Hunter x Hunter: Call Me Master Inventor

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"Because they didn't come in through the main gate, nor did they use normal infiltration methods."

Von Clay smiled and took out something that looked like a TV remote control, and resembled a wireless communicator.

"And I didn't use normal monitoring methods either."

"We borrowed a tiny bit of the power from the indigenous people who live beneath the land in this forest."

He shook the "cockroach caller" in his hand; the small red spherical antennae on it, which resembled the two antennae of a cockroach, were jumping around.

Invention: Cockroach Call Device

Source: Doraemon World - Future Technology Company.

Effect: Using this item will summon nearby cockroaches. It includes a simultaneous interpreter for the cockroaches, allowing you to communicate with them and reach a cooperation agreement.

It has a red casing, green control buttons, and a yellow call horn.

The squeaking of cockroaches could be heard intermittently coming from the loudspeaker.

Through this loudspeaker's simultaneous translation, you can communicate with them and ask for their help.

In Doraemon, Nobita and Doraemon suddenly hear their mother screaming upstairs.

Doraemon judged from the sound that it had encountered a cockroach, and when he went downstairs, he was right.

Doraemon then used this "cockroach caller" to negotiate with the cockroaches.

Collect all the cockroaches in your house and keep them in a plush toy, making them obey Da Xiong.

They also help with housework, etc., in exchange for being fed regularly.

Even those who didn't know the doll contained a cockroach and just thought it was a Doraemon gadget found it very convenient.

But the next day, Nobita was going to be late for school, so he asked the cockroach doll to take him there. So he gave it extra food to make it grow bigger.

Later, when Gian and Suneo tried to bully Nobita, Nobita gave them more food and defeated them.

But as a result, the doll grew rapidly, becoming taller than a person, and there was no space for it to stay in the house.

Moreover, there are so many cockroaches inside that they're about to burst the plush toy.

Doraemon said that if it broke, tens of thousands of cockroaches might come out.

In the end, they had no choice but to quickly use the time machine to send those cockroaches back 300 million years. Doraemon even said that those cockroaches would become the ancestors of modern cockroaches.

Well, to summarize, all the cockroaches in the Doraemon world were caused by Doraemon and Nobita.

They are truly cockroach bullies.

When Von Clay followed Yinda into this unknown forest environment, he was already prepared.

Well, in this high-risk world of hunters, even one of the future Zodiacs, a character who can barely be considered a positive figure, was still not trusted by Bon Clay upon their first meeting.

Especially since they were about to embark on an adventure into such a dangerous forest.

Therefore, in order to avoid entrusting his life to others, von Krecke secretly took out this "cockroach call device".

Fortunately, cockroaches also exist in this Dallas Wild Forest Park.

Von Clay made a deal with them, promising to provide them with food...

In return, they would monitor and guard against them, as well as detect biological information that was clearly moving towards their location.

So, as those two people, enveloped in an earthen-yellow sphere, approached von Clay and his group...

The cockroaches had already discovered it and immediately relayed the information to von Clay.

"Is this another of Bon Clay's props?!"

Yinda looked at the "cockroach caller" in von Clay's hand with a mixture of curiosity and admiration.

"An item that can detect and warn even when an outsider approaches..."

Yinda was genuinely somewhat convinced:

"Won Clay, your 'inventions' are all so amazing, and so effective!!"

"It's practically a wishing well! Whatever you need or want here, you can get the corresponding tool to solve your troubles and difficulties!!"

Yinda said sincerely.

He increasingly felt that as long as von Clay was around, he didn't need to worry about anything.

Whether it was life in the wild or the danger of being attacked by foreign enemies, it all seemed to be trivial matters to von Clay.

He can easily solve his current predicament and overcome difficulties through his "inventions".

Just like now, von Clay used his gadgets to easily discover the enemy's movements.

Then~

In front of Yinda, Von Clay also guided his gaze, pointing towards a certain direction behind him.

"Um?!"

Yinda's gaze instantly locked onto a yellowish-brown sphere hidden in a secluded corner of the forest not far away.

Although they hid it well, the protruding parts still gave them away.

Yinda's extensive experience in natural survival allowed him to immediately sense that something was amiss:

The climate around this two-headed wolf is relatively... The soil is mostly moist and often covered with green plants and moss.

"And the yellowish-brown color on that sphere can only be found in the drier areas on the outskirts of the forest!!"

"Moreover, the small green plants on that sphere are all drought-resistant types that don't mind difficult growing conditions and don't grow very tall."

"There's absolutely no way such a plant could suddenly appear in the forest!!"

"Even if some external creatures had been brought in and wandered in, they couldn't possibly have grown to this size!!"

"so……"

Yinda immediately looked away, not wanting the other party to notice.

"That place is definitely not the natural environment here."

"Clearly, it's a Nen user specializing in soil-related abilities who enveloped themselves underground and moved here from the outer perimeter!!"

"And judging from the fact that the protrusion wasn't completely hidden, it's clear that the conditions for perfect stealth haven't been met."

"And the conditions were not most likely to be met..."

Yinda whispered:

"They most likely sneaked in, and it wasn't just one person."

"That ability user brought one more person with him, so he couldn't perfectly infiltrate the underground..."

"Well."

Yinda paused here, then looked at von Clay, who was sizing him up, somewhat bewildered:

"Did I say something wrong, von Clay?"

There was still a hint of nervousness in his voice:

Why are you looking at me like that?

No~

Von Clay was still looking at him with a slightly strange expression.