Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

They were born this way, as if original sin truly existed.

March got out of the car indifferently and walked into the towering mountains of garbage.

Kuroro might enjoy pondering questions like "Why are the residents of Meteor City born lowly?", but she wouldn't.

She had become accustomed to leaving all the complex problems to Kuroro to think about, so in her heart, Kuroro's significance was even greater than that of the spider.

Her trust in Kuroro was almost ingrained in her bones; nothing else mattered.

Beep beep beep—

A piercing cell phone ringtone suddenly broke the silence of the garbage mountain.

Machi paused, took out her phone from her pocket, and answered the call. Kuroro's voice came through:

"Machi, can you hear me?"

The sound was a bit intermittent because the cell phone signal in Meteor City was always bad, but Machi still heard it clearly.

"I can hear you. What's wrong? Did something happen to Grero?"

Maggie's intuition once again led her past countless pieces of evidence, clues, and omens, pinpointing the final answer.

A sense of urgency and anxiety rose in her heart.

Kuroro always trusted her intuition and wasn't surprised by her seemingly prophetic questions:

"Yes, he's dead. I already know who that hunter is. Don't go there."

"...I'm not going?"

"Yes, that person is very strong. You didn't face him directly in Patt City last time, so you don't know. Don't have a direct confrontation with him. You have no chance of defeating that person."

Kuroro knew what Machi was thinking.

He seemed to have mind-reading abilities, understanding Machi's thoughts perfectly.

Machi was absolutely furious and resentful!

Enraged that the murderer who killed the knights was right in front of her, and had once again brutally murdered her companions, she was unwilling to accept that she could only slink away and avoid his sharp edge.

Machi struggled to suppress her rage and said through gritted teeth:

"So we're just going to watch him kill people in Meteor City with impunity, Chrollo?!"

"Machi, listen to me."

Kuroro's voice was unusually calm, as if he were talking about something trivial:

"Use Poxon's abilities to leave, as far away as possible."

That person's combat awareness and Nen ability were too exaggerated; Machi was definitely not someone she could handle.

If Machi were to face Dia head-on, she could only struggle for a short while at most.

After a long pause, Machi suppressed the murderous intent in his heart and forced himself to say:

"Poxon has already left. She just dropped me off, and she looked exhausted. Then she pointed me in the right direction and left."

"Is that so... Then you should try to stay as far away as possible. That person can't stay in Meteor City forever."

On the other end of the phone, Kuroro gave a word of advice, then hung up, looking thoughtful.

The reason why Machi was deliberately teleported to Meteor City using Poxen's ability was certainly not simply because it was faster.

His idea was to use this opportunity to test the other party's obedience and, incidentally, to get a sense of their capabilities.

It now appears that Machi was indeed teleported from the Ochima Federation to the Eurubian Continent by Poxen, which proves that the other party was relatively obedient to his orders.

Moreover, judging from the description, Poxen must have paid a considerable price for such a long-distance teleportation, which should be one of her [ability limitations].

Even at this cost, she has completed her mission first, so it seems she can be temporarily added to the list of "trustworthy"...

Kuroro's gaze was deep and thoughtful as he silently made his plans.

Machi, far away in Meteor City, hung up the phone and stood there motionless with her head down.

After a long while, she finally let out a long breath and silently turned to leave.

'Greiro was also killed by that person... Whoever you are, I...'

pat.

Suddenly, a drop of cold rain fell and landed on Machi's face.

Machi paused for a moment, then looked up at the sky.

Under the cover of night, inconspicuous dark clouds began to spread quietly without anyone noticing.

Is it going to rain...?

Machi suddenly had a strong premonition, as if something terrible was about to happen.

She was instantly jolted, her mind went into a state of high alert, and she immediately went into a state of vigilance.

She had this premonition once before, not long ago, in the Ochima Federation. Why did it happen again this time...?

A strong sense of danger suddenly swept over her, and Machi turned her head to look to the north!

