Hunter × Hunter: The Seven Deadly Sins

July 29, 1506, Balkimoa.

"This place really looks different every year."

This is the third time Yin Lumi has returned to Balkimoa. I recall that when I first came to Balkimoa, the environment here was extremely harsh. Everywhere on the island was covered with ice and snow, and all the sea areas around the island were The thick ice layer makes it impossible to get close without an icebreaker, and it is completely isolated from the outside world.

Six years later, today Balkimoa is green, with bright sunshine pouring down and a warm spring breeze.

There were no pedestrians on the clean and tidy streets. Occasionally, I saw a few pedestrians with uneasy faces and hurried steps.

"I can't see a single soul on the street."

Yin Lumi sat in the car, admiring the street scene outside, and said.

"Balkimoa has opened a new sea route with four countries including Impiantora and Oceanus. People from the four countries are curious about Balkimoa, which used to be closed all year round, and specially come here through the new sea route."

"In the past five years, the trade and tourism brought by the opening of new shipping routes have greatly stimulated the domestic economy and caused Balkimoa's national strength to grow rapidly."

The person responsible for picking up Yin Lumi was Bastian's secretary, a dark-haired beauty in a professional suit. Her tone was very calm when she spoke, without any fluctuation.

"But after the war broke out half a year ago, both people in Balkimoa and people in the other four countries felt extremely uneasy because of the war. People bought and hoarded supplies on a large scale, canceled all kinds of entertainment activities after work every day, and locked down The black-haired secretary pushed up his glasses and said in a cold voice: "This tense situation has been going on for half a year."

"Tsk, the pressure from the world government is really heavy on you." Yin Lumi raised the corner of his mouth and smiled.

The secretary glanced at Yin Lumi from the corner of his eye and remained silent.

Twenty minutes later, when Yin Lumi arrived at the Municipal Square of Balkimoa, there was another lively scene that was completely different from the deserted streets.

"against war!"

"Reject violence!"

"Peace negotiations!"

Thousands of people gathered inside and outside the municipal square. They held up billboards that read "Against War." They were marches from Balkimoa and other countries.

There is a soldier responsible for maintaining law and order every three steps on both sides of the street.

Although the demonstration was held in Balkimoa, the number of people marching in Balkimoa itself was the smallest.

This is because although everyone knows about the war between Balkimoa and the World Government, under the news control of Archon Bastian, many people who originally accused the Balkimoan government of launching the war learned about it through the news. It turns out that the World Government has been suppressing Balkimoa for decades.

They could have changed the harsh environment in the country and lived a better life decades ago, but the world government destroyed all this and even arrested the genius scientist Dr. Vegapunk they were proud of. Domestic public opinion In a sudden change, many people in the country shut their mouths, closed their homes, and no longer opposed the Balkimoan government.

But no matter how good the news control in Balkimoa is, there are still many people who oppose the war who come to Balkimoa through the new route to hold demonstrations.

"This situation has been common in the past six months?"

Yin Lumi looked at the parade outside. They were taking the emergency passage. Someone in the parade saw a vehicle driving and recognized it as a vehicle from the Balkimoa government. They immediately rushed over holding a sign, but were counted. A policeman stepped forward to stop him.

"Although we have put pressure on other governments, people still go to Balkimoa every month for anti-war demonstrations. This is the first demonstration of this scale in the past six months." The black-haired secretary replied calmly. , a white light flashed on the lenses for a moment, the protests became more intense, and it was obvious that someone was adding fuel to the flames.

"The command center calls the 049 mobile unit, and the on-site command is handed over to the Geist Intelligence Department. This is the top priority!"

At this time, a black phone in the car rang, and instructions from Bastian came from it.

"Um?"

At the same time, Yin Lumi noticed a middle-aged man leaving the parade and taking out a pistol from his arms.

"This is retribution for the greedy Balkimoans who launched an invasion war without authorization!"

The middle-aged man muttered in a low voice and slowly raised his pistol.

Snapped!

