Hunter: I became stronger even after I died.

Chapter 227 Find him, kill him!

After Kuroro issued the assembly order, the members of the Phantom Troupe rushed to the meeting point.

However, before the others arrived, Kuroro, Pakunoda, Kubi, and Machi were the first to reach the meeting point.

The meeting point was a private hospital somewhere in the ancient Ganyu Kingdom.

Feitan's charred and shrunken body was stored in the morgue of this hospital.

Originally, the Phantom Troupe planned to bury Feitan and Chrollo together, but at Nobunaga's suggestion, they ended up burying only Chrollo and keeping Feitan's body.

Chrollo came here specifically to use the "Mirage of the Underworld" ability on Feitan's corpse.

Morgue.

The cold white light illuminated the surroundings.

Paknoda reached out and pulled open the refrigerated cabinet containing the corpse, and a misty, chilly air instantly billowed out from inside.

Kuroro and Kubi stood silently by the morgue, watching.

Machi stepped forward, and together with Knoda, they lifted Feitan's body out of the freezer and carefully laid it flat on the morgue.

Everyone present looked at Feitan's corpse.

Burnt, shrunken...

The body was less than a third of its original size, and the face was no longer recognizable; only the head and limbs could be barely discerned.

"The Ultimate Thief"

Kuroro raised his right hand, and with a surge of Nen, a red and black book appeared out of thin air in his palm.

rustle--

The pages turned rapidly without any wind, eventually settling on the page that recorded the ability of "Yellow Spring Mirage".

As his ability was activated, Chrollo's Nen surged suddenly, as if drawn by some force, involuntarily converging towards his shoulders to form two reverse-flowing waterfalls of Nen.

At the end of that surging upward energy, a blurry phantom gradually emerged.

The phantom, wearing a hideous demon mask, floated silently, like a messenger from the underworld.

"Mirage of the Underworld"

Kuroro gently placed his left hand on Feitan's charred corpse, and the phantom of the demon behind him extended sharp claws, slowly piercing into the corpse's chest.

The phantom's hand became blurry and uncertain the moment it touched the corpse, as if it were somewhere between reality and illusion.

A moment later, it withdrew its arm, but brought nothing with it—

Feitan's corpse remained lifeless, and the phantom of the demon returned to its original state, hovering silently.

The lack of response caused the air in the morgue to freeze for a moment.

Machi frowned slightly, and Paknotta's fingertips unconsciously tightened.

Even the usually silent Korbi leaned forward, carefully looking at Feitan on the morgue.

"Commander, has this been a failure...?"

Paknoda asked hesitantly.

Chrollo stared at Feitan's charred remains and said calmly, "One of the conditions for activating this ability is that the 'summoned object' needs to maintain a general shape."

As he spoke, his gaze swept over Feitan's short limbs and torso, as well as his disfigured head.

"Feitan looks like this... it seems he can't meet this condition."

"So you're saying we worked for nothing?"

Kubi shifted her gaze from Feitan's corpse to Kuroro.

Kuroro closed the Thief's Secret Manual.

The phantom of the evil spirit behind him then dissipated.

"No, meeting the requirements for the ability is not difficult."

Kuroro slightly raised his right hand, his slender index finger partially covering his thin lips. His eyelids were lowered, and his eyelashes cast a small shadow under the light. His voice carried a rare hint of introspection.
"I was too impatient... I took a chance and wanted to see if Feitan could meet the activation conditions for his ability."

"..."

Machi paused slightly, her fingers wrapped with Nen threads. Pakunoda and Kubi exchanged a thoughtful glance, and the three of them remained silent, waiting for their leader to continue.

"Let's wait for Amanda to come."

Kuroro lowered his hand, his voice returning to its usual calm, "Her ability can solve this problem."

"Amanda..."

Upon hearing the name Chrollo mentioned, Machi, Kubi, and Pakunoda all showed slight changes in expression.

Amanda is a new member who recently joined the team.

Although they had met Amanda once, they hadn't had much contact with her and only knew that she was a manipulator.

Although I don't know the specific abilities, since the leader said so, there shouldn't be any problems.

