At those words, Cordis's heart lurched again. With things this dangerous, Killua had actually gone off alone. The three guards might already know about him.
Maybe he had already...
But the moment that thought surfaced, Cordis shook his head hard and forced it down.
Killua had been raised by the Zoldyck Family, after all. And with how clever he was, even if those three guards really had caught him, he would surely find a way to escape.
Only then did Cordis slowly breathe a sigh of relief.
He was about to exchange a few more words with Gon, but before he could speak, his instincts suddenly told him that Gon seemed to be keeping something from him.
Cordis frowned and asked seriously.
"Gon, is there something you haven't told me?"
Gon froze on the other end of the line. He had his phone on speaker, and the moment Cordis said that, Merion, who had been leisurely smoking on a tree stump across from him, jolted in alarm.
He even dropped his cigarette on the ground.
He stared at Gon in disbelief.
Gon hadn't expected Cordis to ask that either. He knew Cordis had always had sharp instincts, but he hadn't imagined they were this sharp.
He exchanged a flustered look with Merion, then said awkwardly, "No! Of course not!"
After hearing Gon's answer, Merion rubbed his face in exasperation. Seriously, this kid really couldn't lie.
With Gon's lying skills, it would have been stranger if Cordis hadn't noticed.
But he didn't press the question. If Gon wasn't telling him now, there had to be a reason. Gon rarely lied, and if he was willing to vouch for this person...
Cordis would pretend he hadn't noticed this time.
"Really? Looks like I was imagining things."
But Cordis's tone soon changed completely,