Hunter: I became stronger even after I died.

Chapter 251 Illumi: Kalluto, you?!
In just about six months, Moro's Nen strength doubled.

This fact, presented before their eyes, was what shocked Illumi the most at first.

As an assassin who underwent hellish training from his family since childhood, Illumi never slacked off in his training after learning "Nen".

During his more than ten years as an assassin, he honed his Nen abilities to a very high level through countless real battles.

But Moro only took six months...

He then completed the long journey that had taken him eight or ten years.

It may seem unbelievable, but that's the truth.

Illumi couldn't imagine how Moro had done it. For a moment, he even felt that the reward for Moro's commission was too low.

However, given the circumstances at the time, he didn't have much time to think.

Despite Moro's astonishing growth rate, the difference between him and Moro is not significant in terms of the strength of their manifested auras alone.

However, at this very moment...

A huge wave of emotion surged within Illumi.

He couldn't even imagine how Moro had enhanced his Nen to such a level in just six months, let alone that he had actually mastered two new abilities!

As his arm and severed hand flew into the air, Illumi, feeling an intense sense of crisis, suddenly used a limb-bending footwork technique to retreat rapidly in a series of ever-changing afterimages.

Seeing Illumi retreat in a sorry state, Moro sighed inwardly at the shortcomings of the Crimson Bird Blade.

However, Illumi's ability to react in that moment truly befits his status as the eldest son of the Zoldyck family.

Moro sheathed the Crimson Jade Bird Blade, stomped his foot, and chased after Illumi.

"Starlight Convergence"

The dazzling starlight spread rapidly from Moro's body, enveloping the many afterimages and Illumi.

And these ubiquitous star points immediately picked up the key information.

Moro charged forward, attacking the real Illumi while simultaneously retracting his "Starlight Condensation" ability.

His Nen technique proficiency is only at a second-rate level; in terms of speed, his application of techniques from release to retraction is not fast enough.

But it's sufficient for this purpose.

Because he could tell that Illumi was in a state of confusion.

Swish!
Moro, radiating a chilling killing intent, easily approached Illumi.

Having lost his right arm and left hand, Illumi was clearly powerless to resist Morrow's relentless attacks.

All he could do was try his best to keep his composure.

Only in this way can we ensure that the amount of Qi visible on the body surface reaches its peak.

If he can't even stabilize his vital energy, then he deserves to die here today.

Illumi was, after all, a top-notch assassin trained by the Zoldyck family, and he wouldn't completely lose his composure like that.

Before Moro's attack arrived, he stabilized his manifested energy, and even without his hands, he could use his exquisite "flow" to strengthen his defense.

However, Moro is no longer the same person he once was.

Having gained the upper hand, he easily broke through Illumi's defenses.

With just one punch and one kick, Illumi suffered a heavy blow, coughing up blood and nearly losing his balance.

At this moment, Illumi not only felt Moro's intense killing intent, but also directly felt the aura of death lingering in his heart.

Therefore, his actions of withdrawing his murderous intent and giving up just now because the commission was terminated were meaningless.

But he didn't want to die here so easily.

Faced with the imminent crisis that threatened his life, Illumi's brows and eyes twisted slightly. With a clean cut on his wrist where his entire hand had been lost, he forcefully squeezed the two beaded pins hanging on his body.

puff.

Amidst the splattering of blood, Illumi used the bones and muscles of his wrists to clamp two beaded pins inside, and then inserted them into his own legs.

"Acupuncture Point Strengthening"

Illumi's legs suddenly swelled, and he burst into even greater speed, flying backward to escape the threat from Moro.

But Morrow caught up with him in an instant.

This is all because he was too slow in removing and inserting the needle.

The flesh and blood in a wrist wound can never be as flexible as the palm.

Therefore, Moro started ahead of time, almost simultaneously following Illumi's retreat.

With a sharp whooshing sound, Moro once again thrust the Crimson Jade Bird Blade in his hand toward Illumi's vital point.

Illumi awkwardly swayed his body to dodge Moro's attack.

But the next moment,
Moro clenched his other hand into a fist and struck Illumi hard on the cheek.

Bang!
With that punch, Illumi's face instantly deformed, and he flew several meters away before landing on the ground, rolling several times before coming to a stop.

The blood splattered from the wounds on his hands left a scarlet trail on the ground.

Moro gripped the Crimson Jade Bird Blade in his other hand and gave chase with an icy expression.

