Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 348 Tentacles Extending from the Cave

Not long after, Germain learned the true name of the rusty red long-haired beast from the "Hunter Badge" - "The Resentful Memory of the Bloodthirsty Claw Beast".

He turned around and saw that the path he had come from had been destroyed by the huge noise of the Bloodthirsty Claw Beast falling, leaving a gap about three meters wide.

However, this gap is equivalent to non-existence for the Nen user, and German can easily jump over it.

Of course, there was no way Germain could turn back now.

German continued to move towards the top of the mountain. This time he did not put away the Holy Moonlight Greatsword because he knew that the battle might not be over yet.

The "circle" that had just been detected from a very long distance had produced a huge life reaction from more than just that one blood-thirsty claw beast.

When they reached the more open area on the top of the mountain, German found out the reason why the blood-thirsty claw beast was blocking the mountain road so desperately.

This is their nest, or at least a temporary nest.

More than a dozen medium-sized blood-thirsty claw beasts were lying on the gray stones or piles of yellow-brown weeds, all with their eyes closed strangely.

What was strange was that the fight between German and the blood-thirsty claw beast just now was quite loud, and it was impossible for them in the nest not to hear it.

However, these blood-thirsty claw beasts did not react at all. Even when Germann was standing only twenty meters away from them, they showed no signs of moving.

They seemed to be in a collective deep sleep, curling up their huge skinny bodies and lying in a ball everywhere without even opening their eyes.

why?
German couldn't help but ask this question.

Soon, he keenly noticed that these blood-thirsty claw beasts also showed similar pathological symptoms to the blood-thirsty claw beast just now, and they were even more serious.

There are always some parts of the bodies of these bloodthirsty claw beasts that become as dry as tree bark, and some even have their entire lower bodies shrunk significantly.

Germann's "circle" swept out radially, roughly confirming that there was no wolf in front pretending to be asleep in order to lure the enemy.

Although it was unbelievable, this group of bloodthirsty claw beasts were just sleeping, and they seemed to be sleeping very soundly, with no signs of waking up at all.

The blood-thirsty claw beast that fought with him was the only conscious one here. It was sent to guard the pass, but unfortunately its desperate fight failed to stop the invaders.

Even so, among the blood-thirsty claw beasts here, several are "master-level" and the rest are all "elite-level". As long as they wake up and launch an attack on German together, it will be a tough battle for German.

However, they were too sleepy to wake up, and thus exposed all their flaws to Germann.

Since the Bloodthirsty Claws had no intention of hindering German, German did not make any move to slaughter the entire tribe for no reason.

He planned to save his energy and strength as the road ahead was still long.

However, he was indeed interested in the reason why these blood-thirsty claw beasts were sleeping here motionlessly.

There is only one Bloodthirsty Claw on patrol, so how can they resist the enemy?
Germann walked between the blood-thirsty claw beasts that fell like a mountain of flesh, and all he could hear was the sound of their snorting.

Seeing them sleeping so peacefully, Germain had a strange feeling, as if this was not a dangerous and steep mountain range, nor was it somewhere in the Dark Continent.

However, when German's "circle" swept the entire field once again, he noticed something was wrong.

There is some spiritual energy nearby that does not belong to the Bloodthirsty Claw Beast.

No, to be precise, it should be underground.

Germann retracted the "circle" as quickly as possible, and hid behind a sleeping blood-thirsty claw beast in a "hidden" posture.

All that remains is for the hunter to wait patiently.

The owner of that almost imperceptible strand of mental energy seemed to be quite cautious, and stopped his actions immediately when he felt Germann's "circle".

After about ten minutes, it could no longer sense Germann's thoughts, so it began to move again like a mouse.

German waited for a long time, and when he heard a rustling sound, he slowly poked his head out from the side of the Bloodthirsty Claw Beast and looked forward cautiously.

In front of the Bloodthirsty Claw Beast's head, there was a cave as big as a wellhead. From the cave, a long, vine-like tentacle slowly stretched out.

The tentacle swayed in the air for a while, sensing the temperature and humidity like a poisonous snake, and then swayed for a while before reaching out to the head of the blood-thirsty claw beast.