On the northern horizon, a cumulonimbus cloud is approaching at an incredible speed!

Gale-force winds, torrential rain, thunder, lightning... massive rain clouds were brewing a natural disaster.

Ten kilometers, five kilometers, one kilometer, five hundred meters... The storm is getting closer!

At the same time, a torrential downpour instantly fell, covering all the garbage mountains around Machi!

'No! This is...'

Alarm bells rang in Machi's mind, and without hesitation, she unleashed a powerful burst of Nen, a surge of energy erupting forth:

'It's an enemy attack! The person who killed the heroes has arrived!'

But how could that be!?

Since he just killed Grero, he must have been at Grero's stronghold, which is at least 20 kilometers away from here!

How did that person know I was here?!

Suddenly, Poxon's calm face flashed through Machi's mind. For no reason, she felt that Poxon had betrayed her!

'No, impossible. Her exhaustion at that time was genuine, and she definitely used her ability to teleport away. How could she possibly know my location and tell that person?'

Machi's rationality made her hesitate.

Having Number 4 use his ability to teleport her here was a temporary task; how could it have been premeditated?

But if it wasn't premeditated, could everything happening now be just a coincidence?

Moreover, why would Number 4 do this? What benefit would it bring her?

This series of inconsistencies almost made Machi abandon her intuitive answer.

Just then, a powerful aura rose from the north.

Amidst the flash of golden light, a figure shot through the sky like a meteor, hurtling straight toward Machi's location.

The golden figure was surrounded by a strange cloud of energy, which surged forward like a dragon through the rain, smashing through the thick rain layer by layer with its violent power!

Amidst the deafening roar, Machi's sense of danger surged to its peak—

The hunter has arrived!

Should we run away, or observe the other party first before running?

shhhhhh...

After hesitating for a moment, Machi shook her arms and spread them out to the surroundings. White light flashed between her ten fingers, and strands of psychic energy shot towards the surrounding garbage mountains!

This is her [Transmutation] Nen ability, which allows her to transform Nen energy into [threads].

"drink!"

With a loud shout, Machi suddenly tightened the silk threads in her hands, then pulled her arms in front of her chest to protect herself, staring intently at the rapidly approaching figure.

This is the Nen ability she developed for use when trapped – [Nen Thread Field]!

It consists of countless Nen lines that surround it within a radius of fifty meters. Any intruder who touches a single line will be simultaneously cut and attacked by all these extremely sharp, but not very strong, Nen lines.

With the sharpness of her Nen Threads, even a seasoned Enhancement-type Devil Fruit user would not be able to withstand such a cut.

Within the Phantom Troupe, apart from Franklin, who specializes in Nen Bullets using the Emission Technique, no one can break through her Nen Thread Domain head-on!

boom!

After a deafening roar, the open space in front of Machi shattered layer by layer, and a figure flashing with golden electricity and light stood in the middle.

March looked closely and saw a tall, handsome young man with sharp features and bright eyes looking at her, smiling:

"Thank goodness, I made it in time. It wasn't a wasted trip."

"Machi, right? You need to calm down for a bit!"

Dia felt a surge of relief, then suddenly snapped her fingers—

"Snapped!"

Rumbling--

Several streaks of cyan lightning suddenly struck down, hitting Machi, who was standing there dumbfounded!

In that instant, Machi felt as if a towering mountain had fallen on her, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't move a muscle.

"I've got a rare Pokémon. Once I catch you, Chrollo should just walk right into my trap."

Dia grinned maliciously and made a villainous declaration.

'How could this happen... I can't move...'

Machi listened to Dia's trash talk with eyes bulging and veins popping on her face, but she still couldn't move an inch!

In a single encounter, the opponent exploited her weakness of being unable to move, thus eliminating her ability to act.

Machi knew that if she had run away from the beginning, she might have had a chance to escape, but she chose to defend and observe the situation.

This was a tactical decision-making error on her part, which ultimately led to irreversible consequences.