Gourmet Hunter (HxH Fanfic)

Just when Kenda was about to make his final stand, the wall suddenly exploded, catching the three people present off guard.

The wall to the right of the bearded man and the earless man exploded, as if it was smashed by someone with great force. It turned into pieces of rubble that broke through the rain curtain and went towards the two.

However, the bearded man and the earless man reacted swiftly and decisively. As the roar of the explosion reached their ears, they instinctively moved to defend themselves.

The bearded man turned to face the wall, raising his wide-bladed scimitar to shield himself from the flying debris, while the earless man took cover behind him.

Clang, clang…

The fragments of stone struck the blade and shattered into dust.

Watching the unexpected scene unfold, Kenda smiled faintly. Reaching behind him with his left hand, he quickly drew the handgun at his waist, disengaged the safety, chambered a round, and pulled the trigger in one smooth motion.

Bang!

The gunshot was rang out, and the high-temperature bullet flew a short distance of less than ten meters before piercing the bearded man's temple.

The bearded man's eyes widened in rage before his body crumpled heavily to the right, splashing rainwater everywhere as he hit the ground.

The earless man was startled when he saw this, momentarily shaken by the sudden turn of events.

At this moment, a figure rushed over from behind the rubble, and a palm knife pierced straight through the earless man's chest with deadly precision.

The earless man's body shuddered as he coughed up a mouthful of thick blood. He stared blankly at the little kid in front of him, his eyes trembling with disbelief, and his lips moved slightly: "It's… you..."

However, Law calmly pulled out his blood-stained hand and took a step back.

This was just a palm knife attack that was wrapped with a significant portion of his Nen, and he did not use God Hand's power.

Blood began pouring profusely from the wound in the earless man's chest. He collapsed slowly to the ground, and died with his eyes open.

The rain continued to fall steadily, the smell of blood was spreading quietly in the alley, and large bloodstains were washed out on the ground.

Law looked down at the body lying at his feet, stretched out his blood-stained hand, and let the rain wash it, but the blood was not washed away quickly.

"It was so calm that even I felt scared."

Law chuckled bitterly. During his combat training with Nobunaga, he really enjoyed the experience of dodging attacks in dangerous situations, which is a clear sign that he enjoyed combat.

But now, after stabbing the earless man's chest with his palm knife, his emotions were as calm as water. What did that say about him?

"Why did you come back? Where's Young Lady?"

Kenda lowered his gun and he coughed up a bit of blood. He moved his legs slightly, feeling the creeping exhaustion in his limbs.

Although Law's support was very adequate and timely, he was very concerned about Ellie and even used a reproaching tone.

'I just saved your life...'

Law flicked his hand to shake off some of the blood, then looked at the circular hole in the wall, and said, "You can come out now."

As soon as the voice fell, Ellie crawled out of the hole. Seeing the blood on Law's right hand, her eyes trembled and she asked anxiously: "Law, are you hurt?"

"No, it's not my blood. Kenda's the one who's injured." Law shook his head.

Hearing the first part of his response, Ellie sighed in relief. But as soon as the second part registered, her face tensed again, and she hurried over to Kenda.

"I'm fine." Looking at Ellie's worried and anxious expression, Kenda endured the pain and showed an ugly smile.

Ellie's eyes dimmed and she pursed her lips in silence.

"Let's get inside first."

Law looked up at the sky. The rain showed no sign of letting up. If anything, it was getting heavier.

The three of them entered the building through the broken wall.

At this time, the original owner of the house was trembling under the bed because of the intensive gunfire coming from the street.

Even though they heard a loud noise coming from the living room, they didn't dare to come down and investigate.

After entering the house, Kenda immediately said: "We need to reunite with Master as soon as possible."

"Before that, let's talk about Kuri and Vogt. How did you know the two of them were plotting something?" Law found a dry towel in the bathroom and helped Ellie dry herself as much as possible. The latter cooperated very well.

Kenda was anxious, but he was injured and needed Law's help, so he replied honestly: "It was Martin's Nen Ability."

