Sun in the Heart × The Voice of All Things (4.4K)

"You're getting old, Netero."

The world ultimately belongs to the young.

"The Hunter Association needs fresh blood, and the Dark Continent also needs brave and ambitious young people."

"We old folks can't shrink back just because we're afraid of dying or bringing Calamity to humanity, otherwise..."

"Isn't this just like those self-proclaimed superior beings of the Middle Kingdom mocked us back then... saying we were nothing but a bunch of frogs in a well, shallow and laughable?"

The door creaked in the wind...

Through the crack in the door, the departing figure of the Sun-Earring Boy could no longer be seen.

Netero recalled his visit to Linne a few days ago and the heart-to-heart talk he had with him; his once withered and dormant heart gradually stirred again...

After a long pause, he sighed softly, "Jager was right."

People thrive when they move, just as trees die when they are moved. Since we know that the "Upper Realm" (Dark Continent) is wonderful, we cannot hesitate to move forward because of worry or fear.

"Beans... pack up, let's go."

"Yes."

After Roy left, the cabin was completely empty.

The Sun-Earring Boy left the Zevil Island, retraced his steps, passed through the long passageway, and appeared before Gotoh and Kurajing.

"Young Master, where's Little Gold?" The girl immediately glanced at the top of Roy's head.

Roy had a sudden thought, and "Gah!" the Golden Crow spread its wings and crawled out from under Roy's skull, almost suffocating him.

Gotoh glared at Kurajing; the girl's ambition to become a butler was clearly unacceptable.

A qualified butler, especially in a large family like the Zoldyck, must always prioritize the Young Master's safety. When has a "Nen Beast" ever been allowed to take the Young Master's place?

The young butler adjusted his glasses, looked Roy up and down, and asked with concern, "Young Master, are you alright?"

"It's nothing." Aside from using the "Zanka no Tachi," my "energy" was a bit depleted.

The shockwave from the "Ghost-Head Spider" explosion was quickly dispelled by his own [Absolute] technique, which sealed off his "Nen Qi" and completely eradicated it.

He then waved his hand and said, "Let's go."

After taking the elevator back to my hotel, I immediately pulled out my "Hunter License," found a computer, and logged onto the "Hunter Website."

As the Hunter Association's most private and comprehensive official website, it also serves as an information exchange hub.

As long as you can afford enough money, you can get information of "equivalent value"... Of course, the "Hunter Website" is not omnipotent. Most of the information is provided by its own Hunter, so some "secret" or "oversights" are normal.

In the original story, Gon and Killua once searched for Ging's whereabouts through the "Hunter Website".

ID: XXXXXXXXX... Already logged in...

Roy opened the official website and typed a line of text directly into the search bar --

"Anti-Conjuration".

He never forgot his promise to his father Tanjuro, to cure his illness.

Currently, there are treatment options for Consumption; what's lacking is how to materialize the drugs into the "Cognitive World" through "Anti-Conjuration" methods.

"Slippery...

The cursor rotates, displaying "Loading...".

After about ten seconds, a pop-up appeared... displaying "No records."

Roy was slightly disappointed.

Most "Conjuration" users transform their "Nen Ability" into "physical objects" through "imagination" to aid them in battle or provide support... It seems no one has ever used "reverse thinking" to consider... Could they transform "physical objects" into "Nen" to replenish their own energy, or simply eliminate the "physical object" as an enemy?

The Hunter is not a past life, so there is no such thing as the "law of conservation of mass," and "Nen," as a form of "Life Energy," is not equivalent to "mass."

Has no one really thought about this question?

With a furrowed brow, Roy didn't give up. He simply posted a thread on the forum below the "Hunter Website" and attached the bounty of "1 billion Jeni".

A hefty bounty is offered for Nen user in using "Anti-Conjuration" techniques...

He paused, then added a small line of text at the end... or "Magic Beast," "Rare Beast," "Phantom Beast."

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Note: Anyone providing reliable information will be immediately paid 100 million Jeni upon verification. Deadline: One year.

Even if we consider Tanjuro's lifespan to be only two years, not for his sake, but even for Roy's own sake... if we could have another means to further enhance our strength, that would be good.

"Whoosh~" Two seconds later, the post was published.

Roy sent Gotoh to book a plane ticket home, and the young butler, worried that Kurajing wouldn't be able to serve the Young Master well on her own, simply took her along as well.

Roy was left alone. He took Little Gold back to his room and began absorbing the "Life Energy" he had gained from the battle with Botobai.

