Fant, who was on the side, also followed behind.
The great thing about Gourmet Hunters was that they could find ingredients locally. The team didn't need to bring any rations at all... They could discover and find food, and cook delicious dishes.
Some special ingredients and cooking methods would make the restorative and satiating effects of the food very obvious.
The team had already seen Menchi's cooking skills, which could be described as art.
The kitchen knife in her hand could dissect and debone any beast or living creature extremely cleanly...
Menchi was a woman who was very picky about food. The dishes she made were naturally excellent in color, aroma, and taste.
An excellent Gourmet Hunter, besides having the strength to face the dangers during the acquisition of ingredients, also had to have a wealth of knowledge. Like Menchi...
The places that the team had passed through these past few days, even some wild fruits and plants, as long as they were edible, Menchi could name them at a glance.
Even if they weren't on her ingredient list, she could identify whether they were edible...
The woman's superb knife skills were even more due to her insight and observation of the ingredients. For example, some fierce beasts, no matter what their body shape or appearance was, Menchi could see the size and distribution of the skeleton hidden under the skin, which made her method of wielding the knife extremely precise.
In short, Oboro was very satisfied with her performance.
It wasn't long before Menchi and Fant returned.
They brought back the ingredients for the cooking...
Oboro called the other four people to him, and began to review the battle, and pointed out some areas that they needed to improve.
He mainly taught Gabe Witsch and Rita...
...
A few more days passed, and Oboro and the others met the contact person again.
"You've done a great job. Your efficiency is simply amazing. As expected of the experts from the Hunter Association..."
The man exclaimed, "Our company can further expand the scope of the restricted area..."
"However... The situation inside the restricted area is very troublesome. Recently, many of our people have died again. Some of those who stayed outside the restricted area were observing, and some couldn't break through our security. But the guys inside are almost all existences that we can't capture, and can't solve."
"There should be national-level combat power that the Ochima Federal Republic has cultivated in your team, right?"
Oboro asked.
"Yes." The man replied.
By saying this, he was no longer concealing the relationship between the Soli Group and the Ochima Federal Republic... The fact that he was willing to reveal the truth was also because Oboro's team was very outstanding, and trustworthy!
If their strength was even a little bit worse, the man wouldn't have admitted it.
"There were two, but one has already died..."
The former had a serious expression.
Even national-level Nen ability users had died?
Anthony and the others' expressions changed slightly.
"Is there any specific information?"
Oboro continued to ask calmly.
"Originally, there were four hostile groups, but one of them has already left with the items they plundered from the ruins. That national-level Nen ability user died while trying to stop them."
"There are three left."
"The things they stole are all very valuable... We can't afford to have any more losses. Please be sure to help us protect them."
The man changed his previous arrogant attitude, and bowed to Oboro, his face grave.
"This is some of the information we've collected so far about these three groups. It's not complete." After saying this, he handed Oboro a document.
Oboro didn't look at it, and put it away first.
"Tonight at ten o'clock, there will be a gap in the security personnel here for only two minutes. Please enter the restricted area along this route." The man pointed to a path on the map, and told them.
"Okay."
Oboro nodded.
"I have a question!" At this time, Anthony suddenly spoke.
"Go ahead."
The man looked at him.
"Since the ruins are so important, and they've been active in the restricted area for so long, you should have had enough time to send reinforcements, right?" Anthony said bluntly, "Wouldn't it be fine to call a few more of those single soldiers that you said the country trained?"
The corners of the man's mouth twitched slightly. Menchi, who was on the side, glanced at Anthony with a look of disgust, as if she was looking at an idiot.
"That's it, then."
Oboro interrupted the two's exchange.
The contact person nodded to him, glanced at Anthony, and turned to leave.
"What's wrong? Is there a problem..."
Anthony looked at his teammates, with a question mark on his face.
Including Oboro, everyone ignored him.
Only Gabe Witsch, who was stuttering, looked at Anthony, and said, "Na...tion...al..."
"Stop! Don't say it. Just write it down on this notebook for me."
Anthony took out paper and a pen.
Gabe Witsch quickly wrote a few sentences, and showed it to him.
The number of national-level combat power must be very rare. If the Soli Group could mobilize them at will, there would be no need to hire them.
Moreover, this kind of thing involved multiple interests and backgrounds, so the conflict could only be controlled within a certain range. If it rose to the point where even the 'fig leaf' couldn't cover it... It might affect the relationship within the V5.
