Since they needed to make a quick getaway, Gon and the others' progress down at the foot of the mountain was crucial.
A Luo called the main cast down below that very evening.
She had assumed that, following the manga's timeline, they would need at least another week of special training... Perhaps seeing A Luo push open all seven gates in one go had spurred them on, because this time, Gon and the others developed the arm strength to open the gate several days ahead of schedule.
"Really? You should be able to open the smallest Testing Gate by tomorrow?"
Kurapika sounded a little embarrassed.
"Although we're nowhere near you, Miss A Luo, since you opened all seven gates at once, we really have all been training hard these past few days."
Glancing at Killua, A Luo took the opportunity to ask the question he had been worrying about all along, even if he had never voiced it.
"What about Gon? How's the injury on his arm healing?"
Kurapika chuckled.
"Gon's constitution is simply astonishing. An injury that serious has almost completely healed in just a few days. And it's not just his injury-he's been training with Leorio and me this whole time, too. His strength is improving very quickly!"
After ending her call with Kurapika, A Luo turned to Killua beside her.
"See? I told you Gon would be fine! I really envy the constitutions you two have. You get stronger so quickly. You have no idea how long it took me to reach your level, how many injuries I suffered, or how much hardship I went through."
The time she had spent tagging along with the Spiders, scraping out a living under those villains, had been the darkest period of her life. No! She had never experienced anything