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- Narrator - The moment Killua entered the palace...
- Kil - I knew it!
- Narrator - ...was his reaction.
- Narrator - He couldn't sense Pitou's {\i1}En{\i0} at all,
- Narrator - and before him stood Youpi, whom nobody had expected to encounter on the first floor.
- Narrator - Despite the fact that they were now
- - in a situation that was utterly unforeseen in their planning,
- Narrator - Killua's experience helped him stay calm.
- Youpi - Who are these guys?
- Youpi - Where did they come from?
- Narrator - From Youpi's perspective, his current situation was also an impossibility.
- Narrator - Youpi immediately ceased all thought.
- Youpi - I am a shield.
- Youpi - My body will shield the King.
- Narrator - Of the Royal Guard, Youpi was the only one created solely from Magical Beasts, not humans.
- Narrator - Perhaps that was the reason
- Narrator - for his utter disregard for his own safety.
- Narrator - However, that same disregard also gave him strength.
- Narrator - The moment Youpi changed forms with a belligerent smile,
- Narrator - Shoot stopped in his tracks.
- Narrator - However, it wasn't because Shoot was slow to react.
- Shoot - If I move any closer, he will attack.
- Shoot - If the invisible Knuckle and Shoot were to get hit...
- Narrator - In order to draw Youpi's attention toward himself,
- Narrator - he began to move his cage and floating arms...
- Narrator - And then they came.
- Kil - This is Dragon Dive!
- Kil - Then the old man's friend is...
- Narrator - Only Killua understood what was happening,
- Narrator - and he hesitated.
- Narrator - The shock was even greater to those who didn't know what was going on.
- Narrator - There were only two present,
- Narrator - Gon and Youpi, who remained focused on the enemy that faced them.
- Morel - No way!
- Shoot - Has he lost it?
- Kil - You aren't supposed to fight Youpi...
- Kil - No, wait.
- Narrator - Killua only realized moments later,
- Narrator - and only after that did the others realize as well.
- Kil - Seriously, even in this situation,
- - how did he realize that, and so quickly?
- Narrator - If Meleoron and Knuckle were to be pierced by a Dragon Lance
- - while God's Accomplice was active, and die instantly,
- Narrator - would their invisibility cease?
- - Or would the {\i1}Nen{\i0} re leaving them to decompose without anyone ever knowing?
- Narrator - No one knew the answer.
- Narrator - Assuming the latter, confirming whether they were still alive would be impossible.
- Narrator - Meaning that, in the worst-case scenario, someone else would
- - have to deal with Youpi.
- Shoot - That should be me...
- Shoot - Gon!
- Morel - Shoot did nothing wrong.
- Morel - Even I was later than Killua in noticing and reacting.
- Morel - Shoot, don't blame yourself...
- Morel - Pull yourself together!
- Morel - If Gon and Killua are taking Youpi,
- Morel - you're left with Pitou!
- Narrator - However,
- Narrator - Shoot was feeling a completely different emotion at that moment.
- Shoot - Gon!
- - I want to tell the entire world...
- Shoot - "This is Gon!
- Shoot - A boy less than half my age,
- Shoot - to whom I owe my life."
- Shoot - I've taken great lengths to distance myself from the possibilty of danger and harm,
- - hiding myself within a safe cage, where no one could hurt me.
- Shoot - I hated myself for it...
- Shoot - But I couldn't change myself.
- Shoot - Friends and teachers encouraged me,
- Shoot - but I never truly listened, considering it the logic of the strong.
- Shoot - Yet somehow...
- Shoot - A boy with less than half my strength
- Shoot - managed to break my cage!
- Narrator - Indeed, Shoot meant to shrink back and avoid danger.
- Shoot - I will survive...
- - So that I can thank you!
- Narrator - However, even he didn't realize that
- - such unique turns in his train of thought made him shine in the face of adversity.
- Morel - Good!
- Both - Knuckle and Meleoron...
- Both - ...are alive!
- Youpi - What?
- Youpi - Who was it that just attacked me?
- Youpi - I couldn't see a thing...
- Youpi - Did someone fire a projectile from my blind spot?
- Knu - Chapter 7 Bankruptcy, activate!
- Narrator - The team had previouslytested whether God's Acomplice
- - would be compatible with Chapter 7 Bankruptcy.
- Narrator - As long as God's Accomplice stayed active, Youpi would be unable to see Potclean.
