Eventful Night

__________ POV Ashton__________

I laid there on my beautiful and expensive bed, waiting for Momoze to fall asleep.

I was also thinking of how exactly to approach my meeting with Kurapika, the last member of the Kurta Clan.

I think I should tell him the truth. Especially since I'm not scared of his retribution.

I think him knowing the truth this way might be better than Chrollo getting to use it against me when I've already allied with Kurapika.

I mean Chrollo will surely do that at any given chance. Even if it's to take away Kurapika's attention from the Troupe for one second.

And I already decided that I want Kurapika to live on. If I were to choose between saving him and my former student then I'd choose him.

It would be hard to save him if he actively tries to kill me.

So I need to make sure that Kurapika knows the truth directly from me. I will make myself look less guilty if I can give him the whole story.

I can also sugarcoat some details, but not majorly, so he doesn't get any doubts when my former student eventually tries to mislead him with another version of events.

I don't know if he will be able to ally with me knowing that I also had a hand in his clan's demise.

I hope his reaction won't be too violen-

"Ashton... Are you asleep?" Well, if I was, I surely wouldn't be right now... Still, she interrupted my thoughts, and that's not very nice.

"No... Is something wrong?"Her voice sounded a bit off, she is either tired or having a nightmare.

Either way, I know enough tropes to guess where this is going.

"I-I'm too afraid to sleep... Can I... can I sleep with you please?" The last part was so low in volume that a mosquito could've done more noise.

And yep, just like I expected. This is a classic one after all.

"Sure, get in~" I raised my blanket as she entered it happily. She once again snuggled up to me and hugged me with some strength.

"thank you..." Her voice was barely a whisper. She fell asleep instantly after hugging me.

I guess she's had a busy day. So did I, but mine's not really over yet, and I don't even require much sleep.

Now, getting up from here without alerting her might've been an issue, if only I had an ability that allowed me to create another body for myself whilst also leaving this one intact...

Oh yeah, I do.

I used 'Cell Splitter' and did just that. I transferred my consciousness to the one that wasn't in this girl's clutches and silently left the room.

I somewhat expected this outcome, so the meeting place isn't over 10 kilometres away from Momoze's room.

The location I chose is a random bar, it shouldn't even be open at this time, the ship has a curfew after all.

But that won't be enough to stop me. And I doubt Kurapika would miss a chance to find out more about the Phantom Troupe.

I specified that this meeting is about them on that slip of paper. He just needs to show up.

I reached that bar a bit early, but he was already there waiting for me.

He was looking around suspiciously, probably hoping I'd show up sooner. He looked relieved when he first saw me.

But there was still some uncertainty, I guess he's aware that this could just be a trap the Troupe laid out for him.

But Chrollo isn't smart enough to think that out. And getting me to cooperate is easier said than done.

I waved at him with a small smile on my face. It seemed to calm him down as he also started approaching me.

"Great to see you came. I was afraid you couldn't understand my writing..." I greeted without any change in expression.

I did write that in a few seconds while Momoze was doing her hair. I didn't bother making it look presentable.

"It was ok... Should we go inside?" He wants to get to the point huh?

"Sure, let me just get that for you." I walked towards the door and opened it using two strings of Nen.

We both sat down inside the empty bar, he looked eager to learn whatever I had on Chrollo and his group.

"What do you know about the Troupe?..." He looked at me intently.

"Well, I don't know that much about them. But I am somewhat related to their leader..." I said in a sad tone.

Kurapika looked a bit surprised, he raised his eyebrow as some hostility started showing in his blue eyes.

"You see, I was his Nen teacher. That was many years ago before he decided to become scum." His aggression lessened greatly when hearing my explanation.

"I wanted to apologise to you... Member of the Kurta Clan... As have had a hand in ruining your home... A sin I have yet to forgive myself for." His eyes widened in confusion.

"I-I mean, you only thought him how to use Nen... It's not your fault..." He looked down.

His genuine personality is quite a nice thing to behold... I feel bad at having to manipulate him... Well, I will get over it.

"No... I was a client of theirs... I... I bought your clan's eyes from them. I was looking to try something at the ti-" I didn't even get to finish, as his fist smashed the bar in front of us to splinters.

He looked at me in rage, as his eyes shined a dangerous scarlet colour.

I slowly reached for my eyes, and slowly took off my contacts. My eyes shined the same as his, matching them in intensity.

The look of surprise on his face told me everything I needed to hear.

The eyes, even after a successful transplant, would never change colour. That's why I needed to genetically modify myself.

And, since he has no way of knowing that, he will think that I am a relative of his. This is exactly where all of this has been leading up to.

I could see a tear slide down his cheek. He seemed to be shaken completely.

I guess I can also start actually taking care of this kid... It wouldn't be that great of a hassle...

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