Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 226 "Isaac Netero's Three Reasons"

In the deliberately old-fashioned, classical hall of the Limei Road Castle, the most senior grandmother, Lin Nie, sat at the head of the long table.

German and Biscuit sat on both sides, and other relevant parties also took their seats.

Granny Lin Nie placed her skinny hands on the table, her eyelids drooped, and the wrinkles on her old face looked as ugly as flesh that was about to dissolve.

She had been in this position for nearly five minutes, and the awkward silence at the long table also lasted for five minutes.

The whispers were like water in a hot pot, boiling gradually, until white smoke and bubbles came out, and the whole hall became noisy.

Even so, Granny Lin Nie still looked like she was completely asleep, not making a sound.

"Did she fall asleep again?" Xiaodi whispered in Germain's ear for the nth time, "Is it really okay for us to do this?"

If Granny Lin Nie had to sleep for more than five minutes for every three minutes she spoke, then this meeting would never end.

German closed his eyes, nodded, asked Xiaodi to calm down, then looked at Biscuit across the long table and made eye contact with the short-haired girl in her fifties.

Come on, Germain's eyes said.

Got it. Biscuit's eyes answered.

Biscuit pursed his lips, and reluctantly placed his hands on the table, leaning his entire upper body towards Grandma Lin Nie.

She didn't dare to speak loudly, and only dared to call softly: "Grandma Lin Nie, wake up, Grandma Lin Nie?"

Biscuit called out to her several times in a low voice, but Grandma Lin Nie didn't respond. Just when she was thinking about whether to raise the volume a little, Grandma Lin Nie suddenly raised her chin and smacked her lips.

"Hmm..." Granny Lin Nie still didn't open her eyes or look at anyone, but she finally woke up. "Where was I just now?"

"You haven't started yet." Biscuit reminded.

"Really? Why do I remember saying so much? My lips are dry."

Granny Lin Nie muttered a few words like a real old lady, and someone immediately brought her tea.

She drank slowly.

"I'm old now, and my memory isn't very good. Maybe I said that in a dream..."

Halfway through her words, her voice became lower and lower, and her smacking lips became slower and slower. She slowly lowered her head and placed the teacup on the table, looking like she was about to fall asleep again.

Biscuit was really afraid that she would sleep for a few more minutes, so he had to cough forcefully a few times.

Grandma Lin Nie’s sleepiness was awakened.

She shuddered, raised her head, and said with her lips trembling, "Bisji, you are coughing a lot. Are you not feeling well? Do you want my accompanying doctor to see you?"

"Granny Lin Nie, I'm fine." Bisiji replied awkwardly.

"Oh..." Granny Lin Nie misunderstood. "That's right, now that you have the 'Herb for All Diseases', you really don't need my accompanying doctor anymore."

"Humans have mastered medical skills, but the 'herb that cures all diseases' is a mysterious power beyond medical skills."

The "cure-all herb" can only be described as "mysterious power", otherwise it is difficult to explain how it can cure hundreds of different types of diseases.

Biscuit blushed for a rare moment.

In front of German and others, she is always the most senior.

Now, another old senior who is almost twice her age came out of nowhere and taught her a lesson in front of so many people. She could only listen obediently, which made her quite uncomfortable.

Fortunately, from this moment on, Grandma Lin Nie seemed to have recovered a lot of her spirit and started to talk about the main topic.

"Do you know why Isaac wants to protect you?"

Granny Lin Nie is one of the few people left in the six continents who can call Guild Master Netero by his name.

There was silence in front of the long table. Everyone looked at each other, but no one spoke.

"There are three reasons." Although she said that, Granny Lin Nie closed her eyes and held up four fingers. "The first one is that what Bisiji said moved Isaac."

Granny Lin Nie is also one of the few people left in the six continents who can call Bisiji "this girl".

"You have done it, becoming the only team in V5's recorded history to successfully bring "hope" back to the six continents. This is undoubtedly a feat. You will definitely go down in history."

"Isaac didn't say it, but he must be very relieved in his heart, especially since almost all the members of this team are from the Hunter Association, not his stupid son's side."

"The Fastest One-Star Hunter" Germain.

"Biscuit, the disciple of Isaac."

"Sambika, the virus hunter."

"The "Gourmet Hunters" Menqi and Buhala."

"The administrators of Greed Island."

"The "Exorcist" Abenganie."

Granny Lin Nie personally named and praised everyone, which was enough to make most of the people named feel proud, even those who did not go to the Dark Continent but stayed behind to provide support.

She finally looked at Xiaodi, who had a black bob haircut, new black-framed glasses, and a good figure.

"If you're willing, 'Scavenger of the Dark World', why don't you take the 'Professional Hunter Exam' next year?"

"I dare say that you are a promising talent, and your future achievements will be at least "one star." "I'm not interested in this." Xiaodi subconsciously adjusted his glasses, even though they would not slide off the tip of his nose easily now.

