Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 216 "Nightmare in the Tower"

On the night of September 1998, 9, the "Bloodthirsty Apostle of Pain" fell, marking that the German team completed the strategy of the "Ancient Labyrinth City" in just two days.

This is undoubtedly an incredible feat.

They surpassed the Saheleta United States Special Forces and were on the right track to catching up with the "legend" Dong Fulisi.

As for the result of their feat, they obtained the "Herb that Cure All Diseases". Each "green grass" looked ordinary, but it exuded a rich fragrance.

German somehow felt that they were more like food seasonings than medicinal herbs.

After Xiaodi finished harvesting the "Herb of Cure", the four members of German's team approached the ancient and towering tower.

This tall tower was built with countless stones, and is now covered with vines and moss. It looks quite old and weathered.

At the top of the tower is a sphere that looks like a "gold and silver ingot", but everyone can tell by sight that it is also made of stone.

There is only a big gate on the bottom floor of the tower, but no door. Looking inside from the stone gate, you can see a spiral stone staircase without handrails.

Jin was the first to enter the bottom of the tower to explore, and after confirming that there were no dangerous mechanisms or traps, he walked out.

He said to Germain, who had quickly recovered some of his strength and no longer needed anyone to support him:

"We can go up... Dong Fulishi didn't find any important clues here. Do you think we can find them?"

King now attaches more and more importance to German's views.

As for the reason, in addition to the fact that he recognized Germann's strength, there are still many confusing things about Germann, such as the "teleportation lantern", perhaps these will be the key.

Germain looked up at the tower and said:

"Don Fulish must have searched the tower inside and out more than once. If we want to make new discoveries, we need a little luck."

Jin nodded:

"Luck? That's true. Let's go and try our luck as we go. This is all we can do now."

Jin said so, but after entering the tower, he stopped every step, almost stopping in front of every brick or tile that he thought was suspicious, and observing it carefully.

But he is a "relic hunter" and he is best at protective archaeology, which is a slow and meticulous process. He would reach out his hand from time to time to gently knock and hammer.

Biscuit was taking pictures, and he also took out the "stereo camera" that was unlocked from the card state, and took pictures everywhere inside the tower with Biscuit.

However, while Kim behaves like a meticulous archaeologist, Biscuit is more like a reporter who only pays attention to the special things.

Team German was not short of time, so no one disturbed Jin and Biscuit from studying the tower. They climbed up slowly.

However, some things cannot be decided by their subjective will.

When they climbed to the middle of the tower, the side effects of "Sambika's Extreme Recovery Potion" set in - they would feel exhausted for about half a day.

Everyone felt this irrepressible, whole-body fatigue one after another, and finally gave up dawdling in the tower and rushed to the top.

It is not a good idea to rest on the spiral stone staircase, and there are no halls or rooms in the middle section of the tower.

When they quickly walked up the entire spiral stone staircase and arrived at the interior of the sphere, they found that it was an empty platform with balconies on all four sides, and the night wind was whistling through the hall.

Sleepiness came over them like a tide, and their eyelids were about to droop completely, so they decided to quickly eat dinner here and have a good night's rest.

However, halfway through dinner, German felt a bump on his shoulder. When he turned around, he saw Xiaodi's head leaning on his shoulder.

Xiaodi closed her eyes, still holding the knife, fork and plate in her hands. There was some unfinished curry and rice on the plate. She even had her mouth half open with a small bite of rice in her mouth that she hadn't swallowed.

She remained in this position and fell asleep without any worries.

German had no choice but to ask Biscuit for help to put away the knives, forks and plates, and together they helped Xiaodi lie down in the sleeping bag, and then took the food out of her mouth and threw it away.

During this process, Xiaodi just frowned but did not wake up. Instead, she snuggled up to them with confidence. They were just like taking care of a sleeping baby.

Afterwards, the other three quickly finished their dinner, cleaned up, and went to bed one after another.

On this high tower, they don't need to keep watch, they just need to remain vigilant.

It is recorded in the "New World Journey: Eastern Chapter Fragment" that this tower is the true "safe house".

