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Chapter 221 - The Massacre Of The Kurta

Then, the House Robot, using the training experience from Biscuit, analyzed it and adjusted Gon's training intensity accordingly.

This ensured that as Gon's body grew, his hidden potential could be gradually and perfectly activated.

Behind Gon stood a combination of Biscuit's training guidance, the best human resource experience in the world, and the House Robot, the world's most advanced analytical big data intelligence tool.

Humans and AI, experience and science, complement each other.

With this combination, what kind of person would Gon grow into?

Especially since he was a genius, with terrifying talent and potential, and the protagonist of this world…

Four years remained before the main story began.

If he received the best training during this time and developed his talent and potential to the maximum, what kind of strength would he ultimately show?

Luke was equally looking forward to it!!!

At this time, Gon's training had begun to enter a proper rhythm.

In the outside world, the winds and waves continued to surge.

And at the forefront of the storm came a shocking piece of bad news from a remote mountain forest.

For Kurapika, this was particularly significant.

The Kurta Clan, hidden deep within the Lukso Province, had been completely annihilated.

The reason they were discovered was that the secluded forest where they lived had caught fire, blazing fiercely.

People living around the forest saw the towering flames and the dense, black smoke rising. Only then did they realize something was wrong and hurriedly organized people to enter the forest and extinguish the fire.

Only then did they discover the devastation within the forest, and… the corpses scattered across the ground.

More than a hundred bodies, dressed in clothing with ethnic characteristics. 

Anthropologists confirmed their identity as members of the Kurta Clan.

As for why they had been brutally exterminated... It could be seen from the burned, charred corpses as well as those still relatively intact. Their eye sockets were all pitch black, with no eyes remaining. 

In other words, all their eyeballs had been removed.

Among them was one body that appeared to be a relatively young teenager. 

Its entire head seemed to have been cut off, leaving only the small torso.

The entire scene was unimaginably gruesome.

The murderer responsible for this atrocity seemed to have left the most obvious clue at the scene.

"We accept anything you leave here, but don't try to take anything from us."

This phrase, allegedly from Meteor City and a declaration of the Phantom Troupe, had been left at the scene. It was engraved in a conspicuous place at the crime scene.

Clearly, it was left by the killer. Moreover, it was by the currently most notorious group, the Phantom Troupe, which had replaced the Kute Gang of Thieves.

No matter how you looked at it, under these words, the Phantom Troupe became the prime suspect.

Of course, it was also possible that some other hidden mastermind deliberately left this mark to frame the Phantom Troupe.

For this reason, the media reported cautiously, noting the possibility of framing and confusion.

The actual mastermind was already being investigated by relevant authorities.

As the organization with the greatest investigative capability, the Hunter Association naturally began tracking the case immediately.

After all, an entire minority clan being wiped out was an atrocity, a horrendous, anti-social, anti-human act!

High-ranking members of the Hunter Association immediately sought out Luke.

"They didn't do it."

Facing questions from Botobai and Mizaistom Nana, Luke responded lightly.

"They don't have a habit of exterminating entire clans at will."

"And besides, the seven most beautiful colors in the world aren't limited to just the Scarlet Eyes."

"But..."

Botobai asked in a deep voice: "Not long ago, didn't the Phantom Troupe attack the Uguto Kingdom over the Liquid Titanium Ore, one of the seven most beautiful colors in the world, and kill the king's chief minister there?"

Yes, because of the Liquid Titanium Ore incident, the Phantom Troupe's notoriety in the world had risen sharply. 

Therefore, many assumed the Kurta Clan incident was also their doing. 

After all, such acts were very typical of them, and precedents existed.

"You also know they're currently being pursued by V5 because of the Liquid Titanium Ore."

"At this time, they don't have the spare time or energy to deal with anything else."

"Let alone deliberately target a minority clan of over a hundred people and wipe them out..."

Luke shrugged: "If they truly had the leisure and power to exterminate a clan like that, they would have already broken free from V5's pursuit and struck back."

"Since they've already offended V5, if it were me..."

A brilliant smile suddenly appeared on Luke's face.

"I would rather offend them even more, to the point of death."

Botobai knew this man was not joking. And importantly... He indeed had the confidence and strength to say such words.

According to Luke, the Kurta Clan massacre was not the work of the Phantom Troupe.

But then why was V5 pressuring them to quickly determine the case?

Botobai gradually began to form suspicions.

As someone within the Hunter Association closest to Chairman Netero's reputation and authority, he might not match Ging Freecss or Pariston in intelligence, but he possessed a hunter's wisdom, able to untangle these twisted situations.

Indeed, this incident was not the Phantom Troupe's doing.

Of the seven most beautiful colors in the world, Chrollo had already secured the Liquid Titanium Ore. 

According to the troupe members' understanding of Chrollo, their vice-captain becomes disinterested in something once he has fully indulged in it, then casually discards it.

Clearly, the Liquid Titanium Ore had not lost Chrollo's favor.

Moreover, as Luke said, they were still being pursued by V5. They had no extra energy or time for such a massive project as wiping out a clan.

Clearly, someone was framing them.

As for who the mastermind was…

"The Phantom Troupe is strong, but to exterminate a group like that would require a major force." 

Luke explained lightly.

"As far as I know, there are only a few forces in this world capable of doing this."

"And they also have a reason to take action..."

For example, the Kurta Clan's Scarlet Eyes. 

Such eyes could fetch hundreds of millions of Jenny on the black market, and in an auction, even over a billion Jenny.

Climbing two hundred floors in the Heavens Arena yields barely over two hundred million Jenny. 

One hundred pairs of eyes would be worth more than a trillion Jenny.

Anyone would be tempted by that. And with the Phantom Troupe's recent actions, it was easy to pin this crime on them. This arrangement was nearly perfect.

After learning about the incident, Luke used the Sherlock Holmes Set to figure everything out.

Invention: Sherlock Holmes Set

Origin: Doraemon world—Future Tech Company

Function: A set of detective tools named after the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, paired with phantom thief-themed gadgets. 

Includes: 

Magnifying glass: For clarity

Cane: For direction

Hat: For deduction

Pipe: For conclusion

Using the hat to reason a little could clarify the plot.

Botobai likely had a deeper understanding of the world's current situation than Luke, having dealt with V5 more frequently, knowing their nature.

After Luke explained everything, he immediately identified the target in his mind.

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