Chapter 97

Chapter 99: Pi Yuen: You, You?!

After the death of a swamp person, they will, as usual, turn into a corpse that gradually loses its temperature.

This is a fact that the Association has already confirmed.

It also indicates that swamp people are not fundamentally the result of being transformed by "Nen," but rather a type that tends to be influenced by "Nen."

Therefore, the victims have a very high possibility of returning to their original state.

Mo You learned this information from Pi Yuen and thus understood the motivation behind Pi Yuen's question about why swamp people turn into swamp mud after death.

"Can you confirm the object of your 'observation'..."

Mo You suppressed his surprise and asked, "Is really a swamp person?"

If not for Pi Yuen revealing this information, he would have had no idea that the form a swamp person takes after death is actually the same as a normal human.

Due to the fact that the swamp people he killed turned into black swamp mud, he couldn't help but doubt the conclusion of the Hunter Association, which had been verified through practice.

Although the possibility is very low...

Is there a possibility that the object the Hunter Association observed is actually a normal human?

"Stupid question."

Pi Yuen stared intently at Mo You, deliberately elongating her tone, "It's only after comprehensive testing that we can have a 'conclusion.'"

Hearing this, Mo You also felt that the Hunter Association couldn't possibly make such a low-level mistake, and asked in confusion, "But the swamp people I killed turned into an unknown substance like swamp mud, why is that?"

"This question should be asked by me!!"

"Is that so..."

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"Oh, then my answer is the same as before, I don't know."

"Kaiser, are you doing this on purpose?!"

"Hmm."

"???"

Pi Yuen furrowed her brows, and a figure of Jin suddenly flashed through her mind.

For some reason—

This guy in front of her is as annoying as Jin in certain aspects!

Forget it...

He is a Nen Exorcist after all, and can be of help in this incident regardless.

Moreover, from the fact that the swamp people turned into swamp mud after death, it can be seen that Mo You is special.

Let's just say it's a woman's intuition...

Pi Yuen vaguely felt that Mo You's involvement was a good thing.

"Since you are now a member of the team, from today onwards, you will accompany me to investigate this matter."

Pi Yuen calmed herself down.

The amount of intelligence that can be gathered from the Delta Nara restaurant incident is no longer very important.

What's important is to "bind" Mo You and then figure out what those black swamp muds are all about.

"Liz, that's about it."

Mo You did not respond to Pi Yuen's words but looked at Liz, who had been silently listening beside him.

Next, he was clearly going to act with Pi Yuen, and there was a possibility that he would return to the Association with Pi Yuen.

"Okay, go ahead."

Liz did not say much, just nodding at Mo You.

After Mo You and Pi Yuen left together, she took out her phone and informed Kido of what had just happened via text message, word for word.

"Swamp people..."

Looking at the empty living room, Liz muttered to herself.

Outside the Delta Nara restaurant.

The authorities had set up a steel shed in this area to protect and seal off the scene.

Mo You and Pi Yuen entered the shed.

The bright lights from above illuminated every detail.

In front of the restaurant's entrance, dozens of human-shaped burn marks overlapped, yet they gave a distinct sensory impression.

Mo You walked up to the human-shaped burn marks, squatted down, and observed them carefully.

"The dozens of swamp people who rushed into the restaurant were indeed transformed on the spot. The gang members certainly wouldn't kill each other, so my previous speculation is basically correct. It was Illumi's Nen needle ability that inadvertently triggered the conditions for the swamp people's transformation."

Looking at the overlapping human-shaped burn marks, Mo You thought to himself.

Swamp people...

Are really strange.

The Nen applied to them is like a seed deeply buried in the soil. If it doesn't sprout at a specific time, outsiders can't tell that a seed is buried in the soil.

Swamp people have already been implanted with a seed called an operation-type ability.

But—

Illumi's Nen needle ability still treats swamp people as humans and gains control over them.

This fact seems to be telling Mo You something.

As long as swamp people are not controlled to kill, they are fundamentally completely normal humans.

However, the pedophile pervert he killed earlier and the gang members in the restaurant, including Toran, turned into swamp mud and became nutrients for the shadow replicant to grow stronger.

This is also a fact.

It also seems to be telling Mo You that there's no need to view swamp people as normal humans, and there's no need to bear the burden of rationality.

To become more powerful...

Like the Phantom Troupe, there's no need to consider the value of human life, and to execute cold, arbitrary killings.

The two results presented after the death of swamp people are like the opposition of good and evil.

And because of his own special nature, Mo You seems to stand on the dividing line between good and evil, able to freely choose whether to move towards good or evil.

Choosing the former, of course, is to do everything possible to help the Hunter Association eliminate the threat of swamp people.

Choosing the latter is to ignore the spread of swamp people, even to stir up trouble, accelerate the ripening of the fruit, and then easily harvest these fruits.

Mo You is neither a criminal who commits all kinds of evil nor someone who grew up in a place like Meteor Street, where humanity is lost.

Naturally, he would not choose the latter.

If the situation allows, he wouldn't mind temporarily acting as a self-proclaimed justice enforcer for his own benefit.

And then use this opportunity to harvest the experience of those criminals in prison who should be sentenced to death.

"Pi Yuen, give me paper and a pen."

Mo You gathered his thoughts, stared at the burn marks on the ground, and extended his hand to Pi Yuen.

"?"

Hearing Mo You's sudden request, Pi Yuen's head was filled with a question mark.

For some reason, she suddenly felt like she was an assistant bunny girl.

Seeing that Pi Yuen didn't react, Mo You finally looked up and asked, "Don't you have any?"

"I do, but you..."

"Having it is enough, give it to me."

"!!!"

Interrupted by Mo You, Pi Yuen bared her teeth and resisted the urge to pounce and bite him.

She took out a pink notepad with a pen and slapped it heavily into Mo You's palm.

Mo You didn't mind, took out the pen, and wrote down all the known information and speculations about the swamp people phenomenon on a blank page.

"I've listed my views here. Take a look, and if there's anything to add, write it down."

After spending quite a while writing, Mo You handed the notepad back to Pi Yuen.

Only then did Pi Yuen understand why Mo You needed the paper and pen.

"What, can you play 'detective games' just based on the information I provided?"

She pouted and glanced at the notepad casually.

"Hmm?"

A few glances down, she was stunned to find that the views listed on the notepad were consistent with the conclusions of the Association's tests.

Moreover, there were several possibilities she hadn't yet realized.

What's going on?

The information I provided wasn't that comprehensive.

Just by investigating the scene, he could gather so much intelligence?

"You, you?!"

A wave of shock surged in Pi Yuen's heart, and she stared at Mo You with wide eyes.