When Ponzu saw Odin come out of the shower, she asked, "You said that Greed Island really costs tens of billions?"
"The console itself isn't worth that," Odin said. "But someone is willing to pay that much."
"Who?"
"A wealthy man named Battera," Odin said. "His lover has a terminal illness, and he heard there was something in Greed Island that could cure her. He's been buying up consoles, offering higher and higher prices."
Ponzu frowned. "Something that can cure illnesses? Made with a Nen Ability?"
"Right," Odin said. "Several Nen users created the game together. Most of the things inside are enhanced with Nen Abilities."
Ponzu fell silent for a few seconds. "Then what are you going in there to find?"
Odin thought for a moment. "Something that can make me stronger."
"Stronger?" Ponzu looked at him. "Aren't you strong enough already?"
"No," Odin said. "This world is huge. There are things I still can't handle."
Ponzu asked no more questions.
What else could she do? She could only work harder.
Ponzu turned and went back into the bedroom, then sat on the bed and picked up the Illustrated Guide to Rare Insects, leafing through it.
She wanted to find an insect that could make her stronger.
Odin dried his hair and returned to the bedroom as well, settling onto the bed.
The room grew quiet. Only the rustle of Ponzu turning pages and the faint street noise outside the window remained.
Odin took the fragment he had bought earlier out of his backpack and held it up to the light.
The fragment hadn't changed. Its surface had fine, dense markings and a blackish color.
He tried sensing it with Nen, but felt nothing.
"Still studying that?" Ponzu looked up at him.
"Yeah," Odin said. "I just feel like