Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 146 "Future Nion's Cause of Death is Unknown"

In the future of the original timeline, Nion could not predict her encounter with Chrollo.

She also couldn't foresee the future when Chrollo used his special telepathic ability - "Thief's Ultimate Intention" to take away the "Angel's Automatic Notes".

However, Germain still felt that Nion's current "constraints and vows" were merely the inability to predict her own future, and the price was too small.

Perhaps Nion was unable to learn other basic and advanced techniques of Nen ability, and only knew the "Angel's Automatic Notes" extended from "Send", which is also a "restriction and oath".

However, this is, after all, a mind ability that can predict the future and allow others to change the future. Such "restrictions and oaths" are still not enough.

In comparison, isn't the "restrictions and oaths" that Kurapika originally risked his life for a joke?
In the future of the original timeline, half of the Phantom Troupe would have died at the hands of Kurapika.

However, after learning the key points in the prophecy poem, the Phantom Troupe managed to avoid such a future. In the end, only Ugin and Paknotta died, and Kuroro's Nen ability was sealed.

Even someone like Germain who has seen the future has paid the price of "constraints and vows" that prevent him from ever returning to his original world, and that the future is constantly changing and deviating more and more from its original state.

This made him think of the fact that Nion's Nen ability was taken away by Kuroro and she died mysteriously.

German believes there are two possibilities.

The first one is that Nion was murdered.

This person might be an enemy of the Nosra family, or it might be an accident. In short, Nion was murdered.

One of the people who is a major suspect is Hisoka.

At that time, Kuroro took away the "Angel's Automatic Notes". Although he could not predict his own future, he could predict the future of the Phantom Troupe members, and thus indirectly know his own future.

Hisoka was looking for a hearty fight to the death with Chrollo at the time. As long as he had the "Angel's Automatic Notes", Chrollo would probably be able to keep Hisoka from finding him.

Considering this possibility, it is not impossible that Hisoka killed Nion and made the "Angel's Automatic Notes" taken away by Kuroro disappear completely.

However, there is a second possibility that Nion died due to special reasons.

A special cause may be a disease.

However, Germain was more inclined to believe that Nion was harmed by "Restrictions and Oaths".

Her "Angel's Automatic Notes" changes not only the future of the person involved, but also the future of a series of people related to it.

Although it is not as good as the "wish" of Alluka (Nanika), the fourth son of the Zoldyck family, it should not be almost without cost.

German believes that the "Angel's Automatic Notebook" has other "restrictions and vows", such as a daily limit on the number of times the future can be predicted.

Predicting the future will definitely consume energy, but Nyon is unlikely to have much energy. After making too many predictions, Nyon will fall asleep from exhaustion.

In addition, Nion predicts that in the future, once a certain fixed number of times is exceeded, there will be terrible consequences.

Otherwise, she could predict the future for the guards around her, such as the maid Arisa and the guard captain Dazane.

As long as her personal guards don't die in the next month, it will prove that her situation is safe.

But Wright and Nion didn't do that.

Only because there is a limit on the number of times and Light and Nion do not care about the lives of the guards, they will only use the "Angel's Automatic Notes" on those gangsters.

However, after Chrollo stole the "Angel's Automatic Notes" and, with the help of the mind exorcist Abengane, lifted the seal on Kurapika, he may have maxed out the limit on the number of times he could use it.

Ultimately, "constraints and oaths" were traced back to Nion.

It brought a disaster that was as terrible as the one that Alluka (Nanika) had to endure after making a "wish", killing Nion and everyone around her.

Afterwards, Kurapika took over the remaining power of the Nosra family and became the de facto boss of the gang family.

However, Kurapika doesn't need to know these speculations now.

Kurapika slowly understood. He went from standing to sitting opposite Germain, and his expression became much calmer.

"So, if we take action, as long as we can deal with those three Nen users, we can take back the Red Eyes on the spot. This is feasible."

German confirmed, "Yes. So, I advise you to conserve your energy now. This will be your first battle since you learned the ability of Nen."

Kurapika closed his eyes first, exhaled a long breath, and then opened his eyes.

"I understand, Sensei. I will go to rest now. Tomorrow night, in order to regain the Red Eyes, I will follow your orders and will never let you down."

"Well, go and have some rest."

Kurapika stood up, bowed to German, then quickly walked around the glass table and returned to his room. Before closing the door, he nodded respectfully to German again.

