Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 2: The Phantom Troupe Gathering That Should Not Exist on the Timeline

The Phantom Troupe has expanded from the original 8 to 9 members to a confirmed 13 members, and all of them are "A-level wanted criminals."

Each member has his or her own number. The leader Kuroro is number 0, and the rest of the members can freely choose from numbers 1 to 12.

Machi chose number 3.

But in the same year, the Phantom Troupe lost two of its companions after its peak.

Member No. 8 was targeted by the "world's number one killer family" - the Zoldyck family, and was killed.

Member No. 4 was killed by Hisoka.

But according to the movie, member No. 4 was not actually killed, but only his substitute doll was killed, but this is not important.

The Phantom Troupe lost two members, but they still insisted on the minimum number of 13 members, ensuring the principle of "spider has twelve legs", and began to recruit members.

The way the Phantom Troupe replenishes its members is quite unique and very much in their style.

The first one is that those who defeat or kill other members can volunteer to join the Phantom Troupe.

This is how Hisoka, who "killed" member No. 4, took his place.

The second option is for the team leader Kuroro to personally select the team members.

Xiao Di, the new member No. 8 of the group who also came from Meteor Street, was found by him between 1996 and 1999.

The third method is recommended by the members and decided by all members of the brigade at a meeting.

If there is a disagreement, decide by flipping a coin.

In 1999, Nobunaga, the number one member, tried to recommend new members Gon and Killua to join, but it ended up in nothing.

The fourth type is to temporarily join the Phantom Troupe due to special reasons, decided by the captain Kuroro.

From 2000 to 2001, the two sons of the Zoldyck family, Illumi and Kurt, joined the Phantom Troupe in this way.

Yes, the Phantom Troupe will not regard the death of a member as an enemy just because he or she died at the hands of a certain person or family.

On the contrary, if there are common interests, the Phantom Troupe is willing to cooperate with them.

Of course, it is also possible that because the original member No. 8 was not their original core of the group, they did not care so much about the life and death of the original member No. 8.

If the people killed by the Zoldyck family were the core members of the group, such as Wogin, Xiake, and even the leader Kuroro, their attitude towards the Zoldyck family might be different.

Due to the above four ways of adding new members, the Phantom Troupe has a high degree of freedom within the group, and gatherings often do not have all the members present.

It is common for old and new members not to see each other for more than three years.

The first year of the Hunter x Hunter story is 1999, and the current time point is November 1997, 11.

The new No. 8 member of the original timeline, Xiaodi, has not yet joined the Phantom Troupe.

At this time, German had just killed the middleman and started his solo career as a professional killer.

Since they all came from Meteor City, the original German was very interested in joining the Phantom Troupe.

After a chance encounter with Machi, he volunteered to become a new member.

Although Machi didn't like German, she still adhered to the principle of "doing business as usual" and recommended him to Kuroro.

She also doesn't like Hisoka, but she still won't object to Hisoka joining, and she will even suture his wounds after he gets injured.

At this time, with the appearance of German, the course of events underwent a very subtle change.

Instead of making a decision on the spot, Chrollo convened a "Phantom Troupe Meeting" that should not have existed in the original timeline.

All 12 existing members of the Phantom Troupe are present, and are informed in advance that new members will be joining the group.

Being both from Meteor City and being Nen users, these gave the original German extra points, so most of the members chose to agree.

However, Kuroro unexpectedly chose to put German through two trials at this time.

The reason was that he was very concerned about Machi's intuition that he "didn't get along with Germain."

However, the original German passed both trials successfully.

In this case, Kuroro finally chose to let him go.

However, on the night when Germain returned from completing the trial, a new Germain took his place.

This is probably something that no one had expected.

While German was deep in thought, he heard a creaking sound coming from the front.

He looked up and saw Machi push open the heavy wooden door and walk into the silent bell tower.

Germann followed slowly behind Machi's ponytail, always keeping a distance. After climbing a spiral stone staircase, they finally came to the complex and precise mechanical parts inside the clock tower.

But now it is covered with thick dust and fragile cobwebs.

Here, German saw a group of strange people of various appearances, some standing and some sitting.

Madge walked up to them.

The moonlight shone in through the gaps in the bell tower, as if naturally drawing a boundary at his feet, separating him from the group of people in front of him.

Judging from their images, there is no doubt that they are the Phantom Troupe.

Member No. 12 Kubi has hair that is so long that it covers his face.

Member No. 11, Wo Jin, is tall and burly, like a wild man.

Member No. 10, who was wrapped in bandages, was stripped of his ribs.

The blonde woman with a high nose bridge is member No. 9, Paknotta.

Franklin, the big guy with earlobes that go past his shoulders.

Member No. 6 is a knight with short blond hair and sparkling eyes.

Finks, the fifth member of the group, has eyebrows so light that they are almost invisible and is wearing a sports suit.

The fourth member of the group, Hisoka, has burgundy hair that looks like flames and an extremely pale face with stars and teardrops painted on it.

The No. 3 member, Machi, who brought German here.

The second short member Feitan, whose lower half of his face is covered by his turned-up collar.

Nobunaga, the No. 1 member, has a high bun, a mustache, and a samurai sword on his waist.

Captain No. 0, Kuroro, is wearing a black coat with a cross mark on his forehead, and his eyes always have a bit of scrutiny.

This is undoubtedly a group of vicious criminals.

To achieve their goals, they will use any means possible and ruthless to deal with their enemies or insignificant people.

But at the same time, they were quite nice to their own people, especially those in Meteor Street, and would often sell the looted treasures for money and do charity activities in Meteor Street.

There is no contradiction between the two, this is the style of the Phantom Troupe.

To be honest, German currently doesn't want to have anything to do with this group of people.

His position can be considered that of a normal person.

It's perfectly normal for normal people to not want to have anything to do with the Phantom Troupe.

As for the specific reasons...

On the one hand, if he revealed the secret that he was not his original self, who knows what unpredictable consequences would result.

On the other hand, he is unwilling to participate in the Phantom Troupe's "activities" and attack innocent people unless necessary.

However, the situation has become like this, and he can only continue to play his original self.

German has some knowledge about the Phantom Troupe.

If he had ignored Machi and turned around and ran away, he would probably be a fresh corpse by now.

Maybe it's even worse, after all, Feitan really enjoys torturing and abusing others, and that must be an experience worse than death.

Germain couldn't refuse to join now.

From his point of view, the matter is simple: he doesn't like the style of the Phantom Troupe and doesn't want to join.

But from the perspective of the Phantom Troupe, things become complicated.

This also has to do with one of the trials he accepted.

Germann looked at the Phantom Troupe, and the Phantom Troupe looked at Germann.

The two sides maintained a tacit silence for about a minute.

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　　The novel contains some elements of Bloodborne and Darkest Dungeon, but it is mainly based on the worldview of Hunter x Hunter, which has been modified. It has a single female protagonist and fewer emotional scenes. The current plan is to complete the story in the middle and late stages.

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