Hunter x Hunter: Starting with Sun Breathing
Chapter 268

Finally Reaching B-Rank, Raising the Sword to Question God

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[Hint: Skill points added]

[Name: Roy; Zoldyck]

[Constitution: 1257.8 → 2232.8 (Note: Average person is 1)]

[I. Manifested Aura: C+(90415/100000)→B--(670,000/million) (Note: The rating is based on Chimera Ant as a reference, with reference to Youpi: B(400,000/million))]

[In the Hokage world, referring to the "One-Tailed" Shukaku, Chakra reserves are approximately 50 kcal (Kakashi). The host's current Nen reserves are approximately 25 kcal, or 0.5 Shukaku.]

[II. Potential Aura: B1 (1874/million) → B (540,000/million) (Note: If using Youpi as a reference, refer to Youpi: B (400,000/million), which is still above Youpi)]

[In the Hokage world, referring to the "One-Tailed" Shukaku, Chakra reserves are approximately 50 kcal (Kakashi). The host's Potential Nen Capacity are approximately 100 kcal, or 2 Shukaku.]

[III. Transformation in Nen Ability Form: Iv3 (7845/10000) → Iv4 (12450/100000) (Note: Due to the surge in the host's Nen quantity, the Transformation in Nen form have slightly increased.)

[IV. Nen Ability Nature Transformation: Yang: Iv4 (43515/100000) → Iv4 (47541/100000) (Note: Due to the surge in the host's Nen quantity, the nature of Nen has slightly increased)

Yin: Iv3 (142/10000) → 1v3 (8974/10000) (Note: Thanks to the "Negative Emotions" given by "Muzan", "Kokushibo", "Nakime" and others, the host is only one step away from reaching LV4 and activating the "Mangekyō Sharingan")

Fire: Iv3(8741/10000) →Iv4(1540/100000)

Water: 1v3 (2487/10000) → 1v3 (3514/10000)

Wind: lv2 (547/1000) → lv3 (1547/10000)

Earth:1v3(240/10000)-→ Iv3(387/10000)

Rating: B-1 (Higher than Kite, but only one step behind Neferpitou, Youpi, Shaiapouf)

Evaluation: Above the top, below the peak (The host has grown from a green apple sapling into a tall apple tree laden with fruit) (Based on mental feedback... now possesses the strength to challenge Silva Zoldyck)

"Pop!" The light faded. The Blood Cocoon shattered. A brand new panel emerged with a brand new Roy's first step.

The Sun-Earring Boy was enveloped in a glow of Nen, and his once black hair had instantly faded, replaced by a silver coat that reached his waist. This sight stunned Maha, Zeno, Illumi, and the others who were watching intently!

He's taller, yes.

The muscle definition is becoming increasingly clear and defined, yes.

Its shape is so perfect that adding or subtracting even a fraction would be excessive; it is truly flawless.

Hair, no!

"Silver hair!"

no,

"Your hair..." Illumi shrank into the shadows, staring blankly at Roy. Before he could even utter a word, Roy had already caught his "thoughts"!

The Sun-Earring Boy's silver hair swayed in the wind as he lazily stretched. A circular motion shot out from his feet, instantly spreading outwards, covering the bedroom, the hallway, the first and second floors, sweeping past Silva, past the Tsubone Gotoh by the door, and in a flash enveloping the entire Zoldyck Family Ancient Castle... the range stretched to a radius of five hundred meters before finally stopping.

He bowed slightly to Maha and Zeno, saying, "Great-grandfather, grandfather, I'm sorry to have worried you."

With a lowered head, her silver hair cascaded down like mercury spilling onto the ground, bathed in Moonlight and shimmering with a soft, lustrous sheen under the lamplight, without a trace of black. A true transformation indeed!

Zeno, with his equally flamboyant white hair, stood with his hands behind his back, glancing furtively at Maha in front of him. The old man, hands in his pockets, stared at Roy silently, seemingly reminiscing, sighing, or worried. He frowned and said quietly, "Look at the Curse on the back of your hand."

Roy straightened up, stood barefoot on the floor, reached out and grabbed a pair of shorts, pulling them on.

Bare back, outstretched hand... What the naked eye can see is... the Curse of a clock counting down suddenly stops, and without a breath, it reverses course, heading straight from...

8 years, 7 months, 21 days, 21 hours, 34 minutes... rewinding... 8 years, 10 months, 21 days, 21 hours, 34 minutes... displaying a...

With Roy's strength greatly enhanced this time, his lifespan has undoubtedly been extended by three months.

Maha remained unfazed, narrowing his old eyes and saying in a deep voice, "As expected, Chi has never stopped paying attention to you."

Should I say it's... thanks to Grandpa Jager?

