Game in Progress (1)

Over here, the members of the Phantom Troupe were already standing in the square outside the palace, and as far as the eye could see, there was a sea of people.

The surrounding area was filled with gang leaders, clinking glasses and chatting with each other.

The social structure of gangs is laid bare in this scene.

The heads of smaller factions curry favor with the leaders of larger corporations; different social classes have different social circles.

This was a grand open-air banquet, with tables laden with food and drinks.

In the center, musicians were playing instruments such as the piano, and a large number of waiters and waitresses were moving among the gang leaders, serving them attentively.

But... after only a short while, the Phantom Troupe realized that the Ten Dons were nowhere to be seen.

"The Ten Dons don't easily show themselves in public; they should be inside one of these palaces," the Shalnark said after circling around.

They stood relatively far apart; otherwise, if they had gathered together, they would have attracted too much attention.

"Everyone spread out and find the target location first."

"Chrollo commanded."

"You can kill whoever you want..."

Feitan asked coldly.

"What ever."

Chrollo replied.

Because... he had already noticed that someone was keenly watching them.

It was a disheveled man wearing red-rimmed glasses and flip-flops. He was dozens of meters away from the man, and their eyes met in mid-air through the shadows of people walking back and forth.

Standing next to the man was a deformed fellow... who didn't look like a normal human being.

"The Shadow Beasts".

Chrollo guessed the other person's identity.

He raised a faint smile.

Without saying a word, he took the initiative to move closer to the Shadow Beasts.

Members of other Phantom Troupe also noticed the Shadow Beasts.

"They're quite capable; they found us so quickly..."

The Shalnark followed closely behind.

If you want to know where the Ten Dons are hiding, just capture the Shadow Beasts and interrogate it, and you'll find out... It will save you a lot of time.

This area is full of influential gang leaders. After the Shadow Beasts discovered them, it didn't make a sound... Once it makes a move, it will turn into a battlefield, inevitably causing large-scale chaos. The fierce battle will also leave the gang's high-ranking members with no chance of survival. So many people... even if only a portion of them die, it will be a devastating blow to the entire underground force.

The Shadow Beasts was tempting him... Chrollo understood, and he was happy to comply with its wishes.

Let's find a separate place and resolve this.

Chrollo and his group of five walked through the crowd, following the pace of the Shadow Beasts, while the other companions went to carry out other plans.

Two people are missing!

The owl and the Worm did not turn around. After noticing Chrollo other, they moved to another location as if by unspoken agreement.

He thought the Phantom Troupe would go on a killing spree, but he didn't expect them to be so calm.

"Aren't we going to tell them the truth?"

The Worm turned its head, glanced at the Spiders stuck to its rear end, and asked the owl.

"Tell them? You're lucky... You know which side to stand on. Even if the Ten Dons hadn't died at the hands of the Phantom Troupe, they were destined not to live past tonight."

"They want to kill Spiders, don't they? Let them have their way..." Xiao said calmly.

"You've noticed it too, haven't you? The auras of these guys... are quite unusual."

"I just felt that they seemed very confident... Even though they were exposed, they didn't panic at all. Did they not take us seriously?"

Worm tell the truth.

Xiao did not respond.

A few minutes later, the two groups leisurely made their way to the back garden of the palace, where there were relatively fewer people.

On the way, Xiao had already used the walkie-talkie to call the Rabid Dog and the others over, and they gathered together ahead of time.

Under the dim and gloomy night, with the sound of footsteps, the owl and the Worm crossed a path and arrived at their destination.

This garden is now the only quiet place in the bustling and celebratory palace... The six Rabid Dog looked over when they saw the two appear.

"What do you mean? Why did you suddenly call us here? And in a place like this?"

"A fish has taken the bait... a big one!"

Xiao pushed up his glasses, gave a thumbs-up, and pointed behind him.

"Oh?"

The Shadow Beasts showed expressions of interest.

"I'll leave it to you guys... I'm going to catch something else with the Worm."

After giving his instructions, Xiao and the Worm transformed into a blur and disappeared.

Then, before the Rabid Dog and the others could even react, their skin seemed to be stimulated by some kind of aura, goosebumps rose, and they instinctively entered a battle state, unleashing their Nen.

"Huh? Did those two people run away?"

"It seems... the remaining guys aren't weak either, only six... weren't there ten Shadow Beasts?"

"They think they can take us down with just six people... That's... even more arrogant than us..."

"Could the other four have gone to inform the Ten Dons? But... it's probably not a problem. With Feitan and the others around, they probably won't be able to escape."

