Monster Hunter Gathering

For some reason... Lucy suddenly became impatient after seeing this scene.

Chapter 245 The Hanged Man and the Fool

"Mann, David..."

"David?" Rebecca turned her head and asked with some concern: "What happened to him?"

"Let's talk about David later. Qiwei, how is the invasion going?" Mann waved his hand and asked Qiwei.

"It's almost done." Qiwei said, "For some reason, Arasaka's internal network is in chaos right now. It seems like something really big has happened."

"If there's anything else, wait until we're done." Mann loaded his gun. "Let's finish this deal, then we can consider other things!"

"..."

Lucy gritted her teeth, but still downloaded the information about David's serious injury, and then secretly sent it to the prosthetic doctor David knew.

In that small clinic, Doc was looking at the new version of Mewtwo. He was immersed in Mewtwo, but suddenly he received a message from Lucy.

"Ok?"

Doc took off the Mewtwo device he was wearing, glanced at the message he received, and a bunch of question marks appeared on his face.

"What the hell is this? What on earth did David do?"

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"Ahem... Ugh."

David, who was now in the ruins, had his right hand completely broken, with the broken bone sticking out from the muscles that had been burnt by electricity, and the right shoulder above David's broken arm was also twisted by the impact force.

David and Tanjiro took turns fighting against Kirin's attacks, but... the ancient dragon was still an ancient dragon.

With seemingly inexhaustible physical strength, Qilin's attacks were like endless waves, constantly hitting their small boats.

Every time you withstand Qilin's attack and dodge, it is a great test of your mental and physical strength.

In the end, David was the first to be broken through by Qilin.

When David failed to recover after the first collision, Qilin charged again, knocking David's shield away, and then kicked David's arm directly with its hoof, using the monster's power to break David's entire arm and kick it away.

Then Yang Le was captured by Qilin and his chest was crushed by it.

Finally, Qilin erupted in a thunderstorm that spread around, covering the entire battlefield.

It was at this time that Tanjiro stood in front of David, and then Tanjiro was killed by the thunderstorm, while Shirou, who was far away, was also seriously injured by the thunderstorm.

After dealing with them, Qilin rushed to their side immediately, directly dug out the herbs and recovery potions on their bodies, swallowed them like a starving ghost, then sniffed around and headed towards Arasaka Tower again.

"!"

David lay in the ruins, hammering the ground with his only remaining left hand in anger.

The colorful Felyne had just retrieved Tanjiro and Yoroku, and he and Shirou encountered a very embarrassing situation.

That Qilin...after seriously injuring them both, stole all their recovery potions and ate them.

And...what made David even more annoyed was that the defeat of the four of them started with him.

If David hadn't been unable to withstand Qilin's two consecutive attacks, the four of them could have held on for longer.

The feeling of failure in hunting is really terrible.

Just as David was barely able to stand up with the remaining strength in his body and was about to go check on Shirou, the sound of a hovercraft suddenly rang out in the sky, causing David to raise his head.

"JOJO! Slow down!!! We're already there!!! WOC, don't crash the plane!!!" Nie Chiwu's voice shouted across the sky.

David saw Nie Chiwu and others standing on the roof of a hovercraft above his head. They narrowly passed over the roof at high speed and almost crashed into the building.

The hovercraft driven by Er Qiao circled around and finally hovered over David. Then Nie Chiwu jumped down from the hovercraft in a hurry: "David——David——You died so miserably——"

"Captain... I don't even have a cat car..." David complained softly, "But Tanjiro and Yangle have already been dragged away by the colorful cat..."

"This is just for the atmosphere... Hurry up and drink the recovery medicine first." Nie Chiwu quickly handed the recovery medicine to David.

On the other side, Naofumi Iwatani also went to check on Shirou's condition.

"Captain, we didn't hold Qilin back for too long." David lowered his head and admitted his mistake to Nie Chiwu.

"It's already pretty good, for a debut match." Nie Chiwu reached out and patted David on the shoulder: "Taking Gu Long as your debut match is already above standard, don't look down on yourself."

