Hunter: I became stronger even after I died.

Chapter 228 The Second Bullet

Chapter 228 The Fifth Bullet

Kuroro's killing intent had never been so intense.

But in Feitan's perspective time and time again, he always restrained his emotions and deeply engraved Moro's image into his mind.

anyway--

This man, who has become a threat to the survival of the Phantom Troupe, must be killed!
As he experienced the memories firsthand, Kuroro's murderous intent grew increasingly intense and uncontrollable.

Moro, who is probably thousands of miles away, has no idea that Kuroro is going through everything he once went through.

This chain forged by hatred is like an unsolvable problem.

Only when one side dies can the conflict be resolved.

When Chrollo was pulled out of Feitan's memories, he was already mentally exhausted.

He closed his eyes briefly, and when he opened them again, his gaze gradually focused. He then looked down at his hands and noticed that his knuckles were white from excessive force.

Without making a sound, Kuroro released his fingers and looked up to meet the gazes of his companions.

Every gaze carried a silent question and a hidden worry.

"found it."

Kuroro's tone was calm to the point of indifference, as if he were merely stating a trivial conclusion.

But Machi and Pakunoda exchanged a glance; they knew very well that beneath Kuroro's calm exterior lay a most violent killing intent brewing.

Kubi raised his face, which was covered by long hair, and asked, "Captain, should we act immediately?"

"Not urgent."

Kuroro tilted his head slightly, his gaze returning to Feitan on the morgue, and calmly said:
"We'll decide after everyone arrives, but we can start gathering information on that person now. If all goes well, we can gather all the information before the assembly, and then deploy our plans directly at the meeting."

"it is good."

Kubi nodded slightly.

He was quite wary of the perpetrator who could kill a speed-type ability user like Feitan, just by imagining it.

Now that the perpetrator has finally been caught red-handed, both for the sake of the Phantom Troupe and for his own sake, Kubi is eager to eliminate this dangerous individual who has threatened the survival of the team as soon as possible.

Kuroro's gaze swept over Kubi, Machi, and Amanda in turn, finally settling on Pakunoda.

“Paknota, come with me for a moment.”

Before he finished speaking, he had already turned and walked towards the door.

Paknoda paused for a moment, slightly surprised, then quickly followed.

Kubi and Amanda watched the two leave in silence, while Machi frowned slightly, lost in thought.

The two emerged from the morgue, walked through a dimly lit corridor, and Kuroro led Pakunoda to an empty office.

"Commander, have you made any discoveries?"

Inside the office, Pakunoda stared at Kuroro's back.

Kuroro walked to the desk, picked up a pen from the desk, and took a piece of paper from the filing cabinet next to it, turning it over and placing it on the desk.

"There are still some things that haven't been clarified, but..."

With his back to Pakunoda, Kuroro drew the outline of a human head on a piece of paper, asking as he drew, "I need you to voluntarily reveal more detailed information about your abilities during the gathering. Can you do that?"

"can."

Paknoda didn't know what Kuroro was planning, but out of absolute trust in him, she answered without hesitation.

This answer, given without even a moment's thought, caused Kuroro to pause slightly in his pen.

Perhaps because of the successive deaths of his companions, his childhood memories, which had been buried deep in the past, have been constantly resurfacing lately.

Thinking of that precious time, Kuroro's eyes softened for a moment, but he immediately regained his usual cold and composed demeanor and continued drawing.

rustle--

The sound of the pen moving across the paper was exceptionally clear in the quiet room.

Just a moment.

With his superb drawing skills, Chrollo perfectly replicated Morel's appearance on paper.

Then, he picked up his phone, took a picture of the sketch he had just drawn, and with a few taps of his finger, sent the photo to two recipients at the same time.

One recipient was the intelligence network, and the other was the young assassin from the Zoldyck family.

After finishing these tasks, Kuroro turned to Pakunoda, intending to explain why he wanted Pakunoda to reveal her abilities at the gathering.

Before he could even speak, his phone started vibrating.

Kuroro glanced down at his phone screen; it was Illumi's number.

It's late at night now...

He had just sent Illumi a sketch of the "target confirmed" when Illumi immediately called him.

This behavior, which would normally seem unusual to Illumi, surprised Kuroro somewhat, and he naturally thought of a possibility.

It seems that Illumi might know the person who killed Feitan and Shalnark.

