Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

Was the item belonging to number 8 a radish?

Chapter 107 The Association's Reinforcements × Trial of the Peeling-Off Ripper!

"Okay, thank you for making this urgent trip. I'll transfer the payment to your account in advance."

Inside Eastlake Prison, Mitchell was speaking into his phone with a serious expression when a voice came from the phone:

"It's alright. I've disliked those poachers for a long time too."

Mitchellston replied with an "Mm" and then hung up the phone.

Clearly, neither he nor the person on the other end of the phone enjoyed polite small talk.

Opposite him, a prisoner sat motionless on the ground with his head bowed, his collarbone pierced by two steel chains, his entire body bound by hard metal chains.

It was the Peeling Ripper who was easily defeated by Vincent.

Although the other party seemed to have no ability to resist, Mizeston knew that such measures could only restrain some third-rate Nen users.

What's really working is the paralyzing toxin that Kito injects into the other person's body.

In fact, apart from the abilities of a few Nen users, there is no effective way to capture Nen users in the entire world.

Especially for Nen users of the three upper-level systems, their strong physical abilities can even grant them immunity to some toxins to a certain extent.

Therefore, most bounty hunters or criminal hunters are accustomed to executing wanted Nen users on the spot.

Unless there are special requirements to capture them alive, or like Mitchellston at this moment, there are other purposes.

'The Phantom Troupe...'

Mizziston looked at the seemingly dead Peeling Ripper with a complicated expression.

He recognized the enemy Vincent had captured the night before instantly.

One of the famous members of the Spider Phantom Troupe.

A-level criminal gangs that have committed countless heinous crimes around the world have never had a formal member apprehended due to their elusive and extremely cunning nature.

Instead, batches of scoundrels posing as spiders were arrested, and all of them were sentenced to prison terms lasting hundreds of years.

In fact, governments around the world have always been aware of the reasons why the Phantom Troupe commits crimes so frequently.

After all, a large portion of the wealth they obtained after each raid would be sent back to their hometown—Meteor City.

However, the governments of countries led by V5 have consistently turned a blind eye to this.

On the one hand, due to the existence of the spider, Meteor City has gradually developed its own armed forces in recent years, becoming an independent regime in a certain sense.

The existence of Meteor City is beneficial to V5 in balancing the situation between the various small countries, so the big shots have tacitly accepted its existence.

On the other hand, the Phantom Troupe has always been very clever in avoiding crossing those red lines, instead focusing on taking action against the weak.

Those forces or groups that possess no real power but amass mountains of gold.

The attitude of those in power toward this was one of delightful prejudice.

Yes, spiders are trash to those in high positions, but they have no reason to exist for the weak either.

Spiders can even help that wealth flow back into society!

Upon closer examination, it becomes clear that Meteor City lacks a large number of well-established factories, supply chains, and skilled workers. This implies that Meteor City's productivity is extremely weak, likely only reaching the level of producing simple industrial products at best.

So, everything their people need on a daily basis, including medicine, weapons, fuel, and large quantities of food, still has to be bought from countries like V5.

However, in Meteor City, which is not recognized, the residents have no human rights. If they want to buy something, they have to pay double, and in the end, they are frantically exploited by the great power.

From this perspective, the Phantom Troupe is truly a treasure, constantly hauling wealth from those nooks and crannies or gray areas and then delivering it to the hands of powerful nations.

They work tirelessly as V5's black gloves, while someone inside might be secretly pleased with themselves.

That's why Kuroro's clear understanding of the limits of the Phantom Troupe's abilities is so valuable.

Without his strategic planning, the spider would have been crushed into dust by the great power long ago.

For Mizziston, who knew most of the inside story, he could actually understand the Phantom Troupe's actions.

But as a crime hunter, completely destroying criminal organizations is also his unwavering mission.

'This time, it would be best to severely damage the Phantom Troupe. The other criminal hunters can handle the cleanup afterwards…'

Mitchellston fell into deep thought.

The reason he didn't execute the Spider on the spot was simple—he wanted to execute the spider publicly!

Isn't the Phantom Troupe supposed to instill fear in the world?

