An old man and a young man each held their heads, instinctively glancing at Maha...
Maha took a step forward, and the person vanished into the garden, leaving only the steaming puddle of urine sprawling on the ground, while Zeno and Illumi in the garden silently faced each other, surrounded by quietude.
"Follow your heart... who can truly follow their heart?"
"Dong~" At five o'clock in the morning, the clock chimed to mark the hour....
Misty air floated in that dim little room, Betty Zoldyck, with ponytails just like in her youth, emerged from Maha's body, gave him an annoyed glance, and said, "You're too harsh on the kids, not everyone can be 'freewheeling,' except you and Jager,"
"No, there's also... Roy," Maha reclined in a rocking chair, reached out to pull Betty over, wrapped his arm around her waist and said, "Didn't you ask me what I had observed?"
"I just remembered, that child Roy might have undergone a rare 'psychic metamorphosis'... maybe it's related to his inner [imaginary object] or perhaps..." Maha narrowed his old eyes, said with a deep gaze: "It also has to do with the people he met, the things he encountered."
Betty Zoldyck asked curiously: "He's just at home, right under our noses, who else could he meet?"
Maha simply smiled without a word, gently rocking his chair, and said, "What you ponder in the day, you dream at night, the magical aspect of a dream is that you never really know what might happen...."
"A dream?" Betty Zoldyck pondered over these words with furrowed brows, remembering that the first time she met Roy was within a dream, faintly sensing the deeper meaning in Maha's words,
She peered through the window, her lovely lake-blue eyes gazing at the night sky,
At five a.m. on a summer morning, a streak of morning glow pierced the sky from the horizon, followed by a spread of dawn light, painting the sky with a reddish hue... gradually, it seemed one could see a solar chariot turning a corner, slowly returning from the edge of the sky, as if,
A sunrise poised to leap out at any moment!
"Caw~ o~" the crow's caw drew nearer... at the horizon, Roy sat on the solar chariot, took a simple spin with Jinx, testing the [driving]... swiftly returning, traversing dozens of kilometers in what felt like an instant,
Not only "fast," but also "stable," at least... more so than the blimps he frequently rode, and...
Tsubone, who could transform into various vehicles through "The Wallflower," much stronger,
The only drawback being....
The consumption speed of "Nen" was somewhat fast, of course this also related to his current "Nen amount" and that Jinx was still in the "juvenile stage," not fully grown into a true "Three-legged Golden Crow."
"Master, I'm tired."
"Caw~ o~" another crow's caw,
Jinx "huff~ huff~" flapped its wings, visibly starting to sweat,
The "solar chariot" rolled with a lazy sun halo over a cloud, its speed noticeably slowing down,
Roy, both helpless and amused, glared at it, simply pulled the reins, started descending... "buzz~" the hazy sun halo slowly expanded, radiating the entire Kukuroo Mountain, the closer to the ground, the more one could feel this "sun halo" brimming with light and warmth,
Drawing near,
Three thousand meters,
Two thousand meters,
One thousand meters,
Five hundred meters,
Until,
Touchdown,
Steadily landing in front of the butler's villa,
Roy released the reins, allowing the solar chariot to vanish into the void, stepped down with the diminutive Jinx, landing in front of Tsubone, Kurajing, and others.
"I'll go check on Wutong." The young man smiled, letting out a breath, with the end of his lush silver hair gilded in gold, his appearance unraveled yet lazy,
Tsubone placed her right hand on her chest, immediately leading Kurajing and several other stewards, bowing to pay their respects.
"Good morning, young master."
"Let me lead the way for you."
"No need," Roy raised his hand lightly, the [Wind Breathing] rolled out several refreshing breezes, gently lifting each person up, and then he said softly, "I know where he is, you can all go about your own business."
Tsubone bowed slightly, responding respectfully.
Taking another glance, he discreetly sneaked a look at Jinx, who was perched atop Roy's head, exhausted and nodding off to sleep, emotions stirred within him—complex and difficult to express, just for a moment...
He felt a sense of being "replaced"!
When the young master had a means of transportation, would he still need him?
