Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 8: Hunters flock to it

Biscuit pursed her lips and crossed her arms.

"I was nearby at the time, and was planning to spend a large sum of money to buy the 'Promised Ruby', but I didn't expect you to snatch it away first. So I went to the crime scene to look for clues."

"After seeing the spider pattern on the wall and your mark, I immediately went to the Hunter Association website to search for information about you."

"I know everything about your origins, your Nen ability, and your career as a killer. After that, I followed the traces you left behind and followed you all the way here."

Germain leaned his back against the rough wall of the alley, his hands in the pockets of his black coat, very calm.

"I should have been careful and left few traces."

Biscuit smiled and shook his head.

"On the night you committed the major crime and left the Phantom Troupe logo, you became the focus of the Hunter Association website and the Dark Web."

"There must be someone who can provide information about when and where they saw you. Putting these fragmented clues together, plus the help of some hunter friends, it will be enough for me to find you."

"Don't underestimate the hunters' intelligence gathering and tracking capabilities. This is our specialty."

German nodded in approval.

A group of hunters, information dealers, and gangsters were hunting down the original body, but their movements were eventually discovered, and there was nothing that could be done about it.

It seems that the Hunter Association website is a good information center, but it is a pity that it is not open to him who does not have a hunter license.

Suddenly, a "beep, beep" sound came from Biscuit's princess skirt.

She raised her eyebrows, reached into the hidden pocket of her skirt, and took out a small cell phone.

The phone is covered with cute animal stickers in colorful colors.

Biscuit unlocked the phone screen, looked at it for a while, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.

She smiled and turned the phone screen to show it to German.

Germann looked closely and saw a picture of the "Promised Ruby" appear on the screen, with a shocking price below it and the words "Deal Completed" at the very bottom.

Biscuit shook the phone screen ostentatiously, then put it away.

"I had already thought of the possibility that you might have handed over the 'Promised Ruby', so I asked a friend to help me keep an eye on the black market in advance. In the end, I spent twice as much as before to buy it."

Germain thought about it.

It was definitely not Chrollo who put the "Promised Ruby" up for auction on the black market.

He probably just sold it to someone he knew, and it changed hands several times overnight before appearing on the black market.

On the one hand, Biscuit was tracking German, and on the other hand, she asked her friends to help her keep an eye on the black market. In the end, she was intercepted by her friends.

As for "twice the price than before", it probably refers to the comparison with the asking price of the gem merchant.

However, as a veteran hunter, Biscuit has no shortage of this little money. Money can’t buy what you love, and as long as he can get the "Promised Ruby", doubling the price is worth it.

German looked at Biscuit and decided to give it a try.

"Now that the 'Promised Ruby' is in your hands, I am of no use to you, right? Or do you want to be a bounty hunter?"

Biscuit shook his head again.

"Although I spent a lot of money, your bounty can't make up for it... From now on, I don't plan to take action against you."

She suddenly held out her white-gloved left hand to Germain.

Germain looked at Biscuit in confusion.

Biscuit smiled, holding his hands up, his fingers waving like jellyfish tentacles. "We've been in the alley for almost five minutes. If we don't get out, we might attract unnecessary suspicion. Hold my hand. A beautiful girl should be protected by a gentleman."

She winked at Germain with her right eye in a quirky way.

German heard the hidden meaning in Biscuit's words, so he held Biscuit's hand.

The two walked out of the alley side by side and came to the busy street outside.

Biscuit approached Germain, took his hand and shook it, with a bright smile on his face, so that they looked like brother and sister going out together.

She lowered her voice.

"The Phantom Troupe is the worst gang of thieves in history. If you can eliminate the members of the Phantom Troupe, you will undoubtedly gain fame, wealth, and status..."

"You are suspected to be a new member of the Phantom Troupe, so you have naturally become a target of hunters and killers. If you have time, you can go online and check how much your bounty has increased in a few hours."

"I'm not the only one who found your trail. There are so many people on the street. Did you notice anyone following you?"

Germain was silent for a moment, then nodded.

"Since I entered Cross Town, besides you, there were three other people following me. Their auras were different from those of ordinary people and were very lingering."

Biscuit glanced at German unexpectedly, then deliberately bumped into German with her petite body, pretending to be a sister acting coquettishly to her brother.

"You're very perceptive. I thought you could only find two people at most... But, there's actually a fourth person."

"The four of them are a killer team. Two of them deliberately release their aura as the 'open card', one of them slightly restrains himself as the 'hidden card', and the other one is always in a desperate state."

"The fourth person hiding in the dark is their real leader. He is also their final killer move just in case. If you only pay attention to two or three people, you will be caught."

German calmly held Biscuit's hand and walked forward.

"Why are you telling me this? This is probably the first time you and I have met, and our networks probably don't overlap."

Biscuit didn't answer immediately, but pulled German and asked him to buy him a marshmallow at a roadside stall, and then ate it in small bites.

"As a hunter, in the process of chasing prey, you will sort out the image, action pattern, way of thinking, etc. of the prey in your mind based on the clues left behind."

"Before I found you, I had roughly sketched out your overall image. However, after actually observing you for a while, I found that you are very different from what I imagined."

"How should I put it? You are like a very interesting gem that I found. It should have been a diamond, but when I got it, it turned into amber. It's very strange, isn't it?"

Biscuit finally let go of German's hand, held up the marshmallow, pointed at the screen of his mobile phone, and showed German some pictures.

The pictures show snapshots of three people killing people. They look a little blurry, but you can basically tell that they are Feitan, Ugin, and Finks from the Phantom Troupe.

"This is a tragedy that happened in a nearby town and village last night. According to the original profile, you and the other three should be the same type of bloodthirsty people."

"But you were very quiet along the way, eating noodles and paying money normally, going to the bank to withdraw cash, and turning a blind eye to the stalker. I don't understand what went wrong."

"Hunters are always driven by curiosity. You obviously have a secret. It would be a pity if you didn't know what the secret was and died in the hands of four assassins..."

Biscuit took a few steps back, gave German an innocent smile, waved her hands, and raised her voice.

"Big brother, my home is right here. Thank you for sending me back. I'll play with you again some other day."

She turned around and skipped away.

German watched her back disappear around the corner and knew that this guy had not gone far, but was hiding in a place where it was easier to observe him secretly.

What a bad-tempered guy.

(End of this chapter)