Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 231 "Gray Desert"

The sun was setting above the tower. It was afternoon and everyone was ready to set off. They gathered together near the teleportation point at the top of the tower.

If there are no other accidents, German decided to teleport twice, sending the five people present in batches to the "wilderness" where the "immortal disease" is located.

The one who was to be left behind in the tower during the first teleportation was Men Qi.

For Menqi, this was a choice that put a lot of psychological pressure on him.

Because after Germann and others set off, if they encountered any special situation and Germann did not return to pick her up, she would be in a very bad situation.

At that time, she would be left alone in the tower, not knowing when she would be rescued - maybe she would never be rescued.

Even if Men Qi wanted to save herself and leave the Dark Continent, it would be difficult to do so with her ability. There was a high probability that she could not even get out of the "maze".

However, even though she knew this was a possibility, Men Qi did not say much, because she knew that if she really encountered a special situation, the four people in front of her would be the most likely to survive and come to pick her up.

It would be irresponsible for Men Qi to replace any of them, or to let one or two of them stay with her.

She is a "food hunter" who haunts mountains, rainforests and river bays all year round. She has encountered many life-and-death crises, so she has this awareness.

Since you have decided to come to the Dark Continent, you can't regret it now.

Men Qi had no objection, and the transmission began.

Purple lines converged at the center of the teleportation point, and the "Teleportation Lantern of the Labyrinth" emerged, revealing four messenger imps with twisted and swollen faces like lepers.

Like the "Labyrinth Teleportation Lanterns", they were special. They did not cry or scream like the previous messenger ghosts, but stared at everyone with numb eyes.

"They're creepy," Biscuit commented, hugging himself and touching his arms as if he was cold.

After lighting the lantern, German remained in a half-squatting position, and his pair of black eyes under the shadow of his tricorn hat stared at these special messenger ghosts.

I don't know whether the messenger devils surrendered or they were just submissive, but one of them crawled over and stood up slowly, swaying its body like a baby learning to walk.

It took the initiative to grab one of Germain's fingers, then stood on tiptoe and kissed the tip of Germain's finger with its cold lips.

German frowned, not out of disgust, but out of an inexplicable pity.

Was it this kiss that affected my mind, or was it something I sensed in my subconscious...

Seeing the unexpected "gentleness" of these messenger ghosts, the other three were unwilling to waste any more time, and they walked forward, half-knelt down, and stretched out their fingers.

The remaining three messenger imps also moved. They crawled over to the other three, stood up in the same way, grabbed their fingertips and kissed them gently.

All four were ready.

"Let's go." Germann temporarily suppressed the emotions that were rising in his heart, "Teleport to the Wilderness."

The scene visible to the naked eye was as distorted as ever, and darkness began to swallow everything.

In an instant, the world changed dramatically.

What lies before my eyes is a grey desert, with grey and white colours everywhere, stacked rock formations, sparse vegetation, sand in the air, and a polluted sky.

Everywhere I looked, everything was gray, without exception.

The teleportation point of "Wilderness" was in a sunken pit, surrounded by raised gray-white rock formations on all sides. The worst-case scenario they had imagined, where they would be attacked the moment they landed, did not happen.

When the other three stood up from the teleportation point and looked around curiously, German remained squatting, staring at the four messenger imps.

Since the messenger ghosts looked almost the same, and the four messenger ghosts also had extremely numb eyes, Germain couldn't tell whether they had been replaced. He could only put it aside for the time being and checked the cooldown time of the "Teleportation Lantern". He found that as long as he pointed at the other ten "Special Teleportation Lanterns", it would indeed have no cooldown time.

German can return to the "maze" now and take Menqi over.

He was not in a hurry to do so, but first checked his own condition - as expected, he paid the expected price.

Negative traits: Bullseye bias

When Germann performs mid-range and long-range attacks, the damage caused will be reduced.

"Disease: Severe cough"

All damage dealt by Germain is reduced.

His "pressure" was increased by 7 points even though he had the "Champion Aura - 5 points of pressure". That is, if he did not have the "aura" blessing, he would now have 12 points of "pressure".

At the same time, almost at the moment of seeing "Disease·Severe Coughing", Germann, who received some kind of hint, felt an itch in his throat and started coughing involuntarily.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

At first, the other three thought he was just coughing because of the dust in the "wilderness", but when Germain's coughing continued and intensified, everyone realized something was wrong.

"What's wrong with you?" Xiaodi came over and asked.

"Cough, cough, cough..." German was unable to respond. His coughing made his face and neck red.

While coughing, German felt around his waist and quickly took out the card box he carried with him.

Xiaodi realized something was wrong, squatted down, snatched the card box from Germain's hand, opened it for him, took out one of the cards, and unlocked the "Potion of Herb that Cure All Diseases".

She lifted up Germann's arm, inserted the needle of the syringe into Germann's vein, injected the medicine, and finally pulled it out and recovered it.

They still have some manners to take away garbage like syringes and needles.

Jin and Biscuit also came over at this time. They thought that German had been infected with the "immortal disease", so they nervously observed whether the "herb that cures all diseases" was really effective.

Gradually, Germain stopped coughing, recovered his breath, and his breathing became smooth.

"I'm fine." Germann checked his condition and saw that "Disease·Severe Cough" had been cleared. Then he looked at Xiaodi, "Thank you, Xiaodi."

"You're welcome," Xiaodi said. "Sambika has trained us before. This is how we should deal with this kind of situation. No matter if it works or not, we'll just give it a shot first."

German smiled, then he looked at everyone and explained what had just happened.

Only then did they realize that it was not an "immortal disease."

Biscuit sighed: "It's impossible to do it without any cost. In this case, frequently teleporting between "special lanterns" will put you in a difficult situation."

"When they accumulate to a certain number, you will feel their weight and they will drag you down."

German shrugged his shoulders: "No matter what, I still have to go pick Menqi up. I can't let her wait too long."

"Okay." Bisiji had no better solution and could only indulge him in this almost self-harming behavior.

Germain lit the lantern again, aiming to teleport back to the "maze".

(End of this chapter)