Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 63 Biscuit's True Form

Finally, ten minutes later, the two saw the light at the entrance of the cave without much surprise. The cool wind outside also poured into the cave, refreshing people.

The giant snake's lair is just its base, not a maze, so its structure is naturally relatively simple, and it is normal to be able to find the entrance and exit quickly.

Pressure +6

The two stood at the entrance of the cave, finally leaving the complete darkness inside. The sky outside was a little dark, but at least they didn't need a flashlight to see things clearly.

Germann left the dark environment and immediately materialized the "Hunter Badge" to check his stress level.

As a result, he stayed in the cave for about an hour, and his stress value had soared from the initial 3 points to the current 74 points, which also included the 5 points of resentment gift from the giant snake in the nest.

However, when Germann used the flashlight with Xiaodi, the interval between his pressure value increases was significantly prolonged, which may be a revelation.

Darkness is bad for him and will accumulate stress points, while light is his partner and will slow down this process.

German had to be thankful that they made the right choice by entering the Dark Continent during the day. Once it was dark, the situation would probably be even worse.

At this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from not far away, as if something fell down.

"What is that?" Xiaodi put the flashlight back into her backpack and looked in that direction.

Germain shook his head: "I don't know, let's go and take a look."

They walked in that direction together. As they walked, German looked up and realized why it was so dark here.

There are towering trees on all sides, the trunk of each tree covering an area comparable to that of a church, and the lush branches and leaves intertwined together, enough to be described as "blocking out the sky and the sun."

The sun's rays had difficulty penetrating the layers of leaves; only a few lucky glimmers of light shone through, leaving sparse silhouettes all over the ground.

Suddenly, some vague shadow outlines flashed by.

German couldn't help but frown, but they soon disappeared without a trace, like a receding nightmare.

Did I see it wrong?
"German?" Xiaodi was walking in front. Seeing that German was taking a long time to catch up, she turned around and called out in confusion.

"Coming," Germain replied.

The two men walked to the end and saw a steep cliff in front of them. They stretched their heads and looked down, and saw that there was a protrusion below, and at the bottom was a flat ground with scattered yellow leaves.

In other words, this is a three-layer valley with steep cliffs between each layer. German and Xiaodi stood on the highest layer and looked down from above, and they could see that it was in the shape of a ring.

At the bottom of the valley, there lay a monster as big as a two-story house. It was pitch black and covered with fur, had eight thick legs and sixteen green eyes.

"What a big spider." Xiaodi commented bluntly, and suddenly looked at Germain and explained rather superfluously, "I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about the spider down there."

Germann did not deliberately conceal his identity as a member of the Phantom Troupe. When Xiaodi wanted to confirm it out of curiosity, he rolled up his trouser legs and showed her the twelve-legged spider tattoo.

Xiaodi looked at the number "8" on the spider's abdomen and nodded repeatedly.

"There are many people in Meteor City who admire the Phantom Troupe."

"In their eyes, the Phantom Troupe has restored order in Meteor City, maintained balance, and improved living standards. Even the elders may consult them on any important issues."

This is the difference between how different people view the Phantom Troupe from different angles. Their heroes may be my enemies.

Back to the present. "I know you're talking about the spider down there." Germain replied briefly, then pointed at the spider, "Look carefully at the person standing next to the spider."

Xiao Di looked back and said "Huh", blinked her big eyes, and asked uncertainly: "She... Is she Little Biscuit? Or is she the one who stole Little Biscuit's clothes?"

It was normal for her not to be completely sure, as she had never seen Biscuit's true form... Of course, Germain hadn't actually seen it either.

Next to the fallen spider stood a tall and burly woman with a blonde ponytail and a princess dress stretched to its limit. She raised her leg angrily and kicked the spider.

She put her hands on her hips, as if complaining about something, but her voice was too soft and neither Germain nor Xiaodi could hear clearly.

"That's Biscuit." Germann walked to the edge of the cliff and jumped to the next level. He kept talking in mid-air, "It should be said that this is her true appearance and combat form."

Xiaodi also jumped down.

Both of them landed steadily on the second floor.

"Battle form?" Xiaodi asked curiously as she followed Germain forward, "Is it one of Biscuit's abilities?"

Germain jumped with her to the bottom of the valley.

"It is indeed closely related to her ability of mind."

"Do you know 'limb bending'? It is a technique used by assassins, especially the Zoldyck family, which leaves an afterimage at the same place. You can think of it as Biscuit's transformation technique."

In fact, a more appropriate example should be Illumi Zoldyck's disguise technique. He used the "mind needle" to change his appearance, which is a skill closely related to his mind ability.

Xiaodi still looks a little confused. I don’t know if she doesn’t understand, or if she understands but still has this expression.

German further explained: "You know the silverback gorilla? It usually walks on all fours, but once it feels threatened, it will stand upright like a human and beat its chest..."

"German—" Biscuit's roar came from afar, obviously he heard what German said, "If you keep talking, this spider will be your fate!"

Germann felt Biscuit's anger, so he waved his hands helplessly and stopped talking.

The two men walked in front of Bisiji and had to look up to talk to her.

"Can I still call you Little Biscuit now?" Xiaodi's glasses, which had originally slipped to the tip of her nose, slid back to the right position on her nose bridge because she looked up. "You don't look small at all."

Biscuit sighed, but still did not change back to her petite girl form.

"German, Xiaodi, let's not talk about personal matters for now. You shouldn't have come down so soon... Look up and see more clearly. We are now surrounded by the enemy."

When Germann heard this, he remembered the blurry black shadows he had seen not long ago, so he looked up again. Perhaps because of the angle and light, this time he finally saw the true form of those outlines.

Just like the spider that Biscuit had just knocked down, there were many identical spiders crawling on those towering trees. They were hanging on the branches, staring at him eagerly under the cover of leaves and branches.

However, above these twenty or so spiders, wrapped around the branches and leaves, there is an extremely huge spider web.

A spider that was much bigger and more ferocious than the other spiders was quietly sitting in the center of the web.

Its sixteen eyes stared at German, Biscuit and Xiaodi at the bottom of the valley.

The two thick chelicerae of the giant spider swung up and down, as if a military flag was waved, and all the smaller spiders crawled down like a torrent, and for a moment it was like thousands of troops moving together.

(End of this chapter)