"I did want to get a hunter's license before, and then I wanted to make more money, but now I realize that none of these can save Meteor Street."

"You want to save Meteor Street?" Grandma Lin Nie expressed surprise in her tone, then sighed.

"That place... you have chosen a very difficult problem. Let me put it bluntly, saving it may be more difficult than solving a Class A "disaster" and regaining hope."

"What you have to face is the malice of almost all human beings in the world."

"I don't care." Xiaodi blinked her big eyes. "As long as more than half of the people born there can have a normal life, I would be willing to destroy Meteor Street."

Granny Lin Nie shook her head and temporarily suppressed the extreme thoughts of this too young girl.

"The second reason is that the 'Herb of All Diseases' can actually help many of Isaac's old friends, one of whom is me."

Granny Lin Nie gave everyone a kind smile.

"As long as all Nen users do not die an unnatural death, most of them can live a long life. This is because Nen energy can prolong the health of Nen users."

"However, not all long-lived Nen users can be like Isaac and Maha Zoldyck, who are over a hundred years old and are not only physically strong, but also maintain first-class combat power."

Maha Zoldyck is currently the longest-lived member of the Zoldyck family. He is the father of Jaeger, the grandfather of Zeno, and is about the same age as President Netero.

"For example, I left the stage of history very early. I can no longer fight like I did when I was 80 or 90 years old. Experience is my only remaining weapon..."

Granny Lin Nie raised her hand tremblingly and pointed at the wrinkles on her cheek.

"By the way, do you know what the wrinkles on my face represent? They represent the countless lives that I have buried with my own hands and that I think are worth recording..."

"Ahem!" Men Qi had to interrupt, "Grandma Lin Nie, you've already said this once..."

"Oh..." Grandma Lin Nie made a somewhat disappointed sound.

"In short, I'm not young anymore, and I had a lot of injuries, which kept me out of the public eye for several years. Then I got the title of 'silent mother-in-law'."

She chuckled dryly a few times.

"The herb that Bisiji, Menqi and Buhala brought helped me cure some of my physical ailments."

"If I want to take care of my body, then it would be best for me to retire from the Hunter Association, come here, and use Greed Island as a retirement home."

"I am very grateful to you. Isaac must be grateful to you too. After all, I am one of the few companions who have fought alongside him and are still alive. He doesn't want me to die so soon."

"So I'm here, partly to represent Isaac, but also for my own body."

"Of course, I'm not just Isaac's mouthpiece or monitor. If you want to recruit some "professional hunters" who can fight immediately, maybe you can use me, an old woman."

Grandma Lin Nie made a gesture of the universe with her index finger and thumb.

"The little bit of fame I have left should be enough to keep those "professional hunters" or some non-professional Nen users in line."

After hearing this, Germain fell into deep thought.

Indeed, during the time when he, Biscuit and others went to the Dark Continent, the center of "Greed Island" was empty.

Leiza only helps to protect and maintain the order of Greed Island. Beyond that, he will never cross the line. This kind of character will prevent him from ever becoming the boss.

Duen, Liszt, Yida and Elena do not have such a strong aura.

Grandma Lin Nie has experience and charisma.

The most important thing is that she was also one of the members of Isaac's team who secretly ran to the Dark Continent back then, so there was no need to hide the things happening in the Dark Continent from her.

She knew how to balance the forces of all parties when German and others left the "Greed Island" and when many Nen users of all kinds joined in the future, and she also had enough experience to deal with the problem.

Germain silently approved of President Netero's choice.

Then he asked, "Granny Lin Nie, what's the third reason?"

"The third reason..." Grandma Lin Nie's smile faded, "It's because of that stupid son Isaac."

"Before Bisiji and the others came to negotiate with Isaac, Biyangde found Isaac one step ahead of you. I'm not sure what they talked about, but it must have been very troublesome."

"As you know, more than half of the members of the Twelve Zodiacs have not appeared in the Hunter Association for many years, but are busy in their own fields."

"After Bi Yangde left, the remaining members of the Twelve Branches also received various missions and set off one after another. It is estimated that they will not return for a year or so."

"Isaac knew exactly what was going on, but he didn't stop it. It was obvious that if he just said a word, the members of the Twelve Zodiacs who respected him as a father would stay."

"As long as they stay, even if only two or three of them stay, all the conspiracies and tricks will vanish and will not work."

"But he didn't. Isaac seemed to know what was going to happen next, and after decades, I saw his fighting spirit again."

"The clean part of the 'Twelve Branches of the Hunter Association', and your group, are his backup, and are 'hope'."

"It has been more than 40 years since he became the president of the association. He has also protected you young people for more than 40 years. It is impossible for him to keep you under his wings forever."

"Perhaps Isaac feels that it's time to send you into the spotlight and grow up. And he wants to do something selfish, just for himself, to spend the last part of his life."

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