Chapter 114: "An Unexpected Encounter with Kurapika" (3)
Watching Gelman disappear around the street corner, Knuckle, who was prone to tears, finally couldn't hold them back any longer. Tears burst from his eyes.
"Gelman..." Knuckle wrapped an arm around Shoto's right shoulder and cried out, "He's a real man!"
"Knuckle..." Shoto looked helpless. Then someone put an arm around his left shoulder too. It was their teacher, Morel.
"Yeah. A real man." Morel actually started crying too.
Morel and Knuckle clung to Shoto and wailed in front of the hospital entrance, drawing plenty of stares. People who didn't know what had happened might have thought a relative or friend of theirs had died, judging by how grief-stricken they were.
Shoto was already used to this sort of scene. Teacher Morel and Knuckle were a perfect example of "like teacher, like student." They were just too sentimental.
Let's leave Morel and his student for now.
At that moment, Gelman was alone in a taxi. He took out his phone and sent a text message to Abengane, the Nen Exorcist.
It had been quite some time. It was time to "exorcise" the curse.
Abengane quickly replied, "No problem," and even took the initiative to ask about the time and place. He also mentioned that he could perform the exorcism whenever needed, though it would be even better if he had some time to prepare.
Gelman was a little puzzled. Abengane hadn't been this enthusiastic during the previous two exorcisms. Why was he acting so differently this time?
He didn't think much of it, though. After they settled on a time and place, Abengane replied instantly and readily agreed.
Not long afterward, Gelman got out at the airport. He needed to buy an airship ticket to Itro City, where he had arranged to