Targeted Tracking Technique X A Fellow Traveler Across Eras

This is the Republic of Padokea.

It is Kukuroo Mountain.

It's the Zoldyck Family's headquarters!

Come and go as you please... that's not fair!

"Pitter-patter~" Ripples appeared in the void, Maha's withered hands suddenly emitted a deep, eerie light. He tore forward with his bare hands... The void trembled, and in an instant, he forcefully ripped open a gash... Then, with a stern face, he plunged inside... Zeno, Silva, Illumi, and the others, whose expressions were not very good!

"Roy, I think you should have something to say."

"Buzz~" The opening closed, the void calmed, and Maha's figure disappeared. Silva, his face grim and serious, looked over, his gaze lingering for a moment on the wooden box held in the Sun-Earring Boy's hand... then,

Zeno, Illumi, Milluki, and even... the strange dog that Tsubone was holding in her arms again, its eyes half-open in bewilderment, looking on curiously... Roy felt a familiar, almost déjà vu emanating from the wooden box and frowned, saying, "I've only met it once, in an underwater ruin about three hundred nautical miles from the Yorbian..."

Roy briefly explained his experiences exploring the underwater ruins with Razor and the others, including their encounters with "capture" and "Anti-Conjuration techniques." Whether it was the "one-on-one battle in the distorted mirror image" or the final "Mysterious Skeleton" carrying an image membrane that swept the entire church into the void... it left the younger members, such as Illumi and Milluki, somewhat dumbfounded.

The Mysterious Skeleton's ability to vanish into the void... I've seen it before, just now, but...

Fighting King. Silva and Zeno exchanged a glance, keenly grasping the key point, and looked at each other in bewilderment... "Don't misunderstand, the one I killed was... Fake Ging," Roy noticed the strange looks on everyone's faces and added at the end.

But even so... "Fake Ging is still gold," Illumi glanced at him and said, "I heard that the authorities intend to include him in the list of 'One of the World's Top Five Nen user '."

"Hehehe... It's not 'included,' it's confirmed," Zeno glanced at Roy in surprise, then said Youyou, "The results are in, we're just waiting for the announcement."

This was something Netero told him during a casual conversation a few days ago.

If that's the case, being able to fight against the world's top five Nen user without being at a disadvantage, and even kill them... even if the opponent is a "mirror image" and not as strong as the original, but... Silva's tall figure stood with his back to the window, staring intently at Roy. The child's height was growing rapidly, almost reaching his nose, and he couldn't help but...

This stirred a sense of crisis within him!

"Ridiculous... utterly ridiculous... Silva has killed so many people, fought so many battles... he doesn't even know the meaning of 'crisis'..." The man twitched his nostrils, exhaling a long stream of air that instantly crushed the sense of "crisis" that had surfaced in his mind! "A year isn't long, but it's not short either... Silva, this old man will just wait and see..."

Maha's words still echoed in his ears when Silva straightened his back again and said, "Now is not the time to talk about those things. Finding out who they are from is the most important thing."

And right now, it seems... "we can only rely on Grandpa." Zeno sighed silently. He and Silva were both Transmutation, and compared to Maha, who could tear through the void with his bare hands, they were still... too inexperienced.

Roy remained silent.

He touched the wooden box that Xiangqi had given him and fell into deep thought.

After a moment, he said, "Perhaps I could try to go and see..."

As soon as he finished speaking, several more pairs of eyes turned to him. The Sun-Earring Boy frankly replied, "Of course, I don't have my great-grandfather's strength; I can only try a clever trick..."

"How do we retrieve it?" Illumi asked.

"Take it like this," a few fireflies bloomed, and Roy suddenly burst into dazzling golden light, seemingly merging with the myriad rays of light radiating from the window. In an instant, he [Photokinesis], merging into the light as the red sun rose in the east, wandering at the edge of time and space, disappearing in the blink of an eye, and reappearing beside Illumi, covering his head with his hand.

The Sun-Earring Boy smiled and said to the group, "I've mastered an ability that allows me to transform into a beam of light and travel through the void at any time. If my great-grandfather and the others hadn't fled too far or too fast, perhaps... we could have caught up."

Silva:""

Zeno:"

For a moment, he was speechless and choked with emotion.

He transformed into light, traversing the void. Judging from Illumi's stunned expression and Milluki look, it's clear that... it's easier said than done. Obviously, this isn't something Roy can easily fool with a mere excuse.

