Six-Eyed Sukuna, starting from Hunter x Hunter

Chapter 129 The Mermaid?

Chapter 129 Mermaid...?

rustling—rustling—

It sounded like the crawling of some kind of creature, or like strange sound waves.

It came from nowhere, as if it came from all directions.

The water's ripples seemed no different from before; there was nothing unusual about them.

I don't know when it started, but no one spoke anymore.

Gon and Killua, who were enthusiastically analyzing the identities of the corpses, suddenly fell silent for no apparent reason.

Holding my breath and waiting—

We waited and waited, but could only hear the sound of tiny bubbles rising from above the sea plants.

Nothing happened; it's perfectly safe.

Killua and Gon, whose hair had been standing on end, gradually relaxed.

"I just calmed down subconsciously..." Xiao Jie muttered.

"Yes." Killua said with a relieved expression.

But the next second, their expressions changed drastically, and they jumped up and quickly turned around.

Something seemed to be wrapped around their ankles—black, wriggling, long vines.

It continued upwards, wrapping around their legs, chest, and even arms...

The black vines seemed to be covered in sticky sap, and felt slippery and cold to the touch. Although they were soft, they seemed impossible to break free from.

"What is this thing...?" Killua struggled, flailing his limbs.

"It's so slippery..." Xiao Jie gritted his teeth and pushed the vines away.

"Hmm... seaweed?" Su Wu looked at the dark, soft vines on her body and pondered. She raised her hand and brought the vines wrapped around her to her face, then opened her mouth and took a bite.

"What are you doing?!" Killua stared wide-eyed at what he had just witnessed.

Are they really that hungry that they'd even eat something like this?

"Yes, it's edible." Su Wu chewed a few times, tasted it, and then spoke.

It even has a pretty crisp texture.

The bitten vine seemed to have a mind of its own; it stopped moving, as if sensing something, and tried to retract.

"Don't run away!" Su Wu grabbed the vine with her backhand, preventing it from leaving her.

This stuff can be taken home and used to make cold dishes; it tastes similar to seaweed.

"Try it? It tastes really good." He took another bite while looking down at Killua and Gon, who were dumbfounded.

Speaking of which... does this thing count as seafood?

He chewed as he fell into deep thought.

What was originally quite scary suddenly became less scary...

Killua and Gon also looked at the vines on their bodies with the same eyes that looked at food.

If it's a monster... it's actually quite scary, but if you look at it from the perspective of looking at food...

"Is it really edible?" This question was the first thing on their minds.

"...It's really edible, Killua!" Gon took a bite without hesitation and enthusiastically shared his impressions with Killua.

"..." Killua twitched the corner of his mouth, looked down at the vines, and looked at them with some disdain.

No, I can't bite into it.

The vine, which had been bitten several times, desperately tried to shrink back, and in the blink of an eye, it disappeared.

Only Su Wu remained; the vines abandoned those parts of his body and ran away.

"This thing really looks like seafood..." Su Wu looked at the red and swollen marks that had appeared on her body.

After all, it's an animal from the ocean. Although it tastes similar to kelp, kelp is a plant.

So it was expected that he would have an allergic reaction, but he didn't bring any medication with him.

This thing seems to be poisonous.

Su Wu looked at the red and purple marks on her hand and pondered.

Without even looking, it's obvious that similar marks must have appeared on other parts of his body that were covered by his clothes as well.

It was also accompanied by a burning sensation and a tingling, itchy feeling.

It didn't really matter to him; he could just tough it out, but...

"Xiao Jie, that thing was poisonous." Su Wu looked at Xiao Jie.

"Huh? Huh?!!!" Xiao Jie jumped up in surprise. "Speaking of which, it does feel itchy and hot..." Xiao Jie said, touching his arm.

Thinking about it that way, it really isn't quite normal.

After all, they are underwater now. They don't feel cold because of the props. How could they feel hot?

"Hey, are you alright? Is this poison very strong?" Killua looked at Gon, then at Su Wu.

The other party's reaction seemed much stronger...

His arms and legs were almost completely red, even his face...

"...I just had an allergic reaction. The toxicity is okay, I don't feel anything." Su Wu scratched her cheek.

"...I'm fine, just a little itchy," Xiao Jie said, jumping up and down a couple of times.

"What exactly was that thing just now?" Killua frowned as he tried to recall.

"It's just sea creatures. Let's go look around somewhere else." Su Wu walked forward. "By the way, the capsules everyone's using only last for two hours."

"If we're still on the seabed two hours later..."

"You're all doomed!" he chuckled, his tone light and cheerful, as if he weren't talking about life and death.

"This guy... only said it now..." Killua clenched his fist.

Once his fists harden, one day he'll give that guy a good punch, just like Gon did to Hisoka.

Beat that guy until his head is a pig's head!

"Weren't those corpses over there related to that thing?" Xiao Jie turned around and looked at the corpses still standing in the same spot behind him before asking.

"It's probably only related to a few corpses. That thing isn't very strong..." Su Wu said casually.

Ordinary people would probably be killed by that thing, but hunters and martial artists shouldn't be able to be killed by it.

If that's the case, then it must have been something else that killed it.

There are so many things hidden at the bottom of the sea.

I'm getting annoyed just looking at all those densely packed things.

"I see..." Xiao Jie sighed, then perked up again. "Let's see what else is ahead!"

Beautiful bioluminescent jellyfish sway gently in the water.

Killua and Gon, however, did not reach out to touch it.

Because they had curiously reached out and touched it before, Gon was jolted by the electric shock, while Killua's hand swelled up from the poison.

Different colored jellyfish have different survival/attack methods, and they are not pets that can be touched casually.

After all, they are animals that live in the deep sea.

Along their journey, the group encountered many pottery jars, but they were all empty, containing no gold or silver treasures.

Along the way, we would occasionally encounter the corpses of various things, including animals whose original forms were unrecognizable, as well as human corpses.

The presence of these corpses made this place resemble a quiet mass grave.

Contrary to the legends that the ruins were filled with treasures, the group found not a single valuable item.

Is this truly a relic? Or was it already claimed by someone else?

With these questions in mind, they arrived at the very center of the building.

From a distance, you can see a huge head.

After walking a little further, they saw a stone sculpture about 100 meters high. A giant octopus, tens of meters long, hanging on the sculpture saw them coming and waved its tentacles as it left.

It resembles a human but is not a human, and it resembles a fish but is not a fish.

It has the general shape of a human, but with connected webbed feet, and its ears are very similar to the fins of a fish.

It has no hair, its head is bald, its facial features are flat, its nose seems to have only two holes as breathing holes, and its mouth is also very large, with the corners of its mouth stretching all the way to behind its ears.

It has a flat chest, no abdominal muscles, but very distinct body lines, and a thick fish tail for its lower body, making it impossible to tell its gender.

The face, though clearly human, looked more like a fish, yet it also gave the impression of being human.

"..." Su Wu looked at the sculpture in front of her, which had a human-like upper body and a fish-like lower body, and her lips drooped.

This thing can't possibly be a mermaid, right?

I absolutely refuse to accept that this ugly thing is a mermaid; it's a Deepsea Diver!!!

(End of this chapter)