There was a "whoosh" sound, as if a successful docking sound was heard. German looked closely and saw that the tentacle had pierced into the hole that seemed to have existed on the head of the Bloodthirsty Claw Beast.

Then, Germann saw a blue arc of light flashing several times at the interface. The Bloodthirsty Claw Beast in its sleep not only did not feel any discomfort, but also snored comfortably.

After just a few minutes, German noticed that the skin and flesh under the rusty red hair on the waist and abdomen of the Bloodthirsty Claw Beast had shrunk, revealing a bark-like texture.

It seems that they sleep here, most likely voluntarily. It is already a rare opportunity to have a Bloodthirsty Claw Beast patrolling.

Germann stepped forward quickly.

The tentacle reacted and pulled out from the head of the Bloodthirsty Claw Beast with a pop. When it tried to retract into the cave, it was grabbed by German.

With a sudden force, German grabbed the tentacle and the monster behind it, and exposed them to the sunlight outside the cave.

This is a subhuman monster with a human-like body and limbs, a head like a shuttle, and a tongue that is a tentacle, which is the one that Germann is holding in his hand.

It had actually just stuck its tongue into the bloodthirsty claw beast's head, sucking the bloodthirsty claw beast's life and giving the bloodthirsty claw beast great pleasure in return.

"Yurenmon Papu" is able to achieve "equivalent exchange of happiness and life", which is such a simple thing.

Is happiness really that important?
This is a question that means completely different things to different people.

In the battle against the Chimera Ants in the original storyline, Gon sacrificed his own future and fought Neferpitou with the thought that "it doesn't matter if I die like this".

Afterwards, in a very short period of time, Gon's strength rose to a level far beyond Neferpitou's.

He did kill Neferpitou and also defeated Neferpitou in his grudge state.

However, afterwards, his whole body began to shrink and shrivel up, just like the blood-thirsty claw beast in front of him, and his life was even fading away faster than theirs.

If it weren't for the various medical devices keeping Gon alive, he would never have survived until Killua and Alluka arrived.

A similar problem was faced by Xiaojie.

Is revenge on Neferpitou really that important?
Yes, at least for Xiaojie at that time, it was very important, far more important than life itself.

A beast like the Bloodthirsty Claw actually came to the cave where the Cultivator Beast, Papu, was, and took the initiative to occupy it as a "blood bag" for the ultimate pleasure of hallucination. It was just like...

Just as pathetic as an addicted drug addict.

They no longer care about the life and death of their tribe in the Dark Continent. They come here on purpose just to feel the joy and fantasy wonderland for even one more second.

The Yokunmon Pappu captured by German had a combat power of only "elite level", but he easily captured a "master level" monster.

It seems that the Dark Continent is not necessarily a place where the strong prey on the weak, at least not in the simple sense of the word.

The brooding beast Pap struggled frantically in Germanman's hands. It stretched out its limbs, trying to hug Germanman and give him a crazy "tongue kiss".

Naturally, German refused and swung his sword at the Yokunmon Pap, wanting to kill it to the ground.

And just as the Holy Moonlight Greatsword slashed at its flesh, the blue arc of light emerged again, flashing and rushing towards German.

A numb feeling spread from his hands, and his body and mind, which had been in pain due to his contempt for the armor, couldn't help but relax, and his tense brain seemed to be melting.

This feeling... indeed made it almost impossible for him to extricate himself, and it was what he needed most right now.

With Ikumanmon Pappu, he can always use the Armor of Contempt as if there are no side effects...

Why not keep it alive? It can be my second in command...

German exerted force suddenly and pierced the human-breeding beast Pap with one sword. The green light then blasted it into pieces without leaving any trace.

He gasped.

no side effects?
What on earth was I thinking about?
I almost planned to give my life to this man-breeding beast, Pap, just in exchange for physical and mental comfort.

It seemed that the torture of the Dark Crown and the temptation of pleasure made him hesitate for half a second.

But he finally decided to abandon the pacifier joy in front of him and choose the more difficult but correct path.

(End of this chapter)