More than being the center of attention, Roy was concerned about what his grandfather, Jager, had done on the Dark Continent that caused [that person] to take his anger out on him and keep chasing after him!

"Grandpa means that Roy's Transformation this time also couldn't escape the other party's perception?" Zeno frowned.

On Roy's hand, the Curse that had regressed three months prior began to tick again, like a clock, "Tick-tock, tick-tock..." Maha murmured, "Hard to say."

After he finished speaking, the three people in the room, including Illumi, fell silent.

However, as the saying goes, "Where there's a will, there's a way," and "The water will straighten itself when it reaches the bridge." A moment later, Roy clenched his fist, crushing the air in his palm, and narrowed his eyes, saying, "The more Chi pays attention, the more anxious he is, and the less likely he is to cross Lake Mobius in his true form and descend upon Bato."

"But his Believer can." Zeno stood with his hands behind his back, a glint of murderous intent flashing deep in his eyes. "Those people from the [True God Cult] are all lunatics, and you..."

Zeno glanced at Roy and said, "You're already on their 'heretic' list!"

What is "heresy"? Those who apostatize, those who do not believe in God, those who are rejected by God... all are heretics!

Roy remembered Guzman, who was always seemingly unkillable and always managed to escape using a [Substitute Doll].

Thinking back to that couple we watched in Meteor City,

Recalling Zeno's earlier mention of a certain fruit farmer who, posing as a bishop, successfully infiltrated the [True] Divine Sect,

All of this... should raise serious concerns!

"Then kill them all!" Illumi seemed to finally snap out of his daze.

The Sun-Earring Boy, clutching the [God Spear Wood Nail], watched Roy's striking silver hair cascade down his back and calmly said...

Roy chuckled and everyone chimed in, "Then kill them all!"

"Dare to reach out and I'll chop off your hand; dare to kick and I'll stomp your leg." Roy looked up through the window at the dark night, the moon setting in the west, the sun disappearing below the horizon, poised to rise again. He proclaimed, "One day, I will stand before him and ask him myself, sword in hand... I will ask him!"

"Whoosh~" [Circle] dissipated, and the surge of Nen returned to Roy's body.

With this extra training, the Sun-Earring Boy could no longer contain his growth and grew another five centimeters taller. Now, standing in the bedroom, he was taller than everyone else present.

Maha listened quietly, watching and feeling the Sun-Earring Boy spirit and unbridled energy. As his thoughts surged, he heard his beloved wife Betty say, "Maha, the child looks just like Jager."

With a flick of his foot, his figure vanished into the graveyard, and he left the room, disappearing on his own...

"You're all grown up now, you have your own ideas. This old man will just watch. I'll see the day you stand before the pond..."

The curtains moved Youyou.

Maha has disappeared.

Roy responded softly, "Yes."

Then he felt a warmth on his shoulder, and looking down, he saw a pleased-looking Zeno.

The old man said nothing, yet it was as if he had said everything. He gently patted his shoulder, then disappeared into the shadows, following Maha as he went away...

It was exactly four in the morning. After all that fuss, the clock in the corner struck the hour again.

Roy watched Zeno leave, instantly catching his footsteps. Then, looking at Illumi, remembering the Sun-Earring Boy's earlier frenzied and murderous rage, he said gently, "Go back to sleep."

Illumi looked at him silently, not immediately lifting his foot, and asked, "How strong are you now?"

Roy felt the continuous flow of Nen within his body... His bones moved, and he could easily draw out the Sword Bone that served as a weapon. His Blood Qi was abundant, brimming with vitality... His organs functioned well, powerful and efficient, each fulfilling its function, even capable of backup. He shook his head and said, "I don't know either. Perhaps..." The Sun-Earring Boy looked up at the Kukuroo Mountain, which resembled a great dragon lying dormant on the earth, and took a breath, saying, "We'll have to try to know."

With a single step, Roy instantly Photokinesis, and in the blink of an eye, he appeared in the corridor outside the door, beginning his morning run.

"I don't know. Can I really have a day when I don't know?" Illumi felt a blur before his eyes, and when he turned his head again, Roy was already far away. He lowered his eyes, leaned against the wall, remained silent for a moment, then turned and chased after him...

"Luta... Luta..." Two figures, one tall and one short, one with silver hair and the other with black hair, one tall and the other slightly slender, swept across the corridor, past the dimly lit room and Zeno massaging Maha's shoulders and back, and filed out of the Ancient Castle gate...

In the second-floor bedroom, in front of the huge round floor-to-ceiling window...

