Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 376: The Strangeness of the Kakin Royal Family and News about Hisoka

Kate stepped into Germain's room and what caught her eye were three drawings pinned to the gray and white wall, each of which outlined three different maps.

Ancient mazes, gray deserts, and steep mountains.

The maps of the rugged mountains are the crudest, because all electronic equipment there has become useless and it is impossible to take photos or videos.

In the end, German and others relied on each other's memories to piece together a partial map of the steep mountains.

Beyond that, Kate saw a pair of fishing rods on a shelf, a few sketches stacked slightly messily on the table, and a retro vinyl record player.

These things, plus a game console and controller, will soon be swallowed by Xiaodi's "bulgy-eyed fish" and taken to Germain's room in the ancient maze.

German poured Kate a glass of water, and then he heard Kate asking about Jin.

In the past few days since he came back, he has been constantly describing his experiences over the past few months to different people, naturally including Jin's.

Germann was already very skilled at picking out what might be of concern to Kate and what was irrelevant and could be ignored, and the whole process seemed quite smooth.

Kate didn't ask much about Xiaojie. He had already visited Xiaojie once secretly and confirmed that Xiaojie was doing well and had friends. That was enough.

Kate and Xiaojie knew each other three years ago, when he went to Whale Island to find Jin and complete the "final test" assigned to him by Jin.

As a result, he failed to find Jin, but instead met Xiaojie who had strayed into danger.

He rescued Xiaojie, and from Xiaojie's determined and familiar eyes, he realized the relationship between Xiaojie and Jin. Upon asking, he found out that they were indeed father and son.

Kate and Xiaojie had a common topic, and Kate described to Xiaojie bit by bit what she knew about Jin.

It can be said that he is the one who directly pushed Xiaojie to embark on the path of professional hunter and search for Jin.

At that time, he accidentally left Jin's hunter license on Whale Island, and he left without knowing anything.

Xiaojie picked up the hunter's license and has kept it ever since.

He thought it belonged to Kate and was thinking of returning it to Kate one day.

These are the causes and conditions between Kate and Xiaojie.

Kate asked briefly and seemingly indifferently about Germain's future arrangements for Gon, Kurapika, and Killua, then nodded without saying anything more.

This means that he is satisfied with this arrangement.

Next, Kate talked about what he had seen and heard in the Kakin Empire, including the undercurrents between the Kakin royal family and the three major mafia families.

"After the death of the fourth prince, Chelidonich, the entire Kakin royal family stepped up their guard. While investigating, they began to suspect each other."

"The Aiyi family, the mafia family that originally cooperated with Chelidonich, quickly switched to the Ninth Prince Harkenbrug and further established their foothold."

"This time, the BW1 will carry all the royal family members of the Kajin Empire on its colonial voyage. The main members of the three major mafia families will also follow."

The tall and thin Kate sat upright on the single sofa, one leg resting on the knee of the other leg. He lowered his head slightly, supporting his chin with his fingers, and pondered.

"Although it was announced that this was done to show the Kajin Empire's confidence and importance in this colonial voyage, this unreserved action is really..."

"Strange?" Germain took a sip of warm water and raised his black eyes. "They only left the most basic ruling structure in the Kajin Empire. This is indeed strange."

"Yes." Kate nodded. "Isn't the Kakin royal family worried that during the two-month voyage, a coup d'état in the Kakin Empire could overthrow them?"

"Even if they have a backup plan in the Kajin Empire and have subordinates who are willing to die for them, they are still far away from their homeland."

"Besides the civil unrest, there is also the possibility of invasion by countries like V5. Don't they have any concerns about this at all?"

"Unless they never planned to come back from the beginning," German said, "they planned to completely move the core of the empire to the imaginary dark continent."

He happened to have discussed this matter with President Netero, so he was not surprised that Kate talked about it at this time.

About thirty years ago, the Kajin Empire changed its political system from an empire to a nominal parliamentary democracy in "the quietest revolution in history".

However, precisely because of that "quietest revolution", the entire country's power is still in the hands of the Kakin royal family, and the parliament is more of a puppet and a mouthpiece.

The Kajin royal family collectively moved from the main body of the Kajin Empire to the imaginary dark continent through a long voyage, which was actually a transfer of the country's largest political core.

"Moving the capital" is not uncommon in history, but the only case of migration over such a long distance, with a vast ocean separating them from their homeland, is the Kakin royal family.

