Law's current thought was to first kill all the Chimera Ants within the park.
As for the Temp Hunters who lured the Chimera Ants here, Kuro would handle them.
A cold gaze swept over the fleeing Chimera Ants.
Catch up. Exterminate.
The number of Chimera Ants was sharply decreasing, and Law's dwindling Aura was rapidly being consumed.
At this point, the number of Chimera Ants was still around two hundred.
When his Aura was about to run out, Law took out a processed piece of Lichen from his pocket. It was about the size of a playing card, with a thickness similar to sliced pork jerky.
He took a few bites, chewed it up, and swallowed it directly.
A warm current flowed down his throat, reaching his stomach. Then, like the warm sun in early spring, the warmth slowly spread throughout his body.
His Aura was rapidly recovering.
'It really works well.'
Law's eyes lit up. This feeling was like drinking a large bottle of cold water when extremely thirsty… a very direct replenishment.
In less than a moment, his Potential Aura amount had recovered by a quarter.
Considering the total Potential Aura amount, this recovery effect was terrifying. If given to Buhara, he might come back fully restored.
After verifying the Lichen's effect, Law didn't consume a second piece. Instead, he continued pursuing the Chimera Ants.
Each piece of Lichen was a crucial resource for the journey to the Dark Continent, capable of acting as a powerful blue potion. Unless absolutely necessary, it was better not to use it.
The disorganized retreat of the Chimera Ants didn't pose any trouble for Law.
The exquisitely crafted extermination route constructed in his mind never deviated from its course.
Every flicker of movement swept off a number of heads.
By the time Law eliminated the last Chimera Ant, Zizhu and Pianno's faces had already become completely blank.
'Had it even been five minutes?'
'This was just like a lion hunting rabbit.'
After dealing with all the Chimera Ants in the park, Law ignored Zizhu and Pianno, as well as the majority of the fleeing tourists, and even those possibly hiding somewhere.
He glanced at the messy scene, then slightly sensed Kuro's location.
After confirming the location, he looked in a certain direction.
At that moment, outside the Pakari Forest Park area, on a tall, towering tree, ten men stood on branches.
Each man held a high-powered telescope. Zooming in, one could see their faces and necks soaked with sweat.
They were observing the situation in the park. Initially, progress was good, but after one man appeared, everything changed.
Crack.
A man accidentally crushed the telescope in his hand. The others, as if stimulated, abruptly put down their telescopes, faces full of terror.
"He... he's looking at us?"
The man who was so frightened he accidentally crushed his telescope spoke in a trembling voice.
"Impossible."
Someone said with difficulty.
Just now, the view through their telescopes was focused on Law. Then, Law suddenly looked towards their location.
That situation was like an actor suddenly looking at the camera, startling them directly.
"His En didn't reach us. It's impossible for him to have discovered us," Someone said, barely steadying their emotions.
"So what now? Continue luring, or retreat?"
"Are you stupid? Of course, retreat! That kind of monster, the farther away from him, the better!"
"I agree. Save our lives first. We also need to report the situation here to the Vice-Chairman."
The group quickly reached a consensus. They all leaped towards the ground, preparing to retreat first.
One after another, they landed and immediately started sprinting in a certain direction.
At that moment, the man running at the very front had his head suddenly vanish into thin air.
The remaining nine abruptly stopped, staring in horror at the headless corpse at the front, instantly connecting it to the man who had just massacred a large number of Chimera Ants.
'How is this possible!?'
Their hearts trembled. Then, they saw a black panther biting a head slowly walk out from beside the corpse.
Gulp.
They saw the black panther's mouth inexplicably enlarge, swallowing the head directly.
The others immediately entered combat stances, staring at the black panther with a mix of fear and anger.
They thought that monster had come, but it was just a panther.
Then, they saw the black panther open its mouth and speak.
"Although the taste is much better than ordinary people's, I still prefer my food cooked."
The black panther was, of course, Kuro.
He was following Law's orders to deal with the Nen Users who had lured the Chimera Ants here.
The permission given to him was, of course, to kill them on the spot.
After saying that sentence, Kuro, in front of everyone, walked up to the headless corpse, opened his grotesquely large mouth again, and swallowed the body.
"You beast! Looking for death!"
A man roared in anger, attacking Kuro.
With someone taking the lead, the others naturally followed.
Kuro's silver eyes swept over them, filled with coldness.
As Nen stirred, his body inflated like a balloon.
This sudden change immediately made the group of men stop in shock, watching as Kuro's body kept growing, from the size of an ordinary black panther to that of a truck.
"Th-this..."
Kuro looked at the remaining nine as if they were a plate of delicious food.
"Then, I won't stand on ceremony."
As soon as the words fell, Kuro pounced towards the nine men.
A short while later, there were a few more patches of blood on the forest floor.
Kuro returned to his original size and stretched lazily.
"Done?"
Law flickered into place, appearing before Kuro.
Since they could sense each other's location, Kuro wasn't surprised.
"Found ten. Probably no one else."
Kuro pointed at the bloodstains on the ground.
Law looked at the bloodstains and nodded, then used his God Hand ability to clean up the bloodstains.
"Come with me. Clean up the corpses in the park."
As soon as Law finished speaking, he left. Kuro quickly followed.
Man and cat returned to the park.
The people who had fled earlier had disappeared. In the park filled with corpses, the only living beings that could be seen were Zizhu and Pianno.
"Law!"
Seeing Law return, Zizhu quickly called out his name.
"Hmm?"
Law looked at Zizhu. When he first arrived at the park, he had thought this ordinary-looking man seemed familiar but couldn't place him.
Seeing Law's attention on him, Zizhu said excitedly, "It's me, Zizhu!"
Law signaled Kuro with his eyes to get to work, then flickered next to Zizhu and asked, "Do I know you?"
"..."
Zizhu's expression instantly froze.
Seeing this, Pianno looked at Law with a slightly strange gaze.
"Fish Market and Sea Porcupine," Zizhu reminded tactfully.
With that reminder, Law immediately remembered.
This ordinary-looking man before him was the Gourmet Hunter who had once cooked for Barney and Ellie, participated in the special auction at the Fish Market. It was also there that Law had met the then-young girl Menchi.
"So it's you." Law said in realization.
Seeing Law remember, Zizhu breathed a slight sigh of relief. He glanced at Pianno as if to say: 'I didn't lie, I really know Law.'
Pianno slowly withdrew his strange gaze, thinking about how to leverage Zizhu's connection to get properly acquainted with Law.
You must know, that was an incredibly thick thigh! Clinging to it would be a lifetime's fortune!
Just as he was thinking this, the unbelievable scene before him made his face twitch.
Law raised a hand in a chopping motion and unceremoniously knocked Zizhu out.
One moment, Zizhu was relieved he hadn't lost his dignity in front of Pianno, and the next, he felt a pain at the back of his neck and passed out directly.
Pianno's mouth hung open… he was completely dumbfounded.
He was just thinking about how to cling to that thigh, and then that thigh smacked him right in the face.
'Was Zizhu's so-called 'knowing' actually a relationship as enemies?'
This question, of course, couldn't be answered. Pianno followed in Zizhu's footsteps, also knocked out by a chop from Law.