Hunter: I became stronger even after I died.

Chapter 309 A Flying Star Descends from the Sky

Chapter 309 A Flying Star Descends from the Sky
Ten years ago, police in a certain country arrested a homeless man without an ID card on suspicion of murder.

After investigation, the police found that the homeless man had neither nationality nor any identification.

The homeless man claimed to be from Meteor City and vehemently denied committing any crime.

The police in that country insisted on prosecuting the homeless man, and the court accepted the case without giving him any chance to defend himself, directly convicting him.

It wasn't until three years later, when the police caught the real culprit, that the homeless man's wrongful conviction was overturned.

but,

Everyone involved in this miscarriage of justice was soon killed in a terrorist suicide bombing.

"We don't reject anything, and don't take anything away from us."

Beside the scene scattered with severed limbs, only this sentence remained.

This is exactly the style of Meteor City.

In order to carry out this almost obsessive belief, the people of Meteor City often exhibit a crazy attitude when it comes to "revenge" or "expressing opinions," even at the cost of their lives.

For them, carrying bombs and launching suicide attacks on targets was nothing more than routine.

So when Kurapika said, "They're from Meteor City," Moro immediately understood the purpose of the group of suicide bombers.

They've come to avenge the Phantom Troupe once again.

It seems that the Phantom Troupe's status and reputation in Meteor City are indeed irreplaceable.

So much so that the residents of Meteor City persevered.

This kind of reckless and vengeful behavior has nothing to do with the difference in strength, and it doesn't even consider whether it will succeed or not.

Thinking of this, Moro frowned.

If he hadn't reacted quickly enough and been able to use the starlight condensation to read the crucial information...

If this group of people were to recklessly detonate bombs here, many innocent people would likely be affected by the blast wave.

"Does this happen often?"

Moro glanced coldly at the scattered pieces of flesh and blood falling from mid-air, then turned to look at Kurapika beside him.

Since Kurapika was the one who annihilated the Phantom Troupe on the surface, the residents of Meteor City naturally regarded him as their primary target for revenge.

Given Meteor City's style, it's unlikely that there will only be a few operations.

Upon hearing Moro's question, Kurapika's coldness softened slightly, and he calmly replied, "The attacks are quite frequent, but they don't pose a significant threat. It's just... they're getting increasingly reckless."

Similar attacks have been occurring since September of last year.

As he said, the threat was not great, but the madness involved was evident.

Moro remained silent upon hearing this, but his gaze grew even colder.

Menchi looked at Kurapika and suddenly remembered the bloody smell she had detected on him during the Hunter Exams. She frowned and asked, "Were you attacked before you came to the Exams a few days ago?"

"Correct."

Kurapika remained calm, as if it were just a trivial matter.

He noticed Moro's cold expression, so he raised his right hand, causing the contract chains to make a crisp metallic clanging sound.

“My Soul-Chasing Chains can sense killing intent and hostility. Even if you hadn’t made a move just now, that level of attack wouldn’t have posed any threat to me.”

Since the power characteristics of the Contract Chains were concentrated into one, abilities like the ability to sense killing intent have become more sophisticated and are now sufficient to help Kurapika avoid most attacks and assassinations.

Moro glanced at the chains in his hand and understood that Kurapika was explaining this on purpose, not wanting him to worry too much.

But Meteor City's persistent, stalker-like attacks are ultimately disgusting.

If they don't learn their lesson, these attacks will likely continue indefinitely.

Moreover, the existence of the Phantom Troupe brought significant changes to Meteor City and indirectly created a path for Meteor City to extract benefits from the outside world.

Now that the Phantom Troupe has been destroyed, it's possible that someone in Meteor City might inherit their legacy and rebuild a similar team.

But saying it's about inheriting someone's legacy doesn't seem quite accurate.

It's more accurate to say it's imitation.

After all, for human beings, needs and interests are always the purest driving forces.

Moro had considered this possibility, and the idea of taking action against Meteor City naturally arose in his mind.

He wanted to let Meteor City know who they shouldn't mess with and what they shouldn't do.

However, even if I have ideas now, I can only put them aside for the time being.

Moro didn't say much about the matter, only asking, "Should we change airports?"

"Need not."

Kurapika's gaze pierced through the chaos, landing on the airport entrance not far away. He said, "Before boarding the ship, I can use the chains to check for potential threats, and besides..."