Two men in civilian clothes suddenly appeared from behind him, one held an arm and pushed the man to the ground.

At the same time, in the huge parade, figures were pushed to the ground, guns and ammunition hidden on their bodies were found, and they were escorted out of the parade.

The surrounding demonstrators originally looked angry, but when they saw the guns found on those people, they suddenly avoided them in panic and allowed Geist's agents to escort them away.

"Is this the World Government's response? It's too easy to see through." Yin Lumi smiled and said: "Those old men should not be so naive."

"These people are revivalists in the conquered countries. They were just encouraged to die by people from the World Government." The black-haired secretary looked calm and said: "The real targets are actually important government officials of various countries. In half a year, Fourteen ministers have been assassinated in a row. Except for Balkimoa, the top leaders of the other four countries are shrouded in the dark cloud of assassinations by government agents and have no intention of managing domestic public opinion. "

"This is one of the reasons why the protests are getting more violent."

The vehicle arrived at the municipal building escorted by several soldiers. Yin Lumi pushed open the door and went to the consul's office with his secretary.

"Long time no see, Yin Lumi."

In the office, Bastian, who was dealing with official duties, raised his head and said hello, and then continued to work hard.

"It's only half a year. To me, it's just a blink of an eye." Yin Lumi sat down opposite him and looked at the slightly haggard Bastian. "It seems that the World Government's spies have made you very unhappy." I have a headache."

"The ministers of the four countries except Balkimoa have been assassinated one after another. Even I am somewhat powerless." Bastian frowned.

"Isn't it Sasha's job to deal with World Government spies?" Yin Lumi asked.

"Yes, so I am now very busy with politics on one hand and finance on the other." Bastian waved the document in front of him, "Sasha has not cared about financial matters since half a year ago, but has focused on In terms of the intelligence system, thanks to him, the interior of Balkimoa is like an iron wall that no agents or spies can penetrate. "

"She is now focusing on addressing the assassinations of government ministers in various countries, as well as controlling public opinion and protests in various countries."

"As for Kain, he has established new arsenals in various countries and devoted the power of seven countries to build large-scale mechanical troops to fight the upcoming war."

"We urgently need a victory to stabilize public sentiment."

Bastian briefly explained to Yin Lumi the situation faced by Balkimoa and the other four countries, as well as the current work of Sasha, Kain and others.

"Where's Vegapunk? I remember giving him a lot of blood. Also, he took over Germa 66's clone arsenal. Five years later, will he be able to produce a sizable clone army?"

Yin Lumi asked.

"Well..." Bastian glanced at Yin Lumi thoughtfully, "You'd better go and see for yourself."

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An hour later, in the center of Balkimoa Island, in the forest outside the Vegapunk Research Institute, a huge arsenal was built at some point. There was also a weapons testing ground outside the factory.

Peng!

In the weapons testing site, a burly soldier wearing a black military uniform was hit by a cannonball and was instantly blown to pieces. His limbs were broken, and his internal organs were flying.

Wearing white body-covering uniforms, Vegapunk and Kaji stood outside the experimental site. Behind them stood a group of scientific researchers recording experimental data.

"What is this doing?"

Yin Lumi walked out of the path in the forest and asked the two of them.

"Test the regeneration ability of the cloned soldiers." Vegapunk turned around and explained to Yin Lumi, who was walking over: "Can the artificial soldiers injected with your genes have the same abilities as the soldiers of Blackwater International?" It has a long lifespan and also has strong regeneration and self-healing capabilities.”

Upon hearing this, Yin Lumi turned his eyes to the artificial soldiers that were blown to pieces by cannonballs in the weapons testing site. One of the pieces of meat in the testing site was slowly squirming, and strips of granulation were growing out, but the regeneration rate was extremely slow.

At this rate of regeneration, it would take at least ten hours to completely regenerate the entire body.

