Hunter x Hunter: Card Master, the Strongest in the World.

Chapter 165 Challenging Bisge! Taking Revenge on Lynn!

Machi had a worse premonition, feeling that something bad would happen if things continued like this, and subconsciously stepped forward to speak up: "It's better to be more vigilant."

"As far as I know, Lynn is growing rapidly and has never lost a game in the Sky Arena."

"Perhaps he has never shown his true strength."

Upon hearing Machi's words, everyone fell silent and began to think.

I remember Machi seemed to have always stayed in the Sky Arena, so she did witness Lynn's entire process of breaking through the Sky Arena from the lower levels.

She was probably the one who understood Lynn the most among them.

"Hiso also fought Lynn before, but was ultimately defeated." Machi bluntly revealed Hisoka's dark history and used it as evidence to urge everyone to take Lynn seriously and not underestimate him.

In an instant, all eyes were fixed on Hisoka, who remained expressionless.

Hisoka remained silent, only raising an eyebrow with his hands on his hips.

Hisoka felt quite helpless at that moment. How come they were having such a good chat, and suddenly they started bringing up his shortcomings?

However, that's secondary. The key is how he can give the right explanation so that everyone doesn't think Lynn is too strong and gives up on revenge, otherwise his plan will fall through.

"Hisoka, have you ever fought Lynn?" Kuroro asked slowly, looking at Hisoka.

Hisoka tilted his head slightly, as if recalling something: "Yes, not only that, I've also fought Lynn twice~"

"I met Lynn during the Hunter Exam a year ago and fought him. He was much weaker back then than he is now. Everyone here is stronger than him."

"But a year later, during this year's Hunter Exam, things changed."

Hisoka said with a playful tone, "Only a year has passed, and he has gone from being far inferior to me to being stronger than me. These two encounters, spanning only a year, have yielded completely different results."

"His growth rate is truly astonishing!"

"Maggie knows about this too."

This answer surprised everyone, including Kuroro.

It turns out that Hisoka had already fought Lynn twice.

Furthermore, Lynn's growth rate surprised them quite a bit. If Hisoka wasn't lying, Lynn's growth rate was truly astounding.

Kuroro remained calm and casually asked Machi, "Machi, is what Hisoka said true?"

Although Machi felt something was off, she nodded and said, "Yes, he told me about this before. He even asked me to pass on the message that he would meet Lynn at the Hunter Exam."

It seems Hisoka wasn't lying—this was everyone's inner monologue.

"I see. So, Lynn's growth rate is extremely fast—if we drag this out, our chances of getting revenge will decrease." Kuroro remained calm and quickly made a judgment based on the available information.

"Then we should make our move now!" Phinks said impatiently, clenching his fists and clapping them together, making a popping sound like beans in the quiet night, his face contorted in a ferocious expression.

He couldn't wait to beat that damn Lynn to a pulp!

Then he'll use his "Return to Heaven" technique to send Lynn flying into the sky!

Seeing this, Hisoka remained outwardly calm, but inwardly he was secretly laughing.

In fact, he wasn't lying.

He was merely concealing some information and highlighting only part of the truth.

Lynn couldn't beat him a year ago, but he can now. His growth rate is terrifying, and that's an undeniable fact.

However, he deliberately exaggerated this part of the information while concealing the fact that Lynn was much stronger than himself.

Kuroro and the others only thought that Lynn was a little stronger than him, mainly based on the Sky Arena match. However, Lynn was much stronger than him, even stronger than Kuroro.

He also knew that his image in the eyes of Kuroro and others was not good enough, and they might not believe him based on his words alone.

So he dragged Machi into it to increase the credibility of his story, which was also a way of "repaying" Machi for bringing him up earlier.

The result was a success.

Under his deliberate manipulation, Kuroro's information became skewed, leading him to make incorrect judgments. He even believed that he had to take revenge immediately, otherwise the longer it dragged on, the worse it would be.

Machi remained silent. Judging from Hisoka's words, taking revenge as soon as possible was indeed the best option, but she still felt uneasy. After a pause, she spoke again: "We still have to be careful. The fact that he was able to take down Uvogin and Nobunaga in one go is enough to show that his strength is extraordinary, and he may be stronger than we imagined."