"Forget it." Zeno said, forcing himself to remain calm, "That level is not a battle we can participate in. Your great-grandfather said not to move, not because he didn't want to be a burden to him."

"It's rubbing..." Roy released Illumi, letting the Sun-Earring Boy sway Youyou for a moment, then leaned against the wall like him, disappearing into the shadows, and began to examine the wooden box. Gradually, that inexplicable sense of familiarity welled up in his heart again, growing stronger than ever. At a certain moment, Kalluto, unexpected cry of "Wah!" broke the silence of the corridor.

A thunderous boom seemed to explode in Roy's mind, urging him to step out of the shadows and stride towards Killua...

It's getting closer.

The Sun-Earring Boy looked at the baby in the swaddling clothes, finally seeing his full face, and said, "Let me hold him."

Tsubone, worried that he wouldn't know how to hold a child, glanced at Silva. The man, unsmiling, nodded. The old butler, her two pink ponytails swaying behind her head, carefully handed Qiliao over, saying, "Young Master, be careful, one hand supporting his head, the other supporting his bottom..." Roy gave a soft hum, and the moment his hands touched Killua's small body, relying on that strong Bloodline connection, he finally understood what that familiar feeling emanating from the wooden box was... It was cause and effect... It was a bond. It was also... Marking... A Nen Ability that could "Marking" others through "something," and then "track" them, even see what they were doing at that moment! That's right, a Nen Ability had been added to the surface texture of this wooden box!

[Arm Regeneration]!

Roy suddenly sprouted two more arms from under his armpits, holding Killua while fiddling with the wooden box. He was completely absorbed in this peculiar Nen Ability called [Marking], and unknowingly... the panel unfolded...

A corner of it was revealed.

[Notification... "Unknown Nen Ability detected"... [Monster Compendium] expanded... Tracing...]["Targeting Grass": Grass-type "Rare Beast"]

[Grade: A]

[Manifested Aura: A (7.84 million/10 million) Note: Based on Chimera Ant... Squadron Leader C, Three Royal Guards B, Meruem B+] [Potential Aura: S (14.25 million/100 million)]

[Innate Nen Ability: "Targeted Tracking": Like planting grass and reaping grass, or sowing beans and Targeting Grass " means that by planting a cause and effect, one can track objects in a targeted manner... The methods of planting cause and effect are not limited to a part of the target's body, such as fingernails, blood, skin tissue, etc.—"anything that can be seen." He is revered as the " Guiding Angel " and "A Monument in the Tracking World"...]

The panel notification sound echoed, startling Roy... He held Kalluto in his arms, maintaining that strange Bloodline Bond, constantly strengthening the causal relationship... His consciousness sank, glancing twice at the words "Guiding Angel," and for a fleeting moment, his memory overlapped with an item from a Blue Cat cartoon he had once watched...

[Hint: "Targeting Grass" Nen Ability extraction in progress...]

"Splash!" On Roy's Sea of Cognition, waves surged... Faintly, it seemed that, following the already opened "Gate of Demon Slayer," "Gate of Hokage," and the "Gate of Bleach" that had once shown a crack, another gate was vaguely emerging... It overflowed with a psychedelic, imaginative aura, marked with a cartoon blue cat, chubby, with a Bell around its neck, and most conspicuously, a pocket sewn onto its belly. It looked ordinary at first glance, but upon closer inspection...

It was like an endless abyss, with no end in sight...

"Nobita, Shizuka, it's Doraemon..." A distinctive accent faintly emerged... Roy snapped back to reality, "Gate of Cognition" flashed, and he was pulled out of the Cognitive World and back into reality. The panel's notification sound immediately rang in his ears again.

[Hint: "Targeting Grass" Nen Ability extraction complete...]

[Targeted Tracking has been extracted...]

At that moment, a stream of information rushed in... which Roy firmly grasped and stuffed into his mind.

From ignorance... to a smattering of understanding... to familiarity... to mastery... and finally... complete control...

Roy let out a soft sigh and handed the baby, Killua, to Illumi was walking over.

He pulled his arms under his ribs and looked down at his chest... Lines of cause and effect, some thick, some thin, some showing affectionate red, some revealing disgusting black, extended endlessly from his heart...

Roy's mind raced, and he casually flicked one of the streaks—the thickest and reddest—and traced it... At that end, it pointed directly to the Butler Villa, where Gotoh appeared, pushing a food cart towards them...

The young butler had grown a full beard, just like in the original story. He was more composed and experienced, and his strength had reached the level of an elite Chimera Ant squad leader, not far from that of Squadron Leader. It seemed that if he encountered Hisoka again, he wouldn't be killed.

