Faced with Illumi's persistent questioning, Hisoka readily admitted it.
He had indeed used Nen on Killua, but only to stick Bungee Gum to Killua's body. During the brief exchange that followed, he had even withdrawn his Ten.
Otherwise, those two attacks would have killed Killua or left him crippled.
After admitting that he had used a Nen Ability on Killua, Illumi erupted with a terrifying killing intent.
"Illumi, you wouldn't be planning to kill me here, would you?"
Hisoka watched Illumi's undisguised killing intent with great interest.
He knew perfectly well why Illumi was angry.
Illumi simply believed that Hisoka had seriously injured Killua with his Nen Ability.
He could have instantly dispelled Illumi's killing intent by saying something like, "Killua is completely unharmed," but Hisoka deliberately said nothing. As he kept Illumi hanging, he thoroughly enjoyed the bone-chilling killing intent washing over him.
"Any last words?"
Illumi's gaze at Hisoka was filled with killing intent.
The moment Hisoka finished his last words, Illumi would strike.
"Let me think."
Hisoka calmly raised a hand to his chin, a pleased smile appearing on his face.
Around them.
The examinees who had successfully arrived at the second test site all stared in shock at Illumi, whose body radiated terrifying killing intent.
They moved as far away from Illumi as possible, crowding toward the warehouse standing in the open clearing.
That building was the venue for the second test. If its doors had not been tightly shut, they would have rushed into the warehouse in a panic to get away from Illumi's dangerous aura.
As things stood, they could only squeeze together before the closed doors and stare fearfully at Illumi.
In contrast, Satotz, one of the examiners, remained calm.
"I thought Number 144 was the one I needed to watch most closely.