'But still, sometimes those methods need to be adjusted depending on the situation.'
Luke muttered to himself as the cockroach speaker had already issued commands one after another.
Meanwhile, within the ball of earth…
"Why did I just feel like that tall, fat guy glanced this way?!"
Inside the ball of earth, the short, fat man said nervously.
"Could he have spotted us?!"
His senses were sharp and alert.
Even though Ginta quickly averted his gaze, his action had still been caught.
"Can't rule it out."
The tall, lanky man said gravely: "Some professional hunters' Nen abilities are strange; maybe he is especially good at detection."
"It's possible we were already spotted the moment we arrived here."
"After all, with Two-headed Wolf here, if even we knew the Sengi Guild was selling intel about them, then of course the Hunter Association would too. They might've already sent people here and set up protection."
The tall, lanky man was remarkably calm, as if he'd anticipated this situation.
"Huh? What should we do then?!"
The short, fat man was startled and looked nervous immediately.
"What are you panicking about?!"
The tall, lanky man growled: "We're underground now, inside this ball of earth. They probably don't know our exact situation."
"That big, fat guy might have just noticed our presence and isn't aware of the actual situation."
"Otherwise, why would he immediately look away, pretending he hadn't noticed us? Obviously, he wants to bait us!!"
At this point, the tall, lanky man couldn't help but sneer: "Pretend not to notice us, lower our guard, and then when we get close, catch us in one sweep?!!"
"I've experienced this kind of tactic countless times since I started following Kute!"
"This fat guy's tactics are much more immature than those veterans!"
At least, the tall, lanky man could see it at a glance.
"If they really knew our full details, like our Nen abilities or that there are only two of us, how could they possibly sit still?!"
The tall, lanky man was perfectly clear-headed.
"They might have already rushed over and taken us down!"
"So, for now, we should still have some initiative."
Well, the position they were currently stopping at was some distance away from the Two-headed Wolf.
"We can attack or defend, so we truly have a certain degree of initiative."
No wonder the Kute Gang of Thieves was such a headache for the Hunter Association. From this tall, lanky man's judgment, his professional skills as a thief were undeniably high.
But his partner...
"Is that so? That's great!"
The short, fat man breathed a sigh of relief. As if afraid he would be captured in an instant and be tortured... Then thrown into prison.
The tall, lanky man looked at him with utter contempt; even his face was full of disgust.
'That bulging ball of earth of yours isn't that plainly announcing to anyone that there's something abnormal here?'
'We were practically exposed from the very beginning.'
'If it weren't for your ability being useful in many ways, we wouldn't have taken you, such a dumb guy, into the crew...'
The tall, lanky man cursed inwardly.
Clearly, he had already realized the drawbacks of his and his partner's infiltration.
But because he had already prepared a backup plan, he didn't take it seriously.
And now, seeing the short, fat man perform so poorly, his disgust only deepened.
"After this job is done, I'll come back and take care of this guy... Huh?!"
While the tall, lanky man was thinking about what to do with his partner later, two small antennae in front of him trembled slightly, startling him.
"Is this... A cockroach?!"
He stared at the cockroach that suddenly crawled through the hole in daze for a moment.
But soon, he realized what was happening, and his face turned pale.
"Hurry up and cancel your ability!!"
He shouted anxiously, and the saliva from his mouth splattered all over the short, fat man's face due to agitation.
"Huh?!"
The sudden agitation of his companion startled the short, fat man.
But he reacted quickly.
Although he didn't know what had happened, since his companion, whom he trusted so much, had acted and given such an order, he hurriedly wanted to obey immediately.
However...
"Too late, you bastard!"
Looking at the dense swarm of cockroaches pouring in around the ball of earth, the tall, lanky man let out a wry laugh.
"You're going to get us killed!!"
"This can't be!!"
The short, fat man also saw the influx of cockroaches and felt extremely terrified. He wailed instinctively: "The soil created by my Nen ability also has the effect of repelling living creatures."
"When they see the ball of earth, they should either subconsciously ignore it or simply leave out of disgust!"
"How did this swarm of cockroaches suddenly rush in?!!"
Hearing that, the tall, lanky man was so angry he could hardly speak.
You said it yourself, it repels ordinary creatures. If so, if so many cockroaches have rushed in, doesn't that mean they're not ordinary?!!
Clearly, someone is taking actions; this is definitely the work of a professional hunter, a Nen user!!
He was almost too lazy to bother with such an idiot.
"Is it a Manipulator Nen user?!"
The tall, lanky man felt his scalp tingle, and sweat dripped from his forehead.
Even the short, fat man had immediately begun to dispel his Nen ability.
Even though he had frantically wrapped his body with his large amount of Nen at the first moment, he still felt completely insecure.
The other party released so many cockroaches, definitely not simply relying on the cockroaches to overwhelm them in a crude way.
Either the cockroaches possessed some extraordinary ability, or their main purpose was… To transport something!!
In such a closed environment, if these cockroaches were to bring something extremely dangerous, they wouldn't be able to escape.
For example…
"A small, but powerful bomb…"
Outside in the forest, beside the Two-headed Wolf, someone was momentarily stunned by those words.
"Are you talking about a bomb like the Dust Grain Bomb?"
Ginta gestured with his hands. "The one that's as small as a grain of rice?"
"Yes."
Luke smiled. "That bomb should be quite powerful, right?"