When Liam crushed one of Tut's metal cups into a small ball with one hand, Tut's face turned pale. He tremblingly explained everything about the Scarlet Eyes.
Liam couldn't help thinking back.
The little gray bird had pried open the window, flew into Tut's apartment. Quickly went to open the door. Liam and Shizuku just walked in while chatting. Easy as returning to their own home.
"Blinky, suck up the container with the Scarlet Eyes." Shizuku held up the strange vacuum cleaner that manifested, walked around Tut's apartment. Soon Liam heard movement from the bedroom.
Had to be said—this cram school lecturer hid it well. Unfortunately, not well enough. Just hid the solution tank under a pile of debris, but didn't keep it in a sealed environment. So the Nen ability of Blinky was covered, disturbed by the strong suction. It buzzed and stirred under the debris, was easily fished out by Liam.
Originally, after Liam and Shizuku got the Scarlet Eyes, they could just leave and pretend they'd never come.
However, Liam suddenly thought—this guy who liked collecting human organs might know other Scarlet Eyes news. Hadn't this guy already contacted the young painter targeted by Kurapika? If you could contact a young painter, you might know other people who were the same as you.
Now after some interrogation, as expected, this guy did know the whereabouts of other Scarlet Eyes.
And he'd sold them himself.
This cram school instructor originally had two pairs of Scarlet Eyes.
He'd previously thought of selling one pair, keeping the other for his collection. However, money had been tight recently. Planned to sell off the remaining pair.
This guy was contacting a young painter, preparing to make a fortune. Didn't want to be arrested by Liam.
"Who was the other pair of Scarlet Eyes sold to?"
Tut knelt on the floor, unable to speak.
On the chair in front of the computer desk in the bedroom, Shizuku raised her hand and grabbed Blinky. The vacuum cleaner's wide mouth flicked its tongue. Suddenly a circle of sharp teeth appeared.
"Buzz buzz!" The sharp teeth spun like a chainsaw, approaching Tut's face.
Tut couldn't help being horrified. Tilted his head back as hard as he could. Said quickly, "It's Marko Met!"
Seeing that Liam and Shizuku didn't react at all, he was so frightened his voice broke. Waved his hands, said in a panic, "Mr. Marko! The big boss of Met Company, the famous rich man, the star entrepreneur! You guys—haven't you heard of him?"
Shizuku ignored him completely.
Liam nodded. "Oh, now I've heard about it."
He stood up, squeezed over to hold Shizuku on his lap, sat down, then raised his hand.
Shizuku held Blinky and whispered. With a swish sound, an exquisite and unique card fell into Liam's hand.
It was the Hunter License held by Liam. Sometimes he didn't have pockets, so he let Shizuku keep it. Shizuku was afraid she'd forget, so she let Blinky eat it.
Tut wanted to curse when he saw this license.
You should've told me earlier! You should've told me you were Professional Hunters!
Is it necessary to look like this? So scary!
If you'd just taken out your Hunter License, how would I dare not give you the Scarlet Eyes?
At most, sell it cheaper. Aren't you Professional Hunters all extremely rich? Do you have to rob me for such a small amount of money?
Liam turned on the computer, swiped the card at the same time, logged into his Hunter account. Started checking the profile of the guy who bought another pair of red eyes—oh, Marko Met.
At the same time, he said casually, "By the way, I almost forgot. I used my Hunter License here, so you'd better move as soon as possible."
Tut didn't understand at first. After thinking about it for a while, he almost had a stroke. These two... simply, simply had no morals!
If you used a Hunter License at someone's home, you'd definitely be targeted!
After all, a small Hunter License was basically equivalent to: a legal killing license, an indefinite visa for most countries, a pass to use most public facilities for free, a discount card for most products. Even if used as collateral—among other things, a Hunter License had the highest credit value. Because if you sold the thing itself, it'd cost who knows how many billions of Jenny!
Tut himself often visited black market website forums, so naturally had heard about Hunter Licenses and black licenses.
He liked collecting human organs and such, but never had the courage to touch a Hunter License.
If you were lucky enough to touch one, unlucky enough to take it!
