Six-Eyed Sukuna, starting from Hunter x Hunter

Chapter 89 Encounter with the Biological Investigation Team

half a month later.

Southern forest of the Kakin Empire on the continent of Ezhen.

The night was deep, and the full moon hung high in the sky.

"Bang bang—" A deep sound, like a sheepskin drum being struck, came from the air.

Su Wu and Maro, hidden in the bushes, concealed all their presence.

Under the pure white moonlight, a bird with feathers that gleamed with a dark purple sheen and wingspan of about 1.2 meters appeared beside a clear spring.

Bathed in moonlight, it preens its feathers by the spring.

After a while, it flapped its wings and flew away.

"Maro, freeze it," Su Wu said.

Maro quickly used his ability, freezing the blackish-purple bird's legs and wings instantly with ice formed from water vapor.

"Tongli—Tongli—" The black bird opened its beak and let out a sharp, mournful cry.

"Stop barking, I just plucked a feather from you." The white-haired boy slowly walked to its side, reached out and plucked a feather from it.

He stared at the feather for a long time, then sighed.

"It's not it, we grabbed the wrong one again."

Bird feathers are attached to bones, so he only needs to look at the feather roots to know.

The bird in front of me is not the one I'm looking for.

As for why he was so confident in touching a bird whose feathers were highly poisonous, it was because—

He wasn't very afraid of poison; he had discovered it back in Meteor City, and most poisons were meaningless to him.

Even if it's a highly poisonous substance, it will only make him vomit black blood. After vomiting, he will act as usual, as if nothing had happened.

"It looks almost exactly like the picture?" Maro asked, releasing the bird from its restraints.

The purplish-black feathers were exactly the same.

But this bird is not poisonous.

"There are only two hundred of these birds in the world, so it's understandable that they're hard to find." Su Wu clapped her hands and sighed.

"Let's go, let's go a little further south and take a look." He lifted his foot and walked south.

Maro quickly followed.

In the direction Su Wu and the others were heading, there was a small team of seven, with tents pitched and cooking.

Their teamwork was clearly very skilled; they looked like a group of seasoned outdoor enthusiasts.

"Woof—" A dog barked softly, its face showing a hint of caution.

"Is something wrong, Banana?" The six people present suddenly looked at a woman.

"Someone is coming this way." Banana said after a moment, her eyes closed, as if sensing the information carried by the wind.

"Poachers?" A man nearly two meters tall, with a slender build and long silver hair, asked with a serious expression.

At this time, the people who appear in this forest are basically those who are trying to poach rare animals.

As for the seven of them, they were different. They were a team commissioned by the Kakin Empire to investigate the new creatures here.

"Prepare for battle," the silver-haired man warned.

The fire that had been burning was extinguished, and everyone scattered to find places to hide.

We're just waiting for the strangers to appear so we can punish them.

Soon, a group of figures carrying guns, looking hurried, and dragging their prey appeared.

The dragged prey lay unconscious, with enormous syringes—anesthesia needles used by poachers—stuck in its body.

The identities of this group of people are obvious.

"Leave them here." Seven figures appeared, blocking the poachers' path.

……

Gunshots rang out from the forest ahead, startling the birds into flight.

Su Wu looked ahead, and the six azure eyes seemed to sense something.

"Someone's coming," Su Wu said softly.

A group of mice being chased by a cat, forced to flee in a sorry state.

"Damn it, these nosy bastards." About ten people came running up in a hurry. When the man in front saw Maro and Su Wu in front of him, he was stunned for a moment, and then he showed a vicious expression. "Get out of the way, don't block the way."

"Who gave you permission to speak to adults like that!"

Before Su Wu could express her dissatisfaction, Maro angrily stepped forward, and a row of cold ice blades appeared in the air and shot towards the rude man.

The poachers were clearly Nen users as well. One of them raised his hand, and a huge pink circular dome enveloped them, blocking Maro's ice blade attack.

"I misjudged you; you two aren't ordinary people after all..."

"We were wrong just now, and we apologize to you all. We'll treat you to drinks next time we meet," the man who had spoken rudely said, showing a good sense of compromise.

"We're leaving now." He turned and led the others to continue their escape.

There were even more troublesome guys chasing them from behind, so they didn't have time to waste on these two.

