This book is starting to get really long and unwieldy so I may need to start a second volume soon!

In the meantime: For today, someone has a friend who is getting married so everyone gets dragged to the local strip club for the bachelor party.

Here's how it goes at the titty bar...

-Oh please. As if.

-This doesn't mean they don't want to go, though, of course

-"It's that place just down the street, right? Maybe we can sneak out tonight and go see if we can get in the back door without anyone catching us"

-"If my brother spots us, we're dead"

-"Oh don't worry. He'll be too busy looking at other things"

-Stops by the bank and changes out a few twenties to make sure he has a wad of one-dollar bills for the evening

-Tips and applauds every single dancer, even the ugly ones

-While waiting in line for the restroom, he chats with one of the dancers. He is so pleasant and understanding that the girl ends up dumping her life story on him

-"My, what a life you've had!" says Kurapika

-That's it. The girl's got that dang Judgement Chain shot right through her heart and she is in love

-She offers to take him "to the back room free of charge"

-Kurapika declines politely

-This is a fully nude titty bar, so there's no alcohol allowed

-Leorio sneaks in a flask anyway and gets shitfaced

-The owner of the club can tell Leorio is drunk, but because he's acting stupid and raining down money on stage like it's going out of style, he turns a blind eye

-As you probably can predict, Leorio enjoys himself immensely

-Looks bored

-Everyone there seems to know him by name

-A pole dancer bends down during her performance and whispers to him, "Hey baby, you coming by my place later tonight? I've missed you"

-This is not his scene whatsoever

-He sits ramrod-straight in the corner, embarrassed and red-faced as hell (luckily the club is too dark for anyone to see how hard he's blushing)

-Everyone keeps buying him lap dances for the sheer comedy of watching the look on his face

-Oh please. He's the whole reason they are there in the first place

-He has a "business arrangement" with the owner and can come and go as he likes, for free

-All the dancers and staff seem to know him, but they call him "Dan" instead of his real name

-A new girl says hello. "Dan? Is it short for Daniel, handsome?"

-"No, it's short for--oh, never mind"

-Waltzes into the club free of charge as part of Chrollo's entourage

-At the time, does not attract any attention

-A little later, however, he's getting grinded on by a lap dancer and the owner catches a glimpse of this

-He comes over. "Son, show me your ID, are you old enough to be in here?"

-"Of course I am"

-"Could have fooled me. Your feet don't even reach the ground in that chair"

-Has a good time whoopin' it up

-A dancer decides he's cute and whispers to him "Wanna go somewhere more private?"

-Sure! He looks quickly around to make certain Chrollo isn't watching, then follows the girl down a back hallway

-"Let's go in here, cowboy," the girl coos, indicating a door

-Sure! Shalnark opens that door faster than you can say alacazam

-As he does, Gon and Killua tumble out and fall into the hallway

-Shalnark stares, stunned, for a minute, then yells "ILLUMI!"

-"Aw, shit!" cusses Killua