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Gourmet Hunter - Chapter 449
🕑 Added 2024-06-25 01:46:12 +0000 UTCChapter 449: Confrontation
"You...?"
Nobunaga stopped twenty meters away from the bearded man, looking astonished.
He was very familiar with the long knife; it was the True Master of Luo.
Not far away, Pakunoda, clutching her abdomen, was also looking at Luo with a shocked expression; she recognized that long knife too.
Just now, Luo's kick to her abdomen seemed to have calculated the offensive and defensive capabilities of Nen, repelling and injuring but not causing serious harm.
At that moment, Pakunoda felt puzzled, but when she saw the long knife suddenly materialize from Luo, she immediately understood.
It wasn't just a coincidence in names; they were the same person.
So, this face was a disguise technique.
Summoning the True Master from the Flame Crest was undoubtedly intentional on Luo's part.
"It's me."
Seeing Nobunaga's astonishment, Luo switched back to his original voice.
"How did you..."
Nobunaga looked at Luo and then at Pakunoda, almost freezing up.
"It's a bit complicated to explain. Simply put, I hope you give up tonight's operation," Luo said, looking at Nobunaga.
At this moment, Pakunoda endured the pain and approached Nobunaga.
This was her judgment after learning Luo's identity. In the vague and sparse hostility, she believed that Luo would not attack her again after revealing his identity.
Nobunaga glanced at the approaching Pakunoda from the corner of his eye, ignoring Luo's request, and instead asked, "What is your relationship with the Ohara Museum?"
Luo also noticed Pakunoda's actions, seemingly indifferent. After hearing Nobunaga's question, he thought for a moment and then said, "Partner."
He omitted the most critical word "future" to avoid wasting time explaining.
Upon hearing this, Nobunaga's face showed a bitter expression. He bit his thumb, appearing quite troubled.
After a moment, his face was filled with difficulty.
Tonight's operation was a group action of the Troupe. The decision wasn't up to him alone. Either everyone voted, or Chrollo decided. But now, the situation was not just an arrow on the bowstring but had already been shot.
Seeing the troubled look on Nobunaga's face, Luo sighed lightly, also somewhat expecting this.
The Troupe was twelve spider legs and a spider head. To make the Troupe give up the operation, one must find that head...
Thinking of this, he looked towards where Chrollo was, currently pressing towards Clover and Salin with Shalnark.
No choice...
"Nobunaga, I might have to do something that will make you uncomfortable." Luo flipped his hand and put the True Master back into his space.
Upon hearing Luo's words, Nobunaga was about to say something when his expression suddenly changed. Luo suddenly moved, coming to Pakunoda's side.
Pakunoda was startled, her Nen surged, and she hastily counterattacked, gathering Nen in her legs and kicking towards Luo.
Her close combat ability wasn't her strong suit, and now both her shoulders were dislocated, making her threat even weaker.
Luo turned his foot, dodged Pakunoda's kick, and circled behind her.
"Huh?"
Pakunoda's eyes widened, a sense of foreboding rising in her heart. Her neck ached, and she passed out.
With a swift palm strike, Luo knocked Pakunoda unconscious.
By the time Luo completed these actions, Nobunaga had only taken five steps. Seeing Pakunoda knocked out, he abruptly stopped and looked at Luo in silence.
Fast!
That was his conclusion from what he had just witnessed.
Luo held the unconscious Pakunoda with one hand, looking at Nobunaga, and said, "Do you think using Pakunoda as a bargaining chip would make Chrollo decide to stop the operation?"
"I don't know." Nobunaga shook his head, honestly.
Luo continued, "Then are you planning to stop me?"
Nobunaga felt a headache coming on and straightforwardly said, "I'll go with you."
Hearing this, Luo smiled and, holding Pakunoda, suddenly crossed a distance of several dozen meters.
Using his maximum power of Instant, he could teleport about sixty meters, but the sudden burst consumed a lot of Nen. Depending on the situation, Luo would carefully choose the timing of his teleportation.
