( Water splashes )
Killua: Wait. "Ika" means squid,
and you’re an octopus, aren’t you?
( Ikalgo sputters )
♪
( Singing in Japanese )
♪
Narrator: Assassins attack as gon and killua split up
to stop the selection process.
One of them is ikalgo, an octopus-type chimera ant.
Killua: Aren’t you an octopus?
- Ikalgo: Don’t call me that! - ( Killua gasps )
Ikalgo: See ya!
If I don’t find a new host,
I won’t be able to raise more bullets.
I’ll let the ortho siblings take it from here.
( Yells )
( Grunting )
Killua: Hey. So we meet again.
( Ikalgo chuckles )
I guess we have.
Long time, no see, huh?
( Chuckles )
Killua: I have a question.
Ikalgo: Sure. Go ahead. fire away.
Killua: I don’t get why
you didn’t just dive underwater to escape.
( Ikalgo stammers )
Killua: You would have had an advantage
in the water, right? Unless--
don’t tell me you can’t swim.
Uh, oh, uh, well...
Killua: The blood?
Ikalgo: Eh...
killua: Whenever they smell blood,
your buddies in the water go completely berserk
and start attacking anything down there
that’s injured, don’t they?
If you went in there with those wounds,
they’d tear you to shreds in no time at all. Am I wrong?
Ikalgo: Uh, well, I don’t think
I would have put it that way exactly, but I suppose, uh--
- flutter: Ikalgo! - ( Ikalgo gasps )
Flutter: Did you finish off the kid?
Ikalgo: Not quite yet. We’re still fighting.
Killua: Eh? Wait. Who are you talking to?
( Ikalgo shrieks ) I screwed up!
Killua: Oh, that’s right.
You guys can communicate telepathically.
Your boss, he’s the guy who was flying over me, wasn’t he?
ikalgo: Now hold on. I can see why you might think...
- Flutter: Hey! Ikalgo! - That’s what I was doing...
Flutter: Answer me! Ikalgo!
ikalgo: Yes! We’re still fighting!
flutter: Ah. Sorry to interrupt, then.
let me know if you learn anything.
I’m not going to send my satellite dragonflies,
because if the enemy sees them flying about inside the cave,
they will get suspicious.
killua: Okay, so let’s make a deal.
( Ikalgo gasps )
Killua: If you just tell me about his ability,
I swear i’ll spare your life.
I’ll give you ten seconds.
( Ikalgo gasps )
( Stammering )
Killua: Eight seconds left.
Six seconds.
♪
I wanted to be reborn as a squid,
and my favorite was the breathtaking whiplash squid.
If you think octopi and squid are similar,
you’re quite mistaken.
Octopi are ugly.
Squid are cool.
The squid’s form is simply flawless.
( Sighs )
Killua: Two seconds left.
Ikalgo: I can’t sell out one of my own!
( Killua thinking ) Yeah. I saw it in your eyes.
Ikalgo: I only hope that in my next life,
I will be reborn as a squid.
( Killua gasps )
Ikalgo: Wh-why?
Killua: ’cause I think you’re cool.
( Ikalgo gasps )
killua: Maybe in a different world,
you and me could have been really good friends.
( Ikalgo gasps )
( Shark ant growls )
( Ikalgo gasps )
( Killua gasps )
Ikalgo: Huh?
( Shark ant laughs )
You lowered your guard!
I bet you didn’t think fish could jump, huh?!
i’ll crush you and the rock behind you!
( Ikalgo gasps )
Flutter: Ikalgo, come in.
ikalgo: Uh, yes. Th-the fight’s not over yet.
Flutter: What’s happening?
Has he used weapons or special abilities?
Ikalgo!
Ikalgo: No.
in fact, he’s been fighting with his bare hands.
Shark ant: Aw, come on! Scream a little.
Otherwise, it’s no fun, huh?
Or are you in too much pain to talk, huh?
( Killua sighs ) Much better.
Shark ant: Huh?
Killua: Fighting scum like you
- is a whole lot better. - Shark ant: Huh?
Killua: So much easier to kill.
fish ant: You’re right. He was scum!
That’s why he was the decoy!
I did it, sir ortho! I’ve attached the badge!
Don’t forget it was me, coburn!
sir ortho: Time to start the game.
( Lady ortho chuckles )
Now let’s enjoy ourselves.
damn. The bleeding still won’t stop.
I need to find an exit, and fast.
( Melody plays )
Wait. Was that a digital sound inside my head?
( Gasps )
What?
A fish?
But i’m not in the water!
What in the hell is going on here?
I didn’t sense anything at all.
( Grunts )
( Gasps ) Again?
I didn’t see anything or sense any aura until the fish hit me.
( Gasps )
♪
What’s happening?
( Grunts )
( Coughs )
This is bad.
I don’t have the slightest idea
where these attacks are coming from.
