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"..."
Lily's breathing became a little disordered.
Xi Suo stood up from the sofa, walked past Lily, paused, and glanced at the latter, "I now understand why Long kept you..."
After that, Hisoka returned to normal and smiled, "Can you tell me where his room is?"
"..."
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On the other end, Long let out a breath and put his phone into his pocket unhappily.
It was unexpected that Hisoka found the Fields family, but don't worry about it for now... Judging from Hisoka's answer, he doesn't want to break up with me yet, and... that lunatic probably has no interest in the mafia, and there are many ways to completely provoke and anger me.
Hisoka won't choose the least effective one...
Because...the gang and the ten old men are not Long's Achilles' heel at all.
He doesn't care that much...otherwise he wouldn't have just been a hands-off boss and gone out to travel.
Hisoka knew this very well.
At this point, Oboro is not as wary of Hisoka as he was at the beginning... After all, his strength has been established to a certain extent.
Since they parted that year, as time went by, it became increasingly difficult for Hisoka to defeat himself.
Another point is that Hisoka has some value to Oboro...
That guy owed him a favor.
This time he found me, probably because he wanted to see how much he had grown...
It is not an easy thing to become one of the ten old men. Hisoka should have some understanding of the gang. With Hisoka's brain, he can definitely guess that he has killed a large number of Nen users and difficult masters in this year. This will make Hisoka quite expectant and excited.
"I guess... right now he is in the palace of the Firth family, searching for information related to me. The core is his battle record... and he is using it to calculate my strength level..." Long sneered: "It seems that in the past few years... there has been no improvement at all..."
After saying this, Long put this little episode behind him and headed straight for the dock.
His next destination was the Luxon region, the habitat of the Kuruta tribe.
He wanted to see the flaming red eyes.
When the Kuruta people are emotionally excited, their pupils will turn into a fiery color and their physical state will change accordingly... Especially the telekinesis of Kurupika, which makes Long very curious about this pair of eyes and this bloodline.
Now, the Kuruta tribe has not yet been destroyed... This is also a rare opportunity to observe them up close.
Before noon, he arrived at the port on time and boarded the large sailing ship leaving Whale Island.
After several stops, we arrived in Luxembourg a week later.
Luxembourg is a plateau area, with mountains as the main landform. There are almost no big cities here, only some relatively scattered towns and villages. It is a relatively remote area.
Moreover, the clothing of the residents living here is quite special, and they seem to have their own unique cultural background.
He asked about the deeds of the "Red Eyed Demon", and most of the people he asked were elderly people. When they heard this name, they naturally showed hatred on their faces, which surprised Long. He didn't know what the Kuruta tribe had done to be so hated... But it was also possible that it was simply a "rejection" phenomenon.
People are always afraid of things they don’t know or understand…which breeds prejudice and discrimination.
More than a hundred years ago, there was a local custom of hunting the Kuruta people, but as time passed, on the one hand, the Kuruta people traveled more secretly and low-key, and on the other hand, this phenomenon was alleviated to a certain extent with the passing of the older generation.
But it still exists, just not as intensely as before.
After some exploration, Long found a town that had signs of recent 'demonic' activity.
Every once in a while, the Kuruta tribe would send people out to purchase supplies. Although times have changed, the outside world now knows very little about the Kuruta tribe and doesn't understand them very well... Under normal circumstances, they look no different from ordinary people.
But Long knew the unique attire and clothing patterns of the Kuruta people...all he had to do was wait here.
The last time signs of the 'devil' appeared was twenty years ago.
Long guessed that it was probably because the newcomer of the Kuruta tribe failed the trial mission of the great elder and got angry in front of outsiders...
Going out shopping is a very difficult and important task for the Kuruta people.
Personnel will not be changed easily.
Hard work pays off. Long waited for more than half a month... When he was about to give up, the target appeared.
Two adult men, leading their mounts, arrived at the entrance of the largest supermarket in town.
Their clothes are mainly blue and orange, loose and flexible, and the fabric and patterns are the same.
I smiled...
There is another reason why he is curious about the Kuruta tribe... that is the origin of the Kuruta tribe.
In the previous life, someone discovered that the architectural patterns on the clothes of the Kuruta people, the vine-like patterns, including the labels on their special ineffective potions, are a simplified "gateway", which is extremely similar to the "gate" to enter the Dark Continent... In addition, the Kuruta people raise a unique creature, which is what Long is seeing now, a mount that looks very much like an ostrich. This kind of running bird is exactly the same as a creature marked in the illustrations of the Dark Continent.
In addition to the fiery red eyes and their special physique, there are also the so-called "demon messengers". The origin of this name is...
It really makes people think a lot.
