"You're quite wary. A ten-meter radius for your En can't be your limit, can it?"
A refined-looking man with smooth black hair and a neatly tailored suit walked in. He adjusted his thin-rimmed glasses, gave Gelman an appraising look, then nodded.
"Please don't misunderstand. I meant that as a compliment."
Standing beside the serious-looking man was a woman with loose black hair that obscured her face. Her clothes were plain, but she had a sinister air about her. She looked just like Sadako from a horror movie.
"Hahaha..." Morel obligingly laughed a few times, then said, "Gelman, let me introduce you. This is Nobunaga, and this is his apprentice, Pam."
Gelman nodded to them, thinking that aside from Chairman Netero, Gon, and Killua, the future members of the Chimera Ant Extermination Team were all here.
Nobunaga casually nodded back.
His apprentice Pam bowed at an angle well beyond ninety degrees, then snapped upright as if she had a spring in her back. Through the strands of her hair, her dark, hollow eyes stared straight at Gelman.
As if she were about to eat him.
Though Pam looked delicate and frail, she was actually an Enhancer Nen user with tremendous strength and speed. What she had honed to its utmost limit, however, was her ability to search.
"I came here at Chairman Netero's request."
Nobunaga's tone was always brimming with confidence and pride. He glanced at Pam, seemingly warning his apprentice not to embarrass herself.
Pam timidly retreated behind Nobunaga.
"Since the Phantom Troupe are criminals with exceptional skills in both surveillance and counter-surveillance, the chairman sent me to relocate you. With my ability, they won't be able to find you."
That was no exaggeration.
The Phantom Troupe was universally recognized as the most vicious band of thieves in history. It