"Machi, what do you mean by saying these things again and again?" Feitan was getting impatient, frowning and speaking sharply.

"Even if Lynn is stronger than Hisoka, so what if he can beat Uvogin and Nobunaga? We're not fighting one-on-one!"

"This is a group operation, a spider's hunt. No matter how strong he is, he can't pose a threat to us!"

Once is one thing, but Machi repeatedly stood up and said not to underestimate Lynn, which made Feitan very unhappy.

He couldn't stand things that boosted the morale of others while diminishing their own.

Could it be that Lynn, a mere individual, is stronger than all ten members of their entire brigade combined?!

impossible!

Seeing that Feitan seemed angry, Machi remained expressionless, wanting to say something but unsure how.

Yes, no matter how strong Lynn is, can he be stronger than their entire brigade?

Even if Lynn is stronger than Hisoka, it doesn't mean anything.

Besides, they know more about Lynn, but Lynn knows nothing about them, probably not even that Hisoka is a member of the Spider.

In battles between Nen users, the information gap is an insurmountable obstacle, and logically, they should have a huge advantage from any perspective.

Was she overthinking it?

Machi could only assume that she had been receiving bad news about her companions one after another, which caused her to be emotionally unstable and her intuition to be confused.

At this moment, the chivalrous man, who had observed everyone's performance, stepped forward and summarized and supplemented the information from all sides: "Lynn is growing very fast, so the best solution is to finish him off quickly before he becomes stronger."

"Furthermore, Lynn is a powerful exorcist. If the leader steals his Nen ability, it would be a significant gain."

"As far as I know, Lynn was not alone in Sares. He was accompanied by the Rabbit of the Twelve Earthly Branches and Bisge, a disciple of Netero and a master of the Heart Source School."

"Uvogin and Nobunaga may not have died entirely at Lynn's hands. It's possible that their comrades also contributed to the death and attributed the credit to Lynn."

The crowd nodded slightly upon hearing this. The knight-errant's words were very pertinent, and this explanation was more convincing to them.

He truly deserves to be called the guild's strategist.

The swordsman's eyes flickered slightly, and seeing that everyone had tacitly agreed with this statement, he felt relieved.

He wanted everyone to underestimate or even disregard Lynn so that he could carry out his orders, pack up the spider, deliver it to Lynn, and then send him to his death!

Others might not know, but as Lynn's puppet, he also knew to some extent how strong Lynn was. After all, the fact that he was allowed to lead the Phantom Troupe meant that Lynn possessed power that was not afraid of the entire Phantom Troupe.

That's why he was the only one among them to realize that Hisoka had ulterior motives. He didn't expect that Hisoka also seemed to be planning to lead the Phantom Troupe astray and take revenge on Lynn.

The clever swordsman quickly realized Hisoka's idea, which suited him perfectly.

Among the ten people, there were two traitors. With their cooperation, one openly and one covertly, even with Machi's keen intuition, the group was led astray.

"Captain, give the order! Make those who dare harm our brigade pay the price!" Finks roared. "I'll beat Lynn to a pulp!"

The crowd subconsciously ignored Pjorn and Bisge, because Netero was not someone they could mess with—in the end, they could only bully the weak and fear the strong.

After a moment's thought, Kuroro made a decision: "June 1st is the succession ceremony of the King of Reges. Lynn has already arrived in the capital as a guest, so we cannot act rashly."

"We'll arrive in the capital first and observe if there's a suitable opportunity to strike. If not, we'll wait until Lynn leaves the capital before making our move!"

From then on, the spider's actions were completely set in stone.

After the meeting, everyone left the abandoned building and headed to the capital of Reges, ready to take revenge!

After leaving, Hisoka secretly sent Lynn a text message.

"A spider has its eye on you~ Watch out~"

Inside the manor's dojo, Lynn turned his gaze away from Kangzai and Leorio on the ring and looked at the text message sent to him by a clown fruit farmer on his phone, raising an eyebrow.

Although I knew Hisoka was a complete traitor, I never expected to send him a text message to warn him in advance.

He then received a text message from the knight, which gave him a general understanding of the background of the group's meeting.

It was within expectations, but also a little surprising.

