16 Don Freecss and Friends

__________POV Ashton__________

I boringly spend my time in my hotel room. Waiting for a meeting I set up tonight. I was obviously planning to deviate from the boring plan that Glasses came up with.

Netero isn't the only one with 'friends' around the world...

I look forward to finally meeting the king. The only notable thing to happen since Gon's test is him coming to me and asking to fight Pitou.

I did everything I could to not laugh in his face. But I didn't succeed in the end. Pitou would likely rip him apart in seconds...

Although, his aura does seem strange lately. Maybe he has something up his sleeve? You never know it with these Nen users.

I am still quite mad at how disappointing he turned out to be. He is similar to his father in that sense...

I think they are both similar in morals, I no longer have any interest in Gon, but I'm still a bit curious about what Ging is up to.

One of the first human I ever met... Don Freecss. A person that I could only describe as strange. I only saw him once. He was writing a book on the Dark continent about 300 years ago by the things I was able to find.

He titled it 'Journey To The Lost Continent', it was supposed to have an East and West edition. And he wanted it to show the rest of humanity just how big the world actually is.

I don't think he ever managed to finish the last one, but he left the first one with me. Asking me to look after it for him. I never saw him again after that day.

I left it in my dimension for a long time until I reached human civilisation. I eventually remembered about it at some point. I was a bit stumped. I didn't want to destroy them, I didn't really know Don.

But my home seemed to accept him just like it accepted me. So I thought of him as a part of the Continent.

In the end, I decided to make some copies and just randomly dropped them in libraries across the world. They weren't donated or anything, just left on a shelf to gather dust.

Figured that if someone were to find it they'd think of it as a fairytale or something. And I was right, for the most part. Until a few governments found out about it and managed to get their hands on all the copies that were made.

Well, most of them anyway. Ging somehow managed to get his hands on one of them when he was younger. It got him fascinated in the Dark Continent and adventure in general.

It also probably had to do with the fact that he shares the same name as the author. A Freecss.

I observed him for a few months. Until I got bored with him, I never actually spoke to him. Never felt the need.

It's a bit sad that the Dark Continent can no longer accept humans. I hope I will be able to quell their anger at some point.

But I need to see the fate of humanity first... It's something I am curious about after all.

I want to see if they will end each other or if something else will do it for them... Maybe the ants are actually that big of a threat? Would they be able to end the world?

I guess I'll find out soon. If the king manages to survive the little present I made for him then he might actually be able to kill off humanity.

Well, time sure passes quickly when you're lost in thought. I really need to head off and meet up with my 'friends'.

So I did just that, got up from my bed, got rid of my pyjamas and put on my regular suit. I always hold around 3 in my dimensional space. Just to be sure. I also pulled my white coat over it.

Wearing these clothes always makes me feel nice. Being classy and presentable at all times is very important to me. I also find wearing a suit extremely comfortable. Especially when I have matching shoes.

Well, enough about my wardrobe. Walking out of my hotel, barely anyone seemed to be glancing my way. I only received a few glances from random women in the lobby.

I don't even bother returning glances like that. But one of them is the person I'm supposed to meet. They are to take me to my little meetup.

Looking her way, I could recognize her almost instantly. A short young woman with a petite build, pink messy hair tied into an updo, and blue eyes. She was also wearing some black jeans and a jacket.

I soon started walking towards her. I wouldn't make a lady wait now, would I?

__________POV Machi Komacine__________

There he is... Ashton, one of our older clients. A person we know very little about. The leader said we can trust him as long as he wants something from us. But I still have my doubts.

His eyes are always empty, it's hard to say what's on his mind. His mouth has it's corners raised, giving him a 'gentle' look to others.

But I can easily see that he's just musing to himself... Probably thinking of something that amuses him.

His one and only request included wiping out an entire clan just so that he could do experiments with their eyes...

He is technically also the reason Uvogin and Pakunoda died. If it wasn't for him there wouldn't have been any reason for that Nen user to attack us...

I should stop thinking about that. As much as I want to, killing him wouldn't help with anything. Especially when the leader wants to see him.

I don't know why exactly. I don't think he is even a Nen user... Oh well, I shouldn't question his decisions for no good reason.

I didn't even speak to Ashton. I just beckoned him to follow me and he did. His smile stretching a bit more creepily on his face.

I really don't like his presence...

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