- Narrator - Thus, it was natural that Youpi would question
- - what had just happened, rather than concentrate on the enemies before him.
- Youpi - I can't sense any damage or abnormal effect.
- Youpi - Which means my focus right now should be...
- s' plan.
- Narrator - However, after that successful first strike, Knuckle could only shudder.
- Knu - Seriously?
- Knu - I can't sense a limit to his aura!
- Narrator - After surviving over five thousand battles,
- - Knuckle had the experience and intuition to quantify his opponent's strength.
- Narrator - It was not uncommon for him to face enemies who were stronger
- - than previous opponents he had encountered.
- Narrator - However, there was no comparing the power he now faced
- - to that of the opponents who had come before.
- Narrator - A monster with an immense amount of aura.
- Knu - Five times what the boss has?
- Knu - Ten times?
- Knu - More?
- Knu - I can't tell!
- Narrator - He had never experienced anything like this.
- Knu - Assuming he's only ten times stronger,
- - with 700,000 aura,
- Knu - how long will it take before he busts?
- Pitou - The King!
- Narrator - That was when
- s felt
- - the full brunt of Pitou's sinister aura.
- Narrator - Youpi immediately noticed that momentary hesitation.
- Pouf - My King!
- Pouf - My King!
- Narrator - Since Pitou lacked wings,
- - the only option was to continue free falling.
- Narrator - This was actually a stroke of luck.
- Narrator - Had he been able to,
- Narrator - Pitou would have joined Pouf and rushed straight toward the King,
- Narrator - a Royal Guard's natural reaction.
- Narrator - In that scenario, it's unlikely that Pitou would have had
- - the presence of mind to use {\i1}En{\i0}.
- Narrator - As a result...
- Pitou - The guest room on the second floor of the west tower...
- Pitou - The King is with the blind woman.
- Pitou - They are trying to find the King using {\i1}En{\i0}
- Narrator - This was when Pitou realized the severity of the situation.
- Narrator - In that instant, Pitou crouched like the four-legged creature of the Ant's origin,
- Narrator - with upper legs tensing like steel
- - until they were twice as large as they'd been before he attacked Kite.
- Narrator - In order to reach the King
- - before the enemy could.
- Narrator - But a second later...
- Narrator - A wave of pure negative energy from Pitou's destination
- - made Pitou immediately regret his decision.
- Pitou - This is...
- Pitou - the King's...
- Narrator - The aura coming from the King
- - was so unmasked, his current state of mind was plain to read.
- Narrator - As a result, Pitou could only conclude
- - that the situation had grown even worse than even he imagined.
- Narrator - The main stairway had collapsed!
- Narrator - When the King looked down, time once more began to move.
- Narrator - However, time remained frozen for everyone else.
- Narrator - The intruders, who had come for the King's life,
- Narrator - were holding their breath and standing still
- Narrator - because of the girl covered in blood.
- Narrator - And because the grotesque creature holding her body
- Narrator - was clearly treating her with tenderness and care.
- Mereum - Pitou.
- Pitou - Y-Yes, sir.
- Narrator - The expression on the King's face had returned to normal.
- Narrator - This only increased Pitou's concern.
- Mereum - Heal Komugi.
- Mereum - I'm counting on you.
- Narrator - The two veterans continued to stand by,
- Narrator - silently watching their enemies,
- Narrator - out of respect.
- Narrator - This act was that of love.
- Narrator - Should they infringe upon that act, their cause was lost.
- Narrator - It would have been inhumane.
- Zeno - This is unexpected.
- Narrator - For Zeno to make that comment was only natural.
- Narrator - Netero felt the same way.
- Mereum - Not here.
- Mereum - Let us go elsewhere.
- Mereum - I believe that a different location
- Mereum - would be to your benefit, as well.
- Narrator - Netero had spent a great deal of money to enlist Zeno to help separate
- - the King from the Royal Guard.
- Narrator - He had no reason to object to the King's proposal.
- Narrator - However...
- Netero - Well, I suppose.
- Narrator - He could not help but feel he had lost the initiative...
- Pitou - Doctor Blythe.
- Narrator - The moment Pitou's ability was activated,
- Narrator - the two men thought that their decision
- - to lower their guard was the last decision they would make.
- Narrator - This was because the King had walked right by them.
- Narrator - Their opponent, also, was an incredible monster.
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