69novels Chapter 172 Breaking In
Chapter 172 Breaking In
Chapter 172 Breaking In (Part 2)
Fight, observe, and continue fighting.
Neferpitou was even using Nen instinctively, observing Kate's ability usage.
"How do humans use their abilities?"
"Rare items seem to all possess that special ability."
Neferpitou asked with curiosity and fervor, while his men's attacks were all aimed at crippling their opponent.
She doesn't like to kill with one blow; instead, she prefers to torture and dismantle her enemies, then repair them like toys, manipulating their corpses.
In addition, she still had many questions she wanted answered.
Humans killed a large number of soldier ants, and the ant corpses were arrogantly piled up into mountains, as if deliberately provoking them.
Moreover, the soldier ants died very quickly and decisively, and there were several ways they died, so it was clear that they were not killed by one person.
It seems that more and more humans with special abilities are appearing here.
Unable to create distance.
His own Nen ability, "Crazy Clown," was still chattering loudly on the side.
The weapons I want can't be obtained, and my uncontrollable Nen ability always fails me at crucial moments.
Kate's expression was cold and hard. She swung her giant scythe in the backhand and quickly created distance between herself and the monster as it dodged.
Suddenly, a white shooting star fell from the sky. Neferpitou's attention was drawn to the light, and he stopped what he was doing. Kate took the opportunity to quickly leave the spot.
Kate stopped her attempt to leave only when the white light faded and the figures of the two boys reappeared.
That's... Xiao Jie?
The two teenagers who suddenly appeared here seemed completely bewildered, but they quickly sensed the presence emanating from the side that was impossible to ignore.
What made them extremely uncomfortable was the overwhelming gap in strength.
"Two more humans." Neferpitou looked away uninterestedly, keeping his eyes fixed on Kate in front of him.
That human was much stronger than the other two.
With more powerful toys already available, she wasn't particularly interested in the two new ones.
But if the big toy runs away, the small toys can still keep you entertained.
"Jay! Run!" Kate shouted in the direction of the two boys.
"Kate...?" Xiao Jie stared at the scene before him, his mind still a little dazed.
He was planning to use the [Companion] card he obtained to find gold, so how did he end up with Kate?
And Kate looks like she's being chased.
That awful guy wants to hurt Kate.
Killua broke out in a cold sweat. Something seemed to be influencing and controlling him, wanting him to quickly escape from the dangerous-looking guy in front of him.
"run!"
……
Everyone with eyes saw the white meteor fall into the forest.
Only those who have played Greed Island will know how familiar this scene is.
"Huh? Appearing in this way at this time..." Su Wu's tone was somewhat subtly responsible.
Following the typical formula of shonen manga, one could guess that the protagonist would fall from the sky to save Kate, a supporting character.
But considering the Hunter's style of constantly getting beaten half to death...
It's more like offering yourself up to get beaten up.
He'd been watching their fight from a distance for a while using his six eyes. Kite was pretty strong and could hold his own, but the appearance of Killua and Gon would probably disrupt the previous stalemate.
"Are you a player from Greed Island?" Maro asked from the direction where the white shooting star had last disappeared in the distance.
"Gon and Killua." Su Wu said with a hint of a smile.
The main character has appeared; is the main event about to begin? The focus of this plot should be the battle between humans and ants; I wonder if anything else interesting will happen.
In order to wait for something interesting to happen that he didn't know about, he didn't even take any initiative to do anything, nor did he rush to the Ant King to start a battle.
The wait was always long, but now that it seemed to be about to begin, he was in a very good mood.
"Zoldyck and Freecss, huh?" Maro nodded, his tone flat, even revealing a hint of disdain.
He treated everyone with the same disdain as those who drew the adults' attention.
"Speaking of which, that silly tiger has gone off for a stroll somewhere..." Maro changed the subject, trying to divert the adults' attention back.
The brother and sister who seemed to be very familiar with the adults got along very well with Sora and their relationship was very harmonious.
So, not long ago, after getting the adults' approval, Silly Tiger wagged his tail and happily followed the brother and sister for a walk.
They haven't come back yet.
Seeing the ants swarming around him, wouldn't that guy be unlucky enough to run into one?
"Kong and the others..." Su Wu searched for a while and found three guys among a dense mass of life forms.
As for the location where the three of them were...
It overlaps with Kate's side.
Two non-humans, oh, three non-humans went to watch the commotion.
Kong was probably taken there by the brother and sister.
Observe humans, observe ants, and if you see ants and humans fighting, you'll definitely rush over to observe.
"It ran to the vicinity of the battlefield," Su Wu said expressionlessly.
Maro's expression went blank for a moment as many thoughts flashed through his mind.
If Sora were to die by accident, he would be all alone by the adult's side.
