Just an acquaintance | Illumi x reader

[c h a p t e r 3]

After everyone else failed phase 2, Chairman Netero interfered and redid phase 2 at Split mountain. We retrieved spider eagle eggs and they were pretty tasty, although boring round in general. Now we are on the airship taking us to the 3rd phase.

I should probably rest with everyone else, though I'm not as tired as I thought I would be. The view on this airship does remind me of the times where I would travel by airship often to go on assassination missions, accompanying a... friend. 

The dark sky looming below us, while lights from the city shined like the stars. Different colors of light spread across the land, though mostly a pale yellow and some red. 

I breathed out as my cold hands brushed against the window. Then I sensed a strong and warm aura walking to me.

"Quite the view hm?" 

"You get to see a quite often don't you?" I replied, my eyes still glued to the view outside.

"Yes, one of the perks of being Chairman, so why's someone like you entering the hunter exam?" 

"Just here as a favor, though I haven't involved myself in the society in a while, thought I would check up on the new talents." 

"Ah yes, there are quite a few exceptionally interesting participants this year."

"Are you just here for small talk?" I sighed. "Please get to the point of what your business with me is quickly." 

"Keen as usual, you see, the snake of the zodiacs have recently been assassinated, but she definitely wasn't an easy target."

"Are you implying that you'd like to punish me for what I have done?" I finally turned around and smiled at him. 

Though I must admit, Netero is incredibly strong, an opponent I'd normally avoid at all cost. However he's grown quite old, and in a place like this, he has no chance against me. In closed off areas like this, my nen condition gives me the ability to creates light that covers the entire area, my light can burn through ten, ken and even ko, so his normal flesh would not be able to withstand it either. I am also not affected by my own nen. 

"Far from that, I'd like you to join as the new snake of the zodiacs after the exam." 

I was not expecting an offer like this, however I see no benefits from it and only chains to never harming the hunter association. 

"Sorry, but I cannot accept that offer." 

"You'd be a great asset to our association, I predicted what your answer would be, however I could help you with something you have been needing desperately." 

"What." 

"I know who killed your sister that day."

My breath hitched, how does he know about that. 

"And I'm guessing you'd only be revealing that if I join?" 

"To put it bluntly, yes, however I'll give you until the end of the hunter exam to think about it." He walked away silently like he never were here. 

The answer is obvious, I'd obviously join, I can always leave whenever I want, but after he reveals the death of my sister, he has no leverage over me. 

However, I doubt the chairman is as simple minded as to trust me to keep my word after he reveals my sister's death, he probably has another leverage over me, otherwise, how is he is so confident that I will continue helping his cause?

"Thinking about something dear?" Hisoka spoke from behind.

I guess I was so lost in thought that I had forgotten to keep sight of my surroundings.