Kuroro pressed the answer button, held the phone to his ear, and immediately Illumi's unique, flat voice came through the receiver, devoid of any emotion, like a stagnant pool, where even the fluctuations in tone seemed superfluous.

"You found him, well, faster than I expected."

"..."

Kuroro's eyebrows twitched slightly, but he remained silent, or rather, he was waiting for Illumi to continue.

Illumi said, "Are you interested in renegotiating the details of the commission?"

"reason?"

Kuroro calmly countered with a question.

Illumi said, "I have the information you need most right now."

"what do you want?"

Kuroro asked bluntly.

Illumi's tone remained completely flat: "Add more money."

"I agree. You can set the price."

Kuroro stared at the sketch on his desk, his gaze growing deep.

He was not completely ignorant of Illumi.

At least, he was pretty sure that Illumi wouldn't do something so eagerly and proactively just for money.

There must be another motive he is unaware of.

Regardless of Illumi's purpose, for Chrollo at this moment, it's worth listening to the information Illumi provides.

Seeing that Chrollo readily agreed, Illumi also got straight to the point:

"They're really wealthy, but I always price things fairly. Hmm, let me think where to begin. First of all... Hisoka is an 'informer'."

"Ok?"

A sudden ripple appeared in Kuroro's eyes.

The possibility of a mole within the team had been anticipated beforehand, and to verify this possibility, Paknotta quickly investigated everyone.

The result was that there was no problem.

Chrollo believed that Pakunoda's abilities were infallible, but why didn't he test Hisoka's abilities?

After a brief moment of thought, Kuroro suddenly remembered Illumi's ability.

He had seen Illumi's Needleman.

Based on this, it can be concluded that Illumi is a pilot-type character.

Therefore, considering that Illumi knew Hisoka was an "informant," it is highly likely that Hisoka commissioned Illumi to use his Manipulation ability to tamper with his memories, thus deceiving Pakunoda's memory exploration ability.

Kuroro quickly sorted out his thoughts and asked coldly, "Hisoka commissioned you to alter his memories?"

"You guessed it! Well, that saves me the trouble of explaining."

Illumi's expression and even his tone remained unchanged. "Now let's talk about the terms."

"Tell me."

Kuroro's eyes held a hint of coldness.

Illumi said quietly, "I only have two conditions..."

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8 month 24 number.

The night was as dark as ink, and dark clouds churned in the sky.

Uvogin and Nobunaga arrived together at the hospital where Feitan's body was kept. With a clear objective, they headed straight for the morgue on the basement floor.

When they opened the door, they only saw six people who were already waiting there: Chrollo, Pakunoda, Machi, Kubi, Amanda, and Hisoka.

"what?"

Uvogin frowned, his gaze sweeping over every corner of the morgue, a hint of surprise in his voice, "I thought we were slow enough, but those guys from Phinks were even slower?"

"Wokin".

Nobunaga reached out and placed his hand on Uvogin's shoulder.

Uvogin paused for a moment, then looked at Nobunaga with a puzzled expression.

Nobunaga gestured to him with his eyes to stop talking, then looked at Kuroro and the others in the morgue.

Only Uvogin...

They didn't realize the awkward atmosphere.

The fact that Finks and the others haven't arrived yet is a very bad sign.

"Commander, are we still unable to contact them?"

Nobunaga looked directly at Kuroro and asked.

Kuroro nodded silently.

Seeing Kuroro's reaction, Nobunaga instinctively gripped the scabbard tighter, his eyes turning cold.

Even without getting in touch, we can roughly confirm it's...

Uvogin realized what was happening, his expression changed immediately, and he looked anxious, as if he wanted to say something.

But Kuroro seemed to have anticipated his reaction, or perhaps to shut him up, he said first, "Given the current situation, what going missing means is no longer worth confirming."

His calm tone carried an undeniable authority as he slowly scanned everyone present, and then said:
"Now, we only need to do one thing... that is to eliminate any presence that could potentially threaten the Phantom Troupe."

"..."

Uvogin listened with rare patience, but anyone could see the raging anger surging within him, which was already burning on his face.

As Kuroro finished speaking, his eyes widened in fury, like a vengeful demon from hell, and he spat out two words through gritted teeth: "Who is it?"

Kuroro didn't answer directly, but instead looked at Pakunoda.

Paknoda immediately stepped forward a short distance, her Nen surging in her hand, and quickly materialized a silver revolver.