"Hahahaha, I actually knew that... I was just pretending on purpose to test you."
After reading it, Anthony threw away the paper, and put his arm around the little brother's neck, "It seems that you've learned very well under our captain's training. I'm relieved now... These are all mission experiences. You must remember them."
"..."
Gabe Witsch.
Immediately after, Oboro and his group determined the direction, and began to approach the Soli Group's security line, waiting for the time.
"Change the strategy."
On the way, Oboro instructed, "The opponents are very strong. You can't handle them, so your first task is to protect your own safety... Even with Gabe Witsch's ability, don't spread out too far. What comes next is the key to the mission!"
Killing the enemy was no longer the first principle.
The situation was different, so adjustments had to be made.
"There are only 5 people on this document. Most of them don't have faces, and the abilities described are very superficial. It's not very useful to us. There are three teams, so given that they can quickly break through the security line, and sneak into the restricted area, and leave quickly, the number of people in each team won't be too many. It's estimated to be around 3 to 7 people, about the same as us. Looking at it this way, the document only covers a small portion of the people. There are still many characters that haven't been exposed... Or rather, the people of the Soli Group can't detect them."
Menchi reviewed the content of the document, combined with her judgment, and reminded them.
"Yeah."
Oboro responded, "Based on the special nature of their purpose, there should be an ability user in the team who can copy or store things... Otherwise, there's no way to take many things away."
"That's right."
Menchi.
"They're different from the people outside the restricted area... Some teams might have already obtained the information or things they wanted, but the Soli Group couldn't restrict them, and gave them the time and space to extract more. Under this premise, as long as one member is injured or dies, and they sense that something is wrong, they'll leave decisively, and won't take risks easily." Fant, who had rarely spoken since joining the team, said suddenly, with a cigarette in his mouth.
This made Oboro look at him with a bit more appreciation.
As expected of the oldest person on the team...
He felt that Fant was more like a Specialist, and Anthony was the Enhancer.
But sometimes, these things about Nen types... Were quite strange.
The few people waited until it was dark, and almost ten o'clock at night. The guards standing in the forest in front of them finally left, and were being relieved.
These were all personnel from the Soli Group.
Oboro led the five people on his team and successfully sneaked into the restricted area.
Following the route, they went deep into the depths of the restricted area.
During this time, there wasn't just one patrol team on the security line, but this route had been artificially created, and there was an obvious gap.
Rita took out a compass, and used her ability to guide the few people, and head toward the ruins.
Oboro walked in the front, Fant and Menchi were at the back, and Anthony and the other three were in the middle... They intentionally slowed down their pace. Every time they reached an area, Rita had to use her ability to check whether there was any danger nearby, and then they could continue forward.
The team members couldn't be separated...
Faced with the unknown enemy, everyone's minds were highly concentrated.
"Our opponents have different backgrounds and affiliations, and they all have the ability to enter the ruins, so... There probably isn't any possibility of them joining forces. They're all fighting on their own. If it's difficult to fight against the Soli Group, they might even cooperate..." Oboro walked in the front, wading through the messy grass, and said.
The environment here was very primitive, and there were no roads left behind by footprints in the wild. Even if there were any, it was impossible for the team to walk along the footprints of their predecessors, because they might encounter enemies.
What they had to do was to hide themselves first, and hide in the dark... It was best to quickly figure out the situation of those three teams.
"Judging from the situation described by the contact person, one group has already left first, which shows that the remaining three teams have almost achieved their goals... They might evacuate at any time. If we can't drive them away or defeat them, we must at least take back the items they obtained from the ruins."
He was explaining and analyzing the mission content to the few people, so that everyone could better understand the team's next action plan and goals.
However, at this time... A stranger with bangs swept to the side suddenly appeared.
He was walking lightly from behind, and gradually approached the team of people... The man had a hint of a smile on his face, and his eyes were coldly staring at the group of 'prey' who were still talking, and hadn't noticed him at all.
The night was low, and the man didn't hide the sound of his footsteps and movements. He just approached extremely naturally.
What was strange was that he had already approached Fant and Menchi, and was two or three meters away, but the few people still didn't realize it.
The man gripped a dagger, and his eyes were fixed on Fant.
This middle-aged man was one of the more tricky people in this team from outside... He would kill him first.
Oboro, who was walking in the front, suddenly frowned, and raised his hand to have the team members stop.
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