Everyone Assembled

Once everything had settled down, Ye Chen lowered his gaze to the black ring watch on his wrist.

Only ten minutes had passed since he launched his attack on the Clown.

He wondered how Oko's side was doing.

With that thought, Ye Chen reached for the communicator by his ear, only to find that it had long since vanished. It seemed to have been lost during the earlier battle—or perhaps decomposed.

I hope everyone is safe.

As Ye Chen prayed, he took a spare portable communicator from within the Hunter Black Ring.

However, immediately afterward, a crimson streak came racing from the far end of the sky toward the shattered mountain range where Ye Chen stood.

Ye Chen looked up and saw that the figure was flying at an absurd speed, crossing several kilometers in the blink of an eye before swiftly descending before him.

The arrival was none other than Ye Chen's teammate and partner, the Pink-Haired Hunter Oko.

"Whew... I found Ye Chen. He's okay."

After seeing Ye Chen covered in cuts yet still wearing a calm expression, Oko was the first to notify the teammates on the other end of the communicator. Then, her expression finally at ease, she softly murmured to Ye Chen:

"Thank goodness. You never answered us on the channel... I was really afraid something had happened to you."

Hearing Oko's relieved words, Ye Chen's eyes froze slightly, ripples immediately spreading through his heart. However, he did not tell her that he had nearly become someone else forever just moments ago. He merely gave a wry smile and slowly nodded.

"Sorry. My communicator broke."

As his words fell, Ye Chen swept his gaze over Oko and saw dried blood staining her limbs. Beneath her black clothes, he could also see several freshly scabbed wounds