Setting sail across the ocean · Shadows in tow

The sea breeze swept away the last traces of gunsmoke at the harbor, and the fleeing figures of the Phantom Troupe vanished beyond the coastline. The Hunter Association's Exploration Ship slowly pulled away from the dock, cutting through the deep blue waves and speeding toward the open ocean. Engraved on its hull were seals of the 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva, personally empowered by Chairman Netero. Pale golden lines of Nen shimmered faintly in the sunlight. This was the human world's finest defensive Nen array, capable of withstanding storms, sea beasts, and conventional Nen attacks. Fifty elite Hunters tempered by the Chimera Ant war stood in formation on deck, their expressions solemn. Three elite assassins sent by the Zoldyck Family lurked in the shadows belowdecks, their presence as deathly still as an abyss, like shields that never spoke. Lin Ye stood at the very tip of the bow, the sea breeze whipping the hem of his clothes, his black hair pressed against his slightly pale temples. The consecutive exertions of the Chimera Ant war and intimidating the Phantom Troupe at the harbor had left his mind a little sluggish, but his dark eyes remained sharp as blades. He spread his Observation Haki without restraint, covering the waters for a hundred miles around and maintaining a firm lock on a faint trail of dark Nen. The Phantom Troupe had not truly left. Chrollo Lucilfer, accompanied by Feitan, Phinks, and the others, piloted a small speedboat that concealed its Nen. Like venomous snakes lurking in the darkness, they trailed far behind the Exploration Ship, neither drawing closer nor falling back, patiently awaiting the perfect moment to hunt. "Lin Ye, are they still following us?" Killua hurried to Lin Ye's side, his brows tightly knitted. Electric Current Nen wound around his fingertips like a fine