The Daily Life of Saiki Kusuo in Zoldyck

—No need to worry about fate, for you have just emerged from the mortal world. The moon over the River of Oblivion waxes and wanes, and you sit and watch as peach blossoms bloom in abundance.

"Ah, it's Daikichi! That's amazing, as expected of Kusuo-nii-san!" Alluka was genuinely happy.

This is absolutely a very bad omen.

"A stroke of good luck with women? Hehehe, how lucky! Could it be with that girl?" Hisoka guessed.

She was an old woman in her fifties.

"Xiao Nan is going to have someone she likes?" Ilmi squinted, his earlier slight doubts resurfacing.

Kusuo Saiki: ...

Will this prophetic poem really come true if it lasts for several days? I guess it's just something to have fun with.

Gods absolutely do not exist! This is still a game world within a comic book world! Cyber ​​gods do not exist either!

"Go get the talisman and finish the mission as soon as possible," Kuroro said. "My luck's been pretty bad lately. Where should I throw this slip?"

Does throwing it away mean you can simply refuse to accept it? Just throw it in the sea, I'll make another trip to throw it all away at once.

The third task is very simple. You just need to take a piece of paper from the table, write a talisman, and go to the monk for a blessing before you can go down the mountain.

Kusuo Saiki went to get the talisman, and without much literary talent, he "wrote" a high-definition miniature world tree on it.

As for the others, they all left their calligraphy in some way.

Kuroro and Illumi have much to talk about on this point; their handwriting is very elegant, clearly showing they've practiced.

After all, Grandpa loved calligraphy, so why Kuroro practiced it is unknown.

"Illumi, your handwriting is very beautiful. Chinese characters are indeed more suitable for calligraphy than Hunter's handwriting."

"Yeah, I think so too. Shall we buy it?"

"Haha, that won't be necessary."

Kuroro has almost gotten used to Illumi's constant business talk.

Hisoka put down his brush and admired his painting, a picture of a bountiful harvest under an apple tree. He then turned to look at the talisman in Kusuo Saiki's hand beside him: ?

"Did Xiaonan draw this? That's amazing!" Illumi clapped his hands.

"...Big brother! This isn't just about being amazing, it looks like a photocopy!" Milluki exclaimed in shock after peeking out and seeing it.

“This is Xiaonan’s talent, Milluki. He was able to draw an exquisite portrait of his mother when he was only three years old.”

Kusuo Saiki: I don't remember this at all.

Illumi was lost in a brief recollection: "Hmm, when I wanted him to learn to draw?"

That is indeed a possibility.

The old monk who was giving blessings was at the back. The group went to the back and saw a monk wearing a small kasaya, less than 1.4 meters tall, standing in place chanting sutras with his hands raised.

Chapter 129 Candied Hawthorn

The monk kept chanting in his mind.

Kusuo Saiki: ...

This monk is a GM.

Players will all have a game ring on their hands!

Kusuo Saiki immediately cast an illusion spell on the GM, making him believe that Kuroro had a game ring on his hand.

GM dropped the matter and sincerely wished Kuroro well.

"It seems you've suffered some kind of injury or disability. I wish you well, child..."

Kuroro, unusually, kept quiet and accepted the blessings, though he couldn't help but complain inwardly:

The prayers were offered one by one.

Meanwhile, the tour group at the foot of the mountain had just stuffed blessed talismans into the hands of passersby, and their task sheets had turned into all sorts of cards.

After the exhilarating experience of scratching lottery tickets, the tour group gathered at a beverage shop and each ordered a drink.

Feitan waited with his book open, while the others drank and passed the time.

"It's online," Feitan said.

The next moment, the magnetic force carried Phinks down from the sky. Everyone looked at each other, and Phinks smiled.

"Start notifying them quickly. The money has been transferred, and the remaining balance is ready."

"Wow, that was fast! What did you sell?"

"That royal outfit in the leader's bedroom, wasn't the last piece just collected by Yokerxin?"

"...That commander hasn't seen it yet, he's been waiting to collect them all before putting them away."

"I took photos of them all together. What can I do? The whole set sells really well. We need to make more money later, right?"

How many did you sell?

"Two hundred and twenty billion."

"……what."

"……Um."

"What are you all doing! What kind of reaction is that!"

"Sold off cheaply."

"No matter how you look at it, the whole set shouldn't be this price."

"I rushed him to the black market auction as fast as I could. Considering the lack of publicity, it's already quite impressive that I managed to do this quickly!"

"That person could make a fortune if they were sold to the royal family later."

