Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 471 After the greetings, we happened to go together
"You've done a great job," said Potobai, who had white powder on his cheekbones and red powder around his eyes and lips. "Do you want me to send a few people to help you escort the prisoners?"

"No thanks," Kurapika replied, "The three of us are enough, there's no need to waste manpower here."

Botobai nodded and said, "Then I'll ask you to make another hard trip this afternoon... Let's go have lunch first. I'll ask Buhala to prepare a special meal for you."

Kurapika doesn't like being treated specially, this is what he should be aware of as a disciple of Germain.

He was about to refuse when he was interrupted by a phone ring.

Jingle Bell--

"Sorry." Potobai nodded to Kurapika, and without letting Kurapika, Illumi and Melody avoid him, he answered the phone, "This is Potobai, go ahead."

He listened quietly to what was said on the other end of the phone for a while, raised his eyebrows in surprise, and glanced at Kurapika.

Kurapika noticed the strange glance.

Melody could hear the surprise in Potobai's heartbeat, but Potobai hid it so well on his face.

"I see." Botobai hung up the phone and said to Kurapika, "I think you have the right to know this news."

"What news?" Kurapika had a premonition when he heard this.

He calculated the time and thought that given his teacher's efficient and decisive work style, it was about time for him to return.

"German and his crew are back." As expected, Potobai told the good news, "Their ship has just landed. We can go and greet them."

"Also..." Without waiting for Kurapika to reply, Potobai added, "You may be able to go with them this afternoon, because they also brought back a group of prisoners."
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Half an hour later, the staff cafeteria of the Hunter Association branch at the BW1 wreckage base was bustling with activity.

The return of German, Biscuit, Mo Laowu and Xiaodi obviously aroused the enthusiasm of the hunters stationed here.

As long as they were acquaintances who did not have important matters to attend to, they would basically come to the cafeteria to show up and exchange greetings with German and his group.

"I have informed the Coast Fortress of your return." Potobai said to German, who was enjoying the meal cooked by Buhala, "President Netero said that he has prepared a celebration banquet tonight and is waiting for you to come over."

Germain shrugged indifferently.

He scooped up a piece of steamed egg made from some unknown animal's egg with a spoon and put it in his mouth. It felt smooth and soft.

Although they brought enough food during the voyage over the past few months, it was still a bit bland without the hot dishes made by Menqi and Buhala.

German, Biscuit and Xiaodi were quite polite at the dinner table.

Mo Laowu didn't care about all that and started eating with relish. Even Nakulu and Xiutuo beside him could hardly bear to watch it anymore.

At another table, the prisoners were also eating hot meals, but most of them found the food tasteless.

Under the watchful eyes of Hunter Association members such as Potobai and Satsucho, the original Twelve Branches members Xiyou and mercenaries such as Muhlu still felt a lot of pressure.

Only Pariston ate his meal as usual.

His calm demeanor, as if he was not a prisoner at all, was like he was just an unrelated passerby who happened to be sitting there.

Germain and his team have already briefly described the journey to the Dark Continent.

Transit base island, boundary gate, Sphinx's courtyard, gatekeeper's deep sea gate, guide's ferry ghost ship, Siren Gorge, dragon volcano...

Of course, some of the content was concealed to a greater or lesser extent, especially the content regarding the lantern teleportation point.

The most important of these are, of course, the Gatekeeper's Trial, the Guide's Ferry, Bi Yangde's Death, and the Acquisition of the Greedy Dragon Crystal, a crystal they took out of the lava that surpassed the "Six Continents and Seven Beauties".

This name was chosen by Bisiji. She knew that she couldn't own all the crystals, but she wanted to at least have the right to name them.

When several pieces of "Greedy Dragon Crystal" were displayed, they immediately attracted everyone's attention.

People rarely see such beautiful things, and they are mesmerized by them.

Ge'er and Ginta originally wanted to reach out and touch it to feel the weight, but Biscuit slapped their hands away as if protecting its food.

Biscuit's reason was that Ge'er's hands were often stained with drops of various potions, and Ginta was too rough, and they might destroy the "Greedy Dragon Crystal".

Ge'er, Ginta and the others had no choice but to give up and accept Biscuit's rule of "only look, not touch".

In this way, the journey of German and his team can be said to be a great success.

Kurapika, who possesses the "Red Eyes of the Kurta Clan", one of the "Seven Beauties", has no feelings towards the "Greed Crystal".

What he was more curious about and longing for was Teacher German's experience on this journey, which made him itchy.

The transit base island, the boundary gate, the ferry ghost ship, the dark continent... the scenes described by Teacher German kept attracting him to imagine the scenes at that time.

Without the shackles of revenge, he might be able to walk on the dark continent like Teacher Germain and experience a different life.

Not only Kurapika, but almost everyone present who had not been to the Dark Continent could not help but have expectations and desires for the world outlined by Germain and others.

Even Nob thought about going to the Dark Continent sooner or later.

Of course, it would be safer if German went with us.

That night of chaos allowed Nob to defeat his inner demons. He not only regained his courage and confidence, but also regained his hair.

His originally bald head has now grown short black hair. In another month or two, Nob will be able to return to his previous hairstyle.

Among the group of people in front of him, the only one who didn't react much was Ilmi.

He was curious about the Dark Continent, but that was all. He did not have much motivation to explore the Dark Continent.

The "Greedy Dragon Crystal" did indeed make his eyes light up, but it was not enough for him to head to the Dark Continent for it.

He accepts money, he used to work for his employer, and now he works for the Hunter Association, not because he is greedy for money, but his quality as a professional killer is to do things for money.

He never thinks there is anything wrong with this idea and will stick to it.

After resting for a while after lunch, the German Exploration Team and the Kurapika Team set out from the BW1 wreckage base, escorting their respective captives to the coastal fortress.

Since German is in charge, there will definitely be no problem in escorting the prisoners.

Upon learning that German and his party were about to arrive, the gate of the coastal fortress opened for once.

President Netero, Jin, Qiduo, Micaistrom and others came to greet them in person. Such a scale of event attracted many people in the coastal fortress to come and watch.

The residents of the New World once thought that reinforcements from the six continents had arrived, but what they saw were relatively unfamiliar people such as Germain, and they couldn't help but feel curious and surprised.

Who are these people exactly? Why are they worthy of being greeted by the core members of the Coast Fortress?
All parties and factions within the Coast Fortress began secret background investigations on German and his group to ensure that the situation would not be misjudged.

(End of this chapter)