The Golden Crow Glares × Netero's Special Treatment (4.2K)

Gotoh is a professional, unlike Kurajing, who rarely smiles.

He pushed up his glasses on the bridge of his nose, carefully examined the golden crow, and silently memorized the name "Little Gold."

The reason why everything around them had turned into Rengoku was all thanks to "Little Gold"... The young butler would not underestimate the other party just because he looked cute with his chubby appearance.

After all, it is the Young Master's Nen Beast.

"Whoosh~" The fire, no longer aided by "Nen Qi," gradually subsided...

Roy, supporting Gotoh's shoulder, left the lakebed and went up the mountain.

Taking advantage of this brief moment, he unleashed [Absolute] to recover his Nen Qi, intending to call "Little Gold" back.

Little Gold wouldn't leave, instead using his hair as a nest and lingering there. Meanwhile... Kurajing smiled and caught an insect, feeding it to him. The insect, disgusted, spat out a tiny tongue of fire, burning it to ashes, which startled Kurajing.

"Acting on his own initiative." This is Gotoh's criticism of Kurajing's "overstepping" behavior.

The girl pouted and sulked... Roy ignored her and let them fool around. They hiked up the mountain and, at a certain point halfway up, stopped and looked ahead.

Deep in the mountains and forests, several figures emerged indistinctly.

Gotoh recognized one of them at a glance, and without making a sound, slipped her hand into her pocket and caught a few coins.

It's her... the daughter of the Kiriko...

"Young Master was kind enough to let you go, but I didn't expect you to dare come back."

Kurajing frowned, recognizing the woman as well. She secretly glanced at the three people who had come with her; their faces and arms bore the same markings and patterns as hers. Without a doubt, they must be this woman's family or clansmen.

The Kiriko daughter looked away, pleadingly glancing at her bald father... The Kiriko father, his head wrapped in a headscarf, forced a smile and bowed slightly to Roy from afar, saying, "I apologize to everyone for my daughter's impudence."

"Please understand that surveillance is not our intention. As examiners and guides for this stage, this is a task assigned by the Hunter Association."

"We were just following orders."

"Young Master, that woman wasn't lying." Kurajing's observation skills were very sharp, or rather, women understand women... The Kiriko's daughter's panic and helplessness, as well as her guilt for implicating her family, didn't seem like an act.

"That doesn't cover up the fact that she was spying, got caught, and then ran away." Gotoh can tell right from wrong. An offense is an offense. If apologies were enough, there wouldn't be so many conflicts and tragedies in the world.

Even if it's part of the exam.

Roy listened to the two arguing expressionlessly, his gaze falling on the Kiriko family, a thought suddenly forming in his mind...

The Golden Crow perched atop his head suddenly opened its eyes, its two golden pupils shooting out two beams of light that shone upon the group...

For a moment, the Kiriko family was in a daze, and an image surfaced from the depths of their Bloodline...

In the picture.

In the vast expanse of the river, a multitude of foxes, hundreds of times larger than him and resembling his ancestors, were worshipping a Sun Chariot, pulled by a Three-Legged Golden Crow with wings that could reach the heavens, slowly approaching from the horizon...

A man sat in the carriage, wearing a gilded crown, his face obscured.

I could vaguely hear the word "god" coming from the mouth of the "ancestor"!

Then they saw the man resting one hand on the Sun Chariot, seemingly reading a book. Upon hearing this, he glanced at them indifferently... Boom!

The scene shattered... The entire Kiriko family felt dizzy and their consciousness went dark as they all knelt down with a "thump-thump..."

"Clang—" It sounded as if someone was striking a resounding bell with a hammer in my ear.

A crow's cry exploded in my soul...

The Kiriko father, along with his wife and children, prostrated themselves on the ground, just as their "ancestors" worshipped the sun, devoutly burying their heads in the earth.

"Why... why did he suddenly kneel down?"

Kurajing was still unaware of what had happened. She stared blankly at the Kiriko family, who were now prostrate on the ground. Instinct compelled her to turn her stiff neck to look at Roy... Above the Sun-Earring Boy's head, the Golden Crow swayed its beak, preening its feathers, and let out a casual cry, as if everything was unrelated to it.

Is this sincere enough? Gotoh narrowed her eyes, clearly stunned for a moment... To apologize to this extent, even sacrificing dignity, seems to leave no room for criticism.

He glanced furtively at the Young Master...

Roy stroked the golden ahoge on Little Gold's head, lost in thought, and suddenly thought of the phrase "crushing power"!

Just like in the Chimera Ant arc, there is a natural hierarchy among the King, the Three Royal Guards, the Squadron Leader, the elite squad leader, and ordinary Chimera Ant. Similarly, Muzan can control the life and death of all Demon with a Muzan thought... To these Magic Beast, the Golden Crow is an existence with an extremely high status. (Note: Demons like Tamayo, Yushiro, Nezuko who have broken free from Muzan's control are not included.)