German did not go to bed immediately. He stood on the balcony for a long time, watching the rain finally stop. Then he turned off the lights in the living room and went back to his room to rest.
-
Looking at the lights in the room in the distance going out, a man in a wet black raincoat put down the telescope.

The howling wind on the rooftop sounded like the roar of a giant beast. The man stretched out his palm and made sure that no raindrops fell on his palm. Then he took off his hood, revealing a face full of hair, a thunder god's mouth, a thin face, a pointed mouth and shrunken cheeks.

He stepped one foot on the water stain on the edge of the rooftop, took out his cell phone from his arms and made a call.

"Hello, hello, is that Pariston? It's me."

He adjusted the gold hoop on his forehead, then stretched out his little finger and dug into the other ear that was not answering the call.

After a while, a sweet, annoying voice sounded.

"Ah... Xiyou, how come you have time to call me so late?"

"You're asking even though you already know the answer." The Monkey, one of the twelve zodiac signs in the association, said to the Rat on the other end of the phone, "I'm sure it's him. There's no mistake."

"Have you had contact with him?" Pariston stopped joking and asked with interest.

"Of course not." Xiyou cursed, "The radius of that bastard's 'circle' is more than 20 meters. I guess that's probably not his limit. If we get any closer, we'll be exposed."

"I am now more than a hundred meters away, observing the two of them through a telescope. They are staying in the same luxury hotel as the daughter of the Nosra family."

"That's a coincidence," Palliston laughed. "Our bait attracted two fish."

"Damn it—" Xiyou cursed unceremoniously, "You released the location information of five Fire Eyes and sent different people to guard them, but I was the one who got caught."

"Parriston, how did you know that the missing Germain and Kurapika would track down the information about the Red Eyes and reappear after two months?"

"Ah...yeah, how did I know that? I really don't want to tell you."

"Then don't say it."

Xiyou was so angry that he was about to hang up the phone.

He was well aware of Palliston's twisted personality and was unwilling to deal with Palliston in a disgusting way like Netero did.

Pariston seemed to have noticed Xiyou's actions and spoke first, "Wait a minute, haha, how can I bear to let my good friend come into contact with the target without knowing it?"

"cut."

Xiyou fell silent and listened carefully.

"After Germain was awarded the title of 'One-Star Hunter', he took part in the 'Mercenary Hijacking Incident' and has since completely lost his trace."

"However, I checked the surveillance footage from that day and found a photo of the young man who was traveling with German."

"I noticed that the young man's clothing was very special, so I investigated. Guess what I found?"

Xiyou reacted quickly: "He is... a member of the Kuruta tribe? There are still survivors of the Kuruta tribe? No wonder you used the flaming red eyes to lure them out."

Pariston chuckled a few more times.

"This young man is called Kurapika. He should be the last of the Kurta clan. If this news were to be released, it would probably cause a sensation and attract a lot of people's covetousness, right?"

"However, what really surprised me was that they had been waiting for almost two months to come to me after I released the news... This German is indeed not to be underestimated."

"Anyway, you know what your mission is, right?"

"I know." Xiyou let out a breath, then showed a strange smile, "It's what I'm best at. I do it almost every day..."

"First, I will create some trouble for Germain and Kurapika, and then I will appear as the "Shin Monkey" of the Twelve Zodiac Signs and a senior hunter to help them through the crisis."

"After that, we developed a mutual appreciation for each other. After constant contact, I gradually became their partner. They also trusted me very much, so they told me all their secrets..."

"This is what I do every day, don't worry, I can hide it better than your poor, damn acting skills."

Upon hearing this, Palliston laughed for a while and said, "After all, my job is to be a chess piece on the chessboard, attracting attention."

"President Netero probably already knows who I am. I don't need to hide it. I can just play games with him openly. Then your and Xie Zhuan's tricks won't be so noticeable."

"However, I feel that the old man probably knows that there is a traitor among the Twelve Zodiac Signs, but he doesn't care. He knows very well that as long as he is not dead, we can't cause any trouble."

Xiyou's expression froze, and the smile of the cunning old man making two scissors hand gestures emerged in his mind, which made him feel quite chilly.

Then, the voice of Palliston was heard.

"But now, the chance to break through may be earlier than expected. We are just a little short of figuring out how Germain did it, and then we can get around that old man faster."

"I see." Xiyou replied dully, "I am a bounty hunter. It is reasonable for me to appear when they are in the most critical moment."

"Yes, that makes sense." Pariston agreed with a smile.

(End of this chapter)