This extremely strange behavior naturally attracted the attention of Germain, President Netero and others at the first time.

They believed that as long as the original V5 was not too stupid, he would definitely realize the weirdness here. This was one of the reasons why they agreed to send five ships to follow the voyage.

German and Kate exchanged their views on this matter. As Kate was talking, she brought German an unexpected news.

"I heard that Hisoka is still alive," he said. "Although I haven't seen him in person, I have heard a lot of urban rumors about him."

"He seems to have reached a subtle cooperative relationship with Melena of the Aiyi family."

"When the Aiyi family first lost the support of the fourth prince, Chelidonich, they were also attacked by the other two major mafia families."

"At this time, Melina and Hisoka launched an extreme revenge campaign. In the end, it was so violent and crazy that it was almost impossible to stop. It was only when the Kajin royal family intervened that the chaos was quelled."

"Hisoka no longer shows his true face. He seems to have the ability to change his appearance at will. He can disguise himself as anyone, young or old."

"This allowed him to easily sneak into most places in the Kajin Empire and commit all kinds of evil deeds, and also made him the number one villain of the Aiyi family."

"As the leaders of the Aiyi family, Melina and Hisoka are likely to appear on the BW1 on the colonization voyage this time."

Kate knew about the strange relationship between Germain and Hisoka, so she specifically told Germain this information to prevent Germain from being ambushed.

After all, judging from some of the information Kate had collected, Hisoka's style of doing things had changed considerably.

In the past, Hisoka still abided by some principles in order to satisfy his desire to fight, but now he has reached the point where he will do anything to pursue pleasure.

German knew that a fierce battle broke out between Hisoka and Kuroro, which ended with both sides being seriously injured and disabled. Kuroro, who had lost most of his fighting ability, finally committed suicide in front of German.

As for Hisoka, his broken limbs can be glued together with "Stretchable Love" and his disguise can be accomplished with "Flimsy Illusion".

Having died once and been seriously injured once, Hisoka's Nen ability may have evolved and become stronger with the accumulated combat experience.

Now he and Melena are both chaotic evil people, and they are just like-minded when they are together.

Seeing that it was almost midnight, Kate stood up and said goodbye.

After Germann saw him off, he went to the bathroom to wash up, then stood on the balcony outside, enjoying the night breeze and thinking silently under the sparse starlight.

The next morning, German went to ask Nob about the current location of Kurapika, Killua and Gon, as he wanted to go and see them.

However, Nob had no idea where they were now, because his guidance of the three young people had ended and they were now on their own.

Nob himself was busy with the Hunter Association's exploration team's affairs and had no time to be distracted.

German still got the exact location of Kurapika, Killua and Gon from the twins Ida and Elena, so he used the administrator card to fly over.

It turned out that they were at Xiaomai's place, planning to complete Xiaomai's main quest and obtain the corresponding cards.

Killua and Gon were quickly defeated by Mugi in the game of military chess and failed to meet the requirements for obtaining the cards.

The condition for obtaining it is certainly not to defeat Xiaomai. There are probably few people in this world who can beat this female chess master in military chess.

As long as you can persist for a certain number of moves, you can pass the level and get the most basic cards. The more moves you persist, the better the quality of the cards you get.

No matter how hard Killua and Gon racked their brains, they couldn't stop Mugi's offensive in a game of military chess whose rules they didn't even understand.

Kurapika, on the other hand, had known Mugi before and had played several games of military chess together. Now, he and Mugi were going back and forth on the chessboard.

Finally, after Kurapika took another step, Mugi started laughing.

After her eyesight recovered, her eyes were always almost blocked by her thick eyebrows when she smiled, but she couldn't hide her excitement.

"Kurapika, you have met the most basic requirements and can obtain the card and leave. Do you want to continue?"

Looking at the unfinished situation on the chessboard, Kurapika wanted to continue, but suddenly he heard a bang, and turned around to see Teacher Germain appear not far away.

"Teacher?" Kurapika stood up. He didn't know that Germain had returned to Greed Island the day before yesterday.

Killua and Gon looked at each other and also jumped from their seats to the ground in surprise.

Xiaomai was the slowest to react. After seeing German, she stammered "Ahhh" a few times and then tried to stand up.

The result was that she knocked over the chessboard, and the black and white pieces fell to the ground with a clatter.

She tried to pick it up in a panic, which caused her head to hit the corner of the table. The pain was so severe that she covered her forehead and was about to cry.

(End of this chapter)