The Protagonist Halo Stripped Away, Cause and Effect Rewritten!

Beyond Dolle Harbor, the dark sea stretched endlessly beneath heavy, lead-gray clouds. Towering waves that had roared through the gale and countless icy raindrops flying through the air...

At that moment, a terrifying, sacred power of space forcibly locked them all in place. They hung motionless ten thousand meters above the sea. The enormous storm-tossed sailing ship tilted at forty-five degrees, held fast.

It was fixed upon a sea as smooth and still as a mirror. The entire dark world fell into absolute, oppressive silence. High above, on the Golden Chariot,

Tobirama Uchiha stepped out in a white dragon robe trimmed with gold. His boots came down upon steps formed in frozen, empty space. With every step,

golden light spread through the void, sending out ripples. Amid the arrested storm, he resembled a supreme God-Emperor descending from the heavens to gaze upon mortals. He walked down the golden stairway without haste.

The gale around him faded into nothing. The cold seawater could not touch him. He descended slowly and landed on the ship's wooden deck.

Arima Kishou followed solemnly behind the God Emperor, dressed in white sacred armor patterned with dragons and gripping the Judgment Holy Spear in both hands. Golden light pulsed along its length. His expression was stern. ...

Across the deck, every elite investigator, every ordinary sailor, and every arrogant veteran examinee went blank the instant Arima Kishou landed.

They stood utterly petrified. Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa, cheeks flushed and eyes brimming with tears, knelt meekly beside Tobirama's spotless leather shoes. Meanwhile,

the three aspiring hunters, who had been eager to prove themselves in the Hunter Exam, now knelt helplessly on the slippery wooden deck, drenched in sweat and pain.

Leorio clutched his briefcase with hands slick with cold sweat. Kurapika pressed his forehead hard against