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Gourmet Hunter - Chapter 450
🕑 Added 2024-06-25 01:46:21 +0000 UTCChapter 450: Two Injuries
The five people who infiltrated the Ohara Museum in advance, only Shalnark had communication abilities. The short message he sent was naturally a call for help.
At the main entrance, Uvogin, Phinks, and Feitan's task was crucial. They had to attract most of the firepower and fend off the police officers from Bit City.
Therefore, the distress signal could not be sent to them but to the theft team, which included Machi and the others.
If it was just about looting the museum's collections, they indeed needed more people to carry more items.
The commotion at the main entrance and the banquet hall almost drew all of Ohara's defense forces.
Machi's group of five arrived at the museum without pressure, killing at least a hundred guards and four or five dozen hunting dogs along the way.
As members of the Phantom Troupe, they all knew Chrollo liked ancient books, so the first things they selected were ancient books. Unfortunately, they didn't have much time to transport them.
Breaking open the museum's doors with brute force, the piercing alarm sounded, but no one cared.
"Tooth Shadow, this noise is too loud," said Bonolenov suddenly, wrapped in bandages.
"Got it," came the mosquito-like response.
Tooth Shadow looked towards the direction of the alarm sound, his severely split black hair swaying with his movements.
He raised his hand, and a blurry shadow appeared in midair as his fingers spread.
Buzz...
A faint, barely audible sound transmitted through the air, and without any obvious movement, the alarm device suddenly exploded, silencing the piercing noise.
After destroying the device, Tooth Shadow slowly lowered his hand, and the shadow disappeared.
"Take everything valuable," Machi said, pulling out a Nen string between her hands. She was quite skilled in tying up large quantities of items, a skill honed on Meteor Street.
"I don't know which ones are more valuable," Kortopi whispered.
Machi glanced at him and said seriously, "Follow your instincts. Take what you think is valuable."
"I see," Kortopi understood.
"Move quickly, we can't drag this out," Machi urged.
Everyone immediately started looting the museum's collections, their actions naturally seen by the control room.
The uniformed man immediately reported this discovery to Clover, who became furious and ordered him to gather a team to protect the collections.
Inside the museum, Machi was carefully selecting antiques, looking for the expensive ones to send to Chrollo.
Beep beep.
Her phone made a few short ringing sounds.
Machi paused, took out her phone, and saw that it was a message from Shalnark. After reading it, her expression changed slightly.
"Wugu, go to the leader immediately. Pakunoda has been captured," Machi put away her phone and looked at Wugu, who had a burnt bald head.
Shalnark had only described the situation without mentioning names, so Machi didn't know that the person who captured Pakunoda was actually Luo.
"Okay," Wugu responded, casually tossing aside what he was holding and looking at Bonolenov, saying, "Give me the sword, and send it to Nobunaga."
Bonolenov handed the long sword from his back to Wugu, then looked at Machi and asked, "Only one person going?"
"Yes, our task is to loot," Machi nodded and then said to Wugu, "Priority is to rescue Pakunoda."
"Got it," Wugu replied briefly, took Nobunaga's sword, and headed towards where Chrollo and the others were.
(Hello, it's me, the translator. I don't know the character Wugu; maybe it's a new Phantom Troupe member. The Chinese name for the character is 雾谷, and it doesn't match any Phantom Troupe member. If you have any idea who this character may be, please mention it in the comments. From now on, this character will be named Wugu.)
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On site.
Luo had not noticed Shalnark's small movements. He was holding Pakunoda hostage, confronting Chrollo.
"Should the other members of the Troupe stop, or continue?"
He looked at the three boxes in Chrollo's hands. These things weren't his. If Chrollo stopped, he wouldn't pursue them.
Boom!
The sound of explosions came from a distance, occasionally flashing brightly for a moment.
Amidst the explosions, Chrollo handed the boxes to Shalnark for safekeeping and looked at Luo calmly, saying, "I don't have a phone."
The implication was that he couldn't notify the other members remotely and would have to go to the scene himself.
Chrollo indeed didn't have a phone, but Shalnark did. However, Chrollo would never voluntarily disclose this.
Luo's phone was also confiscated, otherwise, he would have contacted Machi long ago. Hearing Chrollo's words, he didn't have any doubts. As for Shalnark's phone, he thought it was conjured for controlling targets, not for regular use.
However, he felt something was off and subtly glanced at Nobunaga, who showed a slight reaction.
Was Chrollo lying?
No, the statement "no phone" was true.
Chrollo calmly watched Luo, who was silent. He needed to buy time for Machi and the others to have more time to loot and wait for reinforcements.
Shalnark's message to Machi was a private decision, not shared with Chrollo, and Luo didn't notice.
But Chrollo believed Shalnark would independently send a distress signal upon seeing the situation.
Chrollo was confident in this judgment, so he aimed to maintain this stalemate until reinforcements arrived.
He was right, at least in this judgment.
"Let me put it another way," Luo suddenly said.
Chrollo's eyes flashed subtly.
"Tell the others to stop," Luo said calmly.
"Alright," Chrollo agreed readily this time, looking at Shalnark and saying, "Go to the main entrance and bring them here."
"OK." Shalnark, carrying the boxes, headed towards the main entrance where Franklin was also fighting the guards.
After Shalnark left, only Luo, Salin, Chrollo, Pakunoda, and Nobunaga remained in the area, along with the corpses on the ground.
Nobunaga glanced at Chrollo and then at Luo, frowning deeply.
One minute, two minutes...
After Shalnark left, the standoff lasted two minutes in silence.
Suddenly, Chrollo made a natural raising hand gesture, releasing Nen, and a red book appeared in his hand, held as if he was casually reading.
However, the sudden surge of Nen had a deliberate trace that attracted Luo and Salin's attention.
At this moment, the air seemed to freeze!
A sixth person appeared, seizing the short gap created by Chrollo, attacking Salin.
It was Wugu, who prioritized rescuing Pakunoda, so he targeted Salin for a hostage exchange plan.
"Chrollo...!"
Luo's expression turned cold, seeing the attack on Salin. He decisively released Pakunoda and used "Instant," moving faster than the shadow, blocking in front of Salin.
Wugu had no choice but to face Luo head-on.
Bang bang bang!
Their fists clashed, exchanging more than a dozen punches in an instant.
During the exchange, Luo immediately discerned Wugu's Nen nature. The rhythm suddenly increased, and his fist penetrated Wugu's defense, hitting his chest.
Wugu, puzzled about why Luo's fist was unscathed, spat blood and flew backwards, crashing dozens of meters away, unable to recover for a while.
Luo protected Salin in time, repelling Wugu but letting go of Pakunoda.
"Luo."
Salin's eyes flickered, thinking she might have been underestimated.
At this time, Nobunaga, at Chrollo's signal, picked up Pakunoda, still hesitant. Seeing Wugu being knocked out also surprised him.
Chrollo had a similar reaction. Wugu's martial arts were strong, paired with his Nen abilities, making him formidable in close combat. Yet, after a few exchanges, Luo knocked him out with one punch.
This showed Luo's martial arts were quite formidable.
Chrollo held the book, which he suddenly conjured to distract Luo and Salin. The strategy succeeded, but he didn't remove the book.
Wugu was hit hard, likely severely injured.
So, two Troupe members were injured by Luo.
Should this debt be settled?
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