Monster Hunter Gathering

"With you and Kazuma!" David said without hesitation, "I won't let go! If this goes on, Lucy and I will drift apart!!!"

Chapter 218 It’s great to be young

David quickly told the hunters he trusted what had happened between him and Lucy.

David, who didn't understand Lucy's thoughts, had no idea what the problem was.

But... the other hunters who came to listen soon discovered the problem.

The first to be affected was Kazuma, who was already red-hot.

"Qikexiu!!! Let me go! I want to kill him!"

He Zhen, with a red face, yelled and waved his fists, preparing to rush towards David, but when he was about to get close to David, Nie Chiwu and Er Qiao rushed over and grabbed one of them and pressed He Zhen to the ground.

"Let me go! Let me kill this damned idiot! Nie Chiwu! JOJO! Did you betray me?!" He Zhenhongwen lay on the ground, "While I was suffering with a bunch of bad teammates, this guy was actually flirting with a girl! Why did you hold me down?!"

"Well...but I have Sugi Q." Jotaro held Kazuma firmly. "As for the captain..."

"Damn it! Don't compare me to a rotten conscience like you!" Nie Chiwu strangled Kazuma's neck with a righteous look on his face: "I am a person of high moral character like Tanjiro and Xin Meier! I am full of love and justice..."

"Nonsense! Don't let your moral standards tarnish the reputation of our gathering!" Kazuma twisted his body suddenly and grabbed Nie Chiwu's neck tightly. "You're just a barnacle attached to the backs of turtles and whales! And I understand that Jojo has a partner! Why are you holding me down?! You single!!"

"Bullshit! Everyone knows that I'm a dragon-sexual hunter! I wouldn't do something like that out of jealousy of others!!" Nie Chiwu righteously elbowed Kazuma unconscious, and then together with Er Qiao, they dragged Kazuma into the cafeteria kitchen and tied him up.

Shirou Emiya, who was standing nearby, couldn't bear to see this and asked, "Is this really okay? It seems like the Grand Commander was being very heavy-handed...?"

"It's okay." Naofumi Iwatani, who was drinking nearby, explained to Shirou Emiya without even turning his head: "Here's how I explain it... Shirou, you should have seen American cartoons. Although the worlds are different, the styles should be similar."

"...Rubber Hose anime?" Shirou nodded. "Of course I've seen it... So does it have anything to do with what's going on right now?"

Iwatani Naofumi's mouth twitched and he said, "You haven't eaten enough cat food yet, so you haven't noticed it yet..."

"After a while, you'll find that your own vitality is even more terrifying than the legendary G." Iwatani Naofumi pointed his thumb at Kazuma, who was tied up tightly in the kitchen behind him. "That's how it will end."

"The legendary G?!" Shirou Emiya became alert instinctively, then realized what Naofumi Iwaya meant.

"It sounds disgusting, just like saying that hunters have the same vitality as cockroaches!" Yang Le said.

"No, that's what I'm saying." Naofumi Iwatani covered his face. "Actually, when I was exploring recently, I encountered a dragon that turned into a zombie after being killed. After I defeated that zombie dragon, my Filo said that its vitality was like a G."

"How did you...destroy that dragon?" Laos' eyes lit up and he pulled out his notebook. "So dragons can turn into zombies! That's amazing!"

Naofumi Iwatani slammed his wine glass on the table in anger and said, "I was simply eaten by that zombie dragon, and then I used my heavy crossbow to blast it from the inside out, despite its digestive juices! Isn't that perfectly normal for a hunter?"

"I can understand that." Xin Meier nodded. "Haita used to often say that Aize's vitality was so strong that it was a bit disgusting... I think that's normal."

"It must be the effect of exercise!" Tanjiro said unconsciously: "For example, Inosuke and the others recovered very quickly!"

At this moment, Kazuma, who had just woken up in the kitchen, heard the conversation of other hunters outside and a tragic expression appeared on his face.

Has the hunters' common sense been distorted so quickly?

"So, what were we discussing just now?" Nie Chiwu asked with a refreshed look on his face after suppressing He Zhen.