As a result, didn't attract anyone or provoke anyone today. Afraid his home had become the "spawn point" for a Hunter License. In the eyes of those killers with hunting licenses lurking in the dark, your home was like a light in a dark forest, surrounded by wolves...
Tut frightened himself so much his hair fell out, while Liam quickly found information on the so-called star entrepreneur Mr. Marko.
After all, he was a rich man and big entrepreneur. His personal information was extremely private, had a high level of confidentiality.
But unfortunately, Liam had a Hunter License. In the face of this card's authority, the so-called confidential information of the rich was only a slightly higher price.
"Damn it, damn it. Actually cost me nine million." Liam muttered, closing the Hunter website. "Sooner or later, I'll get it back..."
Kurapika, work to pay off your debts!
And what kind of rich man is this? Since he's scum who collects human organs, he must be fined a few bucks by yours truly, right?
Liam was thinking about it while browsing the news. Suddenly his palm was covered by another slightly cold hand.
Shizuku held down Liam's mouse-operating hand, preventing him from closing the current news page.
Liam saw this, took a closer look. Turned out to be a chess competition... huh?
Military Ceremony Chess World Championship?
Liam clicked on the news details, was about to read it carefully when his eyes suddenly moved.
Somebody's coming?
Shaking its head, Jaku saw a man wandering downstairs. Didn't look tall, fat, and young, but had a short, sad beard. His eyes were drooped. Seemed very impatient. After a few tall, strong, gangster-looking guys said something, they left the helpers downstairs and rushed into the building alone.
Here to steal a Hunter License?
Liam found it strange. Although the existence of people who did such things was mentioned in the manga, they never appeared directly.
Jaku flew down, like a small gray bird passing by.
After the man with tied hair entered the building, the gangster-looking boys dispersed below. Jaku noticed they dispersed very regularly, basically targeting all the routes that could approach the apartment building.
Since they were here to grab the Hunter License, why only let the leader go in and deliver food while others stayed outside? Was this to prevent others from trying to grab it?
So confident?
Liam rubbed the ring on his index finger.
Shizuku...
Shizuku listened to Liam's voice in her mind.
...It seems our Hunter License landing signal has been targeted. This efficiency is enough!
After Liam finished speaking, Shizuku nodded and stood up to leave.
The bounty hunter Zykwan was at the door of the bachelor's apartment. He picked up his phone, looked at the address. This was right.
He grabbed the door handle. Actually pushed it open.
The door's not closed?
No—someone could've already taken the lead. Zykwan hurriedly rushed into the house. When he saw the obviously messed up living room, a faint malice suddenly came from the back of his head.
Zykwan was shocked. Decisively drew the short sword at his waist, turned around and slashed.
The short blade was broken by a strange vacuum cleaner.
The expressionless girl with short black hair and glasses smashed him onto the floor with a hammer, creating a huge crater in the floor.
This woman has so much strength! A thin line of cold sweat broke out all at once.
Shizuku remained expressionless, picked up Blinky.
Buzz! The sharp-toothed chainsaw spun.
Zykwan's scalp tingled. Hey! Hello! What are you doing? Just come up and kill him?!
The woman suddenly froze for a moment, as if she'd remembered something. Her hand movements were slightly hesitant.
Shizuku remembered Liam was still nearby. If she killed this person, he'd be angry. Would cause trouble for Liam.
During this pause, Zykwan quickly ran away, took out his Hunter License.
"Wait a minute! I'm a Professional Hunter! Don't do anything yet. What happened—"
As expected, the woman opposite stopped wielding the chainsaw vacuum cleaner. But Zykwan suddenly regretted it. Damn it, could this woman want to take his license as well?
Just across the bedroom door that wasn't closed tightly, Liam of course heard the movement in the living room. Knew the man with tied hair who came to the door turned out to be from the Hunter Association, a Professional Hunter.
Colleagues, this is it!
The Hunter License in Liam's hand wasn't his, so he was considered half a colleague...
He was a little curious. This man outside seemed not very bright.
So when Shizuku chased him into the bedroom, Liam asked first, "How can you not be an Enhancer when you're this stupid?"
"Ah?" Zykwan rubbed his sore shoulders, was stunned for a moment when he heard this.
