I'm extremely interested in Nen abilities.

On a night in an unfamiliar city, Jingyang turned on his phone and quickly found out where he was currently located.

Originally, Xiao Di and I planned to take a spaceship to the continent of Sangsame, where the ancient Ganyu Kingdom is located, and then transfer to the continent of Evorica, where the Sky Arena is located. Unexpectedly, we ended up on Greed Island and were directly sent to our final destination by a spell card from Lei Zha—Lei Zha is practically a living bodhisattva who does good deeds without seeking recognition.

"Jingyang, I'm also on the continent of Evorica." Xiao Di's voice echoed in his mind.

Okay. Let's confirm the exact location too...

In front of a newsstand, Jingyang unfolded a map he had just bought and quickly found the location of his city. He couldn't help but grin.

Chapter 71 Goal

The continent of Everica has a relatively long horizontal span and a slightly shorter vertical span.

Most of the land in the central part of the continent and south of it belongs to the Republic of Minbo, one of the V5.

At this moment, Jing Yang, who had been banished here from Greed Island by Lei Zha with a spell card late at night, was in the northwest of this continent, in a certain region of the Republic of Padokia; while Xiao Di was exactly the opposite, located in a small country on the east coast of the continent. By referring to a map of the continent of Evorica, one could roughly estimate with a finger gesture that the geographical distance between the two was probably more than 8000 kilometers!

They're scattered across vast distances, some tens of thousands of miles apart...

Even Jing Yang himself couldn't help but sigh, "The signal range of this month's target is just ridiculously good."

He bought a map of the Republic of Padokia at a newsstand, turned and walked through the city streets at night, while still communicating with Little Drop, who was hundreds of thousands of miles away, on a spiritual level through the moon mark on his ring.

【You should find a place to rest first.】 Jingyang originally wanted to look at the map while communicating with Xiaodi, but he found that multitasking made it difficult to concentrate enough on the moon mark on his ring. So he simply tucked several maps under his arm. 【Today has been tiring enough. The spaceship was bombed early this morning, and we drifted at sea all day. We finally found an island, and then this happened…】

Half an hour later, Jingyang finally found a small hotel where he could stay and lie down comfortably in a bed.

Because of the terrorist bombing outside Okima Train Station two weeks ago, his body grew to about 1.5 meters tall. Although Jingyang claims to be 12 years old, pretending to be a young-looking teenager is no problem at all. Even without showing his hunter's license, booking a room at a roadside inn is no longer as troublesome as it was when he was a 5-year-old on Ghost Island.

Taking off his shirt, Jing Yang sat cross-legged on the small bed, spreading out several maps, and mentally transmitted his thoughts: "Xiao Di, have you found a place to stay?"

"I found it. I'm taking a shower in the hotel bathroom." Even on a mental level, Little Drop's voice was as adorably dazed or calm as ever. "Ah, I still need to get some feed for the rockfinches later..."

[It's really not easy for you to remember to feed them.] Jingyang couldn't help but laugh.

Unfortunately, it was a mental exchange, so he couldn't see Xiao Di's reaction. However, Jing Yang could guess that she looked puzzled, probably wondering why she said that.

A little while later, Xiao Di's voice came: "I'm done washing."

[The map is unfolded.] Jing Yang sat on the bed, his palm resting on the map of the continent of Evorica that was unfolded in front of him.

Okay, all done.

[First, let's confirm our meeting route.] Jing Yang pointed to the right side of the map. [Little Di, you're currently in the Republic of Zorolo, right? Go down, that is, to the south, in the southeast corner of the continent, there's a country called Terra something-or-other, did you find it?]

【Hmm...Found it. Right, isn't this the country where Jingyang was originally going to the Sky Arena?】

"That's right, let's meet there." Jing Yang pointed to the bottom right corner of the map, roughly where the Sky Arena was located. "You're closer, go there and wait for me."

"Okay." Xiao Di agreed without hesitation, but she quickly added, "If Jing Yang takes the spaceship, he should arrive quickly, right?"

Forget about the spaceship; I plan to take the train the whole way.

Okay, fine...

Jingyang moved his finger from the bottom right corner of the map to the top left corner. "Look at the northwest of the map now, the Republic of Batoccia, do you see it?"

【Saw it. 】

[Did you find the location of Kukuroo Mt.? It's marked inside.]

