Chapter 479 The Man Behind the Scenes

Xiyou's body was covered with black mycelium, revealing only a pair of lifeless but bloodshot eyes.

He seemed to be in a daze, but he seemed particularly painful, revealing a strange sense of contradiction.

He held the Ruyi stick tightly in his hand, but in the world of mirror flowers and water moons, it was Moyou who held the Ruyi stick and pressed him to his knees.

He regarded the illusion as reality.

So an indescribable sense of absurdity occupied his mind.

Why could Moyou get rid of the curse of the monkey?

And why could Moyou use his Ruyi stick?

Xiyou's previous arrogant attitude was gone, replaced by a mask of pain.

He didn't understand--

He didn't understand why the situation was reversed in an instant.

The person who was pressed to his knees by the Ruyi stick should be Moyou? !

What happened...

Why is it like this? !

Xiyou widened his eyes, and the bloodshot eyes inside made his expression extremely terrifying.

In sharp contrast, Moyou had an expressionless face.

With just a flick of his finger, Moyou inflicted even deeper pain on Xiyou.

"Ahhh!"

The sound of the mountain wind in the forest was immediately suppressed by Xiyou's scream.

But in reality, the sound of the mountain wind was still whistling around.

Xiyou stood still, looking like a sculpture.

Moyou slowly came to Xiyou.

In the multiple fantasy worlds separated by the mirror, he allowed Xiyou to remove the ability of the monkey without realizing it, so that he could recover his hearing, vision, and language in the real world.

"If you come for the '70 billion', it will be easy, otherwise..."

Moyou's cold eyes swept across Xiyou's bloodshot eyes, and he did not hide his murderous intent.

Before his death, Kuroro left a 70 billion bounty notarized by the underground world, and Xiyou was a bounty hunter. Judging from his behavioral motivation, it is possible that he would target this 70 billion bounty.

As for the Hunter Association's rule of not harming fellows...

In the eyes of some people, it is nothing.

Or, as long as it is done secretly enough, the rule is equivalent to non-existence.

Moyu hopes that Xiyou is here for the 70 billion. After all, from his "prophetic perspective", this guy's identity is too sensitive.

But no matter what the motive and reason are, you will know it once you ask.

Moyu gathered his thoughts and once again mobilized the ability of "Mirror Flower Water Moon".

The original intention of developing this ability before was, on the one hand, to gather the ability materials, and on the other hand, to use it to deal with the most difficult reinforcement system.

In terms of practicality, his tactical options have been greatly extended, and he has also become the key to breaking the situation in the trap set by Kuroro and Wojin.

Now it is used in "obtaining intelligence", and it has played an excellent role.

I am afraid that Xiyou will never understand where he lost until his death.

From a situation where he was sure of victory, he suddenly fell into the abyss, and there was only an ability called "Mirror Flower Water Moon" in between.

The sky was filled with dark clouds, and the night was as dark as ink.

Ten minutes later.

Moyu asked Xiyou about the motives and reasons for ambushing him here.

It had something to do with Kuroro's 70 billion bounty...

The reason why Xiyou was able to grasp his movements and stay in the mountains and forests one step ahead was, on the one hand, because of the movement intelligence provided by the underground world, and on the other hand, because Pariston revealed the information about the temple and Hawke.

Since his head was very valuable now, an intelligence agency in the underground world had set its sights on the benefits contained in it.

This intelligence agency certainly didn't think of using its power to get the 70 billion bounty. What they had to do was to sell Moyu's movements for money.

This kind of "business" was very common in the bounty world.

Moyu returned to the six continents and rushed to the temple without stopping. When he took the transportation on the way, he did not deliberately cover his whereabouts.

So his movements were noticed by the underground world intelligence agency, and then sold to Xiyou for 1 billion.

Just one movement intelligence was worth 1 billion...

This was the chain reaction brought about by the 70 billion bounty.

But Xiyou's motive for ambushing Moyu here was not for the 70 billion, but because he was instructed to do so.

The person who instructed Xiyou was Pariston, the vice president of the Hunter Association.

As for the reason, of course, it was his trip to the Dark Continent.

Although they went to the Dark Continent secretly, how could a group of people who disappeared for nearly a year hide from some people who were interested?

What's more, among the people who disappeared were Kangzai and Piyon, two of the Twelve Earthly Branches, and Sambika, who often worked in the Hunter Association Building.

Not to mention Pariston, who had a "clear purpose", even Netero could find out the information that Moyu and his group went to the Dark Continent.

