Chapitre 22: The Phantom Troupe
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"It sounds interesting, so I'll join… But I am curious, what is the nature and purpose of our team after being established?" Loki said with a smile towards Chrollo.
Chrollo, hearing this, nodded slightly before starting to explain.
"We are all from Meteor City, meaning we have no official record to prove our existence. This is also our label and the source of all of our actions." Chrollo explained as he gently supported his chin with one hand.
"We do whatever we want, take whatever we want to take. If you really want to define us… I suppose thieves would suit us best." Chrollo said with a smile as a small breeze flew by him.
Loki, who heard this slightly, smiled. He had to admit that this term really suited them best. Robbers only focused on robbing, while thieves could do whatever they wanted.
The others listened, while Machi even nodded slightly.
Obviously, the concept that Chrollo brought up was indeed in line with the residents of Meteor City.
"What about the specific rules and characteristics of the team?" Loki said in a calm and inquiring tone.
Although the others were getting slightly excited, this instead caused him to forcefully calm himself more. This was no longer a game he could enjoy but a serious decision he was participating in.
"I plan to find a few more people besides the eight of us… Since we will be facing a complex network of relationships, we must be able to weave our own net. Meteor City has no better animals at weaving webs than the mutated spiders we have." Chrollo said with a smile.
The idea of setting up a team had obviously been set up in Chrollo's mind for quite a long time.
"The spiders we are used to seeing have twelve legs and a head, so I plan to find enough people to fill thirteen people for our team. Everyone is a part of the spider, and a spider must have all of its legs…." Chrollo said before turning to look at Loki calmly.
"And I want to be the spider's mind," Chrollo said with no ripple on his calm face.
For a while, the scene seemed extremely quiet. When it comes to the position of the leader of a team, it is extremely easy to have various differences.
"Does the body need to obey the commands of the mind without exception?" Loki said calmly, as he had been mentally prepared for a long time.
"In principle, the limbs must faithfully obey the commands of the mind, but this is about performing the task and has nothing to do with life and death," Chrollo said while shaking his head lightly.
"For example, someone will take my place from the remaining legs if I die. This can be interpreted as: " The team's survival is more important than the leader's life." Chrollo said as he met Loki's eyes.
"In other words, if the leader dies, a leg of the spider will inherit the status of the leader?" Loki asked curiously.
"Yes." Chrollo nodded without hesitation.
This was indeed what Loki imagined in his heart when he thought of Chrollo Lucilfer. This was a character that was calm to the extreme and attached great importance to his team. Perhaps he attached more importance to his team than he himself.
"I have no objection to this, but I have a question I find interesting…." Loki said with a smile.
Hearing this, Chrollo didn't say anything but waited for Loki to ask his question.
"I'm quite happy with the rules, but… What keeps me from killing you while we are on a mission and taking the position of leader for myself…." Loki said with a smirk as he released all of his aura while infusing it with mass amounts of killing intent.
This aura was enough to completely stun members like Pakunoda and Franklin. At the same time, Feitan was able to barely withstand it with pure willpower.
Chrollo, Machi, Uvogin, and Nobunaga were a little shocked in their minds. Although they were fine, as they had all learned nen, the current amount of aura and killing intent Loki was releasing surpassed their expectations.
Although this was surprising, Chrollo soon calmed down and turned to face Loki, fully taking the brunt of his full aura.
"If you really tried to kill me, then it could only be said that I misjudged you…." Chrollo said while releasing his own aura.
Although his aura was not at the same level as Loki's, it was enough to show his determination on the matter.
"Heh… How interesting… It would seem that you have already figured out my intentions… Then I have no objection." Loki said with a smile, causing him to pull back his aura, allowing some members who hadn't learned nen to be able to breathe again.
Loki hadn't actually wanted to be the leader of the team. Still, he was quite interested in Chrollo's ideology and response to the question. Chrollo was someone who had put his everything into its creation which allowed the Phantom Troupe to become more than it should have been originally. The Phantom Troupe, with Chrollo as its leader, was the real Phantom Troupe, and he would never be able to change that.
He could take this moment and create his own Phantom Troupe, but this would be contrary to his ideas. Although the leader of the Phantom Troupe seemed like a fun idea, it would severely limit his projects in the future.
This was also the case with joining the Phantom Troupe. Although it sounded as if it was highly binding, the result was actually an extremely loose organization.
Loki's answer, however, caused the others to sigh in relief. This was especially so for people like Uvogin and Nobunaga. Although they had known Chrollo longer, they now owed Loki many favors.
This was a fight they definitely didn't want to see.
Loki had already agreed on the notion of Chrollo becoming the leader. Still, Chrollo suddenly looked at him and smiled lightly.
"If you don't mind, Loki, I think you can also become the vice-captain of our team…." Chrollo said with a smile.
"Vice Captain? There was no such position in the original…." Loki thought to himself curiously.
"Vice Captain? That's a good idea, Chrollo! I may not be convinced by others, but if it's Loki, I will raise my hand to support him!" Uvogin said with a grin.
Loki glanced at Uvogin and Nobunaga, who turned to nod.
"I have no opinion," Machi said, adding in as she played around with her pink and purple hair.
État de l’alimentation hebdomadaire
-- Classement
Power Stone 
-- Power
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