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What would have happened to Gon, Killua, and Kurapika if they had lost the
coin game against Gotoh? Would Gotoh really have killed them, or was he
bluffing all along?


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What would have happened to Gon, Killua, and Kurapika if they had lost the coin game against Gotoh?


Gotoh would have killed them. He's a butler charged with ensuring a clan of
assassin's aren't annoyed by petty visitors and don't have to kill anyone
unless they're paid to do so.

... and the series would have been much shorter


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Gotoh never had the intention to kill them. He had spares in his hand and was
just toying with their emotions. Gotoh would never harm killua's friend over a
game of heads or tails. Killua would go godspeed in a instant.


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First of all, this is speculation, since you asked about 'what if'.

I believe to answer your question, we first need to understand Gotoh's
personality. From what the story depicted, we can fairly well assume that
Gotoh cared deeply for Killua. With that in mind, we can say that regardless
of the outcome of the game, Killua would not have been killed.

As for Gon, Kurapika and Leorio, I believe he wanted to test them, probably by
seeing how they would react to the different situations he created during the
game. The reason for that would be because the Zoldyck are assassins, which
meant that they for sure are hated by a lot of people (e.g. victims of the
family's assassinations) and any strangers posed a threat, Gon & Co were no
exception. The fact that they passed the Testing Gate and Canary was proof
that they were no ordinary people and carried the potential of harming the
Zoldyck.

During the game itself, he tried to see how far Gon & Co would go for Killua,
as far as doing something that would not benefit them in any way; saying that
he would kill Canary, a member of Zoldyck's household, if they lose (in the
event Gon wanted to harm the Zoldyck and lost, resulting in Canary getting
killed, it would be in Gon & Co's advantage to have less people to fight
against, and thus would likely not take the game as seriously, but this is
straying a bit too far).

At that point, if Gon really lost, it can be hard to say what would have
happened, but I would tend to believe that following Gon's reaction, Gotoh
determined then that they meant no harm to Killua. Should Gon have lost, Gotoh
could possibly have instead refused them meeting with Killua assuming that Gon
was not strong enough to protect Killua if needed.

Conversely, I believe that if the way Gon reacted during the game was
different, hinting that Gon couldn't be trusted, only then, would Gotoh
attempt to kill the three of them.


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