"…It has been confirmed. It is indeed the Phantom Troupe."

Looking at Fang Zheng sitting on the sofa and Katima standing behind him, the man in a suit swallowed and looked a little nervous.

You know, at first when he learned that someone came to his door with the heads of the Phantom Troupe to ask for the reward, he thought the other party was a liar. It was not until he saw those heads that he realized that things were far more complicated than he thought. He also found the headless bodies at the location mentioned by the other party and confirmed the spider tattoo...

The Phantom Troupe, which easily wiped out the Yin Beast Group of the "Ten Elders", was actually killed by one person?

Although he didn't believe this was true, everything he saw now forced him to believe it was true.

"We will transfer the reward amount to the account you specified as agreed. Do you have any other requests?"

"Well, I do have a small request."

Fang Zheng snapped his fingers.

"Since the Phantom Troupe has been eliminated, the auction will continue."

"Yes, that's right."

"I heard that there will be a special auction held by the Ten Old Men, where only high-ranking gangsters will be allowed to attend."

As Fang Zheng spoke, he turned his gaze towards the man.

"I also want to attend the auction and buy some things. Is that possible? As for the money... you don't have to worry about it. If the remuneration you sent me has not been deducted, it should be enough."

"Of course... Please wait a moment."

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, the other party's expression twitched slightly, then he turned and walked into the compartment. After a while, he came out again.

"You can attend the auction. We will give you a confidential line to participate remotely... Is this okay?"

"oh?"

Hearing the answer, Fang Zheng raised his eyebrows. It seems that the other party is not stupid. The auction that foolishly gathered the gang leaders was wiped out by the Phantom Troupe. Although the Phantom Troupe is dead now, it seems that their strength is stronger than the Phantom Troupe. In addition, the Ten Old Men do not have thugs like "Yin Beast". If Fang Zheng suddenly attacks at the venue and imitates the Phantom Troupe to carry out another massacre, then they will have no choice but to surrender.

Therefore, they only allowed Fang Zheng to participate remotely, and he had to use the confidential line they designated...

That's really great.

There is nothing more powerful than an alibi that the victim helps create for himself.

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng smiled slightly.

"Of course."

At the same time, Kurapika also learned about the deaths of those brigade members.

“How could it be…”

Looking at the heads placed in front of him, Kurapika gritted his teeth. He stretched out his hand, and then the chains in Kurapika's hand immediately jumped up and tightly wrapped around the heads of these people.

“It’s true…”

Seeing this, Kurapika gritted his teeth. His chains could only be used against the members of the brigade, and now these chains had already attacked the heads in front of him, but there was no backlash... This meant that these heads were real.

The Phantom Troupe has really been wiped out.

Although he had learned the news from Gon and Killua, after confirming it personally, Kurapika still found it a little hard to believe.

So, what should I do next?

With this thought in mind, Kurapika returned to the hotel, and at this moment... suddenly, a voice sounded.

"Hey, hello, Kurapika."

Hearing the voice, Kurapika looked up and saw a young, super handsome man standing there, greeting him with a smile.

"……Who are you……?"

Looking at the man in front of him, Kurapika was stunned for a moment. If he remembered correctly, this man should be a guest living on the same floor as the young lady he was protecting.

"I have something to tell you. Come to the rooftop."

Fang Zheng pointed to the rooftop, then turned and walked up the stairs. Kurapika was silent for a moment, then followed him.

Soon, the two arrived at the rooftop of the hotel, and Kurapika stared at Fang Zheng's back and spoke.

"What do you want from me?"

"Oh, it's nothing serious actually."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng flipped his hand, and then a glass jar with red eyeballs appeared in front of Kurapika.

“That’s…!!”

When Kurapika saw the glass jar, his eyes suddenly turned red, because that was none other than the eyeballs of his slaughtered clansmen!

The Kurapika clan has bright red eyes, and because of this, they were slaughtered by the Phantom Troupe, and their eyeballs were dug out and collected, and then sold. Kurapika is the only survivor of the Red Eyes Clan, so he has always wanted to capture the Troupe, avenge his clan, and find back their lost eyes.

"This is for you."

Fang Zheng threw the glass jar over as he spoke. Kurapika quickly reached out to take it, then looked at Fang Zheng in confusion again.

"this……"

"I took this when I defeated the brigade, so I'll give it back to you. After all, it originally belonged to you."

"You destroyed the brigade?"