In fact, Netero did know that Moyu and his group went to the Dark Continent by smuggling, and then learned from Qiduo the reason why Moyu went to the Dark Continent.

But Netero didn't know that Moyu and his group had returned to the Six Continents.

But Pariston was different. It was not difficult for him to investigate Moyo in depth, and taking advantage of the situation was not a big deal. This was a trick he often used.

So Pariston knew the relationship between Hawke and Moyo, and learned the fact that Hawke was about to die through the hospital treatment records.

Then, with the help of the influence of the "70 billion bounty", arrangements were made to obtain information on Moyu's movements as soon as possible.

So in order to confirm the "process" and "result" of Moyu's trip to the Dark Continent, Pariston made good use of the intelligence in his hands and ordered Xiyou to go to the scenic mountain forest to squat on Moyu.

certainly.

Pariston's original intention was not to kill Moyu. He just wanted to find out for sure whether Moyu had successfully arrived in the Dark Continent, whether he had obtained Nitolomi to extend Hawke's life, and what he had seen on the Dark Continent. smell.

This information is very important——

In other words, it is very important to the entire "Beyond Team".

"Palistone..."

After getting the information he wanted, Moyu looked at Xiyou with increasingly cold eyes.

At the moment when he sensed the murderous intention, he imagined that the owner of the murderous intention might be a money-grubbing person attracted by the "70 billion reward", or it might be the work of Byande and Pariston.

As a result, the worst expectations became reality.

What is more surprising is...

This matter had nothing to do with Biande, it was Pariston's own doing.

Moyu took a deep breath, took out his phone from his pocket, and pressed the power button.

After a while.

The phone is turned on.

"Buzz——"

The phone that had just been turned on suddenly vibrated.

Moyu glanced at the screen and saw the tireless call from the "masochist".

Raise your finger and hang up the phone.

The whole process was done in one go.

Later, Moyu dialed Hawke's mobile phone number.

A few seconds passed and the call was connected.

Moyu quickly asked: "Hoke, is there nothing wrong with you?"

"ah?"

Hawke was stunned for a moment when he was asked, and wondered: "What can happen to me if I'm fine?"

"It's okay."

Moyu breathed a sigh of relief and asked again: "Is Shubao with you?"

"Yes, it just came into the house not long ago."

Hawke always felt something was wrong, but he didn't think deeply about it and asked, "Where's the man? Why didn't he come back with the rat treasure?"

"I'm on the mountainside and wanted to see if I could catch some game nearby, so I asked the rat baby to go find you first. He missed you."

Moyou gave a random reason, and while speaking, he glanced at Xiyou who was stunned.

Hawke believed Moyu's words and immediately said angrily: "You don't know what time it is now, and the weather is so bad, where can you go to hunt game? Come back quickly, there are plenty of game you want to eat at home."

"Okay, I'll go over there and hang up first."

Moyu responded, then hung up the phone, looked at Xiyou expressionlessly, and said to himself: "Are monkeys considered game?"

With that said, he manipulated Xiyou to take out his mobile phone and dial Pariston's number.

In about ten seconds, the outgoing call was answered.

But Pariston didn't speak immediately, as if he was waiting for Xiyou to speak first.

However, Xiyou was in the midst of "Through the Looking Glass", and Moyu had no intention of letting Xiyou speak, so the phone call fell into brief silence.

"It's such a headache."

A few seconds later, Pariston's voice came from the mobile phone, and there was no wave in his tone:

"Based on my understanding of Journey to the West, he should be able to hold on until the very last moment. Why did he just 'give in'?"

"..."

After listening to Pariston's words, Moyu remained silent.

On the other end of the phone.

Paris, who was sitting in the office of the Hunter Association, saw that the other party was silent, and a faint luster appeared in his dark eyes.

When I called from Xiyou and said nothing...

Pariston realized that Xiyou had failed, and that it had been completely defeated, and even revealed his old roots.

It's just that he knows Xiyou's character and style so well that he can smell something wrong in it.

"You must be listening, my dear friend."

Pariston stared at the empty front, even if he was communicating via remote communication, his face habitually showed a smile like a sunny boy.

"..."

There was still silence on the other end of the phone.

But Pariston didn't care. He had a trademark fake smile on his face, his lips moved slightly, and when he was about to speak again, the shrill screams of Xiyou came from the phone without any warning.

"..."

This time it was Pariston who was silent. He was not shocked or surprised at all. Instead, he listened carefully and carefully to Xiyou's screams.

