Monster Hunter Gathering

Chapter 298 The adults are ambitious and just!

After finding the scale powder, Tanjiro did not show any joy on his face.

The Black Eclipse Dragon really left traces in this world... Tanjiro also took out a small bottle, collected some soil near the footprints, and put the scale powder into it.

Moreover, Tanjiro was not very skilled in using the camera and took a picture of the footprint.

Tanjiro was wearing a mask and couldn't even rely on his sense of smell to track the traces of the Kuanglong virus.

Before coming, Nie Chiwu repeatedly warned Tanjiro not to try to search by smell after seeing any traces, and Nie Chiwu also hoped that in the subsequent battle with the source of the Kuanglong virus, Tanjiro would fight as carefully as possible.

The presence of the Crazy Dragon Virus and scale powder has a significant impact on Tanjiro's keen sense of smell and breathing techniques...

Tanjiro did not delay and quickly returned to the gathering, where he met Nie Chiwu who had just come out after watching the anime with Madoka and Hibiki Tachibana.

When Tanjiro told the results of the investigation to Laos who was studying the ecology of the Black Dragon next to him, Nie Chiwu was also paying attention to Madoka and Hibiki Tachibana who were doubting their lives because of the future.

"Will I become like that in the future?" Xiang touched his face and pinched it to make sure he wasn't dreaming: "There are too many things that could happen!"

"Humura...is this what magical girls are like in our world?" After reading her own story, Madoka's mentality also changed a lot: "And there's Mami-san, Sayaka, and Kyoko..."

At this moment, Madoka was indeed depressed by her own story, and even began to have some wild thoughts, wondering whether she should become a magical girl and save all the witches as the story originally said.

However, Xiaoyuan, who was suddenly exposed to this incident, was not mentally prepared at all, which made her feel particularly sad.

"Master Xiang... As you can see, Xiang's world is plagued by a unique enemy. However, with Xiang's efforts, things can gradually get back on track." Nie Chiwu turned his gaze to Xiao Yuan. "But the biggest problem is actually... you, Xiao Yuan."

"Let me be honest, Xiaoyuan, I don't want you to become a magical girl." Nie Chiwu said to Xiaoyuan after thinking it over for a while, "I like your story very much, and I understand that after becoming a magical girl, you can really become the [Principle of the Circle], and at the cost of yourself, end the endless suffering of magical girls who become witches, but..."

"You've seen that even if your wish to become a magical girl could change the rules of the universe, magical girls are still a sad existence in your world. It's just that... the part of you who eventually became a witch was borne by the Principle of the Circle, that is, your future self."

"But, if I don't do this, those magical girls... those witches..." Madoka was a little confused.

Although she was a little scared, Xiaoyuan still wanted to save those people after seeing her future.

"Regarding this... I hope you can give us a chance." Nie Chiwu sat up straight. "We also want to save others. If we ignore the situation at hand, there will only be a girl destined to bear tragedy in the future—that girl is you, Xiaoyuan."

"At least give us time to find a solution." Nie Chiwu said directly: "There is still a month until Witch Night, and the hunters have no intention of giving up on either side."

"[Magical girls are able to realize their dreams and hopes], that's what you said at the end of your story." Nie Chiwu grinned and said to Xiaoyuan, "In that case... then let's trust you for now."

Nie Chiwu patted his chest heavily: "As adults, we also have ambitions and justice!"

"Whether it's you! Or Mami, Homura, and the others... or any other magical girl in the world! I promise you in the name of the Grand Captain! We will definitely save them until the very last moment." Nie Chiwu smiled brightly and clenched his fists: "Miracles and magic do exist! Unfortunately, I don't know magic... Then I can only rely on my fists to create miracles!"

"Really... is it possible?" Xiaoyuan's face showed a hint of hope: "But... Captain, don't you still have to solve the problem of the Crazy Dragon Virus? We are not the only ones in the world who need your help..."

"I won't just sit there and watch!" Xiang grabbed Madoka's hands, looked her in the eyes and said, "That thing called Kyubey... is so despicable! Such an evil guy! If I see it, I will definitely punch it out!"

