Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 137 "President Netero's Former Team"

The huge sheep head was finally dealt with by Buhala, while Menqi was already processing the last delicacy.

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed that there would be such a big squid crawling on the shore."

Men Qi skillfully pulled out the machete from behind his hip and cut open the still-squirming "black squid" horizontally on the chopping board.

She took out all the food inside, which she wasn't sure if it was edible or not, and threw it aside.

The "Black Squid" finally stopped moving.

"This thing shouldn't be a squid, right?" Biscuit squatted on the side. Her petite figure made her look like a curious girl. "It just looks a bit like it."

"Yeah." Men Qi nodded. "Anyway, let's try it first. We've been eating stews all day, so we won't cook the last dish. Let's grill it."

After cutting the "black squid" a few times with a machete, she threaded it with a wooden stick, brushed some oil on it, and then roasted it over the campfire.

German watched this scene, and for some reason he felt uncomfortable all over.

After roasting for a while, the squid was almost cooked. The skin and flesh of the squid turned red, and the edges were a little burnt. So Menqi sprinkled special seasoning on it and continued to roast it.

"I have to admit." Biscuit stood up and swallowed his saliva. "The last two ingredients today, as well as the 'grape spider eggs', are the things that most resemble what would appear in a human recipe."

The aroma of "grilled squid" spread.

If I hadn’t been so full of biscuits, I would have really wanted to have another bite.

After Menqi grilled the squid, Buhala still ate it first.

Buhala took a bite with hope, then spat it out, shaking his head.

"No, it's too bitter, like a broken gallbladder, and it tastes like plastic."

Buhala has a huge appetite and a very high tolerance for food. Even he couldn't eat it, which shows that this "grilled squid" is really disgusting.

"I had this feeling when I was modifying the knife." Men Qi was not surprised. "Just as it can't fool your stomach, it can't fool my knife either. It really can't be eaten."

"As for the bitterness, I was very careful not to break the internal organs. I guess it's just the nature of the meat."

"What a pity." Biscuit pointed at the "squid" and said to German, "I wanted to take this back and let Xiaodi, Yungu and the others have a taste."

Germain shook his head.

"We have already had a good harvest this time. Several 'large grape spider eggs', some 'hammer mushrooms', etc. are the 'local specialties of the Dark Continent' that we brought back."

"That's right." Bisiji nodded, "Now let's wait until the time is up and then go back."

Germann checked the time again, but this time he checked the cooldown time of the "Lantern", which was less than 4 hours left.

Men Qi felt a little regretful that he couldn't eat the "grilled squid" just now, but after eating the huge sheep's head, he was very satisfied and now wanted to return to the human world first.

Buhala threw the inedible "grilled squid" into the "inedible area" not far away, where it was piled together with other strange-looking corpses.

Everyone gathered around the campfire without any prior arrangement, ready to while away the last few hours.

They began to tell some stories they had heard to kill time, and the atmosphere became more and more like a real campfire party. "Biscuit," Germain suddenly asked, "Has President Netero ever told you about his two trips to the Dark Continent?"

"No." Biscuit waved his hand bluntly, "You all know the old man's character. He won't reveal the secret so easily."

"However, there are still some rumors. It is said that during one of the "Dark Continent Journeys", President Netero adopted a model of exploration with a small number of elites and only found two people to form a team."

"The other two are the "Two-Star Hunter" and "Gourmet Hunter" Granny Lin Nie who is still alive, and the other is Zoldyck from the Zoldyck family, but I don't know if he is still alive."

When German heard Biscuit call President Netero "old man" and Lin Nie "mother-in-law", he felt it was quite subtle.

Unexpectedly, just thinking about this, Bisiji's eyes narrowed into slits and swept over.

Fortunately, Men Qi interrupted at this time: "Ah, Granny Lin Nie, I have met her several times. Her attainments in "food" are amazing. It turns out that she has also been to the "Dark Continent."

"Yes." Biscuit nodded. "President Netero and Jaeger are mainly responsible for combat, while Granny Linnie is responsible for food supply. This approach is effective."

"And the facts have proven that an elite team like theirs has a higher survival rate. While other teams suffered heavy casualties, President Netero managed to escape unscathed twice."

"This is one of the reasons why I prefer to cooperate with you rather than trying to get V5 to fund our journey to the Dark Continent."

"Sometimes having too many people is not necessarily a good thing. Just managing them is a big hassle. Once one person falls, it will be like a domino effect, bringing about a chain of misfortunes."

German, Menqi and Buhala all listened quietly to the stories of their predecessors, and they were now doing similar things, but in a more skillful and secure way.

The dim light from the campfire only illuminated a small area, while most of the "Dry Valley" was immersed in darkness and silence.

It looks like a sun-like star, trying its best to emit the only light and warmth in the vast and boundless abyss of the universe.

After a long time, German suddenly moved.

He did not forget his job, which was to use the "circle" to explore the surrounding situation from time to time.

Just now, something had crossed the boundary of his "circle" with a radius of thirty meters and was rushing towards the campfire.

Pretty fast.

"A huge beast is approaching," Germann described succinctly. "It's walking on all fours. For some reason, it walks very lightly for a size like that, and doesn't make much noise."

Germain's words immediately made everyone nervous.

"Did you come here by smelling the smell?" Men Qi glanced at the darkness in the distance, "Or is it the light of the campfire? Should we put out the flames?"

"No." Biscuit immediately objected, "The humans who once lived in the Dark Continent relied on fire and tools to survive. How can we give them up now?"

She slowly stood up and stretched her muscles. "I was wondering if this "Dark Continent Journey" was missing something. Now that I think about it, it's probably a fight."

Everyone stood up from the flickering campfire and turned to look towards the top of the "Dry Valley", only to see a pitch-black head slowly emerging from there.

If it weren't for the moonlight making its black fur shine, it would almost completely disappear into the night, staring at everyone with a pair of eyes that were neither cold nor hungry.

It slowly revealed its sharp canine teeth to everyone, looking like a giant black panther.

(End of this chapter)