Hunter x Hunter: The Strongest Zoldyck

Ah!

It's so numb.....

The familiar yet unfamiliar scenery quickly faded away, and Roy, fast asleep, felt a tingling sensation in her wrist, as if countless ants were crawling over it.

call.....

After the tingling and itching subsided, he exhaled a long breath and slowly opened his eyes.

My vision was blurry for a moment, then it became clear.

With a quick glance, Roy saw a rusty iron gate in front of him, five feet high and three feet thick.

The heavy iron gate is flanked by dark gray wall tiles of varying sizes, which extend indefinitely, creating a small, square room in an area of ​​less than 50 square meters.

The ceiling of the room was old and dilapidated, with a hemp rope hanging crookedly in the center. It was about the thickness of two fingers and had a reddish color, which made people feel uncomfortable.

Below the dark red hemp rope, a figure swayed back and forth, swinging with the rope.

Hmm... looks like it's not a dream.

With a soft murmur, as if in a dream, Luo Yi raised his head, his gaze slowly moving upwards.

Beneath the ceiling, a tight knot bound his wrist firmly around his slender arm.

He tried to move his hands, but they were pressed tightly together, leaving no room for movement.

He's been hung up again. How many times has this happened?

The 3675th? The 3676th? The 3677th?

Never mind, it's not important anymore.

Every day, I was either electrocuted or forced to drink poison.

Lifting it up is a routine operation.

I just wonder when this torture-like ordeal will ever end!

well......

With a sigh, Roy reflected on his life over the past few years, feeling a surge of bitterness and helplessness.

Thinking back to Zhou Yu in his prime, my thoughts wander to my homeland. Those who are sentimental should laugh at me, for my hair has turned white so early...

White hair... Roy glanced at the white stray hairs on his forehead, then looked at the six-pointed star emblem engraved on the iron gate, and the memories of his dead body immediately attacked him.

How did I end up transmigrating? And if I did, why did I end up in the Zoldyck family of the Hunter x Hunter world, and even in my second birth?

It's important to know that the Zoldyck family's childhood was not a time to reminisce about; it was a brutal trial that lasted nine years and involved life and death.

His "death game" began the moment he grew his first baby tooth and uttered his first words.

The rules of the game are terrifyingly simple: fail, or die!

Among them, "hide-and-seek that puts you at risk of your life" was the game he played the longest.

During those years, he learned to move silently among the shadows of the trees, to keep his heartbeat at a minimum, and to climb rock walls and squeeze into narrow crevices that only a mole could pass through with his three-year-old fingers.

He ran, hid, and trembled in fear every day, struggling between life and death.

......

Scattered fragments of memory flashed through Roy's mind, bringing him intense negative emotions and a strong desire to escape the Zoldyck family.

I refuse to believe... we can't escape!

Snapped!

A crisp sound!

Roy leaned back, propped himself up, untied the ropes, and rolled onto the ground.

He learned this simple triple knot when he was five years old, let alone now.

Wutong...you underestimate me!

Roy calmly thought to himself, steadied himself, and took out a ring key from his pocket with his right hand.

The key is dark yellow, with a patterned six-pointed star engraved on the front and a forest surrounding Mount Kukuro on the back.

This is the Zoldyck family key, which can open most of the family's locks, whether it's the vault or the secret room.

However, it should generally be in the hands of the clan head... that is, the current chairman of the Zoldyck family, Bazold Zoldyck; no one else is qualified to possess it.

Roy was well aware of this fact, but so what? Did these things matter compared to his own freedom?

Roy twirled the key between his fingers a few times before inserting it into the pale, rusted keyhole of the iron gate.

Click...click...

The key turned clockwise made a screeching sound, as if it hadn't been used for years.

As it turned, the heavy iron door slowly opened, letting in a sliver of dim candlelight.

The interplay of light and shadow shone on Roy's youthful face, outlining his general features: white hair, black eyes, a slender build, and delicate features...

He looked to be about eleven or twelve years old.

The 3670... something in the seventies?

Gazing at the dark, deep tunnel outside the door, Roy felt somewhat dazed. He couldn't remember how many times he had run away; after all, it had started when he was three years old...

He shook his head, clearing his mind of distractions, and focused on only one thing.

Get out!

Just then...

Tap tap tap....

In the silent tunnel, the sound of regular footsteps could be heard, and a short, thin figure slowly emerged from the darkness.

"Roy, didn't Father tell you to reflect on your actions in the basement?"

Accompanied by a low, cold voice, a young man who looked five parts like Roy, but with black hair and black eyes, walked over.

"Illumi? What are you doing...?"

Before Roy could finish speaking, he felt a foreign object being forcibly shoved into his mouth; it was as thick as a hair and sharp and cold.

It was Illumi's Nen needle; it seemed to have been precisely aimed, as if it had pierced through a crack, and inserted itself into his mouth.

"Don't move."

Illumi's needle tip was pressed against the inner muscle of Roy's right cheek.

"Well, no... I should say you can move, but it's very dangerous."

Illumi didn't hesitate in applying force, but he wasn't rough or violent either. He simply used a quick, decisive motion to slowly pierce the needle tip into the inner muscle of Roy's cheek.

How terrifying....

Roy thought

What's terrifying isn't the tip of the Nen needle, but Illumi's extremely aggressive and fanatical gaze.

Does he have developed a similar obsession with me as Killua?

In a flash, he suddenly recalled the plot of Hunter x Hunter. He couldn't remember the details, but he knew roughly about Illumi's perverse obsession and desire for Killua.

So... he feels the same way about me?

Looking at Illumi, whose lips were slightly upturned and whose eyes were red, Roy was certain of the truth.

"My foolish brother, have you forgotten the family's principles?"

"A task can only be executed when it is 100% certain! Therefore..."

Are you sure you can escape?

With the needle in his right hand, Illumi raised his left hand in the opposite direction and swiftly stabbed it into Roy's other cheek.

"And reckless decisions are as disgusting and nerve-wracking as cockroaches."

"Do you understand, Roy..."

boom!

A strong, malicious mental pressure suddenly emanated from him, instantly assaulting Roy without any concealment or disguise.

Haunted by such malice, Roy felt the air around him become restless, and faint whispers echoed in his ears, giving him the feeling of being in a high-pressure, sealed chamber.

Is this what recitation is?

Sweat beaded on his forehead, his legs trembled slightly, and an indescribable panic rose in his heart.

He tried desperately to control it, to rein it in, but he couldn't shake the feeling at all.

"Alright, Master Illumi, please put away your thoughts. The Master sent you here to be punished, not to humiliate Master Roy."

Behind Illumi came Roy's familiar voice, rough and serious.

Before he could even see the person's face clearly, he already knew who it was.

Wutong, his old rival.....

"snort!"

Upon hearing this voice, Illumi sneered, dispersed his Nen, and withdrew his hands from Roy's cheek.

The Nen needles inserted into his cheek muscles seemed to still be there, and they appeared to be imbued with Nen.

He... can't pull it off!

.........