The differences between them, in terms of "quality," "size," "magnetism," and "vitality," compared to before, are almost incomparable... and this has only taken less than two years,
As Netero's thoughts drifted, he glanced unobtrusively at Roy... the young butler who once had a visibly limited "ceiling," but now has transformed to this extent, which surely has something to do with the youth standing before him with a gentle smile.
A gentle mountain breeze blew in through the window....
Wutong slept peacefully... Netero's spirit left his body, but he did not return immediately. At one point, he reached out and brushed his hand in front of him....
The second-floor corridor instantly changed worlds... replaced by a projection of the mind, a world covered by it... a world where only the mind can linger briefly.....
"Buzz~" Many gazes gathered and were instantly interrupted, repelled.....
Amidst the storm of [Heart Drop·Punch Listening] and [Heart Drop·Sword Listening] intersecting and crashing, all but Maha, including Silva and Zeno, were slightly shaken in body and were instantly swept away by Netero's will....
Silva and Zeno stood silent for a moment, upright where they were, without moving for a long time....
"Tap... tap...." By then, the sun had fully leapt over the horizon, spreading scorching sunlight that began to make the heat rise... In that dim little room, Maha continued to listen to cartoons, rocking his chair contentedly, knocking on the armrests with pleasure... just lazily lying there, letting Netero's intentions scan by... he remained unmoved,
In the world of [Heart Drop·Punch Listening],
Netero squinted and could only chuckle helplessly, saying: "Old man, you're still so stubborn,"
Turning his head, he simply let Maha be, waving his hand to summon a few small stools along with a tranquil heart lake, gradually appearing, positioned right in front of Roy.....
Roy's nostrils twitched, keenly catching a familiar scent wafting from the heart lake, casually sat on one of the stools, saying: "This lake is likely the mind projection that Ging left here in the past."
The youth's gaze turned, noticing an empty stool on his right with a fishing rod inclined before it, the end of the rod capped with a red bead, identical to the one Ging used for Hookless Fishing by the sea in past memories, with flashbacks in his mind, where Gon appeared with this rod, catching giant kingfish... hooking onto rocks with Leorio, flying over the sea, and landing onto the deck of the Sea God,
The right hand opened to emit glimmers of light, quickly using [Wood Release] to conjure a long straight rod to hold, casually throwing it... the Nen Line flew out... "Ding-dong~" it plunged into the lake, splashing droplets of water....
Netero flicked his large sleeves, then chose the empty stool to Roy's left to sit down, watching the heart lake ripple, vaguely observing some fish swimming through the water, idly saying: "Ging is one of the few I've known to be particularly attuned to nature,
"This lake, the fish in the lake, the silhouettes of birds and beasts drinking by the lake's edge, are the vivid impressions he once left on me....."
The intent of [Heart Drop·Punch Listening] is: a clash of spiritual will!
Words can deceive, eyes can deceive, but the thoughts and ideas within one's mind, projected into the spiritual space in the form of "Conjuration", cannot deceive anyone.....
Following Netero's gaze, Roy observed the birds, the beasts, then recalled when he, along with Ging, broke into the prison and rescued Razor, showcasing his Nen Ability to temporarily borrow talents from Magical Beasts through [Contract], saying this... "attuned to nature" is quite accurate....
"And that area?" Roy sat by the lake, fishing without a hook, his gaze sweeping over, noticing a green grassland at the shore emanating a somewhat shiny glow, like gems, refracting multicolored light under the sunlight...
An answer vaguely formed in his heart—
Thinking immediately of a certain old woman who liked to pretend to be young!
"You're not wrong, that's the impression Biscuit left on me..."
[Impression] is tantamount to a [Spiritual Shock] because the impact is strong enough, it's indelible....
Netero mimicked Roy, with a thought, casually picked up scattered dry wood on the ground to use as a fishing rod, fishing without a hook, smiling, saying: "It's understandable that girls like gems, my disciple, she's loved collecting these shiny things since childhood,"
"Ho ho ho... sometimes piled up until the room was full, giving even me no place to step...."
Indeed, something like an old woman would do... Roy's gaze drifted over the gemstone-covered ground and continued to the far distance.....
Faintly visible were dust storms, roaring vehicles, gunshots... faint traces of shells with long trails of flames being launched skyward... this time, before Roy could ask,
Netero took the initiative to explain: "That's the impression Botobai left on me."
A one-man army Botobai... despite being recognized in the original work as the first person under Netero in the Hunter Association,
Having such strength is not surprising....
Then, Roy saw the jungle, saw strange rocks, saw the wind and flowers, saw the snow and moon... until an abandoned amusement park came into view....
The youth trembled, keenly noticing this abandoned amusement park was blocked by a rust-covered large iron gate, with a solid lock on it,
Roy suddenly turned his head to look at Netero,
And the old man's gaze, deep with reminiscence, melancholy, and sentiment, said softly, "You guessed it, this was the impression your Grandpa Jager left on me."
Indeed... Roy silently put down the fishing rod in his hand, stood tall, and directly stated: "Can I take a look?"
Netero was silent for a moment, moved his hand, picked up a fish, and said, "No."
Then he cast it back into the heart lake....
"Why?" Roy's striking silver hair swayed with the wind, its ends flowing with a glazed golden sheen, as he calmly said, "That place isn't just your mind projection, it also has Grandpa Jager's...."
Netero did not look at Roy, just said: "It's Jager who steadfastly keeps people out."
Roy: "....."
In an instant, silence prevailed.....
After a while, a green leaf drifted down, fell into the lake, causing ripples... the youth paused in silent contemplation, before asking again: "Did my great-grandfather see it?"
Suddenly, a cold snort, before Netero could respond, drifted through the spiritual line, reaching Roy's ears.....
Only to hear Maha's voice saying: "The old man couldn't be bothered to look!"
With one sentence,
Roy and Netero exchanged a glance, at a loss for words, both falling into silence....
"Ho ho ho... it seems, the old man's temper won't subside any time soon..." After a while, Netero forced out a laugh, grabbed the wooden stick again, and caught another fish....
The fish fluttered, splashing water that dampened part of Roy's hem,
The youth followed up with a moment of silent contemplation, deeply looking at the sealed-off abandoned amusement park, again and again, withdrawing his gaze, losing the interest to continue exploring the mind, turned to look at Netero, and afterward... paused again!
"Dong~" A deep, resonant chime, like a bell tolling, resounded in Roy's ears,
When he withdrew his gaze, stealing a look at Netero,
Roy's amber-colored eyes "puff" ignited with two divine lights, clearly seeing....
The old man's loose robes and broad sleeves, Buddha-like ears, and white eyebrows, a posture of leisure and serenity... seated behind him stood a grand and towering hall!
This hall was supported by dozens of massive pillars reaching a domed ceiling, without couplets, without Buddhist chants, not even... a drum...
Looking through the open doors, he only saw an imposing and majestic statue of Guanyin, wearing a jeweled crown, necklace adorned, willow-leaf brows, eyes slightly open, lips slightly pursed, ears plump, cheeks full, with a slight smile, dignified in demeanor, gazing down....
Noble and solemn in appearance!
Yet the gaze, with a slight smile, perhaps due to its overwhelming height, looked at people like ants, only making one gaze upward...
Stretching his neck, he barely managed to see over her shoulders the suddenly extended hundred arms!