With great interest, Ging watched as Luke took out a sheet of white paper and placed it in front of the wolf's face.
Then, under Ginta's astonished gaze, the wolf, with its mouth stuffed with a 24-color brush, began nodding and swaying its head, as it sketched across the paper.
"Can it actually do that?!"
Ginta was stunned.
It was his first time seeing a beast hold a brush with its mouth and draw on the spot.
Of course, some intelligent creatures are capable of this.
But at most, they would paw clumsily at the ground to leave some marks, barely expressing their thoughts.
Nothing like this, directly drawing with a brush clenched in its mouth!
Have you ever seen a wolf draw with a brush in its mouth?!
If Ginta hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes, he never would have believed he would see such a sight in his lifetime.
Especially since this was a Two-headed Wolf!
Such a scene might be something others could go their whole lives without witnessing.
Well, even animals can draw.
In Doraemon, after Nobita gets this item and goes out, he sees a man carrying a briefcase.
The man asked Nobita if he had seen the police station, but Nobita didn't respond.
Later, Nobita saw the flustered, speechless man again.
That man used the painter's hat to draw, and he drew a police station.
Only then did Nobita realize the man was asking for directions.
Nobita asked why he was going there.
The man drew a briefcase, saying it contained 10 million yen, and he lost it somewhere.
When Nobita asked where he had lost it, the man drew a phone booth.
It turned out he had left the briefcase behind after making a call, only realizing it was gone afterward.
Nobita suspected someone had taken it, so he let a nearby puppy draw.
Sure enough, the puppy clearly drew the scene too.
Finally, the man learned someone had picked up the briefcase and headed toward the police station.
He rushed there, retrieved the case successfully, and gratefully thanked the finder.
Even a puppy could draw with this hat. Clearly, as long as the creature has some intelligence, it can generally do it too!
With such a successful experience under its belt, Luke naturally gave the seemingly more intelligent Two-headed Wolf a try.
Well, especially since it had two heads…
"Does it really work?!!"
Ging Freecss wasn't as stunned as Ginta.
He watched the image gradually take shape on the paper and became even more interested in the hat Luke had produced.
"It seems that through a device or some other magical effect inside the hat, the central nervous system in the brain is controlled, thus controlling the muscles."
"That way, it can reproduce the images in the mind directly on paper."
"This link from the brain's nervous system to muscle control... It feels more like a manipulation type."
Ging's thoughts spread outward as usual, as he often considered problems in two modes.
One was based on scientific theories he had studied, such as the nervous system and muscle control.
The other was…
"If it were simply a matter of fulfilling the conditions to gain the ability's effects, then it could be achieved."
Ging pondered: "After all, once the conditions for manipulation-based Nen abilities are met, it's essentially impossible to counter or resolve them."
Considering the power of Nen, Ging's research was thorough and precise.
After all, as the world's most mystical power system, it's naturally of paramount importance.
If something could be explained scientifically, he would use science.
If not, he would attribute it to the wonders of Nen.
While Ging pondered over the painter's hat, he certainly didn't forget to look at the drawing depicted by one of the Two-headed Wolf's heads.
"So that's how it is?!!
"You were doing this at the time, huh!!"
"No wonder I felt something was off before, it all makes sense now..."
Ging Freecss examined the image carefully, his mind becoming clearer while his eyes turned brighter.
Combining the questions he had pondered previously with the drawings, the doubts and confusion that had lingered in his mind were resolved accordingly!
"This method is truly quite efficient!"
Even someone as capable and proud as Ging Freecss couldn't help but feel impressed at this moment.
Having a hat like this that can provide so much useful information is truly convenient.
Ging Freecss eagerly flipped through the images drawn by the Two-headed Wolf.
Their individual movements, their hidden peculiarities and habits, were clearly revealed.
This allowed Ging to continuously expand his understanding of the Two-headed Wolf and gain more knowledge about them.
Unconsciously, he had solved most of the problems that had plagued him regarding the Two-headed Wolf!
Though with enough time, patient effort, and his terrifying observation, he would have eventually discovered, understood, and figured things out.
But that would have required far more time, perhaps even a proper opportunity; otherwise, the answer would have been delayed much longer.
With Luke's tool, however, the difficulty of his work was greatly reduced.
He could also shorten the time he needed to stay here, leaving more of it to prepare for other tasks.
"Although there are still some details I don't fully understand, it's already enough for me to properly research and organize..."
Ging thought as he continued to study the drawings while sighing inwardly.
But just as he finished sighing, the drawings suddenly halted, stopping altogether.
"Huh?!"
Ging's brows twitched, and his attention instantly focused.
Even for him, to be reading so absorbedly, so eager to see it all in one go, and then suddenly it stopped, it felt unbearable.
"What's going on?!"
His train of thought was interrupted, making Ging's tone unusually tinged with annoyance.
Then his dulled eyes turned into his future's trademark dead fish eyes as he looked at the Two-headed Wolf that had stopped moving.
"That's it? You can't draw anymore?!!"
In Ging Freecss's eyes, the Two-headed Wolf's head drooped and tilted to one side.
