Hunter: I became stronger even after I died.

Chapter 224 Finks: You're not even worthy to tickle me.

The regrouping of the brigade was an inevitable outcome.

Despite Hisoka providing intelligence as an inside man, the purpose of the Phantom Troupe's gathering can only be known once Hisoka arrives.

But before that——

Take care of Finks' squad first.

Morrow put away his phone, and following Kurt's instructions, he jerked the steering wheel and floored the accelerator.

The engine roared like a beast, and the car shot off like an arrow.

As the car sped away, the paper life figure reacted more and more intensely.

Meanwhile, the road conditions gradually became desolate.

The Phantom Troupe members are from Meteor City. They have no clear identity and are also on the run for the highest level of arrest warrants.

Perhaps for this reason, tour groups have become accustomed to choosing less traveled routes when heading to their destinations.

If they're lucky, they might be able to hijack a car.

If they don't meet the right person, they don't mind walking to the next destination.

This behavior actually made it easier for Moro to hunt.

As he sped along the desolate road, Moro kept his eyes fixed intently on the road ahead.

As long as the direction is correct, the Finks Squad could be spotted on the road ahead at any time.

Half an hour later, a black sedan appeared on the horizon.

Morrow immediately turned his head to look at Kurt.

Kurt also saw the black car ahead. Judging from the intensity of the Life Paper Man's reaction, he could basically confirm that Phinks was in that car, and immediately nodded to Morrow.

After receiving confirmation, Moro floored the accelerator, his eyes fixed on the approaching black car ahead.

On this red wasteland covered with sparse wild grass, only two vehicles, one in front of the other, stood out conspicuously.

Because of the open terrain, the black car in front quickly noticed Moro and his group following behind.

In the driver's seat, Finks glanced quickly at the rearview mirror, his hairless brow twitched slightly, and a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes.

In the passenger seat next to her, Xiao Di raised her hand to adjust her signature large black-rimmed glasses and calmly reminded him:
"Finx".

"know."

Finks gave a brief response, then slammed on the brakes, leaving a tire mark on the red wasteland, and the black car came to a sudden stop.

"Whoever it is, kill them first."

He pushed open the car door, strode out, stood beside the car with his hands in his pockets, and stared coldly at the oncoming vehicle.

Xiao Di calmly got off the car and stood next to Finks.

She looked with a hint of curiosity at the car that was pulling straight towards her.

Although they didn't know the other party's identity, such a clear act of following them made it obvious that they were there for them.

Regardless of the other party's purpose, this blatant stalking was enough to make Phinks want to kill.

She glanced at Phinks and saw that his pores were wide open, and his boiling Nen energy surged like boiling water, exuding an undisguised killing intent.

"Finks, do you need my help?"

Little Drop asked softly.

She didn't actually know why she asked that question.

It's just an instinctive feeling that Phinks would prefer to end the fight alone.

In fact, throughout the team battles, Phinks did indeed take on all the fighting himself, never letting Little Drop interfere.

Little Di just forgot about those things.

Normally, Phinks should have handled the battle alone, just like before.

But things are different now.

The commander issued the assembly order, and everyone was able to rush to the assembly point as quickly as possible.

"Together."

Finks cracked his neck. "We're in a hurry. We'd better finish this in ten seconds."

"Ten seconds?"

Xiao Di hesitated, "Isn't this too much of a stretch?"

"If there are many people, you only need to be in charge of one."

Finks cracked his knuckles as he flexed his wrists, his muscles tensing as he prepared for battle.

"Oh."

Xiao Di nodded, calmly channeling her mental power. In the blink of an eye, a vacuum cleaner with large eyes and a mouth appeared out of thin air in her hand.

This is her materialization ability—Bulging-Eyed Fish.

It's called a vacuum cleaner, but it's actually more like a spirit beast.

The bulging-eyed fish's ability allows it to inhale any non-living object that the droplet perceives.

However, when using his abilities, Little Drop needs to give instructions to the Bulging-Eyed Fish.

Besides, the bulging-eyed fish cannot absorb anything imbued with Nen.

"Little Di, what are you doing?"

Phinks' eye twitched when he saw Shizuku materialize the bulging-eyed fish without saying a word.

"Get ready to make your move."

Xiao Di answered with a matter-of-fact expression, holding the vacuum cleaner steadily in both hands.

"..."

Phinks's temple throbbed slightly as he rubbed his forehead and said, "Putting aside who the opponent is, you've already revealed your abilities before the fight has even started. Are you afraid people won't know you're a Conjuration type?"

"is it not OK?"