After a relaxed conversation, several dark figures came into the view of the group of Shadow Beasts and gradually revealed their appearance.

The Phantom Troupe?! The Rabid Dog stuck out its tongue and licked its lips.

He revealed a bloodthirsty smile.

Unexpectedly... the rumors Xiao mentioned earlier were actually true!

That's awesome! "Hahahaha... I know you. You and two other undercover agents were bodyguards for the Fills Family. One of them has already been killed by us!"

The Rabid Dog and his companions showed no weakness, confronting the Phantom Troupe's squad led by Chrollo head-on.

He stared at Chrollo and sneered arrogantly.

"Of the five people, three are women... Although they seem quite capable, they still look so weak..."

Leech looked at Machi, Shizuku, and Pakunoda and said bluntly.

"The kind of people who have achieved their current reputation have gotten incredibly lucky. If they had met us earlier, there probably wouldn't have been so much trouble."

"It's not too late to make them realize their own weakness..."

The other several Shadow Beasts echoed this sentiment.

Disdain for women? Machi spread her hands, pulling on the silken threads between her palms, and strolled forward.

Seeing this, the Shalnark knew that Machi was a little angry.

"Leave one alive."

Chrollo finished speaking.

In an instant, the eleven people on the ground moved simultaneously, rushing towards each other and instantly identifying their respective targets.

Two Rabid Dog vs. Chrollo.

The remaining four Shadow Beasts then engaged in one-on-one battles with the members of the Phantom Troupe.

Meanwhile, as the Shadow Beasts clashed with the Phantom Troupe, a dramatic change also occurred in the plaza.

On a huge electronic screen, Chiko, the new head of the Fills Family, had just finished his speech, which was met with thunderous applause.

Congratulatory messages from the other Ten Dons could also be heard from the speakers.

The screen also flashed some videos of royal representatives...

The crowd was still reeling from the thunderous applause.

Just like the situation outside the gate, the gang leaders inexplicably started fighting each other. The Fills Family quickly sent members of their guards to control the situation, but they did not expect that even the Nen user would fall for it and, as if they had lost their minds, launch a massacre against the gang members.

Tables and chairs overturned, expensive drinks shattered on the ground, and the beautiful music stopped abruptly.

Instead, screams and shouts filled the air.

In the center of the scene, where the situation was completely out of control and the crowd was in chaos, Du An, number 7 of the Phantom Troupe, stood expressionless.

Even though the battle around him was fierce, with blood splattering and screams echoing everywhere, no one attacked him, or rather... they didn't even notice his presence.

A short while later, another group of Nen user appeared; they were not from the Fills Family.

Instead, besides the Shadow Beasts, the Ten Dons had thirty to forty Nen user were close to them.

After catching a glimpse of the newly arrived Nen user with his cold gaze, Du An used the nearby swaying figures to conceal himself and walked away.

It was hidden in the shadows.

It wouldn't be difficult for him and Quake to take down these gangsters and weak Nen user.

Although the enemy had a large number of people, it was just the right time for him to use his Nen.

His Nen is called 'The Lonely Hypnotist'.

As the name suggests, it is a hypnotic technique.

The bigger the scene and the more people there are, the more advantageous it is for him.

With all the important figures present, Hisoka, Feitan, Kortopi, and Bonolenov began entering palaces and buildings to search for their target and, incidentally, eliminate any minor enemies.

Kortopi and Bonolenov are in one group, while Hisoka and Feitan act alone.

Hisoka, under the guise of an investigation, directly contacted Illumi and met up with him.

He was now certain that Chrollo had lowered his guard against him.

After a while, in a secret, man-made room, Hisoka met several people...

David and Fills Lily, Illumi's brother Kalluto... and Kurapika.

"Oh... you've arrived."

After Hisoka entered the room, he gave Kurapika a wicked smile, "Not bad... It's been a while, and your eyes have changed a bit. It seems... Oboro is quite interested in you."

Kurapika leaned against the corner of the wall, remaining silent and ignoring everything.

He is conserving his energy.

My feelings were very complicated, both nervous and excited... I was nervous because I was afraid that the Phantom Troupe would sense that something was wrong and run away.

Excitement stemmed from the prospect of soon getting revenge! "How's it going outside?"

"Illumi asked."

There are surveillance devices in the dark room, but the images that can be seen are incomplete.

All that could be observed was Du An and Quake dealing with the Ten Dons' private army, a group of Nen user, in the plaza.

Du An hypnotized some Nen user while hiding himself and watching his enemies kill each other.

That's a very tricky Nen!