But he quickly suppressed his dark thoughts, his mind filled with the thought that if something went wrong, the adults would definitely be unhappy.
Moreover, the void belongs to adults, and no one else has the right to harm it.
In addition, Sora could be considered to have been raised by him personally. How could an adult take care of a pet? But Sora was still a cub and needed care, so during that time, Maro prepared food for him and even bathed him.
And the color scheme is so similar to that of adults...
"...We shouldn't have let it go for a walk with those two guys." Su Wu covered her face with one hand, her tone helpless.
Don't get beaten to death.
You have to consider the owner before beating a dog. It would be so shameful if his pet cat was beaten to death.
Furthermore, he and Kong have a contract. Although they are not bound by life and death, Kong's death would likely not be easy for him either. However, with the reversal spell, it wouldn't be a big deal.
Ultimately, it all comes down to saving face.
He can fight his pet, but it's not appropriate for others to fight it.
Even he never really hit the other party hard.
"Let's go take a look." He stood up and headed towards the location where Kate and the Chimera Ants were fighting.
Maro followed closely behind, his eyes as cold as ice.
It's best if nothing happens to Kong, otherwise...
……
Kong did encounter some trouble at this time. It was impatient to watch the battle, so it abandoned its two siblings and went for a walk in the forest alone.
As it was leaving, it was spotted by white ants that were fighting, but the ants seemed too lazy to pay attention to it, only glancing at it without attacking it.
So Kong walked away, wagging its tail, right in front of the group of people.
They hadn't gone far when they were stopped by other ants.
There are ants flying in the sky that look like bees, but much bigger than bees, about the size of a person.
Before me stood a strangely shaped ant with white bristles standing on end.
Kong sniffed the air, and found a chaotic smell that he couldn't quite place, perhaps the smell of a chimera ant.
"Oh, my former kind." The ant blocking the way looked at the empty space with bright eyes and spoke with an exaggeratedly enthusiastic tone.
"Two tigers cannot share one mountain. As the kings of beasts, we are destined to fight since we have met here." He said with a sinister smile.
"King of beasts...aren't you an ant?" Kong asked, looking at the other party.
Why talk about the king of beasts? It's clearly not a tiger anymore.
"You..." The Chimera Ant with tiger genes seemed to be enraged by these words, and without further ado, launched an attack.
"roar--"
The tiger roared in the mountains and forests, and the earth trembled.
The big cat, who usually rolls obediently at Su Wu's feet, reveals its true form as a magical beast for the first time.
Its sharp claws, its large size (about the size of a small house), and its mouth that can swallow half a human body whole when opened.
And then there's the gentle breeze, which, under its control, becomes as sharp as a blade, omnipresent.
Suddenly, a tornado appeared in the sky, and winged ants were swept up by the wind, spinning in the air at an increasingly faster speed, with more and more ants being swept up.
The tornado seemed to have turned into a black meat grinder, with screams echoing endlessly.
"I am different from you scum." Its claws tore apart the body of the ant in front of it, bit off its upper body, tilted its head back, and the body of the ant that called itself the king of beasts was cut in half at the waist.
"Ptooey—" Kong spat the other person's upper body far away.
The tornado in the sky disappeared, and the minced meat, turned into ant-like pulp, fell to the ground in chunks.
It still prefers cooked food.
Raw meat seems dirty. Should we grill it over a fire right here? If we sneak some food outside, we'll get scolded when we get home...
A large number of soldier ants that were not far away were killed, and naturally could not escape Neferpitou's trap.
Her roundness is an innate talent; she was born with it.
"..." She dropped the severed head in her hand, temporarily abandoning Kate, who had been chopped into a human stick, and headed towards the culprit who had killed a large number of ants.
When using your abilities to repair toys, you temporarily lose control of your surroundings, so it's obviously not the right time to repair toys.
While it's true that the number of soldier ants lost is not a big deal, consuming too many at once is also unacceptable.
They are still needed to contribute to the king's cause.
……
Killua carried the unconscious Gon on his back and struggled to escape.
Because the white tiger monster had killed almost all the ants in the vicinity, their escape route was quite safe.
However, Killua... was somewhat unwilling.
That magical beast that always acted coquettishly in front of that guy was actually stronger than them...
The ant that killed Kate only gave them two glances at the beginning, and then ignored them completely.
Clearly, they were focusing their vigilance and attention on Kate, believing that the two of them together wouldn't cause her any harm.
They had just arrived in this unknown place and had to flee for their lives like stray dogs.
He was extremely tense, and the slightest sound or movement would put him on alert.
"You two..." Su Wu blinked as she looked at Killua and Gon, who seemed to be on the run.
Wow, Hunter x Hunter is really...unexpected.
The fact that even the main characters can only run away is just too realistic.