[Hint: "Constitution" +31]

[Current "Constitution": 172.8 → 203.8 (Note: Average person's constitution is 1)]

"Hoo~" A familiar sharp pain struck. Beside the waist-high mirror, Roy ducked into the bathroom. Having undergone another transformation, he looked at his new self in the mirror, then glanced at the back of his hand again...

The "Curse" froze at "9 years, 9 months, 8 days, 19 hours, 54 minutes, and 13 seconds," lingering for "5" seconds... before resuming the countdown...

In other words, my "physical condition" increased by 31 points, and I lived for an extra "5" seconds.

Roy was both amused and exasperated, unsure whether to be happy or worried. After calming himself down, he turned on the shower and began washing away the dead skin and grime clinging to his skin.

Hunter Calendar, Spring 1987.

Less than three months have passed since Gon and Qi were born.

A few months ago, a ship appeared on an unnamed island southeast of the Yorbian.

The ship dropped anchor and lowered its gangway.

A young man helped a heavily pregnant woman down the aisle, followed by several companions, and landed on this little-known island.

The moment the young man stepped ashore, he immediately named the place "Greed Island"!

He excitedly told his heavily pregnant wife, "I'm going to turn the whole island into a giant 'playground' for my child." (Note: This book rejects the theory that "Gon was born naturally by Ginger through the ' Pregnancy Stone,'" and instead leans towards the idea that Gon's mother came from the "Dark Continent," fell into the "Secret Realm," and that's how she met Ginger.)

The woman nodded expressionlessly, like a puppet on a string, following the man's lead, showing no interest in anything.

When did it start?

Perhaps it all begins when the woman awakens from the ruins and learns that this is merely Lake Center Island in the middle of Lake Mobius, which is then under her control!

"Etan, could you please keep Vivian?"

"List, Elena, Dwun, come with me..."

The young man temporarily entrusted his heavily pregnant wife to one of his female companions and, along with his other partners, began to build Greed Island. Soon, they would face two real-world problems.

Part 1: How to convert the "cards" in the Book of Cards into "Nen Ability", and how to put away the "Book of Cards".

Second, after Greed Island is completed, a powerful Nen user will be needed to help "keep things in order" after he leaves.

The latter young man already had a "preferred candidate," having previously set his sights on a powerful "criminal."

As for the former... the main point is how to exchange "physical cards" for "Nian" through "Anti-Conjuration" methods.

There are currently no specific ideas or directions.

That day, one of the young man's companions, Elena, approached him... "Jin, I just tried logging onto the Hunter Website and found that besides us, other people are also searching for the technique of ' Anti-Conjuration '..."

The young man was sitting cross-legged on a rock fishing when he glanced at me unexpectedly. "Who's there?"

"The other party did not leave their name, but only offered a reward of one billion."

"I just used my Nen Ability [Master of the Situation] to pinpoint his number," Elena said, a clear blue screen appearing before her. "He's the only new Hunter to pass the Hunter Exam this term, and his name is..."

Roy Zoldyck!

"Is it that Zoldyck?"

"It's that Zoldyck!"

The young man smiled, reached out and pulled up a large yellow croaker that was three meters long, just the right amount to nourish Vivian's body.

"Interesting. Remember to let him know if you hear anything."

He didn't care about the billion-dollar Jeni, but... the world's number one assassin family... Jin tossed the large yellow croaker ashore, his curiosity piqued, and was quite eager to see what it was all about...

"Okay." Elena silently made a mental note of it and turned to leave.

As evening fell, the setting sun cast long, brilliant rays of light, casting the girl's shadow long and thin.

Under the same sky, beneath the same sunset... On Greed Island, countless nautical miles away from Doli Island, Gotoh, with Kurajing, booked plane tickets and returned to the inn. Knocking on the door, she immediately noticed...

The Sun-Earring Boy, shirtless and with his hands behind his back, stood straight in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, admiring the neon lights of Zaban City gradually illuminating.

"Young Master, we'll be flying directly to Bato tomorrow morning at eight o'clock. There's no need for transfers, and we expect to arrive home in about a day and a half."

"Home," but unfortunately not Kurajing's home. The girl looked somewhat uneasy. Although she often referred to herself as the butler of the Zoldyck family, when it came time to "go back," she was still unsure whether she could pass the Zoldyck family's butler test.

But for the sake of the Kurta Clan, Kurajing couldn't care less about anything else. The feeling of being close to one's "homeland" is tinged with trepidation, and everyone reacts differently.

Roy gave a soft "hmm" to indicate that he understood, and then told Gotoh and Kurajing to go and rest.

I turned on the bedside lamp as night fell.

Sitting cross-legged on the bed, I opened Jager's notebook, turned to the page on [circles], and began to read it carefully.

