Only I Am Supreme

"What can the system do to save Pitou?" Meruem asked desperately, like a patient grasping at any cure, watching Pitou's egg shrink smaller and smaller. Perhaps in a few more seconds, Pitou would vanish before his eyes.

"Yes, but this system does not recommend that the host use it!" After a brief second of silence, the cold electronic voice replied.

"Stop talking nonsense. I order you to use it immediately! Afterward, take me and my subordinates out of this world! Any world is fine, as long as it can make me stronger! Hurry!" Hearing that there was a way, Meruem could no longer worry about anything else. Yoma had put too much pressure on him. Staying even one second longer could get him killed.

"Life Binding! The host will share his own lifespan!" Pitou's egg finally stopped shrinking, but in exchange, Meruem's body began to gradually shrink. Good. Trading my time for Pitou's survival was worth it!

Meruem's body also began to gradually disappear.

"Damn it, little brother, don't think you can escape!" Yoma's expression turned anxious. As a sealed God of Time, he had no means of dealing with this sort of spatial ability. He had originally intended to slowly pry the treasure's use out of him, but now it seemed he could only kill him first!

"Hey, Yoma! Take one of my attacks too!" Meruem pointed his left hand at the earth and his right hand at the sky. When Pitou had died for him, Meruem had thought of many things. He had also comprehended many things. This was a technique Meruem had realized in that brief instant.

"Above and below heaven, only I am supreme! Within the eight wilds and six directions, only I am supreme!"

It was a martial path that belonged entirely to Meruem himself: above and below heaven, only I am supreme! Within the eight wilds and six directions, only I am supreme!! If Netero's martial core was benevolence, Jed's was hatred, and Beyond's was offense, then this strongest technique had been created by incorporating the essence of Netero's 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva Zero—Above and Below Heaven, Only I Am Supreme! Within the Eight Wilds and Six Directions, Only I Am Supreme!

Then Meruem's martial core was domination! The kingly path! When a commoner's fury rose, blood spilled within five steps. When an emperor's fury rose, a million corpses fell! This was Meruem's path. Whoever touched his family, he would slaughter their whole family! Yes, Meruem had long regarded Pitou as family, even as a lover.

He simply had never admitted it. Was this love? No, it was not love. It was merely a feeling of liking someone. That had always been the answer Meruem got whenever he asked himself. Until just now, when he finally understood.

This was love.

"You dare touch the one I love! I will kill, kill, kill, kill!" A gigantic image of Meruem himself manifested behind him! Blood-red color dyed half the sky crimson. Like Meruem's true body, the manifested figure pointed one hand at the earth and the other at the sky.

"This technique! Damn it! Spatial Teleportation! Illusory Space!" At that moment, Yoma sensed danger. If Meruem's technique struck him, he would likely be severely injured! Perhaps even—dead. He could no longer care about any treasure. Preserving his life came first. He hastily unleashed the two strongest techniques available to him and fled far away, hoping to escape this disaster. Unfortunately, he was still struck once by Meruem's attack at the very last moment before leaving.

"Even if you run to the ends of the earth, I will drag you out! Saint Seiya: The Lost Canvas? Yoma, the next time we meet, I'll make sure you die without a burial ground!" After his body had shrunk to that of a seven- or eight-year-old child, Meruem muttered as he looked in the direction Yoma had vanished. At the same time, every surviving Chimera Ant received Meruem's message that he would soon lead them out of this world.

Without exception, all of them requested to leave. Countless Chimera Ants had been killed or wounded in the previous battle. Of course, humanity had paid an enormous price as well. Countless Nen masters had been buried forever within the royal palace of the East Gorteau Republic.

Several days later, every nation reported on the incident.

Afterward, the various nations began a harsh crackdown on the Divine Cult. With the god they worshipped gone and the Divine Cult's experts having almost all left this world, the Divine Cult was greatly weakened for a time and eventually became a completely underground organization.

Meanwhile, on a farm in a certain country, Digo, the former president of the East Gorteau Republic, spent the thirtieth year of his farming and reading life.

Where was this? The air smelled wonderful, completely different from the Hunter World. The air was filled with some kind of energy. Had the crossing succeeded?

My body feels so heavy. I have no strength. I can't even open my eyes. Is this a side effect of crossing worlds? Probably not. It must be because I overextended myself using Only I Am Supreme. Given my condition at the time, using that technique had still been too much.

Soon afterward, the greenish-skinned young boy fell unconscious again.

Land of Fire, Konoha Village

"Have you heard? Shisui the Teleporter, the greatest genius of the Uchiha Clan, was assassinated in the village. They say even his eyes were gouged out."

"No way. I heard Shisui was already the strongest genius of the Uchiha Clan. Even Hokage-sama praised him as an expert. How could he possibly be assassinated? Was it a ninja from another country?"

