"That... Can you allow me to explain?"
Oboro shrugged his shoulders, and said shamelessly, "I'm a scholar... I have a strong desire to explore the cultures of various races... Especially after learning about you Kurta Clan. Let me state first, I have no malice, I'm just trying to find some past history. I know that you Kurta Clan have a strong towards outsiders, and I express my sympathy and condolences for your past experiences, so... I could only act after you fell asleep..."
Oboro said all this nonsense with a straight face.
"We don't welcome outsiders here... Put down what you have in your hand, and leave immediately!" The Clan Elder scolded.
A scholar?
Even if they rarely came into contact with the outside world, they had never seen a scholar in a suit and leather shoes... No matter how you looked at it, this guy had nothing to do with scholars.
It was already an incredibly great risk that an outsider had found this place.
"Don't worry, I won't reveal your location. In return... Can you give me this book? A rubbing will also do. It would be even better if you could translate it for me, and I can pay..."
Oboro fully displayed his shamelessness to the extreme.
"Or... Let's make friends. I'll leave the book here, but I need to know what's written on it... Also, the background related to you Kurta Clan. Are you native to the Lukso Province? Or... Did your ancestors migrate from other places?" Oboro asked.
The Clan Elder pondered for a moment, and said in a low voice, "I'll say it one last time, put down what you have, and leave here!"
"It seems... that negotiations have failed... Sigh..."
Oboro sighed, and stuffed the book into his clothes on his own.
This action made the Clan Elder's eyelids twitch.
"I'm borrowing it for a while. After I'm done reading it, I'll send it back to you..."
He unilaterally issued a notice and decision!
It was the behavior of a bandit!
"..."
"You bastard!"
"Attack!"
The Clan Elder gave an order.
Instantly, a group of Kurta Clan warriors pounced on Oboro, and even sharper arrows were shot out first.
But no one expected that the skilled warriors would suddenly be overturned to the ground as soon as they approached the man.
The arrows fell, piercing the surface of the target's body, and were also bounced off one after another, without causing the slightest damage.
The eyes of the surrounding clan members gradually turned red.
Their momentum began to rise...
But the thief was as fast as a wisp of afterimage, like a black lightning bolt that swift flight from the gaps in the crowd, and instantly came to Kurapika, who was just over ten years old.
At this moment... time seemed to slow down, and Oboro looked at the boy... and placed something in his hand.
Then, a gust of wind blew, messing up Kurapika's hair.
By the time he came back to his senses, the man had already turned into a black dot, leaping and moving between several large trees like a flea... In the blink of an eye, he disappeared into the night.
"Chase after him quickly!"
The Clan Elder's eyes showed anxiety.
A group of people held torches, and quickly rushed towards the direction where the thief had left...
Kurapika looked down, and in his hand was a wallet.
This night was destined to be sleepless for the Kurta Clan...
...
"Very strong... Although I deliberately held back, and was aiming to make them unable to act, it seems that the effect was smaller than expected... After activating the Scarlet Eyes, their qi and blood and physical strength obviously had a further increase... Even if they didn't completely conceal their aura, being able to sense this meant that some of them had very keen senses... No wonder they left an impression on the Troupe..."
Oboro's figure was like a ghost, shuttling through the forest. He glanced back, and gave a light laugh.
He didn't understand the Kurta Clan's writing... But there would definitely be others who understood it. At worst... there was still V5, right...
His intuition told him that this book... had some value.
V5 maintained a state of blockade regarding information and intelligence about the Dark Continent, and also prohibited the outside world from understanding anything about the Dark Continent.
Thinking about it, this book of the Kurta Clan might be a little troublesome... So the best way was to first use the Mafia's power to hire some real linguists to analyze it... If that didn't work, then he would catch a Kurta Clan member... Later, he could contact Kurapika.
If he rashly contacted V5, once the information in this book was revealed, there would be hidden dangers for both Oboro and the Kurta Clan.
"Hmm... Should I... try to infiltrate V5..."
The next day, in a city outside the Lukso Province, Oboro sat on a corner of the street, drinking coffee, and watching the pedestrians come and go, thinking to himself.
The purpose of him becoming one of the Ten Dons was to be able to contact V5. If he had his own people inside V5, it would be very convenient in the future, whether he became a Hunter or did something else. Most importantly, he would be unrestrained... But if he really wanted to have a say, ordinary V5 officials wouldn't do.
If V5 was so easy to infiltrate, then people like Beyond, Pariston, including the Chairman, who had strength and skill, wouldn't be restricted by others.
Actually, Oboro had a route in mind...
That was to force V5 to put down its airs, and try to absorb him... and become V6, just like the Kakin Empire.
If he wanted to achieve this effect, he needed to have a country first, and the size and influence of the country had to be very strong. In that case...
"Develop a country..." Oboro smiled wryly, and his head ached a little.
This wasn't just something to say. If he really operated it, it would be ten times or a hundred times more difficult than joining the Mafia and becoming one of the Ten Dons. The time and energy it would take would also be unimaginable.
He would just forget about it for now.
"First rely on quantity... and obtain certain personal connections..."
Thinking this, Oboro made a call to David.
He told him to collect a list of officials within the V5 organization, and try to win them over in the identity of the Fiers Family... No matter how big or small their official rank was.
