Swamp In the City

Feeling good about his latest successful hunt Leon took a break. A week had passed since he started, and Leon had completed a total of thirteen hunts. He mostly hunted wanted criminals, collecting their bounties.

But when his phone rang, Leon was surprised to see a notice from the Hunters Website. There was an open bounty, meaning anyone and everyone could try their hand at killing that person.

Most often, when this happened, the target was a powerful Nen user, and this time was no different. An entire neighborhood had gone missing in an hour, everything from the people to the house gone without a trace.

The Hunter Association was already doing a cover-up to hide the crime's true nature, but they need a suspect to hand into authorities. Smiling, Leon started to run towards the crime scene. He was tired of going after nobodies that couldn't even fight.

The culprit's name was a man name Karibou. He had a thin form and long greasy hair.

Drawing close to the neighborhood, Leon looked down from his perch to see that the description wasn't lying.

There was almost a square mile of open spaces where houses should be, police had formed a blockage to stop anyone from getting in or out, but Leon could see about a thousand ways someone could get past it.

As he was scanning for his target, Leon could sense several other Nen users make their way towards the scene.

Spurred on by the competition, Leon was about to jump into action when an explosion came from one of the police blockades. Zeroing in on the disturbance, Leon spotted his target standing next to a burning cop car as police fled the scene.

While the man on the bounty poster was a little younger, there was no other difference. Staying his hand, Leon watched as nearly five hunters converged on Karibou.

Spotting the hunters, Karibou crouched, placing his hand on the ground. Before Leon's eyes, the pavement turned into a thick past that surged like a wave to engulf the hunters.

Leon watched as four of the five could escape, but the weakest among them was powerless as the bog surrounded him.

The mud seemed bottomless as the man was smothered and didn't resurface. Deciding to take action, Leon jumped from his perch.

With a controlled descent, Leon landed behind Karibou and tested the man's reactions with a simple kick. Karibou sensed Leon and had just enough time to duck under the kick.

Leon jumped as Karibou turned the ground around him into the mud, "Hmph, they really are letting anyone pass, don't they."

Leon landed on a cop car as he and the four other hunters surrounded Karibou, sighing Leon looked at everyone's strength. Out of the four hunters, Karibou out ranked three of them, while the fourth one was a coin toss.

Leon debated whether he should take action or wait some more. Leon's choice was made for him as one of the hunters reached into his pocket and pulled out a clay capsule.

The hunter threw the capsule against the ground, and it erupted in a cloud of purple smoke. Leon could avoid it easily, but no amount of poison could bother him, as he expected the other three hunters and Karibou started to hack and cough widely.

When the smoke cleared, the only ones unaffected were Leon and the hunter who had thrown the capsule. The other three hunters and Karibou all looked pale and sweaty.

The hunter who had thrown the capsule smiled as he addressed Leon and the other hunters, "The poison will kill you in thirty minutes, and I only have one dose of the antidote. The last person alive will get to live."

All four of the poisoned men looked at each other, "To hell with this. I'll just kill you all!" Karibou roared as he created another title wave of mud.

Sighing Leon was about to move when he felt something prick his neck, pulling out the needle Leon felt the familiar burning of poison working its way through his body.

" Did you think I forgot about you." Leon looked over at the poison hunter who was ahead of everyone else uninjured and in out of harms way.