[Hunter] Comb Love

In the distance, Murat was seeing the Popochet bird leading them to a continuous line of high, dark mountains!There is snow as white as Mount Fuji on the top of the mountain!The popokit's nest should be right up there in the mountains!

As it got closer, Murat also saw a huge nest!With extremely powerful cold air!Here is high altitude, and there are snow-capped mountains, of course it will be very, very cold!

Murat won't bleed or shed tears, but that doesn't mean she won't feel cold!Dressed in thin clothes, she was suddenly shivering from the cold, so she had no choice but to hug the bird's claws tightly to absorb body heat.

Atwood next to him also gloated: "Perfect human-like mimicry skin! Even body temperature can be simulated!"

Murat was too cold to speak, but she swore in her heart!She's going to beat this guy up sooner or later! !Not beating is not human!

The Popochet took them back to the nest, which was made of branches and various fallen leaves. Murat saw three black fluffy chicks like penguins in the nest, and an unhatched gray chick. eggs, Murat speculates that the popochet bird should be a close relative of the penguin.The Popochets put her down carefully, and when the chicks saw her, they came and surrounded her. Each of them was half as high as her waist, and surrounded her very warmly.

Atwood was also placed in this nest, and two popokits rubbed each other's long necks affectionately, making a "boo-boo--" sound, which may be related to the bulging under their necks. related to the airbag.Seeing this scene, Murat speculated that they might be a couple, but she was still puzzled: "Why can't they distinguish between humans and young birds?"

Hugging the young birds, Atwood seemed to have gotten used to them, with an expression of uncanny tenderness on his face. He said: "They are all color blind and cannot distinguish from the details of the colors. And the human and the young birds in mid-air Similar in size, young birds usually stand on the back of their parents for test flight, and may be blown down by the wind. When they see whether it is a skydiving human or a bungee jumping human, they are instinctively caring for the weak of the group, and they will take each other Captured and brought back, so driven to no man's land."

Sounds like it's causing trouble for humanity's extreme recreational measures.

"Won't they eat humans?"

"They don't have teeth that can crush human bones. They flew over the forest to go to the sea to dive and hunt seafood. Humans are not on their food list. Do you see that air bag? That's what helps them dive deeper And prepared, they can dive to a depth of 350 meters!"

"It's amazing!" Murat really admired, human beings rely on simple diving equipment is about 300 meters!And these creatures are even just birds!

Atwood let go of his arms, and he looked up at the two adults, who were still making "boo-boo--" sounds, grooming each other with their beaks."The popping sound they make is friendly and that's why they've been given the name Popochet Bird," he said.

"Sounds like a good thing."

"Yeah, and then people discovered that the egg liquid of the Popochet bird may temporarily restore the reproductive function of human males. The Popochet bird cannot be artificially bred, and it is difficult to achieve it in terms of maintenance alone. Even if it is successfully raised in captivity, it will not be able to lay eggs. It takes 3 to 5 years for the naturally bred Popochet to lay a clutch of 1 to 3 eggs, and it takes 2 years for a chick to grow into an adult bird..."

Murat understood, and she murmured, "They... stole the eggs..."

"Steal? How can you be so kind." Atwood smiled, but there was no smile in that smile, "It's robbery. Poachers will jump out of the plane, lure Popochet into birds and bring them back to their nests, and then They killed both adults and juveniles, and the poultry meat dish of the Popochet bird is also wild game...then the eggs can be removed logically. One egg is worth 800 million quats on the black market!"

He said with emotion: "The Bobokit bird, which is obviously friendly to humans, is now being poached to the point where it needs constant protection from phantom beast hunters. Look at this mountain range, this litter of Popochet bird is the only one I found. One by one nested."

"..." Murat had nothing to say, but just hugged these young birds, they were really very warm.

"You've killed people, haven't you?"

"Yes."

"Who did you kill?"

Murat thought for a while, two traffickers + a death row inmate, and replied: "They are all bad people." She did it after learning about their crimes, not killing innocent people indiscriminately.

"How do you judge that the other party is a bad person?"

"I learned of their crimes."

"Then why didn't you kill the maid cafe manager?"

"I'm afraid of revealing my identity..."

"Excuses! It's all excuses! You have feelings for that store manager! You can't do it! You don't want to kill him, so you made excuses and kept running away!"

"..." Murat lowered her head, her voice was so low that she could hardly hear it, "...the store manager took me in. I worked there for three and a half months, and I just got a raise." If it hadn't happened later, she might I will always think that I am happy and the store manager is a good person.

After speaking, she saw Atwood raised his hand. She thought he was going to hit her, but his hand was gently placed on her head. He rubbed her dog's head and said, "You are not human. , why bother to think about who is kind to you and who is against you, and what to do to human beings, justice heroes are usually the work of human beings.”

