"Roy Zoldyck..."
"[Spiritual Morphine] Guzman..." Roy located Guzman's position through the [Targeted Tracking Technique]. This time, he canceled all other perspectives, focusing his Nen entirely on locking onto the green-haired boy.
This time, he finally saw it clearly...
The so-called [Scapegoat Doll] was actually a thick [Thread of Karma] piercing straight through Guzman's skull into the void, its end leading to an unknown destination... Following this thread of karma, Roy's pupils suddenly trembled. In the instant his gaze was about to fly out of Lake Mobius, his consciousness, following his line of sight, snapped with a sharp crack.
In the unseen depths, Roy seemed to see a river, encircling the entire continent like the World Serpent. It not only blocked a certain prying gaze from the Dark Continent but also seemed to... simultaneously protect Lake Mobius from infringement, faintly warning him... Danger!
In a trance, Roy faintly understood something. He looked down at Guzman, narrowing his eyes. "So you come from that continent."
As his words fell, the private soldiers, including the old commander Grant, and even... Benjamin Hui Guo Rou on the throne, suddenly focused their gazes, shooting sharp looks at Guzman.
With his origins exposed, the green-haired boy simply stopped pretending. He clasped his hands together and silently chanted, "Truth above..."
He straightened his back and said in a deep voice, "That's right."
"I am the most devout and humble servant of the Great Creator of Truth, the source of all conjuration. I have descended to this lower realm by divine decree to purge heretics. Among them..."
"Is you."
"And all the Zoldycks behind you!"
*Uproar!*
Guzman's sudden confession was undoubtedly like dropping a heavy bomb into a tranquil pool!
With a boom, it made the scalps of old commander Grant and the others tingle... As Benjamin Hui Guo Rou's personal guards, existences ready to die for him at any moment to fuel his Nen ability, they keenly caught the mention of "that continent" in Roy and Guzman's exchange!
What was "that continent"? It could only be the Dark Continent! It was also the very continent their King and Prince expected Beyond to lead the entire Kakin nation to ascend to!
Wasn't the Black Whale currently being constructed under day-and-night supervision right by the pier adjacent to the royal palace?
Grant and the others looked at Guzman in shock and bewilderment, their minds recalling the intelligence they had gathered regarding the [Church of Truth]. Some strange points... seemed to make sense now, even... matching up perfectly.
Grant then quietly glanced at Benjamin Hui Guo Rou.
The First Prince of the Kakin Empire was only surprised for a split second before returning to his usual calm, majestic demeanor, as if he had foreseen everything and found nothing strange about it.
However, when he withdrew his gaze from Guzman, he shot a sideways glance at Roy and said, "This is not your home, Roy Zoldyck."
Benjamin Hui Guo Rou narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "You come and go as you please without even a word of greeting. Aren't you... taking yourself a bit too seriously?"
Benjamin Hui Guo Rou... Roy looked down from above at this First Prince, recalling the various descriptions of him from the original work. Compared to the Second Prince's "insanity," the Third Prince's "shrewdness," and the Fourth Prince's "pure evil"... this man kept his true depths hidden. Just by sitting there, he was an army, a nation, and even... a world unto himself.
The invisible aura radiating from him was as domineering as Silva's, yet it possessed a trace of kingly majesty that Silva lacked.
Clearly, the Nen ability [Those Who Inherit the Stars] could simultaneously encompass the aura capacity and abilities of fourteen private soldiers, invisibly granting him immense confidence.
With another glance, Roy noticed the peculiar "Nen Beast" resembling a fly squatting behind him. As Roy's aura surged, he heard Xiao Jin's call. It belonged to the same "status" as the [Feichuo's Parrot] Ging had summoned when they first met...
Roy clasped his hands together and silently chanted a holy title, "Praise the Sun! Please understand, Your Highness, no matter how vast the world, sunlight can reach anywhere..."
The boy said sincerely, "The fact that I appeared here is not my fault. The fault lies with the sun, the fault lies with the sunlight..."
"Hehehe..." Benjamin Hui Guo Rou's fingers, which had been tapping the armrest, suddenly stopped. He let out a rare laugh, a laugh as muffled as thunder, exploding in the void. Accompanying it was the kingly aura flowing within his body, violently vibrating!
"The Sun?" Benjamin Hui Guo Rou's imposing manner rose steadily. He stared into Roy's eyes and said, "Are you sure?"