Hmm... I found it.

Jingyang smiled and said, "I'll give you one minute to use your phone to find out where this is."

Quickly, in less than a minute, Little Drop replied in surprise: "The Zoldycks, an assassin family..."

【Mount Kukuroku is the Zoldyck stronghold.】 Jing Yang pushed open the map, lay down, crossed his legs, and looked at the ceiling. 【I've been longing to go there for so long! It's not far from here, probably only a two or three-hour train ride. It would be a real shame not to go and check it out…】

Okay, then...

"Xiao Di, what's wrong?" Jing Yang asked, puzzled.

After a few seconds of silence, Xiao Di's voice rang in Jing Yang's mind again: "I want to see you soon..."

It's truly shameful; Xiao Di's tone was no different from usual, and she probably didn't even realize how damaging her words were. Jing Yang was genuinely speechless for over ten seconds.

He gently stroked the ring with his thumb for a long time, then, somewhat making conversation, asked: "Little Di, what are you doing right now?"

I'm lying in bed. I'm a little hungry...

[Aren't there plenty of food in bulging-eyed fish?]

【Oh right.】After saying that, Little Drop was quiet for a while, probably materializing a bulging-eyed fish.

Looking at the pale moonlight outside the window, Jingyang suddenly said, "This is probably the first time we've been this far apart since we met, isn't it?"

There was a pause, probably because Xiaodi was also recalling their experience as a team, and she quickly confirmed Jingyang's statement, "Yes."

Another quiet period followed. Jingyang, lying down, said, "Don't just focus on eating. Anyway, you don't need to speak during monthly communication. The boss ordered you to quickly find a topic to talk about. It's a long night, and I can't sleep, so I need to kill some time..."

Xiao Shizuku actually thought about the topic seriously for a moment, and soon asked curiously: "Did Paliston really let Chrollo steal her power on purpose?"

[Most likely. That guy's a psychopath; you can't judge him by normal standards.]

But wouldn't it be a case of losing more than you gain? What if Kuroro steals his power, causing him to become an ordinary person who can't use Nen...?

Jing Yang thought for a moment and replied, "[If the original owner of the ability Kuroro stole dies, the ability will likely disappear as well. Based on this fundamental principle, Kuroro's ability must grant the target of the stolen ability at least a basic ability to protect themselves… If I were to develop this ability, I might even compensate the person whose ability was stolen, such as giving back some Nen. If the target dies right after the theft, wouldn't it be a waste of time?]"

"Furthermore, from Paliston's perspective," Jingyang added, "let alone whether self-destruction and self-loathing would give him any thrill, even if he really became an ordinary person who couldn't use Nen, so what?"

Xiao Di was a little confused.

Jing Yang laughed: "[Are Nen users so great? With Paliston's intelligence, once he can't use Nen anymore, he can just go into politics. Maybe in three to five years, he'll be promoted to a high-ranking position, controlling official resources, or even wielding great power! So what if he can't use Nen? He can just hire high-level hunters as bodyguards, right? Even a master like Kang Zai takes on jobs... So what if it's the Phantom Troupe? Putting aside national-level military strength, the top assassins, the Zoldyck family, can be hired with money, and they don't even need Nen abilities.]"

Chapter 72 Online

For example, most of the princes in the Kakin Kingdom in the manga, especially the fourth prince, that pervert, despite their high positions and power, have never heard of anything related to Nen.

For those in high positions in the Hunter world, having subordinates who understand this skill is sufficient. If they themselves understand it, it's a bonus, like adding wings to a tiger. But if they don't understand it, it's not a big deal. There are plenty of ways to find various professionals. Isn't that what the Hunter Association does?

And so, the two of them, one in the west of the continent and the other in the east, used the Moon Marker to talk about everything from Paliston to Nen abilities, from Nen users to the books Shizuku read. When Shizuku's code name was mentioned, Jingyang even told a few Doraemon stories on the spot... Before they knew it, the night had deepened.

"Time to sleep." Jingyang lay down. "Goodnight."

Okay, sure.

[Remember your daily practice...]

【I see. 】

The connection with the moon marker abruptly ended. Communication ceased. Jingyang lay alone on the bed in the small hotel, quietly staring at the unfamiliar ceiling for a while before quickly closing his eyes and falling asleep.

