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#263: Break In (3)
[side text: The ultimate battle to the death begins!!!]
[box: The first to notice was Pitou. // As ordered by the King, he had removed all of his "En" extending above the second floor, and repositioned himself to the main gate to keep watch over the citizens...]

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[box: If one were to examine the reason why he gazed up into the sky at that moment, one would find no explanation save pure intuition.]
Pitou: (Something's coming.)
[box: It was an almost imperceptible sensation... but a few seconds later...]
Pitou: (Enemies!!)
[box: ...that shred of intuition turned to conviction.]

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[box: However, at that moment, the intruders were still far above. // Even with all of Pitou's remarkable senses, it would have been impossible to detect them at such a height. // The basis for the conviction that led Pitou to prepare himself for battle... // ...can only, one must conclude, have been that intuition known as "animal instinct".]

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Yupi: (Pitou's En vanished...?)
[box: It is difficult to think that the fact that the descending intruders' battle skills far exceeded those of any ordinary warrior, // and the fact that Pitou's instincts at that moment were clearer than they had ever been, are unrelated.]

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[box: Noticing Pitou's En ascending towards the skies, // Pufu was able to deduce that danger approached from above. // Almost entirely simultaneously, // Two of the Royal Guard observed something descending through the air.]

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Mamori: Ten seconds until we move in.
[box: Simultaneously]
Mamori: Nine. // Eight. // Seven. // Six.

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[box: As Morau's countdown progresses, // Gon's eyes deepened, darkened... // Softly but surely, they sank into a cold gaze. // Killua, standing beside him, was the only one to observe this.]

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[no text (what is this? pray tell, a miracle? A textless page, nay, double page no less, in Hunter x Hunter?! Say it is not so, for sure as the ocean meets the land, that which my senses now convey to my uncomprehending mind must surely be in error!)]

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Guards: ...A dragon!!!
[box: For an instant, two pairs of eyes stared, captivated by the visage of this Kouryuu.]
[TN: Kouryuu - literally "Light Dragon"]
[box: But the truly noteworthy sight was not the dragon, but the figures upon its back.]

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[no text yaaaaaay :p]

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[sTILL no text yaaaaaaaaaaay :p]

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[box: The instant the dragon made contact with Pitou's En...]

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[box: ...Each was able to recognise the other's strength. // And in that same moment, Pitou released his En.]

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[box: In order... // ...to fully prepare for battle. // However...]

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[box: The dragon was gone.]

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[box: Scattered into countless tiny dragons... // ...which rained down across the entire palace.]

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Mamoru: GO!!
[insert text: Gon softly rages within... / The torch of revenge sets his spirit aflame!!!]
[TN: Best. Chapter. Ever. At least, it was a beauty to translate.]