Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

When Germain walked into the house, he smelled a complex smell of smoke and dust, and then saw an ancient incense burner on the square table.

"Ahem."

Someone was coughing behind a screen with strange patterns, and Germain walked around the screen.

"Cough cough, cough cough..."

The sound came from the balcony with the open door, and the warm sunlight outside was embedded into the dim shadows of the room like a wonderful geometry.

"Germain... ahem... come here... come to the balcony... I'm sorry, it would be quite troublesome for me to come to you. It would be easier for you to come here."

Germain took off his three-cornered hat and held it in his hand. When walking to the balcony, he had to carefully walk around the stacks of books stacked on the floor.

Some of the covers of these books are old, some are brand new, but the footers are all rolled up.

Germain saw a skinny old man with mutilated limbs sitting in a wheelchair on the balcony.

Strangely enough, this is the second person in a wheelchair that German has seen with a physical disability.

The skinny fingers of Jie Ge's right hand picked up the handkerchief, covered it with his wrinkled mouth, coughed violently a few times, and then let go.

"I'm sorry, you must be disappointed to see me like this, right? The man who can walk side by side with President Netero is now in such an embarrassing situation..."

Jaeger waved his right hand mockingly, showing off his body that now has lost his left hand and right leg.

Aging has grabbed hold of his throat, and when he spoke, there seemed to be something blocked in his chest, making strange noises.

However, Germain noticed something strange.

Jaeger's severed limb was completely different from Chrollo's. There were no scars on the fracture, only smooth and flat dark shadows.

If I were to use a metaphor, it would be like the shadow effect presented by a still life sketch.

This is very abnormal.

"Sit down, Germain."

Germain sat down in the rocking chair diagonally opposite Jaeger's wheelchair.

This chair was obviously specially prepared for visitors, maybe Nitro, maybe Maha, or maybe other members of the enemy family.

"Nitro has been here more than once. He has told me about you. I know enough, so let's save those roundabout temptations between us."

Jaeger looked older than Netero and Maha. Only his decisive tone and piercing eyes proved that he was still resisting aging.

Germain did not judge people by their appearance and underestimated the old man in front of him.

"You are right, then let's be honest. Mr. Jaeger, I want to know something about you. President Nitro specially asked me to meet with you. There must be a special reason."

Jaeger laughed out loud, revealing a mouth with only a few teeth left.

"When I heard that there were people like us who escaped V5's censorship and explored the Dark Continent without leaving any written records, I became very interested in you."

"I told President Netero early on that the rules you set back then, just like V5's censorship, cannot stop the determined fanatics. This is indeed the case."

"President Nitro told me that you have done better than us because you have brought back two "hopes." "

"It's a pity that neither the 'Cure Herb' nor the 'Alchemical Plant Metalion' can solve my current 'situation'. "

“I mean, my body has indeed recovered a lot thanks to the ‘cure-all’ herb, but it has never been able to stop the general trend of aging, and its effect on me is getting smaller and smaller. "

"And the reason why I age so quickly is because of the special features of my current body."

"You should have noticed something strange about me. To be precise, my left hand and right leg were not cut off in an ordinary way, but taken away."

"Taken away?" Germain had been listening quietly. This was the first time he interrupted Jaeger.

Jiege nodded and swallowed hard, as if he was swallowing a large piece of bread without chewing it.

"Back then, Nitro, Lin Nie and I broke into the territory of "Mist Creature Ai" and tried to take away "Sanyuan Water". "

"As a result, not only did we fail, but we also got entangled in the "fog-like creature Ai". "

"In order to escape and get out of danger, President Netero had no choice but to ask for help from one of the "fog-like creatures - Ai". "

"Looking back now, under the circumstances, he could only do this. If it weren't for him, then I would do the same."

"However, we underestimated the "fog-like creature Ai", and there is a price to pay for "making a wish" to it without understanding it. "

"Although we did manage to escape, not long after, my left hand, right leg, and all the blood in my body were permanently taken away by "Mist Creature Ai"..."

Germain sat upright in the rocking chair with a slight surprise, and his breathing became slightly rapid.

It’s just that his left hand and right leg are gone, and all the blood in his body is gone. How did Jaeger survive until now?

Jaeger knew what Germain wanted to know, and he quickly explained.

"But, as you can see, I did not die. I came back from the Dark Continent alive, but I can no longer continue the assassination career and can only live a retired life early."

"Although President Nitro didn't say anything on the surface, he would come to me whenever he had free time for decades."

"Maybe he feels guilty for me deep down in his heart, although I don't think it's his fault."

"I have never regretted it. The journey to the Dark Continent is the most legendary experience in my life. If I could do it again, I would still go."

"Of course, I soon noticed something strange about my body."

"I cut my own skin and blood vessels, and nothing like blood flowed out. There was only darkness like a broken wound, and those wounds would soon heal as before."

"The thoughts in my body are leaking out like a river bursting its banks. This forces me to control them at all times, but it only slows down the speed."

"My body is aging faster than President Netero and Lin Nie. As a telepathic person, I shouldn't be like this."

"After a while, I found that my telekinesis ability had become stronger."

"Finally, one day, I noticed the source of all the strange things."

"Unbeknownst to me, I had an uninvited guest inside my body."

"It's the "fog-like creature Ae" that President Netero prayed for back then. It followed me back here. "

"If it hadn't suddenly wanted to come out and take a look at the outside world, I wouldn't have noticed its existence."

"My body has become its hiding place, the blood vessels have become the channels for it to move, and the fractures in my left hand and right leg have become the two gates for it to enter and exit."

"I knew then that my body had been transformed into a dark space for it to live in."

"And I didn't die because my blood, left hand, and right leg were in a weird state of being in my body but not in my body."

Germain couldn't help but ask: "Dark space...what is that?"

At this time, Jaeger coughed a few more times and had to cover it with a handkerchief.

After a while, he felt better and thought about how to answer.

"President Nitro and I were also very curious about this aspect, so we read many books and conducted countless discussions on this aspect, and finally came up with some conjectures."

“We believe that all abilities related to ‘space’ in the world are actually connected to ‘darkness’. "

"Your "teleportation lantern", your companion Xiaodi's "bulging-eye fish", and professional hunter Nobu's "fourth-dimensional apartment" are all walking in the "darkness". "

"The same is true for my broken arms and legs. They are connected to the "darkness", but each of us has a different "key" to open the "dark space". "

"Theoretically, the "dark space" used by several of us is actually the same one and connected to each other. "

When Germain heard this, he couldn't help but think of the melody and "Dark Sonata".

Her original description was also that "for a moment, we were in boundless darkness."

Germain, Xiaodi, Nobu and Jaeger only actively or passively borrowed the "dark space".

After listening to the melody of "Dark Sonata", she may have directly met the owner of the "Dark Space", but she no longer has that terrifying memory.

"Mr. Jaeger, please continue talking about "Mist Creature Ai". "

"Well...at first, it did cause a panic in the family."

"But as time goes by, it has been staying in my body obediently, and occasionally it will poke its head out from the dark fracture of my left arm to observe the world."

"But that seems to be it."

"It seemed safe, and we lived in peace for many years, until I grew weaker and weaker."