Chapter 142: Phantom Troupe's Speculations
Chapter 142 "Speculations about the Phantom Troupe"
Men Qi looked down and saw that it was indeed the photo of the master and apprentice who had just left.
In the photo, they are sitting cross-legged on the grass in the early morning, practicing mindfulness, surrounded by light and mist in harmony.
"Why did you take their photos?" Men Qi was very surprised.
Bisji raised his eyebrows proudly: "Keep reading."
Men Qi flipped to the next photo.
The second picture shows Germain teaching Kurapika step by step how to use the "Mizumi Style" to test his own system.
The third picture shows Kurapika opening his flaming eyes and testing the "Mizumi Style" for the second time. Germain stands aside with an expected look on his face.
The fourth picture shows Germain buying a chain from a nearby town and giving it to Kurapika, who took it with both hands.
The fifth, sixth...
Most of them are photos of Germain and Kurapika. Other people in the mansion occasionally appear in the background of the photos, but they only occupy a very small part.
Depending on the situation, many of these photos were most likely secretly taken by Bisij.
Yungu, who was well aware of his teacher's quirks, heard Xiaodi's voice and glanced at the photos, knowing what was going on.
So Yungu covered the ears of the confused Zhixi with his hands and took him away from the scene while he was still innocent.
"Old...teacher?"
"Zhixi, let's go quickly, we have to continue practicing."
Buhara also ran away with nimble steps.
Men Qi was still surprised: "I still don't understand the meaning of taking these photos."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk." Bisji made a disdainful sound at this time, while wagging his fingers.
"So I say you young people don't understand anything yet... In a few years, when you are thirty or older, you will understand the value of these photos of mine."
Xiaodi and Men Qi looked at each other in confusion, then shook their heads.
Occasionally, Bisji would always say something they didn't understand. If you don't understand, just don't understand. There's no need to go into details.
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Meteor Street at the same time.
Smelly and disorganized, this is what outsiders think of this place, but locals have a different perspective.
The smelly garbage is their treasure, and the Meteor Street people wearing heavy protective clothing can often dig out many practical and novel tools from it.
Of course, it is common to occasionally find abandoned babies, corpses stuffed into suitcases, and discarded guns and ammunition.
They all accepted the orders and sent them to the living area on Meteor Street for the elders to see.
As for disorganization, it is even more nonsense.
The elders' palace, church, living area, and garbage area on Meteor Street are all in perfect order. Meteor Street residents who have lived here for half their lives can walk from one end to the other with their eyes closed.
As for the Phantom Troupe, which had made indelible contributions to maintaining this order, all members of the Phantom Troupe gathered in the deserted plains outside Meteor Street.
Everyone looked calm and divided into two groups, separated by a distance of two meters. However, there was no fierce quarrel, just an unspeakable gap.
"It's been almost two months." Nobunaga, who had long hair, pointed out, "There's no point in waiting any longer. It's as if Germain and Hisoka have completely disappeared from the world. I don't agree with being so passive."
Wo Jin, who has long hair and a strong body, echoed loudly: "If the two of them just hide like this, will we also hide in Meteor Street?"
The rest of the people stood behind Chrollo with a clear-cut attitude.
"They will not remain silent forever." Chrollo said calmly and firmly, "I admit that I made a mistake in judging them at the beginning, but now, their true colors have been completely revealed."
"For them, us coming together is the most difficult situation to solve. We actually have the upper hand."
"The elders of Meteor Street also support us. They will cooperate with the 'Ten Old Men'. It just so happens that German is our common enemy, and they are happy to help us collect intelligence."
"Whether it's Germain, Xiaodi, or Hisoka, as long as they appear under the eyes of the gang, there will always be clues passed to us, and then we can go out together."
Wojin was not good at arguing, so he looked at Nobunaga and handed over the task of debating to his "partner".
Nobunaga lived up to Wojin's expectations: "Captain, you have ignored three points."
Chrollo waited quietly for Nobunaga to continue speaking without any change in his expression, as if he already knew what Nobunaga was going to say.
"First." Nobunaga stretched out a finger, "Hisoka enjoys the thrill of hunting. The more we curl up and show timidity, the more excited he becomes."
"He is like a cat torturing a mouse. It may not be that easy to make him anxious."
"I don't know much about Germain, but his behavior pattern is completely inconsistent. He obviously used some kind of telekinesis ability to circumvent Parker Noda's "memory exploration." "
"He joined the Phantom Troupe and killed Finks, Franklin, and Feitan. It must not be for the so-called 'competition for the position of leader.' He must have some purpose."