For example, Machi's intuition, and Hisoka's "art of language".

With Shalnark and Hisoka as their "insiders," the Phantom Troupe, unsurprisingly, has decided to take revenge on him and is heading towards the capital of Reges.

This aligns perfectly with his thinking: if you're going to do something, do it all at once.

Let him take care of the spider in one go.

Turning his gaze away, Lynn looked at the arena. At this moment, the sparring between Kangzai and Leorio was coming to an end. Leorio was ultimately inferior to Kangzai, both in terms of strength and combat experience.

After dinner, Kang Jae suggested to him that they have another match.

He didn't really want to, fearing that Kang Jae wouldn't be able to handle the blow.

But Kang Jae pleaded so earnestly that he showed off a little of his skills.

The result was obvious. Kang Zai was like a salted fish that had lost its dreams. He never expected that Lynn would become so much stronger in less than a year.

But he quickly rallied and turned his attention to Leorio.

I remember last year at the underground base, Leorio hadn't awakened his Nen ability yet, but now he's a pretty strong Nen user, which successfully ignited his fighting spirit.

So the two began to spar, and the battle ended not long afterward.

Peng!

Under Kang Jae's powerful Hadouken, Leorio was sent flying backward, landing hard on his backside, his sunglasses askew below his nose.

"Phew—" Leorio looked down at his torn clothes, then looked up at Kang Jae, his lips twitching. "That was ruthless."

Kang Jae stood there, panting heavily. Half of his right hand was missing; it had been accidentally severed by Leorio. But he had won, so he still wore a smile.

He walked over and stretched out his half-finished hand to Leorio: "You're not bad either. This Nen ability is really interesting. If you had more time, you'd probably be even stronger than me!"

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Leorio grasped his hand, sewed the severed hand back together, and casually said, "I accept my defeat wholeheartedly."

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"I'm completely convinced, I understand." Kang Zai interrupted him, patting his shoulder and laughing heartily, "I know this idiom perfectly!"

The audience consisted only of Lynn, Bisge, Gail, and a few others, making it a relatively private sparring match.

After Kang Zai and Leorio stepped down, Lynn and Bisge, who had arranged to meet beforehand, went up together to prepare for a sparring match!

This was the day Lynn had been looking forward to.

In the past, he and Bisge were just "sparring" and he couldn't beat Bisge, but now it's different.

He really has a chance to beat Bisge!

A+ level experts are extremely rare, and defeating one means losing one less. Therefore, he took this sparring match very seriously. If he didn't get any cards, he would lose a lot. So, he drew [divination tissues] for several days in a row to ensure that today was [auspicious] before issuing the sparring invitation.

In addition, he also prepared another "magic weapon".

Lynn casually patted the small pendant hanging from her waist, which appeared to be a doll dressed in dark green clothes.

And this is the card he drew from the [Onmyoji Guild] this month.

[Name: Zashiki Warashi]

[Grade: B+]

[Type: Character Card]

[Background: Onmyoji]

[Introduction: A yokai regarded as a god of fortune, it is said that those who see it will be blessed with good luck. Zashiki-warashi can be carried as a charm to slightly enhance one's luck. It can activate an effect on a specific target, increasing their chance of drawing cards within the day. This effect can only be used once per month.]

Zashiki Warashi!

This is a rare card that can influence luck.

Luck is a concept involving causality, even more so than time and space; before that, it only had […].

[Take a Tissue] This is a card that can influence your luck.

Even the divination tissues aren't always lucky; you might draw something with negative effects like "minor misfortune" or "major misfortune."

The Zashiki-warashi completely enhances one's luck. Although its effect is not as good as the Great Luck of the [Fortune-telling Tissue], it is better because it is a character card with combat ability and a crucial effect.

Once a month, it can target a specific person and increase their chances of getting a high-value card that day, which is a very good effect.

So after obtaining Zashiki-warashi, he decided that he would use Zashiki-warashi's effects whenever he fought against opponents of A+ rank, or even higher, like Bisji.

Therefore, I will do my best to increase the probability of getting a winning card.

A+ grade cards are extremely rare; missing even one chance is a huge loss!

Let's see what kind of cards Bisji can pull out!