Monster Hunter Gathering

"There's a bastard robbing the hero's tomb!!! It's a middle-aged man with blue hair! Don't let him get away!!"

"Huh?" Xin Meir raised his hand in surprise and discovered something unusual at the same time.

How come my hands have become... so much younger?

No, I am now being treated as a tomb robber!

Chapter 179: Wonderful! So wonderful!

Xin Meir was caught off guard and was surrounded and blocked by a group of people. In the end, he relied on his strength that was gradually returning to its peak to shake off those who were chasing him. Then he looked at himself in the water with a confused look on his face, as if he had crawled out of a grave with mud on his body.

Light blue hair, a face as handsome as when he was young, and a physical condition that seemed to have returned to its peak...

The reason for this incident is really because of the hunters' gathering?

Xin Meier grabbed his hair in annoyance. "No! If that's the case, I shouldn't have run away! Now, even if I wanted to go back and claim to be a resurrected hero, I don't have the chance anymore!"

After all, if Xin Meier goes back and says he's a hero, he'll probably be considered a fake hero using some kind of demon magic...

but……

Xin Meier admired his own reflection in the water: "I'm so handsome when I was young."

"Looks like I need to dress up nicely when I go meet Fulilian."

As Xin Meir said this, he did not forget the most important thing he had done this time.

Determine how long after death you are now...

"Huh?" It was not until this time that Xin Meir noticed that he was still holding his fake Sword of the Brave in his hand.

Even though he didn't know how much time he had spent lying in the grave with him, the sword was still the same as before...

Xin Meir really wanted to praise his old friend, but the sword seemed to have been lying in the grave for too long, and there were some signs of metal rust on the surface.

"How many years has it been?"

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During the gathering, Nie Chiwu carefully prepared sofa popcorn, potato chips, cola, Fanta and other things, and then he sat down comfortably and began to rewatch the third part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure with Er Qiao.

And JOJO suddenly realized that in addition to dealing with Kaz, there was also a DIO in the sea waiting for him to deal with...

When Er Qiao thought of this, he felt overwhelmed.

When Jotaro saw her soul coming out, her heart was in her throat. Fortunately, she saw Jotaro kill DIO and save herself in the end.

"Wonderful! Absolutely wonderful!" Nie Chiwu turned his head to look at Er Qiao's face. "That's the expression I wanted to see on your face! How's it going? Are you feeling even a little excited about your wonderful future?"

"..." Er Qiao covered her face. "I just feel like there are more and more things I need to deal with... Why can other people's Stands pause the world, but mine can only act as a remote camera!"

"Even among those others, there is one who is my grandson...my own grandson!" Jotaro shouted, "Even now, I still have to solve the source of all vampires! I have to solve that Kaz who wants to be a perfect creature to save the world! Is there any JOJO more miserable than me?"

"Uh……"

Nie Chiwu's expression suddenly became subtle: "In fact, your great-granddaughter is more..."

"Okay, no need to say more!" Er Qiao understood how bleak and difficult her future would be.

When Er Qiao heard that there would be many parts of JOJO, he should have expected it.

He should focus on taking care of Kaz first.

Just as Nie Chiwu and Erqiao were talking like this, a figure covered in dirt appeared in front of them.

Nie Chiwu looked up and felt something was wrong: "Huh?! Xin Meier! How did you become younger? Why are you still covered in dirt?"

"I want to know too...but I've already confirmed the time, and there were some minor accidents." Xin Meier said helplessly: "Do you have any clean clothes to lend me?"

About ten minutes later, Xin Meir washed himself clean and sat in the cafeteria wearing Nie Chiwu's T-shirt and shorts.

"It's Hunter Sinmeier." Granny Cat smiled kindly the first time she saw Sinmeier. "The special cat food is working. The hunter's body has suddenly become healthy again."

"That's a bit too healthy..." Xin Meier felt that as his body became younger, his mentality also became much younger. "This is a bit too strange. I just had a meal?"

"What are you talking about!" Nie Chiwu suddenly became excited after hearing what Xin Mei'er said: "I don't like it! Take it back! This is the hunter's temple! Granny Cat is our savior!"

Nie Chiwu spoke passionately, "All hunters should be aware of one and only one rule! The supreme truth for us hunters!!!"

