Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 249: Significant Changes in Combat Power and Mentality
Germain slowly took off his cocked hat and put it in his arms to prevent it from falling.

Then he let his black-gloved hands fall naturally, with nothing on them but the reflection of the leather.

At the same time, the meat saw, shotgun, flamethrower, cannon, spiral cane and sword Chikage were all circling around Germann, like the moon surrounded by stars.

Shiba looked at this scene and widened his eyes slightly.

This is……

His magnanimity and precise control are so terrifying that I'm afraid his magnanimity is greater than any of us.

It is also because of this that we can achieve the integration of the materialization system, the transformation system and the operation system.

However, it seems that they still cannot leave Germann too far. It should be that if they exceed a certain distance, they will no longer be able to maintain this materialized state.

Therefore, as long as we keep a distance, we can limit the use of his abilities to the greatest extent possible...

Wait, something else is wrong.

Shiba narrowed his eyes and saw something unusual again.

Among the many weapons circling around German, there appeared a long object divided into five sections, and only one of them had a little blue.

Some kind of progress bar?

It doesn't look like time because it doesn't keep growing.

Then the only thing left is a superposition of battles. The most notable difference between just now and now is that the two of us are out of the battle.

If you leave the battle, that thing will not accumulate. When you enter the battle, it will be a local competition of mental energy, and the difference will be counted on the progress bar.

In other words, as long as my energy is greater than his energy at a single point... It's easier said than done.

The accumulation cannot be stopped, but the speed of accumulation can be slowed down.

If the battle goes on for a long time, something extremely unfavorable to me will probably happen.

However, if you want to make a quick decision, you will easily fall into his trap and accelerate the accumulation of the progress bar...

At this time, Silva remembered the rules set by Netero in advance.

Apart from voluntarily admitting defeat, does stepping out of bounds count as a defeat?

Perhaps, I can take advantage of this.

Shiba's eyes fixed and he made a decision.

He raised his hands, palms facing Germann, and condensed two mental bullets as big as his head.

Then, Silba pushed them and shot at Germain.

"Puff-"

Germann did not move his body, but the spiral staff floating above his head suddenly stretched out, turning in the air like a long snake, and pierced through the two balls of mental bullets with a hiss!

"Boom, boom—"

The serial explosions were like thunder.

However, German, who was concentrating fully, soon noticed that the two groups of mind bullets were just appetizers, and what appeared before his eyes was a rain of mind bullets.

Densely packed!

I saw Shiba pushing his palms forward continuously like a sumo wrestler.

And with every push, a thought bullet the size of a head was fired out and hit German.

More than twenty mental bombs densely covered the entire area where German was.

"Bang bang bang bang-"

There was another series of explosions, and they continued, and the entire area was bombed beyond recognition!
call out--

German dodged the area, made a half circle, and then took the initiative to approach Shiba.

Meat saws, shotguns and other tools followed him all the time, forming an offensive and defensive formation.

Although close combat using the materialization and release systems is disadvantageous in textbooks, this is, after all, a practice battle that is more inclined towards actual combat.

According to their own situations, close combat between Germain and Silva would be more helpful in accumulating advantages.

However, Shiba immediately ran away from Germain and continued to fire a rain of mind bullets in Germain's direction while keeping a distance.

A wonderful scene appeared.

Germann chased after Silva, occasionally using his suspended materialized weapons to smash the incoming mind bullets, or simply dodging them.

Silva had been avoiding close combat, constantly keeping his distance and using telekinetic bullets to fight back.

What does Sheba want to do?
Germain quickly noticed what Shiba was up to.

He was being pushed little by little to the boundary set by Netero by Silva's dense mental bombs.

As long as he goes out of bounds, he loses.

Do you want to use the rules to win? That's also a good way.

So, Germain did not deliberately attack Shiba, but instead rushed towards the center of the basin.

Silva continued to force him with telekinesis, but Germain was moving around the center of the basin, and he could not force him out of the area, let alone out of the border.

He sighed secretly.

Since you saw through my intentions so quickly, I'm going to be anxious from now on... No, that's not right... I should say, this is the end of it.

Shiba noticed that two blue bars had accumulated on German's five floating gas tanks.

Not only attacking, as long as the local energy volume of defense exceeds the local energy volume of my offense, will the difference also be counted in the energy tank accumulation?

It was like watching a noose tighten around your neck without having anything sharp to cut it. It really was the end.

Xiba suddenly stopped, lowered his hands, and dispersed his mental energy.

