Chapter 302: The man who had been waiting × Brainwashing × A generous boss
Joey's curiosity was piqued, but Morena merely kept smiling, with no intention of spoiling the surprise.
Joey wasted no time and walked straight toward the open door.
But as he stepped inside, some thoughts came to mind, along with several people who might have ties to the Kakin Mafia.
Of them, he felt a Prince of Kakin was the most likely to appear.
Yet when the darkness faded and light returned, Joey froze a little at the sight of the man in the room.
The man had spiky black hair and wore a short-sleeved shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his shoulders. His unevenly shaved beard gave him a somewhat weathered look.
Joey found that face familiar, because he had spent a long time with this man's son back in East Gorteau.
Moreover, this man's student was Joey's teacher, so how could Joey possibly not recognize him?
"Ging!"
Joey blurted out his name, his voice even cracking slightly from sheer surprise.
Joey had never imagined that the person waiting specifically for him at the Ai Yi Yi Family would be Gon's father, a former member of the Hunter Association's Zodiacs, and one of the few Three-Star Hunters alive today, Ging Freecss!
Joey had long known that Ging was aboard Black Whale 1.
After all, Ging had previously asked Razor to invite him. He simply hadn't expected Ging to turn up at Morena's place.
Then what was the relationship between Ging and Morena?
Still, he held some resentment toward Ging-or rather, toward all the hidden Nen users aboard the ship-even if that resentment was somewhat unreasonable.
But when he thought about how he had been running himself ragged to keep the ship from sinking before it