But at that moment, someone walking in through the entrance made Nobunaga's eyes widen instantly!!
"It's that guy!!"
He roared, fury overflowing from him.
"I was wondering why I hadn't seen that bastard. Turns out he went out and only just came back!!"
When Uvogin saw the newcomer, killing intent surged in his eyes as well.
"That guy?"
Morin also looked ahead. "So that's the culprit?"
A burly, dark-skinned man with thick brows and large eyes stood in the doorway directly before them.
There was a vicious glint in his eyes. Every breath sent a wisp of white vapor from his nostrils, and his entire body radiated a savage aura.
"No wonder Uvogin got the worse end of things against him.
That complexion... he was even darker than Uvogin was now?"
Morin sized him up, and the man had clearly noticed them as well.
"You lot..."
Especially when the big dark-skinned man saw Uvogin and Nobunaga, his gaze instantly turned ferocious.
As for the commotion behind him, he did not even need to look. A considerable layer of Nen immediately wrapped around his body.
A massive amount of aura burst forth from him.
"You're asking to die!!"
With a cruel grin, he stuck out his tongue, strikingly crimson against his dark skin, and licked his lips.
Thud!
He stamped hard on the ground and shot toward Morin and the others like an arrow loosed from a bow.
"Like we're afraid of you!!"
Uvogin and Nobunaga glared furiously, aura churning around their bodies as well.
But they had only just begun to enter the world of Nen, and in terms of aura reserves, they were still a level below him.
At the very front, Morin expressionlessly took out the green Cuckoo Bird Egg once more.
A faint green light swept over the area, causing the big dark-skinned man's charge to falter.
The Cuckoo Bird Egg's item effect activated!!
Just as the man paused and his gaze toward Morin gradually softened—
"If your mouth is that foul,
what's the point of talking at all?"
Nen power surged over Morin's fist.
Morin used Gyo to concentrate all of his aura into his right hand.
Then Ten activated.
The aura he emitted also completely enveloped his right hand, and its density abruptly increased!
At the same time, under the effect of Zetsu, the aura around every other part of his body was concealed, leaving not a trace of defensive Nen behind.
This was a technique that abandoned all defense and concentrated every bit of power into a single strike, combining Gyo, Ten, and more.
It was Ken, a technique with 100% destructive power!!
"Hah!"
Morin's fist carried a piercing gale as it smashed straight toward the tall man's face!
Before the latter could react, it struck him instantly!!
Boom!!
Crack?
A dull impact rang out, accompanied by the wonderful sound of bones shattering. Blood sprayed from the tall man's head as his body went limp and collapsed to the ground.
Morin had put all his strength into that punch.
He could clearly feel that his opponent's skull had been smashed completely to pieces.
"If he hadn't used some Nen at the last moment to wrap around his head and block part of the attack, his entire head might have exploded."
Morin glanced at the corpse lying in a pool of blood, its head reduced to a mangled mass of flesh and gore.
He shook the blood from his hand.
It was his first time killing someone, yet for some reason, his heart did not stir in the slightest.
Maybe in this dangerous world of Hunter x Hunter, everyone else was just an NPC to him?
"The Cuckoo Bird Egg's effect is pretty good, though it consumes a bit too much during combat."
"And it only makes people think you're one of their own. It can only be useful for a sneak attack at the start; after that, it's useless."
"Even in a family like the Zoldycks, where parents and children are so loving, being a family member wouldn't help at all."
As Morin reflected on how effective his items had been, the corpse on the ground no longer held his attention.
Although he did not even know the man's name, the moment he dared to talk like that and attack Uvogin and Nobunaga, Morin had already sentenced him to death.
"You're amazing, Morin!!"
Uvogin stared wide-eyed at the pool of blood by his feet. "You took that guy out so quickly!!"
Nobunaga clicked his tongue repeatedly as well.
When they faced that big dark-skinned man, both of them could keenly feel the overwhelming pressure coming from him.
Yet this enemy they had regarded as a formidable foe, someone they had thought would require a difficult, hard-fought battle, had died so easily beneath Morin's fist.
The two of them could not help feeling even more admiration for Morin.
Before, it had been because of their relationship and his teaching. Now, it was because of his strength...
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Getting Away!
"Let's go."
Morin called out to the two still standing there in a daze, then took the lead in walking out.
Uvogin and Nobunaga immediately followed.
"We're just leaving like that?"
After they got outside, Uvogin's urge flared up again.
"That building's so tall. I still want to smash it up one more time."
"We still haven't had the chance to burn it down."
Nobunaga chimed in.
The group really had not found any gasoline, kerosene, or anything else suitable for setting a fire along the way.
"There'll be plenty of chances later."
As he spoke, Morin removed the third Life-Saving Pill.
"But I do agree on one thing. A building that tall really is an eyesore."
"If we can't burn it down, we'll just tear it down."
He tossed the pill in his hand toward the entrance.
This time, no pink smoke ring appeared after the pill hit the ground.
Instead, a huge black pit appeared.
Under Uvogin and Nobunaga's nearly bug-eyed stares, the building suddenly lost the ground supporting it after the pit appeared.
It immediately plunged down into the pit below!!
"Ahhh!!"
"Waaahhh!!"
"@#! JPY%#$."
It was obvious that the building had become even livelier as it plunged down in a chaotic free fall.
All sorts of shrieks and howls came from within, startling passersby nearby.
"Is that... the elders' building?!"
"How did such a huge pit appear underneath it? Where did the ground go?!"
"Who knows... Look, people are jumping out of the building!!"
As they spoke, the windows all over the building shattered as people broke through them and leaped out in time.
For Nen users, such reaction speed in the face of danger was essential.
The moment they noticed the building falling, everyone immediately tried to break out.
Whether they smashed through windows or blasted through walls did not matter.
The first person to rush out of the building was the elder from the top floor.
"You pieces of trash, I'm going to slaughter you!!"
His furious roar, utterly unrestrained in its killing intent, echoed throughout the entire street.
It left the passersby dumbfounded.
"Is that the elder of the Northern District?"
"That's him, all right! But why does he look..."
"So disheveled and out of control? I want to know too!"
"Did someone provoke him?!"
The moment the elder appeared, aura erupted from his entire body. That howling killing intent and pressure made both Uvogin and Nobunaga bare their teeth.
"Let's get out of here!"
Morin could see it too. No wonder this old man could become one of the Four Elders who decided Meteor City's affairs.
Judging by his aura reserves alone, he would have been a formidable fighter even in the outside world.
Morin had no intention of clashing head-on with him here.
"You still have a hundred years before you can catch us!"
Morin removed the last Life-Saving Pill and casually threw it back toward the elder behind them.
"You little brats, if you've got the guts, don't run!!"
"You old bastard, anyone who doesn't run is an idiot!!"
That exchange made the elder's fury surge even higher.
The people nearby had more or less figured out what was happening and hurriedly moved aside.
However—
"Eek, eek, eek, eek, eek?!"
"What's going on? The ground, how could it—?!"
"It turned into water!!!"
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