Unable to look directly at them, they had no choice but to submit!

"Gurgle..."

I'm hungry. "Is there anything to eat?"

His Nen Qi was depleted and he urgently needed to replenish it... Roy gestured to Little Gold to hold back.

The golden light vanished from the Golden Crow's eyes, and the oppressive aura emanating from its position disappeared along with it...

The Kiriko mother finally managed to raise her head and hurriedly said, "Yes... I made curry, if you don't mind..."

"Let's go." Roy lifted his feet and started climbing the mountain, his destination the spruce tree at the summit.

Gotoh followed expressionlessly, with Kurajing nodding to her Kiriko mother behind her. The girl smiled and quickened her pace.

The family of Kiriko suddenly came to their senses, looking as if they had just been pulled out of the water, their armpits, backs, and foreheads covered in sweat, as if they had just escaped from the jaws of death.

"I thought I was going to die." I've heard that people have a revolving lantern of visions before they die, seeing all sorts of things... The Kiriko son straightened up, leaning against a big tree, recalling the casual glance that person had given him in the vision, and his heart was still pounding.

"Is that true, Father?" The Kiriko daughter scrambled to her feet, swallowed hard, and watched the Sun-Earring Boy lead a male and a female steward up the mountain before cautiously asking.

The Kiriko father and Kiriko mother exchanged a glance but did not answer.

"Honey, hurry back and watch the pot, don't let the curry burn."

The Kiriko mother slapped her forehead, almost forgetting, and in the blink of an eye revealed her true form. With a push of her hind paws, she chased after the direction Roy had gone, swiftly leaping towards the mountain peak.

"Whoosh~" A mountain breeze blew in, swirling up the burnt, charred leaves, which danced around the Kiriko father...

The Kiriko father turned around, looking at his two children with a serious expression, and said, "Don't tell anyone about that scene, remember that..."

"No matter who asks, you are not allowed to tell."

"What about the Hunter Association?" The son of the Kiriko glanced at the forest, which was nearly half burned, and shrugged. "The people conducting the interrogation will definitely ask a lot of questions when they see it like this."

The Kiriko boss glared at her. "Just say it was me who ordered."

"It's getting cold, can I light a fire to warm myself?"

The Kiriko's son shrank back and shut his mouth.

"Father..." Watching Roy and the others walk away, the Kiriko daughter approached hesitantly and asked cautiously, "Don't you think that person in the car looks a bit like that examinee?"

The Kiriko father fell silent... It wasn't just similar, it was... in his eyes.

"From now on, keep these thoughts to yourself; that's enough."

"Whoosh--" The Kiriko father immediately stopped talking, spread his fleshy wings, stirred up a gust of wind, and chased after the Kiriko mother towards the mountain peak.

The Kiriko Kiriko son and daughter exchanged a glance, looked at each other in bewilderment, and then leaped off the ground to follow... Below them lay a devastated forest and a dried-up lakebed, as well as an indescribable shock.

Six o'clock in the evening.

In the Small Wooden Cabin under the cedar tree.

A group of people served Roy his meal alone; he and Golden Crow each had a plate of curry, and the latter kept talking and talking...

It pecked at the plate, making a crisp sound.

"Please sit down." This is the home of the Kiriko, and even though he is a guest, Roy doesn't have the habit of leaving the host alone or eating by himself.

Even though some unpleasant things had happened before.

"Gotoh, you sit down too."

"And you."

Roy glanced at Gotoh and Kurajing, who responded with a "yes" and pulled out chairs to sit down.

The Kiriko family then sat down at the table obediently and took on the task of serving and adding rice.

Fortunately... Magic Beast eat more than humans, Kiriko mother cooked a huge pot of curry, thinking that if she ate less, it should be enough. But she overlooked something... the Golden Crow!

The golden-haired Fat Crow doesn't eat insects, but it loves to eat rice. It caws incessantly, finishing one plate quickly, then another, and another, and then... a pot... two pots... Who knows how many stomachs are inside its tiny body...

The Kiriko mother cooked two more pots of curry before finally feeding it until it was full, then it lay on its back with its paws in the air and let out a satisfied burp.

"Your... Your Highness... You have quite the appetite." The Kiriko mother, holding a rice scoop, slumped in her chair, almost collapsing from exhaustion.

One bird ate enough food for a whole table of people, and that wasn't enough for it; perhaps that's why it could drag the Sun Chariot across the sky.

The Kiriko daughter watched as Kurajing consulted Roy and then rubbed Golden Crow's little belly. Jinwu hummed and groaned, enjoying it with his eyes closed. She longed to touch it too, but a glare from her Kiriko father dispelled her thoughts.

