"B-Brother…" Killua's voice was trembling, no! His whole body is shaking from fear.
Looking at the pathetic state of Killua, Shinji can't help but wonder what that pervert of Illumi did to his little brother to let him fear him this much.
"Killua's brother!" Gon shouted excitedly, he didn't seem to notice the fear in Killua's eyes, he only thought it is very surprising to see his best friend's elder brother in this last phase of the hunter exam, especially the way he appeared so unexpectedly, Gon become very interested in Illumi.
"How he did do that? He used needles to change the shape of his face!" Kurapika was also shocked by such a means of disguise.
Illumi opened his mouth and said: " I heard you cut up Mom and Milluki."
"I guess…" Killua smiled bitterly.
Everyone Heard Illumi's words clearly, some looked at unfilial Killua with strange eyes.
"What! You're lying, right? How can someone harm his biological mother!" Leorio who at least still has some right outlook on life was shocked by such a revelation.
"Mom was crying," Illumi added.
"That's normal! Anyone will cry if their son did that to them!" Leorio shouted angrily.
Shinji who knows the follow-up words of illumi looked at Leorio speechlessly.
"She was crying tears of Joy!" Illumi said.
"What!" Leorio and kurapika and most of the applicants almost fell to the ground.
Illumi continued saying: "she was so happy to see that you'd grown up."
"But she was worried about you leaving home, so she asked me to check up on you."
"What a coincidence, I didn't know you wanted to be a hunter."
"I'm trying to get a license for my next job."
Killua looked down at the ground, didn't dare to look at his big brother lifeless eyes.
"I don't really want to be a hunter, I just felt like taking the exam."
He lifted his eyes and saw his brother replied in a dull tone.
"I see…that's a relief."
The figure of Illumi starts growing bigger and bigger in the eye of Killua, he felt so weak and helpless, without the guts to move his body at all, completely powerless!
"Then I have some advice for you, you're not suitable to be a hunter," Illumi said in a serious tone.
"You were born to be a killer."
Killua lowered his head and clenched his hands tightly.
"You're a puppet of darkness, without passion, you don't want anything or wish for anything."
"As one who lives in the shadows, you can only feel pleasure when people die, that's how I and dad raised you."
Shinji glanced at Gon beside him, the latter was terrifyingly calm, his eyes looked at Illumi without blinking, waiting for the right moment to erupt like a volcano.
Leorio gritted his tenths and smoke kept coming from his nose, the words of illumi angered him a lot.
"But…"Killua's tear slipped through his cheek and fell to the ground, he mustered his courage and said: "I do have something I want…"
"No, you don't." Illumi denied killua's words as if he is the one who decides how killua should think and believe.
"I do!" Killua looked at Illumi fiercely.
"There is something I really want!" His shout resounded through the hall.
"Hmm, tell me what it is that you want." As if mocking Killua's words, illumi asked in a provoking tone.
"I want…to become friends with Gon." Killua said in a low voice.
"I'm sick of killing people…I want to become friends with Gon and live a normal life."
"That's impossible, you'll never be able to make friends." Illumi shook his head and replied in a dull tone.
"Your only concern when you meet someone is whether to kill them or not, that's how you were trained."
"You just don't know how to classify Gon because he is too dazzling for your eyes."
"You don't actually want to be friends with him."
"You're wrong!" Killua refuted quickly.
"If you stay with him…you'll end up wanting to kill him one day," Illumi said with certainty as if what he said will really happen.
"You'll get the urge to see if you can kill him or not."
"Because you have the soul of a killer."
Leorio can't hold back his anger, he walked toward the arena but soon he was blocked by the security guards.
"As we mentioned before you're not allowed…"
When the guard was busy dealing with Leorio, Gon already steeped forward quickly and stood in front of Killua.
"Gon!" Kurapika called Gon, but the latter ignored him.
'It seems the butterfly effect gonna happen again, well... I should be ready to intervene if anything wrong gonna happen to Gon!'
Shinji was ready to activate his ability, even though the black ghost was already beside him, if Illumi tried to shoot Gon then he will fight him desperately, as for being accidentally killed by Illumi Shinji thought :
'I don't believe Netero-sensei will watch his cute apprentice getting killed in front of him…right?…probably!'
