Hunter x Hunter: Infinite Growth

Berger nodded.

"Is she famous?" Kevin asked curiously.

“Of course!” Mencius leaned over from next to Kevin again.

"Are you a somersaulting gopher?" Kevin couldn't help but tease.

"It is said that many people have received her teachings and guidance, and everyone says that she is like a mother to them."

Hearing this assessment, Kevin wholeheartedly agreed and nodded in agreement: "That's absolutely right."

Chapter 52 Entering X Ingredients

Lost Melody Wetlands

At one of the entrances to the Lost Melody Wetlands, a three-person team gathers.

"Hey, are you sure it's okay for you to dress like this?" Kevin asked Menchi.

"Is it pretty?" Mencius showed it off generously, even raising her hand and turning around.

She was wearing a crop top and super short hot pants, which was indeed cool and beautiful, showing off her figure, but this outfit seemed inappropriate for the jungle.

"Beautiful." Kevin praised without reservation, even giving a thumbs up and saying, "Great!"

"satyr."

"Everyone has a love for beauty," Kevin said, thick-skinned and unconcerned.

Buhara sighed helplessly, then looked at her with a strange expression and said, "Menqi is still a minor."

"What?!" Kevin exclaimed, looking Menchi up and down with a suspicious look on his face, thinking in disbelief: You're telling me this is a minor?

"Idiot! I'm an adult now! I was an adult when I became a hunter!" Menchi shouted angrily, raising her fists.

"Where we come from, fourteen is considered an adult. I applied to become a hunter after I was already an adult!"

“But the laws of the ancient Ganyu Kingdom stipulate that one must be eighteen years old to be considered an adult, right?” Buhara said, spreading his hands.

"That's because the law is unreasonable! In most countries, sixteen is the age of adulthood, and I'm already sixteen this year!"

"He's developed so well," Kevin thought to himself. But he said aloud, "To become a hunter at such a young age, he's truly gifted and remarkable."

"Hmph." Menqi snorted smugly.

She then stared at Kevin and said, "Don't worry, I was prepared."

As he spoke, he pulled out a bottle that looked like a sprayer from somewhere and sprayed it on himself like perfume, producing some sparkling dust.

"This is fragrant sesame flower spice, which can repel insects and mosquitoes." After saying that, she strode into the wetland.

As food hunters, their only purpose in coming here is to obtain ingredients.

"You wouldn't happen to be someone Berger sent to spy on us, would you?" Mencius asked angrily as she walked.

"He's being too cautious! I would also protect rare animals, how could I possibly hunt them at will?" Menchi muttered to herself, hands on her hips.

Wouldn't that mean we wouldn't be able to eat it anymore? Who would want to wipe it out completely?

Kevin ignored her and turned to look at Buhara beside him.

Facing Kevin's gaze, Buhara scratched his cheek with his finger and turned his face away.

Clearly, as Menchi's partner, he understood Menchi's personality best.

If she really sees something she likes, even if it's an extremely rare ingredient, Menchi probably wouldn't hesitate too much.

"Hey, your partner doesn't really trust you anymore!"

"Hmph." Menqi just snorted coldly without saying a word, it seemed that she knew she was just talking.

Kevin sighed helplessly, waved his hand, and said, "Don't worry, I'm not here to spy on you. I'm just going in with you since I'm on the way. After all, I'm also here to get the [materials] I want."

With a few months to go before the hunter exam, Kevin accepted Berger's invitation to come here, hoping to gain materials and broaden his horizons.

"Moreover, I am also very curious about so-called gourmet hunters." After all, everyone has a desire for food, and he had heard Berger say that every gourmet hunter is a world-class chef.

Even the most luxurious restaurants can't afford to hire gourmet hunters as chefs.

Most importantly, Kevin wanted to know if Gourmet Hunters used Nen abilities when making food, and whether the food they made, like his "A Moment's Dream," had special effects.

If that's the case, then he'd really like to befriend these two gourmet hunters. Who wouldn't want friends like that?

"Materials?" Menchi turned her head and asked curiously. After all, they were also there to obtain "ingredients".

Kevin nodded: "I'm very interested in all kinds of rare materials, whether they come from living things, plants, or minerals." As he spoke, he took out a vial of medicine from a special leather belt on his side.

“I’m a pharmacist. If you have any needs in the future, please feel free to contact me,” Kevin said with a smile.

He knew in his heart that it was impossible to obtain all the materials himself, and it would be better to entrust some of them to others, such as to a hunter.

After all, hunters come in all shapes and sizes and are experts in obtaining various materials. Kevin thought it wouldn't be a problem to ask them to help obtain some materials that weren't too difficult.

Of course, this requires considerable wealth; hiring hunters can be quite expensive.

So he had already planned to accumulate wealth by selling "medicines". Even the lowest grade of medicine products had remarkable effects, far surpassing ordinary medicines on the market.

Although there are some side effects, they are completely within acceptable limits compared to the efficacy of the medication. What could be more profitable than selling drugs?

