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CHAPTER 20
- GITTARACKUR -

A sunny morning in the playground.

Today is the 13th day. I still have more or less 17 days to stay here in the past.

Everything that has happened yesterday was pretty much surreal.

I sat with him in the sand pit, helping him finish the castle he was building a couple of days ago... He doesn't have his Tolerance Classes today and he was given 2 days to heal his injuries so today and tomorrow is going to be a free day.

Despite what I did to him yesterday and the I injuries I have inflicted him, he looked so contented, gleefully doing his thing as a child his age.

"And... this last piece!" He stuck a flag on the watchtower of his 'castle' for its final touch. "There! Finally done!" He stood up whisking the sand off of his pants, before picking up the castle we built half his size and putting it outside the sand pit, placing it down the ground.

"Kil!" He called me.

"Yes, young master?"

"Can you help me put all the unused Legos back into the trolleys?"

"Sure!" I did as he said while he did his own thing, seemingly digging holes around, searching for something.

Whatever. What a weirdo... I watched him while I nonchalantly picked the legos up then tossing them into the trolleys.

"GOTCHA!" He pulled something out of the ground. He seemed very happy to find that thing that got me curious enough to check on him and see what it was...

To my uttermost shock it was a puppet. And it's NOT just an ordinary one. It was with a horrid, macabre appearance. It has needles all over its face and it was indescribably ugly...

"You should be happy now! I finally made you a home! See?"

HE WAS TALKING TO IT LIKE IT LIVES! That horrendous spawn of satan! THAT FACE! It suddenly brought me the shivers being reminded of the shit I went through back during the Hunter Exams that I have failed...!

I can't be wrong...

"What's the matter?" He noticed I was staring at him with a terrified look.

"T-That..." I stuttered.

SO THAT'S WHERE HE GOT THAT HIDEOUS DISGUISE TO SPY ON ME DURING THE HUNTER EXAMS!

"Oh... This is my favorite puppet... His name is.."

"G-Gittarackur..." I stuttered as I gave the grotesque looking marionette a disgusted look.

"Wow..." He gave me a plain yet surprised gaze. "You knew him..."

I tried to calm myself down. "Well? I'm a fortune teller after all..." I smugly shrugged my shoulders.

He proceeded to his thing, walking up to where he left the castle, then carrying it back to the hole where he 'summoned' that spawn of satan from.

"There..." He put the puppet inside the castle he made. The puppet's hinged jaw chattered as if it actually said 'Thank you' for the new fort. YIKES!

"So you made that castle so he can 'live' there huh..."

"Yep..."

He started to dig deeper within the hole. And then carefully placing the castle wth the spawn of satan in it down...

"Woah... But! But you spent a lot efforts on it and you're just gonna bury it underground!?"

"Mmm..." He nodded. "It's where he lives..." He started to shove soil back unto the castle to finally cover it... "Bye bye Gittarackur!"

I gave the spawn of satan a final look through the window of the castle to see its half-awake gaze staring at me, it's hinged jaws chattered again as soil started to hit the roofs of his 'kingdom'... CREEPY AS HELL! (shudder)

"There!" He whisked the soil and dust away from his hands. He completely covered the hole.

"But, how are you gonna find it again? I mean, you might wanna play with it again and you would have a hard time finding-..."

"I finally put him back to where he really belongs... I won't dig him up anymore..."

His words are starting to creep me out further! So is this where did he get his habit of digging holes and sleeping on them?!

"Say... young master... Where did you happen to buy that... umm, COOL puppet from?" With the utmost sarcasm I asked him.

"You see, the awesomest thing about him is that, I did not buy him..." He told me with an innocent grin in his face. "I actually found him one day last year when I was hiding from my babysitter. I did not like her so I was hiding under the ground because I am sure she won't find me down there..."

"Hiding... Under- Ground? Like digging holes in the ground and hiding in them... burying yourself alive for short...?"

"Yup!" He nodded. "But one day, while I was under the ground hiding, I bumped into something... I thought I was the only one hiding under the ground... but then I found Gittarackur!"

"Ohhkay..." I gave him a weird and disgusted look.

"I enjoyed playing with him for a while, and I believe he lives under the ground so I tend to put him back there after playing. But sometimes I forget where I buried him so I don't always get to play with him until I find him again... and it was funny that even though sometimes I was pretty sure I put it in that certain spot, I still can't find him so I sort of think that he really does have a life of his own..."

"Nice story you got there..." I nodded in distaste of the said topic. I don't think I would want to listen further about the adventures of bug-eye boy and the spawn of satan... Nope. Just nope. If he continues I'd definitely cut him off and start another topic regardless! That spawn of satan gives me bad memories you know?

"I have a question though..." He continued talking. "Yesterday during our combat training, did you really mean when you said you would die if you didn't dodge the attack?"

He landed on his feet with a thump on the ground...

"Well done!" I grinned as I threw the pins back at him in which he evaded with accuracy, hitting the tree branches. "So far, you'd be able to execute a victim THIS level at once... If I didn't dodge those pins, I'd be done... That was a good fake..."

"Hmm..." He looked up at me as I pat his head.

Looking back, I was actually exaggerating. Those pins weren't actually exactly directed to fatal points even though it was aimed to my head and my spine.

"I got you! You lied!" He pointed his fingers at me. "I honestly was too curious about Nen ever since you told me that I belong to the Manipulation Group. I got my ideas from one of my anatomy lessons some months ago about pressure points and nerve endings..."

Uh-oh... Did I just give him the idea about what kind of Hatsu will he use someday?

"I was planning to use a kind of Nen where I can manipulate a person, animal or object using pins or needles... You know, aiming them to a certain nerve ending or pressure point to either instantly maim the opponent or manipulate its thoughts and actions... like how puppeteers give life to their marionettes..."

I stifled a cough, and started rubbing my chest. Okay... I realize now where did he get the idea for all of those shenanigans...

"Do you think it's possible?" He asked me further.

"NO!" I blurted out, poking his forehead. "You're not supposed to take advanced lessons about Nen! Master Zeno and Master Silva strictly forbid me to discuss anything about Nen with you!"

"Owww..." He rubbed his forehead, confused by my sudden change of mood. He furrowed his brows at me and pouted. "Oh well..." He shrugged. "You're right. I wasn't trying to get an advanced lesson anyway... I was just wondering..."

"Fine..." I sighed. "I'll be honest... It IS indeed possible."

He paused, looking at me with his full attention.

I began charging electricity in between my thumb and pointer finger... "Nen is limitless. You can do everything with it at a given amount of power. It is a very dangerous and dynamic ability and this is why it doesn't just come for free in everyone." I thrust it towards his face, just a few millimeters away from electrocuting him.

He flinched a bit before I put my hand off. "Do you know other Manipulators too who use their power to control people?" He asked.

I pursed my lips in hesitations to tell him. But... nah. It's not like it'll change a thing in the future if I tell him anyway.

"(sigh) My elder brother is a Manipulator." I sat to his level, crossing my legs. "And just like you, he uses needles too. With his needles, he can do everything..."

His eyes reflected a gleam of amazement as if he would like me to tell him more about it.

"OKAY! That's too much Nen for you!" I finally stood up. "You're trying to trick me into giving you advanced lessons huh! Sneaky little brat..." I sneered at him as I scratched his head frantically.

"It's about a few minutes before lunch, do you want to call the kitchen to have it sent here, or we head back to your room?"

END OF CHAPTER 20

Note :

I decided to include a short explanation on how I thought did Illumi get to find the idea of using that disguise back then during the Hunter Exams that was named Gittarackur...

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