"Excellent!" Nie Chiwu showed an admiring look. "Things like Kewpie are just cute, lustful beasts! They should be taken directly to burn in the boiler!"

"If I get a chance, I'll introduce you to the other magical girl friends. Kyubey and the like... are the evildoers of the human world!" Nie Chiwu said excitedly, "Don't be fooled by its nonsense. It's exploiting loopholes in words and concepts to do... the most disgusting things!"

While Nie Chiwu was denouncing the beast like Qiubi, the winged lion who was strolling in the gathering base to digest his food suddenly smelled a pleasant "smell" in the air, and then strolled towards the direction of the smell with his hands behind his back.

Yishi soon spotted Nie Chiwu. Just when he thought there might be something wrong with his ability to discern desire and emotion, Yishi saw the two girls sitting opposite Nie Chiwu...

"!"

The winged lion got on all fours and slowly walked behind Xiaoyuan and Xiang, "sniffing" the "smell" on them. At this time, Nie Chiwu was scolding Kyubey, and he saw the winged lion behind them, staring at the two girls curiously.

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Nie Chiwu stopped talking, then stood up and walked over to the winged lion. He grabbed the back of its neck and lifted it up. "What are you doing here?"

"Because... I smell something even more delicious than Tanjiro and Xinmeier." The Winged Lion said honestly: "You know, I'm a gourmet now."

"What kind of cat is this...?" Yuan looked at the winged lion behind her curiously.

After the winged lion turned into a Felynx, it looked quite cute.

The lion's mane has turned into a furry mass of hair that looks like a big pillow, and there are two small wings flapping constantly among the long golden hair.

"Uh..." Nie Chiwu scratched his hair and said, "A reformed...mascot?"

"Meow~" The winged lion also acted cute to Madoka and Hibiki very directly: "I am a winged lion, a demon."

Chapter 299 Winged Lion and Kyubey

"demon?"

After hearing what the winged lion said, Xiaoyuan's eyes started to circle again.

"What does it mean to turn over a new leaf?" Xiang was also confused and stared at the winged lion: "Did anything happen before?"

Xiang immediately became alert. After all, she had just seen that in Madoka's world, Kyubey, who looked cute and had a sweet voice, had done so many stupid things.

So Xiang was a little suspicious whether the Winged Lion was similar.

"Hmm... not quite the same." Nie Chiwu looked at Xiang, who was alert, and scratched his chin by the scruff of the winged lion's neck. "The winged lion isn't just some kind of creature. It's..."

Nie Chiwu considered his words carefully before saying, "Like air, water, soil... the Winged Lion is a being created by pure, infinite magic."

"Huh?" A question mark appeared on Xiang's face: "What do you mean?"

"It's very simple."

The winged lion's body suddenly disappeared from Nie Chiwu's hand, and the next moment, a much smaller winged lion, resembling a lion cub, appeared on Xiang's shoulder. "I used to be a bad guy, so people called me a devil."

The winged lion curiously examined the soul, desires, and emotions in Xiang's body... Although the winged lion had just eaten cat food and was very full not long ago, the winged lion was still attracted by the taste that once made it extremely addicted.

"Do you want to become the master of the maze?" asked the Winged Lion. "In exchange, I hope you can let me taste your desires and emotions..."

As soon as the winged lion finished speaking, he noticed the change in Madoka and Hibiki's mood: "Ah, you seem to be very resistant to this, is it because of something that happened?"

The winged lion jumped down from Xiang's shoulder, stood up, and looked curiously at the slightly frightened little round face: "Sorry, did I scare you? I apologize."

The winged lion bowed its head to Madoka and apologized like a lion cub. "This change of mood... could you tell me what's going on? After all, I'm also a member of the hunter's entourage now."

"Let me tell you about it. There's an alien creature called Kyubey in Madoka's world. This and that..." Nie Chiwu explained the story of Kyubey in a few words.

"I see."

After listening carefully to Nie Chiwu's speech, Yishi apologized to Xiaoyuan again.

"My previous request was wrong." The Winged Lion sat down on the table. "As an apology... I think I can help you resolve a concern you have in your heart."

