Who Wants to Be Controlled for Life?

Chrollo spoke solemnly. "Let's join forces and break out of Meteor City."

Leave Meteor City together? Luo Ye pondered for a moment.

He would be lying if he said he wasn't tempted. After all, he came from a peaceful era and wasn't suited to Meteor City's law of the jungle. Nor did he want to spend his life fighting and killing.

If he truly had a chance to leave Meteor City and enter that civilized society, the temptation was simply irresistible.

But forming an alliance with Chrollo—whether in the anime or fanfiction—seemed to mean he was destined to get screwed over.

Chrollo was certainly reassuring as a leader, but as an ally, he always gave people the feeling that he might stab them in the back.

Still, given the current situation, the benefits of an alliance outweighed the drawbacks. If it were Luo Ye alone, he might not have been able to gather a united team determined to break out of Meteor City.

Besides, this was Chrollo. He couldn't exactly refuse to give him face.

Having reached that conclusion, Luo Ye made his decision. But when Illumi saw his expression, he inwardly cried out in alarm.

He wanted to lure Luo Ye back to his own home. If Luo Ye formed an alliance with Chrollo, what was he supposed to do then?

So Illumi spoke up. "You don't necessarily have to fight your way out of Meteor City if you want to leave. Doesn't the Elder Council, the Mafia, and the Zoldyck family all recruit people?"

Why did they have to force their own way out? Was Meteor City really such an easy place to escape from?

If Meteor City were really that easy to escape, his family wouldn't have specifically sent him here.

"It's true that they recruit people,