Fine, We'll Do It Your Way

"If I'm not mistaken, he was talking about us." Machi spoke up. "That day, I heard that person say they wanted to send us to the District 11 governor. Then you guys showed up." Luo Ye had saved them, but because of that, those people had not wanted to go up against the District 11 governor and had fled directly. Only Machi had stayed behind because of her intuition.

She had originally wanted to mention it then, but because of awakening Nen and Luo Ye's prophecy, she had completely forgotten about it. Now that Illumi had brought it up, she immediately remembered.

"No wonder they ran so fast!" Luo Ye finally realized. No wonder, after he and Feitan had saved the girls, those people had only thought about escaping. So they had known they'd provoked a powerful enemy.

But Machi had still stayed under those circumstances. It seemed she had a lot of faith in them.

"That's why I said the District 11 governor will come looking for trouble with you. So, do you want to work with me?" Illumi added, "Otherwise, he might kill you."

His family's mission required him to kill the District 11 governor, but he had already scoped the place out. The target was too difficult to handle. If he followed the usual process to deal with this target, he would need to grow for several more years. If he wanted to take him down now, he could only seek help.

That was how Luo Ye and the others had entered his sights. They had a grudge against the District 11 governor, and all three of them had Nen abilities. Awakening Nen at such an age meant their talent was certainly impressive. If this cooperation went well, recruiting them into the Zoldyck family as butlers would not be a bad idea either.

Luo Ye rubbed his chin as he looked at him, raising an eyebrow. It seemed the current Illumi had not yet become the money-grubbing miser he would be in the future. If it were the adult Illumi, forget doing unpaid work for a mission—he would probably demand that they pay him before he agreed to act.

"Do we have to work with you?" Feitan snorted coldly. "The three of us all have Nen abilities. It's not like we can't kill the District 11 governor ourselves!"

This young master from some family was dressed so cleanly even in Meteor City. One look and he was annoying! Since he had a family, why had he come to their Meteor City? Was Meteor City some place for him to play house?

"I think we can cooperate. Don't listen to him; he's just like that." Luo Ye smiled and tried to smooth things over. Then he quickly tugged Feitan's sleeve and murmured, "Don't forget, we still need to ask him how to train Nen!"

It was rare for Illumi to be available for free right now. Why would they turn him away? If they let this rich young master Illumi slip away, who knew when they would catch another Nen user to squeeze for benefits?

Feitan glanced at him and could only take a dissatisfied step back. "Fine, I'll do whatever you say." He was not very good at thinking things through. Luo Ye looked much smarter than him, so he only needed to listen to Luo Ye.

After calming him down, Luo Ye turned to Illumi. He rubbed his hands together and flashed a brilliant smile. "Illumi, don't worry. I've already calmed Feitan down. Now, let's discuss our cooperation."

Illumi was still young and immature, far from growing into the money-obsessed, stingy iron rooster he would become later. Naturally, Luo Ye had to negotiate properly. Getting benefits from an Illumi who loved money more than anything else—what an exciting achievement. He was really looking forward to it.

Illumi looked at him in confusion with his large catlike eyes. Why did he feel like this person wanted to eat him? The hairs on his body stood on end. Was it just his imagination?