Monster Hunter Gathering

I haven't adjusted my sleep schedule these past few days, and I fell asleep before I could write...

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Chapter 379: Hunter Base and Homura

"Madoka, are you really okay with going to school alone?"

When Xiaoyuan was about to go to school, Xiaoyuan's father, who was a househusband and holding Xiaoyuan's younger brother, looked at Xiaoyuan with some concern.

"It's okay." Xiaoyuan comforted her parents: "It was just a small accident last time."

After finally persuading her parents, Xiaoyuan finally set out for school.

Then on her way to school, she met Sayaka, who looked tired and had faint dark circles under her eyes, and Hitomi, who looked normal.

"Sayaka, you look very tired. Are you okay?" Xiaoyuan looked at Sayaka with some concern.

"I... I'm fine, I've just been a little busy lately..." Sayaka patted her face: "I feel like I'm very motivated lately!"

During the conversation, Madoka went to school with the two of them. As soon as she entered the classroom, she saw Homura Akemi, who also had faint dark circles under her eyes.

When she saw Madoka come in, Homura Akemi stood up and walked towards her, ready to greet her.

But just as Homura Akemi opened her mouth and said the word "morning", her body went limp and she fell forward, and was caught by Madoka.

Madoka panicked for a moment, only to find that Homura Akemi seemed to be asleep.

It seems that after Homura Akemi contacted Nie Chiwu yesterday, she was busy with the witch's affairs for a long time.

After worrying for a while, Madoka gently woke up Homura Akemi and took her back to her seat.

Xiaoyuan really wanted to help, but she didn't have enough fighting power at the moment.

If she had to say, all she had was the novice defense bow she got when she first became a hunter.

Wait until... during lunch break today, go back to the meeting and take a look.

Xiaoyuan thought about it for a while and thought so.

Although she can't do anything now, if she faces other things in the future, Xiaoyuan also wants to be prepared for other opportunities to help others and do her part.

But now, it’s better to study hard.

In the following class, as expected, Sayaka and Homura Akemi fell asleep during class because they were still dealing with things too late yesterday.

However, when the teacher called on Homura Akemi to answer the question, Homura Akemi, who had repeated the question in class countless times, still solved the question raised by the teacher without any hesitation.

As for Sayaka... after being called by the teacher, she failed to answer the question successfully like Homura Akemi, and ended up standing outside as punishment, feeling somewhat aggrieved.

Sayaka also looked at Tachibana Hibiki in the classroom with some grievance.

They both returned very late, so why was Tachibana Hibiki not affected at all? Are hunters' physiques so good?

Madoka smiled helplessly as she watched what was happening. Then, during lunch break, Madoka apologized to Hitomi and Sayaka, with whom she usually ate, and then she took Homura Akemi and walked towards the corner of the campus.

"Humura, do you... want to go inside the rally and take a look?" Madoka asked Homura Akemi excitedly.

Homura Akemi's pupils dilated a little: "Can I go too?"

"Yeah." Madoka explained to Homura, "Hunters can bring people around them to the gathering as temporary hosts. I... know you've worked hard for me, Homura, but I also hope you can relax a little."

Madoka took Homura Akemi's hand and said to her gently, "I want you to see where I am, so that you can feel more at ease."

"...!"

After hearing what Madoka said, Homura Akemi was stunned for a moment, and then she became a little more alert.

Xiaoyuan wants to feel at ease!

"it is good!"

Homura Akemi agreed without hesitation: "I'll go! When do we leave?"

"Now you can."

When Madoka heard that Homura Akemi agreed, she smiled happily, then took Homura's hand and returned to the meeting through the system panel.

From Homura's perspective, in just a moment, she moved from Mitakihara Middle School to an open area.

The huge stronghold gate in front of us is full of wild style.

There were cats walking upright everywhere, busy at work. Homura Akemi could also see several cats carrying a piece of tender meat that was much larger than her.

