that Chrollo knew something.
As Ashton didn't respond to his taunt. He just looked at him. His right hand slowly reaching up to his head and shuffling his hair.
His eyes turned to a dangerous scarlet hue.
A crazed smile appeared on his face, as a faint whisper passed his lips 'I wasn't expecting this type of entertainment...'
Only Feitan and a few others could hear it. But they all saw his expression change. As well as his eyes.
They could easily recognize the Scarlet Eyes... All of them knew how they looked. But now they saw them on someone that wasn't from the Kurta clan.
As the corners of his lips reached their maximum height... He spread his En in the warehouse.
Every member of the Troupe realized they had made a mistake when they felt it. The amount of pressure it exuded cracked all of the windows in the district. As his En spread wide enough to cover quite a bit of land.
The walls of the warehouse were shaking as if scared by this sudden aura spike. The members of the Troup were all on the ground. Not one of them could even look in Ashton's direction.
Feitan now could see why Chrollo had warned him that day. It was for his own safety. This wasn't just a random mad scientist. This was an extremely dangerous individual.
One that he just provoked verbally... His shortsighted action might've gotten them all killed.
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