The Daily Life of Saiki Kusuo in Zoldyck

Tsk, was the time too short?

"Why didn't you answer me? Long time no see, long time no see!" Xiao Jie looked up and waved in front of Qi Mu Kusuo.

It turns out it has already left the loop.

Clever use of crystals can help find antiques from long ago.

Kusuo Saiki didn't intend to offer any help; he simply followed leisurely behind Killua and Gon, watching the two children's lively antics.

His method of distinguishing genuine from counterfeit products is unique.

"Kids, would you like to take a look at this?"

Uncle, you have a great eye for people. Enhancement-type intuition is the least likely to be fooled.

"No, because you don't have anything good here, Uncle," Xiao Jie said bluntly.

"If Ning can't find any antiques, there might be other items with slightly better value... Take a look, Jay, we've pretty much seen everything in this market."

"But I feel like the uncle is trying to lie to us."

"Huh? Why?"

"I don't know, I just felt it."

"Okay, then I'll trust you! Jay! Let's go check ahead again!"

The two children's conversation completely disregarded the old man's feelings. The old man stood frozen in place, his expression stiff, clutching the antique he wanted to sell and his belly full of lies, while Kusuo Saiki walked by with his hands in his pockets.

Well, that's what makes Enhancement-type abilities so terrifying.

The leisure time continued until Kusuo Saiki took the two children to lunch, which cost an average of 2,300 jenny each. He treated them because he heard that Killua, a young master, was planning to eat noodles with Gon, which would only cost 100 jenny to fill their stomachs.

This would bring tears to the eyes of any butler who raised Killua.

"Beep beep beep, beep beep beep!"

Near the end, Killua's phone suddenly rang; it was Leorio.

"Buy it! We can afford the 30 million now. If we're not willing to spend 30 million, we won't be able to get the reward!"

Don't even try it! Do you think you can handle the Phantom Troupe? Why can't you treat everyone like Illumi and be terrified of them all?

Killua's inner thoughts.

Oh dear, I already know.

That's really hurtful. I came all the way here to see you guys, even though it was through the internet.

"Killua, what did Leorio say on the phone?"

"Shh! Gon!" Killua's eyes widened. Perhaps his understanding with Gon was deep enough that Gon, though puzzled, didn't ask any questions and neatly covered his mouth.

Oh? Kusuo Saiki originally wanted to find an excuse to leave and be a considerate older brother, but now he decided to see what Killua, who never expected anything, would say.

"Hey, Nanxiong, there aren't any dessert shops within a hundred meters of here!"

What's wrong? Do you want dessert after dinner?

"I heard there's a super famous dessert shop on the east side of the city!"

That's really appealing.

But judging from your words, it seems like it was just something someone passing by once mentioned, and you, who wanted to eat dessert, remembered it. You recommended it to me without even trying it yourself?

Facing Killua's big eyes, Kusuo Saiki looked away. Transmutation-type children are always good at hiding their emotions; at least, neither anticipation nor trepidation were visible on Killua's face.

Just before Killua began to feel dejected, Kusuo Saiki said:

Chapter 81 Yoko Shinkurapika

Kusuo Saiki turned around, and the two innocent children left. Without a doubt, Kusuo Saiki knew that Killua and Gon were going to track down Nobunaga and Machi. The gears of the plot hadn't changed much because of him so far, which was perhaps a good thing.

When Phinks and Pike, who were originally following Nobunaga, switch to following Gon and his companion, should he continue to follow them?

Was he going to chase after Phinks or Pike who were following Nobunaga and the others? And then a bunch of people would chase and hang on like a greedy snake, with the mantis stalking the cicada unaware of the oriole behind, and the superpowered person even further behind!

That's way too exaggerated.

Moreover, even if he conceals his presence, Nen users of the Phantom Troupe's caliber each possess a beast-like sense of presence, at least stronger than Kurapika's. If they are on high alert, his stalking will be detected.

After all, in the original world, the delinquent Arian had easily discovered him.

In this respect, he is indeed not as talented as Killua and Gon.

Kusuo Saiki pondered what to do, wondering if he could use his transformation ability to completely disguise himself...

Just as he was thinking, the phone rang. It was Milluki calling.

"Brother! Where are you right now? Are you close to me?"

You should state your address before asking this question.

"I'm in the center of Youkexin City, on Lancao Commercial Street! Not far from the underground auction! By the way, the auction is today..."

Faced with Milluki's endless chatter, Kusuo Saiki remained silent, already pondering whether to transform into a female or a beast. Were the Phantom Troupe the kind of people who would kill any animal they saw? No way, Pike certainly wouldn't. In the manga, Pike really liked cats, even though Kusuo Saiki found cats rather unlovable.

"...Oh right, I called to say this!"

Now we've finally gotten to the main point, Miji. You're saying you're happy to be traveling, right? Anyway, it's all about where there's good food and where there's even better food.

"I stumbled upon a super popular dessert shop! There's a long queue. Hey bro, what do you want?"

Please be the first to speak about this kind of thing next time. Saiki Kusuo appeared next to Milluki, who was indeed in a long queue with a long line of people in front and behind him. The auction was temporarily closed, but not canceled either, and there were quite a few people playing around in the vicinity.

