August 7, 1998.
The journey on foot across the Europian Continent had taken a full month. At last, with Xiyou guiding them, Gelman and Kurapika arrived at the agreed-upon port town.
The fishy stench of the port reached them from afar. Handcarts piled high with sea fish covered in ice cubes and chips rolled past Gelman and Kurapika.
Xiyou told them to wait nearby, then hurried off on his own.
The streets around the fish market were crowded with people busy running their businesses. Vendors shouted at the top of their lungs, competing to draw in more customers.
Gelman thought for a moment, then calmly took out his phone and sent a message to the "Post Carriage Group" to let them know he was safe. After a moment's thought, he sent another Text Message to someone else.
Who knew what effect those two messages might have in the future?
Kurapika stood beside him, holding a briefcase.
Half a month earlier, he had been carrying the "Hokage Eye container," wrapped in layers of thick cloth. In his hand, it had looked just like a birdcage.
But given the long journey, carrying the "Hokage Eye" had ultimately been inconvenient, so Gelman helped Kurapika leave it in the care of a "Hunter Association branch."
Wing and Chikyū would retrieve the "Hokage Eye" from the "Hunter Association branch" and take it back to the Mansion Stronghold. Afterward, the pair would leave the Mansion Stronghold and begin traveling.
If Gelman's guess was right, their destination was probably the Sky Arena. There, Chikyū would begin a new round of training.
With Kurapika's encouragement, Chikyū's "Nen Ability Training progress" had advanced far more quickly than in the original timeline. He would most likely reach the 200th floor sooner, too.
And Kurapika certainly wouldn't neglect his own training.