Hunter x Hunter: Domineering Practitioner

Although he was very angry about Tianming's statement, Kurapika was still moved by Tianming's proposal.

Since the other party can propose to hunt down the Phantom Troupe, it shows that they are very confident in the strength of their team.

Originally, he wanted to take revenge on the Phantom Troupe alone, but if he could join the other team, the probability of defeating the Phantom Troupe would be greater and his pressure would be less.

After thinking for a moment, he decided to join Tianming's team in the joint hunting brigade. However, he had a request and needed to see the strength of Tianming's team members first, otherwise he would not be able to trust his back to these people.

Tianming agreed without hesitation. Xiaojie and the others were trained by him personally. Besides, the relationship between the protagonists was closer than his own, so they would surely cooperate better.

The two quickly reached a consensus on the hunting brigade. Fei Jie and Xuanluo, who were standing by, felt dizzy after hearing what they heard. They were still in fear of the members of the Phantom Troupe, and when they heard Tianming's plan to hunt all the members of the hunting brigade, they were a little at a loss.

At this time, Tianming and Kurapika also remembered that there were two "passers-by". Tianming said to them: "You two go back first. After Kurapika finishes dealing with things here, he will return to your family."

Upon hearing this, Fei Jie pulled Melody and wanted to leave. Melody was hesitant, but after hearing Kurapika's steady heartbeat, she gave him a few instructions and followed Fei Jie away.

Time passed minute by minute. About 20 minutes later, a van drove up from a distance and stopped next to the unfinished building. A group of "bread men" got out of the van and ran down the stairs to the floor where Tianming was.

Xiaojie was the first one to run up from downstairs. The first thing he saw was Kurapika. He immediately ran up and hugged Kurapika and said, "Long time no see, Kurapika, I missed you so much!"

I don't know why, but it feels like a lifetime even though we haven't seen each other for only half a year.

Kurapika was in a daze when being hugged by Xiaojie. He really didn't expect that the team members Tianming was talking about were actually Xiaojie and his friends.

When I looked up, I saw familiar faces everywhere. Leorio, Gon, Killua, Boudreau...

There was only one handsome man with long white hair that he had never seen before, and the rest were all friends he had met during the hunter test.

After Xiaojie calmed down, he lowered his head and asked curiously, "Are you the members of the hunting brigade that Tianming said would go with him?"

Xiaojie restrained his expression and answered seriously: "That's right! We heard that the members of the Phantom Troupe were here, and we wanted to help you, so we decided to hunt the Phantom Troupe."

Kurapika lowered his head upon hearing that. Although everyone was standing in front of him, they could not see his expression at that moment.

After a moment, he raised his head with determination in his eyes.

"I disagree!"

Gon and the others were shocked when they heard this. Leorio even came directly in front of Kurapika and yelled, "Kurapika, what are you talking about? Why are you still opposing our actions at this point?"

Kurapika said seriously: "Being enemies with the Phantom Troupe is definitely not a joke. They are very powerful and their methods are extremely brutal. You have absolutely no chance of winning if you fight them."

Leorio took a step forward and grabbed Kurapika's collar, saying angrily, "This is not a question of whether you have a chance of winning, but whether you consider us your friends!

I told you during the Hunter test that if one day you fight the Phantom Troupe we will definitely help you because we truly treat you as a friend. Have you ever treated us as friends?

We called you as soon as we arrived at Youkexin, but you refused to answer. You never planned to rely on your friends from the beginning. Do you know how worried Xiaojie is about you?"

For a moment, the place became extremely quiet, and everyone fell silent, not knowing how to start.

At this time, Tianming patted Leorio's hand to signal him not to get excited, then looked at Kurapika and said, "Before Xiaojie and the others came, you were not opposed to cooperating with me. Now that you have met Xiaojie and the others, you oppose our plan to hunt the Phantom Troupe. It seems that you have no confidence in their strength."

Kurapika did not answer, but sometimes not answering is the best answer. It is obvious that he is indeed not confident in the ability of Gon and others, and thinks that they will only be killed if facing the Phantom Troupe.

Leorio got angry instantly after hearing that. He yelled at Kurapika, "You underestimate us too much. We trained together to avoid Killua's brother. Although we separated later, we all received the same training in Nen from the Hunter Association. Why do you look down on our strength?"

Kurapika looked up and found that not only Leorio, but also Gon, Killua and the others were very dissatisfied, so he explained to everyone.

"During the past six months of training, I have not only completed the construction of my Nen ability, but also set extremely strict 'oaths and restrictions' for my abilities..."

He talked about his "constraints", which in simple terms was that his "middle finger chain" would force any member of the Phantom Troupe into a state of "absolute" when he caught them.

Entering the "Absolute" state means that the mental energy is completely gathered into the body. At this time, the Nen user is no different from one who has lost his mental energy. Kurapika can carry out dimensionality reduction attacks on the members of the brigade just like a Nen user kills ordinary people.

However, this power comes at a price. There is a chain spike in his heart. Once his "middle finger chain" is used on members outside the brigade, the spike will pierce his heart and kill him.

Killua finally understood what was going on. He looked at Kurapika and said with a smile, "No wonder you are so confident, it turns out you have the ability to kill the Phantom Troupe.

But you are wrong about one thing. Although we don't have this kind of 'oath and restriction', we have undergone very strict training. Even if we face the Phantom Troupe head-on, we will never be easily defeated."

Kurapika said firmly: "You don't understand the true strength of the brigade at all, and don't think that the brigade described by Tianming to you is what the brigade really looks like.

Tianming is so strong that he will never suffer a loss even if he faces the members of the brigade alone. Therefore, the strength of the brigade members he described to you is distorted. If you don’t see the strength of the brigade with your own eyes, you will never believe how big the gap is between you and the brigade.”

Killua wanted to say something when Kurapika's phone rang. He said to everyone, "You should go back. I will never agree with your actions towards the brigade."

After saying that, he prepared to find a deserted place to answer the phone. He knew that the call was from Hisoka. Instead of letting Xiaojie and his men fight against the Brigade to their deaths, it would be better to let the murderer Hisoka fight the Brigade.