As Moses was about to face his tenth match, Hisoka accepted a challenge from a ten-win fighter.
Despite Hisoka's Nen techniques and overall abilities far surpassing that of the ten-win fighter...
When the match began, Hisoka didn't rely on his superior hardware advantages, but instead used his skills and tactics to easily defeat his opponent.
This might be the only way he could find pleasure in such combat.
After this match, Hisoka was surrounded by numerous reporters.
Normally, he could easily get rid of the reporters' entanglement, but this time, he stayed where he was and accepted the interview.
Then-
A question from a reporter finally caught his attention.
"Mr. Roly Poly, among all the powerful Floor Masters, which one do you want to fight the most?"
"I do have someone I very much want to fight."
Hisoka looked at the reporter who asked the question.
Hearing Hisoka's response, all the reporters present couldn't help but show excited reactions.
Then they heard Hisoka's next words.
"But that person is not a Floor Master."
"Huh?!"
The excitement on the reporters' faces immediately froze, turning into shock and confusion.
Before they could ask more questions, Hisoka suddenly looked at the camera and said word by word, "I can hardly wait, Illumi."
"!"
In an instant, the reporters went wild.
They had never expected such a seemingly ordinary question to elicit such explosive news from Hisoka.
'Does this mean-'
'There will be a showdown between 'Hisoka the Roly Poly' and 'Illumi'?'
Just the thought of this possibility made the reporters breathe rapidly.
'Explosive, absolutely explosive!'
Ten minutes later.
This piece of news was quickly spread to every corner of the Heavens Arena and then spread to the entire city.
Moses, who was waiting for the tenth game in the locker room, saw the video of Hisoka's interview mentioning names through the TV on the wall.
"Heh."
Moses smirked, finding the situation amusing.
After all, the name Hisoka mentioned was Illumi...
"I hope you can give me a surprise."
Moses picked up his black sword, stood up and walked towards the door.
As his strength increased, Perception seemed to become more and more picky.
Ordinary, unchallenging battles could no longer give Moses any reward, even after accumulation.
However, the upcoming fight with Hisoka might bring Moses some surprises.
A moment later…
Moses came to the venue.
This was his tenth match on the 200th floor. As long as he won, he could apply for a match against Hisoka.
Standing on the arena, Moses looked calm.
His opponent, however, was staring at the sheath in Moses's hand with a solemn expression.
'I had no chance of winning...'
'But, if I could force him to draw his sword in this match, perhaps it could be considered another form of victory.'
Moses's tenth opponent thought so in his heart.
At the same time.
The interview video in which Hisoka specifically named people was uploaded to I-Tube. Although its popularity didn't match the fervor in the Heavens Arena, it still drew some attention.
Coincidentally...
Milluki, who was staying at home and spending his days leisurely, happened to see this interview video.
"Who is this guy? The Illumi he mentioned..."
He was totally unconcerned about the absurdity in the Heavens Arena and was staring blankly at Hisoka in the video.
"Impossible, it must be someone with the same name."
Milluki shook his head.
He felt that with Illumi's style of doing things, once he provoked someone, he would make sure to eliminate them completely to avoid any future trouble.
"Hmm, not necessarily."
Suddenly, a certain figure flashed through Milluki's mind, and he couldn't help but look at a tape in the corner of the table.
It was the precious footage of the 'dangerous person' brutally beating Illumi. He had replayed it frame by frame countless times until today, and had gained valuable lessons on avoiding danger from it.
Over time, Milluki's had developed a very deep understanding of this 'dangerous person'.
If they met him by chance outside or something, he would be able to recognize him at a glance even if this 'dangerous person' turned into ashes.
"It wouldn't be strange if there were a second 'dangerous person' like this, right?"
For a moment, Milluki lost some confidence in his elder brother.
After all, if there is a first dangerous person who can beat up Illumi, there may be a second one.
It is precisely because of the existence of this 'dangerous person' that he cannot completely deny the possibility that the Illumi mentioned by Hisoka in the video was just someone with the same name.
"Maybe I should send it to Brother Illumi and let him take a look?"
Milluki hesitated for a moment, but still downloaded the video to his phone and sent it to Illumi, who was thousands of miles away.
A city somewhere in the world.
The sky was overcast with dark clouds, lightning flashing and thunder rumbling.
In no time, torrential rain began to fall on the city below.
At the entrance of an alley.
Killua, wearing a hooded sweatshirt, leaned quietly against the wet wall. His head slightly lowered, his face hidden under the brim of his hood, and he's letting the rain soak him.
His gaze penetrated the curtain-like rain, fixed on the hotel entrance dozens of meters away.
In the alley behind him, there was a tall figure standing quietly.
This figure was Illumi.
Now, Killua, who has graduated from the Heavens Arena, has begun to carry out assassination commissions under Illumi's high-pressure training.
How many missions he had completed…
Killua hadn't counted. He only knew that he would have to live with darkness from now on and complete one assassination commission after another.
He had thought of resisting at first, but...
Whenever Illumi stood before him, any courage to resist would vanish in an instant.
As the sound of the rain echoed in his ears, Killua stared silently in the direction of the hotel's entrance, waiting for the assassination target to appear.
At this moment, Illumi, who was not far from Killua, suddenly felt the vibration of the phone in his pocket.
He took out his phone and opened it, then saw the video sent by Milluki.
Without thinking too much, he clicked on the video and saw Hisoka being interviewed.
"Hmm?"
Illumi was slightly surprised, and then heard Hisoka say 'I can hardly wait', followed by the mention of his name.
Then-
Illumi, who rarely showed any emotion, displayed a look of astonishment at this moment.
Buzz!
The phone in his hand vibrated again. It was another message from Milluki.
Illumi frowned and closed the video, and turned his attention to the message.
"Brother Illumi, who is this guy? Is he dangerous? Is he strong? He seems to have a grudge against you."
Looking at the message sent by Milluki, which seemed to seek confirmation, Illumi chose to ignore it and put his phone away.
But just as he did, he noticed Killua looking at him with a gaze full of surprise.
Apparently—
Through the keywords like Heavens Arena, Floor Master, and Illumi, Killua had already guessed something.
"Killua, you've forgotten again."
In a cold, emotionless tone, Illumi spoke, his dark eyes seemingly flowing with an even deeper darkness, "Assassins don't need friends. Also, don't make me emphasize this with words again, otherwise... next time, it won't be as simple as words."
"…"
Killua's eyes slowly widened.