Hunter x Hunter: Infinite Growth.

Menchi nimbly dodged it with a leap.

However, Buhara remained standing still.

He then shouted loudly.

"Hi!"

He took a slight step back, dodging the attack, and then clamped his hands tightly around the gaping maw of the attacking creature. The enormous turtle head pressed against his stomach, creating a noticeable dent.

Immediately afterwards, Buhara exerted his strength, dragging the turtle's head and lifting the entire huge turtle's body up, making it draw a semi-circle in the air before flipping it violently to the ground.

"boom!"

The huge commotion dispersed some of the surrounding thick fog.

Another turtle head lunged straight at them from the front, and Menqi, who had just landed from mid-air, stepped on it.

Suddenly, several kitchen knives appeared in her hand, her right hand gripping one tightly, seemingly preparing to swing it and chop off a **.

"Hey, don't kill them! Didn't you want the strawberries on their backs?" Hearing Kevin's reminder, Menchi stopped, but stomped her foot hard, burying the turtle's head in the ground, and kicked it twice more.

Like its companions, this killer turtle was so exhausted that it fainted.

"What? I thought it was something special," Menchi said, jumping off the platform.

At this moment, Buhara was holding his head, looking extremely annoyed.

"Oh no, so many strawberries on my back are ruined."

Because the turtle landed on its shell, many of the strawberries on its back were smashed to pieces during the earlier commotion, like heads that had been cracked open, revealing bright red flesh and juice.

"Haha, my strawberry is perfectly preserved!" Menchi said proudly.

She walked to the tortoise shell and looked at the twig-like things sticking out from the cracks in the shell, and the strawberries the size of human heads hanging on them.

Kevin watched the two picking strawberries, staring at the strange creature and couldn't help but complain, "The more I look at this thing, the weirder it seems. Does this make sense? Strawberries growing on a turtle shell."

He walked over to a smashed strawberry, and after confirming it wasn't poisonous, picked up a piece of the fruit and put it in his mouth to taste it.

"It's...it's pretty good." He had to admit, the taste was indeed fantastic. It was at least more delicious than any strawberry he had ever eaten before, with a sweet and sour flavor, plenty of juice, and a crisp texture.

These are strawberries that have been smashed.

"Let's go," Menqi said as she walked over.

"It's done so quickly?" Kevin stood up and looked back. He saw that most of the strawberries on the turtle shell behind him had disappeared, and the remaining ones didn't look very appetizing.

He then looked at Buhara and Menqi, whose hands were empty.

So that's how it is. Is Menchi an Emission-type Nen user? Or does she possess a powerful Emission-type Nen tool? After all, spatial attributes are usually classified as Emission-type, and it's difficult for Nen users of other types to create Nen abilities with spatial properties.

Is this a characteristic of the Emission Series?

"Oh, I see. You guys are pretty quick," Kevin said with a smile, clapping his hands before standing up. He casually picked a strawberry and led the way to leave.

Menchi and Buhara, who were following behind, exchanged a glance.

He figured it out after all.

That's right, this guy is no ordinary person.

It made us feel like complete novices.

The two exchanged a brief glance.

Led by Kevin, the return journey took a slightly longer route, as Kevin also wanted to see if there were any other interesting materials.

"Wait a minute," Buhara suddenly said.

He then stuck his head out and sniffed the air hard.

"You mean the smell of blood in the air?" Mencius asked.

Buhara nodded: "My sense of smell is more sensitive; this bloody smell smells like human."

Hearing their conversation, Kevin stopped and took a closer sniff.

"Let's go take a look."

As the three moved forward, the stench of blood grew stronger and more pungent. Kevin began to expand his [circle], extending it to a range of eight meters.

Soon, they arrived at their destination. The fog was so thick that they could barely see the road ahead.

Until he saw the source of the bloodshed, Kevin's "Circle" did not detect the presence of any dangerous creature.

