Hunter x Hunter 273

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Hunter x Hunter
#273: Reunion
[side text: Morau VS Pufu... // A calm, hidden battle!!]
Pufu: So you think that shutting us in will be an effective tactic against me... // ...We'll see about that.

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Morau: (Scales...... from what Novu said, they have a hypnotic effect... // I must make sure not to inhale them...!)
Pufu: You seem to have fallen silent. // Well, assuming you have any skill, that much should be obvious... // (Caution... // Resolve... // And confidence... // In a ratio of approximately 2:3:5.)

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Pufu: (The relative lack of caution is testament to his confidence... his character, at least, is strong.) // We should at least make our introductions. / My name is Shauapufu, of the Royal Guards. // (Though he is in enemy territory, he takes comfort in his ability to draw the enemy into his own domain... interesting.)
[Text: Pufu's "Spiritual Messenger" allows him, by engulfing the enemy in his scales, to read his opponent's aura and thus his mental state. // By analysing the combinations of around thirty major types of emotional patterns manifested in the aura, he can make a good guess at his opponent's thoughts.]

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Pufu: (......His caution seems to have grown intensified.) // Hm. // Will you not give me even your name? // If you are under the misapprehension that this request for a self-introduction is a mere ruse, intended to cause you to inhale my scales, then let me assure you, this is not the case. // I am a little shocked... // ...That is all...

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Pufu: When we are reborn, we shall forget it all... // Ahahahahah... Please, just wait a moment...... Hahahah... // Ahah... // Ahahah... // Ahahahah...
Morau: (Well, if you're going to take your time, I'm not going to complain! // Be it a demon or a serpent that emerges...!!)

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[Text: The palace basement elevator... anyone may freely use it to descend... // But to ascend, one is required to enter a security code. // Each authorised user has his own personal security code, and as such this also serves as a form of identification. // If one fails to enter a valid code once, the door locks automatically... // If one fails three times in a row, the guards are notified and a sleeping gas is released into the lift. The culprit will be restrained and tortured... death is inevitable.]

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[Text: The computer keeps a record of each access, and Secretary Bizef regularly checks up on when, how many times, and for what purpose access has been granted. // If access is granted under suspicious circumstances, the owner of the number in question will be summarily disposed of, so one's number is to be protected with one's life. // Marcos only told Morau his own number the moment before his getaway plane took him out of the country.
Ikarugo: Satellitonbo!
[TN: "Tonbo" meaning "dragonfly", and I think "satellite" is fairly self-explanatory.]

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[Text: Ikarugo did not know Palm except through the data he had been given... // But he had resolved at an early stage that he would not leave the palace until he had found her.]
Ikarugo: (I'm going to take her out of here......!!! // Palm is the nakama of my nakama... // which makes her my nakama!! // Palm is my nakama!!!)
[Text: "Palm is risking her life for us right now" - just knowing that allowed Ikarugo to respect her deeply.]

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Ikarugo: (This isn't a "mission" or a "duty"!! // I want to save her...!! That's what I decided I would do!!!)

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[Text: After descending to the basement, the elevator uses surveillance cameras and weight sensors to confirm that there is nobody inside, before automatically returning to the upper levels. // When being used to return to the surface, only one person may board the elevator at a time; if the data gathered by the sensors differs significantly from that corresponding to the owner of the security number, an alarm sounds immediately and the elevator imprisons its occupant. // The only people who need not abide by these restrictions when using the elevator are Bizef and Malkos. // These exceptions are in place so that rather than taking classified materials, such as humans, through the vehicle entrance, where they would be observed by soldiers, they can instead be taken discreetly through the elevator.]

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Welfin: Ugh...! // (What is this scent...?! // Where the hell does Fratta live, a morgue?! // Beside that... Brou must have come down here ahead of me; his scent is strong... // Damn... there are some other faint scents, but......)
[TN: The scent of Fratta's corpse, which had been rotting for a few days already, was obstructing Welfin's sense of smell.]
Welfin: (If Brou came down here after Fratta, then... // Does that mean he noticed Fratta's "Hagya-sama" comment, too? // Or else... // Is Brovuda in on this too?! // While I was busy watching the rebel... Brou... // Was he watching me from behind?! // ...... // If so...)

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Welfin: (If Brou is in with the rebel, then he'll have noticed that I noticed that something's up with Fratta. // In which case, the reason he came down here ahead of me... // Was in order... // ...to ambush me here??!!)

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Welfin: Damn... / This is my chance!! // There's definitely something up with Fratta...!! / If I can make him out as the perpetrator of my supposed scheme to blow up the palace... / Bizef's estimations of me are sure to rise...!) // Bizef.........!! // (What about Bizef?! // That's not good... What if he died in this attack...? // This entire plan would become meaningless! // Finding Bizef comes first...)

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[no text just gon and killua]

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Zeno: Hey.
Killua: (Gramps......)
Zeno: My job here is over now. // I know nothing outside the confines of my mission. // (You've changed......) // The situation inside is your call.
Killua: (...... // Inside...?)

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[Text: Biting back the many things he wanted to say, // Zeno disappeared into the night.]

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[no text just healing]

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Gon: Do you... // ...remember me......? // My name is Gon Freecss!!! // And I've come here to see you... // ...to get back Kaito!!!!
[insert text: Everything depends on this moment!!!]