If no one has a similar Nen ability to him, then this would be a monopoly business.

"A pharmacist?" Menqi looked puzzled; she really couldn't tell.

Buhara lowered his head, his eyes gathering Nen energy. He had already sensed the energy attached to the potion, which was clearly a product of Nen ability.

Kevin thought to himself that Menchi had only become a hunter at the beginning of this year. Although she had learned Nen, she might not have mastered it yet, and he didn't know if she had built up her own Nen ability.

Buhara has likely already completed his mission, after all, he said he became a hunter last year.

After all, not every teacher is as good as Bisky, otherwise King wouldn't have specifically asked Bisky to teach him.

According to Berger, the standard for hunters to teach newcomers is that the target only needs to grasp the basics of breath control. As for how much they can learn, it all depends on the instructor's character and teaching ability.

“That’s right, my Nen ability is to create these kinds of potions that can produce all sorts of effects,” Kevin said frankly.

This is actually a strategy, and it's not really about deception, since his equipment has already revealed relevant information.

The specially designed pouch for storing medicine on the waist was very conspicuous; anyone with a brain could see it. It wasn't something that needed to be deliberately hidden.

In this way, anyone who tries to fight him will be misled into thinking that he is not an Enhancement-type ability user.

If someone drinks a potion during battle, the enemy will think it's the potion's effect that makes them appear so powerful.

Faced with Kevin's sudden outburst, T-Qi and Buhara felt a pressure of trust and remained silent for a moment.

"If I get the chance, I'll definitely let you see it." Kevin waved his hand to smooth things over, then changed the subject and asked, "You came all this way for a reason, right? After all, there are rumors and records about some of the unique creatures here."

Upon hearing this, Menki immediately nodded excitedly.

“I’ve been studying how to make pastries lately, and I heard there’s a kind of turtle here with strawberries growing on its back, so I wanted to come and see it.”

Strawberry killer turtle...

Chapter 53 Strawberry X Slaughter

Swamp exploration

Kevin led the way in the swamp.

“Follow me, I know where they are.” With that, the group quickened their pace and soon arrived at a gloomy area shrouded in thick fog.

Most of the surrounding plants were low-lying and appeared and disappeared in the thick fog.

Upon entering this area, Menchi and Buhara couldn't help but become wary.

At this moment, Kevin's aura formed a sphere and expanded outwards, stopping when it reached four meters away from his body. This is the technique [Circle].

This range is not Kevin's limit due to his potential and maneuverability, but it is enough for him.

If the range is too large, it will consume too much energy, which would be unsafe in this unknown environment.

Buhara and Menqi were caught in the crossfire, but clearly neither of them noticed.

Their control and sensitivity to Qi have not yet reached the level of being able to perceive it.

It makes sense, considering that one of them has only been a little over a year as a hunter and the other less than a year. Based on the timeline, they may have only just mastered Nen abilities.

"Something's not right." Menqi keenly sensed something was amiss, but couldn't pinpoint the exact reason, so she could only remind the two to be more careful.

"You were swollen and manipulated by me using the [circle] emblem, and I have completely spun you away!" the text explained.

"A circle? I've heard of this technique. Isn't it said that it takes a long time to master?" Mencius asked doubtfully.

Mastering this skill requires a bit of talent and time.

Kevin simply replied, "Everyone has their own area of ​​expertise, and advanced skills are no exception."

Who exactly is the hunter? This guy seems so much better than us. Menchi couldn't help but mutter to herself, exchanging a glance with Buhara.

"arrive."

Within the dense fog ahead, a strawberry the size of a human head swayed slightly.

Immediately afterward, the fog was torn apart. An attack came from the side, a gaping maw lunging towards the stench-filled vessel.

Menchi nimbly leaped and dodged it.

However, Buhara remained standing still.

He then shouted loudly.

"Hi!"

He took a slight step back, dodging the attack, and then swiftly clamped his hands tightly around the gaping maw of the attacking turtle. The enormous turtle's head pressed against his belly, leaving a noticeable dent.

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

"boom!"

The huge commotion dispersed some of the surrounding thick fog.

Another turtle head came hurtling towards them from the front, and Menchi, who had just landed in mid-air, stepped on it.

Suddenly, several kitchen knives appeared in her hand, and she gripped one tightly in her right hand, 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 tortured until it fainted.

"What? I thought it was something special," Menchi said, jumping down from 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's shell landed on the ground, many of the strawberries on its back were smashed to pieces during the earlier commotion, like skulls being cracked open, revealing bright red flesh and juice.

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

She walked over to the turtle shell and looked at the tree-like things sticking out from the cracks in the shell, and the strawberries, each the size of a human head, 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 that it tasted really good. It was at least better than any strawberry he had ever eaten before, sweet and sour, juicy, and crunchy.

These are still 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, both of whom had empty hands.

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 associated with Emission-type Nen users, and it's difficult for Nen users of other types to construct 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, preparing to leave.

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

He figured it out after all.