Kuroro stared silently at Feitan's wreckage.

If even Amanda's abilities can't restore Feitan's wreckage to its approximate form...

Then the only option is to make a special trip to Cherimoli Valley to find the Nen user who helped Sarassa restore her body.

This path is feasible, it just will take more time.

Kuroro took a moment to calm his breathing, suppressing the anxiety welling up inside him.

Don't be impatient, don't be anxious...

Be patient and calm to ensure that "this matter" can be accomplished.

Past, present, and future—

This must be the case.

If you want to do something, you must do it.

Therefore, we cannot make mistakes, we absolutely cannot make mistakes...

A shadow fell over Kuroro's eyelids, and the slight ripples in his heart gradually disappeared.

"I want to live the rest of my life as a villain."

"I will make the whole world tremble with fear!"

"I want to completely transform myself, to turn myself into a monster..."

The vows I made in front of my comrades echoed deep within my mind.

Kuroro slowly opened his eyelids and looked at the not-so-bright light.

The inappropriate emotions deep in his eyes completely disappeared, replaced by his usual profound indifference.

Machi seemed to sense something and looked at Kuroro's profile. Her lips moved slightly, but she eventually calmed down.

Late that night.

Amanda stepped into the hospital morgue.

Before her arrival, Kuroro, Machi, Pakunoda, and Kubi stood silently like frozen statues.

Only when her footsteps broke the silence did they seem to come alive, their eyes all turning to Amanda at the door.

Amanda, dressed in a red dress and wearing high heels, walked in. Her heavy makeup stood out starkly under the pale lights.

If Moro were here, he would surely recognize her.

It was Amanda Index Finger, one of the core combatants of the Finger organization that he had personally destroyed.

Kuroro pointed to Feitan's mangled body on the morgue and asked, "Can you do it?"

"no problem."

Amanda glanced at Feitan's charred remains, a hint of disgust flashing in her eyes, but she still extended her hand, painted with scarlet nail polish.

"Let me make this clear first: I'm only responsible for adjusting your body shape according to your requirements. Whether it works or not is none of my business."

"let's start."

Kuroro said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Amanda's right hand, which reached towards the wreckage, suddenly surged with bright psychic power.

"If you don't love me, then go die."

This is Amanda's maneuvering ability.

She can gain direct control over any complete human body simply by removing its head.

Whether it's a living human being or something like a mannequin or a cartoon doll, all are within the scope of this ability. And because this ability requires the user to personally remove the head to gain control, the "obedience" oath effect is created.

This oath effect will grant the ability two characteristics.

One is that Amanda can manipulate targets freely with her "thoughts," and the other is that she can freely transform targets into whatever form Amanda wants to see, which is the ability to freely change their shape.

It is worth mentioning that the targets she controls can only be reduced in size through compression, and cannot be increased in size.

This is a Nen ability born from distorted ideas.

Amanda complied with Chrollo's request and used her ability on the Feitan wreckage.

Her hand, imbued with psychic power, sliced ​​off Feitan's charred, mangled head like a sharp blade.

In that instant, she gained control of the wreckage.

Her manipulation ability, depending on its requirements, can only be applied to living or inanimate objects with "complete human bodies".

But interestingly...

Amanda's definition of "complete" is simply having human limbs and a head.

Although Feitan's body was charred and shrunken, his head and limbs could still be barely discerned.

So Amanda's ability still worked on Feitan's corpse.

In contrast, the "Mirage of the Underworld" ability developed by Cangye only requires the corpse to have a general shape.

These seemingly more lenient conditions, however, actually reveal an almost rigid nature.

The requirement is for the body to be intact, yet there is a rather arbitrary definition to it.

The requirement is for the corpse to be roughly described, but there is a rigid definition.

The personality and perspectives of the person with the ability will always greatly influence the characteristics of the ability and even how it is used.

This is perhaps the interesting aspect of Nen ability, and also the aspect that cannot be judged by common sense.

After Amanda gained control of Feitan's corpse, it was only a fleeting thought.

