The Gray World

A powerful, ominous aura hung over Shivadani City.

The Eye of Vision, wrapped in a vast black aura, plunged straight toward Shivadani City from above.

The next moment.

Countless fine strands of Nen, thin as fungal filaments, shot out from the black aura and spread in every direction.

Anyone looking up from below might have thought the sky had split into countless hairline cracks.

Nen users throughout Shivadani City sensed the sudden, ominous aura.

They rushed outside as fast as they could.

They appeared on streets, balconies, and rooftops.

"What... is that thing?!"

The city's Nen users stared up at the black aura descending in branching, threadlike strands. Their expressions shook, and their eyes trembled.

At that moment.

No one knew what the Eye of Vision was, much less where the black aura had come from.

But as it descended, every Nen user went on full alert.

Protected by Nen, they might have had no reason to fear the black aura itself.

Even so, the way it seemed poised to engulf the entire city set their hearts pounding.

By contrast.

The steady stream of people on the streets, and those inside the malls and office towers...

Had no idea the black Nen was about to descend upon them.

On the roof of the Hunter Association Building.

Pariston, dressed in a bright gold suit, looked up at the falling black Nen.

Faced with its ominous aura, he kept his sunny smile, seemingly unworried by any danger it might pose.

"I've always wondered where the biggest 'puzzle piece' was. So this is the 'picture' it makes..."

Pariston's eyes remained as dark and fathomless as an abyss.

Though he was always smiling, his true feelings stayed hidden at the bottom of that abyss.

"I have a feeling something very fun is about to