"Gon-sama please get out of the arena or you will be disqualified!" the referee hurried toward Gon, but he was held by Leorio.
"You… what are you doing!"
"Gon already become a hunter, this last phase of the exam isn't important anymore to him!" Leorio looked at Gon and smiled.
"Gon, Killua, teach that bastard a lesson for me!" Leorio yelled in a loud voice.
"Gon…" Killua lifted his head and saw the back of Gon, he wanted to tell Gon to hurry and leave for fear his brother will do something to Gon, but before he complete his words, Gon said:
"Killua…you want to become friends with me? Aren't we already friends?" Gon looked back at Killua and smiled, then he looked at Illumi, but the smile already disappeared.
His eyes were filled with a wave of burning anger and rage.
"You don't deserve to be Killua's brother!" the words came from his mouth like tsunami waves impacting illumi's ears.
"Apologize to Killua! He is the only one who can decide what he wants! Who do you think yourself to tell him what to do!"
Gon's angry voice resounded through the hall.
Illumi looked expressionlessly at Gon, he wasn't affected the slightest by his words, instead, he asked curiously.
"So you are the one called Gon, right?"
"I'm Gon Freecss, and Killua is my best friend!"
"Gon..." With his eyes wide open, Killua looked at Gon's back.
Illumi put his hand below his chin and starts muttering: "really…that's not good, you consider Killua as a friend…"
"Yosh!" Illumi as if he got an idea, Illumi looked at Gon and said:"I'll kill you!"
"Huh!"
Hisoka, Netero, and all the examiners and applicants were caught off guard by his words.
Shinji body tensed for a moment, he was just about to move his body then he calmed down, his rationality told him that illumi won't really dare to do it, first of all, Netero himself won't allow Ging's child to die in front of him like this, even if Netero didn't care, Shinji trust very much the perverted personality of Hisoka, an attractive green apple like Gon shouldn't be wasted like this.
And finally, if Illumi really dares to do it, Shinji, swears to torture him for eternity! Even if it takes him years to achieve his goal he will never let him go!
You'd better not do anything foolish, Illumi!
"A killer doesn't need any friends, they will only slow you down." As he said that, Illumi took his needles and slowly walked toward Gon.
The terrifying killing intent of Illumi was like waves that kept on impacting Gon and Killua.
Killua was powerless in front of his big brother aura, but Gon stood there fearlessly, even though his trembling legs betrayed him.
Hisoka's eyes become cold, and his killing intent surged toward Illumi, he can't allow Illumi to harm a good seed like Gon in any way, he doesn't dare to bet if Illumi is talking seriously or if he was joking.
Illumi noticed the piercing killing intent from Hisoka behind him and stopped suddenly.
'Troublesome, if I kill him, Hisoka will be angry, but if I don't kill him, Killua will not change his mind.' Illumi isn't afraid of Hisoka, he's just trying to avoid a meaningless fight with an opponent of the same strength as him, such as Hisoka; moreover, he enjoys hanging out with Hisoka and doesn't want to ruin it this easily.
"Right, if I killed you I'll fail."
Illumi pretends as if he just realized this fact.
"This won't do, I really need the hunter's license."
Feeling the killing intent behind him decreasing, Illumi seized this chance.
At a speed that no one can see, of course except Netero and Hisoka, a needle pierced the forehead of Gon!
*thud*
Gon's eyes lost their focus then he fell to the ground.
".."
Everyone's jaws almost touched the ground from the shock, Shinji looked at the scene and his mind froze, he can't think of anything, he can't process what just happened in front of him, Gon was killed just like this?
without knowing when, Shinji subconsciously turned into his hybrid form, with bloody red eyes he ignored everything except Illumi, he wants to shred this bastard into minced meat!
but someone already moved before him.
The temperature of the room dropped at an astonishing rate, Hisoka I don't know when he suddenly appeared next to Illumi with a playing card on Illumi's throat.
"Didn't I tell you Gon is my prey, Illumi?" Hisoka's blood lust aura spread wantonly in the hall making all those who didn't learn Nen feel as if they fell in an icy cold lake that made their bones chilled.
Illumi stood in his place like a doll, he didn't expect Hisoka's reaction would be this fierce.
'It seems I angered Hisoka, troublesome.'