He took a closer look at the situation in the bedroom. The young man sitting in front of the computer... uh, young man?
The young man looked at him curiously. There was a middle-aged man with a pale face and lost soul kneeling on the floor beside the bed.
Most importantly—the pair of eyeballs rising and falling in the jar full of solution on the table. Those magnificent fiery red pupils.
This was absolutely unmistakable. This must be one of the seven most beautiful eyes in the world, right?
"Well, Enhancer. So what?" Zykwan nodded, wondering what was going on in front of him?
He asked, "Are you also a Professional Hunter? In that case, how can you register a Hunter License in a residential area? Isn't this just causing trouble for nothing?"
"Just messing with him. Adding trouble to this scumbag helps me feel better." Liam pointed to the red eyes next to him, said succinctly. "I bought these from this guy's collection. Doing justice for heaven. What just happened was just implementation."
So you're a Crime Hunter? Zykwan was a little ashamed. To be honest, among Professional Hunters, there were actually only a few who sanctioned criminals or violations based on moral reasons. Professional Hunters themselves were a privileged class. There were very few Professional Hunters who hadn't stained their hands with blood. And who could guarantee everyone they killed deserved to die?
However, other Professional Hunters were willing to punish evil and promote good. He had nothing to say.
The first of the Ten Hunter Commandments was "Hunters must have a hunting target." A Hunter had no position to make irresponsible remarks on the hunting target decided by another Hunter.
"Speaking of which, how on earth did you find out someone logged in with a Hunter License card? And came to the door so quickly?" Liam was genuinely curious.
Zykwan breathed a sigh of relief. Took out the cigarette case from his pocket, shook out a cigarette, pointed at the card reader in front of the keyboard. Explained, "Of course it's because of this. A hacker cracked the card reader's program a long time ago. Made special software that can detect Hunter License landing signals. I happened to be nearby. As soon as I found the signal, I rushed over."
He lit a cigarette, said seriously to Liam, "I'm a Bounty Hunter, so I know there are several extremely vicious criminals who haunt this area. They..."
Glancing at Tut, who had a pale face with his hair falling all over the floor, Zykwan changed his explanation. "They all have experience attacking Professional Hunters! Now they must also know the signal of a Hunter License landing in this apartment. Experienced Hunters basically only use licenses on public networks. Signals like this are usually mistakes made by novice Hunters. So they'll definitely come to your door. I came here first to remind you to move quickly."
"Oh, thank you for reminding me." Liam nodded, but actually didn't agree.
More powerful Hunters wouldn't take this seriously. For example, someone like Pyon might have extremely high hacking skills, might be able to crack the signal software in the card reader and block the signal.
Of course, the coolest thing was Gon's father, Ging. So virtuous he just used the Hunter License as toilet paper and threw it away without caring at all.
Zykwan was also a little depressed seeing the young Hunter didn't take his warning seriously.
"On June 29, 1995, the Sixth Military Ceremony Gungi World Championship came to an end. The champion was a blind girl from East Gorteau Country, Komugi! She is still winning! This is the third time she's won the world championship! The Triple Crown Champion is born! She is truly a genius girl who is unique in the military Gungi world..."
Just a few days ago? Liam continued browsing the news. Couldn't help sighing when he saw the familiar name Komugi in the news and the blind, runny-nosed girl in the photo who was similar but different from the manga.
Naturally, it reminded him of the King and Komugi's story in the manga.
That is, the Ant King and Komugi. Many readers and fans cried bitterly after reading this peerless tragedy, saying this was the most romantic love story surpassing Romeo and Juliet...
Although Liam was also moved in his previous life, in this life, he felt if there was a chance, it'd be better to keep this little girl as far away from the Ant King as possible.
Why did such a human genius have to die young?
However, it was still unknown whether the Ant King would even be born if he flapped his little butterfly wings...
Seeing the young Hunter sitting in front of the computer in a daze, Zykwan saw it in his eyes, felt anxious in his heart. At this moment, the phone in his pocket vibrated. He took it out, took a look. Couldn't help being surprised. He hurried to the window, saw downstairs—his good brothers who were also Bounty Hunters had been scattered all over the floor. All been eliminated!