A sip of black tea down his throat, Netero watched Roy forcibly hypnotize the phantom wolf, then launched a move with the Divine Spear, wielding the Crescent Moon. Utilizing the spatial elasticity, he instantly elongated the blade, stabbing it towards the fake Ging, even piercing a tiny hole through the deep-sea turtle shell shrouding him...
Another move unseen during the Hunter Exam...
Netero remarked with emotion, "If an ordinary person can do one thing well in their lifetime, their life is not lived in vain."
"But geniuses... often excel in many areas, understanding one thing fully, achieving things that ordinary people, even in ten lifetimes, may not accomplish, or perhaps..."
"Achievments!"
Therefore... geniuses cannot be judged by common sense...
The Mamen Beans took the cup of tea Netero handed over, topping it up for the old man, his gaze sweeping across... Whether it was the images of Ging, Roy, or the person next to him, it was the same.
Especially the glasses-wearing boy who wanted to learn from them; from the perspective of the Mamen Beans who have judged people over the years, those who learn from geniuses often fall into confusion, damaging their own identity as a "human," ultimately leading to a life of insignificance and a hasty end.
"Is that so... What is this feeling of dissatisfaction?"
The battle between Roy and the fake Ging was still vivid before him... Master Biscuit's gaze fell upon him... His ears echoed with the timely and kindly advice of his grand master... Wing lowered his head, hiding the unwillingness in his eyes, quietly clenching his fist, silent and speechless...
Netero divided his attention to glance at the boy, saying nothing, while watching... Roy engaging in an ever-escalating battle with the fake Ging, with only a sigh remaining in his heart... Recognizing reality and attempting reconciliation with oneself is also an extremely difficult task in life.
Perhaps, only in death... when time smoothes everything out, can one find true release.
Beyond's face involuntarily reflected in his mind, wasn't the ungrateful son also someone who couldn't discern reality?
Silence... was the Hunter Association today.
In the western sea of the Yurubian Continent, 10,000 meters underwater, inside that ruins cathedral.
After several exchanges, the fight between Roy and Ging became more intense and enjoyable... After using up nearly ten percent of his sense, finally, with one strike, taking advantage of the opening while the fake Ging was directing the deep-sea turtle to block the Divine Spear...
Luminous sparks flickered from his lips, manifesting the third sword... Eclipse...
Clenching his teeth, Roy executed a move Ko · Zanka no Tachi, lightly passing by the slumbering phantom wolf... The white-tailed, fiercely formidable phantom wolf couldn't even utter a scream before being instantly vaporized by the surging high temperature...
Like a chalk drawing erased by a board eraser...
Panel Prompt....
["Nenryoku" +10.....]
[Reminder: "Gate of Cognition" strengthened, only... 5 points left to open the second gate....]
"Whoosh~"
The black Zanka no Tachi raised a cluster of starlight wind...
Roy paused,
Hearing the prompt, it was different this time, no longer the innate telekinesis of the phantom wolf,
The boy with Eclipse between his teeth, flipped back two swords, slashing, shooting down two Nen Bullets stolen by fake Ging from Razor, his thoughts flickered... realizing in a flash....
He had walked into a misunderstanding!
In the "Demon Encyclopedia," the "object" recognized, whether it be the phantom wolf, the deep-sea turtle, or… Ging ahead, were all fake... merely illusions manifested by the manipulator using their own "Nenryoku".
Unlike Grandpa Jager using re: Game of the Deceased, creating a game of his own based on the real Dark Continent... ultimately pointed to... the choreographer's "Nenryoku" itself....
And that person, knowing the "void and reality", is clearly from the Conjuration category, either being Lykan, or a Nen user of the Conjuration category in close relation with Lykan!
"Tap... tap..." Accompanied by the phantom wolf's erasure...
The fake Ging, puppeted like a marionette, consecutively jumped back twice, his stiff, lackluster eyes rarely revealing a trace of dread....