In an instant, everyone in the morgue focused their attention on Paknoda.

Paknotta slowly raised the silver revolver, its barrel gleaming coldly under the light.

"Everyone here, except Amanda, should be well aware of my abilities... As long as I touch the target's body, I can directly access their most primal memories by asking questions."

Her fingertips lightly traced the barrel of the gun, and her spiritual energy flowed through the magazine.

"But there is another ability: I can extract these memories and compress them into memory bullets. Anyone hit by a memory bullet can receive the memory completely in an instant."

“We previously obtained another form of intelligence capability called ‘Mirage of the Underworld’ in the Kingdom of Ryuo.”

"With this ability, the leader obtained Feitan's first-person memories before his death, and this ability is somewhat similar to mine. Both of us can directly implant extracted memories into other people's minds."

"However... the limitations of the Yellow Springs Mirage are the number of uses and the risk of memory loss with each use."

"In other words, the leader cannot use the Mirage of the Underworld continuously to transplant memories into your heads, but my ability... can avoid this risk."

Paknoda explained in detail the abilities and limitations of the Mirage of the Underworld, as well as another way to use her own abilities.

With her abilities as an aid, Chrollo wouldn't need to repeatedly extract Feitan's first-person memories from before his death.

In this way, risks can be avoided while allowing companions to receive information more clearly, and the limited number of uses of the Yellow Spring Mirage can be saved.

In addition to this, Paknota can also compress all the recently collected intelligence about Moro into a memory bomb.

This will allow everyone to have a more direct understanding of the information.

Nobunaga understood, his thumb pressing down on the hilt of his sword, and said in a deep voice, "Then what are you waiting for?"

"understood."

Paknoda looked at Nobunaga, who had volunteered, and immediately stretched out her arm, pointing the gun at Nobunaga.

But before Paknotta could pull the trigger, Nobunaga suddenly said, "Wait."

"What, are you scared...?"

Paknoda looked at Nobunaga calmly.

Nobunaga said expressionlessly, "Don't talk nonsense. I just wanted to ask if you want to put away your 'qi'."

"Don't worry, my 'Memory Bullet' isn't so weak that it can't even penetrate 'Entangle'."

Paknoda replied.

Nobunaga nodded.

"boom!"

Just after Nobunaga nodded, Pakunoda pulled the trigger, and a bullet pierced through the gunfire, hitting Nobunaga directly in the forehead.

The impact of the bullet caused Nobunaga's head to tilt backward, and a wisp of flame-like Nen ignited at the point of impact.

at the same time.

Nobunaga received all the memories.

It's a very strange feeling, as if the memory was originally his, and he could receive it all without going through a process like watching a movie.

"Moro, is it... I will never forget your name and your face before I kill you!"

Nobunaga slowly straightened his head, veins bulging on his forehead.

Paknota then looked at the others and asked, "Who's next?"

"I!"

Uvogin was undoubtedly the one to step up.

boom!
Pakunoda's second memory bullet struck Uvogin in the forehead.

After that, Paknoda stopped looking at Uvogin and instead looked at the others.

Machi took a step forward.

boom!
Next up is Kubi.

boom!
After firing four memory bullets, Pakunoda looked at Hisoka and Amanda.

"really interesting."

Hisoka fiddled with a playing card, glanced sideways at Amanda who showed no reaction, and then looked at Pakunoda.

Upon seeing this, Paknoda immediately raised her gun and aimed it at Hisoka.

The leader guessed right...

By the time it comes to the "fifth" and "sixth" bullets, Amanda, having only recently joined the Brigade, will naturally place herself last without making any statement.

In this situation, Hisoka, unaware that his identity had been exposed, adopted a go-with-the-flow attitude, neither interfering with Nobunaga's enthusiasm nor with Amanda's passivity.

Therefore, in such a "natural" event, Hisoka will only accept the fifth bullet.

And this fifth bullet...

It wasn't a memory bullet, but a Nen bullet with a pre-determined order... capable of killing Hisoka instantly when he was completely unprepared!

"boom!"

Paknotta pulled the trigger.

Gunfire flashed—

Hisoka, however, was extremely perceptive and sensed a faint killing intent.

next moment.

He was shot in the forehead, and a spray of blood appeared.

Immediately afterwards, as if struck by a heavy blow, he fell backward and flew away.

Everyone except Kuroro was taken aback by this scene.

Bang.