In the vicinity of the blazing fire.
Thick smoke spread everywhere.
Devouring everything around.
The sounds of chaos and cries echoed through the heavens and the earth.
In a dark corner.
Hiding in a concealed spot.
Hisoka's expression was greedy.
In his eyes reflected the figure of Bai Ze.
He saw the entire process.
Although Bai Ze never made a move.
But he was clear.
The strongest among them was Bai Ze.
Whether it was Lan Bo ten years later.
Or the cold girl Yama Yin.
These people were merely Bai Ze's subordinates.
He licked his lips, murmuring to himself.
"Very good... keep growing, little apple."
"When the apple is ripe, it will be the best harvest season."
Not yet, it still needs time.
Meanwhile.
On the other side.
In the Hunter Division of the City of Pleasure.
This is a small base of the Hunter Association.
Usually responsible for distributing work to the hunters in the City of Pleasure.
At this moment, two unfamiliar figures appeared here.
They were the current candidates for the Twelve Earthly Branches, Kang Zai and Pi Yuen.
In the original work, Kang Zai was the Tiger of the Yin, a treasure hunter and bodyguard.
Pi Yuen was the Rabbit of the Yin, an ancient book hunter, linguist, and translator.
The cute girl who couldn't part with her phone, Hisoka rated her strength as 77 points.
In the mission to the Dark Continent, she was assigned to the intelligence team.
She belonged to the reformist hawks.
Of course, at this stage, Pi Yuen and Kang Zai were not yet one of the Twelve Earthly Branches, just relatively famous rookie hunters.
In the dimly lit room.
Kang Zai sat boldly in a chair, crossing his legs, picking his nose while cursing.
"Damn it!"
"I actually couldn't find any information on Bai Ze."
"I really want to beat him up badly."
The Rabbit, Pi Yuen, sat far away from Kang Zai.
She lay on the table, playing with her phone, seemingly a girl addicted to her device.
Her cute orange waves were lovely, wearing a stylish pink skirt, her graceful figure hard to hide, especially those long legs and perky backside.
While playing with her phone, she cast a disdainful glance at Kang Zai.
"Hey, Kang Zai."
"You seem to have a big issue with Bai Ze."
"What's wrong? Is it not allowed?" Kang Zai naturally couldn't tell Pi Yuen the whole story, after all, that bowl of dan dan noodles and bubble tea was unforgettable, he slammed the table to change the subject and said.
"By the way, stop playing with your phone all the time."
"We came to the City of Pleasure for a mission."
"This is a task given to us by the president."
"It must be completed beautifully!"
The candidates for the Twelve Earthly Branches were all fans of President Netero, and Pi Yuen and Kang Zai were no exception.
Pi Yuen continued to be engrossed in her phone, weakly saying, "Oh."
"Is that the clown serial killer?"
"Every time he commits a crime, he appears with a different clown appearance."
Kang Zai nodded vigorously: "There was a similar serial killer, John Doe, in the City of Pleasure before."
"This clown serial killer seems to imitate crimes and enjoys torturing victims."
"We must hurry and show the president our strength."
Pi Yuen looked at her phone and snorted.
"Of course, just don't drag me down."
"What did you say! I'll kill you!" Kang Zai slammed the table, stood up, and glared at Pi Yuen.
Pi Yuen raised her hands, stretched lazily, and yawned.
"My informant just texted me that the so-called clown serial killer is not a member of the circus."
As she spoke, Pi Yuen turned her phone screen towards Kang Zai and shook it.
Seeing this, Kang Zai slapped his forehead, looking as if he had just realized something.
"Oh, I see."
"No wonder."
"I understand now."
Pi Yuen twitched her mouth, casting a disdainful look at Kang Zai, as expected of a strength type, his mind was indeed simple, daily insults to strength types.
"Kang Zai, what did you understand?"
Kang Zai had a black line on his face, innocently spreading his hands: "The clown serial killer is not a member of the circus, didn't you just say that?"
"Isn't this an obvious issue?"
"It's obvious..." Pi Yuen helplessly retorted, Kang Zai's language skills must be from the Warcraft Academy.
She didn't want to continue arguing with Kang Zai, otherwise, his CPU would burn out, explaining, "The clown serial killer is not a member of the circus."
"This is his way of misleading people."
"His true identity is a member of the Mafia."
"He has been hiding within the Mafia in the City of Pleasure, committing crimes under the guise of the clown serial killer."
"Because the Mafia is the top mafia in the City of Pleasure, well aware of all the actions of the police department, which allows the clown serial killer to frequently obtain police information and easily evade capture."
"According to the information, it can also be known that the clown serial killer is a capable Nen user, with a task level already raised to C rank, and a bounty of 38.88 million Jenny."
"Do you understand now?"
Upon hearing this, sweat flowed down Kang Zai's forehead like a waterfall, his mouth twitching.
Seeing this, Pi Yuen instantly understood everything, which is why she didn't want to team up with Kang Zai, helplessly covering her face.
"In simple terms, the clown serial killer is now with the Mafia."
"If we kick the Mafia, we can find the clown serial killer."
Seemingly cute and charming, Pi Yuen was actually a violent maniac.
Kang Zai made a fist with his right hand, palm with his left, striking his right hand against his left, excitedly saying.
"Now I understand!"
"Let's surround the Mafia, no killing the wrong person, right!"
Pi Yuen nodded: "Yes, anyway, the Mafia is also an underground mafia, often engaging in black-on-black crimes, kicking them all out, the president won't say much to us."
After saying this, the two immediately took action.
Following the map of the City of Pleasure.
Before long, Pi Yuen and Kang Zai found the Mafia's building.
What they saw left them stunned.
The entire building was completely destroyed, the scene left only ruins and injured people, a complete mess.
All of this left Pi Yuen and Kang Zai speechless.
Kang Zai scratched his head, astonished.
"What the hell! Did we get intercepted?"
"Could it be that the clown serial killer has already been taken out by bounty hunters and crime hunters?"
Moreover, this efficiency was even more exaggerated than his, the entire building was demolished.
He and Pi Yuen were only thinking of kicking the entire Mafia.
And now?
Forget the Mafia.
The entire Mafia building was gone, completely destroyed!
With this thought, Kang Zai continued.
"Pi Yuen, what do you think?"
"What we wanted to do."
"Has been intercepted by someone."
Pi Yuen fiddled with her phone, her seemingly careless actions were actually gathering intelligence.
She said, "Hmm."
"The Mafia has been completely wiped out."
"The ones who took out the Mafia are also a mafia family called the Vongola."
"Vongola? Never heard of it." Kang Zai was surprised: "Is this a conflict between mafias?"
"Isn't the other party's goal the clown serial killer?"
Putting away her phone, Pi Yuen said: "Not sure."
"But the other party hasn't gone far."
"Still in the City of Pleasure."
"We can just go ask ourselves."