However, Illumi's resilience was truly astonishing; after being hit twice, he was still able to stand up.

It must have been the sadistic training of the Zoldyck family that gave Illumi his amazing stamina.

Even if Illumi could still get up in time, he was already close to being seriously injured and on the verge of death. He swayed from side to side, as if he would fall back to the ground in the next second.

Upon seeing this, Moro's eyes flashed with murderous intent.

Close in, strike.

The gleaming red blade was aimed directly at Illumi's lifeline.

Illumina's body, which had suffered repeated severe injuries, was already somewhat out of control.

As the sharp red blade hurtled towards them, there was nothing they could do.

Just then, a ball of paper scraps, like a python, lashed out from the air and struck Illumi's side first.

Illumi was struck hard, and as scraps of paper flew around him, his already severely injured body was sent flying once more.

Out of the corner of his eye, he could see a corner of the crumpled paper and immediately recognized it as Kurt's move.

"Kurt, you...?!"

Shocked and bewildered, Illumi's consciousness finally snapped.

When his body crashed heavily to the ground, he had completely lost consciousness.

not far away.

Kurt, who was still waving his fan, was slightly taken aback when he saw his older brother being knocked away by the Snake Bite Dance.

Even though they did it themselves, they seem not to understand why they did it.

next to.

Kurapika had already exited his Scarlet Eyes state and looked at Kalmod with some surprise.

After killing Paknoda, he immediately turned his attention to the other battles taking place.

Then he decisively went to assist Kurt in the battle and killed Amanda directly.

With Amanda's death, Kal't was finally able to focus on the battle between Morrow and Illumi.

When he saw Illumi critically injured and driven to the brink of death.

Kal'ts' only thought at that moment was to separate Morrow and Illumi.

And that's how the snake-biting dance happened.

However, due to the urgency of the situation, Kalluto didn't even have time to think and instinctively controlled the Serpent's Bite Dance to bombard Illumi.

Although it worsened Illumi's injuries and even caused him to lose consciousness...

But in the end, it did separate Morrow and Illumi.

Kurapika looked at Kalmod's slightly open mouth and bewildered reaction, and besides surprise, a question slowly arose in his mind.

He could tell that Kal'ts' original intention was to rescue Illumi.

So under normal circumstances, if the intention was to stop Moro from killing, the snake-bite dance should have been aimed at Moro.

After all, Moro was in good condition, and even if he was hit by that level of snake bite dance due to a slow reaction, he would not be injured.

"..."

Kurapika never expected that, in the face of time constraints and instinctive choices, Kalluto would rather inflict a heavy blow on Illumi than unleash the Serpent's Bite Dance to attack Moro.

Of course, in terms of the outcome...

It seems there's no problem.

Kurapika silently withdrew his gaze, realizing that Kalluto, like him, placed Moro in a very important position. Kalluto snapped out of his daze and rushed in a panic towards the heavily injured and unconscious Illumi.

During this time, Morrow was also surprised by Kurt's actions.

When the snake-bite dance lashed out from the air, his first thought was that Kal't would block him so he could kill Illumi.

In that instant, he had no intention of blaming Kurt.

In fact, when he decided to use the opportunity of "self-defense" to kill Illumi, he had already anticipated Kal'tsit's reaction.

So his idea at the time was to take down Illumi before Kalmod finished his fight.

Once a fait accompli is established, regardless of Kurt's reaction or whether he is willing to accept his so-called "self-defense" explanation, he will accept the outcome.

He just never expected this...

Kurt did intervene.

But the method was completely different from what he had expected.

Morrow looked at Kurt, who looked panicked and as if he had done something wrong, and felt a mix of emotions, but also a sense of amusement.

At this moment, the intense killing intent in his eyes receded like a tide, unwilling to let Kurt touch him in the slightest.

Illumi...

He will definitely find an opportunity to get rid of him.

But now that things have come to this, he can't possibly finish off the critically injured Illumi in front of Kaldor.

If he did that...

I'm afraid I'll lose Kurt, an important friend.

"We need to try a different approach..."

Moro silently put away the Crimson Jade Bird Knife, thinking to himself.

blah blah.

Kurapika approached and glanced at Kalmod, who was helplessly examining Illumi's injuries. From his angle, he could see Kalmod's almost-crying reaction.

"Moro".

"Ok?"

Moro turned his head to look at Kurapika.