"Huh?" Xiaoyuan didn't expect Yishi to say that suddenly, so she looked at him in confusion: "What's the matter with me?"

"Yes." The winged lion stared at Madoka with its infinity-symbolized eyes, as if watching everything Madoka was thinking at the moment. "You think, Kyubey... the Incubators are using magical girls in exchange for saving the universe's entropy."

"I can sense a hint of hesitation mingling with your desire." The Winged Lion looked at Madoka. "But from the perspective of a Hunter follower, I want to tell you... you don't have to worry so much."

"You are life itself."

The winged lion had a smile mixed with envy on its face: "As a living being, you have the right to eat, survive, and continue."

"Morality, reason... those have nothing to do with it." The winged lion looked at Madoka. "As a living being, the desire to live and continue is the first desire. And from this desire... countless desires begin to emerge."

"It's a difficult road, but life itself has no choice but to walk it... Life has the right to struggle on this path." The Winged Lion sighed as he faced Madoka. "If I told you I wanted to eat your desires, ideals, emotions... even your very survival instincts to satisfy my own appetite, would you agree?"

"!" Xiaoyuan's body retreated a little and shook her head violently.

"You don't want to, right?" The Winged Lion said with a gentle expression: "But... the me in the past, and Kyubey now, have all done things like this."

"To achieve our own desires, we use the satisfaction of desires and wishes as an excuse to lure our targets into our trap." Winged Lion and Madoka exchanged glances. "No matter how sweetly disguised this bait may be, it's just bait."

"Do you know what I ultimately did to achieve my goal?" the Winged Lion said calmly, as if speaking of his own affairs. "I wanted to devour every single person in that world... to satisfy everyone's desires. There, people wouldn't face death, but could endlessly generate and satisfy their desires, living happily forever."

"The pinnacle of all life's happiness, the most delicious food, the most beautiful love, the most precious family affection, all moments of joy and happiness fulfilled will last forever." The winged lion narrated bit by bit: "Within my body, the concepts of time and exhaustion will disappear completely. I can bring endless and perfect happiness to everyone..."

As the winged lion said this, he saw some fear on the faces of Madoka and Hibiki, and he could clearly see that the two of them had moved away from him.

But the Winged Lion continued speaking.

"Do you understand now? What is the purpose behind Kyubey's words and actions?"

"So I am the devil. Back then, I couldn't truly understand human desires and emotions." The Winged Lion said gently, "And what you are talking about, Kyubey, is the same."

"That's why I apologize to you." The Winged Lion bowed his head slightly to Madoka again: "My request truly hurt you."

"This is the best explanation I can offer you as a Hunter's follower," the winged lion said. "Welcome to Hunterhood, Kaname Madoka."

"You really scared me this time." Nie Chi pinched the Winged Lion again and threw it into the distance: "You should just go for a walk!"

Nie Chiwu looked at Xiao Yuan and Xiang, who had been silenced by the winged lion, and sighed to calm them down: "The winged lion wants you to understand what Kyubey did."

"This is also why I hope you don't become a magical girl." Nie Chiwu said: "The winged lion gradually understood human emotions, and was bound by the finite from the infinite, and finally achieved symbiosis with humans."

"But Kyubey is different. You see, even if he obtained the enormous karmic energy from you, Kyubey would not care about the survival of the Earth in the slightest."

"I... understand." Xiao Yuan clenched her fists and looked up at Nie Chiwu: "Mr. Grand Commander, I was invited here to become a member of the Hunters, right?"

Chapter 300 In the Creator

"If I become a hunter, can I stop Witch Night?" Xiaoyuan asked Nie Chiwu after making up her mind.

"One month...it's a bit difficult." Nie Chiwu said after a rough estimate: "But you can overdraw."

"Overdraft?" Xiao Yuan was confused for a moment, but Nie Chiwu then explained, "You can use the strength you grow in the future to help others you want to help. As for Witch Night... you just need to do your best."

"The rest! We'll gather together to help you make up for it!" Nie Chiwu smiled brightly. "That's what gatherings are all about! As an old hunter, I love guiding new hunters."

