Chapter 191: "Gathering Was Like a Flame; Scattering, Like Stars Across the Sky"
Kite, who was driving, spoke up. "Ging, my assignment is pretty much finished. I need to get back to my team tomorrow, so I won't be going to Greed Island with you."
"Okay, sure. Sorry for the trouble this time. I'll buy you a meal when I get the chance," Ging said.
Kite couldn't resist complaining. "Ging, I've heard you say 'I'll buy you a meal when I get the chance' so many times already."
"Ever since I became your 'apprentice' and left your tutelage, we haven't seen each other. If you weren't coming to the Kakin Empire this time, would you have even thought to get in touch with me?"
There was a touch of reproach in Kite's voice.
He had great respect for his teacher, but Ging was always hard to pin down, and Kite was busy with work himself. It was simply too hard for them to meet.
Ging looked a little awkward. He scratched his cheek with a finger and replied, "Then I'll treat you to dinner tonight... No, I'll treat everyone."
A man like him, who was always away from home, barely ever went back to Whale Island to visit his son, Gon, let alone his disciple.
Actually, wait. He might have spent more time with Kite than with Gon.
In that respect, perhaps Gon was the one who truly had it rough.
Gon, Killua, Kurapika, and Leorio all had painful pasts. Kurapika had suffered the most, and he was also the most extreme.
Leorio was the most normal and down-to-earth of the four main characters.
Shira perked up and asked, "Mr. Kite, I heard you and your team study all kinds of creatures deep in the wilderness. Is that right?"
"That's