The Nen Beast of unknown origin is secretly monitoring Pyon and Kanzai.
However, the other party seemed to have underestimated the vigilance of Pyon and Kanzai, and quickly canceled their abilities after being caught.
But at the last moment of its disappearance, Pyon and Kanzai still see the Nen Beast.
It is a lizard with a size roughly that of a house cat, sporting a pair of big eyes and covered in spherical patterns.
From the appearance, this lizard Nen Beast clearly lacks offensive capabilities, and is most likely a reconnaissance type without combat capabilities.
The fact that Pyon and Kanzai detected it during surveillance is not solely due to the lack of skill of the unknown Nen User, but because Pyon and Kanzai are not ordinary Nen Users.
However, Pyon and Kanzai thought it was someone tracking and monitoring them at first, but when they implemented the containment, they discovered that it was a Nen Beast.
"Since they chose you as surveillance targets, there's no reason not to know your identity, right?"
Moses looked at Pyon, who nods in agreement.
"Knowing that you are members of the Hunter Association's Zodiacs, yet still daring to spy on you secretly, it seems... the other party has some unavoidable reasons for wanting to keep track of your movements in real-time."
"Yes."
Pyon frowned and said: "But what's the reason for doing so?"
"If the person surveilling you is one of the instigators of the Fox River Prison incident …"
Moses looked at Pyon without answering the question, but instead puts forward a speculation.
Hearing this, Pyon said solemnly: "It's not impossible. After all, our task is to minimize the threats and impacts brought by the Fox River Prison incident as much as possible, so..."
Speaking of this, Pyon suddenly realized something.
"If it's truly one of the instigators of the Fox River Prison incident, they probably wouldn't want to see us assisting in resolving this matter in the Dena Region, so... are they using surveillance as a means to interfere with us?"
"There is also another possibility."
Moses and Pyon looked at each other and Moses said calmly: "Maybe… the other party just want to confirm that 'you will always be in Nightless City'."
"Huh?"
Pyon's expression changes.
"You mean...bait?"
"It's just speculation, take it with a grain of salt."
Moses shook his head slightly and then advised: "It's best to contact other teams too, and ask them if they've noticed any surveillance or encountered any obstacles."
Moses is currently considering a frightening fact.
The instigators of the Fox River Prison obviously understand the ability of Swamp People, and had the power to transform Swamp People on a large scale within a short period of time.
So, as Kanzai said...
Assuming that the other party is purely seeking revenge against society, it is impossible that they would only target the Fox River Prison.
But as the Fox River Prison is the first outbreak point and because of the prison's unique nature, it can spread anxiety globally in a short time.
At the same time, it can also attract the attention of the Hunter Association at once.
In summary, it does not rule out that this high-profile approach might be a cover-up for another method they don't want to be noticed.
Pyon quickly understood what Moses meant.
Her own deductions also lean towards this direction, but with just a few words from Moses, she gains a clearer understanding of this deduction.
"I always feel... something big is about to happen."
Pyon takes out her phone, and the first person she contacts is Botobai Gigante, who also belongs to the Zodiacs.
Beside them,
Kanzai frowned deeply.
Pyon noticed Kanzai's reaction, and before the call was connected, she said solemnly: "Kanzai, have you also realized the seriousness of the situation?"
"Hmm? Huh? Oh, of course…"
Kanzai was slightly startled, and then his face immediately shows a serious expression.
"?"
Pyon looked at Kanzai suspiciously.
'This guy…'
'If only he were as reliable as Kester.'
'Fortunately, when I was dispatched for this task, I had the foresight to insist on having Kester join the team.'
Pyon sighed in her heart.
Moses glanced at Pyon, who was waiting for the call to be connected, and suddenly turned around and left.
"Kester, where are you going?"
Seeing Moses turn around and leave, Pyon quickly asked.
"Continue to track down the Fox River Prison's prisoners."
Moses tosses out this sentence without turning back.
Hearing this, Pyon can only silently watch as Moses leaves.
In fact, Pyon already understands how the situation has evolved to this point.
Whether it's using Nen Exorcists to 'heal' Swamp People or suppressing the source as much as possible, with the outbreak of the Fox River Prison incident, these containment measures have become meaningless.
Because no matter how they try to contain the source, they can't keep up with the speed of the 'unknown third party' intervening.
To solve this incident, they need to find the original source, which is Davidson, the one who released this Pandora's box.
Moses is well aware of this as well.
However-
Moses's primary goal differs from that of the Hunter Association.
Right now, he only wants to hunt down the Fox River Prison's prisoners as much as possible and take this opportunity to push the strength of his shadow clone to the limit.
This approach is not useless for him.
As for how to completely eradicate the Swamp Man incident, he'll just let the Hunter Association worry about it.
At any rate, no matter when the Hunter Association can find Davidson, Moses can accept the current situation.
Before that, if he can push the strength of his shadow clone to the limit, it would be the best result.
After parting ways with Pyon and Kanzai, Moses once again wanders through the darkness of the Nightless City.
600 Swamp People.
This is the number of preys Moses expected to hunt.
However, in this environment where there are too few preys and too many 'colleagues', it is not realistic to snatch 600 Fox River Prison's prisoners from countless 'comrades'.
Besides, there may not be many Fox River Prison's prisoners left hiding in Nightless City.
Because of that, Moses has made preparations to move ahead of time.
"Hmm?"
Walking on the dark streets late at night, Moses suddenly senses the aura of a Swamp People, located on the rooftop of an office building to the right.
'At this point in time…'
'Is it a normal person or a Fox River Prison's prisoner?'
Moses calmly moves towards the shadow.
On the rooftop of the office building.
A man wearing a black shirt stood here.
The man has short hair, an ordinary and inconspicuous appearance, but has several prominent face piercings on his face, nose, and mouth.
His name is Norris and he is a member of the Seirin Group.
The lizard Nen Beast that was monitoring Pyon and Kanzai earlier is his ability.
Due to his ability's limitations, after using his ability, he will enter Zetsu state.
When the reconnaissance-type lizard Nen beast he conjures monitors the target, it will gradually reveal a bit of Aura as the monitoring time increases.
And only when it is seen by the monitored target can the ability be canceled.
During this period, he will be forced to maintain Zetsu state.
This form of limitation gives him a vow ability in return.
That is, as the user of the ability, his own 'presence' will be greatly weakened.
In other words.
In Zetsu state, he has the ability effect of not being discovered by the monitored target.
So even if the lizard Nen Beast is discovered by the monitored target and disappears, Norris can continue to use his abilities to carry out continuous surveillance without worrying about being exposed.
This is where his confidence lies in dealing with the Zodiac Twelve's members.
"Such an incredible Zetsu."
Suddenly, a voice comes from not far away.
Norris's face immediately changed when he heard this.
He looked towards the source of the sound, only to see that the boy he had just set as the surveillance target appeared in front of him.
"How can it be!?"
A look of disbelief appears on Norris's face.
The effect of his ability is that it is impossible for the monitored target to notice him.
But this boy...
Without thinking too much, Norris's first reaction is to retreat.
He suddenly turns around and rushes towards the pre-planned retreat route.
However-
A dark substance appears out of nowhere and fills his field of vision in an instant.
Bang!
Norris was knocked to the ground by a blow and instantly lost consciousness.
Before losing his consciousness…
One sentence still echoes in Norris's head.
'How is it possible, how is it possible?!'
'This is...'
'I have the ability to hide even from the Zodiac Twelve's members!'
'What's wrong with this boy?!'