Odin sat down on another sofa, took the check from his pocket, and glanced at it.
Ten billion Jenny.
Adding Yamada's earlier hundred million, the 2.1 billion in his own bank account, and Nostrade's half-payment up front, he had 17.2 billion in total.
The lowest sale price for a Greed Island console was 8.9 billion.
He could no longer buy one at that price, but 17.2 billion should have been enough.
Except-
Just thinking about Battera gave Odin a headache.
He put the check away and leaned back against the sofa.
Ponzu nodded reflectively. "True. I still need to work harder."
"By the way, how come those two brats are so far behind us?" Ponzu suddenly asked curiously. "Their talent shouldn't be bad, right?"
"Their talent certainly isn't bad. All four of them are talented, actually," Odin said. "Things are like this now because their talent scared the teacher who taught them Nen."
"What!" Ponzu stared at Odin in surprise. She had never expected that to be the reason.
But then she thought of herself and Kurapika, and nodded in understanding.
They had all passed the same exam. There was no reason Gon and Killua couldn't hold their own when she and Kurapika already could.
Odin and Leorio were excluded from Ponzu's calculations.
One was too strong, and the other was too weak.
Ponzu shook her head and asked curiously, "Enough about them. There's something I've always wondered about. Aren't you a Specialist? Why does your Nen ability look so much like that short guy's from today?"
"I am a Specialist. My Nen ability just looks like Transmutation." Odin paused, then smiled. "Once my Nen turns into ki, it can strike from extremely long distances, has immense destructive power, can be controlled remotely, and even has physical properties. Ordinary people