Shouldn't they shout about friendship and bonds, suddenly unleash their power, and charge in to crush all the enemies?
"So you really are here." Killua looked at the white-haired figure in front of him and had to admit that he actually felt a sense of relief.
It's like suddenly having a sense of security.
Upon seeing the white tiger demon, Killua wondered where its master was.
Now the other party has finally appeared.
"I arrived a while ago, but you guys..." The white-haired figure pinched his chin with his index finger and thumb, "...are you leaving as soon as you get here?"
The white light had only been out for less than ten minutes, and these two were already leaving?
"We... killed someone." Killua seemed unable to speak, shifting his gaze to the ground below.
If he and Xiao Jie hadn't suddenly appeared, the person who knew Xiao Jie might not have ended up like this.
"Indeed, Kate should have been able to escape if it weren't for you guys," Su Wu nodded in agreement.
After all, before Gon and Killua appeared, Kite was fine.
After appearing, they were... quickly killed.
Although, based on what he sensed with his six eyes, Kate didn't seem to be dead yet. How could she still be alive after being dismembered like that? Was it because of her abilities?
Kate's ability—to become a talking clown with his own thoughts—is hard to say.
"Then let's hurry up and go train some more, then come back later," Su Wu waved her hand dismissively.
Just like when they were on Greed Island, if they encounter an opponent they can't beat right now, they train. Once they've trained enough, they go find that opponent.
"Oh right, you two are also illegal immigrants." Su Wu suddenly realized and looked at Killua. "This is NGL." His tone was full of mischievous amusement.
"NGL..." Killua repeated, then suddenly realized.
NGL, a country with extremely strict immigration control that even executes stowaways!
Those who came here using the "Companion" card were undoubtedly smugglers!
How is he supposed to take Xiao Jie out now?
"Try to sneak out, good luck." Su Wu patted Killua on the shoulder, feeling that she had done more than enough, and encouraged him.
The news of Zoldyck family members smuggling into NGL being caught, arrested, and executed... Oh my god, each word is unremarkable on its own, but when put together, it's hilarious.
After saying that, Su Wu led Maro forward.
"You... there's a monster ahead," Killua warned, watching the two figures disappear into the distance.
"Understood." The white-haired figure waved without turning around.
Killua turned his head and continued running forward.
The two groups of people went in opposite directions and went further and further apart.
……
Sensing danger, Kong on the other side immediately turned and ran.
With the help of the wind, its escape speed was nothing short of astonishing.
Su Wu had already arrived at the location where Kate and Neferpitou had their final showdown, or rather...
The location where Kate's body was found.
Calling it a corpse doesn't seem quite right.
Although the other person's body was dismembered, he inexplicably felt that he was still alive.
"This corpse... is quite well destroyed." Su Wu looked at the hands, feet, and head scattered in different places and spoke thoughtfully.
Suturing is probably out of the question. A reverse surgery could allow his limbs to regenerate, even his heart, but what about other people…?
"You'll see once you try." He then pieced Kate's body parts back together.
"Reverse spell." He placed his hand a short distance above Kate's corpse.
One second, two seconds, three seconds... Kate's body was restored to its original state, but it remained motionless and completely still.
"Hmm? It didn't work?" Su Wu fell into deep thought.
Therefore, his reversal technique is not advanced enough to bring people back to life; it can only restore the body to its original state.
Simply put, it's about making someone appear to die in a more dignified way.
It must be a matter of souls? He didn't form a "bond" with the other's soul, so only his body was restored.
Tsk.
Just then, a clown-like figure suddenly appeared in mid-air.
"Finally, I'll use it. [Absolutely Durable]." The clown's voice was somewhat shrill and sounded quite noisy.
The previously motionless corpse suddenly sat up.
"So it actually has the ability to be absolutely indestructible." Su Wu stared at the Joker manifested by Kate's ability, seemingly trying to analyze the other party's true nature.
This ability is clearly related to the soul.
If Kate's body doesn't recover, will she still be able to use this ability called Absolute Invulnerability? How will it be achieved?
Nen abilities are really interesting.
"Awooo—" A huge, heavy object suddenly pounced on him from behind at his feet.
Su Wu looked down and saw bloodstains remaining on the white fur around the monster's mouth.
"I told you, didn't I..." he said in a low voice.
The once arrogant tiger suddenly lowered its tail, and even its back view revealed a sense of tension and pitifulness.
"Don't eat dirty things." Su Wu pinched Kong's ear and said, word by word.
"I didn't eat it, I really didn't eat it." Kong shook his head hurriedly, opening his mouth for Su Wu to check.
It never eats raw meat!
"We need to leave quickly, that monster could come back at any time." Kate, who had barely rested after being resurrected, stood up and spoke immediately.
(End of this chapter)