Not only that, there were several Felynx fishing not far away in the water. After pulling the fishing rods with all their might, a huge fish that looked to be several meters long or even almost three meters was caught by the Felynx.

"This... is the Hunter's Gathering?" Xiao Yan's eyes widened.

She had an inexplicable feeling that even if she just stood here, she would feel very comfortable, and her magic power seemed to be able to recover on its own.

After following Madoka into the base, Homura Akemi also saw more things.

Some of the Felynx wearing craftsman's clothes that Homura had seen yesterday were carrying some large parts... Homura also knew that those were the parts that would be transported to the witch's barrier to assemble the fortress.

Elsewhere, a turbaned Fey cat, carrying a large sword, slowly drew the sword from its back towards a dead fire dragon. With a flash of sharp blade light, the dragon's body was separated, and the remaining flesh was immediately sent to the kitchen...

All in all, for Homura Akemi, this is an extremely magical place.

"This is the hunter's base." Madoka introduced it to Homura, "I'm going to look for Granny Cat next. She's usually in the kitchen at this time... Let's go check it out."

Homura Akemi nodded unconsciously and followed Madoka towards the hunters' dining hall, but before she walked in, she heard some noisy sounds in the dining hall.

"...?"

Homura Akemi looked at the noisy cafeteria with some caution, and then she saw...

Four guys playing cards with notes stuck all over their faces.

“Hey—! Aqua!!”

Kazuma angrily pulled Aqua's face beside him: "We are both farmers! Why did you blow me up with a bomb? Shirou is obviously the landlord!"

"Random numbers... This is definitely the curse of the Goddess of Random Numbers."

Yang Le, wearing a blue scratching bird headband, was now completely covered with densely packed notes. It was obvious that he was the one who lost the most in this Landlord game...

"Uh... looks like I won?" Emiya Shirou, with only half of the note stuck on his face, touched his head embarrassedly.

Homura Akemi suddenly fell silent.

Why, these hunters.

Playing cards?

I'm going to change the update time.

I'm officially back to work. I won't have time to update at night. I'm going to bring my computer to the office to write. I'll check and update in the morning.

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Chapter 380: Homura and Cat Fan!

Although she had met Nie Chiwu, the not very reliable hunter leader, before, Homura Akemi still felt that a situation like Nie Chiwu might just be an accident.

In reality, hunters should be more serious when hunting... But now, Homura saw several people playing cards in the cafeteria, with their faces covered with notes...

"Huh? Madoka, you're back?"

When Homura Akemi was confused, a female voice came from behind them: "This is... Homura, right?"

As soon as Homura Akemi turned around, she saw a dazzling array of colors, and then saw a woman with a completely different style from the hunter standing behind her. Next to her was a young man who looked as strong as a gorilla...

But the most noteworthy thing is that Homura Akemi can see that there are traces of chip lines on the faces of both of them, making them look like some kind of cyborgs.

Madoka seemed to notice Homura's confusion, so she explained to her, "Homura, this is Mr. David and Lucy, they are..."

“Cyberpunk.”

David took over Xiaoyuan's topic and continued: "You must be Homura Akemi, right? I know you."

David thought for a moment and then said, "I admire you very much, so...if you need any help, you can come to me."

David grinned widely. "Although I haven't been a hunter for very long, I can still get some weapons from my world."

David tightly grasped Lucy's hand and said to Homura Akemi, "If you just want firepower... well, a small nuclear bomb is not a problem."

David thought about the weapons he could currently obtain.

Although his hunter skills haven't become too strong yet and he still needs to eat more cat food, but with the support of the Arasaka Group, he can still get some super-standard firepower...

David had even begun discussing with Kazuma whether he could use cyberpunk weapons of mass destruction, combined with abilities like blast magic, to boost the hunter's firepower limit...

"?"

A question mark slowly appeared on Homura Akemi's forehead.

What did she just hear?

Small what?

So what world is David from? Why does he talk about small nuclear bombs so nonchalantly?

