But rescuing people from the Hunter Association's darkest prison, the Kanan Prison Camp, was nothing short of a fantasy.
Even Chairman Netero would need numerous troublesome procedures to pull someone out of this prison.
But since Luke was the one coming, he planned to use the simplest and most direct method.
A death on record.
As long as the Kanan Prison Camp confirmed that those descendants of the Shadow Organization were dead, they naturally would no longer care about their existence.
And a prisoner here could not die without reason.
Even if they died during labor or abuse, the facility had designated personnel for autopsy, to prevent cases of someone pretending to be dead.
Since normal death wouldn't work, an accident had to occur…
"Ahhh, blood, I want blood, give me blood!!!"
On a seemingly ordinary, perfectly normal night, one of the extremely vicious and cruel Nen users imprisoned in the inner layer suddenly went into a frenzy.
"I want to drink blood, aaahhh!!!"
Like a blood fiend incarnate, he went mad and ran out of his cell.
Knowing that each prisoner's cell was specially constructed, breaking out was impossible without paying an excruciating price, one that would cripple the person even if successful.
Many escape attempts occurred here, but most happened outside during work intervals when someone tried to flee.
But an inmate breaking out of his cell like this, screaming for blood, this was the first time.
At this moment, that inmate had blood-red eyes, his expression twisted in madness, and his entire body was covered in blood.
It was the price he paid to break out of his cage; he was already gravely injured.
If not for the stimulated state he was in, he would likely have already collapsed.
The only reason he could still run around drenched in blood, screaming, was because the Blood Demon Madness Pill had wrecked his brain.
Luke didn't do much; he simply mixed a significant dose of the Blood Demon Madness Pill into his dinner.
Then this man became what he is now.
"After all, he is the most vicious guy in this place, and his ability happens to be the most suitable..."
Hidden in the shadows, Luke watched the crazed Arson Fiend while preparing for what came next.
The Arson Fiend, his actual name long forgotten, was known only by his code and number.
All that was known was that he had committed countless crimes outside.
Judging by his moniker, he excelled at and loved arson.
He once set a fire that burned an entire building's occupants to death, causing a massive impact.
And now, under the Blood Demon Madness Pill, he began releasing his ability without restraint.
In an instant, blazing flames erupted throughout the Kanan Prison Camp.
At once, the entire facility fell into chaos.
Just like in the description from the capital, there was a good mouth–skilled performer, soon thousands roared, thousands of children cried, thousands of dogs barked.
Sounds of collapse, explosions, rushing wind all erupted at once; mixed with countless cries for help, ghostly murmurs, fighting noises, splashing water, anything one could imagine, everything was there.
Even if a man had a hundred hands with a hundred fingers, he couldn't point to one source; even with a hundred mouths and a hundred tongues, he couldn't name one place.
Originally, the Kanan Prison Camp had specialized personnel for handling this kind of incident.
After all, they all knew what kind of criminals and abilities they housed, so naturally, there were specialists designated for the Arson Fiend.
However… Luke had already shot all those specialists with the Sleep Gun, plunging them into dreams they could not escape from.
Without those specialists to stop him, the chaos from the arson rapidly spread throughout the Kanan Prison Camp.
Even though higher–ranking personnel attempted to intervene and stop the flames' spread, they did have some effect, but the results were still poor.
Instead, the Arson Fiend, "Hahaha, die, all of you die, die!!!"
It was as if the price of breaking out of his cage was too severe, his injuries too heavy; he soon began failing and walking toward death.
Under the Blood Demon Madness Pill, his mind briefly regained clarity.
Although he did not understand what had happened to him, in his current condition, he would not survive.
Even if a medical–type Nen user were to treat him, he could no longer be saved.
Clearly, the Arson Fiend understood this well.
Before, he might still have clung to some faint hope of survival, but now that even that hope was gone…
"At least this way, I'm finally freed...!!"
A trace of relief and determination flashed in his eyes.
"Even if I'm going to die, I'll drag you all to hell with me!!"
The Arson Fiend roared, and flames ignited violently across his entire body, burning him completely!!
Rumble!!
With a violent explosion of flames, the entire Kanan Prison Camp was engulfed in a sea of fire.
Having realized that survival was impossible, the Arson Fiend completely burned himself out in this world.
With his final self-detonation, he gave the world a grand display of fireworks.
It ignited and bloomed in the sky above the Kanan Prison Camp, thoroughly illuminating this snow-covered, filthy place.
This was the first time in the history of the Kanan Prison Camp that someone, after escaping, directly self-destructed, causing massive damage to the facility.
According to later incomplete statistics, the Kanan Prison Camp engulfed in flames suffered economic losses of hundreds of billions of Jenny, and many prisoners inside sustained varying degrees of injury.
Some were only burned or scalded; some were directly buried in the flames, with no chance of survival. For example, the descendants of the Shadow Organization.
Coincidentally, the place where the Arson Fiend self-detonated was next to the cells where the Shadow's descendants were held.
Thus, the raging flames instantly consumed the cells holding these descendants.
They were the earliest victims.
After the Kanan Prison Camp finally extinguished the fire, what remained was only a scene of chaos and blackened corpses, completely unrecognizable.
When the head of the Kanan Prison Camp and the hunters and soldiers guarding the prisoners saw this scene, they were silent for a long time.
Among them are the professional hunters responsible for autopsies and some forensic experts.
"These deceased..."