After Light's confirmation, Neon found it hard to remain skeptical.
She picked up the white paper. Aside from the side containing Law's information, there was indeed no prophetic content.
"Check if the date of birth and blood type you wrote are correct," she said, pushing the paper back toward Law.
Law glanced at the paper. "They are correct. Could it be the na?"
"It has nothing to do with the na," Neon shook her head, a puzzled expression on her face.
The primary information required for divination was the date of birth and blood type, while the na was relatively insignificant. Even a stage na or pseudonym could satisfy the divination condition.
But the information was confird correct, yet no content could be divined. This was her first ti encountering such a situation.
No matter how much she racked her brain, she couldn't figure out why.
"Write another one. I'll try again," Neon said, annoyed.
Subsequently, Law wrote another sheet, this ti changing the na to the single character [Law].
Neon noticed the na change but paid it no mind and began the divination for Law.
However, as the ballpoint pen stopped, the page remained blank, without even the faintest indentation from the writing.
"Since it cannot be divined, let's leave it at that."
Looking at the still-blank paper and thinking of Alluka, Law roughly understood the reason and lost interest in having Neon perform the divination.
"No! I truly refuse to believe it!" Neon, however, was stubborn and demanded Law write another sheet.
The result of the third divination was still blank.
Neon seed to have locked horns with the issue, insisting Law continue writing so she could continue attempting the divination.
After about ten attempts, the result remained blank.
Neon wanted to persist but suddenly fell asleep due to exhaustion.
This startled Light so much he sprang up from the sofa. Neon was the key to his ascent, so if anything happened to her, he would lose his promising future.
After examining Neon and confirming she was rely asleep, Light finally relaxed.
"Arrange a room for . This is for the accommodation."
Law retrieved a sapphire necklace from Kuro's space, placed it on the table, and stood up.
Using a gemstone necklace as paynt for a room was either exceptionally extravagant or hinted at sothing else.
Light held Neon and signaled Dalzollene with his eyes.
Dalzollene understood and approached Law respectfully. "Please follow ."
Law followed Dalzollene out of the living room.
Light glanced at the sapphire necklace on the table, gritted his teeth slightly, and said to the remaining bodyguards, "Investigate his background."
The bodyguards acknowledged the order and also left the living room, intending to investigate based on the information Law had written for the divination.
The opulently decorated living room was left with only Light and Neon.
"I will never allow anyone to harm you," Light murmured, unconsciously tightening his grip on Neon's shoulder.
Led by Dalzollene, Law followed him through a long corridor, turned several corners, and arrived at a very spacious room.
It was unclear how much money Light had earned using Neon's ability to construct such a massive palace-like mansion.
Upon entering the retro-styled room, Law waved for Dalzollene to leave.
Deeply aware of Law's strength, Dalzollene didn't dare show anger even when dismissed so dismissively and left the room ekly.
The door closed. Law walked to the window, gazed out at the expansive garden, and sank into thought.
Neon was one of those naturally gifted individuals. Unaware of Nen's existence and without systematic Nen Ability training, she had nonetheless awakened a special Nen Ability.
That ability to predict the future with 100% accuracy was, in a certain sense, a truly terrifying power.
Yet, it couldn't predict his future.
"Wait, then," Law murmured to himself.
He rembered Neon's ability would be stolen by Chrollo. Since he was here, he wouldn't allow that to happen.
Two days passed uneventfully.
Law reviewed the prophetic poems Neon wrote for her clients but found nothing he wished to see.
That afternoon, three individuals arrived at the Light mansion, all Nen Users.
They entered through the main gate and, while crossing the large garden, were spotted by Law.
The three were lody, Baise, and Basho.
They each carried objects wrapped in white cloth. From the outside, it was difficult to discern what they were.
'Was the bodyguard recruitnt already underway before I arrived?'
Law knew these three were newly hired bodyguards for the Nostrade Family, and the items in their hands were tokens proving they had passed the bodyguard test.
Originally, Kurapika was among them, but due to Law's intervention, Kurapika had not co to apply for the bodyguard position.
Law's gaze drifted over the three, finally settling on the short, unattractive lody.
That appearance was a result of the Dark Sonata.
To date, Law had only acquired two parts of the Dark Sonata, and the whereabouts of the violin and flute versions remained unknown. Perhaps lody knew the location of one.
Watching lody and the others enter the mansion, Law left his room and headed toward their location.
Arriving outside a dedicated reception room, Law leaned against the wall in the corridor, not far from the door, listening to the conversation inside.
The gist was that lody and the others had obtained the test items and, following Dalzollene's announcent, were officially hired as bodyguards for the Nostrade Family.
Including the original five bodyguards, the Nostrade Family now had eight Nen User bodyguards. And Light's standing in the underworld was rely that of a relatively prominent boss.
Approximately fifteen minutes later, the reception room door opened.
Dalzollene stepped out first and was montarily stunned upon seeing Law.
lody, Baise, and Basho, who followed, also saw Law and began speculating about his identity.
"Mr. Law," Dalzollene quickly recovered, greeting him politely.
Hearing Dalzollene's form of address, lody and the others imdiately surmised that this man was likely a guest of the Nostrade Family.
Law nodded toward Dalzollene in acknowledgnt, then looked at lody behind him and said, "I'd like to speak with her for a mont. Is that convenient?"
Hearing this, Dalzollene followed Law's gaze and looked back at the three newly hired employees.
Since Law hadn't specified a na, Dalzollene looked toward Baise, who wore a red off-the-shoulder dress.
He assud Law was interested in Baise, as she was the only sexually appealing woman among the four of them.
Baise had the sa assumption. She sneered inwardly, but her face was radiant as she proactively stepped forward, fluttered her eyelashes at Law, and said with a charming laugh, "Of course it's convenient."
"Not you," Law stated flatly.
The seductive smile on Baise's face instantly froze. Then, she saw Law's gaze fall upon lody.
Since Baise had stepped forward, Dalzollene and Basho confird Law was looking at lody.
lody looked calmly at Law, then at Dalzollene. Seeing no objection from him, she nodded at Law and said, "It's convenient."
Though her appearance was holy, her voice was as pleasant as wind chis.
Law led lody away from the area.
Dalzollene frowned as he watched Law depart. He still didn't understand Law's motives. Furthermore, their investigation thus far concluded that Law originated from teor City.
"What the hell," Baise stamped her foot in vexation, angry at her own earlier overconfidence.
Basho, wearing a chest-baring jacket, saw Baise's reaction and initially wanted to make a sarcastic comnt but quickly restrained himself. After all, they would be colleagues now, so it was better to foster a good relationship.
Law took lody to an undisturbed corner of the corridor.
lody didn't know what this stranger wanted to say to her. The only thing she could ascertain was that this man held no malice toward her.
Law looked at lody and went straight to the point. "Can you tell the whereabouts of the Dark Sonata?"
Hearing Law's words, lody's face instantly changed color.
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