……

Jingyang opened his eyes; it was already daylight.

The sounds of vehicles and people on the street could be heard from the window facing the street in the morning.

Hey!

Jingyang sat up abruptly, crossed his legs on the bed, wiped his face, and with a sudden burst of energy, instinctively unleashed the "Refinement" technique, releasing a total of 9000 units of energy that radiated outwards from his body and then immediately retracted.

call!

With his hands braced against the foot of the bed, Jing Yang did a somersault in mid-air. Just as his bare feet were about to touch the ground, a strong gust of air emanated from the soles of his feet, pushing him backward and lifting him three feet off the ground. He then staggered and fell towards the bathroom.

Wow!

Jingyang turned on the tap to brush his teeth and wash his face. His fingertips passed through the water, and a drop of water was enveloped by a wisp of air like a bubble. In the wisp of air, the water droplet quickly flowed and outlined the shape of a pentagram.

Wow…

As Jingyang washed his face, bubbles formed from the wet towel, each wrapped with a wisp of five-pointed star-shaped water, floated out and quickly surrounded him like a swarm of soap bubbles.

Jingyang tossed the towel aside, leaned against the pool, looked in the mirror, and moved his hand around, causing the surrounding sparkling bubbles to float.

After practicing his Nen ability for a while, Jing Yang casually flicked his wrist, and *splat splat splat splat!* All the flying star bubbles crashed into the mirror, leaving behind a series of rose-gold pentagram marks. Jing Yang was about to turn and leave when he suddenly stopped. "What does this mean? The stars can hit objects?"

He tried to activate the cluster of stars on the mirror and quickly realized the difference between these stars and those projected onto living beings.

I can indeed "control" the mirror by using the stars on it.

However, unlike animals or people, mirrors do not possess the energy that can be forcibly manipulated by stars... If Jingyang wants to "control" a mirror, he can only use stars as anchor points and inject his own energy remotely.

The specific method of manipulation that follows is actually Jingyang's innate ability: to use his own energy to envelop objects like blood, hair, water droplets, and threads... The amount of energy Jingyang consumes is proportional to the size and mass of the object. A mirror is far larger and heavier than a strand of hair, and Jingyang would need to expend dozens or even hundreds of times more energy to move it.

"In this way, my ability is indeed a whole, with operation as the core and star marks being just one manifestation of it."

Jingyang reached out and wiped the mirror, and the rose-gold stars that his palm touched all vanished.

I just happened to see the nail ring on your finger.

Are you still not up?

Jingyang didn't think much of it and went back inside to tidy up—there didn't seem to be much to tidy up, as most of his clothes had been stored in Doraemon's bulging-eyed fish.

After checking out of the small hotel, Jingyang went out and bought a travel backpack and a few changes of clothes. He quickly arrived at the city's train station and bought a ticket to Dentora, the region where Kukuro Mountain is located.

Tickets will be checked in half an hour later, and we expect to arrive in about 1 hour and 40 minutes.

Jingyang sat idly on a seat in the waiting area, watching the people in the train station in the morning, and couldn't help but raise his left hand again to rub the Jia-character ring.

He subconsciously sensed the moon symbol on the ring.

no response.

He didn't sense the presence of another moon marker... Jing Yang frowned, sat up straight, and focused his mind on the moon marker on the ring.

"The moon marker on my hand is very clearly responsive."

This was originally Jingyang's own Nen ability. Jingyang could actually sense the presence of the Moon Mark even with his bare hands. The reason he also engraved the Moon Mark on his ring was mainly to make it easier for Moon Mark ring owners like Xiaodi to communicate with him, rather than making it a one-way communication between him and others.

Now, Jingyang can only sense the moon marker in his hand, but he can't detect the existence of the moon marker that Xiaodi used to sense clearly.

"Because it's too far?"

After all, it was his own Nen ability, and Jingyang had some premonitions in his subconscious. He looked up at the morning sunlight, "I'm afraid I'm right, the Moon Mark only has the largest signal range at night... Am I subconsciously influenced by the habits of the Moon Tiger? It only glows at night, right...?"

If this kind of thinking continues, Jingyang has no doubt that if he develops the third mark, "Blazing Sun," it will likely be the opposite of the lunar mark, only achieving its best effect during the daytime.