"Gurgle, gurgle..." The wheels of the food cart rolled across the ground, making a soft sound.

Roy withdrew his gaze, flicked his hand, releasing the causal branch belonging to the Gotoh, and shifted his touch to the thicker, equally striking red branch. Looking up... he saw Illumi holding the strange dog.

The foolish little bean showed no reaction, unlike the [Heart Bug] which could be detected, thus demonstrating that the "Targeted Tracking" ability of [Rank A] monsters is even superior to that of the [Heart Bug]!

That's true... I'm just a lowly B- rank, how could I possibly contend with a monster with potential that's even in the S-rank tier?

"Boom!" [re: The Game of the Dead]... The image of an A-rank monster, Sky-Piercing Killer Bug, whose single sweeping tail possessed almost world-destroying power, was still vivid in Roy's mind... Roy a self-deprecating smile, then instantly switched to another "Thread of Causality" to track the scene...

There was his father, Silva; his grandfather Zeno; the always impeccably dressed Wing, who wore gold-rimmed glasses; his master, the old woman Biscuit; and Netero, the Beans, and other men and women he had seen before. Of course,

There are also those who present a "malicious darkness," such as Hisoka, Pariston, the Pig-headed General, and Archbishop Benjamin of Thunder, among others. A myriad of characters, some clear, some obscure, are presented, and so on.

While revealing Roy's past, it also allowed him to see and even grasp some of... his thoughts and directions regarding the future... "Where there is light, there is darkness... The sun doesn't always have a bright side; it also... casts shadows... revealing the filth and corruption of things..."

"Tick-tock... tick-tock..." Time flies like an arrow, slipping away unnoticed like water through one's fingers... One minute... two minutes... five minutes... ten minutes... Nearly fifteen minutes have passed since Maha left, and the atmosphere in the corridor has clearly shifted from initial calm to worry, and now to anxiety, gradually becoming uneasy.

"What time is it?" Silva asked again.

"Reporting to Master, fifteen minutes have passed since the Ancestor chased after them..."

"Fifteen minutes," Zeno glanced at Tsubone, frowned, and began pacing back and forth in the ancient Ancient Castle's weathered corridors, thick with the scent of time.

"Wah~" At this moment, Kalluto cried out, whether it was from hunger or soiling itself, it was unclear Tsubone took it back from Illumi's arms and carried it into the bedroom. "Creak~" The door opened and then slammed shut again...

Roy sensed Silva 'Zeno inner turmoil and Illumi's unease. He reached out and touched the Thread of Causality belonging to Maha, his Nen surging as he followed the end of the thread...

Amidst a turbulent spatial storm...

A skeleton, a Xiangqi, and an old man stood with their hands at their sides, not fighting, yet surprisingly peaceful, which was astonishing!

"I didn't expect you to catch up." The skeleton, leading the elephant, turned to look at Maha, and with a wave of his hand, dispersed a swirling current of void energy. "I also didn't expect to meet a fellow traveler here." Maha, radiating a deep purple glow, Nen Barrier, remaining unmoved by the void energy, and also turned to look at the skeleton...

The two then fell silent...

As the saying goes... the layman sees the spectacle, the expert sees the details... In a battle between masters, often just a glance is enough to discern the other's strengths and weaknesses, and "fellow travelers," as the name suggests, are people who have walked the same "path" before!

What kind of roads are these? Look at the maple leaves scattered across the sky, all stained with blood; the mighty river is filled with corpses floating on its banks—it's all just like that!

The skeleton gently stroked the Xiangmiao beside him, its head bowed as if lost in reminiscence. After a long while, it said, "Yes, so... you know, it's understandable that we old guys are excited and thrilled to see newcomers from the same path again..."

"I couldn't resist sending a small gift, and I hope you'll understand..."

"Lack of clarity is always worrying," Maha said calmly, hands behind his back. "After all, it concerns my grandson. I'll be coming looking for him, and I hope you can understand..."

A deep, ancient sigh, transmitted through Nen Telepathy, pierced the void and spread chaotically...

The skeleton understood Maha's meaning and explained, "It's just a friend's 'remains,' and seeing that you, young friend, have a connection to it, I simply gave it to you... If he dedicates himself to studying it, perhaps in three to five years... he'll gain something..."

"Remains? Are you referring to... Targeting Grass's innate Nen Ability?" Roy's thoughts raced, and suddenly he heard a sharp shout, "Who's spying?"