A Genius Thrown to the Wolves

Just A Sliver Of Power Ch. 41

"Psst- Kiyo" Not even a minute after Hisoka sat down was Kiyotaka off his shoulders and curled up in Machi's lap. She was as straight faced as ever, and listening to the boss, but her hand was busy massaging Kiyotaka's ears. Both of them clearly enjoying it. Once Chollo was done giving them the run down, he immediately addressed the cat in the room. "Machi, do you know the cat?" "Boss. His name is Kiyotaka and yes. I have met him once before." "I see. And why are you petting him? I get that he is small and Hisoka called him a cat, but taking it that far seems a bit. Odd." Machi looked at Hisoka, who go the silent question, pondered his answer, then spoke to Kiyo, "You can show them." he said. With that his tail was visibly swaying and curling, while his ears were pressed closer to his head as Machi had found a sweet spot. "He used his nen to make himself a cat?"

Chollo was confused as to why anyone would purposefully turn themselves into a cat with their nen. Of all the things that could be thought up, this seemed to be the most idiotic to him. That is until Hisoka spoke up. "His nen ability isn't the cat features. Those are all natural. It was his nen that kept them hidden." Chollo realized what that meant, and it got him a little excited. "Maybe your cat isn't so useless after all." 

Chrollo couldn't even sense Kiyotaka's nen, which meant that he had somehow completely concealed it even from gyo. That was supposed to be impossible, if you used nen it was, without exception, visible using gyo. Obviously not anymore. He'd met an anomaly. A dangerous one. Not only could his nen not be sensed but he clearly had the ability to make things invisible. To what extent he didn't know yet, but was frightening either way. After he got the company head's grand-daughter's ability for himself, this one was his next target. 

Hisoka, sensing the dark thoughts from his 'boss' pat his lap twice. Without a second thought, the rest of the troupe watched as Kiyotaka, without wasting a second, got up from Machi's lap and went over to sit beside Hisoka and drape the upper half of his body over his lap. Hisoka began petting Kiyotaka's ears with one hand, and giving him a message with the other. To watch out for Chrollo. While he showed no indication of receiving the message, Hisoka new he did. "You weren't kidding when you said he knew how to follow orders. You really do have an obedient pet. I how long it would take for it betray you if it were, oh lets say, tortured~" Feitan mocked. Hisoka and Kiyotaka both looked his way, then at each other and shared a small, brief chuckle. "You'd have to catch him first~" Hisoka winked back at Feitan who just narrowed his eyes at the implication that he wasn't fast enough. 

The rest of the troupe just watched, unsure of what to make of Hisoka's new 'pet'. Many were conflicted, because on one hand, they understood that if he was with Hisoka and still alive he either matched his strength or was weaker, they doubted he would stick with someone he knew could beat him, and they didn't know which it was yet. Though from Hisoka's remark to Feitan, they figured the cat was at least faster than him. They also knew that Machi liked the pet, and on some level approved of him. 

The rest of the meeting went on without any more interruptions. When everyone was dismissed, Chrollo had asked for Hisoka and Kiyotaka to hang back. "If I'm going to allow to bring your pet, I want to know more about his capabilities." He said making his way over to the two who remained seated. Hisoka picked Kiyo up, and put him on his lap as Chrollo sat beside him, though keeping his distance. "Very well. Kiyo?" Kiyotaka looked at Hisoka, then looked at Chrollo. Chrollo watched as he was scanned by the feline's sharp gaze. 

"My nen allows me to cover anything in nen and block out people's awareness of it, making it seem invisible." Kiyotaka knew Hisoka had already revealed this part of his nen to get him in the door, but he also didn't want to reveal more then he had to, so this would be his nen ability for now. Of course that didn't mean he couldn't play his ability up a bit.  "That does seem handy, what is the limit or rules of such an ability?" "There is none." "None?" Kiyo knew Chrollo sounded skeptical. "Yes, none. Would you like me to demonstrate?" Chrollo nodded. "I'm going to surround your legs with my nen. As I do so, I'm not going to just surround the outside, I'm going to go all the way to the nerves, don't worry no harm with be done." 

Chrollo was almost immediately thrown off. He could see his legs attached to his body, but he couldn't register them as his own legs. He couldn't feel them, he couldn't move them, he couldn't even begin to try. Then, slowly, he began to gain feeling back and was able to move his leg again. "Certainly an impressive ability you have." "I know, imagine what I could do if I used it on your brain?" Chrollo almost shuddered at the thought, and an ability hadn't done that to him in a long time.