A large crowd had gathered, a rare sight in the dim attic of Jagg Zoldyck's home.
Like bats returning to their cave, they silently stared at the things before them.
"This is the All-Curing Herb."
"This is the Alchemy Plant Metallion."
"This is the Manless Stone."
Gelman had brought three kinds of "hope."
The All-Curing Herb and the Alchemy Plant Metallion were both submerged in special solutions to keep them from withering.
The Manless Stone, meanwhile, lay in specially prepared powder to keep it dry.
Jagg, who had lost his left hand and right leg and was confined to a wheelchair, laughed, revealing the few teeth he had left.
"It seems you've done it again. There's a good reason Isaac Netero trusts you so much."
Maha walked around the transparent container holding the All-Curing Herb, his hands behind his back.
His bald head was covered in wrinkles, but they had softened slightly. Smiling warmly, he looked like a kind old man.
"Previously, Netero brought back only processed All-Curing Herb Injections or medicinal powder. This is my first time seeing the real thing."
"I never expected a plant that looks so ordinary to have such powerful healing properties."
Zeno's silver hair was still thick enough to stand straight up toward the ceiling. He gently rubbed his shrimp-claw-shaped beard, his attention fixed on the Alchemy Plant Metallion.
"A treasure alchemists can only dream of, yet never obtain... Gelman, I heard it lets Nen users escape the restrictions of their types. Is that true?"
"That's not quite accurate." Gelman stood to one side in a black robe, looking like a vampire earl in a castle.
"Our Nen abilities still have to follow the restrictions of our types. The difference is that, with the help of an enchanted tool, we can use Transmutation abilities