"Why are you running so fast? Did I tell you to leave?" The white-haired boy chuckled, his voice ethereal, like the wind.

"I'll just try this..."

"Spell Reversal - Heh." He stretched out his hand, and red energy appeared in front of him. The red light emanating from it brought a power far greater than that of Cang.

"Go." He flicked his fingertips, and red energy surged toward the fleeing crowd.

Their pink protective shields haven't even disappeared yet.

The red energy caught up with them at a speed imperceptible to the naked eye, and when it touched the shield, it shone brightly with red light.

The force, as if it could destroy everything, instantly shattered the shield, and the person was also swallowed by the red light.

The person who was blown away crashed through more than a dozen trees before finally collapsing to the ground, coughing up blood.

Even so, some people struggled, coughing up blood as they tried to escape using all four limbs.

I had only crawled three steps when a sharp, cold pain shot through my ankle.

"Don't even think about running away, or... if your whole body gets frozen, you'll shatter like a block of ice." The blond youth appeared in front of them, and the ice blade in his hand shattered into pieces with a crack at the perfect moment.

The group forced themselves to turn their heads and look down, only to find that their legs below the knees were frozen solid.

The commotion created by the red light had a range of a hundred meters, causing Kate and the others who were tracking these people to instantly speed up.

But when they arrived, they found not a poaching gang, but two unfamiliar people.

A blond youth and a white-haired boy.

Unlike poachers, these two men carried no guns or other weapons, nor did they try to hide themselves. Instead, they openly displayed their appearance and acted as if they were on a leisurely stroll in the countryside.

If not an accomplice of poachers, then who is it? And why is it here at this time?

The seven men, who had already encountered more than one group of poachers, were on high alert. Even the only dog ​​was baring its teeth and crouching low, poised to pounce at any moment.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" The silver-haired man pulled down his blue hat brim and asked calmly.

He was clearly the spokesperson for this seven-man team.

"It's none of your business. I can appear wherever I want." The white-haired boy spoke arrogantly and condescendingly.

Moreover, he unabashedly released his aura, creating a certain imposing presence that intimidated others.

Everyone except the man with the long silver hair was clearly stunned.

The silver-haired man, carrying a scythe taller than himself, resembled the embodiment of death.

"If you're a poacher, you're not welcome," he simply said, as if issuing a warning.

"We're hunters, you know. We're here on a mission to investigate the local ecosystem and food chain," Su Wu said, pulling out her hunter's license to show it off while blatantly lying.

After seeing the hunter's license, the seven people seemed to relax a bit, at least they no longer looked like they were facing a formidable enemy.

"So...so young...and already...a professional hunter...?" A bespectacled member of the team stammered, looking extremely nervous.

"It's not strange that the Kakin Empire would entrust other teams with the same task," a long-haired girl said, chewing gum.

After all, they're rich and powerful.

"Are you here for a biological survey too?" Kate asked, somewhat puzzled.

"That's right." Su Wu nodded in agreement without hesitation.

"Your team only has two people?" the silver-haired man asked, frowning.

As a one-star hunter, he always teams up with six other hunters because everyone has their own area of ​​expertise, which allows them to conduct investigations more effectively.

A two-person investigation team... doesn't that seem like a big problem?

"Ah, aren't two people enough?" The white-haired boy nodded, speaking with self-righteousness.

They had a provocative attitude, as if to say, "We only need two people, and you actually need seven? How weak are you?"

He looks absolutely... deserving of a beating.

Even the seven people who are generally good-natured seem to be losing control and are itching to do something.

No matter what, a formal investigation team can't consist of only two people; this boy is lying.

The man with long silver hair had an invisible aura swirling around him, and his hair moved without any wind.

The white-haired boy lowered his eyebrows, half-closed his eyes, and raised the corners of his mouth in a defiant manner.

The two air currents collided and competed against each other, maintaining a balance between them.

The six people around Kate, who were on the same team, were already looking surprised.

That boy... or rather, the child, was actually evenly matched with Kate, a one-star hunter, in terms of sheer presence.

Is that kind of effortless ease really something a child should have?!

Kate has arrived.

I've revised and edited it so many times, how come my skills are so terrible?

(End of this chapter)