The mountain road was winding and rugged.
Morrow had been walking for about an hour, encountering not a single soul during that time.
He looked up at the sky; the sun was still two or three hours from setting.
In terms of time, it was just barely sufficient.
However, it was best to get out of this rarely-traveled area before sundown.
Because the undeveloped wilderness areas of this world were often filled with deadly threats.
Most of these threats came from various strange creatures capable of easily killing humans.
In such regions, without specialized knowledge as an aid, even a Nen user could potentially lose their life in the deep mountains and ancient forests.
Since transmigrating, Morrow had basically plunged headfirst into human society, where opportunities abounded, and had rarely ventured deep into wilderness areas.
Even natural scenic areas that had already been developed by humans were places he had never visited.
But this did not prevent him from maintaining a sense of awe and respect towards them.
After a brief stop of a few minutes, Morrow continued descending the mountain path, contemplating his next plans as he walked.
First, he needed to resolve his identity issue...
From the moment he was locked into the cargo truck cage, a death certificate had already been forcibly issued for him.
Consequently, all information about him in the identity database had vanished with that death certificate.
Previously, Merlena had helped him sort out his new identity.
Now, he had to figure it out himself.
However, it shouldn't be too difficult.
Having spent more than half a year in Yorknew City, he knew that many things could be solved with money.
"600,000 Jenny... I wonder if that's enough."
The money found on the two corpses wasn't a lot, but for Morrow currently, it was crucial.
Even if this money wasn't enough to get an ID card, Morrow could use it as seed money to maximize his profits.
Lightly patting his bulging pocket, Morrow looked into the far distance, where faint wisps of cooking smoke were vaguely visible.
Solving the identity issue was the highest priority right now, as using high-efficiency transport like airships would definitely require identification.
For Morrow currently, time was life itself.
Therefore, he had to do his best not to waste a single second.
Once the identity issue was resolved, he had two possible destinations.
One was Heavens Arena, where he could earn prize money and make up for his shortcomings in combat experience.
In the process of vying for the Floor Master position, he would likely encounter ill-intentioned competitors.
And most of those competitors would be Nen users looking to snatch win points from newcomers.
For status and money, these people had no morals or humanity; resorting to unscrupulous methods was commonplace for them.
If Morrow encountered them, he naturally wouldn't hold back.
After all, one Nen user equaled one level, which was very important to him.
The other destination was Yorknew City.
Morrow was very familiar with it; with a bit of seed money, he could turn a profit in a short time, thus solving his financial problems.
Of course, more importantly, he could spend money to acquire antiques or handicrafts imbued with Nen aura; he wanted to see if the Tree Rings could continue to gather energy.
However, even if it could continue to gather energy, compared to that long process, Morrow would still focus on leveling up and getting stronger.
Two destinations.
No matter which path he chose, there was only one ultimate destination.
And that was to eliminate Feitan within a year.
Morrow pondered, finding it difficult to make a choice for a moment, then he considered a very important matter.
Intelligence channels—
The prerequisite for eliminating Feitan was being able to find him.
According to the original plotline, at the Phantom Troupe's inception, to establish their authority and gain notoriety, they committed all manner of atrocities.
Various shocking criminal incidents were all at their hands.
This style of operation and brutal methods quickly made them an infamous A-rank criminal organization, thus acquiring considerable deterrent power.
Following this, the information that the Phantom Troupe originated from Meteor City naturally became widely known.
People's apprehension and fear of the Phantom Troupe gradually extended to Meteor City.
This was precisely one of Chrollo's motives for founding the Phantom Troupe.
To make the world fear and dread the Phantom Troupe, thereby extending this perception to Meteor City, creating a protective coloration for Meteor City.
The Phantom Troupe was dedicated to this.
But beyond that, there was one more thing the Phantom Troupe had to accomplish.
That was to avenge their childhood friend Sarasa.
Under Chrollo's leadership, the Phantom Troupe walked over mountains of corpses and seas of blood, ultimately eliminating the perpetrators who tortured and murdered Sarasa six years ago.
Since then, the Phantom Troupe's frenzied activities had somewhat subsided.
They no longer committed frequent crimes and murders, and the frequency of the entire team acting together decreased visibly.
Later on, the Phantom Troupe even went three years without gathering again.
Members who disbanded and acted individually were like pebbles dropped into the ocean, their whereabouts hard to trace.
Based on this, Morrow had to consider the importance of intelligence channels.
Otherwise, even if he developed the strength to kill Feitan, if he couldn't find Feitan in the end, everything would be for naught.
Morrow's thoughts delved deep into the matter, inevitably recalling that rain-drenched night filled with killing intent.
Why had the Phantom Troupe come after him...?
He didn't know.
Now that he had chosen a different path, he couldn't be sure if Chrollo and the others would go to Yorknew City a year later.
Let's keep "this piece of information" as a fallback.
If conditions allowed, Morrow would naturally prefer to face Feitan one-on-one.
Therefore, intelligence channels were necessary.
This would allow him to find Feitan when he was acting alone.
And information, in the world of Hunters, was extremely expensive.
"I'll go to Yorknew then."
Realizing the importance of intelligence channels, Morrow finally decided to go to Yorknew City first.
He would go bargain hunting to accumulate wealth as quickly as possible.
Furthermore, after establishing himself in Yorknew back then, he had heard stories of people finding great bargains, and others setting up schemes to swindle top-tier treasures from collectors.
Morrow could entirely rely on this future-existing intelligence to intercept some priceless treasures.
This way, he could rapidly accumulate money for intelligence channels and also verify the current functionality of the Tree Rings.
Half a month later.
Yorknew City, Undercurrent Street, Rat Alley.
There wasn't much trash in the slightly damp alley, yet an unpleasant odor still permeated the air.
It was deep night, and inside the depths of the alley, a few yellow lamps barely provided enough light to see.
Morrow stood at a T-junction, carrying a briefcase in his hand.
Tap-tap—
Footsteps came from the shadows.
A heavily disguised man in a mask slowly emerged from the dim light, constantly observing his surroundings, appearing highly furtive.
Upon seeing Morrow, the masked man's wary gaze quickly swept over the case in Morrow's hand, then he slowly walked over.
Standing before Morrow, the masked man unfastened a black cloth-wrapped, rod-like object from behind his back and offered it to Morrow.
"You can inspect the goods, but the money goes to me first."
The masked man's voice was hoarse.
He paused, then added:
"I'll only wait one minute."
"Alright."
Morrow tossed the briefcase at the man's feet, then took the rod-like object, tore open the black cloth, revealing a red and white samurai sword wreathed in Nen aura.
Seeing the smoke-like Nen aura emanating from the samurai sword, Morrow nodded with satisfaction.
He had arrived in Yorknew a week ago, but found that resolving the ID card issue was more troublesome than expected.
So he temporarily set aside the identity problem and instead went to the street vendor market to find bargains.
In less than a week, he had earned over twenty million Jenny.
However, he didn't use this money to solve his identity problem; instead, he immediately went to the masked man to buy this valuable, but illicitly obtained, samurai sword.
If he could successfully sell it...
Then he could instantly make over a billion Jenny.
(End of Chapter)
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