Don't really underestimate her... silly girl!

The Kiriko father gave his daughter a warning look, then forced a fawning smile and said to Roy, "There are still two days until the exam. I'll have my wife prepare some bedding for you to rest. It's not too late to set off tomorrow morning."

"No need, someone else is coming soon." The town of Q&A couldn't stop Illumi and Kite, especially Kite, whose opponent was Ging's disciple. The unanswerable questions prepared by Nakajima Sachiko couldn't stop him.

Roy patted Golden Crow's little head. "Little Gold, can you fly?"

Golden Crow, who was enjoying Kurajing's massage with his eyes closed, displeased upon hearing this, propped himself up on his wings and stood up.

Do you look down on birds?

It waddled to the table, its plump belly Youyou, then spread its wings and leaped... "Thud!" It landed on the ground.

Roy:

The Kiriko Family: "6

Gotoh:

Looking up at the sky, next to her was Kurajing, who couldn't hold back her laughter and was desperately covering her mouth, but eventually managed to let out a breath.

When the girl noticed that everyone was looking at her, she quickly lowered her head, reached out and picked up the Golden Crow from the ground, and placed it back on the table.

The Golden Crow, however, seemed to have transformed into a different bird. It stared blankly at the scum, then at its own round belly, and spread its legs, plopping down on the table like a human.

"Forget it." Just consider it raising a useless child... Roy grabbed the Golden Crow, placed it on his head, coughed lightly, and turned to look at his Kiriko father, saying, "No need for rest, please give us a ride."

Since Little Gold is out of the question, we can only rely on the Kiriko family.

Furthermore, only they know the way to the main venue.

"You flatter me," the Kiriko father said humbly. He winked at his son, instructed his Kiriko mother and daughter to guard the house, and then left the wooden house.

Spreading its fleshy wings, it and its Kiriko son flew towards the official venue, leading Roy, Gotoh, and Kuyejing.

It was midnight.

The evening wind howled...

An airship bearing a huge "Hunter Association" logo was docked on a platform.

The gun was lowered, Beans came down with a box of film in his hand. He walked across a straight street, found a steakhouse, Gate of Opening and went in. He casually glanced at the owner, pressed the button and went downstairs to a spacious basement.

Looking closely...

Two people had been waiting for quite some time...

With black hair and black eyes, a voluptuous figure, and an S-shaped curve more silky than a winding snake, she was engrossed in reading a potion book under the lamplight.

The other man was wearing a theatrical mask, exuding an imposing aura without anger. He was tall and strong, meticulously beating up an unknown martial artist. Hearing the ringing of the electric bell, he turned around and glanced at the Beans, causing the Beans to catch his breath and slow his pace slightly.

"You've arrived?"

"They're here..."

The Beans greeted the woman first, "Good evening, Gell."

Then, he cautiously looked at the man and said, "Gigante, the chairman said you should test these kids' abilities."

The man delivered a powerful punch, "Pop!" exceeding the speed of sound, killing the scum in front of him, and said in a deep voice, "Understood."

Without asking why, treating it as simply carrying out a mission, he didn't even glance at the Beans again, only lingering for a moment on the roll of film the Bean Man was holding, and said, "This contains the record of the Pig-headed Monster who can rival elite Hunter?"

A C-level biological Pig-headed Monster... A woman Gell's ears twitched. She closed the book, intrigued. "It's a pity it's just a memory, not a living thing. Otherwise, I really wanted to extract its toxins and see what their properties were."

The woman took the film handed over by the bean-faced man and pasted it on the faintly glowing word "phantom" engraved on the cover of the book...

The word "God" is activated!

A vast, boundless forest, teeming with towering trees, slowly unfolds...

In an instant, she and the man were enveloped!

Immediately following the slaughter, the sounds of fighting and the ferocious howls of the Pig-headed Monster could be faintly heard... rising and falling, endlessly...

After a long while, the "illusion" shattered...

A woman was panting heavily, and a man's face was indistinct.

Gell glanced at Botobai, somewhat embarrassed, and said, "Having you here isn't enough, the guild leader even sent those guys into battle..."

"It seems he really doesn't want anyone to pass this round."

That Pig-headed Monster's innate "Enhancement was far beyond the capabilities of the examinees. Just now, one swing of his axe nearly chopped off Gell's "snake hand."

The exam, however, requires all candidates to endure inside for ten seconds... This is undoubtedly a fantasy.

"What else did the chairman say?" Botobai, turning to the Beans in silence.

The Beans took a breath and said truthfully, "The guild master told you that if you encounter Sun-Earring Boy Roy Zoldyck, you shouldn't hold back!"

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