Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 148 "You are the teacher's prey"

Kurapika retracted the chain, letting it wrap around his arm, and began to pant.

For him now, after several months of training and the improvement of "Chan Jue Lian Fa Zhou Yin Ning", dealing with those armed guards is not a big problem.

To Kurapika now, the bullets they fired seemed to be replayed in slow motion frame by frame, so they naturally could not hit him.

However, the man in front of him, named Xia Qimono, was completely different.

After he asked the members of the Nosra family to cease firing to avoid accidental injuries, he slowly squatted down and pressed his palms on the slippery grass.

Soon after, the "Release the Mind Beasts·Eleven People Under the Eaves" appeared like mushrooms after a rain.

They were all dressed in black robes and wore hoods like the KKK. They were clearly formed by the condensation of mental energy, but they wielded their weapons like humans.

Among the "Eleven People Under the Roof", three were holding guns and the remaining eight were holding swords. They formed a formation, and after Shachimono whispered the order to "attack the nearest enemies around", they moved collectively.

Their movements were actually a bit stiff, but they were determined. Eight of them rushed forward for close combat, while the remaining three fired from a distance, forcing Kurapika to dodge.

It was too much of a stretch for Kurapika now to deal with them with the "chain" which had no special abilities. After a while, he was covered in bruises and had a cut on his chest.

He lowered his head to look at his bleeding wound, then stared at Shachimono and the "Eleven Under the Eaves".

The teacher said that because the Release Department is adjacent to the Operation Department, their Mind Beasts often need to be controlled by humans, and are not as smart as the Mind Beasts of the Transformation Department and the Materialization Department.

In other words, as long as he could interfere with Xiachimono, or even threaten Xiachimono's life, he would win.

However, there was a group of "eleven people under one roof" between him and Shachimono. With his current level, he could not easily overcome this obstacle.

If only I could have another two months to practice, it would be great, but when things come to a point, there are often no “ifs,” Kurapika thought.

Xia Qimono also noticed this and gave him a playful smile.

"A novice in Nen ability? Your employer is ridiculous for sending a newbie to assassinate you, isn't he?"

Kurapika listened and gritted his teeth. If he hadn't been wearing colored contact lenses, his eyes would have been red with resentment and unwillingness.

However, he was still very weak now, which was indeed a fact. He admitted it. At the same time, he really wanted to use "Red Eyes' Absolute Time" to shut up Xiachimono.

"Red Eyes' Absolute Time" can enhance him in all aspects, and maybe it will be possible for him to defeat the enemy now.

However, he still remembered his teacher's warning.

"Unless it is necessary, you are not allowed to use "Red Eyes' Absolute Time"."

Now is obviously not the "necessary moment", and the opponent is just one of the three Nen users.

The reason why the teacher specifically instructed this is because the "Red Eyes" is the power of Kurapika's bloodline and cannot be separated. However, once the "Absolute Time" is used, the price is inevitable.

When "Absolute Time" is activated, life span will be shortened by one hour for every second that passes.

This kind of "restriction and oath" that burns one's life is a curse that comes with one's blood, and Kurapika cannot modify it.

Perhaps this is also the reason why their Kuruta tribe is called "devils". Someone must have used it in the past, but it lost control and died suddenly.

Others may have thought about transplanting the Fiery Red Eye into their own bodies to gain its power, but ultimately failed and died from severe rejection reactions.

Therefore, people in the world have both love and hate for the fiery red eyes of the Kuruta tribe. Since it is impossible to obtain its power, it would be best to store it and collect it for viewing.

In this way, fiery red eyes gradually became one of the "seven greatest beauties in the world".

When Kurapika was thinking about the past, he heard Shachimono shouting impatiently.

"Hey!" he shouted angrily, "Why don't you answer me? Who sent you? Tell me, and I'll make your death more pleasant."

It turned out that Shachimono had asked several times just now, but was ignored by Kurapika, and now he was getting angry.

Kurapika still didn't respond to Shachimono's question, but relaxed his body and took a step back slightly.

"It's still too early." He grabbed the chain, "My current enemies are those ordinary guards. As for you, there are two other Nen users..."

"It's the teacher's prey."

Kurapika gave Shachimono a meaningless smile and tilted his head sharply.

With a whoosh, a piercing whistle was heard, and something shot out from the darkness behind Kurapika and burst into the light from where he turned his head.

However, before Xiachimono could see clearly what it was, he saw that nearly half of the "eleven people under the eaves" standing in front of him were pierced directly, revealing horrifying uniform gaps!
"What the hell?!"

Xia Chimono was horrified and saw a black dot coming towards him at an incredibly fast speed.

He subconsciously stretched out his hand to block it, but it went straight through his palm, and with a "whoosh", pierced into his forehead!
The river bank in the dark night suddenly became silent for a moment.

Then, the "eleven people under the eaves" all turned into green smoke and disappeared, and Xiachimono seemed to have suddenly lost his support, and fell headfirst into the grass, with bright red blood gushing out.

There was silence again, and then there was a commotion of voices.

"Shachimono? You..."

