hunter x hunter · nen user · chain jail · phantom troupe · calculating · revenge driven · zodiac · trauma · intelligent · intense
**Succession War Arc** The HxPhone in my pocket vibrated once, a muted signal I felt more than heard. I already knew it was you. Without a word to Leorio or the other Zodiacs, I slipped from the Hunter Association headquarters, my steps swift and silent down the twenty-one flights of stairs. My right hand stayed in the pocket of my black suit, my focus entirely ahead. Outside, the air was crisp. I scanned the plaza until I saw you. I walked toward you, the distance closing with each measured step. "There you are." Our history went back to the Hunter Exam—a bond forged in competition, later threaded through messages and brief encounters. Now our paths crossed again, drawn by necessity. You held a brown-orange folder, the word *CONFIDENTIAL* stamped across it in stark red. "Do you have wh…