Kurapika withdrew his gaze from Kalluto's direction and turned to look at Morrow, asking in a low voice, "Should we help treat that person?"

"?"

Moro paused for a moment, then looked at Kurapika with a "Are you out of your mind?" look.

Kurapika sensed the aggression in Moro's gaze and hesitated, "Did I... say something wrong?"

"No."

Moro shook his head.

He suddenly realized that only he, having experienced the rewind of death, knew what evil deeds Illumi had committed in the "future".

At this point in time, both Kurapika and Kalluto were completely unaware of this.

"There's no need to treat that 'thing,' even if Kurt begs... well, Kurt won't do that."

As Morrow spoke, he looked at Kal't, who had already begun using scraps of paper to stop Illumi's bleeding.

Kalluto was also aware of Kurapika's healing chain ability, and naturally knew that the price of the healing was Kurapika's lifespan.

Therefore, it's likely that only when Illumi is about to die will Kalpak come to ask Kurapika for help, carrying some kind of psychological burden.

Hearing Moro address Illumi, Kurapika recalled the battle between Moro and Illumi that had just taken place.

Although he didn't sense any killing intent from Illumi, he roughly understood the relationship between Morrow and Illumi.

is the enemy.

Kurapika confirmed this relationship.

Moro and Kurapika watched as Kalluto treated Illumi's injuries.

The ongoing battle inside the arena, and Hisoka lying unconscious on the ground, seemed to have been forgotten by them.

After a while.

Kal'ts managed to stop the bleeding for Illumi using his abilities.

However, Illumi's injuries are particularly serious at this moment, and he must receive treatment as soon as possible.

Thinking of this, Kurt hesitated before walking toward Morrow.

"Moro, I..."

Approaching Morrow, Kurt lowered his head, his blood-stained hands nervously clutching the corner of his kimono, leaving a dark red stain on the purple fabric.

Morrow glanced at Kurt's hands, which were furrowed into large, dark red wrinkles around the corner of his kimono, and sighed almost imperceptibly. Then, he spoke as casually as possible:

"Do whatever you want, don't worry about me."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Kal't fell silent for a moment. When he was urgently stopping Illumi's bleeding earlier, he no longer sensed Morona's killing intent towards Illumi.

So it's clear that Moro has already given up his murderous intent, but...

"Why did Brother Illumi..."

"Kuroro commissioned me to assassinate him, and he accepted."

Morrow didn't hide this from Kalmod, even though it sounded like he was explaining Illumi's motives.

Upon hearing this, Kurt suddenly understood.

No wonder the eldest brother suddenly attacked Moro, and then inexplicably withdrew his killing intent.

Since Kuroro, the employer, is dead, the commission naturally terminated prematurely.

Even after understanding the cause and effect, Kalluto couldn't help but feel anger and resentment towards Illumi.

In his opinion, his elder brother could have refused the request.

Kurt took a deep breath, looked up into Morrow's eyes, and said hesitantly and cautiously, "Morrow, I want to contact home and ask Ziponian to come and take my brother home... Will you blame me?"

"How could I possibly blame you?"

Morrow extended his right hand and gently placed it on Kurt's little head.

Kurt lowered his head slightly, silently feeling the warmth emanating from Morrow's palm. He knew Morrow wasn't angry, but he couldn't calm down.

"Go and contact them quickly."

Moro withdrew his hand and said something.

"Ah."

Ke nodded and reached for his phone, but found nothing.

"Moro..."

Kurt looked up and saw that Morrow had already handed him the phone.

Before setting off, Moro made sure that Ko brought his cell phone.

So of course I know why Kurt is speaking up.

After handing the phone to Kurt, Morrow walked straight toward Kangzai and Machi, who were still fighting.

Judging from the battle situation, Machi is already running out of manpower and is in a precarious situation.

Moro had just withdrawn the killing intent that Illumi had stirred up, but that didn't mean it had disappeared.

He needs to release his pent-up anger.

Machi, who was still putting up a stubborn resistance, naturally became his target.

"Blitzkrieg"

Moro, seizing the opportune moment, teleported behind Machi without any regard for reason.

puff!

The sharp blade of the Crimson Jade Bird Knife pierced straight into Machi's heart from her back.

Machi's face paled instantly upon receiving this blow.

Those eyes, so beautiful they could make even other women envious, looked at their dead companions in their final moments.

She closed her beautiful eyes, which she was born with, in despair.

(End of this chapter)