Hisoka :: Sadistic Joker HunterxHunter

Chap 15. The X Chain X User

The Troupe noticed my shift in emotion. The emptiness and anger I felt towards them. But as soon as I looked at Hisoka the anger was replaced with a tinge of fear. Hisoka's face held no sign of a smile. Rather, he looked at me in a... Warning? Type of way? Whatever it was, it wasn't pleasant so I calmed myself down.

"Shadow? I've noticed a change in your behavior. Everything alright?" Chrollo asked as he read his book.

"I'm fine. Just angered that there was nothing in the safe." I scoffed quickly changing my tone and I leaned against the wall.

"Nothing in the safe... Hm?" Chrollo said and he looked through his book as though he was thinking.

"Yeah..." Just then, Chrollo's cellphone started to ring. He grabbed it from his coat pocket and answered it

"Yeah?" I could slightly hear Uvo's voice on the other line.

"No merchandise then? Yeah... Shadow just informed me... Yes she got here before you." His soft voice continued in conversation with Uvogin.

There was a long pause of Uvo speaking with Chrollo.

"You believe we have a traitor here?" Chrollo almost chuckled. "There are no traitors here." He said simply.

"Besides, Judas wasn't a traitor." Chrollo stated. Uvogin must have used Judas as an example.

"It's said that Judas sold Jesus out for 30 pieces of silver." Chrollo explained. I was seated next to Hisoka who sat on the window ledge.

"But how much would a traitor ask from the Mafia? Consider the merits... What would the traitor gain by selling us to the Mafia? Money? Glory? Prestige? Do you truly believe that any of us cares for those things?" Chrollo asked.

"You see? Besides, something else here doesn't add up. Assuming there were a spy, the response was too tepid. If they had foreknowledge that Class-A bounties would appear at the auction, they would have increased security. The auction goers were all uninformed and unarmed." He waited for a response and closed his eyes in waiting with an amused look on his face.

"I believe that someone provided information that wasn't explicit." He opened his eyes once again with a face full of thought. "However, a Mafia community leader believed that information." He explained.

He spoke with Uvo a little more, even mentioning if they "questioned" the auctioneer of where the merchandise went. Questioned meaning tortured. Feitan definitely took charge of that. They talked about a group called 'The Shadow Beasts.' A groups that was specifically handpicked by the 10 Mafia gang leaders that scattered the world.

Uvo asked a question that had Chrollo get a faint smile on his lips.

"Naturally." Chrollo answered.

"Put on a show for the pursuers. That will draw them out." I could hear Uvogin's laughter on the other line, and they hung up.

"So their being chased down? Well glad I didn't stay. I would have been bored." I shrugged.

"We all know Uvo would've taken all the fun." Ruby mumbled.

"Yeah. That's like him." Phinks sighed.

I nodded and continued on with my thoughts. I kept thinking back to the Kurta and the scarlet eyes. The eyes of my people. I clenched a fist and bit the inside of my cheek in restraint.

'Don't lose your cool...' I remembered that the man who almost killed me and had killed Pairo, the sweet brunette boy from the Kurta who had a vision condition, was the number 4 that Hisoka had killed and replaced those 3 years ago. Although it was the Troupe's fault they weren't my biggest concern surprisingly. I couldn't kill Chrollo, who was the leader even if I wanted to. Hisoka had to.