"We'll just snatch it from the royal family then."

The group contacted Miji, who then contacted the Exorcist Master to verify the situation.

At that time, Kusuo Saiki and his group were descending the mountain from another direction, trying to avoid the tour group, but they happened to come across a market spontaneously formed by the locals at the foot of the mountain.

The market was not only about eating and playing, but also about the fact that some players who had spent years in the game had long regarded the game as a part of their lives. In the game world of Nian, everyone was more ordinary, so they picked up some ordinary jobs and missed ordinary holiday gatherings.

"A gathering, how nostalgic." Knowing that the exorcism was about to begin, Kuroro wasn't worried about it. Instead, he walked in with ease, and as usual, Kusuo Saiki followed, as was his mission.

Neither of them had any money, so they just wandered around. After walking for a while, Kusuo Saiki suddenly saw a balloon-popping stall.

Since arriving in the Hunter World, some of the local customs and cultures have changed significantly from those of the original world. It's rare to see similar things here, and this balloon stall is one of them, which even has an identical giant teddy bear on it.

It was rare for him to recall the past, and he felt a slight longing for everything familiar from his original world, for those ordinary people, and for... his original family.

Even if it's that guy, Kousuke.

"What's wrong? Want to play this game?"

"Really? But the instructions say to pop the balloon by throwing a thumbtack with your bare hands. It's quite difficult, isn't it?"

What kind of inhuman game rules are these?

Oh, everyone here has Nen abilities, which are more powerful than ordinary people.

"Are you some kind of Enhancement type...? But we don't have any money." Kuroro looked back. "Why are all the children lost?"

Judging from the number of people, we are the ones who got lost.

They decisively left this balloon game stall, which was not a normal balloon stall at all. As they walked further, they encountered another predicament where they were tied up at the same time.

Why are there still people selling candied hawthorns? They look so tempting!

The two looked at each other, and the same first thought arose in their minds: to make money.

Kusuo Saiki was thinking of going back to find his younger brothers.

Kuroro has already begun his operation.

"Excuse me, I bumped into you! Do you need any help?" Kuroro deliberately bumped into a beautiful woman on the side of the road and then put his arm around her shoulder.

It was a very old-fashioned way of picking up girls, and the woman immediately shook off his hand.

"Huh, a player? I thought it was an NPC I encountered. Sorry! But it's really rare to see a female player dressed so beautifully."

Hearing the praise, the woman's subtle unpleasantness dissipated somewhat: "Sweet talk. Encountering an NPC is like bumping into you. You're just walking right into me, aren't you? Let me warn you, I'm not like an NPC you can romance."

"Haha, I didn't mean to give you a strategy guide. But I've run into a bit of trouble. I've just run out of money and I want to buy two skewers of candied hawthorns. Could you lend me some money?"

"A grown man asking strangers for money on the street?"

"Only 500 kheni, um, I'm penniless and it happens to be New Year's Day today! Please, Happy New Year!"

"Really... alright! Five hundred jenny isn't much. You bought two candied hawthorns, you're not going to give me one, are you?" The woman handed over a small card with a face value of 500 jenny.

Kuroro clasped his hands together to catch Jenny: "No, my friend is over there. We're both broke." He stuck out his tongue slightly and bowed to the lady, "Thank you, sister, Happy New Year!"

A 27-year-old can still call someone "sister" so affectionately.

Is this the advantage of having a youthful face? When Kuroro and Saiki Kusuo walk side by side, no one would doubt that they are not the same age.

Kuroro turned around, waving the Jenny in his hand, to show Saiki Kusuo his spoils.

It took 2 minutes and 20 seconds, which is faster than teleporting back and forth once.

A string of candied hawthorns was handed to him, and Kusuo Saiki complained, but took it anyway.

The market, organized by the players themselves, wasn't very big. After wandering around for a while, Saiki Kusuo soon spotted Alluka and her group in a corner.

"Ah, brother!" Alluka waved wildly when she saw him, inviting him to come and play. "I was just looking for my brother!"

Kusuo Saiki saw the game's sign.

Oh, it's an old show. I didn't expect to see it here. But the correct way to say it is "fishing for goldfish," right?

"Bang!" The sound of an explosion came from not far away.

Kusuo Saiki silently looked at the source of the sound, which was also the game venue. The game was set in a corner of the market. There used to be a circle of trees outside the market, but if you walked along this path, you could see a wide open space that had been cleared out.

The huge sign in front of the venue explained the rules of the game, and it seemed to be a publicized condition required for these Nen users to exercise their abilities.

Essential information for participating in the game