( Sir ortho laughs )
108 points!
you have no idea what’s going on, do you?
Oh, i’m talking directly into your head, by the way.
Well, you’ll figure it out
if you can survive long enough, anyway.
( Killua gasps )
These fish are made from nen.
I should be able to sense them, so why can’t I?
Something is triggering them from somewhere else.
That has to be it!
How else could I be attacked
by something I can’t see or even sense?
( Grunting )
sir ortho: Well, this is going rather nicely.
Now, then, have you determined anything about these attacks?
Killua: It looks like he can only materialize
three fish at any one time.
after that, the fish will disappear,
and the vivid colors of the target he put on me,
it could only mean one thing.
♪
Your ability involves...
Darts!
( Grunts )
Sir ortho: Bingo!
that is correct, but unfortunately for you,
figuring it out isn’t gonna help you much.
that’s because my nen needlefish darts
have no physical form at all until they Pierce your flesh,
so blocking them is impossible.
( Laughs )
By the way, your left shoulder is worth 54 points.
I have a special dartboard, you see.
That’s right, one that’s linked to various parts of your body.
Like for example...
( Killua grunts )
sir ortho: Your right elbow is 27 points.
Your right hand is 18 points.
( Laughs ) 99 points.
Hey, what’s wrong?
I can’t hear your screams.
Are you dead already?
The game has just begun.
Triple six!
Four!
13!
( Lady ortho clapping ) Way to go, brother.
That was incredible. You’re on a roll now.
Sir ortho: Well, naturally.
Our lives are on the line.
Narrator: This is how the ortho siblings’s power works.
The younger sister creates a nen pin
which activates once it’s affixed to the target.
That links the target’s body to the brother’s nen dart game.
No one can deactivate the pin until the game is over,
not even them.
When the brother’s dart hits the board,
the nen needlefish attack.
There is no way to avoid this attack.
That is because, until they’ve hit the target’s body,
the nen needlefish do not exist,
making it impossible to dodge or even sense them.
sir ortho: This is our unbeatable power...
Game of death: Fish darts!
narrator: Of course, the siblings do incur some risk.
Once the pin activates, they are invincible.
But if the brother misses on the final throw and busts...
( Killua grunts )
Narrator: All the damage the target has taken
will transfer back to the siblings.
sir ortho: She and I are invincible,
and that is because...
lady ortho: Our faith in each other
is the strongest in the entire world.
Killua: This isn’t over yet.
( Panting )
sir ortho: Well, it seems the game’s almost over.
Ame’s almost over.
( Lady ortho laughs )
Isn’t it time for you to let him know?
sir ortho: I’m really not that nice,
but if he were to cry hysterically
and beg for his life, it would certainly help me focus,
and I could be far more effective.
But if he were to say something
like, "please hurry up, and kill me,"
or if he played the nihilist hero and said,
"this isn’t a bad way to die,"
or something silly along those lines,
well, that would piss me off,
maybe even enough to make a mistake.
I would rather he die
while dreading the exact moment when the final shot will come.
( Killua grunts )
sir ortho: And it won’t be long now.
( Lady ortho laughs )
Killua: No, it’s not over yet.
( Grunts )
Damn it. This--
this doesn’t look good for me.
( Gasps )
i’ve lost way too much blood already.
I could die here,
so I guess there’s no point in saving what’s left.
Sir ortho: Now then...
Time to take my final turn.
( Nen crackling )
Left ear.
Lady ortho: Well, that was
quite the earring you just gave him.
Sir ortho: Right calf!
Now time for the last throw.
lady ortho: I trust you, my brother.
Sir ortho: Leave it to me.
( Dartboard plays melody )
You see?
Lady ortho: Bravo! ( Laughs )
- Yay! - Yay!
Both: Yay!
lady ortho: Mwah! You’re the best big brother
in the whole wide world!
I’m going to go check his corpse!
Sir ortho: I’ll come with you.
We should share some of the meat with coburn as a reward.
( Owl hoots )
( Gon gobbling )
You’re not eating?
Whoa!
Meleoron: Do you mind if I ask you something?
- gon: Shoot. - Meleoron: What was it
that made you decide to trust me?
gon: It’s not that I didn’t trust you.
I just didn’t know why you were following me. That’s all.
Besides, you swore you weren’t lying, right?
meleoron: Huh?! That was really all it took?!
Gon: Isn’t that enough?
Meleoron: Hell, no! Are you kidding me?!
Liars make promises like that all the time,
and it doesn’t mean anything!
I mean, it’s like the one thing you should never trust!
Gon: So you were lying to me?
( Meleoron sputters )
I’m not like those other guys!
I only tell the truth all the time, no exceptions!
Gon: Then we’re good!
( Meleoron thinking ) I think i’m starting to lose it.
he’s strong, but he’s just a kid.
