Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 487: A glimmer of calm amidst the undercurrent

The next day, Admiral Mike sent many gifts to Germann, saying that they were the prizes for last night's battle, and he praised Germann a lot.

However, after that, he rarely showed up in front of German, and even if he did, he was surrounded by many Nen users to protect him.

The news that a group of soldiers had fainted spread quickly.

Ordinary people might still be confused and wonder what kind of terrifying monsters these soldiers faced to end up in their current state.

Some people who had access to information found out the whole story almost the next morning and were all shocked.

Many people who had been restless suddenly became active again, strongly supporting the work of the Hunter Association from all sides and praising the Hunter Association's selfless dedication.

Someone wanted to see German, but was quickly turned away.

It took a long time before the commotion in the coastal fortress was washed away by several announcements issued by Admiral Mike.

The first announcement was that Admiral Mike would send a fleet back to the refueling island to report on the situation there.

There is a military base on the refueling island, which is enough for them to contact the six continents.

At the same time, the fleet will provide a certain amount of space to accommodate some passengers from the New World.

The fleet will take these distinguished passengers to the refueling island, and then ships and airships from the six continents will come to pick them up.

Of course, most of these passengers were nobles and wealthy people who were unwilling to stay in this hellhole of the New World. They had had enough of it.

However, Princess Oit was not among them.

Her external reason was that she wanted to be with the people of the Kakin Empire who remained here, which won the favor of quite a few people.

In fact, she thought about it carefully and realized that there were many people in the New World who recognized her and acknowledged her status. She even had a way out through the Hunter Association.

In an emergency, she could just give up her status as a princess and join the Hunter Association to seek protection from President Netero and Mr. Germain.

It's not bad to be an ordinary person.

If we follow this fleet back to the six continents and return to the present-day Kajin Empire, it would be like water without a source and a tree without roots.

What she could rely on was her status as a princess, which came from the deceased King Nasbi. She had no children and no family power.

Returning to the Kajin Empire, it is considered a good ending for Princess Oit to become a puppet.

What she feared most was that she would be forced to become a sacrifice in order to achieve something.

As for the civilians who had absolutely no chance of boarding this fleet, they just watched coldly and said nothing.

What Admiral Mike did not mention explicitly was the secret mission of this fleet.

That is to escort "Hope" to the Oil Refueling Island, and then have the fleet at the Oil Refueling Island military base send it back to the Six Continents.

That was bound to be a result that shocked the top management of V6, and the impact was self-evident.

The second announcement was that Admiral Mike decided to build many towns and roads between the coastal fortress and BW1 to connect the two major strongholds.

At present, the eating, drinking, defecating and urinating of more than 100,000 people are all concentrated in two major strongholds, which is a bit too crowded. It is time to open up more residential areas.

Many people suddenly realized at this time that, yes, they came here to colonize.

Some people choose to leave with the fleet, and of course some people choose to stay here and start a second career besides the six continents.

However, how many people can become rich here is another matter.

The third announcement was that Admiral Mike decided to recruit some civilians to become mercenaries.

The fleet soldiers he brought with him, plus the original soldiers of BW1, mixed together, have formed a large-scale V6 joint army.

Admiral Mike has more than 30,000 troops under his command, but he is still not satisfied. He starts hiring civilians as mercenaries to further expand his army.

And all of this is for one final announcement.

The fourth announcement stated that Admiral Mike would send troops to start a journey of conquest, and it was expected that the entire New World island would be under control before the end of the year.

He had already written a military plan and asked the fleet heading to the refueling island to submit the military plan and wait for V6's approval.

To this end, Admiral Mike also showed off the many land weapons he brought with him, including tanks, off-road vehicles, mechanical armor, and artillery shells...

After showing off a large number of weapons, Admiral Mike suddenly felt relieved and no longer avoided contact with German. He would stop and chat with him when they met on the road.

After all, human power has its limits. No matter how powerful we are, it is impossible to be stronger than a batch of thermal weapons, right?
Regarding these announcements, the attitude of the Hunter Association is to fully support all actions of the V6 Joint Army without violating the Hunter Association's philosophy and protecting the rights and interests of professional hunters.

They were particularly active in building towns and transportation facilities. Soon after, the returning fleet set out from the coastal fortress and headed for the oil refueling island.

While all kinds of undercurrents were surging, German was unusually calm.

On the evening of April 4, it started to drizzle outside, hitting the windows.

German and Xiaodi were having dinner in the cafeteria of the Hunter Association. They ate slowly and without talking.

Occasionally, when Xiaodi gave him a look, German would hand her a box of tissues. This was a tacit understanding between them.

After a long while, even the slow-reacting Xiaodi looked up, feeling a little strange.

She looked around and realized that without her noticing, the people who were eating next to her had all left the cafeteria, and even the auntie at the food pick-up area had gone somewhere unknown.

The huge cafeteria was empty and quiet with only German and Xiaodi left.

"German, German." Xiaodi called softly a few times.

"what happened?"

"Have you noticed that there are so few people in the cafeteria tonight? Now there are only two of us left."

German raised his head, looked around, then lowered his head to eat his meal: "Indeed."

"Germain, Germain."

Xiaodi called out softly a few more times. For some reason, in this situation where only the two of them were there, she still lowered her voice as if she was telling an important secret.

"You say, did they get a new cafeteria and go there together, but they didn't tell us?"

German raised his head again and looked at Xiaodi in surprise. Even though he was very familiar with Xiaodi, he did not expect Xiaodi's train of thought this time.

Xiaodi blinked her big eyes and looked back, and the look in her eyes seemed to mean that she was not joking.

He was about to speak when suddenly, all the lights in the cafeteria went out and the surroundings became dim.

Xiaodi subconsciously became alert.

She even dropped her bowl and chopsticks, stood up suddenly from her seat, materialized the "bulgy-eyed fish", held it in her hand, and looked around.

"German, be careful. There are enemies!"

"It's alright. There are no enemies."

It was only then that Xiaodi realized that Germain had not released the "circle" and had not been prepared...

This is really not like German style.

Although the lights in the cafeteria were off, the moonlight outside blended in.

Xiaodi's eyes gradually adjusted to the darkness. She saw German stand up from the chair, take a few steps, and suddenly half-kneel in front of her.

Germann's unexpected action made Xiaodi stunned.

He took out a box from his arms, opened it gently, and revealed a pair of silver rings.

A small Greedy Dragon Crystal is embedded in the center of each silver ring.

Inside the Greedy Dragon Crystal, there are flowing, flame-cloud-like patterns, as if the sunset was left inside the Greedy Dragon Crystal.

Xiaodi seemed to understand the current situation, but also seemed not to understand. She tilted her head, still holding the "bulging-eye fish" in her hand, clenched tightly.

Germann looked up and said to her, "Xiao Di, we have known each other for several years."

"From the initial cooperation of interests to the current close relationship, we have experienced a lot together."

“We eat together, act together, fight together, and everything becomes a matter of course.”

"To be honest, before I met you, I couldn't imagine that there would be someone who would come into my life and accompany me to continue walking."

"At a certain moment, I suddenly realized that there could not be another woman who trusted me more than you, and there could not be another woman who was worthy of my trust."

"I decided to grab the only person in this life that I cannot miss. I don't want to regret it, and I don't want to have any regrets."

"Xiao Di, will you marry me?"

(End of this chapter)