"It's about me and Lucy..." David silently raised his hand: "So how did the topic stray so far away..."

"You..." Nie Chiwu looked David up and down, then said, "You're really a bit of a fool."

"?" David slowly typed a question mark.

Why are you cursing at me for no reason?

"Kazuma is so jealous that he's about to turn into a lava dragon. You..." Nie Chiwu sighed, "Don't you realize that Lucy is thinking about you?"

"Now that you mention it..." David thought seriously for a moment, "But the future you showed me is the one where Lucy took me to be an edgewalker."

"Is there anything different?" David scratched his hair.

"Maybe it's because, in the original development, you and she were in the same boat." Nie Chiwu scratched his chin: "As for now..."

"To Lucy, you're just a young man who suddenly confessed his love to her. And you're quite capable. Although you've faced some difficulties, you still have a lot of hope in life." Nie Chiwu patted David's shoulder and said, "Think back to Lucy's situation."

"Lucy..."

David recalled what he had learned about Lucy.

He wants to go to the moon and thinks Night City is a prison. He is one of the genius hackers once trained by Arasaka, and later escaped with his companions to live a free life...

Because he wanted to help his future self, he was discovered by Faraday and was eventually kidnapped by Faraday and handed over to Arasaka...

The more he thought about it, the gloomier David's expression became.

"Have you figured it out?" Nie Chiwu said, "I don't need to explain the rest. What should you do? And what does Lucy really need..."

"I... sort of understand." David stood up and rushed out of the cafeteria: "I'm going back to Night City!"

"Tsk, it's great to be young." Nie Chiwu crossed his arms and looked at David's back.

After returning to Night City, David rushed straight to where Lucy was.

Lucy was still looking at Mewtwo on the moon when she heard a knock on the door.

When I opened the door, I saw David with an excited look on his face.

"Lucy!"

David grabbed Lucy's shoulders and said, "Go on a date with me."

The next moment, David's nose was hit hard by Lucy's fist, and Lucy's scolding was still in his ear: "Idiot! What on earth do you want to do running here in the middle of the night!"

Chapter 219 A miracle in materials science!

"So you just listened to other people's encouragement, came here at this time, and wanted to ask me out on a date?"

At Lucy's house, David and Lucy were sitting on the sofa. Lucy put one hand in front of David and asked David to help knead it.

The heavy blow to David's nose just now did not hurt David's nose, but instead twisted Lucy's hand.

"Yes."

David said this while quietly looking around.

Then Lucy pulled her hand back, held her forehead and sighed deeply: "What are you thinking about."

Lucy grabbed David by the collar and said, "You have no idea what kind of person I am, yet you come over here and say you like me... There's a limit to how naive you are."

"What on earth are you thinking?" Lucy looked at David with a headache. "I'm not that kind of girl from Arasaka Academy. Don't think you can get a date with me this way."

"You're just a bastard..." Lucy pinched David's face and said, "It's better for a little boy like you to settle down as soon as possible, otherwise you'll lose your life."

"But I'm serious," David said bluntly, "I'm not attracted to you... I don't think you're beautiful... No, I think you're beautiful, but I'm not attracted to you... Okay, a little bit."

David said with a rented mouth: "I am serious, so I hope you can give me a chance. If you don't want to, you can just reject me."

David's expression was particularly determined: "I will prove myself! To you!"

"Then I refuse." Lucy lay back on the sofa and waved at David: "Anyone can say such things. Now your attitude is very clear, right? Let's go."

"Oh……"

David stood up and prepared to leave Lucy's house.

Seeing David stand up, Lucy's expression showed a hint of disappointment, but she still watched David push open the door silently.

But before David left, he turned around and said to Lucy, "I won't give up! I will continue to pursue you! Until you agree to me!"

David clenched his fist: "I will prove myself!"

"Didn't you say you could refuse?" A sofa pillow flew directly from Lucy's hand to David, and was caught by David with one hand.

"I didn't say I would give up if I was rejected." David said firmly: "Wait, Lucy! I will make you accept me!"