The charred corpse suddenly convulsed and contracted, its carbonized skin peeling inwards as if shedding its skin, revealing dark red, dried flesh.

With a sickening crunch, the corpse's entire torso rapidly shrank and deformed.

In just a few breaths, the charred corpse had shrunk to the size of a one-year-old baby.

The flesh and blood freed up in this way became complete limbs.

Although the limbs were still covered with scorch marks, some muscle fibers could be seen, making it look like a dried corpse that had been roasted by a fire.

"This is all I can do."

Amanda stopped manipulating Feitan's mind and glanced at the changed Feitan's corpse.

It looks much better than before.

Kuroro didn't speak, but looked at Machi.

Machi instantly understood, took a thin needle from the sewing kit on the back of her left hand, and then sewed the Feitan head that Amanda had cut off back onto the now-distorted headless body.

It only takes a moment.

Machi then used a dazzling technique to perfectly sew Feitan's head onto his body.

next to.

Amanda witnessed Machi's skills up close and couldn't help but look at him with newfound respect.

spider……

It truly lives up to its name.

It seems it won't disappoint me.

Amanda thought to herself.

After making preparations for Feitan's corpse, Chrollo once again materialized the Thief's Ultimate Technique.

Turn the page, freeze the frame.

As Kuroro's Nen surged on his shoulders, the phantom wearing the demon mask reappeared.

Kuroro reached out and gently placed his hand on Feitan's corpse's chest.

The phantom of the demon behind him then extended sharp claws and pierced into Feitan's corpse's chest.

This time——

The hand, shifting between reality and illusion, pulled a slightly blurry humanoid mirage from Feitan's corpse.

Kuroro looked at the motionless humanoid mirage in the hand of the demon mask phantom, and without any hesitation, chose to directly transplant the memories into his head.

This method would impair his memory, but it would allow him to "see" everything that happened to Feitan before his death more directly.

Following Chrollo's orders, the phantom wearing the demon mask stuffed the humanoid mirage extracted from Feitan's corpse directly into Chrollo's head.

In an instant, black strands of Nen appeared around Kuroro's body.

Everything he saw was shrouded in darkness.

next moment.

A crack appeared in the darkness, and as it widened, an unfamiliar scene emerged.

cemetery.

The figure of a blond boy wielding chains gradually came into focus.

This is... Feitan's last memory before he died.

Moreover, it's from a first-person perspective.

Kuroro's consciousness was firmly locked onto the blond boy.

The person who killed Feitan and Shalnark was him...!
However, as the battle continued, Kuroro quickly overturned this conclusion.

That's not it.

He coldly watched the blond boy, who was tortured and covered in wounds, from Feitan's first-person perspective.

Not long after, a person suddenly appeared and intervened in the battle.

Kuroro watched the "memories before death" play out calmly, like an observer.

He saw the abilities that Morrow used in the battle.

The power of the ni-tan (energy projectile) increases through its return motion, as well as the normal split-type ni-tan.

and also--

The ability to spread Nen energy in all directions, creating a dazzling display like stars.

Finally, there's the scene where Feitan's psychic fireproof suit is destroyed, and he is ultimately burned alive.

The painful roar of Feitan continued to echo in Chrollo's ears.

When the scene before him also burst into scorching flames, he vaguely felt a fierce burning sensation seeping into his skin.

"..."

The memory fragments didn't last long, but they gave Kuroro a feeling of an eternity, like a long night.

Inside the morgue.

Machi and the others could only see that Kuroro's eyes were open but out of focus, and that thin black Nen energy surrounded his body.

Although Kuroro had previously given them a general overview of his abilities.

Even so, they couldn't help but worry about Kuroro at this moment.

What they didn't know was...

After "watching" Feitan's memories before his death, Kuroro didn't exit the current state, but instead began watching it a second and a third time...

He no longer felt the same way about Feitan's death.

From the second time onward, all his thinking focused on the abilities that Morrow had demonstrated.

The perpetrator they were looking for has been identified.

So next...

What needs to be done is to use this clear intelligence to develop a strategy to target the perpetrator.

Then find him precisely and kill him!

(End of this chapter)