Chapter 268: Anime Crossover: Pokémon - Starting from Hunter x Hunter, Chapter 148

The place was filled with many rooms, bustling with people, and the largest room was packed with various machines.

Many display screens were mounted on the walls, showing mainly the war plan, personnel deployment, and other information for this campaign.

Yet these responsible officials now had stiff faces, their eyes wide as they stared fixedly at the screens, as if something were stuck in their throats.

They could not utter a single word.

For no other reason.

Every squad had carried a positioning device before departing, used to detect their location and vital signs.

But after the first squad reached its destination, mere minutes passed before all vital signs vanished.

At first, they thought it was a device malfunction.

But then death notifications came pouring in like snowflakes filling the sky, leaving them numb.

They are dead!

All of them are dead!

So many first-rate Nen users and second-rate Nen users had been sent out, a force powerful enough to shock the outside world, yet they were swiftly eliminated.

Not a single squad lasted five minutes!

But how could this be?

Unless...

The hidden strength of the Gro Company was far more formidable than they had estimated!

At the very least, they possessed double-digit first-rate Nen users!

And these first-rate Nen users must have been outstanding, surpassing ordinary first-rate Nen users.

Or perhaps there were simply more of them.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to face such a luxurious lineup and wipe them out completely within five minutes.

A responsible official with a slicked-back hairstyle, dressed in a white suit, took a handkerchief to wipe the fine sweat from his forehead and said in a heavy voice:

"Connect me to Yang De's phone."

Dialing tone—

A deep, resonant voice rang out.

"What is it?"

The official took a deep breath, then spoke slowly:

"They are all dead."

"No one from the other squads survived."

"..."

Yang De did not reply immediately, seemingly stunned by these words, and only spoke after a short pause.

"I understand."

Dialing tone—

The call was cut off.

The official gritted his teeth, his mind in turmoil, but in the end, he did not have anyone report this to the King of Double-Boiled Pork.

He knew very well that the King of Double-Boiled Pork was a man who only looked at results.

If the matter succeeded, there would be a reward.

If the matter failed, there would be punishment.

Losing multiple first-rate Nen users and a large number of second-rate Nen users at once was an incalculable cost for the Qianer Society!

Every subordinate was a resource cultivated by the Qianer Society over a long period, requiring vast amounts of time and money...

Without these people, the Qianer Society could only shrink its influence, unable to take root in every corner of the Six Continents as before.

This was undoubtedly a blow to the King of Double-Boiled Pork's long-term plans.

Now, he could only place his hopes on Yang De and the remaining people succeeding.

He no longer dared to hope for a reward; he only hoped he would not be held accountable for the fault.

On the wilderness.

The sunset sank to the end of the horizon, taking the last glimmer of afterglow with it, causing the earth to return to being shrouded in moonlight.

Cool breezes brushed past, stirring up dust from the ground and forming a small puff of yellow mist.

Yang De, with a stern face and silent, advanced wearing wooden clogs, producing a series of crisp footsteps on the ground.

He wore a dark green robe, paired with lush black hair and a beard, and with his tall stature, he bore a resemblance to Guan Gong.

At his side, lagging one step behind him, was a puppet girl resembling Hatsune Miku.

Her body was clearly that of a puppet, with multiple gaps, as if her body had been modified into a marionette.

It made a clicking sound when she walked.

She was a subordinate recruited by Yang De, a member of his squad.

And the dozen or so first-rate Nen users behind the two of them were members of the Qianer Society.

They were merely temporarily under Yang De's command.

【Are they all dead...】

【Was it him who eliminated them, or...】

Yang De frowned slightly, realizing the situation was somewhat beyond his expectations.

Originally, he thought the only tough nut to crack was Luo Ge; now it seemed the Gro Company had quite a few hidden tricks?

He would see Luo Ge's specific strength later; if the situation proved unmanageable, it would be best to retreat first.

Bi Yang De led the group forward a bit further, and the tall and handsome Gro Corporation came into view.

In the dim environment, the headquarters building soared into the clouds, its surface streaked with bright, flowing light that glowed in the night.

Illuminating the surroundings.

Four imposing large characters stood above:

Gro Company.

And on the open ground before the company, five figures stood clearly visible.

Luo Ge stood with his hands in his pockets, wearing a black robe and a large cloak that billowed fiercely in the wind.

On his left and right, lagging one step behind, were Machi, Shizuku, Menqi, and Zhu Di.

Like four guardian gods, they stood behind Luo Ge.

Bi Yang De narrowed his eyes slightly.

Hearing about it a hundred times is not as good as seeing it once.

Just from this first glance, he dared to be certain that these five were no ordinary fighters, especially Luo Ge, who was the most formidable!

Bi Yang De was different from ordinary strong ones.

As the son of the Niteluo Society's chairman, he possessed outstanding talent; now in the prime of his life, his strength was in no way inferior to Niteluo's.

He had even traveled to the Dark Continent, reaching places deeper than Niteluo ever had, and experienced all kinds of crises.

One could say he had crawled out of a pile of corpses.

Thus, he was exceptionally sensitive to auras.

He dared to be certain that his own strength was inferior to Luo Ge's!

This was an intuition cultivated over decades through countless life-and-death crises, one that had saved him many times.

Now it seemed there truly was a need to deploy the 【Rose of the Poor】.

The strongest in the New World indeed lived up to its reputation.

Bi Yang De stopped, raised a hand, and the crowd behind him halted together in fairly uniform order.

"I presume this must be Boss Luo Ge?"

"I have long heard of your name; I have wanted to meet you for a very long time."

"Shall we sit down and talk? Turn conflict into peace, change struggle into trade; how about mutual benefit for all?"

Bi Yang De grinned.

If fighting could be avoided, that would be best of all.

Right now, he had not yet grasped the situation of Gro Company; a gentleman does not stand beneath a dangerous wall.

Luo Ge remained silent.

He merely glanced at Bi Yang De with a calm, indifferent gaze.

Silence fell over the scene.

Although Luo Ge had not spoken, everyone still understood his meaning.

You are not qualified to speak with me!

Listen to advice and eat your fill; the author is going to work to make a living. The next chapters will be around two thousand words each, continuing until the Ant King is defeated.

If the work doesn't succeed, normal updates will resume.