Of course, it could be a misunderstanding... but Long is happy to learn about the history of this race.
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Two people from the Kuruta tribe left the town with large and small bags of things. Long followed them all the way, crossing mountains and ridges, and it took two or three days to enter the Kuruta tribe's habitat. During this time, the two were very alert and kept consciously taking detours and observing the surroundings, for fear of being caught up.
If the location of the Kurutas were exposed, the disaster that would befall the tribe could be devastating.
As he went deeper into the tribe's territory, Long also discovered many mechanisms and traps, which were cleverly disguised... but they still failed to stop him.
Deep in the mountains, Long stood on a tree trunk several dozen meters high and looked down. Below him were many peculiar and unique small houses, most of which rose from the ground relying on the roots of the trees... The roofs and porches were also carved with vine patterns unique to the Kuruta people.
It can be seen at a glance that this race has a culture of worshipping nature... and appears to be peaceful on the surface.
However, it cannot conceal the fact that they are of fighting bloodline.
There were more than a hundred people scattered on the territory, and Long concealed his presence without being noticed... At night, when most people were asleep and only a few soldiers were left on patrol, Long fell from the branch and stepped on the ground with his feet without making any sound.
Then, it turned into a black shadow and rushed towards a house.
Through observations during the day, he judged that this relatively large building should be the place where the Kuruta tribe stored books. Someone walked out of it with books. Not far away, a Kuruta tribe member seemed to have noticed it, picked up the oil lamp and turned around to shine it, but found nothing unusual and continued walking along the route.
Hundreds of years of oppression and death have made the Kuruta tribe remain absolutely vigilant even after so long.
The room was pitch black.
But it did not affect Long's vision. Sure enough... there was a row of bookshelves and some equipment inside.
He picked up a book at random and flipped through it. He raised his eyebrows and found that he couldn't understand it at all... The words on it were not in the common font in the hunter world.
Oops...forgot about that.
The Kuruta tribe has their own language and writing system...
He took a quick look and found some texts with common characters printed on them on the bookshelf, but they were basically common sense and subjects. Most of them were channels and methods used by the Kuruta people to understand the outside world, and there were also some information about other ethnic groups.
After searching for a long time, I finally found a book that I could understand.
But I only understood the images, not the words.
The little people on the page are in various poses, holding weapons... This is a technique related to fighting.
"That's right... For a group like this, there's so much uncertainty. Everyone has to learn to arm themselves... It seems like that's how Kurapika acquired his basic skills." Oboro muttered. In his eyes, this kind of martial arts was too crude... It didn't interest him at all.
He stuffed the book back, then his eyes focused, he took a few steps forward, and raised his hand to grab a book.
This book is placed in a very special place, at the top of the middle bookshelf, with no other books around it. The cover is also red, and the text is also very strange.
When he opened it, the first page was a portrait and a slogan that sounded like a poem.
In the painting, there is the sun and the moon, and a group of little people are kneeling on the vast land, as if praying for blessings...
There are still lines of breeze in the sky...
If you flip back, it's all text...
However, the last page of the book has a gate pattern, which is exactly the same as the pattern on the Kuruta people's tops.
"Is it really... the door to the Dark Continent?"
Hazy pupils shrank.
It would be very interesting if the speculation is true...
You know, in the original work, the main theme of the Dark Continent is placed on Kurapika... Togashi, the old thief, will never waste his time, and he has spent so much time and effort to make Kurapika the protagonist. Could it be that...
No matter what the outcome of the battle for the throne of the Kajin Empire is, some of the people on the ship will eventually reach the Dark Continent.
The sequel is likely to revolve around Kurapika...
"Do you want someone to translate for you?"
A thought suddenly came to my mind.
Suddenly, he noticed something and tilted his head slightly.
There is a light outside the window behind me...it's a torch!
Then, there was the sound of chaotic footsteps.
"come out!"
Someone shouted in a deep voice.
"I was actually... discovered." Long was a little surprised. He sighed lightly, turned around, pushed the door and walked out.
My goodness! As soon as I opened the door... I saw dozens of people holding various weapons, staring at me as if they were facing a great enemy, and some of them... had their bowstrings pulled to the full.
Leading the group was a short old man with a conspicuous scar on his forehead, his hands behind his back and a stern look on his face.
It was the great elder of the Kuluta tribe.
In addition to the chief elder, several other elders of the clan were also present...
Some women and children stood at the back, with the children being tightly protected by the adults.
Oboro also saw Kurapika and his good friend Pyro.
"Who are you? What do you want to do by sneaking into our territory?" The Great Elder looked at the man, and his expression changed after he caught a glimpse of the book in Long's hand.
What he said was a universal language, so Long could understand it.