At the Zoldyck Family's dinner, Killua deliberately sat far away from Silva, Zeno, and Kikyo. Gon, of course, sat beside him.
The two little heads leaned together as they whispered.
At the table sat Gelman and most of the Zoldyck Family members, with the exceptions of Maha, Jagg, and Illumi.
Each of them had their own reason for not attending this dinner.
The Zoldyck Family members who were present, whether Silva, Zeno, or Kikyo, paid no mind to Killua's childish temper tantrum.
They didn't think there was anything wrong with keeping Alluka locked up.
It was the safest thing to do for the Zoldyck Family as a whole, and for Alluka herself.
They weren't heartless, after all, Alluka was related to them by blood. But as the world's foremost family of assassins, they were used to relying on reason instead of emotion.
Silva's complexion was always sickly pale, and his eyes were perpetually half-hidden beneath his sparse silver bangs, making it hard to discern what he was really thinking.
He speared a piece of beef in sauce with his silver fork and chewed, then asked in a low voice:
"Gelman, now that you've met Alluka, what do you think?"
Gelman sat beside him, also enjoying the dinner prepared by the Zoldyck Family's head chef. The same crystal chandelier lit both their profiles.
Today, he had not only gotten his wish to meet the Zoldyck Family's fourth child, Alluka, but had also been able to look through the experiment records kept by Kikyo, Illumi, Mihai, and the others.
Stacks of documents and the data displayed on computer screens had all revealed the terrifying nature of Alluka and Nanika's "wishes and requests."
"I've confirmed at least one thing," Gelman replied in a low voice. "The thing inhabiting Alluka is different from the