That strikingly beautiful woman was none other than Machi, who had traveled very far to get here.
That night, her phone was broken. She only picked up the SIM Card and hadn't replaced her phone in the past few days, so she didn't know that Law had been constantly calling her number and had even left many messages.
After her anger had somewhat subsided, she immediately decided to come to the Hunter Association to find Law, which was also why she hadn't replaced her phone promptly.
Just half an hour ago, she arrived, completely disregarding her status as an A-Class criminal and not caring what kind of place the Hunter Association was, heading directly towards the Hunter Association's direction.
Coincidentally, Law was planning to leave today. He had asked Sanbica, busy as she was, to spare some time to meet up and get some fresh air.
Then, on a whim, he took Sanbica shopping.
They had come out from the Hunter Association's Headquarters, heading towards the street, while Machi was entering the city from another direction, heading towards the Hunter Association's location, so they happened to run into each other.
When Machi saw Law from afar, she wasn't entirely sure, but Sanbica's attire was too conspicuous, and Buhara's massive size made Machi vaguely sure it was Law.
Then, she rushed over at her fastest speed, just in time to see Law and the others entering a women's clothing store.
She knew Sanbica, and she knew Buhara. Among the three, only Sanbica was female, so the reason for entering a women's clothing store was self-explanatory.
She stood on the rooftop watching for a while, snorted coldly, didn't wait for Law outside the store, nor did she enter the store directly.
Instead, she turned around without hesitation and left.
Under the astonished gazes of pedestrians on the street, Machi jumped down from the rooftop and walked into the crowd as if no one else was around.
She walked onto the street, looking for shops that sold mobile phones.
Inside the women's clothing store, Law was selecting clothes as an apology gift for Machi, completely unaware that Machi had just been outside the store.
He originally wanted Sanbica's opinion, but then remembered Sanbica only had a hundred sets of that kind of clothing...
Law shook his head slightly, then took the shopping guide's advice and picked out a purple tracksuit.
He knew Machi preferred sportswear and similar attire, as long as it was convenient for movement.
After leaving the women's clothing store, they went into a men's clothing store to get Buhara a few new outfits.
The store attendant looked up with difficulty at Buhara, extremely troubled.
Given his size, never mind whether they had the right size, if this customer wanted to try anything on, it would be a disaster.
Sanbica stood quietly nearby watching them. She still had a lot of work to do, but since Law was leaving tonight, she wanted to spend the remaining time with him.
Meanwhile, Machi walked two blocks and finally found a mobile phone store.
She entered the store, bought a phone, installed the SIM Card, and then left.
Just a few dozen meters out of the store, a barely perceptible ripple flashed in Machi's eyes as she keenly noticed someone was tailing her. There were at least five presences with relatively poor concealment.
This happened often, and Machi was long used to it. She put the phone in her pocket and unobtrusively headed towards places with fewer people.
Every member of the Phantom Troupe was an A-Class criminal, with bounties reaching billions each, ranking near the top among the many A-Class criminal groups. They were also targets for many bounty hunters.
This was because, unlike most criminal groups, Phantom Troupe's members often operated separately and independently, so they naturally become targets for many bounty hunters.
After all, dealing with a single member was much simpler than dealing with the entire group, not to mention the high bounty, which made it perfectly feasible to form a team to hunt them down.
This city was where the Hunter Association was located. Although Pro Hunters were usually running all over the world, many also settled in the city where the Hunter Association was based.
Machi wasn't surprised at being discovered so quickly and was mentally prepared.
She avoided crowded areas, looking for shaded areas near tall buildings, like some alleys untouched by sunlight.
She found one and walked directly into it.
When Machi deliberately walked into an alley behind a restaurant, the bounty hunters tailing her immediately realized they might have been discovered.
This was a very blatant signal, as if saying to them: Dare to follow me?
There were sixteen bounty hunters, a number gathered in a short time within this city.
They had quickly agreed on a bounty distribution plan: whoever got the kill would get the largest share, while the participants would each get one hundred million.
Such generous terms naturally made these active bounty hunters rush over without a second thought.
With numerical superiority and believing in their own strength, the bounty hunters, even after realizing they might have been discovered, still boldly moved in from various directions.
They believed their team was sufficient to deal with one member of the Phantom Troupe and saw no need to let more people share the spoils.
Moreover, the location chosen by the target was exactly what they wanted to see.
After entering the shaded alley, Machi's first action wasn't to figure out how to deal with the bounty hunters who wanted her head, but to take out her phone, which didn't have much battery left, and call Law's number.
If Law weren't in this city, she wouldn't have chosen to avoid the crowds.
On the contrary, she would have deliberately gone to places with more people to make the bounty hunters hesitate, and could even use the pedestrians as leverage to counter-kill the bounty hunters.
In her view, that was the best plan, but she didn't do it because Law was in this city and he didn't like her using such methods.
The call connected quickly, and Law's voice came through: "Machi?"
"Yeah, I'm here," Machi said calmly.
On the other end of the phone, Law was stunned for a moment and asked, "Where are you?"
Machi glanced around the alley but didn't answer. Instead, she said, "In half an hour, I'll be at Bino Plaza. You must come alone."
Bino Plaza was the place Law and Buhara had gone to earlier. Asking Law to come alone seemed like a sign of jealousy.
Feeling strange, Law said, "Okay, I'll head there now. By the way, I bought you a tracksuit."
Machi was silent for a while, then said, "You bought some for the others too, right?"
"Yeah," Law replied, glancing at Buhara, then found it strange and asked, "Are you nearby?"
"No. Anyway, I'll be at Bino Plaza in half an hour."
Machi quickly hung up after saying this, stuffed the phone into her pocket, then pulled a Nen Thread between her hands. She turned her head, her cold eyes looking towards the alley entrance.
Twenty minutes later, Machi walked out of the alley and headed towards Bino Plaza.
Across a total of five alleys, in multiple locations, lay fifteen bodies in total.
After Machi left, she didn't notice a palm-sized machine flying in the sky above her.
Watching Machi disappear into the crowd, the machine descended in altitude, landing on the rooftop of a tall building into the hand of a dark-skinned man wearing sunglasses. It then dissipated into points of light and disappeared.
That machine was actually formed from Nen. It could operate from such a distance, suggesting this man was an Emitter.
"What a bunch of reckless fools."
The man with sunglasses sighed, 'But I had to admit, this Phantom Troupe girl was indeed tough.'
This man had thought the gathered fellow bounty hunters would be enough to deal with Machi, but he had overestimated the strength of his temporary teammates and underestimated Machi's strength.
'Whatever, I'll report it to that place.'
The sunglasses man looked towards the distant Hunter Association's Headquarters.
He knew that there was someone there with an overwhelming sense of justice.