Chapter 165: Zanka no Tachi's Debut on the Dark Continent x The World of Outcasts is also a World of Cannibalism
"Hello."
"Hello."
The man, from his height to his appearance, including the phone he was holding, was no different from the [Humans] Roy knew... Aside from regional differences in clothing and accessories, he was... a completely normal human.
Meeting a normal human in a land of magical beasts... Roy watched the man smile and extend his hand. Roy extended his own, simultaneously conjuring his training blade and thrusting it at the man's heart.
BANG! A bullet shot out, hitting the blade with precision, deflecting it slightly so it grazed the man's shoulder, slicing off a piece of flesh... The man frowned, using the opportunity to distance himself from Roy.
"Why stab me?"
"Because..." Roy flourished his blade, looking calmly at the pot-bellied middle-aged man. "I can't accept being sold like a pig and then thanking the seller."
His En, like an overturned bowl, covered a radius of nearly two hundred meters, "hearing" everything within... The moment he made contact with the middle-aged man, Roy sensed a blatant malice deep in his heart... the malice of treating him as prey, not a "compatriot"!
"I don't understand what you mean." Frank Capone lit a cigarette. With his right hand, he clawed at his chest, opening it up to reveal a miniature fortress inside. "Boys, get to work!"
"Hey! We ran into a Blasphemer... Boss, we're gonna be rich!"
"Bright... too bright... what the hell did this guy do... why is the back of his hand shining like that?"
"Idiot, that's not light, that's a mark! A mark that powerful... I've been in the city for years and never seen one stronger!"
"What was the name of that traitor the Archbishop personally put a bounty on... let me think... Garcia... right, even Ribery Garcia wasn't this bright..."
Clatter~ The small door of the fortress opened, and a swarm of tiny people poured out... Once outside, they grew in the wind, quickly becoming normal-sized adults holding various cold and hot weapons, staring at Roy with greedy eyes. Every single one... was a Nen user!
[Fortress]: Can store everything (including himself) inside the miniature fortress in his chest. Objects inside shrink; objects leaving quickly return to normal size... This was the Nen ability of Frank Capone!
The "curse" on the back of his hand was counting down his life second by second... Roy didn't need this group chattering to understand. Just by using En, he listened to each of their inner voices, and his heart sank.
First, it was confirmed: the land beneath his feet was the real Dark Continent... Second, being watched by a [God], he was like a streetlamp in the dark. Anyone who encountered him could instantly recognize his identity as a "Blasphemer." And...
Unexpectedly, Frank Capone was right... these people were, like him, descendants of [God's Outcasts] or [Blasphemers]. Calling them "compatriots" wasn't inaccurate.
The difference was, he came from the land of exile, while these people... living year-round in the Uzuki Great Forest, were effectively dodging God's "tentacles" while also being exiled, just not as far as the Lake Mobius Islands...
Roy sharply uncovered the truth from the mind of a hooded Nen user—
This "4K Gang," led by Frank Capone, was hunting "outcasts" everywhere as a tribute to the [Church of Storms], seeking to erase their "marks" and restore their status as "Believers." Or... as Frank Capone put it—return to the embrace of [God]!
"Why should we pay for the sins of our ancestors? Sir... I want to go back! We want to go back!"
A hazy image surfaced in Roy's mind: Frank Capone kneeling at the feet of an old man in red robes embroidered with lightning symbols, holding his stinking feet and kissing his toes... Roy unleashed a flying slash, killing a burly man swinging at him, and suddenly thought of a saying... Pitiful people must have hateful qualities!
The boy sliced off the burly man's head, stepped on the headless corpse, and looked mockingly at Frank Capone. "Does the Archbishop's foot taste good?"
Frank Capone bit through his cigarette, glaring coldly at Roy. He warned his men, "Empty your minds! Don't think! This guy can read minds!"
Without some skill, he couldn't have built a team. What did a brat know... cherishing life for great deeds, risking death for small gains. What was licking feet? Frank would eat shit if he had to! As long as he could erase the "mark," restore his "Believer" status, gain "citizenship" in the [Duchy of Samir], and escape this rotten Uzuki Forest that "refreshed" every year, everything would be worth it!
"Little bastard is sharp!"
The burly man's reckless death was a warning. Following Frank Capone's reminder... the hooded Nelson quickly pointed out two people. "Katie, Torre, control."
"Muto, Garcia, ranged support..."
"Olivia, rear guard, treat the wounded..."
"Everyone else..." Nelson pressed down his hood, quickly drawing a flexible sword from his waist. With elusive steps, he charged at Roy. "With me!"
Swish... swish... swish... Nen bullets followed close behind, shooting at Roy. The flexible sword pierced the air with a cold glint... A giant axe swung down, howling in the wind... Long-range and close-range attacks arrived instantly. Catching the boy off guard... a shadow chain snaked along the ground, locking onto Roy's shadow, while two phantom "Nen hands" appeared behind him, grabbing his neck...
Roy held his sword, seemingly oblivious. Amidst the flashing blades and rain of bullets, he watched Frank Capone leisurely playing with a "Nen gun" branded with the Divine Script "Infinite," signifying "infinite ammo"...
The training blade in his hand turned red, ignited, fwoosh, bursting with raging flames. With a horizontal slash—
[Ken: Zanka no Tachi!]
In a flash—
A thin line of fire swept out...
Except for Frank Capone, everyone seemed to have rehearsed it perfectly. They instantly fell silent. Their bodies were still moving, but for some reason, their heads flew into the air, just like the burly man Roy had decapitated earlier...
Including the hooded Nelson, everyone watched blood spurting from their necks, the world spinning, only then realizing with horror that they had been beheaded by the boy's single slash!
Then, their vision went black. Like dumplings dropping into a pot, thud... thud... they hit the ground...
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