David walked out of Lucy's house with great enthusiasm, then quietly opened a crack, put Lucy's sofa cushion at the door, and then closed the door again.

"ha----"

After watching David leave, Lucy let out a long breath and then looked at the door of her room in a daze.

Finally, Lucy uttered, "He says he'll never give up, but isn't this just pure persistence? Why did he choose me?"

Lucy stood up and walked to the window, looking at the neon-lit night of Night City, and her hand involuntarily touched the back of her neck.

"He actually knows nothing..." Lucy lowered her eyes. "How could such a fool appear in Night City?"

"And I'm doing a job that is...not suitable for me." Lucy put her hand on the window glass and looked out into the distance.

At this moment, David was walking on the streets of Night City. The lights around him were so bright that the stars in the sky lost their twinkling light. Only a bright moon was left in the sky.

"..."

David stretched out his hand towards the moon and gently shook it: "I... really want the people around me to live well in this world."

"Lucy, wait a minute." David said, "I will prove it."

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"What the hell is that thing behind it!!!"

In Night City, a car is speeding desperately, as if there is a terrifying monster chasing them from behind.

Behind them, the sound of huge artillery fire was heard intermittently, and the sound was getting closer and closer to them.

Hearing the sound coming from their ears, fear appeared on the faces of the gang members, but the next moment a heavy falling sound appeared on the roof of the car.

"Damn it! That monster is here!!!!" someone who looked like a gang leader screamed, "Quick! Shoot him!!!"

Amid the screams, the people in the car fired directly at the roof, as if they wanted to kill the guy who fell on the roof directly through the roof.

After a burst of gunfire, there was no movement on the roof. Just when the gang members thought they were safe, a long gun like a gun pierced through the roof and directly into the dashboard of the car, destroying the car's intelligent system.

"Brother Mann sent me a message." On the car roof that had been torn open by the gunfire, David looked at the gang members and shook the bullets on the shield in his right hand: "You are the final target... Hand over everything you took!"

A few minutes after David set out, Mann's team saw David returning in a "convertible" carrying a huge weapon.

In the back seat of the car, the fleeing targets were tied up tightly and stacked together.

"Haha! David! Well done!" Mann gave David a thumbs-up. "You were able to track them down in this situation... Fortunately, we didn't let them get away, otherwise we would be in big trouble."

"Well done! Wow! A promising newcomer!" Rebecca patted David on the shoulder and said to him, "Now that you're done, do you want to go have a drink together?"

"..." Lucy crossed her arms and looked at the scene not far away, then turned her head away.

"No." David shook his head. "I'm going to practice my shooting. My shooting skills are a little bit bad..."

"That's strange! What kind of prosthetics do you have?" Pira, the team's prosthetics doctor, approached David curiously, looking him up and down. "I've never seen a prosthetic like yours before... And what kind of new technology is your weapon? I've never seen it before. Is it a new model of military technology? It even has a propulsion function..."

"Ah ha ha……"

David smiled awkwardly.

What can he say...

Apart from the implants that ordinary Night City residents need, the only thing he has is Sian Westin's prosthetic...

As for weapons...

David even touched his nose.

Simply put, the gunpowder is a miracle of materials science, with great power and the ability to send bricks flying.

David said silently in his heart.

"Simple physics is so useful..."

Chapter 220 Arasaka Yorinobu's Decision

Although David is now fighting with a gun, he still remembers Nie Chiwu's teachings... Hunter's weapons cannot be used directly against people.

David also imagined what this weapon, originally designed for use against monsters several meters, dozens of meters, or even tens of meters in size, would look like if used on the people of Night City...

David just thought about that scene and didn't decide to think about it any further.

So David just used his rifle to move around and destroy things. As for actually attacking people, David just used his fists and other things.

However, after the mission was completed today, when the Edgewalkers gathered together for a drink, David also noticed something.

A guy who looked familiar to David got out of a car not far away and started talking to Mann.

That guy is a four-eyed guy... literally a four-eyed guy. He has three prosthetic eyeballs in his right eye, which makes him look particularly weird.

"Faraday..." David held the wine glass and stared at Faraday not far away.