Book 7: Chapter 39: Plot Within Plot
Moving against the panicked crowd wasn’t easy. Kurapika shoved through frightened people while anxiously watching the distant, fire-lit battlefield.
Hundreds of armed Gunslingers from the Mafia had flooded the block around Graveyard Building. Yet against just eight Phantom Troupe members, these fighters with rifles and grenades seemed helpless. They could only watch comrades die as enemies closed in.
This clash of modern weapons against Nen Abilities vividly proved why beings atop this world’s food chain held such power—why it was called the Hunter World by Shattered Starry Sky.
Buzz……
Kurapika’s phone vibrated mid-sprint.
“Qin Lun, are you at the battlefield already?” Kurapika asked, surprised. He’d left the noodle shop only slightly later than Qin Lun, yet weaving through crowds near the battlefield in under ten minutes seemed impossible.
“Young man, you have chains! Why crawl on the ground squeezing among ordinary people?!” Qin Lun facepalmed before the monitoring screen.
“Staying on ground level lets me rescue women and children trampled by the crowd!” Kurapika’s calm voice startled Qin Lun. “If you’re there already, did you spot Pakunoda or Shizuku?”
“Kurapika. See that manhole cover to your left?” Qin Lun spoke slowly. “Go down. Someone from the Ten Dons is waiting to guide you to the ambush point.”