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About half an hour later, the car's speed slowed down.
"Dear travelers, we have arrived."
The female tour guide pointed ahead.
"That is the main entrance of the Zoldyck Family—the gate of the underworld."
The bus stopped in front of a giant gate wall.
It was a massive gate dozens of meters high, made entirely of an unknown dark stone. Its surface was covered in mottled marks, exuding an ancient and heavy aura.
The gates were tightly closed, flanked by towering stone walls that stretched into the distance, encircling the entire mountain.
The tourists got off the bus one after another, standing before the gate in amazement.
The female tour guide also stepped down, standing in front of the crowd to continue her introduction.
"This is the main gate, also known as the 'gate of the underworld.' This is because those who enter never return."
She pointed to a small door next to the main gate.
"Although one can enter through the small door next to the guardroom, since the interior is the private territory of the Zoldyck Family, visitors are not allowed inside. We can only view it from a distance here."
The tourists let out sighs of disappointment but soon excitedly began taking photos.
Leo did not linger.
He passed through the crowd and walked straight toward the guardroom.
The female tour guide caught sight of this from the corner of her eye and immediately panicked.
"Hey, handsome!"
She hurried to catch up, reaching out to try and stop Leo.
"You can't go further for sightseeing! Come back!"
Leo didn't look back, simply waving his hand behind him.
"My destination is right here."
He continued walking forward.
"Goodbye."
The female tour guide stood stunned, watching him walk to the entrance of the guardroom. She opened her mouth but ultimately didn't dare to chase after him.
The guardroom was a simple little shack, right next to the giant gate.
A sign hung by the door with the words "Zoldyck Family Territory, No Trespassing" written on it.
Leo walked to the door and knocked.
A rustling sound came from inside, and then the door opened.
A simply dressed middle-aged man stood at the door, his face still showing the grogginess of having just woken up.
Kalluto.
He had been the gatekeeper for the Zoldyck Family for twenty years.
"Hmm?"
Kalluto rubbed his eyes, sizing up the young man in white before him.
"Can I help you?"
Leo smiled slightly.
"Please inform the Zoldyck Family that I'm here to see Kalluto Zoldyck. Tell him Leo has arrived as agreed."
Kalluto was stunned for a moment.
Looking for Young Master Kalluto? As agreed?
He looked Leo up and down, his eyes filled with obvious suspicion.
'This kid... he's not here to seek death, is he?'
But Leo's expression was too composed, so composed that it was impossible to dismiss him as a madman.
Kalluto hesitated for a moment, turned back into the room, and picked up the landline phone on the desk.
After the call connected, a cold voice came from the other end.
"This is the Zoldyck Family Butler's Office."
Kalluto lowered his voice and said,
"Hello, this is Kalluto. It's like this: someone has come to the gate saying he's looking for Young Master Kalluto by agreement. His name is Leo..."
As he spoke, he glanced back at Leo.
"...Yes. Yes! Understood!"
He hung up the phone and turned to Leo.
"They said they will confirm with Young Master Kalluto. Please wait a moment."
Leo nodded, leaned against the doorframe, and leisurely looked at the mountain scenery in the distance.
Two minutes later, the phone rang again.
Kalluto picked it up, listened for a few moments, and the expression on his face became somewhat subtle.
"Yes! I understand!"
He hung up the phone, turned around, and looked at Leo with a worried face.
"That... Mr. Leo."
"Hmm?"
"Butler Gotoh confirmed it; Young Master Kalluto indeed has an appointment with someone named Leo."
Kalluto paused and took a deep breath.
"But... Young Master Kalluto passed on a message."
Leo looked at him.
"What message?"
Kalluto spoke with difficulty.
"If you want to invite him, you must push open three sets of doors to enter. If you're afraid, you don't have to come in, but the commission will end there."
After he finished, he looked at Leo nervously, expecting to see anger or difficulty appear on his face.
But Leo just smiled; he really was a child.
He had no conflict with the Zoldyck Family, and he didn't have to worry about being attacked and killed after entering.
With his current strength, even if he couldn't win, he could escape. Moreover, the Zoldyck Family was very disciplined and never killed anyone other than their targets, except for that perverted brother-complex, Illumi.
After thinking for a moment, Leo said,
"No problem."
He turned and walked toward the giant gate.
"Coincidentally, I also wanted to try this gate."
Kalluto was stunned.
He quickly chased after him, saying urgently,
"Wait! This gate is not that simple!"
He pointed at the giant gate and explained rapidly,
"The real name of this gate is the 'testing gate.' There are seven sets of doors in total—each side of the first set weighs two tons. Three sets..."
He swallowed hard.
"...weigh sixteen tons!"
Leo stopped and looked back at him.
In those eyes, there was no surprise, no fear, only a kind of... indifference.
"I know."
He said.
"Uncle, don't underestimate me too much."
With that, he continued walking toward the gate.
Kalluto stood there, watching him get closer and closer, until finally, he stood beneath the giant gate dozens of meters high.
Leo looked up.
The gate was very high, very thick, and very heavy.
The mottled surface recorded the marks of time, and the closed doors exuded a suffocating sense of pressure.
He grinned, not using any Nen, and without any preparatory movements.
He simply raised both hands and pressed them against the cold doors.
Then—he exerted force.
The muscles in his arms instantly bulged, and veins popped under his skin!
The ground beneath his feet seemed to sink slightly, letting out a dull thud!
"Creeeeaaaak—"
The heavy sound of friction tore through the silence of the valley!
The first set of doors slowly moved inward!
The second set followed immediately!
The third set! The fourth set! The fifth set!
After pushing open five sets of doors, Leo's Nen instantly flowed and covered his hands.
Then, the sixth set! The seventh set!!!
"Rumble—!!!"
Before Leo's powerful physical strength, all seven sets of giant doors were opened!
The heavy stone doors swung open to both sides, revealing the deep mountain path behind them.
Both sides of the mountain path were covered in dense primeval forest, and in the distance, the faint outline of the legendary Zoldyck Family main residence could be seen.
Sunlight poured through the gate opening, illuminating the road that had never been open to tourists.
The roar of the giant doors opening echoed through the valley for a long time.
Kalluto stood in place, his mouth wide open and his eyes bulging as if they were about to pop out of their sockets.
The tourists behind him were also stunned. They hadn't expected someone to be able to push open the main gate, and then they excitedly took photos and said,
"This trip was worth it!"
Kalluto had worked here for twenty years.
Twenty years!
He had seen countless people who overestimated themselves and tried to break in, and countless people who were stopped by the very first set of doors.
But never—never had an outsider been able to push open seven sets of doors!
All seven! That was a weight of 256 tons!
He stared blankly at the white figure standing under the gate opening, his mind a complete blank.
'This... what kind of monster is this...'
Leo retracted his hands and loosened his shoulders.
256 tons was still quite a challenge for him at his current level; without using Nen, he could only push open the first five sets.
Since it was rare to visit the Zoldyck Family, he treated it as unlocking an achievement.
He turned his head and waved to Kalluto, who was still standing dazed in place.
"Please report that I've gone in."
After saying that, he stepped onto the mountain path.
Kalluto shouted,
"Follow the mountain road up; the villa is somewhere on the mountain."
Leo didn't look back and simply waved his hand.
Behind him, the seven sets of giant doors slowly closed.
Sunlight fell on him, casting a long shadow on the ground.