ANIMOSITY | hxh

eight

Kurapika's match had ended, leaving the group waiting for several hours. 

After punching a hole in the floor, the blue prisoner turned to have his back face Kurapika. On his back was the tattoo of a twelve-legged spider, which Tsuno learned was the name of the Phantom Troupe. A familiar name where she's from. 

The tattoo awoke a rage in Kurapika that Tsuno had never seen before. He done a similar move to that of Tsuno earlier. But he used his punch to send him to the floor. The force of the impact caused his body to bounce a few feet away from before. He now lays unconscious on the floor. 

Leorio was completely prepared to begin the next match and get the victory. With 70 hours left, they were feeling confident. 

But this new prisoner stepped forward, and claimed that Kurapika's match wasn't over. It was a death match, and neither is dead. The previous prisoner was merely unconscious, therefore their match was still going. Leorio and Tsuno asked Kurapika to push him off and get it over with but Kurapika refused, and after yelling for a bit they're now waiting for him to wake up. 

The group now had 61 hours left. The energy around the room was lethargic, with Tsuno sleeping, Gon and Killua silently observing the body, and Kurapika and Leorio laying silently. Gon and Killua walked towards Leorio. "Leorio, I think he may already be dead." Gon said. Leorio's cry caused Tsuno to open her eyes, only to give a yawn. Everyone got up and ran to the edge, trying to catch the movement of the prisoners breathing. 

"Damn, he's too far away to check." Leorio groaned. He put his hands around his mouth to project his voice, "Hey! Let us check his body!" He demanded. The prisoner from earlier walked up, "What?" 

"Let us check his body! He could already be dead!" He elaborated. The prisoner giggled, a feminine tone in their voice. "But I just told you, he's only unconscious." Leorio clenched his fists, "And we're just gonna take your word for it? Yeah right, he's been laying there for hours!" He shouted. Once again, they laughed. 

"Then let's make a wager." She suggested.

Leorio glared for a moment, "On what?" He asked. Tsuno could feel her grin from here. "Whether he's dead or unconscious, of course." Leorio gave her a hard stare, "What would we bet on?"

"Time." Leorio made a confused noise. "We'll play a gambling game. But instead of chips, we'll use time." She challenged. The monitor beeped as two '50' appeared on the screen. "We'll each start with fifty hours to use. However, you can only bet them in multiples of tens. The first of us to reach 0 hours loses." The prisoner explained eloquently.

"A gamble where we bet time.." Leorio mumbled to himself. The girl continued to explain, "We'll continue betting until someone loses, and we get to decide what the bet is each turn. If you reach zero hours first, then 50 hours will be subtracted from to your time to complete the tower."

He crossed his arms, "And if you reach zero first?" He asked. "Then our sentences will be extended by 50 years," She said without missing a beat. The five of them gasped. 

"She's crazy if she's willing to bet her sentence like that." Leorio grumbled. Kurapika looked over to Leorio and began to give him words of caution. "Be careful of your answer, Leorio. If you lose we'll have 50 less hours."