No matter how much Milluki raged on his end, Killua still managed to get the answer they wanted out of him.
When they heard the name Yorknew City,
Killua and Gon exchanged a glance, each seeing the eagerness in the other's eyes.
It just happened to be the very place where they had agreed to meet their friends!
Neither of them noticed the slight tension on A Luo's face beside them.
It was finally here.
Her unavoidable showdown with the Spiders.
And there was Kurapika. With them working together this time, could they bury the Phantom Troupe for good?
A Luo gazed at Whale Island's sky, so clean it looked freshly washed, and the sea stretching beyond the horizon, but her heart felt as though a stone had sunk into it, heavy and oppressive.
When it was time to leave, Malena stroked A Luo's cheek, reluctant to let her go.
"A Luo, you've only been home a few days. Why are you leaving again already?"
She looked down at her fingertips, unsure why a sudden wave of panic had swept through her.
"Can't you stay, A Luo? Can't you stay here with Mommy forever?"
A Luo's eyes reddened, and she nearly burst into tears.
Once upon a time, she too had been an innocent little girl who harbored dreams about life and fate.
She had thought that if she just kept out of the way, misfortune and danger would never come knocking.
She had drifted along, wanting nothing more than to remain in the background and live happily with her parents in this world.
Aside from worrying about what to eat at each meal, her days had been spent matching wits with her control freak of a father.
Only when fate's long-bared fangs finally sank into her, tearing apart everything