Desire's Dependent X A Solution

I've finished reading the information about the other party.

Kevin fell into deep thought.

This time, the information seems plentiful and detailed, but much of it is superficial.

As can be seen from many of the terms used, the information provided by the Chip does not allow for in-depth research; it is all about observation.

In other words, they did not conduct research on the entities themselves; they only observed and then summarized their observations.

Therefore, there is a lot of information, but most of it doesn't address the essence of the matter.

However, much of the information contained therein is also much needed now, at least more detailed than the disaster information obtained from the Five Great Powers. He looked at Alluka in front of him.

It can be basically confirmed that the other party is currently in a symbiotic relationship with Nanika.

Based on the Zoldyck Family's intelligence network and the strength of their opponent.

Impossible, I have no information about the disaster.

"The Nanika residing within his body is one of the Five Great Disasters, the [Mist-form Lifeform - Aegis]."

"As for how it came to be, that's unknown. Perhaps one of your family's ancestors went to the Dark Continent and brought it back."

"Your family must have such an ancestor, right? After all, as long as you have curiosity and the ability, it's hard not to sneak over there."

Kiy shook his head helplessly. "I don't know, and besides, what is a disaster?"

Although Kiy learned some information about the Dark Continent outside from Kevin and the others' conversations,

But what constitutes hope and what constitutes disaster remains unknown.

After all, he hadn't developed any interest in the Dark Continent before, so he naturally had little motivation to learn about it, especially since such information was normally difficult to obtain.

The Zoldyck Family members present clearly didn't know much about it.

Only the Silva, the one who monitors, knows more.

Migg turned to look at his father in the monitoring room; Silva's face showed no change.

This relieved him; at least Killua himself was safe.

Whatever the reason, the father should have relinquished complete control over Killua.

However, he also benefited greatly from this surveillance.

Things like Dark Continent and disasters.

Although he's too lazy to do much, it's still good to learn something and enrich his information database.

And looking towards Killua.

Kevin had already stood up and asked in detail.

"Although I have some understanding now, it's rather superficial. Your situation is completely different from that of a typical wish-maker, so could you please provide more detailed information?"

Killua was already prepared for Kevin's question.

He nodded and said.

"Aside from the rules for making wishes, I can issue direct [commands], not so-called [whining requests]."

Upon hearing this, everyone in the Zoldyck Family fell silent.

Now, having heard Killua's words and received a definite answer, Illumi's expression became unusually ferocious.

If this is true.

He was able to control Killua, and thus Nanika, gaining complete wish-granting power.

"Why? Why would he be willing to do that? There must be a reason, I believe you know it."

Kevin frowned, pondered for a moment, then looked at Kiy and asked.

"[I love] Nanika likes me and wants my praise, so every time I make a wish, I praise him and pat his head or something."

If you really want to put it that way, this is essentially a pleading request, only it comes with almost no cost and strangely high command priority.

At this point, Killua finally revealed the key reason.

"That's precisely why I don't want to make a wish to Nanika; I don't want to take advantage of his affection."

Hearing this, Melusina looked at Qi and couldn't help but pat him on the shoulder.

I really admire you.

He gave a thumbs-up as he spoke.

Kevin couldn't help but nod.

To be honest, he didn't think he could match Killua's level of resilience if he were in Killua's shoes.

Kiy smiled a little shyly. Hearing her brother being praised, Alluka stood beside her, hands on her hips, looking rather smug.

"Besides that, there's probably healing. Any ability used for healing requires Nanika to personally experience it, and it will consume far more energy than other desires."

At this point, Kiy felt it was best to demonstrate it.

Nothing is more real than seeing it with your own eyes.

Thinking of this, he spoke directly.

"Zizor."

A figure leaped over.

It was an unusually tall old woman.

Looking at this person, Kevin inexplicably thought of Biscuit.

I quickly shook my head, dismissing the thought as utterly disrespectful.

As soon as the Spoiled Object appeared, Alluka quickly moved closer.

"Zizor, please give me the nail of your little finger."

Zizor squatted down and, without hesitation, pulled out her fingernail and placed it in the other person's hand.

Then it was the middle fingernail.

This is the third request she made in a cute way.

After making her pleading request, Nanika is now in a state where she can make a wish.

"Right now, anyone can make a wish, right?"

Kevin asked.

Killua nodded.

He then demonstrated it himself.

"Nanika, heal Zizor's hand."

"Aye!"

He reached out and touched the fingers with both hands, where three fingernails had been pulled out.

It is revealed with a soft light.

A new layer of nail-shaped tissue grew back on the previously bloody flesh until it was completely healed.

After the treatment ended, Nanika immediately closed her eyes and collapsed.

Killua, standing nearby, simply hugged him.

"The treatment seemed to be very taxing on Nanika, causing her to fall into short periods of sleep."

"This is a result that no other enormous desire could have produced."

As he spoke, his Kiy expression inexplicably darkened.

"Moreover, the pleading that follows such a wish becomes unusually gentle, mostly involving things like hugs or lifting people up high." Therefore, Nanika isn't the darkness itself; the darkness lies with the person making the wish.

It's clear that Qi secretly experimented with this process himself, and he should let others try it as well.

Kevin stroked his chin, deep in thought.

All the information he could now know was already in his mind.

He also witnessed firsthand the wishing and the pleading.

"On the Dark Continent, many beings actually possess advanced intelligence, but they do not have civilizations, and generally, their numbers are not large."

For example, the Resentful Eater Snake, or Mist-form Lifeform.

Kevin witnessed the former firsthand, while the latter has relevant information in V5's log files.

"The original race of the Nanika was encountered during an expedition a hundred years ago, which resulted in the near annihilation of the entire Exploration Team."

