Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

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The first floor of the building.

Lakshya casually crushed the head of the security guard in his hand.

He was a burly, strong man, dressed in combat gear that clearly identified him as a mercenary, his entire being exuding powerful and refined spiritual energy.

Behind him, a man and a woman, both dressed in mercenary uniforms, were looking dejected.

In front of them, a tall, thin man with curly hair crossed his arms, snorted coldly, and said:

"Have you two learned your lesson? You let your guard down when you saw that the other party was an ordinary person, and as a result, you got tricked and the captain had to clean up the mess!"

"Yes, Vice Captain!" ×2

Two listless, drawn-out responses made Vice-Captain Marol feel his blood pressure rise again.

He helplessly covered his face with his hand and sighed.

These two new recruits had only been learning the "Nian" skill for less than two weeks, and they even struggled with the basic "Ning" skill, yet they dared to underestimate professional security guards with guns.

If the captain hadn't intervened, that female rookie teammate would probably have been caught off guard and killed.

Even ordinary people are having such a hard time fighting.

According to intelligence, the mission they were tasked with hunting down was a high-ranking disciple of one of the Hunter Association's "Zodiacs".

If these two newcomers were sent to complete the mission alone, many of them would probably die...

Chapter Thirty-Two: Rolling Fog × Qi Peixin

The female team member lowered her head, glanced quickly at the serious-looking Marol, and stuck out her tongue.

When she turned her head, she met the speechless gaze of another new male team member, who looked at her as if she were an idiot.

A blush instantly spread across her face, and she hurriedly started babbling incoherently, her hands flailing wildly in the air like an octopus:

"Ah, I, I understand! I'll go scout ahead right now!"

She then ran as if fleeing towards the stairs leading to the second floor, leaving everyone behind her speechless.

'That reckless guy…' ×3

Marol was about to tell her to be careful when she saw a ferocious giant fish suddenly rush out from the corner of the stairs in front of her!

Before anyone could react, the giant fish opened its massive mouth, revealing countless sharp teeth that led deep into its mouth, and bit off the female team member's head!

The female team member's fragile "entanglement" was torn to shreds like paper!

'What!?'

Marol's pupils contracted, and the quiet [Entanglement] on his body instantly transformed into a powerful [Training].

Just as he was about to make a move, he caught a glimpse of Captain Lakshya charging out like a cannonball with a ferocious aura!

Laksh slammed his fist into the fish, sending the strange fish crashing against the wall and bouncing back to the ground. It thrashed about a couple of times before going still.

Before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, another unexpected event occurred!

From the second-floor stairwell, several equally sized black, monstrous fish revealed their scarlet eyes, and simultaneously, something incomprehensible descended—

A thick, billowing white fog!

The giant fog surged into the first floor with overwhelming force, like a tidal wave crashing in. In an instant, everyone found themselves enveloped in a thick fog, unable to even see their teammates who were right next to them!

In an instant, the mercenary squad lost one member, was surrounded by monsters, and lost sight of them!

As the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, Marol decisively activated his ability:

"【Walk with Me】!"

"Wait, Marol, no!"

A loud roar suddenly came from the thick fog. He seemed to have discovered something and wanted to stop Marol from activating his ability.

But, it's too late.

Three dark figures flew in from the thick fog!

Marol's ability is to freely attract those who genuinely consider him a teammate to his side.

He had already activated his ability, causing all his scattered teammates to fly to his side.

However, the first person Marol saw was Captain Lakshya, who looked anxious as if he wanted to say something.

Next up was the new player to Marol's right, who seemed completely flustered and could barely make any effective responses.

Finally… Marol subconsciously looked up at the last shadow, which should have been the female team member's corpse, but what he saw was a strange fish—

A grotesque fish head emerged from the female team member's stomach, its terrifying jaws opening as it lunged at her head.

Marol's breath hitched, and he instinctively raised his arms to shield himself, activating [Condensation] to gather his energy into his arms.

This instinct saved his life.

As the strange fish approached its limit, a burst of spiritual energy erupted from its body, and all of that energy wrapped around its teeth!