The three remained vigilant, looking at the scene before them—a group of soldiers in field uniforms, and several people in special uniforms, lying haphazardly on the ground.

The scene was a complete mess. The bodies were torn to pieces, almost none of them were intact, and there was blood, bits of flesh, and internal organs everywhere.

Seeing such a bloody scene, Kevin frowned, a wave of nausea rising in his heart.

This was the first time he had ever witnessed such a horrific scene. The difference between ordinary killing scenes and the slaughterhouse-like sight before him was like heaven and earth.

Buhara and Menqi were so frightened that they took a step back.

"Wh-what's going on?" Buhara's forehead broke out in a cold sweat.

Mencius covered her nose and mouth, her face filled with shock, and frowned as she said, "What terrible creatures did they encounter that they were so cruelly slaughtered?"

Just then, a beeping sound came from the side.

The two turned to look and saw that Kevin had already dialed the phone.

"Bergel, something's happened. I suggest you come over."

"Hmm, it should be between C6 and C8."

"Okay, I'll wait for you here. By the way, leave enough defensive forces in the base and stay vigilant. Something's definitely not right here."

As he spoke, Kevin took a few photos of the scene and sent them over.

“Let’s step back a little and let Berger handle it. After all, this is his territory.”

Chapter 54 Unknown X Monster

Berger, accompanied by one other person, gazed at the horrific scene before him.

“White Tree, what do you think?” Berger asked.

The man next to him, called Shiro, frowned deeply, staring intently at the scene before him, his eyes darting around as if carefully observing every detail.

Kevin and his two companions stood a little distance away, watching them.

Kevin knew this man named Shiraki. He was a member of Berger's team and one of only two Nen users in the team besides Berger.

"Without a doubt, this was the work of an unknown beast."

It is powerful, agile, and its size...

It's hard to say right now... Maybe 6 meters? No, this monster has a very long tail.

Yes, 8 meters, that's right, its length should be around 8 meters.

As Bai Shu spoke, he drew this conclusion based on the obvious traces left at the scene.

"So detailed?" Kevin, who had been listening quietly from the back, couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Under the watchful eyes of the three, Shiraki and Berger walked toward the area that resembled a pile of corpses.

Their expressions remained serious, seemingly unaffected by the horrific scene, as they diligently searched for more information among the remains and traces.

“Four claws… The hooks on the front claws are arranged with three in front and one behind, just like chicken claws. The hooks are 0.6 meters long and strong enough to easily tear a human body apart.” As he spoke, Bai Shu searched for some more obvious footprints with more obvious pressure.

"The hind paws are different; they are more like feet and are very powerful."

The two searched for traces while exchanging information, continuing their search for more clues amidst the surrounding fog.

Not long after, they returned to Kevin and the other two.

"These people don't seem like ordinary poachers; they seem more like people who have come here to conduct some kind of research. Those in military uniforms are probably responsible for protection."

"But they had no obvious markings on them, clearly trying to hide something. These sneaky guys are really annoying," Berger said, frowning, his face full of annoyance.

He had seen far too many people like this; even if they weren't direct poachers, they were probably still connected to poachers.

At this moment, Bai Shu spoke up: "The one that attacked them was a monster, huge in size, with a pair of exaggerated wings, and its appearance was similar to a dragon."

Moreover, this monster is extremely cruel and highly aggressive; ordinary rifle bullets pose no fatal threat to it.

As he spoke, Bai Shu handed Kevin some fragments of the creatures he had picked up.

After all, Kevin had been at the research base for almost a month and had become quite familiar with them.

As someone with Nen abilities, Shiroki probably deduced that Kevin might have his own insights into these biological materials.

Kevin accepted the materials without hesitation.

It was a clump of soil stained with blood, a leaf dripping with blood, and a few broken scales.

Kevin reached out and touched the materials.

Without a doubt, the feeling of longing arose.

The craving for blood wasn't strong enough; it barely reached grade C.

That is, the lowest level of desire.