A man with silver hair, no less striking than Roy's, cradled Qiliao with a few silver hairs on its forehead in his arms. He looked down from his vantage point, watching Roy and Illumi flee the Ancient Castle and head straight for the foot of the mountain... A strong anticipation flickered within the seriousness of his sharp, eagle-like eyes. Grandpa said he would watch... Silva's gaze swept across the mountains; he wanted to see too.

soon,

Roy led Illumi down the mountain path, listening to the gentle breeze whispering in their ears and inhaling the fresh, earthy fragrance. One Queen, like two bolts of lightning, they darted down... Not far away, they saw Kurapika, as always, waiting at the end of the path, one hand gripping Kurajing! "Pila!" Speed was at its peak... Roy didn't stop, brushing past the girl's shoulder. The breeze he stirred lifted her golden ponytail, and then... yes, Illumi, too, flashed past her, his feet moving with "Shadow Step."

"Young Master?" Kurajing was taken aback at the cemetery.

Roy's dazzling silver hair shimmered in the Moonlight... Kurajing, barely managing to catch a glimpse of familiarity in his silhouette. Her cane slipped from her hand, rolling to the side and picking up a few specks of dew-dampened mud. "Silver hair... How did Young Master get silver hair too?" Not only was Kurajing bewildered, but Mike, who had encountered Roy on the road, was also stunned, Zee, who was guarding the gate at the foot of the mountain.

The balding middle-aged man saw Roy running towards him with Illumi. He was about to take off his hat and call out, "Master," but before he could finish the word "Master," he swallowed it back down!

Good heavens... what did he see? A young Silva!

No... wait, is it the Young Master with dyed hair?

No... that's not right, Young Master... how did you suddenly grow so tall?

They greeted each other yesterday morning, how come he's a completely different person overnight?

Thoughts were jumbled and chaotic. Zee stood frozen at the doorway, feeling as if he were still in the dead of winter, utterly chilled by the cold, even though it was the hottest time of year. After the creaking mountain path, he reached the mountain gate.

Roy arrived at the Testing Gate just in time, looking up at the seven gates that exuded the aura of age, telling a story of weathered history. Then he heard Illumi arrive shortly behind him, reaching out a hand and placing it on the gate...

Just then, Illumi's surprised voice came from behind. "You don't use your hands?"

Did Father use it?

"No."

"Then why should I use it?"

A disciple need not be inferior to his master, nor a master necessarily superior to his disciple. Roy turned and smiled at Illumi, "Dare to dream, Illumi. Only by daring to dream can you have the chance to become stronger."

And this is precisely the essence of "thought"—relying on the Force of 'I Think So' "!

Having said that, Roy ignored the stunned Illumi, mustered his strength, and surged it into his palm, uttering a soft shout, "Open!"

"Rumble, rumble~" One fan, two fans, three fans... five fans, six fans, until...

The seven Testing Gate, each weighing 256 tons, suddenly opened wide!

Beside him, Zee, his mouth agape in disbelief. His legs gave way, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud!

"It's open... Young Master Roy has pushed open the Testing Gate... Young Master Roy has pushed open the Testing Gate..." Youyou, excited shout drifted away on the mountain breeze...

In the second-floor bedroom, the person whose gaze had been relentlessly fixed on the Sun-Earring Boy grinned, a rare occurrence for them.

"Hehehe... hahaha..." Silva's eyes gleamed, and he burst into loud laughter that shook the rooftops!

On the first floor, Zeno, who was massaging Maha's back, glanced at him through the walls and said with a sigh, "Grandpa, you heard it too. I guess... even Silva himself didn't expect this day to come so soon."

You figured it out?

"Me neither," Zeno admitted frankly. "I not only didn't expect it to be so fast, but I also didn't expect Roy to break through the Bloodline restrictions on his own and successfully revert to his ancestral form. It's truly unexpected..."

"Squeak..." Maha listened to the cartoon, rocking silently in his rocking chair.

Unexpected... He killed a god, seized his Divinity, and inherited his Faith; this was to be expected... a stroke of luck... Maha recalled the Sun-Earring Boy jokingly telling him when he woke up in the middle of the night, "It's just killing a god,"

This is not a delusion, nor is it a false god, but a real God worshipped and revered by Believer, regarded as a totem! It should not be underestimated, despised, or even doubted!

"You can't believe it, that's why you're weak," Maha shrugged, letting Zeno reach his lower back as much as possible, and hummed comfortably. "A return to ancestral traits isn't enough. Didn't you hear what that kid said? He wants to challenge the gods with his sword, to be above the gods!"

"So,"

"Silver hair won't be his final destination..."

Zeno:"

A moment of silence followed.

He looked up into the deep darkness, his gaze soaring over the Kukuroo Mountain to its foot. There, he saw the Testing Gate fully open, with the Sun-Earring Boy at its center, draped in a thin veil of Moonlight Banner, a beauty that shone forth for the first time in his life...

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