"Well then... come with me to pick out new weapons."

Nie Chiwu extended his hand towards Xiaoyuan and Xiang, revealing a brilliant smile: "Let the fourteen sacred weapons link us!"

When... after Madoka and Hibiki had chosen their new weapons, Hibiki returned to her own world first. After obtaining the hunter's consent, she prepared to report the matter of the Black Eclipse Dragon to the organization.

As for Madoka, she stayed in the gathering for the time being, wanting to learn how to use the new weapons, and... Madoka also wanted to take advantage of this time to gain some opportunities for growth for herself, and slightly delay the arrival of Witch Night.

After dealing with these miscellaneous matters, Nie Chiwu finally took the time to prepare to formally deal with the difficulties among the RE Creators.

Tanjiro found traces of the Black Eclipse Dragon in this world, which is good news for the hunters. As long as they follow these clues, the specific location of the Black Eclipse Dragon should be found soon.

After all, the Black Eclipse Dragon is not the kind of dragon that likes to migrate on a large scale. If nothing unexpected happens, it should stay in this world.

When Nie Chiwu entered the world of the RE Creator wearing an invisibility cloak and carrying the Lurking Pearl, the first thing he determined was the current time in this world.

After sneaking into the Internet cafe, Nie Chiwu plugged the hard drive where he stored the anime into the computer in the Internet cafe, and then began to search for relevant information on the Internet.

Nie Chiwu quickly confirmed on the Internet that the protagonists' plan against the military princess Altair had begun to be implemented. Now Nie Chiwu could search on the Internet and find the preview of a huge joint project called "Elimination Room FES".

It was the plan to create a cage to trap Altair and fight him.

"It seems that just like Xin Meir, there is a gap between the time when the cat car pulls up the dead person and the time of death..." Nie Chiwu thought about this, and then began to register an account on the Internet, and began to gradually upload the animations in his hard drive to the Internet.

At the same time, Nie Chiwu also used the modern Internet to search for any possible information related to the Black Eclipse Dragon.

For example, reports of sightings of giant creatures, some strange diseases, strange footprints and scales, etc.

After a search, Nie Chiwu actually found some possible traces of the Black Eclipse Dragon.

Nie Chiwu even found a post on the Internet saying that he had personally encountered an extremely huge black monster.

When Nie Chiwu clicked on the post, he saw a blurry photo. In the photo, there was a faint shadow of a dark purple wing, and even at the top of the wing, there was a thick limb similar to a claw...

With the eyes of an experienced hunter, Nie Chiwu was very sure that those were the wings of a black dragon.

"Hey! The Internet is really a good thing!" Nie Chiwu wrote down the address mentioned in the post, and began to continue searching for relevant information and recording it one by one, preparing to go back and hand it over to Laos who was in charge of analysis.

But Nie Chiwu had not continued searching for long when he heard some disturbing noises outside.

Nie Chiwu opened the door of the private room and took a look. He was surprised to find that there were many guards at the door searching the private rooms one by one, and they were almost reaching where Nie Chiwu was.

Nie Chiwu even saw a familiar red-haired figure among those people, one of the protagonists of Re:Creator, the magic knight Cereja who is the protagonist of the fantasy robot animation.

Nie Chiwu immediately thought that it was his action of uploading the anime on the website that attracted attention, so he turned off the computer and quietly put on the invisible clothes before someone pushed open the door of his private room.

When the door of Nie Chiwu's private room was roughly pushed open, the guards looked around and found nothing, then went to check the next private room.

Nie Chiwu also remained in a half-squatting position, avoiding the people walking back and forth and walked towards the gate.

It’s time to go to the next place with internet access to continue uploading anime.

"We need to continue searching for information about the Black Eclipse Dragon, and we also need to go to the hospital to check on how many patients the Mad Dragon virus has caused here... And then there's the issue of Altair... Oh, there's still so much to do..."

Nie Chiwu disappeared into the street muttering to himself, but the guards with Serega found nothing in the Internet cafe.

When this news was reported back to the top, Aki Kikuchihara...the female government official in charge of contacting all the [Creators] also rubbed her forehead with a headache.