Kusuo Saiki's sudden appearance was somewhat obvious. Half a year of close interaction had made his relationship with Milluki much more casual. He reached out and took the hat from Milluki's head and put it on himself to reduce his presence.

In front of me was a small dessert shop, and I could already smell the delicious aroma of desserts. Ah, so this is it—a hole-in-the-wall eatery. The kind of place with a simple exterior but surprisingly good taste.

Judging from the sentiments of those around me... well, I'm starting to look forward to it.

"Hey bro, what do you want to eat?" Milluki looked at the products in front of him through a small pair of binoculars. "Besides what's in the ads, I also want to eat dorayaki, hehe. Go take a picture of it, bro!"

Kusuo Saiki blinked and wrote it down on a piece of paper, then handed it to Milluki.

"What paper...?! It's already printed out so quickly! Dude, you didn't know about this place all along, did you?! Why didn't you tell me?!"

There were still people in line behind him, but Kusuo Saiki had no intention of cutting in line, so he turned around to find a seat.

The story is in progress, so I shouldn't disturb it. Hmm, am I just going to have to endure this day by eating desserts? Oh dear, that's not a good idea.

Soon after, Kusuo Saiki ate the smooth pudding. The perfect combination of caramel and pudding, a simple yet just-right deliciousness, captivated his taste buds, and he showed a very enjoyable expression.

Mi Ji's inner thoughts.

Well done, Miji, although you bought a little too much.

In this Hunter x Hunter world, nobody makes coffee jelly. Unlike pudding, jelly is more bouncy and transparent. If he could, Kusuo Saiki would love to eat it again...

"Drip drip."

A message came through his phone. Kusuo Saiki glanced at it and saw that it was from a knight-errant. Moreover, not only knight-errant, but Killua had also left him a message at some point.

Let's look at Killua's comment first:

Brother Nanxiong! Help me make an ID card that shows I'm 20 years old. I want to go to the casino and make some money!

Wouldn't it be better to use that time to do missions? If the casino could really make you 100 billion, it would never let you take that money or walk out that door, I guarantee it, even if you were Killua Zoldyck.

However, this is also part of the plot, indicating that the family allows Killua, who is twelve years younger than them, to gamble. So, it's better to help them out a little, otherwise, who knows where Killua will go when he's not at the casino, which could cause some kind of butterfly effect.

But what does the swordsman want with him?

Kusuo Saiki still prefers chatting online because there's no heartfelt communication. He doesn't know the other person's purpose, has to read their words, and has to reply to clarify if they haven't expressed themselves clearly.

What others considered a perfectly ordinary interaction was, for Kusuo Shiki, a unique and interesting experience due to the presence of the "unknown."

Knight: Dr. Qi Mu! Are you still in Youkexin City?

Kusuo Saiki: 1

Xia Ke: Actually, I worked through the night to create a simple chat application, which is currently in beta testing. Would you like to try it?

Oh, after all, the foundation of this system was built by Xia Ke, so developing software based on that foundation is a piece of cake.

Right now, we're short of software, so the phone isn't planned for sale to the market yet. It's for internal use at Zoldyck, and the software is being developed internally at a slow pace.

Kusuo Saiki: Okay.

The voice of the heart, from who knows where, lies hidden among countless other voices.

Kusuo Saiki clicked on the link and downloaded and installed it.

Knight: A message has been retracted.

Swordsman: Sorry, I sent the wrong message. It should be this one. Did you not open the previous one?

As Kusuo Saiki ate his cake, he was slightly puzzled as to why the knight was using a bowing emoticon; normally, he would be making a giggling sound.

And right from the start, there were some strange connections between personal messages and phone notifications. Is it just my imagination? There are just too many people here; it must be my imagination...

The atmosphere suddenly turned sad, hey.

Kusuo Saiki kept his head down. He had already noticed that in the coffee shop behind him, Chrollo was sitting in the corner with Chrollo on his computer, and the person who had just sent him the message was obviously Chrollo, who was holding Chrollo's touchscreen phone.

The phone beeped again with a message notification sound, and Kusuo Saiki quickly pressed the mute button.

However, the frequent yet intermittent message notifications had already been noticed by the other party. After all, the gangsters were currently offering bounties on members of the Phantom Troupe everywhere. Although Kuroro and his companion had other purposes in coming out, they were also trying to fish for clues about Uvogin.

The two looked outside.

There were no extra seats in the dessert shop, and at that moment, Kusuo Saiki and Milluki were sitting on a bench by the roadside at the entrance, which was also filled with various desserts.

There were some decorations between the seats and the coffee shop, and Saiki Kusuo was also wearing a hat, so the two did not immediately realize Saiki Kusuo's identity.

But won't we be discovered if we go out?

What is the spider's decision?

Because Saiki Kusuo and Milluki's positions seemed to be avoiding eye contact, the two spiders, though seated, subtly changed the direction of their feet.

Swordsman: [Go around to the outside. There are two targets; they will likely escape in two different directions.]

Kuroro: [I'll climb out of the window above. Considering the opponent might be able to scale walls, and the surrounding terrain isn't conducive to capture, I'll have to use some abilities...]

They're about to arrest them! Just because of that tiny bit of suspicion?