𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 ❥︎𝒉𝒊𝒔𝒐𝒌𝒂

Ch.38| phone call

"The boss is gone-" Akari muttered in disbelief, her eye twitching.

"Shiz, hold this guy for me." Nobu ground out passing the still upside down Gon to Shizuku. "Sure." Akari turned her head to look up at her friend who had gotten knocked down. "Paku, you ok?" Pakunoda had her hand covering her nose, blood dripping from it. "He broke my left hand and a molar.....we underestimated them." Her voice was cold as she spoke. "Yeah we did." Akari agreed, arms tightening slightly.

"Anyways this is going to shock you. These kids are-"

"Wait!"

Nobunaga was squinting at a crumpled piece of paper. "Paku this is for you..."

Pakunoda's brow furrowed as she cocked a brow at Akari who shrugged back. "Read it." She shrugged and took the paper from Nobu. Her eyes scanned over it and they widened.

"What's it say Paku?"

She didn't respond.
"Question." Killua muttered quietly from against Akari. "Your nen. Describe it to me." She scoffed and shook her head. "I don't have to tell you shit. Stop talking." His nails dug deeper yet she didn't respond.

Sweat dripped down Paku's face. "Paku? Can you tell us what the paper said-?" No response. "Paku." Nothing. "Paku!" Her head shot up, eyes meeting Akari's questioning expression.

"Don't say a word." Nobunaga interrupted, his brows furrowed. "Got it?" Pakunoda nodded."What does the paper say Nobu." Akari ground out. Nobunaga's eyes narrowed yet he handed her the paper.

"Discuss their memories, and I'll kill him."

Akari's jaw clenched. 'threating the boss and paku-?' "Machi, focus on your threads." Nobu walked to Akari. "I'll take him for you." She nodded. "Sense he left us a message, he'll contact us again. Until then, these kids are valuable hostages."

Gon was handed to Machi while Killua to Shizuku and Akari wrung her hands out. Noticing Paku's face contorted, Akari tried to comfort her. "Don't worry about it too much, Paku." Machi nodded. "Yeah, just keep your mouth shut." 

Nobunaga brought out his phone, dialing a number as the lights flickered back on inside the hotel. "Just hurry Phinks! The boss has been captured." 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Several minutes later....~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Phinks, Feitan and Shalnark entered the hotel's lobby. "Explain." Phinks demanded as they conjoined groups. "All we know is that the boss was captured but tell us the rest." 

Nobunaga sighed. "The lights went out. The boss was taken in that instant. Akari nodded twisting her wrist and offering the paper. "Here's the message from the chain user." Phinks took it from her, his eyes scanning over it. "Why didn't you go after him immediately?" Feitan asked, his voice cold as he looked around.                                                             

"Machi and Pakunoda were injured." 'and i was holding a squirming child--' "So?" "He has allies that are pro Hunters." Nobu answered. Feitan didn't look fazed. "So?" Nobunaga's brow furrowed. "Read between the lines!" 

"It proves we can use these kids as hostages. If we let them escape it's over." Akari ground out then sighed. "Boss has probably been captured by those chains that Uvo couldn't break.." Nobu nodded. "It'll be difficult for him to escape on his own!" "Probably? You don't know for certain that he was taken by the chain user?" Akari gave Phinks a glare. "As we've said. The lights went out and we couldn't see."