Gourmet Hunter - Chapter 467

Chapter 467: Action

This time’s harvest and experience are far beyond anything before, providing a tangible, immersive feeling, especially at the end when playing the piece and watching oneself turn to dust alongside the piano.

"What did you do?"

The black cat sat upright on the display cabinet, scrutinizing Luo, and said, "Just now, some unlucky fool touched you, turned into bones, and ran out, only to be scattered to the wind by the sun."

Luo was taken aback, pressed down the score, and asked, "Where?"

"Outside," the black cat pointed out the window.

Luo quickly walked to the window and looked out, immediately seeing a maid’s outfit on the grass, his heart tensing.

Having just emerged from the consciousness illusion, he knew well what that outfit signified. As the black cat said, turned into a skeleton and then scattered to the wind by sunlight.

That is to say, while he was in the consciousness space and not playing the piece in reality, a maid touched him and fell victim to the malicious effect of the sonata, losing her flesh and becoming a red skeleton.

Though unintended, this maid did die because of him.

"Let me give you some advice, it's best to avoid these bizarre things that exist by the iron law of 'equivalent exchange.' Do you need to rely on these things now?"

The black cat walked over, kindly reminding him, thinking of their symbiotic relationship.

Luo turned to look at him and said, "Open your mouth."

"What?" The black cat asked, puzzled.

Luo suddenly flashed in front of the black cat, stuffed the score into its mouth, patted its head, and said, "This is the map, keep it safe for me."

With that, he walked towards the stairs.

The black cat made a swallowing motion, then angrily watched Luo's back as he descended the stairs.

"Map? Isn’t this a score?" The black cat muttered, but Luo didn’t answer.

Luo walked out of the Ancient Tree Museum, glanced at the maid’s outfit on the grass, and then silently headed towards the mansion.

Later, he asked Croba to look into the unlucky maid’s background and sent a considerable amount of compensation to her family.

Due to the Phantom Troupe's attack, many people died at the Ohara Museum, but Croba, being quite sentimental, issued a series of compensations, which would significantly cut into his liquid assets.

The unfortunate maid was an accident, but Luo included her in the compensation as a goodwill gesture.

After learning about this, Croba handled the follow-up matters for Luo, but it was as if the maid had vanished into thin air, leaving only a maid's outfit on the grass.

Though he didn’t investigate thoroughly, his curiosity was piqued. So he checked the surveillance and saw the image of the maid turning into a skeleton, scaring him senseless.

It took him a while to suppress the fear bursting from his chest, delete the footage, and return to his room in silence.

He realized that before Luo, who had mastered strange abilities, there was no chance for him to exploit any advantage.

Compared to the intense scene of having one’s heart extracted without dying, the sight of turning into bones upon a mere touch was even more terrifying.

The sky was darkening.

Luo sat in a chair in his room, watching the orange-red twilight outside the window, pondering the piano version of the sonata.

Immortality, the bone clan, the map, continuation.

Ability effects and costs.

Similarly part of the Dark Sonata, the harp solo was clearer but much simpler, while the piano solo contained much more information, though less clear.

Despite experiencing it firsthand, Luo still had many questions about the bone clan and continuation. The information was clearest in terms of ability effects and costs.

Playing the piece could cause listeners to lose their flesh. Ordinary people might turn into skeletons in less than a second, still alive but reduced to ashes by sunlight. This was the ability effect.

As for the cost, the player also suffered this negative effect, albeit slower. The listeners might turn into skeletons, while the player’s hands only turn to bone.

Besides the ability effects and costs, the keyword "immortality" could barely be understood as turning into a skeleton equivalent to an immortal state.

For the bone clan and continuation, Luo knew almost nothing. It seemed to be a different race, and the piano sonata’s effect might be a method for their continuation?

With too little information, Luo could only guess. The score, exaggeratedly drawn on beast skin, when turned over, revealed a somewhat vague map, hard to discern any specific location.

Compared to the harp sonata’s life cost, Luo found the piano sonata's cost too direct and violent, unlikely to be used in the future, with little interest in the map, bone clan, or continuation.

In summary, breaking the data average to 78% was the biggest gain. Absorbing a hundred ancient objects might not even increase by 1%, showing how valuable this score was.

Putting aside the Dark Sonata, Luo began his operation targeting high-ranking cabinet official Morin.

To eliminate potential threats, he wasted no time, first having Croba spread false information as a smokescreen. The next morning, he boarded a spaceship to the Begrose United Nations.

As a member of V5, Begrose's national power ranks among the world’s top. Morin, a high-ranking cabinet official, belonged to the central authority. Regardless of her power, it would be tough to get to her.

Probably, she always carried heavily armed guards during her outings.

Three days later, Luo arrived at the bustling capital of the Begrose United Nations, Beigro City.

After disembarking, Luo found a hotel to stay in. Before making a move on Morin, he needed to gather all available information.

Opening the hotel room’s computer, Luo logged into his exclusive account and first scored some points on the Hunter website.

Then, he visited the Luo Ling Museum page, which had been revamped with a strong ancient artifact style, reminiscent of Tomb Raider, likely revamped by Ikusebe.

Luo glanced over it. Not only were the functions complete, but the interface was also close to the essence, much better than the half-hearted work of Miluki.

Just then, a dialogue box popped up on the page, an online customer service function for guests. Luo didn’t click it, but it opened by itself.

“You're finally online.”

The ID displaying "Pe" was Ikusebe.

Knowing Ikusebe’s mysterious presence online, Luo wasn’t surprised and generously praised Ikusebe several times.

After some small talk, Luo asked, "Ikusebe, your hacking skills are amazing. Can you hack into national systems to find information on cabinet officials?"

Seeing this question, Ikusebe sent him a sweating emoji.

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