In his earpiece, Hisoka's voice held a rare note of excitement, trembling on the edge of it.
"They're watching me."
"Oh, no. I don't think they're looking at my aura. They're looking at me. Hmm, strange. It feels like aura, but also like something else."
Milluki instinctively objected. "Impossible! You're clearly—"
The words stuck in his throat.
Right. It was impossible.
As long as a Nen user maintained Zetsu, he was no different from a stone to another Nen user's senses. Those mindless monsters had even less chance of seeing through Hisoka's concealment.
A cold conclusion flashed through Bai Zhu's mind.
It wasn't Nen.
It was a biological marker.
Something might have planted a beacon inside every living thing on the island, through the air, the water, or even sound. From the moment they set foot here, they might already have been someone else's dinner without knowing it.
He immediately gave an order through his earpiece, without a trace of hesitation.
"Stop playing with them."
"Follow the ones in protective suits. They're more interesting than those piles of crap."
After a brief silence, Hisoka's distinctive chuckle came through, as though he'd found a toy more to his liking.
"Hmm~ As you wish. I hope those little mice have more surprises for me."
On the map, the signal marking Hisoka began moving rapidly away from the Observation Tower.
Bai Zhu looked up at the narrow opening into the tower. Now that Hisoka had been spotted, going in that way no longer seemed like a good idea. He turned to the other two. "We're going back the way we came. Heading in here to meet up with Hisoka doesn't seem wise."
"Leaving?" Camilla stared at the "specimen wall" covered in dried corpses. The color had drained from her face, and her voice