"Are you teaching me to be selfish?"

"No! I'm teaching you to protect yourself. Self-righteous justice combined with excessive gentleness will only kill you!" After speaking, the Eudemons Hunter sighed, "I doubt whether you are really high IQ Humanoids, highly intelligent humanoids never show mercy to weak humans! And you treat humans as if they are your companions!"

Murat: "I am their companion."

Atwood: "No, you're not! If you were human, you'd be kicked out by now!"

Murat: ==!Then she should stop talking.

Atwood moved away the hand rubbing her dog's head: "Really...you still have a lot to learn! The president really gave me a troublesome job."

Murat: "Huh?"

Atwood flicked her forehead bitterly: "You still don't understand?" He said, "Non-human candidates, of course, have to be taught by the examiners of the Phantom Beast Hunter!"

Murat understands, she hasn't lost her hunter test qualification yet!It's just that she was replaced by an examiner!Murat was moved and said angrily: "I thought I would never see Xiaojie and the others again!" No wonder the president smiled and asked her to go and say goodbye to them! !That bad old man is really bad!

Atwood said: "The president lied to you, naturally there are his reasons...Although it is more fun. But because of this, didn't you temporarily separate from them?"

Hearing that it was more fun, Murat was really angry!She said: "I don't want to be separated from them! They are my partners!"

When Atwood raised his foot, Murat immediately settled down—she was afraid that he would really kick him off, and she felt that this man could really do it.

Seeing her behaved, Atwood withdrew his intimidating foot and continued: "You said that you are their partner, so why do you keep hiding the fact that you are not human? You want to hide them for the rest of your life, or this is How do you treat your partner?"

Murat: "..." She couldn't refute, she did lie to Xiaojie and the others, even if it was a white lie, it was still a lie.

Atwood: "Originally, the president said that if even one candidate pleaded for you, he would let you take the hunter test with them. But after the interview, you didn't. You persuaded—no, it was you The partners concealed it, and it was you who pushed them away."

Murat: "Don't you talk so high-sounding! If I knew that you gave me a chance! Then I would not lie!" She shouted hysterically: "Don't blame me! I want to be a Humans, like them, what is wrong! I have never hurt any good people!!"

Her voice was so high that even the bobokit birds grooming each other froze and stopped to look at her.

Atwood was yelled at by Murat, but he didn't look angry at all. He was very, very happy: "Yes! I just want to be human! You have nothing wrong with you! You have to tell yourself in the future, you are not human, you are 'Want to be' human! Just say that to yourself!"

After Mura finished venting her suppressed emotions, she panted and calmed down: "I'm sorry..." She thought she had said too much, and she should be responsible for her words.

Atwood looked at her tenderly, as tenderly as he had looked at a Popochet bird, and said, "No, you don't have to apologize! You've done nothing wrong! You've been repressed when you're not human. class, it’s hard work.”

Murat: "...um."

Atwood held up one finger: "You said you wanted to be human." And then raised a second, "But you shouted that you wanted to be like them, to be human... They meant your mates, the candidates, Right?" He closed one finger, raised one finger on the other hand, and now has one finger on both hands: "Like you said, it's two different things, you don't want to be Human beings’, in your mind, ‘like them’ takes priority over ‘wanting to be human’, in order to integrate into the group, you are like a swan mixed in with ducks, demanding yourself with the requirements of ducks.” After finishing speaking, he put his hands together They all put it down and sighed: "Why do you think it's a bad thing that you are a swan?"

Murat should be silent, but she didn't. She vaguely seemed to understand something... She said: "The identity gap will create distance between the two parties, and the difference in race will cause differences in getting along." So she didn't want Xiaojie and the others to know , she is afraid that she will be rejected, afraid that she will not be accepted.

Atwood said with disgust: "Your partners are the kind of people who care about the race of their friends? Then I doubt whether they can pass the hunter test-hunters will not have such prejudice!"

"No!" Murat defended her friend subconsciously, and when she said it, she also understood instantly: "...It's my prejudice, I put my own ideas on them, thinking that they should be such a person. Kurapika was right, I was hurting myself and I should apologize to them."

Atwood: "It's a good thing to learn to be honest first. Only human beings have to consider other people's feelings. You can speak out your thoughts directly in the future! First of all, what do you want to do most now?"

Murat: "I want to beat you."

Atwood: "You can't beat it, give up!"

Murat: "Then what difference does it make if I say it or not!"

Atwood smiled: "Yes! At least I can laugh at you when I know."

He rubbed her dog's head again! !

Murat swears: she will be inhuman if she doesn't beat him in the future!If you don't beat him, you're not human! !

The author has something to say: This chapter is basically a dialogue, I hope everyone will not find it too boring^_^