If the previous reincarnation had firepower like a nuclear bomb, Homura Akemi would really like to try stuffing such a thing into Witch Night's stomach to see if she could kill the witch completely.

Although Homura has reincarnated many times, as a junior high school student who has always been busy with Madoka's affairs, she still has no real impression of [giant companies], especially [supergiant companies] in the cyberpunk world.

The girl's heart was slightly shocked by capitalism...

However, Homura's shock did not last long before she was taken to the cafeteria by Madoka and sat down. Then Homura suddenly felt as if someone was looking at her.

Homura Akemi turned her head vigilantly and looked around, and finally found a fat calico cat that looked like an old woman squinting at her at the kitchen window of the cafeteria. Then after watching for a long time, the old cat disappeared through the kitchen window.

"Madoka, we..." Homura Akemi was about to ask Madoka and the others what they were doing sitting here when she felt a wave of heat coming out of the kitchen.

Emiya Shirou, who was originally playing cards over there, seemed to have found his backbone all of a sudden. He dropped the cards in his hand and rushed to the kitchen window and began to watch excitedly.

Emiya Shirou is a man who absolutely cannot lie about food! So he must learn from the cat lady how to make the most delicious cat food!

Homura was still stunned after seeing this scene, but Madoka took Homura's hand and said to her gently: "Grandma Cat's cooking is delicious. She must have seen you coming, Homura, so she made cat food for you."

"Give it to me?" Homura Akemi was just confused for a moment when several Felyne cats slid out of the kitchen on a mechanism, holding huge covered plates in their hands.

"So fast?!" Homura Akemi had a dazed expression as she watched the cats place the plates directly in front of her and Madoka, and then lifted the covers together in tacit understanding.

The rich aroma of food wafted from the plate in front of him.

The biological instinct made Xiao Yan swallow a little, and Akemi Homura also saw the food in front of her.

A plate of charcoal grilled tenderloin that looked steaming and exuded a rich aroma. Homura Akemi couldn't tell what kind of creature the meat was from at first, but from the cut slits, the meat juice overflowed from the inside to the outside, mixed with clear fat, enough to whet the appetite of all meat eaters.

In the corner of the plate, several unknown fruits had been peeled and cut into delicate pieces, as if to relieve the greasiness during the meal.

A faint aroma of sake lees emanated from the wooden bowl next to it. Homura Akemi looked at the bowl and saw that it was probably made by stewing some vegetables and meat similar to chicken, but the meat in the soup looked so tender and mushy that it didn't look like food that could be served in just a few minutes.

There were three hot rice balls in the center of the plate. Homura Akemi felt that they must have been made by the cat lady herself, because there was a cat paw print in the center of the rice balls...

"Is this for me?" Homura Akemi resisted the urge to pick up the cutlery and eat directly, and asked Madoka beside her.

"Well, it's lunchtime for us now, right?" Madoka nodded happily. "Besides, I hope you can get enough nutrition, Homura."

After Madoka finished speaking, she looked at Homura with a worried expression: "Humura's health has never been very good. Even though she has become a magical girl, I am still very worried about her illness."

"I..." Homura opened her mouth but couldn't say anything. After becoming a magical girl, she no longer cared about her congenital heart disease, because now Madoka's concern really made her feel like she was dreaming.

No matter what, she was still prepared to enjoy the time she had with Xiaoyuan now.

"I'm eating." Homura Akemi solemnly picked up the cutlery, put the food in front of her into her mouth, and then... raised her eyebrows.

Homura Akemi instinctively increased her eating speed, while the cat lady who came out of the kitchen wiping her hands looked kindly at Homura who was eating.

"Don't be anxious."

Granny Cat said gently, "Eat slowly and carefully, so that your body will become healthier."

Chapter 381: Binding Stone

It was only after she finished her cat meal that Homura Akemi realized that she had eaten so much.

But surprisingly, Homura Akemi didn't feel too bloated, she just felt her stomach was warm and her body became stronger.

This was the first time Homura Akemi had experienced this feeling. She seemed to have never felt so healthy.