Are You Jealous?

If Illumi agreed to join them, then once they had settled down here, they would very likely run into Chrollo coming to their door. That was honestly a bit terrifying.

After all, although the spider head looked refined, elegant, and harmless, he was blackhearted to the core.

If he found out Luo Ye had stolen the teammate he had his eye on, it was hard to say what Luo Ye might suffer.

Thinking about it that way, Illumi was not a teammate he absolutely had to have.

With that thought, Luo Ye stopped brainstorming and did not drag things out any longer. "Since someone has already invited you, then I won't invite—"

Illumi's voice rang out at the same time as his. "I've decided to join you."

"Huh? No," Luo Ye said, the corner of his mouth twitching. "Why don't you think it over some more?"

If he had heard this at the very beginning, he would have been happy. But now, he did not want to go up against the leader.

Even if the current leader had not yet grown into the fearsome thief he would become in the future, Luo Ye still did not want to face him.

Feitan raised a brow, his mood complicated. For some reason, Yezi suddenly seemed not to want Illumi as a teammate anymore.

And from Yezi's tone, he even seemed worried that Illumi would bring them trouble?

Was it because of that person named Chrollo?

Yezi's face seemed to have stiffened when he heard that name.

Yet Illumi answered without hesitation, "I've thought it over. I want to join you."

If he wanted to lure a few powerful people back with him, the necessary sacrifices were worthwhile. Today's investment would bring him even greater returns in the future.

"No, think about it some more! Joining us will reduce your income!" Luo Ye hurriedly came up with an excuse.

Illumi clearly had not joined any organization in the original story, so why had things changed when it came to him?

He did not want to go up against the leader!

"There's no such thing as income in Meteor City, is there?" Illumi looked at him strangely. "Money is completely useless here."

Unless they went to one of the earlier-numbered districts, but with their strength, going there would easily get them killed. They were better off barely surviving in District 11.

Luo Ye had been the one to remind him of that before, so how had he forgotten it himself?

"Then, then someone else invited you first," Luo Ye said, racking his brains for reasons. "We should respect first come, first served, shouldn't we?"

So hurry up and agree to the leader. Don't come over here and drag me down with you!

Illumi shook his head. "That person is too shrewd. If I join him, I feel like I'll get cheated."

He had only come to Meteor City to spend a transitional period here. He did not want to get trapped in this place.

Besides, he was a Zoldyck assassin. What would it mean for him to join another organization?

He only wanted to lure some butlers into serving his family. He had no interest in joining an illegal organization and working for someone else.

Luo Ye really wanted to curse, Are you coming to screw me over because you don't want to get screwed over?

As for Illumi calling him shrewd, Luo Ye had no doubts about that. After all, that was the leader. Even as a child, the leader was still the leader.

"And who's to say you won't screw us over?" Feitan sneered. "An assassin should have quite a few enemies, right? If we really let you join, you might end up dragging us down too."

Earlier, when he saw how much Yezi wanted Illumi to join, he had not stopped it despite his displeasure, because it was what Yezi wanted.

But now that Yezi had changed his mind, Feitan would step forward and keep Illumi from sticking to them.

Illumi looked at him, tilting his head with some confusion in his voice. "Are you jealous because Yezi personally invited me?"