Personality Bloom X A-Rank Dawn

Inside the Nosra Manor.

As the number of people increased, the Manor became lively.

In the rest and recreation room, Rosana was writing something while listening to the news on television.

She wasn't alone in the large entertainment room.

Those three noisy children have been playing all the time for the past few months, making her feel somewhat lonely.

However, the new members all have good personalities.

"Don't try to take my energy ball."

Basho, holding the game controller, said with dissatisfaction.

"Now that I've got the game ball, I have to do my best to complete the level; that's my responsibility."

Gowen spoke loudly, making his act of stealing the energy ball sound righteous and awe-inspiring.

"You bastard!" Basho gritted her teeth.

At that moment, the door was pushed open.

Melusina was the first to run in and hug Rosana.

"Sister Rosana, let's go shopping!"

Rosana smiled helplessly and pinched the other person's cheek.

"Have your boyfriend go with you."

Kevin followed them in through the door and, hearing this, said helplessly, "Sister Shana, you go with her. I have something to do."

"Then I'll just steal your little girlfriend away," Rosana teased with a chuckle.

Then, stroking his face, he said with a hint of helplessness, "Oh dear, I really don't know when Kurapika and the others will come out. Is the game really that fun? They won't even come out to see their mother. What a fickle and unfilial child."

As she spoke, she looked at Melusina and asked, "Am I so old that even children dislike me?"

"It'll be soon, I feel like it'll only be a week or two."

"And 'Sister, you're very pretty,' it's only meaningful to say that in front of Kurapika," Melusina said with a laugh from the side. As for the game...

The further you progress, the harder each card becomes to obtain.

But overall, progress is being made steadily.

Kurapika and his friends now have ninety-seven cards in their possession.

Moreover, the second-place team, Zetzela, was not to be outdone, and they had ninety-one cards in their hands.

All I can say is that experienced One-star Hunter are indeed quite formidable when they get serious.

Apart from these two teams, almost all the other players have given up.

The gap between them has widened too much.

Moreover, they couldn't do anything about it, whether it was robbery or anything else, because they weren't strong enough.

Basho and the other person put down the controller and came over.

"Is that game really that fun?" he asked, somewhat curious.

He wanted to learn more about this novel thing.

"If you have time later, you can try it out. It's not just about playing the game; the process of completing the game will greatly improve your Nen ability."

After all, they have two machines, more than enough room for everyone to go in.

Upon hearing this, Gowen became interested.

Among the Nen user in the Manor, Gowen is a rare Martial Faction.

They have no external pressure, yet they habitually train to improve their skills; they are the type who pursue combat and strength.

At that moment, Basho noticed the person following Kevin and quickly greeted him with a smile.

"Oh! Miss Shalnark."

Hearing Basho's voice, Shalnark looked up and glanced at him.

"Who are you?"

"Hey! We're colleagues, it's been so long."

Besides, even tonight, didn't we just meet this morning?"

Basho cried out in despair.

He greeted the other person this morning, although the response was rather perfunctory.

Shalnark pondered for a while, then seemed to finally remember and nodded.

"Bananas, right?"

"It's Basho!"

Gowen, who was listening to the conversation, rolled his eyes.

Shalnark's problem is that she forgets things she doesn't consider important.

She remembered all the important people on the Manor, except for Basho and Squala, who was in charge of animal husbandry.

I really don't know if it's because they're not good-looking or because they lack ability.

What criteria did she use to make that judgment?

Of the newly recruited members, only Goreinu isn't here; he's currently in the shop.

With the increase in staff, the rotation of staff in the store has become more flexible.

Kevin's job here can be described as comfortable.

It pays well, has little work, and provides opportunities to train and improve skills—it's practically the perfect job.

Kevin chatted with the others for a few minutes, then went to another room by himself.

Near the window in the room, there was a flowerpot.

A peculiar plant was growing in the flowerpot.

Kevin walked over, hugged the plant, and poured his Qi Refining into it.

The plant began to grow, as if it could absorb Nen Aura.

That's right, this is the plant cultivated from one of the relics, the [Personality Seed].

The condition for its growth is that it needs to be nurtured by a person's Nen Aura.

The conditions are not harsh, but once someone starts nourishing themselves with Nen Aura, it cannot be replaced by the Nen Aura of another person until they are fully grown.

"Judging from this progress, it should be completed soon."

Kevin muttered to himself.

As soon as he said this, his Nen Aura was frantically absorbed. Noticing this change, Kevin quickly controlled his Nen Aura.

"Is the growth complete?"

Kevin observed carefully, and only after confirming this did he release his control over his Nen Aura, increasing the amount of psychic energy he poured into it.