Like now, with Chrollo and Shalnark about to threaten Clover and Salin, he directly used Instant to close the distance. The main problem was that he was carrying Pakunoda, which doubled the Nen consumption.
The night sky was cloudless, and the moonlight poured down.
Below, gunshots and screams intertwined, and the scent of blood was everywhere.
Guests fled towards the palace-like building, and guards protected them.
Clover and Salin, guarded by a group of guards, quickly moved away from the open-air banquet site.
Franklin single-handedly fought against hundreds of enemies shooting at him, while Chrollo and Shalnark pursued Clover and the others.
Killing Clover was important, and obtaining those three treasures was also crucial.
Seeing Chrollo and Shalnark approaching quickly, the bodyguards protecting Clover and the others opened fire on them, but they all dodged.
The numerous bullets, wrapped in heat, only shattered the grass without any other effect.
Seeing the enemies closing in, the team immediately split a hundred men to stay behind and hold them off.
"Shalnark."
Chrollo calmly called out.
Shalnark understood, quietly flicking a wire towards the group of a hundred men.
The wire pierced the air and finally embedded itself in one person's chest.
"Conditions met."
Shalnark, holding a phone, quickly dodged the rain of bullets, lifted a corpse as a shield, and then manipulated the phone.
The controlled bodyguard suddenly turned his gun on his teammates and mercilessly pulled the trigger. Amid the dense gunfire, his teammates fell like straw.
Meanwhile, Chrollo had Shalnark stay behind to deal with the hundred bodyguards and continued pursuing, his hand surging with Nen. A book with a red theme materialized.
Skill Hunter!
The pages automatically flipped to the page Chrollo wanted.
The stolen Nen ability was instantly activated!
Chrollo's running figure suddenly disappeared. The next moment, he teleported repeatedly, a release-type ability similar to Luo's Instant.
Using this ability, Chrollo quickly entered the crowd and began slaughtering.
His Nen-infused hand could easily shatter a normal person's heart with a single slap.
Chrollo's priority target was the three boxes containing the treasures. His physical skills were not weak; once in the crowd, he flipped his hand, killing one person every second.
The guards relied on their guns, but once Chrollo, with terrifying speed, entered the crowd, fearing to hurt their teammates, the guns became useless, and the entire team was massacred by Chrollo alone.
When Chrollo and his men arrived at the banquet site, the ten or so Nen users recruited by Clover voluntarily confronted them. Within two minutes, Chrollo and his team wiped them out.
Now, a group of ordinary people, despite their large numbers and well-equipped guns, could not withstand Chrollo's attack.
Soon, a bloody path was carved out.
Chrollo easily obtained the three boxes and, considering whether to go further and kill Clover, was confronted by a woman appearing to be in her thirties.
This woman was Salin.
The two faced each other, sensing that the other was not easy to deal with.
When Chrollo got the boxes, Shalnark had also finished off the hundred men and joined Chrollo.
"Who are you?" Salin asked coldly.
Chrollo and Shalnark remained expressionless, naturally not answering.
"They are the Phantom Troupe."
At this moment, Luo's voice came, answering the question for Chrollo.
Chrollo and Shalnark looked at Luo, seeing him holding the unconscious Pakunoda with one hand, Nobunaga standing beside him.
Shalnark, unsure of the situation, changed his expression, unable to figure out what was happening despite his keen mind.
Chrollo's reaction was less dramatic because he recognized Luo's voice.
"Chrollo, have your people stop."
Luo raised the unconscious Pakunoda.
The situation was as follows:
Franklin was holding off many enemies, Shalnark and Chrollo had obtained the treasures and were confronting Salin, while Luo, suddenly appearing, held the unconscious Pakunoda, with Nobunaga standing beside him, his stance unclear.
Shalnark, unfamiliar with Luo, was puzzled by Nobunaga's actions and quickly sent out a message.
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