Hisoka turned his head to look at Bai Zhu. A light that made people deeply uncomfortable gleamed in his narrow eyes.
"When you went in to search just now, did you get a clear look at how many bones were on the floor?"
Bai Zhu froze for a moment.
He had indeed swept his gaze around the room earlier, but that place had been more disgusting than a septic tank. Rotten flesh and slime covered the floor, while the stench shot straight to his skull. In such an extreme environment, who had the spare time to slowly count the bone fragments scattered everywhere?
"What do you mean?" Bai Zhu frowned, unwilling to entertain this pervert's riddle.
With a casual flick of Hisoka's fingers, the King of Spades he had thrown out to slice the monster earlier returned to his fingertips with a deft motion. The card spun rapidly between his knuckles several times before vanishing completely into his palm like a magic trick.
"That little darling was certainly full of vitality..." Hisoka extended his tongue and slowly licked along the edge of his lips, letting out a thick chuckle from his throat. "But don't you think the smell of blood in this room is far too strong?"
Bai Zhu immediately understood.
"Judging from the concentration of blood in the air and the size of the bones scattered on the floor," Hisoka continued, unable to hide the excitement in his eyes, "even if it had devoured every neighbor in the entire building, with that old gentleman turned into a pile of shit's appetite..."
He deliberately paused.
"Even if it stuffed itself to death, it couldn't have eaten this much."
Hisoka raised his slender arm and pointed straight toward the deepest part of Room 307.
Beside the bedroom's side door stood an