"I'll tell you quietly. I heard it from my son's wife's uncle's cousin's sister. He's from the Uchiha Clan. They say Uchiha Shisui's death is connected to the Uchiha clan head's son, Uchiha Itachi."

"You mean that genius Itachi? Why would he do such a thing?"

"Who knows? Maybe jealousy.

Midnight, an荒 mountain outside the Uchiha Clan settlement in Konoha Village

"Brother Shisui too... Brother Shisui, who was so kind to me too..." A little loli around eight or nine years old, with long black hair, walked forward while wiping away her tears. A five-petaled white plum blossom hair ornament was pinned to the left side of her head. The fan pattern on the back of her clothes showed that she belonged to the Uchiha Clan.

"Now I don't have a single family member or friend left... Am I really someone who brings misfortune? Brother Shisui was the only one in the clan who could talk to me, but even he... Yet I still haven't awakened my eyes. I'm such trash. Dad, Mom, what should I do?" The little loli shut her eyes tightly and clutched the red amulet before her chest. On it was the character "Protection," sewn in golden thread. Tears dripped down her cheeks and pattered onto the ground.

"Ah!" Since the little loli had been walking with her eyes mostly closed, she failed to see the path ahead and tripped over something. At that moment, the owls on the荒 mountain gave several perfectly timed hoots, making the silent hill seem somewhat eerie. It had quite the atmosphere of a horror movie.

The little loli suddenly remembered the scary stories the clan members had told while bullying her. Her whole body curled up as she trembled. If someone had come over to comfort her right then, they would definitely have gained a great deal of favorability! At least a thirty percent increase. But no one did.

"Be strong, be strong! Dad and Mom are watching me from heaven!" The little loli kept encouraging herself and finally found the courage to climb to her feet. Her face still bore tear stains from crying earlier, and after rubbing against the ground, her little face looked utterly dirty. Still, those bright eyes were exceptionally captivating.

"Huh? It's soft?" The little loli found the thing she had tripped over very strange, so curiosity made her lean over for a closer look. There lay a little boy whose clothes were obviously far too big for him and tattered beyond repair, yet whose features were remarkably delicate.

"Who is he? Why is he here? He isn't dead, is he? Why is his skin a little green?" The little loli was at a loss. Question after question kept popping into her adorable little head.

However, the rise and fall of the little boy's chest told her that he was alive.

"What should I do? Should I report this to the clan head? But if I do, this child will definitely be executed by the clan head and the others for trespassing into clan territory." Even more questions immediately surfaced.

"Ugh..." Just then, the little boy gave a pained groan, and his tightly furrowed brows drew the little loli's attention once more.

"He feels a lot like me." At last, the little loli made a decision that might earn her punishment again, one she did not even know was right or wrong. Save him and bring him home. She did not know why she would make such a crazy decision, one that would certainly get her punished if the clan found out. Her instincts told her she should do it.

"So heavy." Gritting her teeth, the little loli put one of the little boy's arms over her shoulder. His head rested against her other shoulder, and she supported his entire body with all her strength. Barely managing to help him up, she slowly made her way toward her home, one step at a time.

The little boy leaned against the little loli's shoulder, his nose pressed tightly against her neck. The faint scent from her body kept drifting into his nostrils.

This scent... smells so nice. Such a thought surfaced in the unconscious little boy's mind.

This had been an ordinary peaceful day in Konoha Village, but this night would not be peaceful. Perhaps this world changed because of this night.

"W-water." After an unknown amount of time, Meruem felt that much of his strength and mental energy had returned. He was no longer so weak that he lacked even the strength to open his eyes, though the burning feeling in his throat remained terribly uncomfortable. He called out instinctively, though he did not actually expect anyone to give him water.

Yet something unexpected happened. Before long, his lips truly became moist, and water slowly flowed into his throat.

"Where is this?" Meruem instinctively opened his eyes and discovered that he was not lying on some荒 mountain, in a forest, or on a patch of grass as he had imagined. He was inside a house. Judging from its appearance and furnishings, it even seemed to be a girl's room.

At that moment, Meruem also noticed the cup by his mouth, as well as the little girl beside him who was holding it and feeding him water.

PS: The Hunter x Hunter arc has temporarily ended.

PS2: The Ant King is too strong. How could this be played without finding something to limit him? And FJ never said what the Dark Continent is really like, right? The Dark Continent arc has already leaned somewhat toward Junji Ito's art style, so it should be fine for Chama to cross over too, right? Meruem's physical strength is very strong, but there is still nothing he can do against law-based techniques involving time. But that is only temporary! He'll settle the score with Chama later, so don't worry.

PS3: Naruto has the highest popularity, so the Naruto arc is starting first. Originally, I had not planned to end the Hunter x Hunter arc this way. My initial plan was the Nura Rihan arc, but Naruto is more popular, after all.

PS4: As always, please vote! (づ￣3￣)づ Muah!