"Perhaps, he was sent by a hostile force... Therefore, as long as we don't reveal any flaws, he won't show up."
"To sum up, Hisoka and Germain can afford to wait. I wouldn't be surprised if they show up again in a year and a half."
Chrollo still listened calmly.
"Second." Nobunaga extended his second finger. "The way Hisoka killed Kubi and peeled off Lev was still the 'dance on the tip of the knife' method that he was best at."
"German is obviously different. If he won the one-on-one battle with Finks, it was barely acceptable, but I can't understand why he won the combination of Feitan and Franklin."
"We have all seen the scenes of the two battles. Finks left many significant damages of "Kaiten" in the Stonehenge, but after German killed Finks, he was almost unscathed. "
"On the World Tree side, Feitan must have used "Scorching Sun", so that Franklin's body was gone, only the residue was left, but what about it?"
"Feitan died, but German escaped. Some time ago, he even became a "one-star hunter" with this "merit", and the news was announced on the professional hunter website. ”
This information was discovered by the knight who had been searching for news about Hisoka and Germain on the Internet. The knight has a hunter license and can easily enter and exit professional hunter websites.
Nobunaga held the handle of the samurai sword at his waist: "Think about it, Finks, Franklin, Feitan, which one is a wimp?"
"But not only did they all die, but none of them could die with Germain. This result was caused by either a huge gap in strength or he had our information about the ability to read. ”
"I tend to believe the latter. So the question is, how did our information about the ability to read leak out?"
"Also, not long after we returned to Meteor Street, Xiaodi also completely cut off contact with Meteor Street. What happened?"
"If we stay here all the time, without finding out the truth and understanding the source of Germain's information, we will still suffer losses and even fall into the trap like Finks, Franklin, and Feitan. ”
In fact, everyone present was not stupid. They had thought of these two points, especially the second one, but they did not think deeply about it subconsciously.
Because the more they thought about it, the more they would point to one result, that is, there was a traitor in the Phantom Troupe.
The most suspicious person was undoubtedly Machi, because Hisoka and Germain were both members she was responsible for contacting, and Germain let Machi go in the Battle of Stonehenge.
Machi did not explain, she just stood there with her lips pursed.
Now even Paknotta's "memory exploration" could not clear her suspicion, after all, Germain successfully avoided it once.
Nobunaga looked at Machi.
"Is there a possibility that you are being manipulated by some kind of mind ability, but you don't even realize it? And this kind of mind ability can make Paknotta unable to detect it?"
As a childhood friend who grew up together, Nobunaga still believed in Machi.
If Machi exposed the information unconsciously, it would make sense.
Machi was silent for a while, and finally spoke.
"Germain and I did have a strange encounter. He asked me to come and sew up his wound."
"However, it was in the middle of the night, and I didn't even notice when he went out to fight with others and when he came back."
"He was seriously injured, and I used "Thought Suture" on him, and then he left. The next time we met was at the Battle of Stonehenge."
"Now that I think about it, this "commission" was too strange, and he didn't come to me again."
"That's it." Nobunaga nodded firmly.
"It seems that the premise for the activation of this mind ability is to "see Germain's wound and get his blood."
"After Machi was hit, Germain or someone else launched a "memory exploration" similar to Paknotta, and obtained our mind ability information from Machi's mind."
"And "Restriction and Oath", probably because Germain's injury must be quite serious. Of course, this injury may also be a smoke bomb he threw to confuse Machi. "
"The reason why Machi was spared was to make us suspicious of her and cause internal division."
"As for the information about our return to Meteor Street, it was probably reported by someone from Meteor Street. Germain is from Meteor Street, so it is quite normal for him to have informants here."
Nobunaga's speculation was quite reasonable, and everyone in the Phantom Troupe nodded repeatedly.
Machi frowned, showing an angry expression, but quickly concealed it and regained her composure.
Chrollo did not comment on this, but only asked: "Nobunaga, you have a third point that you didn't say, what is it?"
"Third." Nobunaga glanced at the captain and said slowly, "The power behind Germain is unknown."
"He and Hisoka acted separately, so they are probably not accomplices, but just temporary allies."
"It is now known that he has a companion with the ability of Nen who helped him avoid Paknoda's "memory exploration", obtain information from Machi, and meet at the World Tree. "If we face him again, we may have to take into account the forces behind him, and we know nothing about it now." "Even if the elders of Meteor Street or the Ten Old Men tell us where he is, who knows if this is a trap set by the organization behind him?" "Captain, we must take the initiative and investigate it ourselves. We must not completely trust the information of the elders of Meteor Street and the Ten Old Men. Otherwise, we will die unclearly."