Xiao Di tilted her head, her eyes behind her glasses filled with confusion.

"never mind……"

Seeing that the pursuing vehicle had closed to within 100 meters, Phinks was too exhausted to correct Xiaodi's behavior. His Nen energy suddenly surged and exploded, creating a shallow crater in the red soil beneath his feet.

"Do it."

Before he could finish speaking, Finks was already speeding towards the car ahead.

"Oh!"

Xiao Di responded and quickly followed, carrying the bulging-eyed fish.

at the same time.

Moro slammed on the brakes.

Squeak!

A screeching sound of brakes rang out, and the car came to an abrupt stop.

Moro then rolled down the car window and threw a series of fog grenades ahead.

shhhhhh!
The smoke grenades traced arcs in the air, and upon landing, they spewed out thick white smoke, obscuring the vision of Finks and Droplet.

"whispering sound."

Finks snorted and did not rush into the smoke.

When he leaned over just now, he had already caught a glimpse of the Nen aura emanating from the two people in the front seat.

After confirming that the other party was a Nen user, he showed them basic respect and, even though he was in a hurry, he would not rashly send himself there.

When Little Drop saw Finks stop, it also stopped, looking warily at the large amount of smoke spreading outwards.

Sudden--

Both Finks and Drop were on high alert.

Because a faint sound came from the smoke, followed by a violent fluctuation of psychic power.

Just as they were on high alert, the thick smoke was suddenly pierced by countless psychic bullets, instantly becoming riddled with holes like a honeycomb.

These serpent darts are Moro's flying stars.

After splitting, it completely enveloped the positions of Phinks and Droplet.

"Emission system... It's similar to Franklin's dual machine guns, but the power isn't that great. With such a wide coverage area, it's impossible to dodge them all. We'll just have to take it."

In just a glance, Phinks judged the power of the splitting star and had no intention of dodging. He directly distributed his manifested energy evenly throughout his body.

"Firm"

Finks raised his arms to shield his face, leaving a slit to observe. Beside him, Little Drop exclaimed in surprise, then cleverly retreated behind Finks.

"!?"

Seeing Xiaodi's actions, Finks' eyelids twitched, but he had no time to say anything.

A large number of split stars shot towards Phinks, bombarding him like a torrential rain.

Instantly, countless shooting stars exploded on Phinks' body, creating bursts of psychic sparks, but they could not break through Phinks' psychic defense.

While fending off the attacks from the flying stars, Phinks kept a close eye on his surroundings.

"Little Di, watch out, don't let them find any openings."

He even had the energy to speak up and remind Xiao Di.

"Ah."

Xiao Di responded.

She wasn't stupid. Even without Phinks's reminder, she knew that the smoke bombs combined with this wide-range distraction attack were definitely meant to create an opportunity for a sneak attack.

That's why I stopped in time and didn't rush into the smoke.

In this way, all you need to do is keep an eye on what's directly in front of you, and then wait for the smoke to clear...

Huh?
With the bulging-eyed fish around, it can directly suck in the smoke!
Little Drop belatedly realized this and immediately gave the order to the Bulging-Eyed Fish: "Bulging-Eyed Fish, suck up the smoke!"

"Hayo hayo!"

The bulging-eyed fish emitted a strange cry, and its large mouth, filled with sharp teeth, suddenly expanded, generating a powerful suction force.

The thick smoke that was spreading was instantly pulled into a spiral shape and swallowed up completely in the blink of an eye.

however--

Just as the smoke dissipated, a sharp whooshing sound came from the side!

It was a thin, sharp spike made of compressed paper scraps, aimed directly at Xiao Di's temple at a tricky angle.

Because Little Drop was activating the power of the bulging-eyed fish, it inevitably exited the "hard" state and could not evenly deploy defenses on its body.

However, Xiao Di is not fighting alone.

Just as the paper spikes were about to hit the tiny droplet—

Finks' arm darted out like lightning, his five fingers outstretched, precisely grasping the paper spike in his palm.

"laugh!"

With a soft sound, the paper spikes imbued with Kurt's psychic power shattered in Phinks's palm.

Grip strength has always been one of Finks' strengths.

Combined with the characteristics of enhancement types, this can create outstanding destructive power.

In addition to grip strength and muscle and bone strength, Phinks also has excellent reflexes. In the original work, he easily saw through Killua's various high-speed feints and controlled Killua with an overwhelming advantage.

Therefore, dealing with this level of sneak attack is naturally a piece of cake for him.

But the attack from Moro and his group was not over yet.