Kevin watched intently as his Nen surged into the plant, flowing through the flowerpot into the soil, touching the roots, and ascending the branches. He observed carefully how his Nen Aura was absorbed.

According to the Record Book, the growth of the Personality Seed is related to the individual who provides the Nen Aura. The plants that grow from different individuals are also slightly different.

When his companions obtained and studied the seeds, they believed that they were a parasitic type of seed.

Because the Dark Continent is full of gigantic, exaggerated creatures, these tiny seeds only need to gently take root on these creatures, like a speck of dirt, and will not attract any attention. In this way, the Parasitic Species can absorb the Nen Aura of a target and grow.

Furthermore, these Personality Seed are easily influenced by Nen Aura. Some will eventually flower and bear fruit, some will simply produce different flowers, and some will even grow into strange shapes and sprout long branches.

After they have grown up, they will all become very different due to individual differences, making it difficult for people to believe that they all grew from the same seed.

As the Nen Aura surged, the previously closed Flower Bud began to open.

When the flower opens, the petals inside are not a single color, but a variety of colors, with each petal appearing to have a different hue.

Some petals even have several colors on a single petal. These tiny colors are divided and superimposed by the petals, like a kaleidoscope.

Moreover, the flowers were enormous, and the slender branches could not support such large blossoms, causing them to droop to the sides. Once fully open, the enormous flowers were as big as Kevin's washbasin.

"Is it this big?"

Kevin was puzzled, and the fierce absorption of Qi Refining that had just occurred was beginning to weaken, even becoming less than the amount of Qi Refining required during his previous growth.

It only requires a subtle infusion of Nen Aura; it seems more like preserving this state.

"After all, it comes from the Dark Continent, so don't disappoint me."

Kevin muttered to himself, reaching out his hand to touch the petal.

News from Zhejiang arrived.

B-Rank, undoubtedly B-Rank material.

It's probably in the upper-middle range, not quite at the top, but not far off either.

"If 'I' is a characteristic, then what kind of characteristic would it be?"

To be honest, it's a bit hard to understand.

The Record Book didn't contain any detailed descriptions, only a brief mention that it varied from person to person. "Well, I hope you won't disappoint me," he muttered to himself, plucking a petal from the image.

Kevin disappeared from his spot, and the brick appeared in the Nen Space.

It's been a while since I've been here.

I habitually look towards the center.

"Oh, has Melusina been accepted?"

In the Family Portrait photo, Melusina appears, next to Kevin, holding Kevin arm and leaning on his shoulder.

However, Light was still nowhere to be seen.

"Sigh, there's nothing I can do to help with this."

Kevin was somewhat helpless.

This kind of thing can only be judged by subconscious standards of acceptance; coercion or even verbal manipulation can backfire.

Perhaps it's because of Light's background and Brick's personality.

Finally, I habitually glanced at the Danger Scale.

Only Nion and her two companions are in [danger], but within this dangerous area, the bricks are very close to safety.

This shows that the danger is quite normal, after all, the players are entangled in the game, and that place can hardly be considered a safe environment.

So much time has passed, the Danger Scale has long been figured out.

It judges based more on the Danger Level in the current environment. For example, if a family member is doing something dangerous, putting them in danger, then the brick will be on the danger scale.

The more dangerous the situation, the more likely you are to be at the forefront.

Even if you reach the "fatal" threshold, it doesn't necessarily mean you'll immediately face a fatal crisis; rather, there's a very high probability that you will encounter one.

Being trapped in a terrifying environment will result in this kind of scale.

For example, during the memorial Succession Ceremony on the last day for Kevin's followers, what Jingshana, who was at home, saw was that Kevin's level was always on the edge of danger, almost always just reaching the [fatal] Boundary.

Turning my gaze away, the Alchemy Table came into view.

He took out a vial from Shizang and carefully dripped a few drops of liquid onto the golden scale pan.

That's right, this potion is the form that [Resentment Snake Pearl] has preserved through the Preservation Potion.

The state created by Preservation Potion is like that of a freshly taken-out item; no energy is lost.

After a few drops of liquid were placed on the Gold Scale, Kevin poured some powder onto the Silver Scale.

This powder comes from [Crow Heart], which is the heart taken from a dead Evil Crow Person.

Ever since Kevin's Niannu was enhanced, Zhuan has spent a lot of time figuring out how to utilize this unique A-Rank material.

However, after searching for so long, they only found one material that could be used in conjunction with it: Crow Heart.

A suitable material could not be found for the Fusion Agent.

That's why Kevin pinned his hopes on the [Personality Seed].