After hearing this, David understood Oboro's intention, and also said that wanting to plant spies within V5 wasn't something that could be done overnight. It might take a very long time...
Especially since they, as the Mafia, didn't have an advantage in their position. If some big shots found out about their small actions, there might be trouble.
In the early stages, they could only focus on ordinary people who were doing basic work in V5...
Oboro chose to believe in his and Fiers Lily's ability to handle things. At least, with the foundation of the Fiers Family, they already had the most basic conditions to communicate with them... As for time, Oboro could wait.
At a certain level of identity and status, money was no longer omnipotent... But by using the Mafia's resources and manpower, he could help some small V5 characters with many things, such as those involving some personal matters. This was still relatively advantageous.
As long as they were people, they would have selfish desires and ulterior motives...
After having a certain network of relationships, he could then choose to support a certain small character to climb up little by little...
David also mentioned Hisoka...
The latter had only stayed for a week, and then left the palace.
After giving his instructions, Oboro hung up the communication... This was the benefit of controlling a force. He didn't have to worry about many things at all.
He could put all his energy on his own cultivation. Looking at it this way... it wasn't in vain that he had been in the Mafia for nearly a year. His decision back then was still very wise.
"It's about time, I should go take the Hunter Exam. I'll join the Association first..."
After finishing his coffee, Oboro smiled slightly, and got up to leave.
These two months had been relatively leisurely. Apart from the interlude with Hisoka, his whole mentality had been much more relaxed and pleasant, which was completely different from when he was in the Mafia.
In addition, he had also practiced the breathing technique pretty well... Although he hadn't reached great success, he was also very skilled. Let's say he had achieved small success...
His aura and flesh had been improved to a certain extent. Overall, this should be the most leisurely time he had since coming to the Hunter world.
Once he became a Hunter, he would definitely be busy again.
It was really tiring...
Becoming stronger and growing was indeed not that simple.
...
The main venue for the 281st Hunter Exam was on the Yorbian Continent. All the registered examinees had to first pass several preliminary selections, and then arrive at the selected venue. But Oboro already knew the final venue in advance...
It was a small city adjacent to the Gordeau Desert, Bungi City, which wasn't far from Yorknew City either.
Why did Oboro know? Because he had called Wing, and asked the latter to ask Biscuit. The two didn't talk directly. It was Biscuit who asked Wing to tell Oboro that although Oboro's level could easily become a Hunter, the rules were the rules, and couldn't be broken... Anyway, she said a bunch of things, and in the end, she still gave him an address.
Back then, when Oboro had left the Heavens Arena, Biscuit had thought that he would go to take the Hunter Exam. To this end, she had specially communicated with Chairman Netero. Who would have thought... this kid didn't know where he had run off to, and there had been no news all along... It was only later that the Chairman told her that Oboro seemed to have joined the Mafia, and had also become the leader of an underworld force, one of the Ten Dons.
These weren't any secrets... On the Hunter website, as long as you had money, you could find all the information, but you could only find some of the deeds related to the Fiers Family before. After Oboro became one of the Ten Dons, it was more difficult to find out relevant information... Firstly, the Mafia was intentionally erasing information related to the Ten Dons, and protecting them in disguise. Secondly, the money it would cost to find out information on the level of the Ten Dons would be astronomical.
Of course, this was only for ordinary people. For people like Netero, the Zoldycks, the Mafia wasn't V5, and there were no secrets.
The Fiers Family had risen too quickly, and Oboro rarely showed his face in front of outsiders... The current family head on the surface was David.
Therefore, his background had some blank spaces... In addition, the Fiers Family intentionally cleaned up 'the traces of his existence'. It was believed that as David joined the Ten Dons, in a few more years, he would be a transparent person.
There would still be some people who knew him, but the number would be reduced to the minimum.
Listening to Wing's relay of Biscuit's tone, she seemed to be very dissatisfied that Oboro had stepped into the Mafia with one foot, and thought that he was wasting his time... She undoubtedly hoped that Oboro would join the Hunter Association soon.
Otherwise, the old woman would be a little uneasy in her heart.
This was also what Wing had told Oboro.
However, what Oboro was more concerned about... was Netero.
It seemed that the old man had been paying attention to him all along?
It could be heard that Wing, as the middleman, was very embarrassed... He suggested that Oboro call Biscuit himself, and communicate with her.
But he didn't expect that Oboro would say thank you to him, and then turn off his phone.
"..."
Wing.
Then, Oboro directly took a spaceship to Bungi City.
The Hunter Exam had already started. Once it started... the venue would always be open to the public, and couldn't be closed.
"I should be the first to arrive, right..."
Under the scorching sun, Oboro walked out of the spaceship terminal, looked at the big sun overhead, loosened his collar, and grinned.
His kind belonged to 'blatant' cheating.
Although Biscuit had emphasized that he couldn't break the rules, Oboro didn't care about those things...
It was boring to let him play games with a group of 'elementary school students'...
Bungi City was particularly small, only the size of two or three towns. Even the terminal building was very inconspicuous. Also, because it was close to the Gordeau Desert, the climate here was hot... There were usually very few tourists visiting. It was noon, and there were hardly any people on the street.
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