It lay limp, as if completely hollowed out.
The 24-color brush in its mouth fell out and rolled to the side.
"We're all doing this for your species' survival, and yet you're like this..."
Ging Freecss was clearly displeased: "Who are we doing this for?!"
"Get up! At a time like this, how can you sleep?!!"
Ginta: "..."
"Uh, is there a possibility..."
He said weakly: "It's not sleeping?"
"This wolf just painted all the images it had in mind, very cleanly."
"It is running out of content, so it stopped?"
"If there's no content, then it has to come up with something new!!"
At that moment, Ging became like a cruel landlord squeezing the last drop from a laborer, as he intended to wring out more from the Two-headed Wolf.
"That..."
Ginta couldn't stand it anymore and wanted to intervene.
But just as he was about to step forward…
"Let Ging do as he sees fit."
Luke stopped him.
"He came here to help the Two-headed Wolf, and he doesn't harbor any ill will towards them."
Luke smiled and said: "He must have studied the Two-headed Wolf and knows what to do."
"He knows what he's doing. Just let him do it."
"Professional matters should be left to professionals."
Ging Freecss unquestionably understood the Two-headed Wolf best.
It could be said that among the three people present, no one understood them better than Ging.
After seeing the drawn images and solving many of his lingering questions, in this entire world, few could surpass Ging Freecss in knowledge and understanding of the Two-headed Wolf.
And because he understood their nature so well, he showed them no mercy.
Or rather, he had no tolerance for them whatsoever.
Just like he had previously drawn a circle to define their range of activity.
Ging knew how to interact with Two-headed Wolf. Therefore, after Ging crouched down and briefly inspected the Two-headed wolf's head, he said: "It really can't go on anymore."
He glanced at the head with a hint of disdain.
Although he said this, in truth, he didn't press it further.
Instead, he turned his gaze to the other head next to him.
The second head: "..."
It had been trying to minimize its presence, but it suddenly shuddered in fear.
"Although many of the doubts in the previous drawing have been resolved, there are still some puzzling questions."
Ging Freecss spoke slowly, moving closer to the other head.
"There are even some contradictions in the content, which raise new questions for me."
"Logically, this shouldn't happen, but it has, which can only mean..."
The second head trembled continuously. "The information from just one head isn't enough to analyze your overall situation."
The second head tried its best to drag its own body to the side.
But Ging had completely blocked its range of movement.
"You are two heads on one body. Only by gathering information from both sides can the doubts be cross-checked and resolved."
"A Two-headed Wolf is only whole with both heads..."
Ging pinned the struggling head and shoved the painter's hat onto it.
The second head thrashed violently, trying to break free.
But it was useless.
It couldn't overcome Ging.
It could only watch helplessly as Ging pried its jaws open and, despite its desperate cries, forced the 24-color brush into its mouth.
The whole process seemed a bit too brutal.
Even Ginta couldn't bear to watch.
But just as Luke had said, Ging Freecss didn't do anything outrageous to the Two-headed Wolf.
He simply continued to let its other head paint something else.
"And it doesn't have to be just this one Two-headed Wolf..."
Luke said lightly from behind: "If he wants to conduct research, he definitely needs more research samples."
"Although there are two heads for comparison, the information is only collected from one Two-headed Wolf."
"Given Ging Freecss's meticulousness, none of the Two-headed Wolf living here will escape his clutch."
Ginta: "..."
Why does it sound so terrifying?
Is this guy really just a Ruins Hunters, and not some kind of terrorist?!!
"No wonder none of the people he worked with before want to work with him anymore..."
Ginta looked with some horror at Ging, who was comparing the drawing left behind by the previous unconscious head with the drawing from the new head.
"Sure enough, the rumors might be a bit exaggerated, but since they have been spread, there must be a reason for them..."
Ginta was completely lost in thought, and at the same time, somewhat relieved.
Grateful that he had spoken to him in that tone just now.
When did he become that brave?!
After only two or three rare encounters, Ging Freecss had left a deep impression on Ginta.
That extraordinary reasoning and judgment, and his almost absurdly decisive way of doing things, really shocked him to the core.
"It's better to stay away from him."
Ginta's enormous head shrank.
"I just don't feel comfortable around guys like him."
This could be considered a sharp premonition from one of the future Zodiac Twelve.
"So, he can busy himself with his own work, and we'll busy ourselves with ours."
Luke said the same beside him.
But…
"... Our work?"
A glint of confusion visibly crossed Ginta's eyes.
It seemed his job was to come here and prevent poachers from capturing the Two-headed Wolf.
In other words, he was supposed to be providing protection.
But now…
Ginta glanced over at Ging Freecss, who was still forcing the wolf to draw, and fell into thought again.
It seemed that this guy was now even more dangerous than the poachers.
Ginta was quite worried that Ging Freecss might end up ruining these Two-headed wolves.
But considering the current state of affairs, this might not be a bad thing.
"So... What should I do now?"
Ginta began to doubt himself.
At this moment, Luke, standing beside him, reassured him: "Since things have come to this... Let's eat first."
Eat?!
Ginta instinctively rubbed his stomach.