As he spoke, he turned his gaze to the numerous police cars speeding down the main road.

The suicide bombing has already occurred, serving as a wake-up call for local law enforcement.

In this way, the investigation will naturally be taken more seriously and strictly.

So there's even less to worry about.

Of course, the most important thing is that Kurapika can use the Soul Chain to avoid risks in advance.

In fact, the effect of the Soul-Chasing Chain was inspired by Moro's Starburst Condensation.

Some Nen users do indeed absorb the strengths of others in the process of developing their unique abilities due to teaching, influence, reference, and imitation.

For example, Kim and Kate are the same.

One of the characteristics of gold's abilities is randomness.

Under his tutelage, Kate's development of her abilities also added an uncontrollable element of randomness to her power system.

This is what makes the concept of "念" unique.

Moro ultimately trusted Kurapika's abilities and did not try to persuade him to change his route.

Furthermore, the identity of a professional hunter is indeed useful; simply showing the license eliminates the need to cooperate with on-site investigations.

Before long, the airship carrying Kurapika and Menchi gradually rose into the air and disappeared into the distance.

Moro didn't linger. After the airship took off, he left the airport directly to meet up with Chimera.

He thought that if they acted quickly, Xiao Jie and the others might not have boarded the ship yet.

Then let's just take them along and go to Whale Island together.

High in the sky.

The chimera flapped its wings and flew at a considerable speed, leaving a trail of air in its wake.

During its flight, it would occasionally turn its long neck and turn its head toward Moro on its back, seemingly very pleased.

Moro made it focus on identifying the direction, and only then did it become more restrained.

"Ok?"

Moro's eyes suddenly narrowed as he noticed a dazzling trail of psychic energy streaking across the clouds in the far distance.

He looked closely and discovered that it was Ziba Nian, the Zoldyck family butler who had transformed into a flying machine, and Yu Yin, who served as fuel.

"They...are they here to see Kurt and Killua?"

That direction is exactly where the port town is located, Moro is pretty sure of it...

The reason Zipanian and Yuyin were dispatched was mostly to bring Killua and Kalto back to Kukuroku Mountain.

Upon reading this, Moro paused for a moment, then bent down and gently patted the chimera's back.

Chimera also noticed Ziponian and Yuyin flying at high speed, and as if it could receive Moro's thoughts, it immediately sped up and followed.

the other side.

As soon as Gon, Killua, and Killua entered the port town, some residents on the street attacked them without warning, like zombies.

Both Killua and Kalluto sensed the murderous intent emanating from these residents in an instant.

Thus, the two assassins made essentially the same judgment and mercilessly killed the resident who lunged at them.

There are some differences in their judgments.

That is, Killua decisively eliminates threats based solely on the other party's killing intent. Kalluto, on the other hand, noticed that these residents were surrounded by faint Nen energy and had blank expressions, as if their consciousness had been erased.

This characteristic is undoubtedly controlled by a user of manipulation abilities.

Based on this assessment, Kurt acted with even greater decisiveness and speed.

In a single encounter, more than a dozen controlled residents were killed.

Once it is confirmed that the attacker is a controller capable of manipulating multiple human puppets, then reducing the number of human puppets as quickly as possible is a common-sense response.

However, Gon and Killua were completely unaware of this.

So much so that they were all taken aback when they saw how ruthless Kurt was.

Although Killua also killed people, it was at most a self-defense counterattack. He only killed the residents who rushed in front of him, unlike Killua who directly swept down a group with "Paper Blade".

But they soon understood why.

Xiao Jie didn't kill them; he simply used his agile skills to knock out the two residents who pounced on him like zombies.

Just the next second,
The two residents who had been knocked unconscious suddenly sprang up again and, in a strange, octopus-like posture, firmly restrained Xiao Jie.

Its power was so fierce and ruthless that it even produced the sound of bones undergoing high-intensity stress.

Xiao Jie's face was instantly filled with surprise.

Before him stood one of the residents, clinging tightly to him.

Up close, he saw the residents' empty eyes, as if their souls had long been ripped away.

chi chi-

Just as Xiao Jie was at a loss, the two residents who were holding him tightly like octopuses suddenly shot out dozens of blood arrows.

Then, under Xiao Jie's trembling gaze, the bodies of the two residents were cut into more than a dozen pieces, which fell limply from his body.

It was Kurt who made the move, manipulating the paper blade to slice open the bodies of the two residents.