Just as Finks crushed the paper spikes, a chain that had been "hidden" and disappeared, like a venomous snake, silently coiled around the droplet.

However, Shizuku was very alert, and with Phinks' help to relieve the pressure, she instinctively used the freezing technique on her eyes when she saw Kalmod and Kurapika standing on either side.

Immediately, a fiery aura ignited in her eyes behind her glasses, allowing her to see the binding chain on her middle finger that had been "hidden" and eliminated.

Without any hesitation, she directly manipulated the bulging-eyed fish to smash forcefully against the chains.

Kurapika's eyes narrowed slightly, and with just a tug on his wrist, he turned the straight-stretched chain binding his middle finger into a wave shape.

The bulging-eyed fish slammed down, but instead of touching the binding chain, it was firmly bound by the chain under Kurapika's skillful control.

"Such strong binding force, how strange... A chain that can extend freely should be a materialization type."

Xiao Di keenly sensed the strangeness of the chain binding her middle finger, but couldn't understand what it was.

next moment.

Alarm bells rang in her mind, and she reflexively looked up at the sky.

Above them, a shower of telekinetic projectiles rained down on her and Phinks.

It's another Moro split star.

Initially, using the smoke as cover, they launched an attack on Little Drop and Finks from the front.

But before Phinks could block the first split star, Morrow threw another star into the sky.

At that time, Little Drop had not yet driven the bulging-eyed fish to inhale the smoke.

So at this very moment, the shooting star split in the sky and then covered the location where Little Drop and Finks were.

Dense specks of light were reflected in Little Drop's pupils. This time, there was no way to hide behind Phinks, so she immediately and decisively removed the bulging-eyed fish.

As the bulging-eyed fish dissipated into spiritual energy, the chain binding the middle finger lost its target and instantly twisted into a knot.

Xiao Di seized the opportunity to gain her freedom, leaping backward to escape the range of the Star Rain Spirit Bullets.

In the blink of an eye, Phinks noticed Little Drop's overly cautious reaction.

If the resulting large number of Nen projectiles cannot achieve the same 100% Upgrade conversion rate as Franklin, then there's no need to worry about their power.

But Shizuku is a Conjuration type, with only 60% of the Enhancement type traits...

So even if Phinks thinks Shizuku is being overly cautious, he has no right to say anything more.

Compared to Shizuku's decisive dodge of the Star Rain Nen Bullets, Phinks took full advantage of his Enhancement-type, arrogantly facing the falling Nen bullets and directly attacking what he considered the weakest, Kalluto.

bang bang bang...

At that moment, tiny shooting stars rained down on Phinks.

Just as Phinks judged, these flying star projectiles were too weak; they could be easily defended by simply maintaining a "firm" state.

However, the sheer number of Flying Star Bullets was too dense. Although they couldn't break through Phinks' defenses, they did slow Phinks' movement speed to some extent.

Having learned of Phinks' Nen attribute from Morrow, Kalto naturally couldn't stand still. He quickly created distance and moved closer to Morrow.

Moro watched calmly as Phinks withstood the onslaught of the split-type flying star, then condensed another flying star in his palm.

He didn't use the "deceptive flying star" mechanism for the two flying stars just now, but instead borrowed the way Zeno used Dragon Star Rain.

As for its power, it is naturally far less powerful than Zeno.

Furthermore, because the number of splits is too large, it is impossible for them to cause any damage to Phinks.

Nevertheless, Morrow used the same trick again, launching the flying star in his hand with considerable speed.

call out--

The flying star suddenly split in mid-air, one part hitting Phinks precisely, while the other part bombarded the ground around him.

Boom boom boom!
The dense explosions kicked up clouds of dust.

Although he couldn't break through Phinks's defenses, he managed to make him look disheveled.

The flying red dust obscured his vision, forcing him to slow his charge.

"An attack of this magnitude."

Phinks waved his hand, unleashing a burst of telekinesis that dispersed the billowing dust. His eyes flashed with malice as he looked at Moro, coldly saying, "Not even worthy of tickling me, trash..."

"Finx".

Just as Phinks was making his tough talk, Shizuku's voice suddenly came from behind: "It's been ten seconds already."

"..."

Finks's fierce expression froze abruptly, and he snapped, "Hey, Little Di, can you stop sabotaging things at a time like this?!"

"But...you just said it would take ten seconds to finish."

Xiao Di said straightforwardly.

"..."

Finks was speechless.

Moro watched this scene calmly, completely unconcerned by Phinks's harsh words.

Not even worthy of scratching an itch?

It is only natural to have such "feelings" and "reactions".

after all--