"Elu Cat can do anything!!!!"

"Then..." Nie Chiwu's mood changed very quickly. He sat back down and looked at Xin Mei'er: "After you went back and confirmed the time, what year is it in the Xinshiji era now?"

"Xin Shiji...Okay, I went back and checked the time. It's probably around the 28th year of the Xin Shiji." Xin Mei'er said this, and also adopted Nie Chiwu's statement: "I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, almost 30 years have passed..."

"It's a pity that I can't see Haita again." Xinmei sighed.

"Twenty-eight years? Isn't that the year when Fulilian was preparing to invite Shutark to join the team and also eliminated Aura?" Nie Chiwu scratched his head: "So..."

"I'm going to go find Fulilian," Xin Meier said calmly and firmly. "Since I have another chance, I won't miss it."

"It's just...something unexpected happened now..."

Xin Meir told Nie Chiwu and Erqiao with some headache that he was mistaken for a tomb robber.

"...Why do I feel that he has become a little unreliable after getting younger?" Er Qiao whispered to Nie Chiwu.

"In fact, those memories in the animation have already explained it all. This old man was indeed so unreliable when he was young..." Nie Chiwu also muttered to Er Qiao.

"So, let me confirm this." Nie Chiwu looked at Xin Mei'er and said, "During the time you were away, not only did you dig up your own grave, but you were also mistaken for a tomb robber..."

"You didn't think of that and ran away when you had the only chance to prove you were the Hero Sinmel. Now, even if you go back, people will think it was a work of magic... And when you went to confirm the time, they recognized you as the Hero's Sword. And since you haven't been recognized yet, they've already put a wanted order on you, right?"

"so……"

Nie Chiwu scratched his head. "In just a few hours, you went from a highly respected deceased hero to a wanted tomb robber who robbed his own grave and stole the Hero's Sword?"

"Wonderful! So wonderful!"

Chapter 180 Lucy in David's Dream

"The misunderstanding will be resolved eventually." Xin Meier was optimistic. He touched his face and said, "I never thought I would have the opportunity to meet Fulilian in this state."

"And he was resurrected after death..." Xin Meier looked at Nie Chiwu: "That's amazing."

"Of course! You should meet our Cat Car Captain! The Colorful Glitter Cat Car Man!" Nie Chiwu gave a thumbs up. "Even if he's completely dead and only ashes are left, the Cat Car Man will bring the hunters back intact! Believe it or not!"

Nie Chiwu pinched his waist and said, "If you don't believe me, I'll give you one..."

"I believe it, because you told us before." Xin Mei'er nodded, but when he looked at Nie Chiwu, Xin Mei'er warned: "But...if this continues, the hunters' concept of life and death may be affected."

"..."

Nie Chiwu paused, looked at Xin Meier, then glanced around. Seeing that only Er Qiao was there, he said directly, "I understand that in this situation, the hunters' perspectives on life and death will likely change significantly. In fact, when we went hunting before, there was a place called the Labyrinth."

Nie Chiwu said to Xin Meier seriously, "Even if the adventurers in the maze die, as long as their bodies are still there, they can be resurrected in the maze."

"Hunters are similar to adventurers. If they continue like this, their perspective on life and death will inevitably deteriorate... That's why they need a clear goal."

Nie Chiwu sat down straight and looked straight at Xin Meier: "Let me reintroduce our gathering."

"We are hunters, monster hunters who hunt monsters that defy common sense. Those monsters can be destroyers of ecosystems, or they can be the absolute center of them... Because of this, we must also see clearly that we ourselves must not become those 'monsters'. It is my duty as Grand Commander to uphold this."

"Xin Meier, after my introduction, are you still willing to join this gathering and become a hunter?" Nie Chiwu looked at Xin Meier seriously. "I believe everyone in the gathering has witnessed your character, but you can choose whether to join the gathering or not."

"We've already received such a great favor... it would be too unkind to talk about quitting now." Xin Meier shook his head helplessly. "It seems that you are indeed the leader here and have seriously considered the future of the hunters. I apologize for raising that question just now."

"Are you sure now?" Nie Chiwu scratched his head. "I feel like we've only just gained your approval... Actually, I have something very important to entrust you with..."

