Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

Galo slowly turned her eyes, looking at Diya's astonished gaze:

'Very strong, but can't hit me.'

A hint of disdain flashed in his eyes.

Under his overloaded [Fiery Eyes of Danger] training, he could dodge any danger he could see.

The person in front of him had a powerful punch, but it was impossible for him to hit them.

I'd let you punch me again, it wouldn't matter.

This subtle change in expression was completely noticed by Diya.

'You dare to dodge...'

As if she had made up her mind, Dia narrowed her eyes, then suddenly grinned, revealing her gleaming white teeth.

A terrifying killing intent mixed with rage caused his aura to surge. Dia decisively stomped heavily on the ground to steady himself, using the ground's recoil to turn around, his entire body's center of gravity converging at a single point like flowing water—

Swish!

Dia's right fist, like a long whip whistling through the air, tore through the air and carried a fierce wind, heading straight for Gara's face!

Galo stared expressionlessly at the doomed punch, as if he had foreseen it. He subtly shifted his body to the left, a thought forming in his mind:

'It's no use, I said I couldn't hit it, and I meant I couldn't hit it...'

puff!

Galo swayed to the side, his calm expression freezing instantly!

He stared wide-eyed in disbelief at his right side, where there was clearly nothing!

Why do I feel like I've been hit?

Moreover, with that unknown attack, his body, which had been dodging to the right, suddenly froze and flew towards Dia's fierce fist!

Seeing Dia's terrifying, predatory gaze, Galo felt a chill run down his spine, as if he could smell death. His will to survive made him quickly shrink his body and swing his sword to his side.

boom!

Gathering golden ripples and a large amount of Nen energy, a particularly fierce right straight punch, as heavy as a rock, slammed into the sword with a fierce gust of wind!

Clang!

A crisp metallic snapping sound rang out, and to Gara's astonishment, his treasured sword, [Yuanzhi], which had accompanied him in countless battles, was instantly broken in two.

Diya's punches continued unabated, his power undiminished. He charged forward, and his heavy punch exploded instantly on Gara's ribs!

Galo was slammed to the ground by the immense force, and flew out like a shattered ball, slamming hard on the ground several times!

"Fuck you, try dodging another punch!"

With a deep sigh of relief, Diya didn't waste any more time and immediately turned around and rushed towards the door.

The exchange just now lasted less than a second.

Chapter Ninety-Two: The Severed Arm × Fungus [Snowman]

The night was dark and the cold wind howled.

Not far from the Empire State Building, a marching procession with a jumble of slogans was approaching.

The parade included men and women, young and old, black, white and yellow people.

Some people were holding pitchforks, some were holding torches, and some were holding signs.

Even their slogans are different.

Some were chanting for the mayor to step down, others were shouting for the Monument to the Heroes, still others were saying they couldn't live without sugar, and some were even calling for a strike and a ban on overtime...

People have different demands, but they are united in expressing their attitudes through demonstrations.

However, they were now unusually thrown into chaos. The person at the front of the line was looking at the back of the line with a puzzled expression, wondering what had happened there.

Suddenly, a figure leaping out of the Empire State Building caught the attention of the group at the head of the line.

The figure moved so fast that it was completely invisible. In just a few steps, it stepped out of the gate, flew over the steps, and landed in front of the crowd.

Only then did everyone realize that it was a man covered in blood (from the enemy), with a fierce expression on his face (after he had just beaten someone), and a tall and muscular build (a characteristic of Stand users).

The man exuded a terrifying aura. Although he wasn't heading straight for them, his menacing presence still made the people at the front of the procession freeze in place, afraid to move, and they all wondered who he was.

Murderer? Terrorist?

Without even glancing at them, the figure rushed towards a pool of blood not far away.

'Blood?'

Diya frowned as he looked at the strange pool of blood not far away. His [Circle] clearly detected that beneath the pool of blood was a manhole cover leading to the extensive sewer system.

Chrollo escaped from there with Hisoka; the sewers were interconnected, and if they had lingered any longer, no one would have been able to find them.

But why did Kuroro put a pool of blood on the well?

How can we block the well opening so he won't find it?

Diya felt a discordant pulsation suddenly appear in the ripples within his body, a warning from [Ripple Sensing], so he instinctively slowed his pace.

