Gourmet Hunter (HxH Fanfic)

The corridor was six meters wide. If Sanbica could sprint fast enough, she might be able to get past these people blocking her way.

There are three people in front and only one person behind her. All of them were Nen Users who appeared to be quite strong.

The pressure of being besieged filled Sanbica with a deep sense of crisis. After seeing the short-haired woman with the bow, she was certain that the attack on their team was connected to Clort Prison.

'That short-haired woman is an Emitter. She's 200 meters away. To break through her blockade, I'll need to dodge at least ten long-range attacks.'

'I have no choice!'

Sanbica's body glowed with Aura as she turned and charged toward the short-haired woman.

Compared to the three men, breaking through from the short-haired woman's position seemed easier.

"Whiu~"

Shark let out a strange whistle, looking extremely excited. She raised her metallic longbow glowing with a cold light, and pulled back the bowstring with her right hand. Aura gathered in her palm and quickly formed the shape of an arrow.

The arrow, constructed from Aura, was divided into black and white colors that swirled around the shaft.

At the same time, two mysterious Nen Beasts with goat-headed masks appeared beside Shark. They had only heads, no bodies, and their forms were semi-transparent.

The two goat-headed masks resembled Nen Beasts, but weren't fully conjured.

As an Emitter, Shark actually didn't need the metallic longbow to enhance the power or speed of her abilities. However, she believed that since she was using arrows, a bow was necessary.

Based on this conventional thinking, she equipped herself with a metallic longbow. While this might seem redundant, it actually enhanced the power and speed of her Emission-Type Ability.

"White is trouble."

Shark grinned, revealing her sharp teeth. As soon as she spoke, the black color on the arrow disappeared, leaving only white.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

She playfully mimicked the sound of gunfire before releasing the arrow.

The bowstring vibrated, and the white arrow shot forward, transforming into a goat-headed phantom mid-air as it flew straight toward Sanbica.

'Such a slow speed... I can dodge it.'

Sanbica could clearly see the trajectory of the white arrow and immediately felt confident.

As the white arrow approached, she dodged to the right, narrowly avoiding it.

However, the white arrow suddenly exploded near her left shoulder, transforming into strands of white, thorn-covered vines that stabbed into Sanbica's body.

Sanbica's heart skipped a beat, but she felt no pain. Moreover, the thin, white vines disappeared as soon as they pierced her.

'What's going on?'

Sanbica was still shaken but didn't have time to think. She continued her charge forward, closing the distance to within 100 meters.

In the span of 100 meters, Shark only fired one arrow, mainly because she moved at a leisurely pace. Otherwise, she could have launched at least five long-range attacks in that distance.

"Black is pain."

Shark giggled as she changed her chant, her eyes glinting with a cold light. A black arrow formed between her fingers and shot forward at incredible speed.

Sanbica barely reacted, preparing to dodge, but the parts of her body that had been pierced by the white vines felt as if they were bound, making movement extremely difficult.

The sudden change made Sanbica's heart sink. Seeing the black arrow heading straight for her chest, she decisively raised her right arm, which hadn't been pierced by the white vines, and focused her Aura to block her chest.

Ssshh!

The black arrow easily pierced through Sanbica's Aura defense and pierced directly through the arm, with the entire arrow stuck inside.

An intense, overwhelming pain instantly overwhelmed Sanbica's nerves, causing her to let out a piercing scream. She staggered and crashed into the wall, sliding down to her knees.

"Pain is one of humanity's most precious treasures."

Shark lowered her bow and walked toward Sanbica, who was slumped against the wall, and said with a giggle: "Enjoy this moment of bliss~"

At the other end of the corridor, Hawk saw that Sanbica had been hit by Shark's black and white arrows and slightly lowered his fan-blade. He knew that anyone struck by 'Trouble' and 'Pain' would be rendered incapable of fighting back.

Seeing how easily Shark had dealt with the target, Bear frowned, 'I hadn't even started to enjoy it yet… how could it just end like this?'

Driven by this thought, he suddenly increased his speed and charged toward Sanbica, who was still screaming in agony.

"Bear, stop messing around!" Seeing this, Pelican shouted in his sharp voice, waving his claw-like nails.

Behind them, Hawk's expression darkened as he saw Bear's actions.

