"You two look like you've grown taller again."
"Cordis!"
Just then, a voice ahead caught Cordis's attention.
"Leorio!"
"I never thought I'd see you here!"
Cordis set Killua and Gon, whom he had been holding in his arms, back on the ground, then hugged Leorio, who stood opposite him.
He patted Leorio's shoulder and praised him.
"Yeah! You've gotten a lot stronger!"
Leorio scratched his head sheepishly at that, then puffed up with pride and patted his chest.
"Of course! I've been training day and night!"
Before he could finish basking in his pride, Killua mercilessly exposed him from the sidelines.
"Oh, please. Weren't you studying hard for your medical school exams?"
Seeing that the two seemed about to start arguing again, Cordis hurriedly pulled them apart and casually asked a question.
"What are you doing here?"
Gon clutched the straps of his backpack excitedly.
"Leorio's really good at shopping! He bought us beetle phones!"
As he spoke, he took something shaped like a beetle out of his pocket and held it up in front of Cordis.
His eyes sparkled like a child's as he showed his family a new toy.
Cordis gave a helpless smile, then took the beetle phone Gon offered him and examined it from every angle.
How should he put it?
The beetle phone was a little ugly, but its performance seemed pretty decent.
Standing nearby, Killua took out his own beetle phone, spread its two little wings, and spoke excitedly to Cordis.
"Look! You can still take calls even in places without network coverage!"
Cordis looked pleased to hear that.
He hadn't expected the two to learn how to pick out good purchases after only a few days away from him.
He reached out and gently stroked their heads.
"You two really are amazing."
That