A pool of blood appeared out of nowhere on the street, much more conspicuous than a manhole cover.

To say this was just a cover-up would be to underestimate Kuroro. Although Dia calls him a fleeing wild dog when she's angry, she actually acknowledges Kuroro's intelligence.

Therefore, the warning from the ripple sensor most likely came from that pool of seemingly harmless blood!

Thinking of this, Diya directed some of her energy towards her eyes and activated [Condensation].

Unsurprisingly, nothing was found.

It was as if it really was just a pool of blood.

'Could this fixed trap be... poison?'

Diya looked puzzled. If it really was poison, wouldn't I have avoided it?

Thinking this, Dia lowered her head, looking at the concrete ground as she raised her fist, the size of a sandbag, her right arm muscles tensing, golden ripples of Nen energy swirling around it—

The road is right under your feet; as long as you have enough fists, you can find manhole covers anywhere!

boom!

A sound like an impact drill striking the ground suddenly rang out, and the cement ground cracked open, revealing spiderweb-like cracks around the crater in Dia's fist.

Even the ground around them trembled violently, and the pool of blood not far away shook, splashing out a drop of blood that was neither too big nor too small, which landed next to Dia.

'It should only take three or four punches to break it open...'

Without hesitation, Diya withdrew her fist, just as she was about to strike again.

Suddenly, something unusual caught his attention.

Dia withdrew her raised fist, frowned, and opened her palm.

On his well-defined middle and index fingers, some black spots had appeared at some point.

As he watched, the black spot began to grow tiny white hairs that were visible to the naked eye!

This is... a fungus?

Diya's pupils contracted, and without hesitation, she pointed her left hand into a knife and sliced ​​off the flesh of the spot on her right fist.

This marked the first injury Dia had sustained that night.

As the pieces of skin and flesh that had been cut off flew through the air, the white down suddenly spread wildly as if it had received some kind of command.

Those pieces of skin and flesh were completely covered by downy hair even before they hit the ground.

Diya narrowed her eyes, and the pieces of flesh completely covered by white fungus began to move on their own like worms after landing, eagerly crawling towards the drop of splattered blood in front of them.

With each climb, the flesh shrank a little, until it could no longer support the fungi's frantic absorption of nutrients and collapsed completely.

'A Nen attack?'

'The skin and flesh started moving on their own, it looks like a manipulation system, so the fungus is the manipulation medium?'

'【Automatic Operation Type】? The operating conditions should be complete fungal coverage or coverage reaching a certain threshold.'

What are the conditions for fungal growth?

Diya suddenly remembered that the warning from the Ripple Sensor only appeared after she got close enough to the pool of blood.

So is it related to the distance from that pool of blood?

The meaning is unclear.

Then I can just dig a hole further away.

Dia released a wave radar, briefly surveyed the general direction of the sewers, and planned to bypass this Maginot Line-like trap directly based on the intensity of the wave sensor's response.

"Aaaaaah!!!"

Suddenly, a sharp scream came from the back of the parade not far away.

At the same time, there were also screams of terror and cries for help.

Without turning her head, Dia didn't let the outside noise affect her actions. She simply released the [Circle] again, which covered the area where the disturbance was taking place.

Although the circle was only released as a temporary precaution, what it detected startled Dia, causing her to stop in her tracks.

He turned his head and saw a citizen in the parade whose entire body was covered in white fur, looking just like a terrifying "snowman"!

Even his eyes were covered with a thick layer of fungus, which took root directly on his eyeballs, turning his retina into a breeding ground for its own reproduction.

His abdomen was pierced by a severed arm, and strangely, there was no white fungus covering the arm.

At the same time, the citizen who had transformed into a "snowman" went berserk, pounced on another citizen who was traveling with him, opened his ferocious mouth covered with white fur, and bit his companion's neck, causing him to let out the shrill scream he had just heard.

As the snowman gnawed at the part of its companion, countless tiny black spots, like pinholes, began to spread to other parts of the body.

Meanwhile, as the contact time increased, visible white downy hairs began to grow wildly on those black spots!

"It's a monster!"

The other citizens, upon seeing this, all showed expressions of fear and shouted that they wanted to leave.