Hunter x Hunter: The Strongest Zoldyck

The man wearing the fox mask is named Lant, and he is a candidate who failed the Hunter Exam.

By chance, he came into contact with Nen and thus awakened his Nen ability...

False color!

As the name suggests, this is a chameleon-like ability.

His thoughts can alter and blur the refraction of light, causing visual illusions, and he can also cover his own surface with a thin film that can freely change color and material, deceiving cognition.

This is undoubtedly a concept that perfectly suits his profession.

Through this Nen ability, Lant can change his color and disguise himself to blend into his surroundings and hide whenever he is on a mission.

A stealthy, undetectable sniper is a terrifying killing machine.

Each of his shots represented the loss of a life, and his gun... had already fired 365 times.

It took away 361 lives!

The only mistake was today's four shots...

I should have aimed for a vital spot with the first shot.

At the top of the oak tree, the fox-man, who was hiding quietly, felt somewhat annoyed.

If he had known things would turn out this way, he would never have avoided vital points with the first shot; he would have hit the target squarely and taken Roy's life.

I won't give him a second chance.

Unfortunately... it's too late to say all this now.

The fox-like man was lost in thought, but he dared not be careless in his actions.

He began to hold his breath, his muscles tensed like a stone, and he silently leaned against the tree trunk, motionless.

Under the tree, Roy was making his rounds.

He scanned the area around the oak tree, his movements mechanical and deadly.

Lant didn't even dare to blink—he was afraid that if he blinked, he would lose his life.

Perhaps the fox-like man was too good at hiding it, or perhaps he remembered that there were still two people he hadn't dealt with.

After a few minutes of fruitless searching, Roy left.

Rustling sounds...

The footsteps faded into the distance.

Lant slowly exhaled and put down the serrated dagger with a sigh of relief.

He pulled out the crosshair scope he had previously removed from his sniper rifle and began to observe Roy's actions.

Through the crosshair scope, the night-vision scanner illuminated Roy's figure in a yellowish-green hue, making him appear like a demon.

Snap... Snap... Snap...

Roy started running, making no attempt to conceal his location; the sound of his footsteps crushing fallen leaves echoed through the dense forest.

The sound reached the ears of the other two, like the Grim Reaper knocking on their door.

"Wh...what should we do?" the catgirl whispered, her fingertips cold.

They didn't know what had happened, but the rabbit-man's dying screams in the earphones gave them a bad feeling.

Someone died... and in their headphones... apart from that initial scream, they heard nothing else.

There was no roaring, no fighting... all of this points to a certain event!

The person who just died... died without any ability to resist, and was definitely not a white-haired boy.

Because the rabbit and the puppy... haven't been in touch for a long time...

If I'm not mistaken, they should all be dead.

The more they thought about it, the more panicked the cat girl and dog boy who had just reunited became.

The puppy-dog man didn't answer immediately.

He looked around to make sure Roy wasn't nearby before lowering his voice and saying:

"The captain and Frank are probably dead."

Hiss... The woman wearing the cat mask gasped, her expression becoming even more tense.

"No...no way...that's the captain! I'd believe you if you said Frank was dead, but the captain..."

As she said this, her mouth gradually opened wider, as if she couldn't accept this reality.

"Why not? The captain and Frank were together. If only Frank died, why didn't he notify us in the headset? Didn't we agree beforehand that whoever found that boy should call out on the channel..."

"But now... besides those first few sentences and the screams that followed, have you heard any other sounds?"

"If I'm not mistaken... the captain must have spotted the boy first, but somehow he not only dodged the captain's gunfire but also killed them in return."

"So... that's why Lant fired... three shots in quick succession, but... they probably all missed."

"Why... do you think he missed? Maybe Lant has already taken him down?"

The woman in the cat mask couldn't help but ask another question.

"Because...Lant...never fires a second shot at a target..."

The man wearing the puppy mask uttered a quiet sentence.

"So what do we do now?"

The woman wearing the cat mask was almost in tears and couldn't help but repeat her question again.

"What should we do..."

boom!boom!

Two gunshots rang out suddenly, followed by a woman's screams echoing through the dense forest.

"I don't know what to do either."

The man wearing a puppy mask held a gun, looking indifferently at his partner lying in a pool of blood.

"But it's clear... our mission has failed."

"The captain and Frank are dead, and Lant is silent too. Now it's just us."

"But I... don't want to die... I just made three billion in my last deal..."

"So... I'm sorry, Eileen..."

He turned and ran.

Her movements were swift and precise, as if she had rehearsed them a thousand times.

"Bastard! Bastard!"

"Bastard! ...Bastard..."

The woman first roared angrily, then slowly turned into bitter sobs.

"I don't want to die either..."

She glanced at her injured right hand and right foot, and tried to move them, but the excruciating pain made it difficult for her to stand up.

After several attempts with the same result, she unconsciously began to feel hopeless.

Fortunately... she no longer has to suffer.

Tap tap tap.....

The crisp, rhythmic sound of footsteps drew ever closer to her, perhaps in the next second, perhaps in the next moment.

That deathly figure would then appear in her eyes.

"Are they here?"

After the initial shock and devastation, and knowing that she had no hope of escaping, she regained her composure.

The catgirl calmly closed her eyes, awaiting the final verdict.

Tap.... Tap.... Tap....

The footsteps approached from afar and then receded into the distance, gradually fading from her ears.

"Hmm... I'm not dead?"

Even after the footsteps completely disappeared, the catgirl still felt alive and subconsciously asked a question.

Yes, she is still alive; Roy did not kill her.

Because in Roy's perception, she was no longer a threat.

As for people or things that can no longer threaten them, or anything else...

When Roy is obsessed, he will simply ignore everything.

He was simply faithfully following a rule: he couldn't die!

We absolutely cannot die! We absolutely cannot die!

All his actions were carried out with this goal in mind.

This was both his own will to survive and a hint given to him by Illumi.

However... he doesn't have time.

Three minutes had passed since his physical liberation began, even though he had only instinctively liberated 25 percent of his body, not completely.

But his body... can't hold on much longer.