Starting as an inventor from Hunter x Hunter

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And right after they finished talking.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, 1983 had passed.

The new year, 1984, arrived.

A new year, a new look.

There is no New Year's tradition in Meteor City.

There wouldn't even be a calendar here if it weren't for the purpose of calculating days and times.

It's not like any kind of family reunion New Year celebration... there's none of that here.

Because at the very least, there needs to be a home here.

In any case, among Mog's small group, only Sarasa had a family that adopted her.

Everyone else lives alone at home.

Yes, like Mog, he's an orphan.

Therefore, even during the Lunar New Year, they still gathered together...

Inside Father Lizor's church.

Yes, Father Lizor was also all alone.

The members of the Phantom Troupe were already quite familiar with Father Rizoll regarding Tomog and Chrollo's relationship.

I often come here to play, whether I have something to do or not, so there's no pressure at all for us to gather here.

Without Mog even having to lift a finger, Father Lizor cheerfully brought out food from the church to treat them.

A group of people sat together happily, eating and drinking as if it were a normal team-building activity.

"Delicious! The food inside the church is also very good!!"

"It's definitely delicious, but I think it's still a little bit inferior to what Mog brought out."

"Uvogin! If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute!!"

"With so much delicious food, you still can't shut up!!"

"Exactly! Father Lizor even brought out food from here specifically for us, and you still say that!!"

"This is absolutely outrageous! They really don't respect others at all!!"

Uvogin's declaration was met with a barrage of criticism.

Uvogin simply grinned and said, "Isn't that right?"

"Even if it is, so what! You can't just say it like that!!"

"Yes, yes, otherwise Father Lizor would be so heartbroken!!"

"That's right! Even if Father Lizor's hospitality wasn't as good as Mog's, you can't be so blunt!!!"

Father Lizor, who was standing nearby and heard this, was speechless.

Um, kids, is it possible that you don't actually have to stand up for me?

Father Lizor shook his head, somewhat amused and exasperated.

Then, ignoring the children's continued chatter, he went to stand next to Mog by the window.

"Elder Babagra has already figured out the situation of the 'Future of Children' Foundation during this period of time."

Father Lizor said softly, "Their foundation chairman, Lisnos, seems to be working for a criminal organization."

"Moreover, the gang connections he made seem to be with members of the direct lineage of the Ten Elders in the gang."

Elder Babagra has not been idle during this time.

Now that we know who is harming Meteor City, we can't just pretend this never happened.

Given his cautious nature as he gets older, he would naturally try to understand the situation before making a decision.

The chairman of the board, Lisnos, is very good at hiding his true identity. He disguises himself as a philanthropist, and it is very difficult to find out about his connections.

If Elder Babagra hadn't used his connections, they wouldn't have been able to uncover his background.

There are many gangs in this world.

The "Ten Old Men" are the ten highest leaders of gangs around the world.

They are the leaders of gangs from ten regions across six continents, and they meet from time to time.

At the same time, they were the organizers of the Youkexin underground auction.

They have tens of thousands of gangsters under their command, among whom the strongest are the ten Nen users known as the "Shadow Beasts".

Among those numerous gangsters, there were naturally their own affiliated gang families.

For example, in the original storyline, there's that bald, short, fat pig with small round glasses who caused trouble for the Nothra family and competed with Kurapika for the Scarlet Eyes Auction—that's Jangji 0.

He belongs to this category, and his position is not low.

As the head of a gang directly under the Ten Elders, he participated in underground auctions as a seller and was responsible for security.

And later, the underground auction was disrupted and ruined by the Phantom Troupe.

He was also in charge of organizing the people to retaliate against the Phantom Troupe, such as two Zoldyck family experts who specialized in killing.

Although those two murder experts weren't really willing to listen to him.

This time, it was the connection that the chairman of the consortium, Lisnos, made.

He is similar in status to Jianji, a member of the direct lineage of another of the Ten Elders.

Mog listened quietly to Father Lizor's introduction.

He actually already knew about the real culprit behind that person.

In chapter 405 of the original manga, the television on the Black Whale broadcast the following report:

"Mr. Linus, the chairman of the Children's Future Foundation, which is dedicated to supporting and helping unfortunate children, was brutally murdered by someone, and the perpetrator has not been arrested to this day, which is now 10 years later."

Looking back on the achievements of our deceased loved ones, we once again admire their greatness, while the expectation for the targeted arrest of despised criminals and the expectations placed on investigative authorities have grown even stronger.

At that time, we saw Kuroro walking towards the people with his back to the television.

The chairman of the foundation mentioned on TV, Lisnos, is the mastermind behind the systemic crimes committed by the gang against children in Meteor City, and also the murderer of Salazar.

He was found and executed by Kuroro and his crew 10 years before the Black Whale set sail.

That was in 1990.

Just the year before, the incident of "homeless people in Meteor City being wrongly accused and retaliated against" occurred.

Mog listened quietly to Father Lizor's narration.

After he finished speaking, he asked, "Is there anything the elder needs me to do?"

"Elder Babagra means that you should go out and gain experience..."

Father Lizor sighed softly, "Actually, I'm reluctant to let you leave so soon."

"However, the elder also said that keeping you bound to Meteor City indefinitely will not do you any good."

"Staying here will only limit your development."

"The outside world is undergoing a wave of epochal change. If you get involved, you will grow a lot."

"Therefore, Elder Babagra, I hope you can go out and gain experience, to personally experience the outside world..."

Father Lizor had one more thing he didn't say.

That is what Elder Babagra meant: only by being able to survive in that cruel world outside can one be considered truly grown up.

Otherwise, if they die prematurely, then so be it.

"Just going to gain experience?"

Mog laughed and said, "Isn't the goal to have us deal with the chairman of that conglomerate, Linos?"

"There's no need to rush things like this."

Father Lizor shook his head gently, “When you grow up and have enough power to take revenge, you will naturally be able to do it.”

"Elder Babagra firmly believed this, which is why he revealed the true identity of the mastermind to you in advance."

"This can be considered as providing you with a good target in advance."

Well, the main thing is that Mog and his group successfully got their revenge, but it doesn't matter if they fail.

Anyway, if they get carried away with their passion and blindly go after the chairman of the conglomerate, Linos, and end up failing, then...

Elder Babagra also has many ways to distance himself from the situation.

"I understand~~~"

Mog understood more or less, "So if I go outside..."

"You can rest assured about that."

Father Lizor smiled kindly and said, "Elder Babagra, he has already made arrangements for you as well."

Elder Babagra was probably also eager to see how Mog and the others would grow outside.

So, on the second day...

Mog then received identification from Father Lizor.

"Name: Mog, Gender: Male, Nationality: Republic of Bathoria..."

Seeing this, Mog couldn't help but look up and glance at Father Lizor.

"Did the elder get this identification for us from outside?"

"Hmm~"

Father Lizor nodded slightly. "Many people who left Meteor City have joined considerable forces outside."

"Then, with the tacit approval of the main family, these people can provide a certain degree of convenience to Meteor City."

"This time, your identification documents were made for you by Elder Babagra through some organizations in the Republic of Bathoria."

"Moreover, I heard that this organization seems to be of a fairly high level, and they have even connected with Elder Babagra's network of connections, which is why it was so fast and more secure."