Because it varies from person to person, and is mostly related to the individual's circumstances.

If there's anything special about Kevin's craftsmanship, it might be the extreme ease with which the bricks are manipulated, or the emotions depicted within them.

Of course, if we have to put it in perspective, Kevin's existence of two Nen ability, as well as the variations in his various Nen ability, can also be seen as a kind of fusion.

It's a desperate measure, like trying to revive a dead horse.

If this image isn't suitable, finding a suitable Fusion Agent will be quite troublesome.

The effect occurs when the image petals fall and float on the Silver Scale.

"That's amazing! They actually managed to do that!"

Kevin immediately became excited.

This is made primarily with A-Rank materials; even the lowest grade of potion produced will still be A-Rank potion.

Kevin almost never imagined finding A-Rank materials in the human world; his initial idea for Brick was the Dark Continent.

The only A-Rank material in hand also proves this point.

Humanity's world is now extremely resource-poor; compared to the Dark Continent, it is nothing but a wasteland.

In Kevin's estimation, the range of A-Rank materials, if compared to the strength of a brick, would be 100,000-

100w.

The range is extremely long, and it's almost impossible to imagine materials that correspond to it other than the Dark Continent.

Although it's the lowest level now, I can still get a glimpse of what A-Rank potion would be like. Unfortunately, the results are vague.

But this is much better than the previous results, which were all poison or wastewater.

This at least shows that the combination of these three is suitable; however, the ingredients used for each need to be carefully considered and pondered over gradually.

This is something that requires time and patience to work out.

That evening, as Kevin left the Pharmaceutical Room in a cheerful mood, he found several people with somber expressions in the lobby.

Especially Jingshana, who was sitting in the center, looked like she might Fiery Red Eye at any moment.

This situation is very serious.

"What's wrong?"

No one spoke, except for Basho, who pointed to the television.

Kevin looked at the television, where the news was being broadcast.

The news report stated that the Phantom Troupe had struck again, sweeping away all the treasures at a well-known large-scale exhibition.

All security personnel and some exhibition staff perished; the death toll exceeded three hundred. No one was injured.

Extremely bad.

So that explains Rosana's expression.

"These criminals, Joe is utterly disgusting."

"Jingshana I said through gritted teeth."

But the news reports that the police were completely helpless against these people, not to mention the police, even the Nen user who were chasing them were helpless.

Because all members of the Phantom Troupe come from Meteor City, they cannot be found in society.

Moreover, based on what Kevin knows now, this group only gathers together when they are carrying out large-scale criminal activities.

Moreover, it's not always the case that everyone gathers together.

Only when a major crime shocks the world is committed will the entire group gather together; when they are active, there may only be a few people.

Large-scale cases involving all members are rare; it's said that they only occur once every year or two.

It was only now that Kevin began to think about it for the first time: if he wanted to eliminate all these guys, he had to at least ensure that all of them were present.

This is a very troublesome matter.

If only one crime scene is raided, there is a high chance that only part of the crime will be cleared, leaving the rest of the perpetrators at large.

They are even harder to catch.

After all, this is a modern society with various countries and cities and a large population.

Finding someone who has vanished without a trace among them is like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Moreover, people move around, and this group of criminals is even more likely to move frequently.

Even if prophecy is used, it's not guaranteed that the bricks will be caught.

Kevin suddenly thought of something and looked at Shalnark on the sofa.

"Shalnark, you're from Meteor City, right? What do you think of the Phantom Troupe?"

"The Phantom Troupe?"

It seems this isn't a big deal for Shalnark.

Everyone turned their attention to that direction.

After thinking for a moment, Shalnark clearly remembered something.

"I remember, the Bricks were amazing, and the Jang Geums really liked them. Many people in Meteor City admired the Bricks."

Hearing this, Jingshana was so angry she wanted to grind her teeth to powder, but she had no choice but to hold it in.

She knew perfectly well what it meant to be the enemy's foe, and my hero.

She couldn't possibly be unaware of the Phantom Troupe, and therefore couldn't possibly be unaware of Meteor City, or even the existence of a place like Meteor City.

It is inherently a human sin.

She can understand, but she won't forgive.

Hatred will not disappear.

"It was about a year or two ago, I think— Chrollo recruited someone, that's what I heard."

"Chrollo?"

"Yes, it's the Chrollo."

I heard Jang Geum call for the brick Chrollo lol.

"You've seen it?"

"I've seen it. The brick is very impressive; everyone mentions it often, so I remember it very clearly."

Unfortunately, seeing how bad it is doesn't really help.

Who knows when he'll commit another major crime?

To ensure a complete sweep, early preparation is essential.

But how do we do it?