Advanced applications of "Nen Ability"... [Condensation][Concealment][Circle][Circumference][Hard][Flow], I have already mastered [Condensation][Circle] and [Hard], the rest...

[Hidden] is an advanced application of [Absolute], and [Hard] is an application combining [Entangle], [Absolute], [Refine], [Send], and [Condense]. It is relatively complex to learn, and its difficulty increases exponentially compared to [Week] and [Firm]...

As for [Flow], it is a masterpiece that combines all the advanced applications of Nen Ability, and its difficulty is even greater than [Hard].

Roy, of course, wouldn't be overly ambitious, thinking of running before he could walk. He planned to take advantage of the momentum he had just gained from learning [firmness] to first learn [circle], which is also formed by combining [entanglement] and [practice].

[Circle]: Defined as a technique that expands a thought to a radius of at least 2 meters centered on oneself, and can be maintained for more than 1 minute.

Its scope varies depending on each person's skill level.

It is worth noting that "circle" itself does not represent the level of an individual's Nen Ability. There will be some subtle differences due to the different understandings and needs of each person regarding "circle".

For example, Nobunaga's circle has a radius of only four meters, which is incomparable to Zeno's circle, which has a coverage range of three hundred meters.

However, Nobunaga's [En] possesses a quality unmatched by Zeno, Neferpitou, Shaiapouf, and others. He can maintain a fighting stance while keeping [En] in place. Therefore... the reason his [En] is only four meters long is because his arms plus his sword are only four meters long in total.

Within a four-meter radius, nothing is immune to his attacks!

[Release [Training], and infuse [Entanglement] into the spreading [Nen Qi].

If you only want to expand your monitoring range, then increase the air volume...

If we want to add some "characteristics" to the [circle], we must sacrifice some "range" and use the "Visualization object" as a base to construct our own unique "characteristics"...

How to choose? Should we prioritize "range" or "characteristics" that come at the cost of sacrificing range?

Roy thought of Neferpitou's [En], which, once released, could not only last for several months but could even be used to manipulate puppets to fight Morel... He also thought of Shaiapouf, who could use [En] as a base to emit scale powder to hypnotize opponents, and even use [En] to capture opponents' "emotional states" and analyze their abilities... Gradually, an idea formed in his mind.

He wants "scope," and he wants "characteristics" too!

"Capacity" determines "scope". Putting aside the Amplification that "Life Energy" brings to one's physique, even the small amount of physique that "Sun Breathing" provides each day... whether Roy likes it or not, it will push him to become stronger.

Therefore, "tolerance" is not the problem at all.

That leaves only "features".

How can we extract the characteristics of a circle from a Visualization object?

Roy flipped through his notes. Jager hadn't said it explicitly, but obviously... because everyone's understanding of "thought" was different, and the "object of Visualization" was also different, he could only feel his way across the river and figure it out on his own.

The Sun-Earring Boy closed his notebook, turned his head to look out the window, and saw that the night view of Zaban City was beautiful.

The streets were bustling with traffic and flashing neon lights... Every fifty meters, a streetlamp stood, its light radiating a spherical halo, like the sun, casting soft, gentle rays of light...

"Gentle and subtle, silent... gentle and subtle, silent..." Roy suddenly paused, repeating it to himself several times, and two suns ignited in his dark pupils!

Gentle and silent... nourishing all things silently... spring rain silently soaks into everything, and sunlight, even finer than spring rain, should penetrate even deeper and more thoroughly...

How "deep" is it?

"Deeply" into the other person's heart!

"Buzz..."

Roy smiled, opened his arms, and let the "Nen Qi" silently spread out in a "sphere".

In the blink of an eye, it enveloped the entire hotel.

Then... many "different" sounds were heard.

The receptionist, who was handling the check-in process, forced a smile and apologized despite being harassed by a guest, while secretly cursing the guest as an idiot.

A young couple on the first floor were in the heat of their passion, but the man was powerless and clearly unable to perform. He was hesitating about whether to take some pills...

The neighbor, Gotoh, was packing her things, wondering whether she should call home.

Further away, the girl studied diligently by lamplight, cramming on the knowledge points related to "Nen," while also hesitating whether to call her younger brother Kurapika before boarding the plane to report back...

Each whispered message resonated deeply within Roy's ears...

At one moment, the Sun-Earring Boy's gaze sharpened...

In the heart of a young boy with vacant eyes, he saw "himself".

"Who?" Illumi was putting on makeup in front of the mirror, disguised as Roy, admiring himself closely. Suddenly, he was jolted and stood up abruptly!

He immediately pulled out his "Nen Needle" and scanned the surroundings... but... the spying came quickly and went quickly too.

Like spring rain, it falls silently to the ground and melts away...