"There's no one chasing you with a gun... You have plenty of time to grow and achieve all your goals."

"Now……"

Nie Chiwu glanced at David's defense team rifle and said, "Go change into a new set of equipment, then..."

"You still have one opponent left. If Adam Hammer shows up, are you going to lose to him this time?"

David was a little impatient: "What about Kirin? What about Arasaka Company? What about Arasaka Saburo?"

"Aren't we here?" Nie Chiwu said, "Take your new rifle, put on your new equipment, and go give Adam a hammer blow."

"You have to...completely move on from your past fate!" Nie Chiwu patted his hand with a little force: "You're not Jesus, you weren't born to endure suffering."

"You want the people around you to live well in this world of yours, right? Then challenge the source of your nightmare."

"Captain, you...how do you know I had a nightmare before?" David was a little confused.

"Nonsense! Of course the Elu cats told me that. Grandma Cat specifically told me to take care of your mental health!" Nie Chiwu grinned and gave David a thumbs-up. "Whenever you return to the gathering... Grandma Cat will serve you a bowl of hot cat food."

"I, Nie Chiwu... am your Grand Commander!" Nie Chiwu placed his hand on David's shoulder and patted his arm, which had grown back after David drank the healing potion. "Remember that tarot reading from before? The card you drew was the Hanged Man, which symbolizes sacrifice..."

"But there's still me!" Nie Chiwu said cheerfully, "I'm the Fool."

"Let this exhausted Night City... be revitalized!"

"Come and live your dream together, David!"

While... Nie Chiwu was saying this.

Adam Hammer had already walked out of Arasaka Tower with his repaired prosthetic body equipped with a large number of weapons.

He has received orders...

Eliminate or capture any member of the organization called "Hunter", no matter who they are.

This is... an order from Saburo Arasaka himself.

Chapter 246: Devil Series! Muzan Gunlance!

"Let's go to the camp and get some equipment." Nie Chiwu walked past David and said, "There's a piece of equipment that should be perfect for you and Adam to have a heavy hammer fight..."

"Damn it, isn't that guy's entire body cyborgized, with only two ounces of brain left?" Nie Chiwu said, "Just show that big iron lump what biology is!"

"Ah."

David nodded vigorously: "I understand."

"very good!"

Nie Chiwu raised his head and shouted to Er Qiao above him, "Er Qiao! Read and write!"

Nie Chiwu glanced around and punched a fist before his gaze settled on a large neon sign nearby. "Let's read out the enemy and friendly positions throughout Night City! Use this large sign!"

"Hey! It's so tiring to read and write like that!" Er Qiao complained, but still threw a Hermit Purple at a billboard about ten meters away from him.

The huge electronic screen of the billboard fluctuated violently for a few frames and quickly turned into a huge map of Night City with many red dots moving rapidly on it.

"...?"

David was stunned for a moment.

Although I know that some hunters in the gathering really have magical abilities, what is going on here?

I waved my hand at the big screen, and the distribution of enemies in Night City appeared like this?

So what does the hacker profession do in Night City?

"Adam's Hammer... which one is Adam's Hammer!" David asked anxiously, "Which red dot is Adam's Hammer?"

"Adam Hammer?"

Erqiao raised his eyebrows, then focused his attention on his Hermit Purple, and one of the red dots on the electronic advertising screen also became obvious. At this moment, the red dot was ignoring the obstruction of the building and was heading straight in one direction.

"Wait." David looked at the map and was stunned for a moment: "This direction... doesn't seem to be our direction? The direction the other people are moving in seems... different?"

"What?! Adam Heavy Hammer will also change zones?!" Nie Chiwu was anxious. He suddenly looked at the big screen and stared at the movements of Adam Heavy Hammer. He bit his finger while thinking: "That's not right. Logically speaking, after such a big thing happened, Adam Heavy Hammer should at least run to Qilin or our side. There shouldn't be any place worth Adam Heavy Hammer going over there... It doesn't seem like that place is the base of other companies..."

