Living in Hunter x Hunter

Chapter 87 Intelligence Gathering

Webster's team of five came together.

"According to the information I've gathered, the relationship between the Conrad family and the Patch tribe stems from the development of the Basen rainforest."

"And this plan is also related to Sky Arena."

Some information is not difficult to find out.

"But you wouldn't know until you come here. Martial arts are really prevalent here, and there are quite a lot of Nen users," Webster remarked with a sigh.

He had never encountered so many Nen users in any city before.

"Boss, you haven't seen the battles above the 200th floor of the Heaven's Arena. There are a lot of Nen masters there."

To understand the Conrad family, one must also understand Cree City and Sky Arena, as the three are closely connected.

The five men each shared the information they had gathered.

Some of these are their own associations.

The first point is the Conrad family's emphasis on the Basen Rainforest.

They also learned that there were Patch Tribe challengers in the Sky Arena.

Not all members of the Patch tribe are Nen users.

They had already thought of this; even ancient peoples with remarkable heritage could not achieve this level of accomplishment.

In response to missions and mandates, their first step is to gather intelligence.

At the same time, there are relatively simple ideas on how to accomplish the task.

The most direct method would be to use the lives of the Patch tribe members to threaten the "mission target" into leaving with them.

The opponent is not a real monster, and also possesses rationality.

Their goal was not to wage war against the Pachi tribe.

This method has a success rate, but it is generally quite low.

As mercenaries, they have all come into contact with many ethnic minorities and value the lives of their people, but they will not easily accept threats.

Even those who are threatened will risk their lives to prevent this from happening.

They learned that all the Patch tribe members in Kerry had left.

The only way to find the hostages is to go to the Basen rainforest.

In addition, they are assessing the possibility of the Conrad family's involvement and the power they possess.

At least in the current assessment, the Conrad family does not seem to necessarily want to help the Patch family.

Even if the Pachi tribe were wiped out or suffered heavy losses because of the Basen rainforest, it would not affect their development of the Basen rainforest.

But Spencer, one of the five, revealed a crucial piece of information.

"In order to understand the specific details of the cooperation between the Conrad family and the Patch family, I used my ability to control a high-ranking member of the Conrad family to gather intelligence."

"There's a worrying rumor that many of our previous assumptions may need to be revised."

Spencer is the "torture officer" in their team. He is a manipulator, and as long as the goal is achieved, he can control others to interrogate them for information at will.

A hypnotic-like ability.

"What rumor?"

"Because of their connection with Sky Arena, the Conrad family does all the business in the open, and there are also some martial artists who have joined the Conrad family."

"There are probably dozens of Nen users in this gang."

This is an extremely frightening number; very few gangs have so many Nen users.

Of course, most of them could only be considered as "guest advisors" or something similar.

"And now, within the Conrad family, there are rumors that as long as one can gain the approval of the Patch tribe, one can become a Nen user."

"Are you sure?" Webster asked.

They are all Nen users, and the way they became Nen users was by forced activation of Nen, or rather, this is the way most Nen users in the world activate their Nen.

The kind of method that allows one to gradually open the pores of the mind and control thoughts through cultivation is either controlled by major powers or forces, or it is a closely guarded secret of various powerful martial arts schools.

Although the rumor didn't specify the method, it's definitely safe.

Julia was the one who leaked this news.

In Kerry City, anyone who stays long enough will inevitably become aware of the existence of a superpower called Nen.

Furthermore, many martial arts dojos have now taken in numerous disciples, a large portion of whom are people who want to acquire superpowers.

Gangs place even greater emphasis on strength.

After Julia learned to use the Nymph spell and became even more aware of Lucci's power, her ambitions grew even further.

Her original plan was to establish a family base in Youkexin and gain a foothold in this auction city.

But now, she has bigger goals.

That means becoming one of the Ten Old Men. Who says a woman can't become one of the Ten Old Men?

If other gang leaders can become the Ten Elders because of their businesses, then as long as she has enough power, she can also become one of the Ten Elders.

As for the "Divine Tree," Lucci gave it to the Patch tribe.

It doesn't mean it's only for their use; it will also be opened to the public later, which includes Lucci's plans for the Basen rainforest.

This "contract" ability will definitely be put to use.

If used properly, Lucci will gain an extremely terrifying amount of Nen.

"If this news is true, then it means that the Patch tribe has mastered the method to become Nen, which means that there are more Nen abilities among the Patch tribe than we thought."

"This also suggests that the Conrad family's cooperation with the Patch family will likely deepen."

"Of course, the Sky Arena is even more terrifying," Webster immediately realized.

"As mentioned earlier, the battles after the 200th floor of the Heaven's Arena are fought by Nen users, and those who cannot use Nen are waiting to master it themselves. If this news is also known to the contestants of the Heaven's Arena, it could be a viable path for them as well."

"And they are also easy for the Pachi tribe to win over as allies."

Nen abilities can bring about a qualitative change in a person.

However, if someone with a rudimentary grasp of Nen were to fight a martial artist with profound skill, the martial artist would definitely win.

Players who can reach level 200 are all quite strong.

"If that's true, then we'll probably need to unite and stop acting separately," Webster thought, considering the worst-case scenario.

"Knock knock knock!" The knocking sounded on the door.

The five people instantly became wary and suspicious. They had not chosen to stay in a hotel, but had instead rented a house in a private residence. There should be no one coming.

From Frank's perspective, their rented house was already surrounded.

"We are surrounded."

Frank is the team's scout; his ability is to summon numerous small sparrows, which can help them scout out various situations.

Similar to the abilities of the dragonfly chimera ant in chimera ants.

With a loud "bang!", the door was kicked open.

"You really have a lot of nerve, daring to provoke the Conrad family."

Spencer spotted a familiar figure – the same Conrad family executive he had taken control of the day before.