Hunter Association.
An old man's eyes twinkled, following the unusual movements of the fake Ging. Netero glanced around, all were involved in the fight with the "fake Razor," those beaten down by Razor's ferocity, including the one under Alena's "button" attack like a ghostly demon dodging ceaselessly....
Except for that demon beast resembling Lykan, only the "fake Ging" fighting Roy displayed a look of dread, retreating again from the boy...
Netero sharply sensed a peculiar atmosphere.
"It's scared..."
"Of whom?"
"Roy."
Netero noticed, and so did Biscuit, even Wing who had just managed to compose himself realized....
The old woman with a deep look explained to Wing: "It must be that the teenager killed that wolf, arousing its dread, or perhaps..."
"No," Wing adjusted his glasses perched on his nose, keenly noticing, "Does isn't that guy who looks exactly like Ging seem to have gotten smaller?"
"Not just smaller, but also dimmer," Biscuit, with a thin layer of "sense" over her eyes, immediately used Gyo, and upon closer observation on the fake Ging... the aura surrounding it clearly diminished.
In the end, it's the Ren that accurately reflects the "numerical value" size of a "Nen user"....
Getting smaller and dimmer were merely appearances, truly terrifying was... the loss of own aura... or known as.....
"Being devoured." Netero simply sat cross-legged before the television, observing Roy and the fake Ging with keen interest!
No summoning without reason, whether illusions or mirror images, can't deviate from the "Nenryoku" observation itself, supplemented by imagination....
"The boy Roy is devouring the other's aura, cloud like... In the future when encountering Nen users, remember, immediately use Gyo."
The old man glanced at Biscuit with mild reproach, quietly reminding Wing.
As if saying... how have you taught your disciple? Not even telling him this?
Biscuit's grouchy face turned red, her pigtails twitched, and with a backhand punch, she knocked Wing's head, "How many times has it been said, and yet he doesn't remember!"
The old woman raised her voice, pretending not to notice the look Netero cast, defending stubbornly: "He must've thought it was an image, not a real person, that's why he missed that point."
Wing, in pain, dared not retort... but as Biscuit mentioned, it was his carelessness.
Suddenly embarrassed, wishing he could just find a hole to hide in....
Fortunately, a chuckle sound, "Hoho", covered the boy's shame....
Netero stroked his beard, pretending not to see the "play" between the master and disciple, then lifted his gaze, fixing it on the "fake Ging".
Just having obliterated the phantom wolf, the fake Ging shrank a size, his dull gaze moved, locking onto Roy, this time, without hesitation, he summoned Pheasant of Feichat!
"Little Sakura...."
The Pheasant of Feichat, which "replicates others' actions upon taking a hit," made a soft chirp, its head emerging from the fake Ging's shoulder...
The fake Ging glanced, Roy held a sword in each hand, visibly aware of all his moves, attempting to exploit the heaven-defying mechanism of the Pheasant of Feichat, to immediately replicate Roy's swordsmanship and counter the boy.
Roy, seeing this, peculiarly eyed the illusionary parrot staring at him from the fake Ging's shoulder....
Intent focusing, he simultaneously summoned the Golden Crow.
"Little Ging...."
The Golden Crow spread its wings, unexpectedly emerging from over Roy's head,
In the instant the plump bird revealed itself,
The Pheasant of Feichat's head tilted, its small beady eyes widening at it, then under... the stunned looks of fake Ging, Netero, Biscuit, Wing... ....
Its wings flapped, directly leaving fake Ging, flying towards Roy, snuggling against the Golden Crow, landing on Roy's head....
Backhandedly, with the boy withdrawing a sword and freeing a hand, he pinched it into ashes.....
Panel Prompt—
[Nenryoku +20]
["Gate of Cognition" has reached "open gate conditions"....]
[Prompt: "Second Gate" open!]
[Character generating....]
[Uchiha Jin... Completed generating Uchiha Itachi Big Bro!]