This was hardly Kurapika's first time dealing with members of the Phantom Troupe. He knew their character all too well.
Even if he met Kuhua, the answers he got would only send his blood pressure soaring, so he might as well let Qiao Lun finish him off.
As for revenge...
Kurapika had come to terms with that now. He would simply follow Qiao Lun's lead.
It was not that he no longer wanted to take revenge himself, but Qiao Lun's unexpected involvement had long since turned this revenge drama into a deadly struggle between Qiao Lun and the Phantom Troupe.
He, the victim, had instead become an insignificant presence. At least to the remaining members of the Phantom Troupe, he really did have little presence as the Chain Killer.
After the call ended, Kurapika decided not to head to the Castle. Instead, he turned around and reentered the game.
Qiao Lun tore off Kuhua's shadow, then ended his life while he was unconscious.
Putting away Kortopi's and Phinks's Shadow Balls, Qiao Lun took a deep breath before returning to the Castle.
The Castle was still bitterly cold. To return to the monitoring room and server room, Qiao Lun would have to punch through the ice.
Not far from the server room, Qiao Lun found Sabazushi's body. He was frozen in solid ice and had completely lost all signs of life.
The monitoring room no longer held what Qiao Lun was looking for either. Only endless solid ice remained.
The game consoles in the server room, however, had not been affected by the cold and were still stubbornly running.
Qiao Lun did notice special written symbols on those consoles. It seemed the extreme cold had activated the special symbols on the game cartridges, protecting the running consoles along with them.
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