Kurapika was shocked to hear Fang Zheng's words. He looked at the man in front of him carefully, but he couldn't sense his aura at all - it was as if the person standing in front of him was just an ordinary person.

"That's right, but I'm not giving this to you for free. I want compensation."

"What reward?"

"Two questions."

Fang Zheng held up two fingers.

"Just answer two questions for me. Don't worry, they're not too difficult."

“…Go ahead.”

The other party destroyed the brigade and helped him find the eyes of his tribe members. Not to mention the two problems, even if he made any request to Kurapika, Kurapika would probably not refuse.

"First question, about your chains."

"My chains?"

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Kurapika was stunned for a moment, and Fang Zheng nodded.

"Actually, I've always been curious. Isn't the chain on your middle finger? I'm curious how you came up with the idea of ​​putting the chain on your middle finger? Obviously, the index finger and ring finger can also be used, but you insist on using the middle finger. It's because when you catch the brigade..." As he spoke, Fang Zheng raised his middle finger. "Give them this gesture? Is that what you mean?"

“…”

Facing Fang Zheng's question, Kurapika was confused. Frankly speaking, he had never expected that the other party would ask such a tricky question... Although he was also very confused about how the other party knew about his chain ability, but...

"Uh... sorry, I didn't think too much about it at the time, I just followed the order..."

It would have been fine if Fang Zheng hadn't said anything. But once he said it, Kurapika also felt that his gesture was a bit awkward. Why had he been so stupid as to choose the middle finger?

“Oh, I see…”

After hearing Kurapika's explanation, Fang Zheng nodded. In fact, his question was also the question of many hunters. Some people thought that Kurapika was chosen on purpose to mock the group. Others thought that my Kurapika was such an angel, how could he do such a thing? It must be just a coincidence!

Of course, both factions have their own reasons. The affirmative side said that Kurapika was exterminated by the brigade. Even the kindest person would become evil if his entire clan was exterminated and he had to watch his entire clan’s eyes being dug out. So what’s wrong with raising the middle finger?

The opposing side said, "I don't want to hear it, I don't want to hear it. Kurapika is my innocent little angel. How could he use such an unkind method? He also respects his opponent when fighting. Even if the Riders are his genocide enemies, he will still be a gentleman and would not do such a rude act. This was not done by my little angel Kurapika... Yes, that's right. This is all Togashi Yoshihiro's fault! It's all because of him that my little angel was misunderstood!"

Ok, now the problem is solved.

"Okay, second question."

Fang Zheng shrugged and looked at Kurapika again.

"What are you going to do next? Continue to chase after your people's eyes?"

"Um."

"Then...what next?"

"……Why?"

"Retrieve the tribe's eyes, and then what?"

"this……"

Hearing Fang Zheng's question, Kurapika was stunned. To be honest, for Kurapika now, destroying the brigade and taking back the eyes of his people were his only thoughts. He even thought that this might cost him his whole life. But after all this is over?

Kurapika had never really thought about this kind of thing.

"Think about it more. You still have a long life ahead of you."

Kurapika didn't answer, and Fang Zheng didn't force him. He just walked up to him and patted his shoulder.

"I'll keep the answer to this question for now. You can tell me later. Oh, by the way, let me remind you not to attend the next underground auction... unless you don't want to die."

When Kurapika came to his senses, Fang Zheng's figure had already disappeared.

Two days later, the largest underground dark auction finally opened.

Perhaps because of the death of the brigade, the "Ten Old Men" who held the auction wanted to save face urgently, so after the brigade was destroyed, they immediately summoned everyone to participate in the auction and vowed that nothing would happen. In addition, the entire venue and everything within a radius of 100 meters were cleared, even the houses were confiscated. Not only were there strong hunters guarding each entrance and exit, but only people they knew were allowed to enter. If they were not on the list, not even a mosquito could fly in!

As for Fang Zheng, he was naturally "invited" to a secret underground base far away from the hotel, where the online auction was conducted through a confidential line.

On the podium, looking at the dense crowd of audience below, the host raised his hand excitedly.

"Then, this dark auction officially begins!"

At the same time, warm applause broke out.

At the same time, Fang Zheng tapped on the keyboard in front of him.

"boom--!!!!!"

The next moment, everything within a radius of dozens of meters centered on the hotel was completely engulfed by the explosion. Huge amounts of thick smoke flew into the air, even blocking out the bright sunshine in the sky.

Hearing the panicked shouts coming from outside, Fang Zheng stood up and stretched.

Now, what he had to do in Youkexin City was basically finished.