"The energy carried by a single piece of minced meat is limited, and the regeneration ability is greatly weakened. It cannot be compared with the regeneration speed of the entire body. The more serious the injury to the body, the more energy is consumed. After a long period of repeated torture, It can make cells lose their activity, and some of the lost cells will die directly. From this point of view, it is no different from humans, but this does not mean real death. As long as it is absorbed into human blood, it will regain its activity immediately. "

"Furthermore, what is different from humans is that the nutrients and energy of this creature are all stored in the brain. In other words, this creature uses the brain to create blood and supply and transmit energy, instead of using the heart like humans. To produce and supply blood and nutrients.”

"What an amazing creature."

Vegapunk looked at Yin Lumi and admired. Although Yin Lumi couldn't see the eyes inside his helmet, he could feel the eager gaze inside.

"What, you want to study me?" Yin Lumi frowned. Although he was not opposed to human experiments, he hated others conducting human experiments on him.

Very double standard.

"I've been studying you since you sent those two experimental materials, haven't I?"

Vegapunk looked at a scientific researcher beside him and nodded to him. The scientific researcher immediately opened a silver suitcase, which contained a syringe and an ampoule containing blood. The syringe needle sucked the blood in the ampoule. He squatted down in front of the piece of minced meat and inserted the syringe needle into the minced meat. Before the researcher could push the syringe, the granulations on the minced meat immediately swelled and instantly enveloped the entire syringe.

The blood in the syringe visibly decreased, and then it was crushed by the granulation with a "pop" sound, leaving not a drop left.

Swish, swish, swish...

Densely packed flesh buds grew out of the minced meat like grass, and in the blink of an eye a head formed.

Snapped!

A 400 ml blood bag was thrown in front of the head. The granulation under the neck held up the head, moving and crawling on the ground like a spider. He opened his mouth to reveal sharp fangs, pierced the blood bag and drank "Gurgling".

With the intake of blood, the granules consumed by the brain rapidly grow and close, a complete neck grows, and the skeleton, internal organs, muscles, blood vessels, epidermis, etc. of the chest regenerate rapidly. When the 400 ml of blood in the blood bag is finished, the artificial soldier Fully recovered.

"Only one-tenth of the blood in the human body can completely regenerate a piece of minced meat. The energy replacement rate is completely beyond the ordinary. Even after absorbing a large amount of blood, a special ability can be born, just like a demon. The fruit capabilities are the same.”

"The special abilities born in this way are more stable and powerful than those obtained by modifying human embryos through blood factors, and the success rate is an incredible 100%!"

"The most important thing is that it has the same abilities as a Devil Fruit but does not have the weaknesses of a Devil Fruit user. Except for the need to regularly eat human blood and the loss of taste, it can be said to be a perfect creature."

"If it weren't for these two weaknesses, even I would want to turn my body into such a creature."

Vegapunk sighed.

"So, how many such biological armies have you created?" Yin Lumi asked. When he came, he felt the huge number of descendants coming from the arsenal behind him, and their information and thoughts were constantly conveyed to him through blood induction. The huge amount of information in his mind gave him a headache, and he took the initiative to turn off his blood induction.

"Excluding the 4,000 artificial soldiers in the Germa Kingdom, there are a total of 15,000 artificial soldiers, and they are genetically modified artificial soldiers."

Vegapunk said a terrifying number, and Yin Lumi also raised his eyebrows. No wonder the amount of information transmitted by the bloodline induction just now gave him a headache. It turns out that there are 15,000 descendants here.

"Why haven't the soldiers of Germa 66 been genetically modified?" Yin Lumi looked at Vinsmoke Kaji.

"I don't want a bunch of man-eating monsters living in my country." Vinsmok Kaji frowned and said in a deep voice.

He is the king. If he raises such a cannibal army in the country, I wonder what the reputation of the Kingdom of Germa will become, although Germa 66 is already notorious in Beihai.

"Since you have so many artificial soldiers, lend me five thousand." Yin Lumi looked at Begapunk, and Begapunk also turned his attention to Yin Lumi's face.

"In half a year, I will join forces with Golden Lion Shiji to attack the World Government. We already have enough weapons, but now we need a huge force."

Yin Lumi's words immediately caused the scene to fall into silence.