Senritsu, if you can hear me, give me a signal.
Damn it, she can't hear it?
This is all due to your lack of responsibility!
It's all black before my eyes!
It's a message!
Kurapica's already noticed.
That's plenty of time.
This is called Moon Child, enjoy.
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Darkness
Released Chains
Three minutes left!
Paku and the rest are here.
Oh?!
What's this?! You two have been captured again?!
I understand now.
You've changed your mind and want to join the Ryodan?
The reward money on your heads has been canceled,
...But we didn't know. That's all.
These kids are the only ones who followed us.
And yet again you lost in the game of pursuit!
How pathetic!
However, it must be fate.
It must be destiny that draws us together.
He carries the scent of blood.
This guy just killed someone!
Two minutes left!
Well, let's be friends!
No way.
Why not?
We came after you because of the reward money.
In fact, I don't want to see your face at all!
Good excuse!
Same with me!
If we close our eyes like this,
it won't seem suspicious.
How about it, boss? Aren't they good?
They're just like how Uvo was, fear no one.
That's because they're kids.
So they don't fear anything.
So then, what kind of person will the Chain-user be?
That aside, Paku.
Check those two again.
Okay. What do you want to ask?
What are they really hiding?
Damn it, what a sneaky question.
Not only does it hit the spot,
it can extract all the memories from us.
This is bad.
Just a bit more! Just a bit more time!
Moon Child is over.
Our program has only one minute left.
One minute.
I have to draw out the time!
It's no use.
As long as you make contact with the opponent,
you have the ability to extract their memory, right?
We have nothing to hide.
We don't know anything either.
Even if we do know something...
I'll know from one touch.
So please shut up.
Even if we do know something,
we'll mix it with random memories to be extracted by you.
That's... right.
You two are mistaken.
The memories that I extract,
are the ones that are most pure, the original memories.
I won't extract the fake images that you two invent.
My question will trigger your memories.
Just like tossing a pebble into a pond,
the memories will resurface from the bottom again.
These will be your original memories.
Memories that have not been tampered with.
That's my goal.
It's impossible to fake.
The time is now exactly 7 o'clock.
It's time!
Now, what are you hiding?
I can see!
Those guys can't see yet.
The kid on the right escaped!
I can't see!
Were they waiting for this chance?!?
I can't let the one on the left get loose!
Gon!
I can't pull back my hand!
Her muscles are holding it back!
Damn it! I can't see a thing!
That only leaves...
...En!
I've caught you.
I won't let go of you even if I can't see.
I can feel it if you give off dangerous intentions.
It's useless to sneak an attack in the dark.
If you want to kill me, start with the head.
But I guarded it.
Killua!
Found him!
Even if I can't see, it's all the same no matter where the enemy is.
- We've been caught! - We've been caught!
I lost.
Too bad for you.
Well it was a pretty good plan.
It's pointless to straggle. Don't bother.
Killua!
It came from the entrance.
Trying to prolong your death struggle?!
If you dare, then come!
Say...
The man with the cell phone was their comrade, right?
He's mostly likely not here anymore.
From the current situation, he's unimportant.
It's okay as long as we have these two.
Our eyes will get used to the dark soon.
That's true. Probably...
Huh?
Where's the boss?
The boss is gone!
Did you notice anything?
No.
We've been defeated.
Shizuku, I'll leave him to you.
Here.
Okay.
Paku, are you okay?
My left arm and front teeth are broken.
Other than that, I'm fine.
I have a couple of bones in pain.
I've underestimated you.
That was unexpected from those kids though.
Hold on!
A letter?
From that knife?
Pakunoda.
It's for you.
Scarlet eyes.
Chain?
The Chain-user?
If you reveal those two's memories,
I'll kill him.
Hey! What happened here?!
The black out hasn't been fixed yet?
You, can you answer me?
He disguised himself as a hotel receptionist.
He tricked us.
It can't be! But that's what happened.
Attacking us with the chain from that position,
he would need at least 0. 2 to 0. 3 seconds to be ready.
The boss should have had plenty of time to dodge it.