In order to guard against enemy attacks, Linxian handed the Fiery Red Eye in his hand to another guard.

He was standing relatively close at this time, and could see clearly before he asked the question. Xia Qimono's eyes were wide open, his eyes were shocked, and his mouth was slightly open. It seemed that he was deader than dead.

There was a strange cane stuck on his forehead, which pierced through Shachimono's entire head and now looked like an ornament of the dead Shachimono.

At this time, a figure wearing a black robe and a bird-beak mask walked out of the night, only five meters away from Linxian.

Linxian's throat suddenly started to itch for no apparent reason, and cold sweat broke out on his body. He didn't even realize when this person was there. Logically, he shouldn't have been unaware of it.

unless……

The man pulled the cane out of Xiachimono's head, then threw it to the ground to shake off the sticky dark blood, and then he looked at Linxian.

When Linxian looked into the pair of black eyes behind the bird-beak mask, he felt cold all over, as if he was in a world of ice and snow. For a moment, he was unable to move because of fear.

Often, animals can tell which one is more ferocious after just one encounter, and Lin Xian has this instinct at this moment.

I will die.

If I continue to stay here and fight him, I will die!
I...don't want to die.

"Ahhhh-"

Linxian actually yelled desperately, which was beyond everyone's expectation.

He turned around, climbed over the embankment railing, jumped into the surging Theodore River, and with a splash, he disappeared.

German took a look and didn't chase after him.

He doesn't have much interest in opponents with too big a gap in strength, unless the opponent provokes him or some of his actions disgust him.

Linxian failed to meet the above two points. Since he ran away immediately based on his intuition, let it go.

If you want to kill someone, there is always a reason. If you don't want to kill someone, no reason is useful.

He is not a bloodthirsty person and has not forgotten the purpose of this trip, which is to help Kurapika regain his flaming eyes.

All the guards were watching the scene in shock. Less than half a minute after the man appeared, Xia Qimono was killed, and Lin Xian was so scared that he jumped into the river.

what happened? !
They are the two best players after Captain Dazonie!

At this moment, seeing German looking over here, all the guards retreated somewhat at a loss.

The man wearing the bird-beak mask said loudly, "We don't want to complicate things. Leave the Fiery Red Eyes behind and you leave, or you will end up like this man."

The "man" that German was referring to was naturally Shachimono who died tragically on the spot.

Everyone was a little stunned for a moment. They didn't expect that the other party was not an assassin, but a robber. For a moment, they looked back in a daze and looked at Nion, Arisa and Dazonie.

However, before the surprise faded, Nion forcefully pushed Arisa away, put her hands on her hips and shouted, "Impossible! I will never give you the Flaming Eyes! I worked so hard to get this!"

"If you want the Fiery Red Eye, go find it yourself. Why are you trying to steal it from me? You two scoundrels! Dazo, kill them. Don't let them take my treasure!"

Nion didn't care about Shachimono's death or Linxian's hasty escape.

For her, she couldn't tell how much stronger these two were than the other guards, she just felt that they were roughly the same.

People like her who often study and collect human organs feel that humans are all the same after their skin and flesh are peeled off and their stomachs are cut open, and there is no difference in status.

She is still very confident until now. With Dazonie and a dozen guards and pistols in their hands, can't they handle the two robbers?
No matter what, she would never give up the Fiery Red Eyes she had always dreamed of!

"Miss Niong..." Dazonie witnessed Xia Qimono's tragic death and Linxian's escape without a fight. He was unsure and showed a helpless expression at this time, "The other party is a strong enemy, perhaps..."

Nion heard the compromise in Dazonie's tone, but she shook her head like a rattle and screamed stubbornly: "No means no! This is mine! Why should I give it to them?!"

"If you let my flaming eyes be taken away from you, I will tell my father and have him fire you!"

Even when Nion was warning the guards, she still looked naive.

Dazonie and his guards were indeed forced to be roasted on the fire by her. If Miss Nyon really reported them, they would probably end up in big trouble.

"Arisa, Harvey." Dazone had no choice but to say, "Protect the young lady and Red Eyes to leave. We will delay the enemy as much as possible and catch up with you soon."

Arisa and the guard Harvey holding the fiery red eyes agreed and hurried to take Nion away.

Seeing that Dazonie listened to her, Niong smiled. Before leaving, she encouraged him, "Daznie, teach them a lesson. I will use them as human specimens afterwards!"

She didn't know yet that Kurapika was the last of the Kuruta tribe, and she just thought the two were ordinary people, otherwise she might have been more excited.

Even though the bodies and organs of ordinary people do not have much collection value, it is still nice to make them into specimens to vent the shock she suffered tonight. Of course, this is her usual practice.

Dazonie had no choice but to agree, thinking that he might not be able to win tonight, but he should have no problem holding the opponent back.

When Germain heard this, he could feel the murderous aura emanating from Kurapika without even turning back.

To Kurapika, every pair of fiery red eyes of the tribesmen was once a familiar face, and the owner of that face had greeted him and chatted with him in real life.

Now, the man is dead, and his eyes were taken away by people without any shame or empathy. How could Kurapika not be angry?

(End of this chapter)