Just as Nie Chiwu was pondering the reason, Shirou Emiya, after recovering, shouted in Nie Chiwu's direction: "Captain! I figured it out..."

"In Night City... there are only a few people who have contact with us. Let Mr. JoJo read out their locations! We'll definitely find out something!"

"!"

Before Nie Chiwu could say anything, Er Qiao had already started moving.

"Old Wei?" Er Qiao tried one by one the people the hunters had met recently in Night City: "Jack? Misty? Rogue?"

"...Mann Team?"

Er Qiao quickly determined the coordinates of these people in Night City through reading and writing.

And the people who most closely match Adam Hammer's route of action... are the six members of Mann's team.

When Adam Hammer faced the hunters, his first choice was to capture people related to the hunters as threats, using his mercenary style.

"Damn it! What does this guy want to do!"

Nie Chiwu's anger suddenly rose: "David, I'll go with you..."

Before Nie Chiwu could finish his words when he turned around, he saw David had grabbed the rope of the hunter's pterosaur at some point and rushed out without looking back.

"Something might happen to him."

Naofumi Iwatani said, "It seems he values ​​the members of Team Mann very much... Can he really go there alone?"

Nie Chiwu's expression became tangled, as if a stone was stuck in his stomach. "I do believe that David can deal with Adam's Hammer. I believe that David has the ability to do so now. Dealing with Adam's Hammer will definitely help David grow rapidly... But..."

"It's already like this! How can he let the people he cares about risk their lives for David's growth?" Nie Chiwu scratched his hair in annoyance: "Or I'll just live with David..."

"I go."

Iwaya Naofumi interrupted Nie Chiwu: "You are the captain, you still need to stay here to completely resolve the Qilin issue, and..."

Iwatani Naofumi smiled and said, "If it comes to protecting others, there's no one more suitable than me, the Shield Hero, right?"

"Okay, I understand." Nie Chiwu didn't hesitate any longer: "I'll leave the matters of Lucy and Team Mann to you."

"Shirou, let's go pick up Tanjiro and Yangle. Our next target is Arasaka Tower." Nie Chiwu and Iwatani Naofumi bumped fists and then helped Shirou Emiya back onto the hovercraft.

But what Emiya Shirou was concerned about was something else.

The worry that Nie Chiwu had just had about David inexplicably gave Shirou a sense of...security.

Maybe... as long as Nie Chiwu speaks up about what Illya will face in the future, he will definitely not sit idly by.

At this moment, David had already returned to his base in Night City on his pterosaur.

As soon as he arrived at the base, he rushed to the box guarded by Elu Cat, trying to find the equipment left for him by Nie Chiwu.

What Felyne gave him was a set of equipment that looked somewhat like leather armor and a gunpowder that looked a bit strange and a bit like a piece of meat.

"Is this... a gunpowder rifle?" David originally thought that hunters' weapons should be quite normal.

But this gunpowder looks like it is made of flesh and blood of something.

"This is... new equipment made from the materials of the hunters' previous hard-earned targets, meow!" Fey said with a hint of pride in the hunters: "The Devil Series Equipment... The Muzan Gunlance! It's a brand-new equipment developed by the Equipment Department, meow! The full set of equipment plus the weapons will allow hunters..."

"Sorry... I don't have time for introductions!"

David hurriedly put on the somewhat tight leather armor, grabbed the rifle and rushed out of the stronghold, then took a deep breath.

He just noted down the location of Lucy, Mann and the others. Adam Hammer should be able to arrive at the factory where Lucy and the others are soon.

He didn't have much time, so...

David took a deep breath and pointed the muzzle of the gun backwards. The built-in dragon-killing cannon in the gun began to charge, and David's time... slowed down in an instant.

Slower, slower.

As David had some crazy thoughts, he felt his heart begin to pump violently, and blood was pushed from his heart into his brain, making David's whole head feel swollen and uncomfortable.

"Blitz Charge... Charge!!!!!"