"Stop, Germain. There's no point in fighting any further..."

"You win."

German was a little surprised, but he also stopped.

He slowly dispersed his mental energy, and when the hunter badge hanging around his neck disappeared, all the materialized instruments also disappeared, including the energy tank.

However, from now on, the progress of his gas bar will be saved.

When he materializes the Hunter Badge next time, the gas bar will still maintain the progress of the second stage, but it will be slightly reduced.

German was puzzled. He hadn't even used any means to decide the outcome, so why did Silba admit defeat?

"Why don't you continue?" asked Germain.

Sheba closed his eyes, then slowly opened them.

"I just simulated various methods in my mind for a moment, and found that there is no other way to break the situation except to fight you to the death."

"But this goes against the rules of this battle. Besides, even if I fight desperately, I can't gain an advantage. So I admit defeat."

"I think that when your progress bars are full, you will be in your strongest period. Am I going to just sit here and watch and wait for you to take me away in one go?"

When Shiba talked about the latter part, he actually smiled.

It's hard to imagine that this usually serious man would smile like this to anyone other than Killua.

German thought about it and felt that it was true. It wasn't a life-and-death fight. Did he have to fight until he was covered in dust before giving up?
This is not in line with Shiba's style.

However, if the news of Shiba's voluntary surrender were to spread, it would definitely cause an uproar.

However, Germain and Shiba do not care about such false reputation. Sometimes, it is easier for them to get things done when others underestimate them.

Thus, the first martial arts competition ended with Silba admitting defeat and Germain winning.

The basin, which was originally relatively flat, has been bombarded by mental bombs and looks like the surface of the moon that has been gnawed by a Tengu.

The two calmly climbed up the earth wall and walked together towards the airship.

"Some time ago, Ilmi caused you trouble."

Shiba was taller than Germain. He walked straight forward and said this, but he didn't look down at Germain.

What he was referring to was the time in August when Illumi teamed up with the Phantom Troupe to gather everyone's strength and solve the issue of Germain on the train.

Unexpectedly, Germann counterattacked and the situation was reversed.

Ugin, Nobunaga and the newly joined member No. 8 (Silva didn't remember the name of this guy who died as soon as he appeared) of the Phantom Troupe were all killed.

Captain Kuroro was hunted by Hisoka, and until now, there has been no news of either of them.

These are what Illumi told Silva over the phone after he withdrew from the operation.

Xiba paused and added.

"I have already told him not to accept any assassination missions related to you. In other words, our family will not accept any. I will remind him again after I return this time."

The last time Shiba reminded Ilmi of this was the last time.

At that time, he had just killed the old No. 8 member of the Phantom Troupe, and then warned Illumi and others not to touch the Phantom Troupe, as it was not worth it.

Now, as an individual, Germain also enjoys such treatment, which represents Shiba's full recognition of Germain's fighting ability.

Before him, only a few people like Netero had received such treatment.

When Germain heard what Shiba said, he didn't think too much about it. He was used to being assassinated, but in the past six months, fewer and fewer people tried to assassinate him.

November and December last year saw the largest number of people, but also the lowest intensity.

Later, the number of people decreased, but the combat power of those who came to assassinate him increased, especially the Yin Beast and the Phantom Troupe. He didn't mind adding an Illumi.

At this moment, he suddenly felt something strange.

Last year, and at the beginning of this year, he was still worried about being assassinated by the Phantom Troupe or the Zoldyck Family. What should he do? Should he use his last means of escape - the teleporting lantern?

Now, what he was thinking was, come on, now that you are here, then don’t go back.

This is a completely different attitude, and it is also the result of his never stopping in the past year.

Now that Ilmi was mentioned, German remembered what he had said on the train.

"Silva, I heard from Illumi that Killua ran away from home?"

Silva wasn't surprised that Germain cared about Killua.

When Killua ran away from home again, the Zoldyck family launched an investigation, and then saw the interaction between Germain and Killua from the surveillance camera at the gate.

At that time, the trainee housekeeper Canaria was also nearby, so after torturing and interrogating her, she got some of the truth about what happened that day.

After all, Canaria was sent away by Killua later, so she didn't know much.

However, she was still punished for not reporting the situation in time.

After the punishment, she was not kicked out, but her probation period was extended.

Because Silva thought that her loyalty to Killua was the only thing worth praising, so there was no need to drive her away.

As for what Germain and Killua said, Silva could probably guess it with his toes.

(End of this chapter)