Two suns cannot share the sky. For thousands of years, ever since the world had life and thought was born, there has been, and only ever will be... one sun!
'This guy, Roy Zoldyck, couldn't have used the [Sun] as his [Visualization] object to condense his [Ren], could he?' Old commander Grant instantly realized something, looking up at Roy in shock alongside Benjamin.
To the side, Guzman lowered his eyelids, his demonic eyes overflowing with murderous intent. He suddenly thought of Zigg Zoldyck. Truly... birds of a feather flock together. They were all arrogant lunatics whose ambitions were so massive that even gods would be alarmed and wary!
All eyes converged, instantly shifting from Guzman to the midair...
Roy remained expressionless. He gave Benjamin a faint look, two suns igniting in his pupils as he spoke leisurely, "There is nothing to be sure about."
The boy's silver hair cascaded like the Milky Way, with a few strands at the ends faintly revealing a dazzling gold. He reached out to pinch a wisp of moonlight and said lightly, "Throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one. I am the sun, and the sun is me, regardless of the past, present, or future!"
*Boom!* A thunderclap in the dead of night... Guzman abruptly looked up, glaring dangerously at Roy, and shouted loudly to Benjamin Hui Guo Rou, "Your Highness saw it, right? He said it himself!"
"The source of a Nen user's power comes from the mind. If he dares to say this, it proves that this is exactly what he thinks!"
Old commander Grant and the other private soldiers stood in front of Benjamin Hui Guo Rou, their expressions ugly.
To them, the only sun in the world could and must be Benjamin. Otherwise, there would be no meaning to their existence as private soldiers selected by [Those Who Inherit the Stars], ready to die and manifest at any moment.
In a word, if you are the sun, then what are we "stars" supposed to be?!
The palace was dead silent at this moment.
As Guzman's words fell, Benjamin Hui Guo Rou put away his lazy demeanor and suddenly reached out to swipe at the sky.
A pure and massive torrent of aura abruptly rushed toward Roy. However...
Before the aura stream could get close, Roy, having investigated the source of the [Scapegoat Doll] and marked Guzman with the [Targeted Tracking Technique], immediately withdrew his Nen. His line of sight subsequently retracted from the Kakin Empire.
*Bang!* The eyes disappeared. The aura stream lost its target and crashed straight into the palace roof, instantly blasting a large hole in it, revealing the bright moon high in the sky, eternal and everlasting...
Old commander Grant and the private soldiers exchanged sighs, then quietly glanced at Benjamin Hui Guo Rou and Guzman...
The First Prince of the Kakin Empire and the divine servant projected to the lower realm by the [God] specifically to purge Roy, both looked up at the deep night and the ethereal moonlight... and fell into a collective silence...
*Dong...* Late at night, the Big Ben at the dome of the pale church chimed, reminding Roy that the night had officially entered its latter half.
The boy forced his thoughts back from the scenes he had just witnessed in the Kakin Empire and various other corners. With another glance, he looked toward... Chrollo, Uvogin, Nobunaga, Pakunoda, and Sarasa, who were walking out from the garbage piles outside the courtyard, and finally Shalnark, who had failed to hold Chrollo back in a moment of inattention.
The corners of his mouth curled up. Holding the scripture, he smiled warmly at them and said, "Praise the Sun. Why have you come?"
"For power." Chrollo placed his right hand over his chest and bowed solemnly.
"Damn it, he beat me to it!" Uvogin was the second to jump out, patting his chest as he said, "Father, me too! I want to train with you and defeat Kastro!"
Nobunaga and Pakunoda, one next to Uvogin and the other next to Chrollo, bowed to Roy... To the side, Sarasa boldly slapped Shalnark on the back. "What are you spacing out for?"
She stepped forward and bowed as well...
Roy's clone, [Taiyi], nodded in gratification. His empty hand shimmered with specks of fluorescent light as he reached into the moonlight, directly pulling out the Ama-no-Murakumo Sword and lightly tapping each of their shoulders twice...
The panel prompted...
Finally, it was Sarasa... [Faith Power +20]
Roy was slightly taken aback. He took a deep look at the little girl with two golden pigtails swaying behind her. In the original work... it was her death that completely set the Spiders on the path of darkness. The karma involved in this was incredibly deep!
