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Gourmet Hunter - Chapter 455
🕑 Added 2024-06-25 23:53:32 +0000 UTCChapter 455: Surrender
The Phantom Troupe has thirteen members, divided into three teams: the Assault Team, the Intelligence Team, and the Logistics Team.
As the names suggest, the main task of the Assault Team is to attack and make necessary sacrifices. Therefore, those in the Assault Team are highly offensive members, such as Uvogin, Nobunaga, Feitan, Phinks, and Franklin.
Setting aside Chrollo's defeat, just now, Feitan, Uvogin, Phinks, and Franklin, these Assault Team members, took turns to attack but were all repelled by Luo.
After leaving Meteor Street, the first thing the Phantom Troupe did was to find targets with strong Nen abilities. They captured them alive and used Pakunoda's Nen or interrogation to extract high-level techniques, which they then trained in for years.
Since they began their true criminal activities, the Troupe has been classified as an A-rank thief group, with each member having a high bounty due to repeated crimes, angering many.
However, whether acting collectively or individually, the Troupe has always eluded capture. Many bounty hunters seeking trouble with the Troupe have never returned, becoming mere sharpening stones for the Troupe.
Throughout their journey, although not always smooth sailing, they encountered strong opponents, but never a Nen user who put as much pressure on them as Luo did.
"Unscathed, what kind of Nen is that?"
Franklin's expression was unchanged, but his heart was not calm. The group of Nen bullets he had launched with full force didn't even cause a splash?
He knew Luo and had seen his strength, but he still couldn't accept that his attack was so ineffective, and the leader had his arm broken by him.
After being repelled by Luo, Phinks raised his arm to look at it, noticing a slight swelling and a strange look in his eyes.
He clearly used Nen to defend at the last moment but still got slightly injured. Only an Enhancer could do that, but that extending rod was conjured, and there was that book.
Moreover, this guy had just used Nen to defend against Franklin's Nen bullets. How did he manage all of this?
At this moment, Phinks was the closest to Luo, but he was deeply wary of him and did not attack rashly. Instead, he retreated towards Chrollo and the others.
"Far underestimated."
Chrollo sighed inwardly.
If they had an accurate assessment from the beginning, he wouldn't have pushed Luo's concession to the limit, and it wouldn't have escalated into this tricky and troublesome situation.
If there was any silver lining, it was that Uvogin and Nobunaga were present.
Shalnark frowned deeply, also somewhat regretful. If he hadn't left, the leader might not have lost an arm.
He knew regret was useless, so he looked at the situation on the field and decisively went to Nobunaga, taking over Pakunoda.
Among the members present, his combat power was the weakest. Taking care of Pakunoda so that Nobunaga could help was the best he could do at the moment.
Nobunaga handed Pakunoda to Shalnark and walked towards Uvogin, his expression conflicted.
After a series of offensives ended, neither side made any further moves.
"Luo, what's going on?"
Uvogin looked at Luo and asked excitedly.
Luo?
Hearing this name, the restrained Wugu was shocked.
Years ago, the most devastating loss for Meteor Street was caused by someone named Luo. Could it be this person?
Thinking of this, anger seemed to rise in his chest, but given his current predicament, he could only suppress it, unable to act.
"Where's Machi?" Luo asked, knowing the answer.
Uvogin didn't think much and replied directly, "Machi and the others are looting the museum."
With this remark, Chrollo, Shalnark, Phinks, and Franklin all glanced speechlessly at Uvogin.
Hearing this, Luo walked towards Salin, lifting the mutilated Wugu with his left hand and conjuring a book with his right. Looking at Uvogin and Nobunaga, he half-joked, "Uvogin, Nobunaga, we're enemies now."
Uvogin and Nobunaga's faces changed.
"That's not a funny joke," Uvogin said.
Nobunaga scratched his cheek, troubled, and turned to Chrollo, wanting to know what Chrollo thought.
"It's not a joke, as you can see, this feud is set," Luo said, shaking the book in his hand, which contained Chrollo's right arm.
Skill Hunter's condition requires holding the conjured book in the right hand. Now that Chrollo lost his right hand, his Nen ability was effectively crippled.
Even if the condition were adjusted to the left hand, Skill Hunter would not perform as effectively.
Uvogin glanced at the expressionless Chrollo and then at the calm Luo, frowning, "There must be some misunderstanding."
Luo said nothing, looking at Nobunaga instead.
Nobunaga, having observed everything neutrally from the start, perhaps had the most say. Noticing Luo's gaze, he looked at Chrollo and said, "Leader, let's reconcile."
Reconciliation, occurring within the Troupe, was indeed a strange thing.
"Leader, I won't accept reconciliation!"
Phinks' browless forehead bulged with veins. Even though Luo was strong, with most of the Assault Team here, they could definitely take him down together.
Showing his dissatisfaction, Phinks looked at Uvogin and Nobunaga, rudely asking, "Are you with us or against us?"
Uvogin and Nobunaga's faces turned ugly, glaring at Phinks but unusually not retorting, given their wavering stance.
Franklin remained silent. He was the type to go with the flow, but seeing the current situation, he leaned towards reconciliation, acknowledging Luo's threat.
Shalnark also tended to follow Chrollo's lead.
Reconciliation...
Chrollo remained silent. He could disregard his right arm but cared about the Troupe's potential losses. As Nobunaga said, reconciliation might be the best option, especially with Uvogin and Nobunaga present, making it likely Luo would agree.
However, despite this belief, he didn't think they could reconcile unconditionally.
With this in mind, he looked at Luo and said, "Wugu and the arm, name your terms."
This statement was akin to surrender.
"Leader!"
Phinks clenched his fist. His refusal to reconcile was due to the implicit surrender.
Luo smiled faintly, accepting this outcome. It wouldn't trouble Machi and the others later, and Chrollo surrendering by asking for terms suited his intentions.
As he prepared to state his terms, a previously unnoticed individual emitted a powerful, emotionally charged Nen wave, filled with boundless anger.
Following the Nen wave, everyone saw Feitan shrouded in a black Nen field akin to resentment.
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