Xiao Jie stared blankly at the bloody remains scattered at his feet, mechanically raising his hand to wipe the blood splattered on his face, seemingly still not recovered from this madness.

Killua's expression suddenly turned serious, and he finally realized that this was no ordinary attack.

The moment that thought flashed through my mind, a strong sense of crisis suddenly came over me.

Before he could even identify the source of the danger, a dull thud exploded in his ears.

Reflexively, he looked in the direction of the sound and saw a burly figure smash Kurt away with his shoulder.

Kurt's slender body crashed into a building on the street like a cannonball, and the wall collapsed with a loud bang that shook the entire street.

The burly figure stopped his forward charge, slightly twisting his shoulders with a piercing sound.

He then slowly turned his head, his cold gaze fixed on Killua, who was frozen in place.

In Killua's trembling eyes, the man's thick, rugged features and imposing body, exuding a powerful sense of oppression, were slowly reflected.

When his eyes met those of the man, cold sweat broke out on his forehead uncontrollably, and Illumi's voice echoed in his mind like a curse.

"Avoid battles where you are not confident of victory."

"When you encounter an opponent you believe you cannot defeat, run away without hesitation."

"Run! Run!"

That Nen needle, which even death could not remove, was like an inviolable command, eroding Killua's will in every way at this moment.

The fighting spirit to protect Kurt and Gon, the desire to stand up for them, were crushed in an instant.

He didn't want to run away.

But his legs moved backward on their own.

When he realized he was backing down, an unprecedented sense of shame nearly drove Killua to the brink of collapse.

The burly man saw Killua's reaction and was somewhat surprised, then let out a disdainful sneer.

"Charn, did you succeed just now?"

Just then, on the balcony of a building on the street, a young man wearing a woolen hat, with sparse eyebrows and freckles on both sides of his nose, casually rested his hands on the balcony railing and looked down at the burly man.

The burly man called Chan replied in a deep voice, "It should be contained. Let's kill this one first."

The voice has not fallen,

Charn strode forward, his palm surging with Nen energy, and swung it at Killua as if swatting a fly.

Killua, however, retreated at high speed, avoiding Charn's slap.

The Nen needle, strengthened by death, will only shatter Killua's fighting spirit under certain circumstances, without affecting Killua's performance in avoiding danger and attacking.

Charn was quite surprised when he saw Killua dodge the attack.

From his perspective, Killua was clearly so terrified he could barely move...

On the balcony of an apartment building.

The freckled youth was also taken aback. He immediately leaped down, blocking Killua's path, while simultaneously controlling the residents to come out of their houses.

In just a second or two, they surrounded Killua and Gon.

Then, Charn and the freckled youth unleashed their auras, impacting Killua in the arena with their cold killing intent.

Killua couldn't withstand the pressure and suddenly figured out an escape route. Under the influence of Illumi's curse-like voice, he put his escape plan into action.

But at this moment.

A fierce figure descended from the sky and crashed onto the stone slabs of the street.

Boom!

The stone slabs shattered and flew everywhere, stirring up waves of sand and dust.

Charn, the freckled youth, Kurt who ran out of the house, and Gon and Killua all looked at the newcomer.

Then they saw Ziponian, who was even more robust than Chaen.

“Zipo Nian…”

"Young Master Killua, it's alright now."

Zipanian glanced at Qiya, who seemed to have just suffered mental torment, and couldn't help but sigh.

His gaze then shifted to Charn and the freckled youth, a fierce killing intent flashing in his eyes.

Charn and the freckled youth were shocked. After assessing the difference in strength, they exchanged a very rational glance and then scattered and fled.

This decisive decision earned Zipo Nian's high regard.

however,
Another figure descended from the sky.

But this figure was not as ferocious as Zipanian. Although it was also very fast, it landed very lightly.

Everyone present, including Ziponian, immediately looked at the newcomer.

"Moro!"

Kurt looked at the newcomer and exclaimed in surprise.

Ziponian raised an eyebrow slightly.

Moro's landing point blocked Charn's escape route.

Charn clenched his right fist and coldly shouted, "Get out of my way."

He was greeted by Moro, who suddenly exuded a powerful aura.

This guy is really strong too...!
Charn's pupils suddenly contracted sharply upon sensing the powerful aura emanating from Morrow.

Then he saw Moro suddenly raise his index finger, seemingly pointing to the sky.