Law's hand that was wiping Ellie's hair suddenly stopped, and he turned his head to look at Kenda and asked, "What do you mean?"

Kenda explained: "Martin's Nen Ability allows him to conjure stickers with specific patterns that can be used for surveillance."

"A pattern that looks like eyes?" Law suddenly thought of the pattern on the glass screen and said, "No wonder there weren't any in Ellie's room."

Kenda nodded and explained, "Not only your room but everyone else's rooms also had them. The images captured by the patterns are transmitted directly into Martin's mind, but there is no sound. However, Martin knows how to read lips, so he can infer what people are saying just by watching their mouths."

Martin's Nen Ability was called [Omnipresent], and it allows him to conjure up to nine circular patterns that function as surveillance screens.

Among the patterns on the glass partition, only one was conjured by Martin, and the others were imitations used to blend in and avoid drawing suspicion.

The conjured patterns are used with In, making them imperceptible to those being watched.

Hearing this, Law frowned and said, "Aren't there pinhole cameras for this?"

"There are plenty of ways to detect pinhole cameras. Besides, if I hadn't told you, would you have noticed Martin's Nen Ability?" Kenda asked back.

Law was speechless for a moment. He really didn't realize, after all, who would waste time using Gyo to inspect a random sticker?

He originally wanted to complain about how useless Martin's Nen Ability were, but then he changed his mind after thinking about the characteristics of this Nen Ability and felt that it was still somewhat useful.

Patterns are different from cameras, which require power and wires. Surveillance points could be set up virtually anywhere as needed.

Moreover, if someone were being pursued, they could deploy these monitoring points along the way to track the pursuer's movements and lay an ambush It's practically a tool tailored for covert observation.

"Using Martin's Nen Ability, we learned that Kuri and Vogt harbored malicious intent. They planned to use the enemy's attack on us as an opportunity to seize all the collections and kill everyone, including you."

"They were extremely cautious. When they checked into their hotel room, the first thing they did was sweep for eavesdropping and surveillance devices. Even though they found none, they never mentioned their plans during their stay."

"Perhaps it was because the past ten days were too uneventful, with no assassins attacking, that they let their guard down and slipped up today."

As Kenda recounted this, his voice was filled with suppressed anger. After all, Kuri and Vogt's plan was to wipe out everyone, leaving no survivors, including Ellie.

Not bringing harm to family members is Barney's bottom line, but not all enemies have the same bottom line as him, so while there are not many assassins coming for Ellie, there are still quite a few.

The purpose is simple, which is to inflict psychological pain on Barney.

"Even if you only discovered their intentions today, you still have time to get rid of them both, right?" Law's eyes turned slightly cold. There were many more things he should consider now.

'This matter likely had the Elder's tacit approval, as their ultimate goal was to seize all the collections.

"We only had time to plant a bomb in their car. The plan was to detonate it once they left the city." Kenda sighed.

Law furrowed his brows and asked without hesitation: "Was the bomb very powerful? You should've had a chance to detonate it earlier."

"It's very powerful, it would've affected us too." Kenda clarified.

Law fell into deep thought upon hearing this, and suddenly felt fortunate that Kenda and the others hadn't acted more decisively.

If Kuri and Vogt didn't return to Meteor City with the collections, Law would have no way to return openly. Moreover, Machi and the others were still not strong enough, so it was difficult to guarantee that the Elder would not vent his anger on Machi and the others.

In other words, if Kuri and Vogt were killed, not only would Law not be able to return to Meteor City, but Machi and the others might also be affected.

However, leaving Kury and Vogt alive was also unacceptable. Law couldn't just sit idly by and let them harm Ellie.

He's now facing a dilemma.

With his concern for Machi and the others, it was difficult for Law to take action.

'Is there any way to have the best of both worlds?' Law's furrowed brows slowly tightened.

It didn't matter to him whether he returned to Meteor City or not, but he couldn't allow Machi and the others to be dragged into this, nor could he let Ellie be harmed by Kuri and Vogt.