"Rise, all of you. Stay here for the night, and we will begin training first thing tomorrow morning." As Roy's gaze shifted, he coldly swept a glance over the various spies hiding in the shadows, peeping. When he spoke again, he spat out a single word lightly: "Scram!"
*Tap, tap, tap...* The sound of chaotic footsteps arose as they fled in panic. In the end,
Only [Fake Nobility] Berus remained in the adjacent block, holding binoculars. Through the lenses, he made eye contact with Roy. His body uncontrollably stiffened, freezing in front of the window like a stone statue, unable to recover his senses for a long time...
"Boss," a trusted subordinate tentatively asked at this moment. "What do we do next?"
Berus remained silent. After a long while, he let out a faint, long sigh. "We do nothing, and there is nothing we can do."
Ultimately, they were too slow to make contact... And this one slow step was like triggering a domino effect; every subsequent step, even every single move, would be slowed down as a result...
The only silver lining in this misfortune was... at least Chrollo and the others had entered the church.
After a moment, Berus sat back at his desk, lit a cigar, and amidst the hazy smoke, quietly began to console himself...
*Rustle...* At this moment, the night breeze blew, making the curtains rustle.
As Chrollo and the others followed Roy into the church,
The mottled church doors creaked shut.
Republic of Padokea, Kukuroo Mountain, Zoldyck Family Estate.
Roy deactivated [Shared Vision] and returned to his bedroom. Tsubone's figure was no longer in front of him.
*Rumble...* The old butler had finished her report, packed up the dishes that very night, and pushed the dining cart downstairs...
Like Gotoh, before going to bed, she checked the progress of the clothes the tailor was making for Roy. Passing by the third floor of the butler's villa, she suddenly saw a golden high ponytail in the corridor by the window, struggling to do squats.
Tsubone paused her steps. As she walked again, she walked over as if compelled by some unseen force.
"It's so late, why aren't you sleeping yet?" With two pink pigtails draped behind her head, Tsubone's burly physique was no less imposing than a gorilla's. She suddenly appeared behind Kurajing, her head almost touching the corridor ceiling. Her shadow cast down, nearly enveloping Kurajing entirely!
The girl was focused, and was suddenly startled by the unexpected greeting.
Propping up her sore calves, she stood up. Looking back and seeing it was Tsubone, she quickly bowed and said, "Good evening, Head Butler."
The girl straightened her back again, wiped the sweat from her forehead, panted, and said, "I'll train a little longer before I sleep."
"Why?" Tsubone suddenly asked.
Kurajing was taken aback and subconsciously blurted out, "What... why?"
The old butler looked down at her from above, staring deeply. "Why are you working so hard?"
"Isn't everyone working hard?"
"That's not a reason." Tsubone's old eyes, covered in the vicissitudes of life, seemed to be able to see into the girl's depths. "You've already become a full-fledged butler, no longer an apprentice. There's no reason to work this hard anymore. Besides... the other apprentice butlers aren't working as hard as you are now."
Being an apprentice butler for the Zoldyck family was undoubtedly the most grueling job in the world.
Tsubone had seen people collapse from exhaustion, become paralyzed from fatigue, break down crying and run away from the Zoldycks, and even... fall ill from overwork. Yet, she was seeing... a girl, a girl brought home by the young master, gritting her teeth and persevering. Moreover,
Even after becoming a full-fledged butler, she showed no signs of stopping.
She looked at her deeply.
Kurajing's golden hair swayed in the wind. She lowered her eyelids, remained silent for a good while, and whispered, "Because I don't want to be left behind."
The girl counted on her fingers. "Head Butler Gotoh aside, he's been following the young master since childhood. Kastro, the second one to come up the mountain, didn't become a butler much earlier than I did, but now I hear he's also following the young master."
Kurajing bit her lower lip and looked up, staring firmly at Tsubone, and said decisively, "I want to follow the young master too, even if... it's just for one day."
Hearing this, Tsubone was momentarily dazed. Looking down at Kurajing, it was faintly like seeing her past self, still a little Tsubone, following behind Zigg all day long. It took her a long while to recover her senses. She looked at Kurajing faintly and said:
"I thought you were doing it for your tribe."
"At first, it was for the tribe. Now," Kurajing raised her fist and puffed out her chest, "doing it for the young master is doing it for the tribe!"
"I believe the young master,"
"Won't leave me behind!"
Tsubone: "..."
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