Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 290: Strange Western Fragments

Jin continued as he flipped through the papers:

"As you know, the 'New World Chronicles East' that Dong left us is a fragment, with many chapters missing, blurred, or damaged..."

"The two chapters, "Ancient Labyrinth" and "Gray Wilderness", are relatively complete, but the rest of the chapters are really not well matched."

"This is our regret and also the regret of mankind."

Everyone knew that what Jin said was right.

For example, among the "Five Great Disasters", there are many missing and omitted contents in "Mist Creatures", "Hell Bell Twin-Tailed Snakes", and "Human-Educating Beasts".

Even when V5 later sent in special forces, they were unable to obtain much useful information in the end, and many of the dangerous creatures were evaluated as big question marks.

This is because it is a question whether they can survive there, not to mention whether they have the time and energy to investigate these "disasters".

Perhaps some of their members did so, but on the way back they either died, or their research data was lost along the way, or both happened at the same time, and there was nothing that could be done about it.

Jin paused, then solemnly handed the stack of papers in his hand to German.

“Therefore, there must be a lot of content in the “Eastern Chapter Fragments” that was originally recorded but has been lost for two or three hundred years.”

"Dong's friendship with the moose centaurs is one of them... maybe there are more, after all, there are so many sub-human races in the Dark Continent."

Jin's words made sense. Germain and his companions had seen many sub-human races during their many trips to the Dark Continent, but they had rarely come into contact with them.

Dong has been in the Dark Continent for two or three hundred years, so it is reasonable to speculate that he has naturally come into contact with many sub-races.

German took the paper, glanced at it, frowned, and asked, "Do you think this is the "Eastern Chapter Fragment"? "

"No, it's not." Jin's eyes shone brightly, "This is too far away from the overall style of the "Eastern Chapter Fragments". It is not the "Eastern Chapter Fragments."

German raised his head and met King's eyes. He understood everything from the look in his eyes.

"German, do you understand? I think... this is the Western Fragment... I think we found some Western Fragments!"

Everyone was shocked to hear Jin's words, and then they all came over.

Biscuit was much shorter than German and he did not want to show his true form in public, so he simply raised his hand and snatched the papers from German.

As soon as she and the others took a look, they felt dizzy.

All I saw on those pages were some tiny handwriting, and I could vaguely make out some of the characters from the Six Continents, but the strokes were extremely strange, with all sorts of horizontal and vertical strokes, crisscrossing each other.

It felt as if Dong was drunk when he wrote these pages, and quite drunk.

If the first few pages still looked like handwriting, the ones that followed were so sloppy that they looked like a few random strokes.

Abstract, really too abstract.

On the last page, Dong completely gave up writing and started drawing a picture.

The picture was completely occupied by a swollen, plump, terrifying monster, and countless tentacle-like strokes almost jumped out of the paper and grabbed onto everyone.

What exactly is this?
Everyone was horrified and felt an inexplicable disgust at the sight, and even felt like vomiting deep in their throats.

Indeed, as Jin said, the contents on these papers are completely inconsistent with the overall style of the "Eastern Chapter Fragments".

No, it should be said that it is as if a completely different person is writing.

Gloomy and eerie is their overall tone.

Bisiji pursed her lips and clutched the stack of papers, but her eyes were away, unwilling to continue reading.

This is not the psychological resistance that poor students show when facing difficult advanced mathematics problems, but a dual aversion that is both physical and psychological.

Just like unless you have a special fetish, you will definitely not like feces.

Germain reached out and took them all.

He flipped through the pages for a while and looked at the last one carefully, his eyes somewhat deep.

Afterwards, German returned all the papers to Kim.

Jin held them in his hands as if they were treasures: "Sesael told me that Dong once again passed through their tribe about a year ago."

"The moose centaurs welcome Dong's arrival because he always brings something new to trade with them."

"It's just that Dong comes less and less often, and the time between visits is getting longer and longer. So, the Moose people and horses are very happy that Dong can come." At this time, Scela spoke and took over.

"Yes. When I was a child, Dong visited many times, and we got to know each other. Later, when I grew up and became a warrior, I rarely saw him again."

"More than a year ago, he came, wrapped in a robe, with only his face, hands and feet exposed. He seemed to be very afraid of the cold and strangers."

"He has become different from before. He is not as friendly anymore and is unwilling to have much contact with us."

"I don't understand. We are obviously familiar with each other. Why would he be like this? He only stayed for one night and then left in a hurry."

"I went to his residence and he was gone. This was the first time he did not say goodbye to us. I was very surprised."

"Afterwards, I saw these by his bedside. I felt uncomfortable, but it was Dong's, so I stayed and stayed by his side."

Scela described the last time he met Dong in the most concise human language possible.

This increased everyone's suspicion and uneasiness, because the whole thing was full of weirdness.

"I know what you are worried about." Jin held up the stack of papers. "I can feel that there is a kind of energy on it. I don't think it is evil."

Jin left Xiaojie a cubic device similar to Luban's lock, which contained clues to guide Xiaojie to Greed Island.

The thought he left on that instrument has never faded.

The same goes for the stack of paper scrolls left by Dong.

"If you want to know whether this is the "Western Chapter Fragment", and if you want to know what is going on with Dong's strange behavior, deciphering them is the best way."

"The puzzle and the answer are all on the same roll of paper. We are getting closer and closer to the truth. Aren't you excited?"

Except for German, everyone was a little uninterested.

German only said: "It may be very difficult to decipher it, because it may not be regular... But anyway, there is progress at last."

Jin smiled: "Yes, we have made progress."

At this time, Scela next to him interrupted again.

"I am very interested in you." Scela pointed at himself, then at the crowd, and then pointed around. "It's incredible."

The four moose warriors behind him also nodded repeatedly.

"The ancient maze is very scary and a forbidden place." Scela continued, "Only Dong is not afraid and brings back healing herbs. He is very powerful."

When they heard the words "healing herbs", everyone except Jin was slightly stunned.

"You guys are awesome too." Scela knocked his upper chest with his fist. "This is your territory now. It's awesome."

"Those parasites are very scary. Some of my people want to prove themselves, so they break into the forbidden area. After that, there is no news of them."

"You are all true warriors. I like you."

The four moose warriors behind Scela also shouted, "I like you."

The picture of five tall moose-centaurs shouting "I like you" looks a bit weird.

But in fact, it is the most direct and sincere expression of emotion between Scela and his people.

Everyone couldn't help but be infected by this emotion and let down their guard a little.

Jin said frankly at this time: "To be honest, I brought them here, in addition to recognizing them as friends, I also had other ideas in mind."

“I was inspired by the way Dong communicated with them through bartering.”

"We can actually follow Dong's example and trade with the moose centaurs and other races."

"You should all understand, right? We in the Dark Continent cannot fight alone. This is one of the reasons why the human armies were defeated in the past."

"They headed straight for the Ancient Labyrinth without caring about anything else, and then they cut themselves off from the entire Dark Continent, losing even more possibilities."

"If humans really want to gain a foothold in the Dark Continent, if we really want to continue living here, we must communicate with other races."

"How about it? Let's continue the friendship that Dong started?"

(End of this chapter)