"Control the protagonist? Just him?" Xiao Ai curled her lip. "As if he has any idea if he can pull that off!"
If the protagonist were that easy to control, would he even deserve to be called the protagonist? Omokage truly had zero self-awareness!
No wonder, even though no one had interfered this time, the protagonist still hadn't caught up by now—he had actually been held back by Omokage. Had she known, she wouldn't have brought up the protagonist in front of others.
If not for the fact that he was still knocked out, she would have given him a couple of kicks for good measure!
Catching the resentment in Xiao Ai's tone, Chrollo rubbed his temples with a headache, ultimately backing down first. "Chairman Netero, I am already aware of Omokage's actions. I will keep an eye on him, and today's incident will not happen again."
If only the Hunter Association were present today, he wouldn't have been willing to swallow this bitter pill, but the problem was that they weren't the only ones at the Hunter Exam.
The Hunter Association was undoubtedly on Gon's side, and Xiao Ai was much the same; since she liked Gon so much, she wouldn't side with them, and Byakuya Kuchiki would definitely lean toward helping Xiao Ai.
As for Luo Ye, their time together had been too short for him to spot any ties to the protagonist just yet, so he wouldn't worry about him for now, but there were also members of the Zoldyck family on Gon's side.
Although the one there was a kid, the adults were around too, making this a tough situation to handle.
Three against one was too much pressure; it wasn't worth it for the sake of Omokage, so he chose to back down.
Netero was