The Zoldyck Family had long been prepared for this day.
As an assassin family, childbirth naturally couldn't take place in a conventional hospital. Thus, a delivery room had been set up well in advance, fully equipped with everything that might be needed. In the days leading up to the due date, it was cleaned thoroughly every day.
The mont the signs of labor appeared, Kikyo was swiftly escorted by Tsubone, who had been on standby, into the delivery room.
As an outsider, Law quietly withdrew from the Zoldyck family's joyful atmosphere and left the house, stepping outside and letting the mountain breeze wash over him.
Standing there, the sky felt unusually close, and the wisps of white clouds drifted like sheer veils, almost within reach.
"Killua is born, which ans Gon shouldn't be far behind.'
Law looked up at the white clouds, and his thoughts drifted to Whale Island, 'If I had the chance, I would like to go there to take a look.'
Beep beep.
The sudden chi of his phone interrupted Law's thoughts.
He took out his phone, and the only thing displayed on the screen was the word 'Unknown'. Without much thought, he pressed the answer button with his thumb.
"Law?"
As soon as the call connected, an unfamiliar voice reached Law's ears.
The voice sounded young and full of energy.
"Yeah. Who's this?" Law asked back.
This was his private number and only a handful of people knew it, so he wondered who was on the other end of the line.
"My na is Ging Freecss. I'm calling you because I want to make a deal with you." Ging introduced himself directly and got straight to the point.
Law was taken aback and imdiately puzzled.
' and Ging should have had no connection whatsoever. Where had the other man gotten his number? And why propose a deal?'
For a mont, he fell silent.
Seeing that Law wasn't responding, Ging patiently waited.
After a brief pause, Law didn't follow up on the topic of the deal. Instead, he asked, "How did you get my number?"
"I asked Chairman Netero for it." Ging answered truthfully. In reality, there were many ways to obtain Law's number, but he had deliberately chosen to request it from Netero.
Hearing this, Law rubbed his forehead. Though he still had many questions, he decided not to press further and simply said, "I'm curious about this deal of yours. Tell about it."
"I want to get so information from you, and in return, I will give you sothing of equal value in exchange," Ging said.
"Demon Island?" Law raised his eyebrows. He believed the only thing Ging would ask about from him was the Demon Island's incident.
There was silence on the other end of the phone. After a few seconds, Ging said, "That's right."
"What exactly do you want to know?"
Law pinched his chin lightly, his eyes showing a thoughtful look. Logically, information about Demon Island was supposed to be strictly classified, and the place had already been taken over by the governnt. However, he wondered how Ging knew about this.
"Let's discuss it in person. How about it?" Ging suggested.
Law hesitated for a mont, and said, "Fine. Ti and place?"
"You decide." Ging said.
"Ten days from now. 5 PM. The World Tree." Law didn't hesitate before naming the eting spot.
"OK. See you in ten days."
Ging showed no particular reaction to the ntion of the World Tree.
"Mm."
The call ended. With that brief conversation, the two had arranged a eting.
This was a eting set between two parties who barely knew each other, and the entire seed quite hasty from start to finish.
From Ging's perspective, this call was his first contact with Law. Knowing that Law likely knew next to nothing about him, proposing a face-to-face eting right away was a gamble, as he could easily be brushed off or stood up.
That was why, during the call, when Law asked where he'd gotten the number, Ging deliberately brought up Netero's na. In fact, he had specifically requested the number from Netero before making the call.
There were many ways to obtain Law's number, but he had chosen to ask Netero for a reason.
In his view, ntioning Netero during the call would prompt Law, who knew little about him, to call Netero afterward for verification.
To lower the guard of soone unfamiliar, it was more effective to let them seek answers from a mutual acquaintance than to provide the information oneself.
At its core… there was another important reason: even if Law wanted to investigate him, ten days wouldn't be nearly enough ti to dig up anything substantial.
Despite his careful calculations, Ging had no idea that Law already knew him, and he never thought that the information Law possessed far beyond what any conventional investigation could uncover.
…
Far to the east of the Yorbian Continent lay an island called Greed Island, both the na of a ga released earlier this year and the real-world location that served as its map.
This ga was an ultra-realistic fantasy ga jointly created by Ging and his companions. The map was Greed Island itself, with its core frawork built upon Nen Abilities. The objective of the ga was to collect special cards.
Sowhere on the island, there stands a castle. This was where the ga's creators resided, and ordinary players couldn't access that place.
Inside a spacious room in the castle, which was filled with a lot of household garbage, a man with ssy, bird's-nest-like hair and a scruffy beard was yelling at another younger man wrapped in a white headband.
The young man with a white headband wrapped on his head was Ging. The current him was still quite young and looked 70% similar to Gon.
"Ging, have so respect for the rules. It's you who set these rules." The guy with the ssy hair stared at the phone in Ging's hand in disbelief.
"Huh? What did you just say?"
Ging put away his phone and turned to look at the man with ssy hair, looking genuinely puzzled.
"The phone! You actually made a call here!" The man with ssy hair shouted.
"Haha, guess you caught ."
Ging grinned, completely unbothered. Before the other man could continue, he took a few steps, walked past the man, and walked straight for a plate of chow in and a glass of water left on the floor. He plopped down, picked up the noodles, and started shoveling them into his mouth.
"Mmm, thanks for the al."
Ging mumbled between bites.
"You bastard! You tid this just to steal my food, didn't you?!" The ssy-haired man's face twitched with anger.
That al had been prepared for himself. He had planned to take it back to his room and eat while working. But instead, he had walked in to find Ging making a phone call.
With a furious yell, he lunged forward, trying to snatch back his chow in, but who knew...
His eyes filled with despair as he stared at the now-empty plate, with only a little juice left on it. When he shifted his gaze slightly, he saw that Ging's cheeks were puffed up. Sohow, in re seconds, Ging had stuffed the entire plate of noodles into his mouth.
Gulp!
A few monts later, Ging swallowed everything down, then grabbed the glass of water and drank it all in one go.
He stood up with satisfaction, then patted the ssy-haired man on the shoulder and said, "I've got so business to take care of, so I'll leave the island's affairs to you guys."
After saying that, he imdiately ran away, leaving behind only the echoes of the ssy-haired man's furious shouts.
…
The Zoldyck Family's Estate.
Less than ten minutes after Kikyo entered the delivery room, she successfully gave birth to a baby boy.
Killua was born.
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