'【凝】? No, it should be 【周】?'

The sudden change caught Maror off guard.

The monstrous fish's already sharp teeth transformed into divine weapons capable of cutting through iron like mud, slicing into his arm without any resistance and gnawing towards his head!

At the critical moment.

Without hesitation, Lakshya, who was flying in the air, threw out a psychic bullet. The psychic bullet grazed Marol's body and suddenly burst like a bubble!

A weak impact sent Marol flying to the side, narrowly avoiding the strange fish's bite.

Whoosh!

Blood splattered, and a right arm flew up as well—Marol's right arm.

All of this happened in a matter of seconds, leaving people dazzled and unable to react.

Despite the excruciating pain, the one-armed Marol grabbed the male newcomer by the back of the neck with his left hand and retreated rapidly.

Before Lakshya even landed, his [Firmness] ability was already activated, and he looked warily at the strange fish.

As a result, something unexpected happened again. After rushing a distance, the strange fish did not attack again, but instead opened its mouth wide towards everyone.

An old, thin figure crawled out of the large mouth. He closed his eyes, turned his head, sniffed the mercenary group, and muttered to himself:

"Three men, no..."

Then, it started trying to climb back into the strange fish's body on its own.

Lakshya finally lost control of his rage and roared:

"Who the hell are you?!"

Unexpectedly, the old man paused for a moment, then actually turned towards Lakshya and answered seriously:

"My name is Qi Peixin. This is the last name you will hear before you die."

Ignoring the mercenaries' reactions, he slipped back into the strange fish's body, and the fish, carrying him, flicked its tail and disappeared into the thick fog at an astonishing speed...

Only the mercenary group remained silent...

It was 21:31 PM, just 11 minutes after the mercenary group's invasion.

"Aaaaaah—!!"

Lakshya's furious roar echoed throughout the entire building, deafening and resounding through the sky.

This is the junction between the first and second floors.

"Fog~ Fog~"

Diya, who was constantly pinching [Mist] to make it exhale more white mist, looked up in confusion. What's going on on the first floor?

Mumu Ze and Pokson watched the soft, white mist with curiosity.

A few minutes earlier, in Dia's ripple radar, he saw four people slaughter a security squad.

Realizing that the newcomers were unlikely to be friendly, he decisively activated the [Atmosphere Creator], hoping to bypass the dangerous group under the protection of the giant fog.

The Great Fog will indeed obscure his vision, but his ripple radar can see everything clearly.

Later, he can also add [Oath and Restraint] to make the fog also suppress the effects of Nen users like En!

When combined with the ability to use [Time Stop] to deliver the final blow, he will become the most terrifying assassin in a crowd, whether fighting alone or in a group.

After releasing the thick fog, Dia mysteriously discovered that the four-person team suffered heavy casualties within seconds.

The first one to die, judging from the radar outline, should have been a woman.

The key point is that at the moment of her death, the ripples were indeed transmitted to an object that shouldn't have existed.

The object bit the woman's head; judging from its outline, it appeared to be—a huge fish.

Immediately afterwards, he sensed an unknown living creature crawling into the woman's body in a very short time and beginning to devour her internal organs.

He then discovered that the four people who were originally standing on the ground had suddenly become just one person.

'Did some kind of ability to make someone fly activate, causing them to briefly leave the ground?'

In his radar, the remaining person was quickly attacked by a strange fish, resulting in the loss of his left arm. Subsequently, the previously disappeared individuals reappeared in the radar's detection.

Then, just a few seconds later, the loud roar that puzzled Dia resounded throughout the entire building.

Chapter Thirty-Three: [The Catfish's Endless Cycle] × Eating Hot Pot

In 1907, Qi Peixin Nar was born on a stormy night.

As a member of the Kakin Empire slum, Qi Peixin grew up among a dirty crowd.

Gangs, beggars, violence, and corpses constituted his childhood.

When Qi Peixin was five years old, his father was moving goods at the dock when he disturbed a nobleman's pigeons. The kind nobleman did not take his life.