Tsubone sighed softly, then straightened up, looking at Kurajing, with her golden hair tied in a high ponytail draped over her back, walking close to Roy, whispering something to him, a surge of envy welled up out of nowhere...
Thankfully, the young master was generous and not like those narrow-minded individuals, some initial sordidness had long been extinguished by time, seemingly without the intention to pursue it,
For him, this was undoubtedly a fortunate thing.
"Young master, may I ask a favor?" The morning glow pierced the night,
As Roy appeared, Kurajing mustered up courage before heading to guard the mountain, suddenly asking Roy.
Just passing Tsubone's shoulder, Roy had already stepped into the butler's villa, he paused, looking back at the young girl with a face full of anxiety, from atop his head the naturally emitted Nen also showing a glimmer of "hesitation" and "indecision" in blue,
In a split second, he thought of the Kurta Race!
In the original work, the Kurta Race was exterminated near this point in time.
But due to his interference, the Spiders had not yet fully walked onto the dark path because of Sarasa's death, instead... Kuroro, Uvogin, and Nobunaga among others had all converted to become his followers,
Now they are with [Taiyi] beginning to learn [meditation], attempting to guide the Nen within them, voluntarily unlocking Acupoints, awakening as Nen users, logically, they wouldn't choose to attack the Kurta Race at this time.
But then again... the scarlet eyes, one of the "Seven Great Beauties of the World," are not only rare but also heavily favored and pursued by a certain notorious body collector, among them is the infamous Fourth Prince of Kakin, Prince Cheldnigh of Pork...
Moreover, last time at the palace of the First Prince Benjamin of Pork in the Kakin Empire, he saw Guzman...
The world was changed by him, and it moved because of him, some unexpected situations appearing ahead of time was also within reason,
He gently glanced at Kurajing and said, "Don't be nervous, speak if you have something to say."
Kurajing twisted her hands together, promptly answering "yes,"
Looked at Roy apologetically and said: "Young master, my brother is coming... it's been a long time since he's been home, I'm worried he'll be bullied alone at home, so I thought to bring him over to stay and take him for a tour around Kukuroo Mountain."
"Your brother?"
"Yes,"
"What's his name?"
"Pika... his name is Kurapika." Kurajing recalled her brother, smiling brightly.
Roy then, his gaze shifted... Indeed, it was that Kurapika, in the original work, from beginning to end, apart from not participating in Greed Island, he nearly traversed the entire Hunter series as the [Chain Hand]!
[Chain Hand]: Divided into "Five Chains" with one hand...
Thumb, also known as [Healing Thumb Chain]: Able to tie a cross at the end of the Thumb Chain, activate ability, drive the cross to the wound, accelerating healing.
Index finger, also known as [Index Finger Chain of Plunder]: A syringe needle at the end of the Index Finger Chain, the outside of the tube has a dolphin-shaped relief, stabbing into the opponent's body, can temporarily extract and preserve the opponent's Nen ability, continuous extraction of "Nen" will also forcibly put the opponent into a state similar to "Zetsu."
Middle finger, also known as [Binding Middle Finger Chain]: A small hook claw at the end of the Ring Finger, a power born specifically to deal with the Phantom Troupe, only usable on Troupe members due to Constraints and Oaths. The bound Troupe members will be forcibly turned into "Zetsu" state, unable to use Nen.
Ring finger: also known as [Ring Finger Soul Chasing Chain]: A sphere at the end of the Ring Finger, the sphere naturally droops within ten centimeters of the map, when ability is activated, can track targets by the direction of the sphere's movement.
Little finger: also known as [Judgment Little Finger Chain]: A spike tied at the end of the Little Finger, stabbing into the opponent's heart forces them to abide by constraints or else die; Kurapika's own heart is also pierced by this chain, used with the Binding Chain in actual combat.
Five fingers equate to five Nen abilities, crucially...
There's also the blessing of the "Scarlet Eyes,"
In Roy's mind, an image autonomously surfaced of a young man dressed in traditional attire with golden bangs, looking deeply at Kurajing and said, "Tsubone, when he arrives, arrange a place for him to stay."
Then, with a slight nod to Kurajing's delighted face, he turned and disappeared into the butler's villa....