Hunter X Hunter: I Got Stronger After I Died

When dealing with Nolan and the Menu Organization, Argos had always prioritized safety first.

But that didn't mean he couldn't help Moro clean up loose ends.

Now, out of nowhere, Argos had sent him a warning.

It was likely that Argos had hacked into the mansion's systems and detected an unknown signal approaching.

Before Moro could even process this information, Kurt suddenly collapsed unconscious, startling him.

"As expected, he was forcing himself too hard."

Moro quickly approached Kurt and checked his injuries.

Not good.

No matter how tough his body was, he was still just a six- or seven-year-old child.

And with injuries this severe…

The fact that he had lasted this long meant he had been holding on purely through sheer willpower.

Moro didn't even know what to say about Kurt's unrelenting stubbornness anymore.

Tucking away the parchment and black envelope, Moro lifted Kurt's unconscious body and hurried toward the mansion's exit.

Before leaving, he set the place on fire, then turned and walked away.

As for any surveillance issues, Argos would handle them.

Ever since Moro paid Argos twenty billion jenny, he had been able to offload a lot of responsibilities onto him.

In fact, his trip to the Great Nation of Gugan had been made possible thanks to Argos' intelligence.

In a way, Moro felt that the money had been more than worth it.

A Dark, Silent Forest

Moro sprinted through the woods, carrying Kurt in his arms.

Even though Nolan was dead, he didn't lower his guard.

There was still the unknown signal Argos had mentioned, and the mysterious "Index Finger" contact on Nolan's phone.

"I need to get Kurt to a hospital fast."

Moro kept his senses sharp, monitoring every rustling leaf and shifting shadow.

Suddenly, he came to an abrupt halt, narrowing his eyes at the dark silhouettes among the trees ahead.

Figures without heads.

"An Emission or Manipulation ability?"

Moro saw several unmoving, headless humanoid shapes lurking among the trees.

Without hesitation, he changed course and ran in the opposite direction.

Whoever these people were, they had to be the unknown signal approaching the mansion.

That meant they were Nolan's subordinates.

Moro had no interest in fighting.

His priority was getting Kurt medical attention as quickly as possible.

But just as he sprinted away—

The treetops above him suddenly erupted with movement.

Leaves rustled violently as multiple figures burst through the foliage, dropping toward him like falling meteors.

Moro immediately sensed danger.

"Starflow Domain."

The moment the sounds reached him, Moro's aura erupted outward, scattering into countless shimmering starlike specks.

At the same time—

Black silhouettes rained down from the canopy, crashing toward him.

The overwhelming flood of incoming stimuli instantly disrupted the balance of the Starflow Domain, forcing Moro's mind to process an overload of data all at once.

This was one of the major weaknesses of Starflow Domain.

If too many threats entered the field at once, it would create an information overload, making it difficult to process and react properly.

Nen abilities were just like people—

They reflected the personality of their user, inheriting both strengths and weaknesses.

Just as there's no perfect person, there's also no perfect Nen ability.

"All of them… are headless?"

Moro's mind nearly short-circuited from the overwhelming influx of information, but his mastery of Starflow Domain allowed him to barely manage it at the last second.

He immediately kicked off the ground, using the quick acceleration of Gazelle Step to maneuver through a precise escape route, narrowly evading the descending attackers.

Without wasting a second, he bolted into the darkness.

"ZOLDYCK!!!"

From the shadows behind him, a furious woman's voice shrieked.

Moro glanced back.

Under the dim moonlight, he saw a woman with bold, flamboyant makeup and revealing clothing standing atop a grotesque humanoid monstrosity.

The thing she was riding on looked like a person's body had been sculpted and molded into the shape of a car chassis, its flesh unnaturally stretched and distorted.

On either side of this flesh-car, rows of human arms and legs extended outward, like the segmented limbs of a centipede.

At that moment—

Those disgusting, human limbs were scrambling against the ground, propelling the mutant centipede forward at high speed.

"…"

Moro only needed a single glance to understand the nature of her ability.

Manipulation-type.

The fact that she could control so many people at once—

And that her victims' bodies could be reshaped into such grotesque forms—

Strongly implied that their heads had to be removed as a restriction for her power.

But Moro had no time to analyze further.

His latent aura reserves were running low, and he had to get Kurt medical help immediately.

So even if he could break down her ability, it was pointless.

Moro ignored her killing intent, sprinting away at full speed.

Meet Amanda, the "Index Finger"

The woman riding the human-centipede-car was Amanda, also known as Index Finger.

She had been calling Nolan and his men, but no one had answered.

Then she had seen the flames engulfing the mansion, and her heart sank.

She had already received a message from Adams, warning her that a Zoldyck assassin was attacking.

So she had rushed over at top speed.

Only to arrive and find Moro carrying Kurt away.

At that moment, she had already prepared for the worst.

And when she saw Kurt's injuries, she immediately knew he was badly hurt—

And that Moro himself wasn't at full strength either.

She had to kill them both now before heading to the mansion.

But despite setting up an ambush, Moro had dodged through it effortlessly.

"You useless trash!!! MOVE FASTER!!!"

Amanda furiously stomped on the flesh-centipede-car beneath her.

But she was too slow.

Moro was already vanishing into the night.

Her own physical speed was far too slow, so she was completely reliant on her grotesque human-vehicle to chase him down.

This was the inherent flaw of many Manipulation-type Nen users.

They often became too dependent on their controlled entities—

Limiting both their upper and lower limits.

As Moro's silhouette shrank in the distance, Amanda's face twisted with rage.

"I WILL FIND YOU!!! I SWEAR I WILL FIND YOU!!!"

Her furious scream echoed through the forest.

Moro's Thoughts

Far ahead, Moro smirked.

"Go ahead and try. I'll be waiting for you in Kukuroo Mountain."

At the same time—

He exhaled in relief.

If that Manipulator had been involved in the earlier fight at the mansion…

The battle would have gone very differently.

"Lv. 44… still far from enough."

Eyes focused ahead, Moro's gaze burned with determination.

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