"As was stated in our contract, since you didn't get to use all 9 rolls, you loose our game and I win the right to grant myself a wish!"

"Shit! Now Flutter! Tell him!"

Hagya didn't need to wait for Kerpico's reaction to know it was bad news. He immediately notified Flutter to unleash the cheetah and Kerpico that the cheetah had been unleashed.

Based on the distance he had to travel which was roughly 17 032 meters and 28 centimeters, and the time he would spend considering why Flutter himself was the one notifying him, they estimated it would take him 18,76 seconds to come and kill the target.

Kerpico was counting down every hundredth of each seconds to give his own call at the exact right moment to the troupes lying in ambush in a 45 meters radius circle around the target.

The claws of Killua and Colt were about to clash but now wasn't the time to focus on petty things..

0.09 s, 0.08 s, 0.07 s

"NOW!"

Suddenly, 47 ants entered Kite's En, coming from all direction and rushing towards him.

Well they're all pretty slow, what's your plan, mister Rat?

Kite lowered his En to gather his aura into his body preparing for the fight.

0.01 s..

He didn't have time to understand that he got his answer when the 48th ant entered what remained of his En, faster than he could retract it.. He didn't have time to usher a single thought. His brain didn't even have time to process the speed, let alone adapt to it..

The cheetah was too fast to be praised for his speed.

The cheetah was about to rip Kite's heart out and nothing, not even Kite's nen flow was fast enough to prevent it..

…

However, there was one thing the rat didn't have time to do, rushed as he was by the call of the lion..

He neglected to take the time to adapt his plan to one particular new factor, the one thing that forced the plan to be rushed.

…

When Crazy Slot felt the 47 ants enter Kite's En, their En, he had enough.

"STAND STILL! IT'S MY MOMENT!"

...

And here they were : all standing still, like frozen in time.

Even those that were performing a jump attack, still, stuck in the air, which looked kinda weird.

It was the power of a wish, surely in Crazy slot's mind, as realization hit it, it was a waste.

Now I suppose y'all have one question in your mind :

What about Colt and Killua? Because no one cares about Kite, right? Except Gon.. I mean seriously, in the cannon, Killua could have used Alluka to wish the Kite puppet free from puppet-hood and back to life, instead, Well let's duke it out with Pitou and force it/him/her whatever! to restore him! There's no way it turns ugly! Fat chance, Moron!

Well anyway, Colt and Killua were going to kill each other! I couldn't let that happen, could I?
I mean I hate Killua! But it's not like I can prevent his fated battle of speed against Cheetuh.

Togashi made us wait 2 years for it, hiatus after hiatus, and right when it was the moment for it, he decided he wanted to be edgy as fuck and blue-ball us all!

I try not to be edgy, I mean, I am really bad at trying to not be edgy, but there are things that needs to happen in a story for example the fight between the hero and the main villain, or between a sidekick and an enemy sidekick with a similar power..

I mean sure, I am not a genius like Togashi, I am.. well terrible at storytelling and writing too..

Alright, I get it..

Kite's not dead..

There, I said it..
Cheetuh was stopped in time.

"Well, old friend, that's one hell of a wish!"

"Don't tease me, I feel awful!"

"Please, let those two go"

"I'm not letting anyone go, y'all be here stuck with me forever, I'm not dying! I'm not! what guarantees do I have? This mark the end of our contract after all."

Deep stuff lol..

"er.. Crazy Slot, is it? I don't know anything about those contract, But I suppose if you bring that up, it's because you can sign a new one.. and I am ready to sign a contract with you, If you're in this predicament, it's partly my fault, I've been a pretty efficient enemy.. Take my life and Let my people go"

"I can't do that, rat, I can only.."

"Shhh!"

"'Shhh!' What? 'Shhh!' don't tell him you can only lift the curse you've made and nothing else?"
The rat officer had a smug look on his face.

Kite sighed :
"Shit, you messed up big time Crazy Slot"

"what?! It's not like it's going to help them to have that information"

"Ow really? Well the thing is I wouldn't have dared showing my face if I wasn't sure your little wish credit was fully depleted, eh! Good job Kerpico!"

Hagya entered the scene, obviously he was confident : it showed in his stride, on his face, in his speech, well he's exulting confidence. I'm sure so much confidence isn't healthy but I am not a veterinarian.

Gon's ears perked up, unlike Killua, he hadn't been able to see the rat chimera for himself and had no clue who he was.

"Kurapika?"

Killua was in a stare-down with Colt ever since they were petrified, they had been going to kill each other, each one warrior's claws ready to rip the head of the other.

Killua was amazed, with only one hand, Colt had been able to pierce through the defense of the awakened snake.

When the white haired boy heard his friend call that name, in the way he called it, he felt his heart break.

He had recognized who the rat was on first sight, he had been preparing himself to encounter ants with red eyes or with a similar way of speaking but he didn't expect to see a clone with a rat face and such a similar name, It's as if he still was Kurapika, as if he just changed a bit, transformed.. But that wasn't it, he was eaten, digested, and this one was given birth using some components taken from Kurapika.

"What did you just say, human? Where did you get that name?"

Kerpico wasn't sure if he had heard it before or not, it just felt familiar and.. warm..

Rammot started to chuckle..

"Nope! No chuckling! No more stupid talk! It's my moment! Dang! I get why the Clown rod thingy was pissed off! Super annoying when you got your moment to shine and some stupid sub-plot starts to enfold at your side, ew! Don't do that! I'm here to kill those rare humans, be the hero of the queen and the hill and get what I want! I am not here to listen to back-stories of lives PAST!"

"Bro exactly! Last chapter 6 months ago, I was all like 'eheheh maybe I could wish to be reborn as your king' and that fucktard here be all like 'Nuhhh' and then shit happens, his hand goes 'scrunch' and 'splortch' and then those two moron are all like 'nyeheh look at how fast I'm moving my hands! Bet you can't move your hands faster than me'"

Hagya and Crazy Slot kept talking about the terrible oppression they had suffered at the hand of ruthless authors.

Killua and Colt were triggered. What happened between them were serious stuff, not some kind of joke.
And everyone else were getting annoyed too, you know they were kinda petrified and forced to listen to the only two that weren't petrified lamenting themselves.

Kerpico took was the first to intervene: "Can we get to decide what's going to happen now?"

"Right, right.. which one do I kill first?"

Hagya approached Killua, watched him closely, licking his lips in front of Colt to tease him a bit..

Obviously came Colt's reprimand who didn't get it was a joke.

Kite had renewed his contract with Crazy Slot for his next life if he released the boys but Crazy Slot didn't want to release Killua without notifying his new lion buddy..

"Go ahead I prefer when they run anyway" was his response..

"Hagya! they're dangerous!" Colt wasn't done reprimanding the lion, he was one for efficiency, not for games.

"Hey brat, when you're freed, I am your opponent, this guy isn't going anywhere, so you don't need to finish your little swipe, not that I care, honestly, I couldn't care less, he's been a thorn in my side for a while but I know someone that care and from what I gathered you know or knew him too"

Killua had a serious look on his face as he was freed from the wish..
He let Colt live and stretched his muscles and body. He was sore from having his movement stopped so abruptly, he was past the initial pain, it was more a lumbago now.

Gon did the same with Yunju, he just wanted to see his former friend so he turned around in the direction of the petrified rat chimera..

He was shocked by the appearance, not because it was a rat, but because it really looked like Kurapika..

He asked one question :

"Kurapika, Who are they to you?"

He got the answer he didn't want to get, the answer he knew he'd get:

"My clan"