Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 154 "The original plan of the journey to the west has failed"

Hunter Association Headquarters.

In the bright office, Pariston sat upright in a chair, writing a page of copy, and occasionally looking up at the computer screen next to him.

The fluctuating data bar was like the beating pulse of the entire Hunter Association, and even the entire world, symbolizing endless vitality.

And this is exactly what Pariston wants to destroy the most. Of course, he knows what is important and what is not, and there are some things he cannot do.

He was humming an unknown song with a smile on his face, looking relaxed and happy.

"Jingle Bell--"

Suddenly, the cell phone placed on the side of the desk rang, echoing in the originally relatively quiet room, sounding a little noisy.

He looked over and didn't pick it up immediately. Instead, he waited for ten seconds before smiling even more deeply and picking it up.

After taking a look at the caller ID, Palliston answered the call.

"Hey?"

He heard the sound of rain and indistinct voices mixed with a certain sense of anxiety.

However, Pariston was in no hurry. He tapped the table lightly with the fingers of his other hand, waiting.

Finally, the sound became much clearer.

"I say, can you hear me?" Xiyou almost roared in a low voice on the other end, like a beast that had been suppressed for a long time, "Damn it! Damn it! This heavy rain..."

Palliston curled the corners of his mouth, then cleared his throat and asked softly: "I heard it, what's wrong?"

"You..." Xiyou was silent for a while, almost unable to hold back his outburst. Finally, he held back and said, "Since you heard it, just reply! This is urgent here."

"Yeah." Pariston replied perfunctorily. He raised his other hand and observed the length of his nails under the fluorescent light.

"In short, the original plan has failed." Xiyou explained the situation succinctly, "I am following them now, following them from a distance, so I should not be discovered."

He is a bounty hunter, chasing various wanted criminals or completing various special commissions, which has enabled him to develop the ability of tracking. With the cover of heavy rain, he is relatively confident in following.

"Hmm... I see..." Palliston still smiled, "Weren't you very confident before? Which step went wrong?"

"There was a problem right from the start." Xiyou said bluntly, "He killed too quickly..."

At this time, Pariston was silent for a while, as if he was unable to understand the meaning of Xiyou's words at the first time.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door not far away. He thought about it and answered without hesitation: "Come in."

The person who came in was his female secretary.

"Mr. Palliston, I'm sorry to bother you, but here is the information you requested."

"Thank you. Please put it here for me."

The female secretary walked in with a pile of documents, clattering on her high heels, and gently placed them on Pariston's desk.

However, she did not turn around and leave immediately.

"Mr. Palliston." The female secretary could not help but be intoxicated by Palliston's handsome face and charming smile under his blond hair. "Here... this is the expenditure for this month. Please take a look."

Pariston's smile became even more intoxicating: "Okay, thank you for your help. Oh, by the way, it's getting late, go back and rest early."

"Yes, and... please also rest early, Mr. Palliston, and don't overwork yourself."

"Hahaha, thank you for your concern."

Seeing that Pariston was on the phone, the female secretary didn't want to disturb him any further, so she shyly left the room and closed the office door.

"Hey, hey, hey—" Xiyou protested, "Are you chatting with a woman while answering my call? Have you ever thought that this might expose our relationship?"

"We are just close colleagues." Palliston blinked in confusion, revealing an innocent look. Then he stood up and walked calmly to the large French window.

On this side of the Hunter Association headquarters, the air was dry and it was not raining. The lights in the distance were blurry and blurred, like melted paint.

Pariston was enjoying this sense of dislocation in time and space. He closed his eyes and breathed gently.

"If she really could tell the difference in my phone call and knew who to talk to about the information, and it had some impact, I would actually be very happy."

"This means that she has finally started to think about things. That's great... She's so well-behaved now. Isn't she?"

Pariston opened his eyes, and there was something dangerous in his eyes.

He suddenly collected them all and changed the subject, asking, "Let's talk about the situation over there."

"I've already said it, he killed too quickly." Xiyou snorted, "I got the timing right, calculated the time and distance, and got the informant to give me accurate information."

"The informant has already run away, and there will be no trace of him. This is all under my control. The actions of the ten old men are also as I expected."

"All the Ten Yin Beasts are out. They are determined to win this time. They just happened to catch Germain and Kurapika who have obtained the Flame Eyes and are about to leave."

"Everything is normal up to this point... I expected that they would be chased all night long until they are exhausted at dawn. At this time, Kurapika will be killed by the Yin Beast."

"Kurapika is too weak. He is a burden to Germann and will definitely be targeted by the Yin Beast first. Besides, Germann should be able to deal with a few Yin Beasts and suffer heavy damage in the end."

"I will show up at this moment as one of the twelve branches of the Hunter Association, and show that I am on the side of President Netero, so as to gain Germain's trust."

"Next, I fought side by side with German and killed the remaining Yin Beast members. We successfully broke through and then went to the base I had set up in advance to rest."

"Yeah." Palliston responded with a smile, "Isn't this great?"

Xiyou could hear his yin-yang tone, and sometimes couldn't tell whether it was his true nature or he was really mocking him.

"I have to admit that things got out of my control from then on."

"Less than half an hour after the pursuit began, Germain stretched out the line of the Yin Beast members on the Twin Bridges and killed them one by one..."

"He killed all the ten Yin beasts. Not a single one was left. He killed them too quickly. His decisiveness and cruelty far exceeded my imagination, and I also lost the best opportunity to show up..."

"The most important thing is, you know, each of us Nen users has a few 'most important moments' in our lives."

“That is the ‘most important moment’ that comes from daily accumulation and thinking, plus a moment of enlightenment.”

“Once it’s over, we will be completely different from who we were before.”

"I may have witnessed German's 'most important moment'. And in the next month or so, as long as he consolidates this gain, he will truly reach a terrifying level."

"It's really hell... Not only did I just happen to run into them, but it also happened to be the time when German crossed the threshold and broke through the bottleneck, so I suddenly didn't have the right opportunity."

Palliston listened silently for a while, then laughed and said, "So you wanted to wait until Germain was at his most critical moment and then help him, but you didn't expect that you would mess up, right?"

"You would never have expected that he had crossed the limit switch and would probably have completely strengthened this fighting force in the next month or so."

"At that time, you were not sure that you could gain the upper hand when you came into contact with him. You might even be led by him, right?"

Xiyou did not answer Pariston's series of questions. At this time, there was only the sound of rain.

"I will provide the information to the three major gangs in the Kajin Empire." Pariston suddenly said.

"W-what?" Xiyou confirmed, "Why?"

"Why else?" Pariston quickly opened the French window and walked to the protruding balcony. "The ten old men will not be at ease for some time to come..."

"You want to muddy the waters?" Xiyou understood, paused, sighed, and asked helplessly, "I admit defeat to you. Tell me, what should I do next?"

(End of this chapter)