Hunter x Hunter World?!
Imu, the Five Elders, the Otherworld Strategy Committee, the Three Armies, CIPHER POL and other high-ranking military and political officials attached great importance to Moria and Brook's "Shadow" operation.
Especially Imu, who now only wants to know one thing: what kind of world is on the other side?
To be honest.
You don't need to know much about it at all. You just need to find one or two key points to confirm it. For example, if it's the Shinobi World, as long as you hear the words ninja, Chakra, Land of Fire, you can probably confirm it.
Once the other world's 'identity' is determined, everything becomes much easier. If we can win, we fight; if we can't, we simply close the Star Gate!
A very strange situation has occurred.
Because Star Gate are just like doors, once opened, you can see the inside and outside, so you can still see into the past within a short distance.
So Crocodile, Daifuku, Oven, Cracker, and the others, who were on the other side of the Star Gate, were surprised to find that although the 'Doppelman' had clearly passed by, no artillery fire came down, allowing it to fly past so easily.
What's going on?
Not to mention those present, even the Five Elders, Raymond, Sengoku, Kongming, and others watching via live stream were stunned.
What does it mean that the other party isn't interfering at all?
"If I had known it would be like this, I could have just sent Doppelman with two Den Den Mushi over there," Vice Chairman Gabriel of the Otherworld Strategy Committee headquarters couldn't help but complain.
Vice Admiral Kongming was both amused and exasperated, saying, "Let the 'Doppelman' circle around the enemy's formation first. If there's really no movement at all, then send it back to retrieve the Den Den Mushi."
But he was puzzled. Why would the other world do this? Did they think the 'Doppelman' didn't matter?
The current situation felt very strange to him.
"But in this case, we can't even be sure if they have the ability to detect and deal with Brook's soul. After all, it's possible that they have already detected Brook but haven't done anything about it."
Chairman Fernandez said, his face full of speechlessness.
He genuinely felt that the other side's reaction was like that of someone with mental illness, completely defying common sense.
About an hour later, Moria obeyed the orders of the Otherworld Strategy Committee and sent the 'Doppelman' back.
[Whoosh! Whoosh!]
It had barely stepped out of the Star Gate with a Den Den Mushi (Den Den Mushi) attached to a long black wire when a sharp whooshing sound rang out in the air, followed by two grenades exploding right in front of it.
The surging, scorching Huoguang and Shockwave engulfed the Star Gate, sending some of the flames and shockwaves into Star Gate.
"Snort!"
Fortunately, Crocodile intervened just in time, unleashing a large amount of sand that blocked all the fire, light, and gas; otherwise, the floor of the Biochemical Safety Station might have been burned black.
As for injuring anyone, that's impossible. The weakest person present was Army Rear Admiral, and the aftershocks of a mere grenade couldn't possibly cause such a ruckus!
However, the long wire connecting the Den Den Den Mushi was definitely burned out.
"Damn it, the Den Den Mushi is dead!"
At this moment, Moonlight Moria looked gloomy and dissatisfied, but his 'Doppelman' was fine, after all, it was just a shadow.
"They're targeting Den Den Mushi directly. That means they know exactly what Den Den Mushi are. Their Future Sight abilities are truly impressive."
Seeing this, Shepard X. Shepherd Ju Peter, a figure within the Authority Room, exclaimed, "So whatever we do, the other side has already anticipated it!"
To be honest, he felt the other party was cheating a bit; they really took Future Sight to a whole new level.
Unfortunately, Kagaya Ubuyashiki, one of the Five Elders, was a bit lacking in this regard. Although he had helped the World Government avoid a wave of casualties, he wouldn't thank them for it.
"This is troublesome. It seems we can only get further information from Brook and Moria," Marcus Saint Mars said helplessly, spreading his hands as he stood to the side.
Topman Saint Topman Warcury said thoughtfully, "But one thing is clear: they are preventing us from obtaining their intelligence."
"Isn't this normal? Since it's war, we definitely need to guard against intelligence leaks."
Zambalong V. Saint Nusjuro didn't find this strange at all, but Topman Saint Topman Warcury continued, "What I mean is that since the other side already knows everything about the future, they must have some understanding of the relative strengths of both sides."
"If the other side believes they are stronger than us, why not launch a preemptive attack instead of choosing to remain in a stalemate? You must understand that an army of tens of millions requires astronomical amounts of supplies every day."
Upon hearing his idea, the four fell into a brief silence, before Jaygarcia Saint Saturn said hesitantly.
"Is it possible that the other side knew the Star Gate could be closed, so in order to avoid being trapped in our world, they never intended to send anyone in?"
Topman Saint Topman Warcury frowned and nodded secretly. It was indeed a possibility. Knowing that the power to open and close the Star Gate was in their hands, the other side would certainly not dare to get involved easily.
Now, the situation seems to have reached a stalemate again!
On the moon, Imu was even more speechless. To be honest, he wasn't confident he could guess the 'identity' of the other world based on verbal descriptions, unless very classic, exclusive terms appeared.
Even if I saw a certain character, would I really be able to recognize them?
The real-life appearance is definitely different from the anime character. Unless the other person is wearing an extremely familiar outfit, it's not necessarily true that you can tell just by looking at them.
Five hours later, Brook's spirit returned, bringing with it some rather baffling information.
"The enemy's camp is too big; I can't see much of it by myself just by floating around. But I've memorized the approximate location of the artillery positions," Brook said awkwardly as he stood up.
"Have you found their command post, or the name of their faction, or anything else that seems odd?" Crocodile asked, biting a smoking cigar.
"I didn't see anything strange, just soldiers with guns everywhere, machine gun bunkers, armored trains running on tracks, and a lot of howitzers."
As Brook recalled, he said, "However, there's a serious problem: I can't understand their language Wano Script at all, so I can't find their command post at all."
"There's no Wano Script or English Script there?"
Crocodile looked at Brook in surprise. He knew that the two Otherworld they had encountered so far, the Kabane World and the Demon Slayer World, both had these two languages, although there were some differences in grammar.
So he really hadn't considered that language Wano Script might present a barrier.
"No."
Brook shook his head firmly and said, "Even if it exists, it couldn't be the other party's primary language."
This information left the World Government's top brass speechless; the difficulty had increased to another level. However, Imu's eyes lit up.
A world with a completely different language from reality!
This is quite unusual in Japanese manga, which narrows down the scope considerably. The key point is that there was a work whose text was very peculiar in his memory, and he had a rather deep impression of it.
"Could it be the world of Hunter × Hunter?"
Imu immediately ordered the Five Elders to instruct Brook to write down what he saw. Moments later, the order was relayed through the ranks and reached Brook.
Brook had no objection and asked for a blank sheet of paper, writing down a dozen or so strange characters. But Imu's face darkened after reading them.
"It's not."
He was out of options, since he was only somewhat familiar with 'Hunter Script' and didn't recognize any other Otherworld scripts.
What do we do now?
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