"Those who returned also suffered mental breakdowns and eventually died."

Upon hearing this result, Killua's expression changed.

Could it be that something really is going to happen to Nanika?

"However, there was a dispute among the Exploration Team at the beginning, because some of Exploration Team believed that these Mist-form Lifeform were friendly."

The information fed back by the Information Chip confirms that the other party is not friendly.

Instead, it will not initiate attacks.

"Based on my own understanding, the Mist-form Lifeform itself does not actively attack anything, but it is attracted to mentally active entities and then parasitizes their bodies."

As he spoke, Kevin stretched out his finger, pointed at Killua, and then at himself.

"Humans like us, though weak, possess a vibrant spirit and soul; therefore, our desires are so pronounced, and our emotional fluctuations are so active."

In short, humans are simply the best parasites for Mist-form Lifeform.

"Obviously, the other party also has preferences, and given a choice, they will naturally gravitate towards the person they like, or rather, the person who is suitable for them."

"Generally speaking, two situations will occur: either the person cannot resist the parasite, or they develop mental problems due to fear and resistance, which is called mental disorder."

"A kind of being who, when parasitized, calmly reaches an agreement with the other party, and even coexists harmoniously, just like Alluka."

"However, for normal Hunter x Hunter or adults, the initial reaction will be fear and resistance, so some problems may arise."

"Based on this characteristic, we can easily deduce why the Exploration Team was wiped out."

"A very small number of people are parasitized, and when others know they can make wishes, I believe very few will be able to resist their desires."

"Especially on the Dark Continent, in that perilous place."

She was making wishes on one hand, and constantly begging and pleading on the other.

At that time, in an exploration team of thousands of people, without any specific rules or information available.

Management problems suddenly surfaced.

There are countless people eager to make wishes, and someone might just wish to be sent directly away from this awful place.

All sorts of exaggerated wishes followed one after another.

The people behind them definitely won't be able to handle the pleading requests, so they'll just explode, dragging down a whole bunch of people in the process.

According to the rule of collective punishment, it's not necessarily the person you love most; someone you've spent a lot of time with could also be a target.

This then led to a chain reaction.

This is the result Kevin came up with based on the three pieces of information he currently has in mind.

He felt the probability was at least 80%.

"Was there any difference between making a wish and pleading?"

Melusina asked quietly from the side.

The main problem was that she genuinely couldn't see anything different; she couldn't even detect any fluctuations in the Qi.

Only at the very moment of healing does that gentle light become an expression of Qi.

"From what I just saw, the wish was manipulated by some kind of thought; from a human perspective, it might be Specialization Type."

There's no way to confirm this.

"Why does paying a price seem cruel? Because it's the quickest equivalent exchange. When making a pleading request, all sorts of emotions and desires arise, which is the fuel for making a wish."

Simply put, at least based on what Kevin just witnessed.

Making a wish is like transferring fuel from side to side, and Nanika, as the one who ignites and transfers it, might be able to take a small portion of it for food.

The reason he could feel it so clearly was because he could indeed feel emotions.

In Kevin's perception, emotions have a physical form; this is Nen ability he has possessed for a long time.

Therefore, he understood it very clearly.

Qi must have made a small wish beforehand, so when the nail was being removed, along with the removal of the nail...

In reality, it was a payment made after Zizor's own desires and emotions arose.

Anyone with the Nen ability to sense emotions can detect the differences slightly.

"But therapy is different. Therapy is about giving, so it's about giving what you have to the other person, which is why Nanika felt exhausted after therapy."

"Because the healing is something I give myself, the pleading and whining I ask for is exactly what I want."

It wasn't racial gentleness, but rather the gentleness of the individual, Nanika.

"Nanika was probably influenced by Alluka. As a parasite, and one who values emotions and desires so much, she would definitely be influenced by the individual she parasitizes."

"The human soul and spirit are so active that Nanika was naturally influenced by Alluka's preferences. After all, the other party may not have had any preferences or dislikes in the Dark Continent; it's a kind of wild survival."

"Or perhaps, during this process, he sensed Qi's love for his sister, an emotion he liked, and through Alluka's feedback, he felt a sense of reciprocity."

This is purely Kevin's speculation.

There's no way around it, because there's only one individual named Nanika right now.

The only reason for this line of thinking is based on the information displayed on the Information Chip.

This parasite is indeed affected by the presence of the host.

If the parasites are merely wild beasts from the Dark Continent, then they will naturally experience a rather wild life.

There were no significant fluctuations in mental or emotional desires.

At most, it's just about survival, mating, and such.

Human desires and emotions are so complex and changeable that it's difficult for them to remain unaffected.

For example, Little Wang.

Of all the Resentful Eater Snake, she was the one most willing to be close to Kevin.

In the Dark Continent, after only about a year of interaction, Little Wang clearly exhibited the same emotional changes as humans.

After entering Melusina's body and sneaking over, the changes became increasingly obvious.

You can even see the expression on this snake's face.

These Lord Level beings possess intelligence, but they are not necessarily weaker than humans.

There is no so-called civilization, and no corresponding environmental influence, so they simply become wild due to their survival needs.

Human influence, and the immediate changes brought about by intelligence, become very apparent.

Just as the Resentful Eater Snake is like this, so too is Nanika.

"Since Nanika listens to you so much, you can simply order him to stop fulfilling other people's wishes."

"Although this might go against his nature, if he really likes you like Alluka, the chances of him agreeing aren't low."

Actually, there's another piece of information Kevin didn't mention, but given the current situation, it's clearly not the right time to say it. It would be better to remind Qi later.

"I thought the same thing before, but I lacked confidence back then."

"Kiy," he said.