Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 323: Erasing the Phantom Troupe from the Future

Creak, creak——

Paknotta wiped the blood stains from under her straight nose, held the armrests on both sides of the wheelchair with both hands, and slowly pushed the wheelchair forward.

"I saw the fight just now," said Kuroro, who was sitting in a wheelchair, with the blanket covering his waist again.

"You did a great job." Kuroro raised the corners of his mouth and revealed a peaceful smile.

The cross tattoo on his forehead was covered by his bangs, which made him look much younger.

"But," Paknoda looked down at Kuroro's head, then raised her head again, "It's not us who decide the outcome, and it's not us who save Meteor City."

Kuroro nodded slowly. "It's okay... You've done your best to get to this point."

The bandaged knights walking on both sides and Machi, whose hairband had broken and had to let her hair down, were both silent.

Kuroro's current posture made it impossible for him to turn around on his own, so he just tilted to the side and looked at the anxious Shira who was following behind him.

"Sheila."

Silla had been rubbing her knuckles with her head down, but now she raised her face blankly, revealing several band-aids on her face.

These band-aids were caused by the devil's sharp claws scratching her neck when it strangled her. There was only time to put on the band-aids now.

Kuroro also gave her a calm smile.

"I don't mean to blame you, nor do I have the right to blame you. In fact, I am very grateful that you made this choice. It was you who made Meteor Street find hope at the critical moment of life and death."

Sheila seemed to be hesitant to speak at this moment. In the end, she just lowered her eyes and chose to remain silent.

The current situation was simply unsolvable, so there was no point in anything she said.

The atmosphere was solemn, and the clattering footsteps of the crowd seemed monotonous, but Kuroro seemed to be in high spirits.

Paknotta pushed the creaking wheelchair into a simple but spacious room deep in the corridor of the base camp.

After the door creaked shut, only Kuroro, Xiake, Machi, Paknotta, Germain, Xiaodi, Kurapika and Shira were left in the room.

Outside the base camp, Kuroro made a suggestion to Germann that they go inside to talk and all irrelevant people should leave. Germann agreed.

There isn't much furniture here. Sofas of different colors are randomly put together. There are only clocks and maps of Meteor Street hanging on the walls. There is almost no decoration.

Paknotta turned the wheelchair so that he could face everyone, and then she and Machi lit more candles.

In the dim light, the reflection of the candlelight swayed in the night wind.

Kuroro asked German and others to sit down, but did not ask Paknotta to bring water. There was no need to do anything that might arouse suspicion at this time.

If everyone is more open, the conversation can proceed smoothly.

"Feel sorry."

Kuroro pointed at the light tube on the ceiling and looked at Germain and others.

"The circuit was destroyed by Zaiyi Luo's forces before. Every time we repaired it, we suffered casualties. Later, we simply put it aside."

"The few remaining generators here are all used in the air raid shelter below. We can only talk in the shadows."

"Although I have already said this outside, I still want to express my most sincere thanks to you again."

"Without your help tonight, our base camp would have been breached."

He had lost his entire right arm, and both of his legs below the knees had disappeared. At this time, he could only raise the arm that had lost its left palm and place the round end in front of his chest.

Kuroro bowed his head to everyone, trying hard to show his gratitude. After hesitating for a moment, Xiake, Machi and Paknotta followed suit.

However, no one from German's side responded.

Sheila, who was in a neutral state, breathed with difficulty. She wanted to close her eyes and not see or hear anything, but she was very scared. When she opened her eyes again, she saw blood gushing out of the sky.

Her feelings towards Paknotta, Machi, Chrollo and the Knight are always complicated and difficult to distinguish.

Kuroro did not expect to get much response from German. He just made enough gestures, raised his head and smiled indifferently.

"I know why you are here."

"One of the goals has been achieved. Zai Yiluo is dead, the old priest is freed from control, and Meteor Street is saved from its precarious situation." "As for the other goal, it is of course aimed at me... However, I hope you can give me some time to make the final arrangements."

The Knight, Machi and Paknotta all had strong reactions at the same time, but Kuroro raised his hand to stop them, staring at Germain.

Germann spread out one hand and made a "go ahead" gesture.

Chrollo had to admit that he felt a little relieved, and then he looked at the knight, Machi and Paknotta beside him.

"In the name of the only remaining elder of Meteor City and the former leader of the Phantom Troupe, I order you to disband the Phantom Troupe immediately and never rebuild a similar organization."

"From now on, Meteor Street is a friend of Germain and his companions. We must never do anything bad to them again."

The Knight, Machi and Paknotta were all startled when they heard Kuroro's order.

Sheila still kept her eyes downcast and made a wooden expression.

"At the same time, you will take over from me and become the elders of Meteor Street, and handle all subsequent affairs."

"It includes but is not limited to treating the wounded, burying the dead, cleaning up and expelling demons, gathering the scattered Meteor Street people, rebuilding Meteor Street, etc."

Before anyone could react, Kuroro signaled them to stop with his eyes.

"This is my final decision and order. I hope you can respect my decision and order and agree to my request."

"Believe me, your future mission will not be easy at all. Just defeating the demons is a huge task. On the contrary, it will be much easier for me."

"You must keep going. This is our original intention. I don't want to see more meaningless casualties."

The Knight, Machi and Paknotta either turned their heads away or lowered their heads and tightly grasped the corners of their clothes. With their intelligence, they had of course heard what Kuroro had not yet said.

They really wanted to follow Kuroro, but reason told them that Kuroro's decision was the right one, and if they followed him to die, it would be just a act of willfulness.

But they really couldn't agree, so they could only remain silent.

This is actually already an answer.

Kuroro looked at them with satisfaction for a while, then turned around and put on a serious expression when he looked at Germain, Xiaodi, and Kurapika.

"I will let you do whatever you want with me, but please let them go and let them become the spark for the reconstruction of Meteor Street... Meteor Street will never be your enemy again."

"This is not a deal, because I know our lives and the survival of Meteor Street are in your hands, Germain. This is just my plea."

Shira finally raised her head. Ever since the Phantom Troupe was officially established, Kuroro had never revealed his true weak side to anyone.

Sarasa's death seemed to have taken away all his weaknesses, leaving only another Chrollo who could handle everything coldly.

Kuroro, who always smiled confidently as if everything was under control, completely gave up his dignity for the future of Meteor City.

Germann did not rush to respond to Chrollo, but mentioned other things.

"Regarding that group of demons, the Hunter Association has already set up a defense line outside the territory of Meteor Street to hunt down the demons that escaped."

This is the limit of what the Hunter Association can do.

Netero will issue missions and ask voluntary hunters to hunt scattered demons, just like the NGL Autonomous Region and the East Goto Republic did at that time.

However, they will not enter Meteor Street without permission, and will only move around in the edge areas to help people on Meteor Street.

Because that would cause dissatisfaction from V5, who would think that they were wasting resources and energy on completely unnecessary things.

Hot knowledge, V5 has the power and ability to disband the Hunter Association.

The current result was achieved by Netero's negotiation on the grounds of preventing demons from invading neighboring countries and regions and escalating the situation.

However, even so, it is a great help to Meteor Street. They and the hunters can completely encircle them in some gray areas.

The knight also has a hunter's license. He is very familiar with the hunter's operations and knows how to avoid political and procedural issues.

"Thank you from the bottom of my heart once again." Kuroro said, "If the Hunter Association needs any help, please talk to the Knights."

Germann continued to speak at this time, but he pointed at Kuroro's figure in the wheelchair.

"Before we make a decision, I want to know what happened to you?"

(End of this chapter)