"Hey, hey, don't use your Nen!" Seeing Bear charging toward Sanbica furiously, Shark's face also changed.

"Don't use Nen? Where's the fun in that?"

Bear laughed savagely, his eyes flashing with violence. He dashed in front of Sanbica, who was writhing in pain, and swung his fist, striking her lower back.

"You idiot!" Shark screamed angrily when she saw this.

Her scream was quickly drowned out by a deafening crash.

Bear's punch, along with Sanbica, shattered the wall, sending her flying into the adjacent room, where there was a long-abandoned cell.

Sanbica spat blood as she collapsed beside the scattered rubble. The black arrow that had been embedded in her right arm had disappeared, and there was no wound on her arm. The excruciating pain was gone as well.

Although the pain had vanished, Bear's punch had left her seriously injured.

Shark and Bear stood at the hole in the wall, looking through the dense dust at Sanbica, who lay more than ten meters away.

"Look what you've done!" Shark's face twisted with killing intent as she saw that the black arrow on Sanbica's right arm had disappeared.

"Only physical contact can deliver true violence and torment. Your crappy black arrow is boring."

Bear strode toward the fallen Sanbica and sneered, "To crush the flesh inch by inch and to break the bones one by one, this is the ultimate enjoyment, do you understand?"

"Black is pain."

Shark's expression turned icy as she raised her bow, forming a black arrow aimed at Bear's back.

Bear felt Shark's Nen and abruptly stopped, turning to glare at her.

"Both of you, cut it out." Pelican looked at the two of them with a frown.

These two, who loved killing and torturing, became a huge headache whenever their targets aligned.

"If you two want to change your limbs with animal ones, I can arrange that." Hawk said coldly, raising his fan-blade. His cold and ruthless voice blew towards Shark and Bear like a cold wind.

He was serious. If this ridiculous argument continued, he wouldn't hesitate to cut off Shark and Bear's arms and legs and have the organization replace them with animal limbs.

"Tsk." Bear snorted in displeasure but withdrew his Aura, maintaining his Ten.

Although Shark was still furious, she lowered her metallic bow and retracted the black arrow.

The four of them stepped through the hole in the wall, approaching the fallen Sanbica. To them, she was already a trapped animal.

Outside the prison, the rising sun began to disperse the morning fog over the lake.

In the prison, Sanbica struggled to her feet and looked at the approaching group of four.

'There was no chance of escape, let alone victory...'

'Each of these four was incredibly strong. Just the short-haired woman's Nen had already caused me immense suffering, and I had no idea what the other three were capable of.'

'I can't escape…'

Sanbica took a deep breath, and a look of determination appeared in her black eyes.

'Pandora's Box…!'

Sanbica curled into a ball on the ground, and a massive amount of Aura poured out of her body. In an instant, it wrapped around her like a cocoon.

"Retreat!"

Hawk sensed something was wrong and immediately retreated, and the others followed suit.

Sanbica's breathing slowed to an almost imperceptible rate, as if she had entered hibernation. The ground around her gradually turned dark green, as if marking a small, forbidden zone of life.

The group of four looked at this scene. Not knowing Sanbica's Nen Ability, they could only retreat and reassess.

After observing for a while, they felt the dark green ground exuded a tangible sense of danger. With no other choice, they called for their boss.

Their boss was the bespectacled, scholarly man.

"Hmm? Interesting."

Looking at the death-like cell, the bespectacled man's face showed a hint of interest.

…

Hunter Association, Guest Room.

In the dimly lit room, Law lay on his side. He's about to check the time on his phone when he noticed a message.

He opened it, and his expression changed drastically. He shot up from the bed, not even bothering to change his clothes, and rushed straight to Netero's room.

The message read: [Law, Alcatraz Island's prison, help...]

It was an incomplete message, and Law didn't recognize the phone number, but he knew it was a distress signal from Sanbica.

He didn't know what had happened to her, but if Sanbica had sent him a message asking for help, the situation must be dire.

Therefore, he needed to get to Alcatraz Island immediately. Not only did he need to find out the details of Sanbica's mission, but he also needed to borrow an airship from the Hunter Association.

However, if he wanted to travel to Alcatraz Island from here, he cannot reach it relying solely on the fuel of the airship, and it will take a long time to travel by sea.

Law, who rushed directly to Netero's room, did not think of this.