Then Miezardon tore off their faces and trampled them underfoot.

The public execution of its members will severely damage the Phantom Troupe's terrifying image, and may even turn them into a laughing stock.

After all, it's not common for Nen users to be publicly executed.

Of course, doing so would certainly carry a huge risk for Mizeston—being relentlessly hunted down by the Phantom Troupe.

Even Mizeston, one of the twelve zodiac members, was not confident that he could escape unscathed time and time again from such an encirclement.

But from the day he became a crime hunter, Mitchell never considered bowing down to criminal gangs.

He has already announced that he will be executing Peeling Ripper live on a public channel tomorrow afternoon.

Mitchellston predicted that the spider would try to rescue the member at that time.

That was his crucial battle.

Just in case, he also called on a colleague from the "Twelve Branches" to assist him.

In fact, he originally intended to contact the "Terrorist Hunter" whose abilities gave him more confidence, but unfortunately the other party had other missions to attend to, so he had to settle for second best.

However, the colleague who was called in was also very trustworthy, belonging to the genuine martial arts faction among the Twelve Zodiacs.

Moreover, because the Phantom Troupe had a history of poaching the rare Kurta tribe and obtaining the poached "Red-Eyed" creatures, that colleague had long disliked them.

In this way, including Qiduo, there will be three [Zodiacs] stationed in Pati City.

Meanwhile, judging from last night's battle, Dia's strength is trustworthy enough, especially with Vincent Cayman, that mysterious half-beast master.

This mission, even if it doesn't completely annihilate the brigade, at least leaves them with a few legs!

Meanwhile, outside the city...

The swordsman sat under a tree, scrolling through his phone in frustration.

The group leader has been out of contact all night, and the others can't be reached either.

According to the established plan, Kuroro should have already obtained the gem and notified him to come and pick him up in the airship.

But the situation at this moment gave the swordsman an ominous premonition.

'The commander is probably in trouble!'

The worst-case scenario is that Kuroro has already been killed, in which case he should leave immediately to preserve the Phantom Troupe's strength.

But after much deliberation, the knight still felt that Kuroro wouldn't die so easily.

So instead of leaving, he contacted all the members he could reach, and asked all the members who could get to Pattaya within a day to come.

'At least we need to determine whether Kuroro and the others are alive or dead...'

With that in mind, the swordsman stared at his phone, gathering information.

Suddenly, a message popped up in his hunter account—he was a registered criminal hunter with the association, specializing in the Phantom Troupe.

The message made his pupils shrink abruptly—

'Capture members of the Phantom Troupe, to be publicly executed tomorrow afternoon…'

Chapter 108 A Twist of Fate! ×Task Assignment

The morgue.

boom!

A morgue cabinet suddenly popped open, revealing the face of a mature woman.

Paknoda braced herself with both hands and looked around warily. The scene that came into view made her freeze for a moment.

"Commander!"

Kuroro had been sitting quietly in the corner of the morgue at some point, completely soaked and looking quite disheveled.

His empty left sleeve made Paknoda's pupils shrink!

As she made a tense sound, another morgue next to her popped open with a "bang," revealing a figure whose face was not visible.

It was Kubi, with his seaweed-like hair and only one eye showing.

Kuroro looked at the two calmly. He didn't explain anything, but asked in a steady voice:

"Wasn't Number 8 with you?"

"Xiao Di went to buy groceries, according to the schedule... wait, why isn't she back yet!"

Kubi answered instinctively, but then he suddenly realized that Xiaodi was at least ten minutes late!

"..."

Kuroro didn't speak, but he had already given up hope that Shizuku would return.

Paknoda stood to the side, seemingly wanting to say something but holding back; she was very worried about Kuroro's current state.

However, due to her [constraints and oaths], she cannot have any contact with Kuroro at this time.

Seemingly sensing Pakunoda's worry, Kuroro looked up at her and said:

"I'm fine. Go contact the swordsman and ask him to gather as many other people as possible."

"After you've made contact, find a way to hide. If I'm still alive a day later, I'll come looking for you. If I'm dead, you should leave the city."

Without looking at Pakunoda's reaction, Kuroro turned to Korbi and said: