Elasticity X Adhesion

The analysis panel flickered in and out of view.

As Hisoka's fingertip occasionally brushed across the skin of his neck, Baishi concentrated intently and used his last Advent Emulation without hesitation before Hisoka's finger moved away!

[Advent Emulation! Bungee Gum!]

Even though he would no longer be able to use analysis once his Advent Emulation count was gone!

But despite doing everything he could to avoid it, he had still been singled out for that pervert Hisoka's attention.

Baishi, who was usually mild-tempered, etched the flaying-like killing intent he had just felt and Hisoka's dangerous words deep into his memory.

Tap, tap, tap!

Watching Hisoka walk away to catch fish, Baishi's expression turned icy. He stamped hard, and with a burst of Nen Aura around him, he shot backward into the jungle like an arrow, disappearing from sight.

Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish!

Having previously used Advent Emulation on a [Purple] Talisman, Baishi knew just how terrifying the amount of Nen Aura it drained would be. After rushing into the forest, he raced off in another direction without slowing down.

At last, a torrent of information condensed into an illusory pinkish-purple octagonal Talisman before the wheel in his consciousness. Baishi abruptly stopped, concealed himself beside several enormous trees, and closed all the Aura Nodes in his body, cutting off his entire presence!

[! Solidifying the Nen Ability Talisman requires a large amount of Nen Aura... passively draining Nen Aura...]

Ssss-

In an instant, the familiar sensation of being drained descended once more.

This time, however, Baishi's Aura channels had already been widened and stabilized once before. Instead of the unbearable agony he had suffered last time, he felt only a persistent, swelling ache.

It seemed that the increase in his Aura quantity had caused the amount drained to rise during the rapid extraction.

Could my [Potential Aura] increase too?

The forced drain spontaneously produced a forced [Zetsu]. Baishi, who was maintaining [Zetsu], was momentarily at a loss for words. He could only close his eyes and sense what he could learn from this perfect [Zetsu].

He did not know how much time passed.

By the time nearly three-quarters of his [Potential Aura] had been drained, the Talisman seed formed through Advent Emulation had solidified!

It's finally over...

Feeling as though he had been hollowed out, Baishi did not conjure the wheel immediately. Instead, he kept his eyes closed and used [Zetsu] to quickly recover the Nen Aura he had lost.

Gurgle, gurgle~

Before he knew it, his stomach growled with hunger, the result of consuming too much Vitality, Aura, and spirit and leaving his body short on energy.

Come to think of it, I've been here so long and haven't eaten a bite...

Once his Nen Aura had recovered by more than half, Baishi opened his eyes and rubbed his stomach. He reached into his pocket out of habit, intending to take out his phone and check the time, only to find it empty.

Was my phone knocked away back then?

Baishi tried to recall the process of transmigrating, but all he remembered was everything going black. Finding the hunger somewhat hard to bear, he could only shake his head and head back toward the river.

As he ran, he opened all the Aura Nodes in his body, wrapping himself in Nen Aura, then gathered it to conjure the Talisman Wheel.

He quickly fed Nen Aura into the sockets on the back of the wheel, removed [Talisman - Bungee Gum], and swapped it with [Dynamic Simulation] on the front.

Hum, hum, hum!

All three Talismans on the front activated.

The transparent, black-purple, and pinkish-purple Nen Aura intertwined around Baishi instantly transformed into a deep purple Nen Aura.

Seeing this, Baishi willed a strand of deep purple Nen Aura to shoot out silently like transparent rubber. It struck a thick tree several meters away and stuck fast to it with its gum-like properties.

Contract!

Under Baishi's mental control, the rubbery Nen Aura stuck to the tree several meters away abruptly contracted, and the recoil yanked his body through the air.

Whoosh!

With a faint rush of air, Baishi was about to crash into the giant tree when he immediately controlled the taut, retracting Nen gum and relaxed its elasticity. Although inertia kept him flying toward the tree, his control over the distance and timing was enough for him to shoot rubbery Nen Aura at another target in advance.

Then, like Spider-Man, Baishi rapidly approached the river by switching between attachment points on his left and right, swinging and launching himself forward.

During the process, with the help of [Extensive Knowledge and Strong Memory] rapidly analyzing and integrating what he learned, going from clumsy to proficient did not take much effort.

[Talisman - Bungee Gum proficiency +1 +1 +1 +1...]

[Ding! Bungee Gum proficiency increased to proficient: Aura x1]

Swish! Huh-

While launching himself forward with practiced ease, Baishi caught sight of the Black Iron panel information projected by the wheel stuck to the back of his right hand, as it remained wrapped in Nen Aura. He could not help letting out a small sound of surprise.

Earlier, while practicing with the Talisman and rapidly launching himself forward, he had found that the wheel was extremely cumbersome no matter how small he made it. After noticing the rubbery Nen Aura, an idea had struck him, and he had simply used the Nen gum's stickiness to attach the wheel directly to the back of his hand.

That way, he did not have to worry about it leaving his body and disappearing, taking the Talisman abilities with it. It also freed up both hands, allowing him to use the Talisman abilities more flexibly.

At a critical moment, he could also enlarge it for a makeshift defense.

The only drawback was that it required a constant output of Nen Aura. With Baishi's currently limited reserves, he could not sustain it for long.

Thus, as soon as Baishi caught a glimpse of [Aura x1] on the panel, he landed beside the forest along the river and dismissed the several strands of rubbery Nen Aura he had fired ahead. He quickly browsed his information on the wheel's panel on the back of his hand.

Looking at my own information shouldn't use an Advent Emulation count, right?

Before long, Baishi brought up his own analysis panel and let out a slight sigh of relief.

Clearly, although the loss of his Advent Emulation count meant he could no longer analyze other targets and use Advent Emulation on them, he could still view his own information as the wheel's master.

[Talisman Wheel (Conjuration)]

[Quality: Black Iron]

[Host: Baishi]

[Restriction - Digitized Attributes: Vitality: 7 / Aura: 200~300 / Spirit: 8]

[Restriction - Advent Emulation Talisman: Scarlet Eyes (Purple / beginner 1%), Bungee Gum (Purple / proficient 5%), Needle-Person Control (Purple / proficient 13%), Dynamic Simulation (Blue / proficient 15%), Extensive Knowledge and Strong Memory (Green / proficient 31%)]

[Restriction - Advent Emulation Count: None]

[Restriction - Wheel Primary Socket (3/3): Needle-Person Control, Bungee Gum, Extensive Knowledge and Strong Memory]

[Restriction - Wheel Secondary Socket (1/32): Scarlet Eyes, Dynamic Simulation]

[Restriction - Mandatory Main Quest: Retrieve the Lost Talisman (0/12)]

[Restriction - Temporary Weighting Task: 1 (details)]

Huh?

Wasn't my Aura 150 before?

A flicker of surprise crossed Baishi's eyes. He immediately used [Extensive Knowledge and Strong Memory] to rapidly analyze and integrate the changes that had occurred during that time.

The most likely explanation was that his Aura channels had widened a little more during Advent Emulation, increasing his [Potential Aura] by fifty. The additional hundred after that had undoubtedly come from [Aura x1].

In other words, under normal circumstances, [Aura x1] added one hundred points of [Aura], putting it on a completely different numerical scale from [Vitality and Spirit].

Then how much Aura did Gon and the others start with when they awakened?

Was my initial hundred standard, or was it the lowest...

Baishi could not help recalling what Hisoka had said earlier. To that guy, his amount of Nen Aura seemed hardly worth noticing?

Could my aptitude be especially poor?!

At the thought, Baishi's mouth twitched. He shook his head, walked out of the jungle, and looked toward the river.

Uh...

Where is he?