Removing Nen from the living and removing Post-Mortem Nen...
The difficulty between the two was worlds apart.
This was also the fundamental reason why Arieser's Exorcism was so painful and difficult.
One had to know—
Among all the Nen Exorcists in the world, fewer than ten possessed the ability to remove "Post-Mortem Nen."
Arieser was one of them, but due to the Restriction of "Appetite of the Anorexic," the stronger the Nen he had to remove, the more agonizing and painful the Exorcism process became.
That alone showed how terrifying this Post-Mortem Nen was.
And yet...
The Post-Mortem Nen that he had to expend untold energy and endure unbearable pain to remove had been effortlessly eliminated by the boy before him.
Yes.
This was not a dream at all!
Arieser could feel it...
The Post-Mortem Nen he had devoured into his body vanished before he even had the chance to digest it.
That meant the boy's method of Exorcism was so powerful that... even the Post-Mortem Nen isolated outside could be eradicated along with it.
"How is that possible? No, impossible! The principle of equivalent exchange... is absolute. It is absolute truth!"
"With such a powerful method of removal, I wouldn't find it strange even if it cost one's life on the spot!"
"But you... how exactly did you do it?!"
"You merely touched the target, yet you removed Post-Mortem Nen of that level!!!"
After his shock subsided, Arieser lowered his head. A crazed expression appeared on his zombie-like face as he stood there muttering to himself without pause.
"Can a Nen Exorcist really reach such a realm...?!"
He suddenly looked at Moyu, as though he were asking Moyu, yet also asking himself.
The sensory impact of having his understanding overturned in such a short time was simply too intense...
So intense that even after witnessing it with his own eyes, he could only try to convince himself with the excuse that it was unbelievable.
"I'm not a Nen Exorcist."
Moyu's following reply left Arieser frozen on the spot.
Not a Nen Exorcist?
Was this some kind of joke?
He had clearly displayed Exorcism methods so powerful they were nearly perfect, yet his answer was, "I'm not a Nen Exorcist"?
Was he treating me like an idiot?!
Arieser's head felt as though it had been stuffed with mud, making his thoughts painfully slow.
If he had been the person he was before becoming a Nen Exorcist, his pride would have made him vent his anger without restraint.
However, after having walked far down the path of a Nen Exorcist, he had developed a pathological admiration for the strong deep within his heart.
His status was lofty and his Exorcism methods were powerful, so he viewed everyone as insignificant.
But if someone else possessed greater status, fame, or strength than him, he was willing to lower himself to the ground, even bury himself beneath it.
"You... really have a sense of humor."
Arieser seemed to have forgotten Moyu's age and lowered his posture considerably.
He wanted to know. He desperately, crazily wanted to know how Moyu had done it.
As long as he could obtain the "answer"...
Perhaps he, too, might have a chance to touch that "realm."
"I really am not a Nen Exorcist."
Thinking of the pain Arieser had endured while performing Exorcism on Hawk earlier, Moyu patiently gave him the same reply once more.
But that was also his final answer.
By nature, he truly was not a Nen Exorcist, and he did not know whether he would be able to obtain another "Exorcism opportunity" in the future.
Of course, there was one point that could not be denied.
His Soul Echo possessed extremely high plasticity, so it had the room and potential to transform into an Exorcism-type ability.
But after the Nen battle with Ian, it was absolutely impossible for his Soul Echo to develop in the direction of Exorcism.
Unless his Nen Capacity became so vast that he could spend it however he pleased.
After giving his reply, Moyu ignored Arieser's reaction and instead shook the dazed Hawk awake.
Even Arieser, a Nen Exorcist, had been so shocked. Needless to say, Hawk, who had inexplicably escaped the mire, was even more stunned.
The ultimate problem that had trapped him in a mire for over ten years—
Had been so easily solved by his own son?
This development was far too dreamlike.
Hawk's mind crashed completely. No matter how Moyu shook him, he would not wake up.
"Hey, Hawk, wake up. Something happened outside."
Moyu grabbed Hawk by the collar and shook him back and forth with all his strength, but Hawk seemed as though his soul had left his body, showing no reaction whatsoever.
"Smack."
Seeing Hawk like this, Moyu acted according to the urgency of the situation and slapped him across the face.
Hawk jolted, and a distinct handprint swiftly appeared on his cheek.
Moyu had literally slapped him awake.
"Moyu, how did you..."
"Don't ask. I don't have time to explain. Come outside with me now."
Moyu directly cut off Hawk's question as he strode toward the main doors.
"Hm? What happened?"
Hawk's brain clearly had not fully started functioning again. He looked at Moyu's back with confusion.
Moyu turned to look at Hawk.
"Enemies have arrived outside. There are four Nen Ability users in total, and Cheadle is fighting them."
Explaining the cause and effect, as well as the current situation in the forest, would have taken around five hundred words.
With every second counting, Moyu condensed the information while retaining his judgment that the enemies might be the Qinglin Squad.
But even if Moyu had not mentioned the Qinglin Squad, Hawk naturally thought of them the moment he heard "enemies" and "Nen Ability users."
Damn it...
Did they have a location-tracking Nen Ability?
Hawk's expression changed.
Moyu noticed the change in Hawk's expression.
Why had the Qinglin Squad taken no substantive action for thirteen years, only to suddenly find them tonight...
Moyu had his suspicions, but he did not show them.
"Keep up."
Leaving those words behind, Moyu ran out of the main hall without looking back.
"Uh..."
Hawk stared blankly at Moyu's retreating figure. His emotions were complicated, yet he also felt an indescribable sense of relief.
Elena, our son...
The fact that he could be so much like you... was truly wonderful.
Hawk steadied his emotions, then looked back at Arieser, who stood motionless like a statue. Without saying anything, he pushed off the ground and dashed through the main hall's doors, following Moyu.
Within the mountain forest.
Nen light shone brilliantly, pouring down upon the ground.
"Boom, boom—!"
The surging, powerful force smashed one crater after another into the ground.
"Damn it, she's as slippery as a loach..."
Sivir rose to her feet, retracting her fist wrapped around the knuckles of her fingers as she glared viciously at Cheadle, who held the Medical Ledger.
"My speed should be faster than hers, shouldn't it? Was that just an illusion?"
"It wasn't an illusion."
After his viciously angled slash missed, Ken refuted Sivir's judgment in a certain tone. He said calmly, "If I'm not mistaken, her ability doesn't enhance her eyesight, but her powers of observation..."
"?"
Sivir tilted her head toward Ken, her face openly displaying complete confusion.
"..."
Ken's mouth twitched. Helplessly, he said, "We're both Enhancers, so why do I feel like you don't have any ability to think at all?"
As he spoke,
he looked at Cheadle and smiled as he posed a question.
"Why aren't you counterattacking? You've clearly had plenty of opportunities."
"That question... I can answer it."
Facing Ken's interrogation, Cheadle broke from her usual behavior.
"Oh?"
Ken habitually narrowed his eyes.
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