“What–what are you gonna do next?” Hisoka sat rigidly, starting to be aware of his surroundings more often.The slightly calm atmosphere turned cold. Nobody dared to move nor do anything. Their eyes warily planted on Black Shadow.“Black Bunny.” He stopped at Black.The girl wearing a black bunny mask stood straight and looked straight into his eyes with so much determination.“Black.” There’s no affection laced inside the intonation. “I want you to lead them away from here. From now on, lie your loyalty to our beloved brother Hisoka. Protect him the way you protected Shadow.”It was a strict command specifically stated by Black Shadow. And Black Bunny knew the weight of the command was heavier than anything else. She immediately crouched and kneeled on one knee and bowed at him.“Your command is my command, Your Holiness.” Wordlessly, all the Wild Bunny followed Black’s action. Their actions led to another reaction to the rest of them except Hyena.Black Shadow looked around, feeli
The question obviously was pinning on him. Black Shadow asked the question for the purpose of understanding Hisoka’s process of thought.He flexed his hand and uncurled his fingers. A bunch of cards appeared as he made a magic trick. One, two, three, four, and soon it was countless. The cards were flying around and shot up from within his palms.Sleepy and Smile admired the sight.Magic.That was the attribute that Hisoka inherited. Even when they called it a trick, actually, it wasn’t a trick. Hisoka was similar to a wizard who could do anything in the name of magic. He was quite a perfect Potential Lab Rat albeit not really. That was because the only perfect or complete Potential Lab Rat was only Shadow.One and only. No one could compare.“There’s a wound in you, the tricks, the slick card game, the dice that you tossed– they felt like therapy, didn't they?” Black Shadow started. A wound? He studied his hand dumbfoundedly although he knew the exact meaning of the sentence. He ope
“Blackie…” Hisoka fumbled his hands together and clenched them hard. The force of the strength left a bloodless line on his skin.“I know, brother, I know. It was for my own best interest. I know that much.”Hisoka’s heart was crushed by that hollow smile of Black Shadow. “That time… I was so scared for you.”“Scared for me? Not scared of me?” He used wordplay with a smile to appear joking.Hisoka rolled his tongue inside his mouth and freed his knuckle from his clenched hand. “No. I’m scared for you. I know how much you love them.”“I still am.”“I also know how deep your wound is.”Black Shadow his mouth, this time. No sound escaped those cute lips.“Yet, they dare to betray you. The audacity… those imbeciles.” Sleepy chewed the twins out.“Almost the most grimiest dudes with the most audacity.” Smile said sarcastically with his smile and all.Black Shadow raised his hand and drummed his index finger on his lips. “Anyway, I’ll help you out regarding any threats created by our family
They hated the game so much. It indicated that they were already inside his palm and it wasn’t good to be cornered by him. Black Shadow was a ruthless hunter.“Oh, don’t get me wrong.” He raised both of his hands.It showed that he had no will to chase them and they knew it as much. The generosity. Black Shadow was passionate about a few things and one of them was generosity. He hated his enemies but loved his family members, undividedly.The game.It was the only activity to legalize his insanity by physically torturing his siblings under the pretext of disciplining and also sparring – though most of the reason was for sparring.“I am not the one who will chase you guys, it’s the other way around.”Their bodies subconsciously tensed up. Their shoulders turned rigid and their skin tightened as their fists were clenched shut. It was a dangerous announcement made by the most troublesome family members.They would never know what their future held once they sparred with this tiny monster
“Hey! Sleepy… what are you doing, ukh~ Sleepy…” Hisoka fell flat on the ground and failed to maintain his posture.The flying objects around them fell to the ground as soon as Smile fell under Sleepy’s spell. His body was knocked to the ground the moment Sleepy’s power went out of control.“Sleepy~ Sleepy!”“No! No.” Sleepy fell on his butt, huffing loudly. His chest rose and fell frantically, his irises dilated and shook in fear. “No, no.” He swallowed the dry throat.“Sleepy– we..” Hisoka grunted, cheek planted firmly on the ground.“Blackie… Blackie…” Sleepy pushed his legs, getting away from that one
He had shit loads of questions. However, their expressions were enough. Their facial expressions were answers themselves. Therefore, he chose to take a step back instead of insisting on playing his own game.“Do you remember, though?” He sighed bitterly.“What?”“Ah! Do you mean the game? 'The chase us' game?” Smile was recalled at the beginning of the conversation before it escalated.“Yes, I did tell you that we will play a different game.”“So, it’s a different game from the start?” Sleepy rubbed his eyes with his long sleeve and stood tall.“Are you done crying?” Black Shadow raised his brow.
Game~Game~Let’s play a game~A familiar yet creepy song was sung by him so suddenly.“Oh shit!” Smile wielded his power, in an attempt to grab Black Shadow’s leg.“Blackie!!!” Hisoka warned him.Smile tried to pull Black Shadow closer using his power, yet to no avail. Not only he didn’t budge, it was hard to grab his leg. “Gotcha!” When Smile succeeded.Black Shadow’s right leg was pulled by the invisible force toward Smile but he just smiled it off as the song continued.I choose you, you and you,Let’s play together,Hisoka went into a frantic state. “What are you doing not pulling him to us?” He was practically shouting at this point. Panic rose within himself.Smile…” Sleepy called him nervously.“I– I can’t. I can’t!” Sleepy’s teeth rattled together as he went down on his knees, begging desperately.The song brought trauma not only to Sleepy but to Hisoka and Smile. Me and you,We are together,Forever.“This freak!!!” Hisoka attacked Black Shadow.A massive hand suddenly eme
Smile, Hisoka and Sleepy nodded at each other before they stealthily went toward their designated area. Smile was in front of him, Hisoka was at his left and Sleepy was at his right.Steadily, they charged their power.Black Shadow scoffed and applauded at their baseless actions. “You know… your power won’t work on me, right?”“You did not know that.” Sleepy snarled at him like a barking dog.“Yeah, yeah, for sure. Come at me at once.” He tightly held the twins as if his life depended on it.He knew that he couldn’t trust those three. These three were taught by Black Shadow himself. Dirty play, opportunist, and cold-blooded. They were the almost perfect replica of him. They would spare no room for mistakes and would utilize all opportunities available just to win.The thought made him shudder.“You are terrifying.” He scratched his itchy chin.“Well, thank you.” Smile said humbly.“All thanks to our beloved teacher.” Sleepy hummed in the matter-of-factly tone.“Thank you, teacher.” Hi