However, the unexpected black out...
The plan was to counterattack in the dark.
Coupled with the instance of surprise,
the boss's reaction to the chain was delayed.
Looks like the original plan for the target...
it was planned out well.
Yes, but...
When I asked what they were hiding,
the only memories extracted from those kids were,
"black out, " "act at 7 o'clock, " and such,
which were all keywords connected to the coordination of the plan.
It wasn't a perfectly organized plan.
And it can't be.
Because we only made the decision to head for Beichitaku Hotel an hour ago.
Although I don't know when they found that out,
it's still not possible to come up with an organized plan in such a short period of time.
Another thing that bothers me,
is the fact that those two are indeed related to the Chain-user.
Why wasn't I able to detect that when I examined them once before?
The Chain-user must have hidden his abilities even from his friends.
From this information, the Chain-user's personality can be determined.
He must be able to think fast on the spot, and is an expert at restraining secrets.
Even his friends only discovered it recently.
It's better for us if we don't consider this letter an idle threat.
By leaving this message within seconds in the darkness...
it means that the message contains the truth.
That guy has a comrade called Senritsu,
who has the ability to determine the opponents' emotions through the rhythm of their heartbeats.
She has methods of determining,
whether or not I will reveal this to my comrades.
That's why he left this message.
And that is the real purpose behind the message.
If I reveal this...
If I expose their plan...
he will even sacrifice his comrades to kill the boss.
On the other hand,
that means these two are still valuable hostages.
Then we'll have a chance to save the boss.
However...
Paku.
Paku!
Paku.
You were silent all of a sudden.
Nothing's wrong, right?
Machi! Retrieve your Nen strings.
Leave that one to me.
Since he left a message,
he'll definitely contact us again.
Before that happens, these guys are important hostages.
We have to guard them no matter what!
Oh, I see! It was Kurapica!
Hi did it.
Actually, I really want to go after those guys,
but we can never let these two escape.
It's too dangerous to split up.
We'll have to stay guard until Phinx and the rest arrive.
Okay.
No arguments.
Same here.
Good.
The enemy is most likely moving by car.
We can still catch up to them with this traffic jam.
As a spider,
I am the head, and you guys are the limbs.
The limbs regard the orders from the head as top priority.
But, this principle is tied to skill, not life and death.
Which means, if I die, any of you can take my place.
Depending on the situation,
sometimes the head is less important than the limbs.
Understand this clearly,
my orders are your top priority.
However, that does not mean my life is top priority.
I am also a member of the Spiders.
The one to live is not the individual,
but the Spider.
Don't ever forget that.
What about this situation then?
If the opponent isn't a member of the Spiders,
...I will instantly lose my life.
Why... Why'd you tell us... something so important?!
I'll extract the weakness of the Chain-user's ability from these two.
If I reveal this to everyone now,
we can defeat the Chain-user!
No mistakes!
However, this way, it's likely that the boss will die.
Uvo was probably in the same situation.
He died for the sake of the Spider.
Die?
What about the boss's prophecy?
Before he stole that ability,
didn't the boss already know his prophecy?
Back then the boss gave me a similar prophecy.
"The days are slowly brightening from the darkness. "
"You who were confined in a narrow room, "
"will have to decide on one of two choices. "
"You can only answer based on either pride or betrayal. "
"When the God of Death has slowly approached your side. "
Is the "God of Death" referring to these two kids?
Is it "betrayal" if I reveal this?
Or is it "betrayal" if I stay silent?
The one to survive should be...
the Spider!
Then that "narrow room" is referring to my mind...
No, I'm thinking too much about it.
Today is only Saturday.
The events in the prophecies are about next week.
At least, it's not today that I have to decide between one of two choices.
Should I reveal it, or stay silent?
Which way is the path to survival?
If it was you,
what would you do?
Boss!
Paku!
You'd be better off not thinking about useless things like that.
You can just stay quiet.
Phinx, hurry up!
The boss was captured!
That's right.
Boss.
We still need you.
If this is the betrayal of the Spiders, then so be it!