King Bradley and the Avenger soldiers lifted the tents, patting the faces of the sleeping individuals, but they remained deeply unconscious, their faces flushed.
"Let me try first, to see if I can make them recover."
Illumi came to a sleeping Hunter, and a wisp of red aura rose from him, drilling into his chest with a "whoosh."
"Hoho..."
The Hunter's brows furrowed tightly, his head shaking from side to side, and he made "hoho" sounds in his throat. But the killing intent still hadn't diminished much.
Illumi's ability wasn't to absorb or eliminate others' emotions, but to influence them.
Illumi had just suppressed the killing intent in his heart, but it would rebound in a moment, and the killing intent would increase significantly.
"Without dealing with the culprit, their killing intent will only continuously increase."
Illumi concluded, retracting his ability.
"Useless! Get up!"
On the other side, Greed looked impatient. With a "bang," he kicked a Hunter in the head, sending him spinning several times on the ground before stopping.
"Ho... ho..."
It seemed Greed's violent kick had an effect. The Hunter suddenly opened his eyes. Only then did Illumi see that his whites of his eyes were already filled with bloodshot veins, and a trickle of fresh blood flowed from the corner of his mouth due to Greed's kick.
"Roar~!"
The Hunter's eyes were bloodshot. He roared at Greed like a beast, spitting out a good deal of saliva.
At the same time, a large amount of green Nen surged from his body. The Nen continuously gathered in his hands, and he charged at Greed with a roar.
"Puff puff…"
He had barely run two steps when two tranquilizer darts hit him in the neck. The anesthetic in the darts rapidly spread throughout his body via his bloodstream, and his movements immediately became sluggish.
"Ho... ho..."
But he still struggled, taking slow steps, reaching out to touch Greed.
"Bang!"
Accompanied by a loud thud of flesh colliding, the Hunter was sent flying directly. With a "bang," he crashed through the wooden cabin wall and lay motionless on the damp grass outside the cabin.
"Tch, useless."
Greed's face showed disdain. His right fist swung violently to the right, shaking off a few drops of blood. The Strongest Shield gradually faded.
"No need to wake them up. Just tranquilize them directly."
Illumi saw that even waking them up was futile. Their consciousnesses were already wantonly killing in their dreams. So he ordered the Avengers to inject them with tranquilizers while they were still unconscious, so that even if they woke up later, they would be unable to move.
"You all stay here, in case of any unexpected situations."
Illumi looked up, then leaped up, directly punching through the roof and landing on the roof behind Beyond.
"Thank you for the matter just now."
Beyond stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the moon. His tone was calm, completely unaffected by the killing intent.
"Your condition isn't good."
But Illumi, through his emotion sensing, still detected a faint trace of killing intent on him. Immediately, Illumi activated his ability, and a faint wisp of red aura rose from his fingertips, hovering in front of him.
Then, under Illumi's manipulation, it snaked like a snake, rapidly drilling towards Beyond.
"Don't move, I'm helping you."
Beyond sensed it the moment Illumi activated his ability. Just as he was about to move, Illumi spoke up to dissuade him. Beyond's hand movements paused.
In the instant he hesitated, the red aura emanating from Illumi had already drilled into Beyond's chest, startling him.
"Hmm? You have this ability too?"
Immediately, Beyond's eyes cleared significantly, and his gaze towards Illumi showed surprise. He had clearly developed such powerful Nen Beasts, and now he also had such a bizarre ability that could influence others' emotions.
He had originally elevated Illumi's level to only below his own, Zeno's, and his father Netero's. But now it seemed that this young man's array of techniques was beyond his imagination.
"Your men have all been subdued. Next is to find the culprit, Hell's Bell."
Illumi retracted his ability. Beyond's self-control was extremely strong; he merely served as a guide.
"Neither the faint light sensor, nor the ultrasound detector, nor the infrared detector, are any use. These monsters seem very special; they're probably not living beings."
Illumi's expression was serious. Beyond also nodded. Although he didn't understand the things Illumi spoke of, he understood Illumi's meaning and immediately activated En.
"Buzz~"
An oval-shaped transparent white barrier instantly enveloped the area. Centered on Beyond, it spread outwards, covering a circular area with a diameter of three hundred meters.
"If you find the target, don't act for now. I'll send people to contain all of them."
"Also, wear this in your ear. You'll be able to communicate with us."
Illumi tossed a miniature earphone to Beyond, then his figure flashed and disappeared from the spot.
"What is this? A communicator? Wireless communication?"
Beyond caught the black, miniature earphone, the size of a fingernail, that Illumi had tossed him. He curiously inserted it into his ear.
"Cough..."
Beyond deliberately coughed, and immediately heard Illumi's "Start" voice in his ear.
Beyond thought this device was convenient. He then lightly tapped the roof with his foot, leaping onto the roof of the next wooden cabin, moving quickly into the distance.
The temporary camp built by the Ozma Federation was not small. According to the Avenger troops' detection, it covered an area of 30,000 square meters.
"Gather the Avenger troops. Prepare to contain Hell's Bell." Illumi leaped down from the roof, looked at Pride, and instructed him.
"I understand." Pride nodded, immediately recalling the Avengers who were performing defensive duties in various areas around the camp, leaving only the remote sentinel weapon system on guard.
The Avenger soldiers assembled quickly, returning to Illumi's side in just over a minute, awaiting orders.
"First containment operation for [SCP Foundation] begins, code name [SCP-A815 Hell's Bell]."
As Illumi's words fell, the Ranger neural mechanical helmet system immediately created an SCP-related document to store the containment process for this operation.
"Depart."
Illumi ordered. King Bradley, Pride, and their group, along with thirty Avenger soldiers, walked out of the wooden cabin door and began searching the temporary camp.
As for Beyond's subordinates and the four ordinary people, he wasn't bothered to spare forces to protect their safety. Giving each of them two tranquilizer darts was already being very responsible.
"Bang!"
Suddenly, a gunshot rang out from the remote sentinel weapon system set up at a camp marker, but after only one shot, there was no more movement.
"To Zone D!"
Illumi's neural mechanical helmet screen immediately showed that the movement was caused by the sentinel weapon in Zone D. He immediately led his men to dash towards Zone D of the camp.
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