"Ok?"

Xin Meier raised an eyebrow, and Nie Chiwu began to explain: "Actually, if you have time, I would like to ask you to teach other hunters some combat techniques..."

Nie Chiwu and Xin Meir talked about some shortcomings in the current gathering.

Some shortcomings in combat skills.

Although the rally has already completed two major tasks, it still took a tricky approach.

In Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, the hunters reduced the casualties of the Demon Slayer Corps, and finally, they easily defeated Muzan by relying on the siege of a large number of people.

The solution to the winged lion in the maze meal relied on the characteristics of the winged lion itself. If I had to say, Nie Chiwu felt that the hunters' solution to the winged lion problem was a plot kill...

The hunters' own hard power is slightly insufficient in front of the monsters in Monster Hunter.

Until now, hunters have been wearing low-level equipment made from scraps.

"Okay." After Xin Meier agreed to this, he asked curiously, "Can you tell me in detail about the things you solved before?"

"I am very interested."

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David had left the dining hall earlier and was taken to a room by Elu Cat to sleep. He almost fell into the bed.

And during this time of sleeping, David dreamed.

The "future" that he had just seen on the big screen entangled in David's dreams like a nightmare, making David terrified.

David dreamed that he rushed into the scavenger's black hospital to save his mother, but after rushing in, he saw a corpse with all its prosthetic parts dug out.

I dreamed that in Night City, those gangs of thugs, mercenaries, and street kids were all fighting with weapons, and there was no peace anywhere.

I dreamed that my body was being fitted with new prosthetic parts bit by bit, just like the future I saw, becoming less and less like a human, and finally becoming another cyber-psychopath, being crushed to pieces by Adam's hammer.

Dreamed... David dreamed of too many things during his short sleep, which made him scared and confused, and he didn't know where to escape.

This made David realize that Night City was a messed up place.

Standing in his dream, he held the jar containing his mother's ashes, feeling the weight of the jar carrying him down little by little, falling towards a darker place in the city.

The entire Night City was colorful, but he could only fall into an even darker place while holding the jar.

This nightmare tormented David in his sleep, waking him up several times, but in order to escape, he covered his head with a pillow and fell asleep again.

Repeated sleep brought nightmares again and again, as if this dark nightmare would never end.

Until… David dreamed of Lucy, whom he had just seen through the screen.

In the gloomy dream, Lucy's colorful hair was particularly eye-catching, forcing David to chase that little bit of color.

Chasing that little bit of color, David came to a place in his dream that looked like a drive-in movie theater. A huge screen was playing what he had seen before... the future [David Martinez] wearing a cyborg and fighting Adam's hammer.

David instinctively wanted to turn and run, but he saw on the huge screen that a frantic David Martinez and Lucy jumped out of the building. Then, under the moon, the girl who was colorful in his dream woke up his crazy future self...

With a kiss.

David stopped trying to escape.

He stared at the screen, knowing that the final outcome would be a future so terrible that he could not bear it...but he could not take his eyes off the kiss on the screen.

Nie Chiwu’s previous question echoed in David’s mind.

What changes do you want to make? How much do you want to change?

The amount of help the rally can give you depends on your determination.

David was about to get the answer when he woke up from his sleep.

He suddenly jumped up from the bed, looked at the unfamiliar room in front of him and realized that everything before was real.

"mom."

David looked at his hands: "Maybe I'll have to find another way to stand on the top of Arasaka Tower..."

Chapter 181 It’s time to wake up! Let’s set Night City on fire!

"You're awake, meow!"

Seeing David sitting on the bed talking to himself, a housekeeper cat named Elu walked in from outside the room and said to David happily: "Hunter, you haven't eaten anything since you came to the gathering, and you look so miserable when you sleep... You really made us worried!"

"I..." David opened his mouth, but his stomach suddenly made a loud noise.

David hasn't eaten anything since the car accident, and until now.

"Grandma Cat has left some food for you, Hunter!" Housekeeper Elu Cat said to David kindly, "Grandma Cat prepared this meal especially for you, Hunter! Do you want me to bring it up?"

"Mmm...please." David still felt a little magical when looking at the butler Elu cat.

He had never seen a cat that could speak human language before.