But the smile on his face disappeared.

The Xiyou screams coming from the mobile phone lasted for more than ten seconds, and then stopped abruptly.

The phone was hung up...

Pariston slowly put down the phone, and there seemed to be black energy surging in his eyes.

"Ten seconds..."

He muttered to himself thoughtfully.

The time of Xiyou's screams corresponded exactly to the time it took him to answer the phone.

Whether it was a coincidence or intentional, this was clearly a demonstration.

Pariston clasped his hands on his chin, and the darkness in his eyes became deeper.

Although he heard no other voices on the phone from beginning to end, he was 100% sure that it was Moyu's handiwork.

As for why Xiyou surrendered him...

Pariston thought of the incident when Moyu wiped out the Phantom Troupe in the Sky Arena, and he roughly guessed the reason why Westward Journey would "confess" to Moyu.

Although I didn't plan to do everything right from the beginning, I didn't expect Journey to the West to be defeated so cleanly.

"Journey to the West... he will die."

Pariston stared down at the clear tiles of his office.

Understand Xiyou as a companion, and also understand Moyu who wants to become an enemy.

So from the moment he hung up the phone, Pariston anticipated the fate of Journey to the West.

"hehe."

Pariston chuckled with interest.

"Four of the Ten Rules for Hunters, hunters must not treat fellow hunters as prey, but hunters who commit heinous crimes are not protected by this article."

Then, he read out the fourth of the Ten Rules of the Hunter Association in an inexplicable tone.

Scenic mountains and forests.

Poof——

A muffled sound was mixed in with the howling wind all around.

But it was Xiyou's body that hit the ground heavily.

After getting the information and letting Pariston scream for ten seconds, Moyu naturally "killed" Xiyou, who had lost all value.

From this moment on, an empty seat appeared in the Twelve Earthly Branches of the Hunter Association.

"Four of the Ten Rules for Hunters, hunters must not treat fellow hunters as prey, but hunters who commit heinous crimes are not protected by this article."

Moyu lowered his head slightly, stared at the dark ground, and said to himself in a calm tone.

As a two-star professional bounty hunter with a strong sense of justice who aims to hunt down dangerous and wanted criminals, how could he do such an unjust thing as harming fellow members of the association?

So just now he asked Xiyou to apologize and commit suicide, and before committing suicide, he kowtowed three times with the meaning of repentance.

Um?

Journey to the West committed suicide, so what does Moyou have to do with it?

After casually looking at Xiyou's body for a few times, Moyu turned around and left, striding towards the temple on the top of the mountain in the roaring mountain wind.

At this time, a long-awaited voice sounded deep in his consciousness.

"You defeated Shenhou, one of the twelve earthly branches, with a complete victory. It was a joy to watch. Your wishful stick·cornerstone +1"

The voice that sounded from deep within his consciousness made Moyu pause suddenly.

But instead of learning more about the reward, he hastened to the temple.

soon.

Moyu came to the gate of the temple on the top of the mountain.

The vermilion door was open, and the bright light from inside emerged, shining on the steps in front of the door.

Paji, paji——

A burst of very recognizable footsteps came from inside the door.

Moyu looked around and saw Shu Bao running over quickly.

"grumble!"

Shubao held a steaming roasted sweet potato in his hand, ran to Moyu on his short legs, and then raised the roasted sweet potato high above his head, intending to hand it to Moyu.

"Thanks."

Moyu smiled and took the sweet potato, then broke it into two halves and returned the other half to Shu Bao.

Shubao held the other half of the sweet potato handed over by Moyu and suddenly smiled.

Moyu knelt down and rubbed Shubao's little head, then walked through the front yard and went straight to the atrium.

"It would be nice to come back."

Hawke sat on the stone chair in the atrium, looking at Moyu who was striding towards him with slightly cloudy eyes.

His appearance is still middle-aged, but his speech and behavior reveal an obvious old look, and he exudes a deathly aura as if he is about to die.

Moyu looked at Hawke now, pursed his lips, then pretended to be nothing, and asked casually: "Have you eaten yet?"

"No, my appetite has been a little bad recently."

Hawke grinned and replied with a smile.

When Moyou saw this, he walked over and sat on the stone chair opposite Hawke. He also smiled and said, "That's just right. I found a food that can regulate appetite."

Without waiting for Hawke's reaction, he took out Nitolomi from the shadow space with a flip of his hand.

The golden luster radiating from Nitolomi slowly dispelled the turbidity in Hawke's eyes.