Neither the "Bloodthirsty Apostle of Pain", the "Night Attack Species" nor the "Gold and Silver Ingot Parasite Species" will attack here. The reason is unknown.

Maybe this place is really special.

The "safe house" set up by Dong Fulisi in multiple "cubic stone columns" was actually inspired by this tower, where he spent many nights safely.

In any case, after two tiring and exhausting days, Team German can finally have a good and relaxing sleep.

In fact, Jin, Biscuit and Xiaodi all got a pretty good sleep on the tower platform, especially after the wind died down at night, leaving only coolness here.

However, German had a very bad sleep, and the reason for the poor sleep quality came from his dreams. He had a nightmare again.

Germain returned to the night when he first came into this world. He walked in a daze in the dilapidated courtyard, with the abandoned clock tower in front of him.

The difference is that this time there are no members of the "Phantom Troupe" nearby, only him.

He strolled for a long time before he walked out of the courtyard - in fact, its area should not be so large, in short, he came to the outside of the courtyard.

However, there were no mountains or forests outside the courtyard, but darkness, as if there was no loaded map, there was nothing.

German had no idea what he was doing here. Dreams always made people do things that went against the logic of reality.

After a while, he finally saw something.

German walked over and squatted down. He saw a pot with a human face placed on the ground. The eyes of the face were closed, but the mouth was open.

He looked at it for a while. Even in his dream, he had a sense of déjà vu about the human face pot.

Just as this feeling arose, the human face on the surface of the pot opened its eyes and looked at German.

The next moment, black smoke came out of its mouth.

Black smoke hit German's face.

Germann couldn't help but take a step back, and then he found that he had stood up without knowing when, and was in an environment where only a glimmer of light remained around him.

The human-faced pot had disappeared, and instead the cloud of black smoke twisted and changed in mid-air, turning into pieces of rolled-up white paper.

They flitted past German like frightened cave bats.

German subconsciously covered his face with his hands, and then he saw from the corner of his eye the jumping and distorted notes on the white paper, which were fleeting.

The white paper disappeared into the darkness.

German's dream was destined not to end just like that. He noticed a big door floating over from afar and soon stood before him.

This gate is majestic and solemn, with an emblem of surging waves engraved on it, exuding a strange power.

Germann involuntarily reached out his hand, wanting to touch it, but in the blink of an eye he found that the door had disappeared.

A white object appeared on the ground before my eyes.

When Germann looked closer, he could tell without much effort that it was just a human torso left after the head, hands and feet had been chopped off.

And this torso seemed to come alive, throbbing, and the originally pale skin cracked, revealing flesh as bright red as a pomegranate, instantly engulfing Germann's vision.

Germain closed his eyes involuntarily, then he realized that he was not being attacked, so he opened his eyes.

This time, the scene before his eyes changed again. He was no longer in darkness, but standing on a slope covered with white flowers.

Not far away, a full moon rose slowly, staring at Germann like a giant eyeball, and the eyeball was filled with scarlet blood.

What are these...

The excessive amount of knowledge did not make it easy for German to accept. He only felt pain and his consciousness became more confused.

The whole world began to shatter at this moment, and darkness fell like paint falling, swallowing up everything in sight, including Germain himself...

Finally, after a long time, German heard someone calling from a distance.

"German... German... German?"

He was like a drowning man who finally surfaced. He suddenly opened his eyes and breathed in big gulps of air.

Someone was gently supporting his back, someone was wiping the sweat from his face and neck with a towel, and someone was asking something softly, but he couldn't hear clearly.

After a while, all his human senses returned and he was able to correctly perceive reality.

The sunlight shines into the top of the tower, making it bright. The night has long gone, and it is now daytime on September 9, and it is almost noon.

He is still on the "tower of the ancient labyrinth city" and has never left.

The one who supported his back was Biscuit, the one who wiped his sweat was Xiaodi, and the one who asked about his situation was Jin who was squatting beside him.

They stared at Germain with worried eyes.

Two hours ago, they woke up one after another and prepared breakfast. At this time, they noticed that German was sleeping too soundly, which was not like his style.

So they tried to wake Germain up in various ways, both roughly and gently, but in the end it was all in vain.

(End of this chapter)