"Mr. Gelman, please wait a moment."
Kanboron bowed and scraped for a while, then sent Hoso to call the manor and let them know. He stayed behind to attend to Gelman and the others.
Hoso hurried off.
Kanboron led everyone toward the Zoldyck Family manor on Mt. Kukurou.
Along the way, Kanboron was so warm toward Gelman that Gon and Leorio almost thought he was a different person. He hadn't treated them this way at all during the past twenty days.
Gon and Leorio were more or less left out.
At this point, only Kurapika struck up a conversation with them. He wanted to know how they'd been doing.
"I heard you say on the phone that you'd stay with the Zoldyck Family until you could push open the Gate of the Underworld. I didn't expect you to actually do it."
"Of course we did!"
Leorio shouted, tossing his shirt over his shoulder.
"We had to show the Zoldyck Family how determined and patient we are!"
Anyone could boast, but it took real ability to make good on those boasts. Gon and Leorio had clearly done just that.
Kurapika smiled. The bitterness he'd felt after getting his revenge had finally eased, thanks to Gelman's guidance and now seeing Gon and Leorio again.
Gon straightened the fishing rod on his back, his weapon. "Kurapika, we knew you were strong back when we took the Professional Hunter Exam."
"Among the applicants who took the exam with us, probably only Killua's brother Illumi could have beaten you. But we never imagined you'd be this strong."
"Leorio and I trained for twenty days before we could push open the Gate of the Underworld, but you pushed open four gates! How did you do it?"
Leorio asked curiously, "Yeah, how did you do it?"
Killua