Five Billion

Illumi held out his hand.

"Core."

Bai Zhu braced himself on his Zanpakuto, his legs still a little weak.

He looked at Illumi, then at the red-and-black core in his card holder, and suddenly reached in and took the thing out.

Then, right in front of the Zoldyck brothers, he tossed the core into the air.

Smack.

Caught it.

Tossed it again.

Smack.

Caught it again.

Illumi's emotionless cat eyes actually moved up and down with the core as if he were watching a cat teaser.

Milluki's expression changed first.

"Be careful! Who knows what other weird properties that thing has!"

Bai Zhu weighed the core in his hand, utterly unconcerned.

"It's so hard. It should be pretty useful for cracking walnuts."

Milluki nearly jumped on the spot, his voice cracking.

"You're using a contaminated core from the Dark Continent to crack walnuts?!"

"Oh—!"

Bai Zhu dragged out the sound, twirling the core halfway around in his hand as he watched the Zoldyck brothers' faces change dramatically with interest.

Milluki knew he had let something slip. He instinctively shrank his neck and stole a glance at his older brother.

Illumi was staring at him coldly. That look made Milluki feel like he was about to be turned into a puppet the next second.

"You knew from the beginning that this place might have something like this, didn't you?" Bai Zhu asked with a smile.

Illumi did not deny it and nodded.

"Name your price."

The moment he heard that, Bai Zhu perked right up.

His back no longer ached, his legs were no longer weak, and he could climb five flights of stairs without breaking a sweat.

The moment Milluki saw his money-grubbing reaction, he immediately felt that things were going badly.

"Bai Zhu, I'm warning you, don't get too