"A few went to find the Ten Dons, while Chrollo and the others are playing with the Shadow Beasts..."

Hisoka agreed, crossed his arms, stared at the screen for a while, and then looked at David. "It seems that your Fills Family doesn't have many Nen user... it's just that the scene looks big."

"Most of the Nen user died were the Ten Dons' men...and these gang leaders came from all over the world, and the vast majority of them were not from our territory; they were all henchmen of the Ten Dons. Once the Ten Dons and these people are all dead, the entire underground power structure will be reshuffled. At that time, it will be easier for us to better control the gangs across the Six Continents, and our Fills Family will become the sole king of the underground!" David's calm voice was filled with pride.

"What I'm curious about is... how he managed to get here."

Hisoka's words had a hidden meaning.

The person being referred to is, of course, Oboro.

Oboro is currently entangled with the Zoldyck Family.

Hisoka believes Oboro will definitely appear, but in what way? Perhaps David and Lily know something.

However, neither of them answered Hisoka's question.

"The Ten Dons have been found."

Suddenly, Illumi made a sound.

Zooming in on a surveillance image, you can see that amidst a burst of intense gunfire and fighting, a door to a large hall is suddenly smashed open by a corpse, and then the short-statured Feitan leaps out.

Inside the hall, including Chiko, who had just announced his identity from the Fills Family, there were ten people in total... sitting at a round table laden with fine wines and delicacies, but no one had any appetite to eat them.

There were also more than a dozen Nen user acting as bodyguards inside the house...

When Feitan stormed in, several of the Ten Dons immediately began questioning and berating the stunned Chiko ... They used very harsh language, essentially asking how the Fills Family operated.

Chiko was sweating profusely, holding a cell phone and dialing numbers incessantly.

At the same time, David's cell phone rang, but the old man didn't answer it.

Then, Illumi, Kurapika, and Hisoka watched as Feitan drew his umbrella sword and, without saying a word, charged directly at the group of Nen user blocking the Ten Dons.

His figure moved with ghostly speed, his killing technique incredibly swift and pure. Faced with such a disparity in strength, the Ten Dons' subordinates were utterly powerless to resist. Once Feitan got close, a single exchange would be enough for that slender blade to mercilessly claim their lives.

It felt like a cunning old cat had stumbled into a den of rats... and was unilaterally slaughtering them.

Within minutes, the hall was littered with corpses.

The Ten Dons seemed to want to say something, but it was clear that Feitan had a violent temper. With a swift movement, his sword followed him, instantly slicing off all Ten Dons' heads, leaving only one person alive: Chiko of the Fills Family.

Feitan stood before Chiko, gripping his blood-dripping umbrella sword, his face icy.

Without any visible movement, the next second, Chiko's legs were struck hard, and he fell to his knees with a thud.

It let out a scream.

Under the watchful eyes of Hisoka and the others, Feitan grabbed Chiko's hair, as if asking him something... but the latter was very stubborn, and even after Feitan slowly broke his arm and subjected him to inhumane torture, he did not reveal any information.

This seemed to disappoint Feitan somewhat.

However, after executing Chiko, Feitan looked up at the camera hanging on the wall and exchanged a glance with the people standing in the dark room.

Immediately, the screen went dark.

"That's amazing..."

Illumi clapped his hands approvingly, but still maintained a blank expression.

With his keen eyesight, he could naturally tell that this short guy named Feitan was exceptionally strong.

"Where does he rank in the Phantom Troupe, given his skill level?"

Illumi turned his head to face Hisoka.

"Including myself, from my personal perspective, I'd rate it around fourth," Hisoka said with a chuckle.

"So, you're in the top three?"

Illumi Road.

"In terms of raw strength alone, there are actually several people in the Phantom Troupe who are no weaker than me, not by much. However, they are much weaker in other aspects. So, in terms of overall level, apart from Chrollo who interests me, the others are just average."

Hisoka rarely tells the truth.

It's not arrogance... but rather the influence of Oboro that has made Hisoka's current fighting strength far greater than it was at this point in the original story.

"Chrollo ..."

A murmur came from behind him. Hisoka glanced over and saw Kurapika's cold expression.

The Chain on the boy's right hand trembled slightly.

"Hehehe..."

Hisoka sensed something and his eyes flashed a warning, "In this game, you have your role, and I have mine... Don't try to take what's mine."

"..."

Kurapika remained silent.

I was in a bad mood tonight. It took me almost five hours to write these four thousand words, sob sob sob~~~ I usually finish in about two hours.

There will be more updates, but it won't be until after midnight. Everyone, go to sleep now.