Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 121 "One Story for Another" (Part )
At this point, Kurapika's expression as he recalled the past was mixed with some tenderness.

"One day, my good friend Piro and I met a woman who was lost and injured and unconscious. We helped her, and she thanked us and told us about human society."

German knew that the woman who disappeared from Kurapika's story was Shira.

And Sheila is a childhood friend of a core member of the "Phantom Troupe".

Kurapika didn't know that Germain already knew his story so well, maybe even more, so he just continued telling it as if it was the first time.

“After she recovered, the woman left us, but she left behind a book of adventure stories. Because of that woman and that book, I became more curious about the outside world.”

"But the clan leader doesn't want me to easily contact the outside world, thinking that it is too dangerous for our clan."

"But I insisted on going out, not only because I was curious about the outside world, but also because only outside could I find a way to cure my good friend Piro's injury."

Kurapika pursed his lips, revealing an expression of guilt and self-blame, because Pairo's injury was caused by saving him, and he has always been brooding over it.

"So, the clan leader set several tests for me. Only by passing the tests can I get the right to go out for a long time."

"Finally, with the help of my good friend Piro, I passed all the tests. The clan leader had no choice but to keep his promise and let me go."

"However, only six weeks after I left, all of our clan members were massacred by the Phantom Troupe, 36 pairs of 'Fire Eyes' were dug out, and Pyro's head was chopped off and taken away."

“I lost everything.”

Kurapika's "fiery red eyes" seemed to become more and more dazzling, and the crimson light almost engulfed his entire gloomy face.

"Later, I thought countless times, could it be that my own accidental behavior exposed our settlement and caused them to fall into the hands of the murderer?"

"If I had suppressed my curiosity and only looked for other possibilities to treat Piro in a limited area, would the tragedy have avoided happening?"

Kurapika sat on the sofa, clenched his fists, and stared straight ahead with his scarlet eyes, as if staring at an invisible enemy, or perhaps at himself reflected on the wall.

There was silence in the living room for a while. German didn't keep the suspense any longer and told the story he knew.

"Chrollo was born in Meteor City. When he was still a teenager, he showed wisdom and leadership qualities that many adults could not possess."

"In order to improve the entertainment life of the orphans in Meteor Street, he gathered a group of boys and girls of similar age from Meteor Street, dubbed a special effects film, and played it for the orphans in Meteor Street."

"Later, Kuroro and others named this temporary team the "Phantom Troupe."

When Kurapika heard this, he turned his head sharply and looked at Germain.

He finally understood why Germain mentioned a person named "Chrollo" whom he didn't know.

Kurapika listened carefully and attentively, and deeply engraved "Kuroro" and the names mentioned afterwards in his mind.

"The Phantom Troupe voice actors at the time included Chrollo, Ugin, Nobunaga, Finks, Feitan, Franklin, Shiagara, Paknoda, Machi, Sarasa, and Shira."

After hearing the last name "Shira", Kurapika first showed an expression of disbelief, then he trembled and bit his lower lip so hard that it bled.

He was thinking of a terrifying possibility.

Could it be that the woman deliberately came near our clan and fainted in front of me and Piro, in order to cause all the disasters that followed? !

She was a member of the "Phantom Troupe", an accomplice in the genocide, or even one of the masterminds? Once he thought of this possibility, Kurapika felt an incomparable chill all over his body.

Fortunately, German quickly resolved the many questions in his mind.

"You have been wandering in the outside world for so many years, you should have a general idea of ​​what Meteor Street is like. It is basically a lawless area, so it attracts quite a lot of perverts to gather there."

"Sarasa was captured by one of the perverts, tortured and dismembered, and the whole process was recorded unscrupulously. Then she was put in a bag, hung on a tree, and labeled with provocative words."

"I think Sarasa must have been desperate and cried out something like her companions would come to save her. Unexpectedly, this made those perverts even more excited."

German recalled the scene in which a label with humiliating words was stuck on Sarasa's forehead, covering her face.

The perverts did this so that the "partners" and "special effects heroes" mentioned by Sarasa would see the pain in Sarasa's expression before her death after the labels were removed.

It was as if telling them that Sarasa died so tragically because of them.

Not only does it shift the blame, but it also further tramples on human nature.

In addition to this, it also means that they do not regard Sarasa as a human being. Only goods, toys, and livestock are labeled and put in bags.

"After the group of perverts left, Kuroro and the others soon discovered the crime scene, brought Sarasa back, and buried her properly."

"From that moment on, Kuroro vowed to find those perverts and take revenge on them at all costs."

"To do this, he needs an organization, he needs a dark web site that attracts perverts, and he needs to kill a lot of people."

As Germain spoke, he observed Kurapika's expression, noticing that he was shaken for only a moment before regaining his composure.

A very firm obsession.

German nodded secretly and continued speaking.

"Kuroro believes that those perverts will be unable to resist the urge to show off and upload the video of the torture and killing of Sarasa on the Internet, and he wants to take the initiative to build such a platform to attract their attention."

"The vast majority of his dubbing companions responded to his call and stood with him. Only Sheila didn't want to do so and chose to leave alone."

When Kurapika heard that Shira chose to "leave alone", he was stunned for a moment, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought he was very hidden, but the changes in his expression and breathing rhythm were all within German's perception.

The ending of the story that German is going to tell is partly his speculation, and the mystery has not yet been fully solved.

"A few years later, the Phantom Troupe was officially established. However, their organization was still not well-known, and their website was ignored."

"At this time, they heard the information about "Red Eyes". "

"They realized that if they could seize the Red Eyes, record the entire process, and put it on their dark web, they would be able to make the website and the Phantom Troupe famous and attract those perverts."

“So, they found the settlement of the Kuruta tribe and committed evil deeds.”

(End of this chapter)