I’m putting my life in the hands
of a little boy who doesn’t have a clue.
Gon: And besides, if you’re lying,
it’ll be a lot easier for me.
Meleoron: How so?
Gon: I won’t have to show you any mercy.
I could just kill you, you know.
♪
Meleoron: This kid, the look in his eyes,
this is why I felt it in my bones.
I had a hunch back then.
There’s something special about this kid.
i can’t even tell how much power he really has.
( Sir ortho laughs )
Lady ortho: You hit him right in the forehead. What a shot.
Sir ortho: Sir flutter, we’ve taken out the target.
Flutter: Really? Excellent.
I’ll be sure to inform sir leol that a promotion is in order.
Sir ortho: Thank you very much.
Lady ortho: That’s great!
you and I can be assistant squadron leaders now!
- Yay! - Yay!
Both: Yay!
Sir ortho: Ehh?
What? But how did you--
how can you possibly be alive
with a dart sticking out of your head like that?
( Sir ortho gasps )
Killua: An octopus’s suction cup.
( Sir ortho gasps ) No way.
but how in the world did you manage to do that? No,
what I mean is my--my darts are perfect!
They’re completely impossible to block!
killua: Yeah, except I didn’t block it.
I just grabbed it, that’s all.
I waited ’til the last moment,
right when it materialized at my head.
( Sir ortho gasps )
Killua: I could tell from what you were saying
that you could definitely hear my voice,
but that you couldn’t see me.
I had plenty of time to break the fish’s beak,
take a sucker, and put it right at the end of it.
sir ortho: Hey, wait just a minute! You can’t--
i mean no one’s reflexes are fast enough to catch a dart,
not you, not anyone! Do you hear me, brat?!
Killua: Yeah, you’re right.
if I hadn’t known where the dart was gonna be,
I wouldn’t have been able to.
But fortunately for me,
I knew just where it would hit, and I was dead right.
- ( Both gasp ) - Killua: You see,
i could tell that you were doubling out,
and that meant you had to try and land the last dart
somewhere in the outer ring,
so the game you were playing was five-o-one up.
( Sir ortho gasps )
Killua: You start out with 501,
and the goal is to whittle it down to zero.
Those are the rules that they play by in the pro circuit.
Sir ortho: How? I never told you what rules I was using!
killua: I knew as soon as I figured out
your ability was based on darts.
Don’t you remember?
The first throw you had was a double four.
♪
The game starts by hitting the board’s outer ring.
That’s a double in,
a sign you were confident in your skill.
Players like that will always play by the official rules.
If they’re confident and trained,
they play like that to seek public recognition.
After that, I just had to do the math and endure the pain.
i subtracted your points from 501
and waited until your score was under 40,
and as soon as it got there, I got myself ready,
and I placed my hand on my forehead
right in the 40-point spot, and that was it.
( Sir ortho gasps )
Narrator: Killua changed his aura into electricity
to maximize his reaction time.
rather than wait for the nerves of his skin
to sense the dart, relay the signal to his brain,
process it, and transmit a command to his hand,
he programmed the aura around his hand
to send a signal directly to his muscles,
grasping the dart the instant the aura sensed it.
sir ortho: How long have you played darts?
When I was only six, I got a perfect score in count-up.
Just part of basic training.
( Both gasping )
Lady ortho: This is what happens when you get cocky...
( Killua thinking ) Or was I seven?
Lady ortho: ...Are so stupid!
Killua: Doesn’t really matter.
- Shouldn’t have talked so long. - ( Orthos arguing )
Gotta hurry up.
Lady ortho: ...So sorry you said that to me!
( Killua panting )
Huh?
♪
What--what’s going on?
I can’t get my body to move.
Is this really happening?
Whoa, that’s a lot of blood.
Is all of it mine?
It almost feels like i’m taking a warm bath.
Wait. Now’s not the time to think about that.
I’ve gotta get going.
Damn it. Now I feel cold.
That’s just great,
and after that last fight, I finally got a hint
about how I can improve my ability.
Damn it.
Am I going to die here?
Gon, i’m sorry.
I wasn’t any help at all.
Octopus.
ikalgo: Don’t call me an octopus!
♪
Killua: What are you doing?
Ikalgo: Hey, isn’t it obvious?
I’m turning traitor, you dummy!
Not cool, I know. Now stop talking!
look, I know an unlicensed doctor.
we can take the underground current.
Won’t be long, so hang on!
Killua: Are you an idiot? come on.
I spared your life.
Now they’re gonna come after you, too.
ikalgo: Yeah, don’t you think I know that?
Don’t ask me why i’m doing this.
All I know is this.
You looked at a good-for-nothing octopus like me,
and you said I was cool.
you even said we could have been friends.
I can’t stand by while you die!
I’m gonna save you!
( Echoing ) Don’t you die on me!
♪
( Singing in Japanese )