But these people in front of him were different; just four bodyguards had completely restrained him. If this organization had many more such individuals, the situation would be entirely different, and its danger to society would escalate sharply.
"What are you thinking about?"
Illumi's voice echoed in Boshidora's ear.
"You... Pfft!"
As Boshidora just opened his mouth, a black spike pierced through his palm, and intense pain surged.
"Ah... Mmmph!"
Boshidora screamed in pain, but as soon as he let out a sound, his mouth was immediately blocked by a large number of black threads, leaving him only able to make faint "hmm-hmm" noises.
At the same time, large numbers of black threads, like snakes, climbed up his body from his feet, gradually binding him completely, so tightly that it hurt.
"Take him to the room."
Illumi commanded.
Upon receiving Illumi's order, the four bodyguards also breathed a sigh of relief and withdrew their abilities.
"Bang!"
The gravity web disappeared, and Boshidora's body lost its restraint, falling to the ground.
The two bodyguards who had been standing upside down in the corners at the top of the corridor retracted their legs and dropped towards the ground headfirst, performing a synchronized somersault in mid-air and landing steadily.
The group of six, with one captive, continued towards the designated room.
Two bodyguards led the way, Illumi and Sheldon were in the middle, and the remaining two bodyguards followed behind, pressing down on the immobilized Boshidora.
Three minutes passed...
"Now, it's time to talk about why you were following me."
Inside the room, Illumi stood by the window, while Sheldon sat on a chair with a grim expression, looking at Boshidora, who was bound by many threads.
Two bodyguards guarded the door, and two more guarded the balcony outside the room.
"Because you are a criminal suspect!"
The black threads blocking Boshidora's mouth had been removed. He looked at Illumi, who was standing by the window, and said righteously.
"Hmm, that's the truth."
"But, it's half-truth, half-lie."
Illumi stood with his back to everything in the room, his low voice echoing within.
"What!?"
Boshidora was startled.
Damn it, does this person also have the ability to distinguish between truth and lies?
Or is it just some simple questioning technique?
"You were involved in the serial murder case that shocked the Edimy United States a year ago, weren't you?"
"That's why I'm investigating you!"
Boshidora hesitated for a moment, then decided to use information to stall the other party so he could hold out until the Qinglin Squad and Lupei and Ted Latin's people arrived.
"A year ago..."
Illumi raised his head slightly, seemingly recalling.
As Illumi fell silent, the atmosphere in the room gradually became heavy.
He looked at the scenery outside the window, the courtyard of the Nampisu five-star hotel.
A relatively wide green area, filled with many flowers meticulously trimmed by gardeners. In the center, there was also a circular fountain, and it seemed to have many ornamental fish.
Some young men and women and a few young children gathered around the fountain, sprinkling fish food into it.
"Oh, you mean that 'Seven Deadly Sins' serial murder case."
Illumi recalled.
At the same time, he also remembered a person.
It seemed that Silas had been kept in the underground laboratory of the headquarters' industrial park, but now he should have been transferred to the [Abyss].
And Tenshin Kōsuke, the finished experimental subject who had endured the activation period.
Since returning from the Dark Continent, a series of events had made him forget about these people.
After Boshidora mentioned it, he remembered.
He also hadn't inquired about the island nation force that Andres was sent to eliminate.
"That serial murder case caused an extremely negative impact across the entire Edimy nation."
"So, the Edimy national police entrusted me, a bounty hunter specialist from the Hunter Association, to participate in the case investigation and track down the criminal suspects and the true culprit."
Boshidora calmed down and slowly recounted the investigation process.
Ten minutes passed...
"You know more than just that, don't you?"
Illumi still had his back to him, and the atmosphere in the room remained heavy.
"I'm very curious, how did you know what I looked like?"
Illumi's tone carried a hint of curiosity, because all the surveillance in the areas he had passed through had been controlled or deleted by Ikushampé.
Whether it was the police or anyone else, they might be able to find his traces through clues, but they absolutely couldn't know what he looked like through surveillance.
But according to Ikushampé's report, Boshidora had been following him ever since he got off the plane.
It was clear that he had recognized him instantly and decided to follow him on the spur of the moment.
"No comment."
Boshidora closed his mouth. He didn't want to expose his ability.
"Hehe, it's probably a Nen ability that allows you to see the course of events through some medium, isn't it?"
But Illumi chuckled, stating his guess about Boshidora's ability.
Boshidora's eyes narrowed slightly, and he thought to himself, Hmph, although you're close, it's still far from the whole truth.
Indeed, his ability went beyond that.
"Forget it, knowing your purpose is enough."
"I don't want to waste any more time; the auction is about to begin."
Illumi took out his phone and checked the time. It was time to prepare to go to the Nampisu Auction.
A hunter of Boshidora's level was just a minor character; there was no need to waste too much time.
"You... Pfft!"
As Boshidora just spoke, a black spike appeared from the wall behind him, piercing his back of the head, and then piercing out from his mouth.
"Gasp... Gasp..."
Boshidora's eyes instantly widened, his face contorted in agony.
His jaw uncontrollably lifted due to the black spike, a small amount of fresh blood spurted from the corners of his mouth, and he made "gasping" sounds due to the blood blocking his windpipe, preventing him from breathing.
As the seconds ticked by, Boshidora's body twitched, his pupils contracted, the strange light in his eyes dissipated, and he suffocated to death.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh..."
A large number of black threads wrapped around Boshidora's corpse, like a zongzi (a traditional Chinese sticky rice dumpling).
"Bang!"
The black zongzi fell to the ground.
Sheldon's face instantly turned cold. Dying from suffocation was truly too painful.
As for the bodyguards, their expressions were blank.
They had witnessed death too many times before.
"Hiss hiss..."
As the corpse fell to the ground, they saw a black thread extend from the black zongzi on the floor. The tip of the thread was wrapped around a white mobile phone.
The thread wrapped around the phone elongated and snaked towards Illumi, presenting the white phone before him.
Illumi reached out and took it.
The four bodyguards exchanged glances. They believed Illumi wanted to investigate the people behind this hunter using his phone communications.
Illumi looked at the white phone in his hand, a little Nen gathering in his eyes as he activated Gyo.
"He even activated his ability before dying. He has some guts."
Under the gaze of Gyo, a dense aura emanated from the white phone. Illumi turned on the phone, but the screen was a blank white, showing nothing.
"Is this an ability to protect or erase one's information after death? Or..."
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