Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

As he spoke, he activated his ability, and a blinding ray of light, without any visible source, shone down on Dia, illuminating his entire body inside and out.

'It's alright, he seems to be just a little mentally fatigued, but his mental capacity and muscle activity are both excellent...'

Under the illumination of the shadowless lamp, Diya's physical condition was clearly visible.

Ignoring Qiduo's seemingly impolite behavior, Dia was even more puzzled than her when she heard her barrage of questions:

"I don't know. Shouldn't the stratosphere be above the exosphere or ionosphere?"

In the back row, some distance away, a woman wearing sunglasses and disguised herself and, after witnessing Qi Duo's hasty and reckless behavior, quietly narrowed her eyes...

"...That was deduced based on data measured by detectors that provide feedback."

Qiduo shook her head, breathed a slight sigh of relief, and felt a lingering fear for Dia, who was still unaware of what was going on.

She paused slightly, organized her thoughts, and said:

"Before the 50s, facing a dead end with no way to explore on land or underground, countries around the world turned their attention to space. That period was the golden age of human space technology..."

At that time, V5 worked together with the knowledge elites of all mankind and quickly overcame various technical difficulties. They not only successfully modeled a complete model of the atmosphere, but also developed bird-shaped propeller-driven small aircraft, liquid-fueled arrow-shaped aircraft, and so on.

But all of this came to a standstill on a certain day in 1957, when the first extraterrestrial spacecraft launched by the United States of Saheltah, Spirit, lost all contact the very first second after leaving the stratosphere.

The camera mounted on the outside of the Courage rocket only captured one strangely distorted image.

After being processed and identified by scientists, the image was believed to be a living entity so large that its physical form could not be determined.

Since then, all human-made detectors with display or monitoring functions have been destroyed, leaving only some communication satellites to survive.

With this, humanity's understanding of space came to an abrupt end.

"So the fact that you came back alive is really..."

It's a miracle.

Kido suddenly remembered that the guy in front of her who was laughing so happily seemed to possess an ability that could be described as an even greater "miracle"...

What should I do if I suddenly feel that it's almost a given that he came back alive?

Indeed, my student is so capable, it would be strange if he didn't come back. Only that ignorant Jin is making a fuss over nothing...

Wait a minute, Qi Duo suddenly realized what was going on and asked suspiciously:

"Did you really just arrive in reality? How come your muscles aren't tired at all?"

"...I don't know either. It seems like I slept for two days in outer space, and when I woke up I was at Lake Möbius. I didn't feel tired at all."

This time, Dia wasn't lying; it was indeed the truth.

"Oh? Why didn't you contact me after you came back?"

Qi Duo's suspicions deepened; her intuition told her that there was definitely something that Dia was hiding from her!

Damn it, am I really that untrustworthy?!

She subconsciously ground her teeth, the urge to punch him that she had suppressed began to stir again.

"I'm just in a hurry..."

Diya's voice trailed off, and his eyes began to dart around, clearly indicating that even he himself found his words unconvincing.

"Then why don't you call Jin? There's no rush! And..."

Qiduo grew increasingly agitated as she spoke, and suddenly pulled a seed from her pocket, saying to Dia:

"For the past 14 days, I've been hoping it would suddenly sprout... Did you lose your seed? How did you get back?"

She realized her tone was a bit impatient halfway through her sentence, so she quickly softened her voice, forced a smile, and asked gently.

“I wanted to save this seed; it was too precious for Mrs. Yorkshire to give me, and I also have other ways to get back…”

"Where are you going back?"

"...Kagin."

Kido's smile was still as lovely as ever, but the murderous intent in her eyes made Dia feel a sense of crisis...

"Go on."

Kido's voice suddenly turned cold, almost making Dia think she had misheard. Was this still the gentle Kido teacher?

Dia broke out in a cold sweat, barely perceptible. As the saying goes, the less you say, the bigger the problem. At this moment, the pressure from Qi Duo was even stronger than when he faced Chairman Netero.

"...Well, back then... gibberish gibberish...blah blah blah..."

Dia began speaking haltingly from the beginning, hoping to drag it out until the Bean Man finished speaking and the meeting adjourned, so that he could run away with a clear conscience.

But Netero on stage clearly had a different opinion; he had been silently watching the two men.

As a true leader of the younger generation and possessing excellent qualities as a hunter, Netero had long regarded Dia as the future of the association and had been keeping a close eye on him.

Perhaps it was a premonition from a martial artist, but in recent years he has often recalled the past in his dreams, and this unusual situation gave him a bad feeling.

This premonition actually made him quietly accelerate the process of cultivating new blood for the association and discovering young talents.

So when he saw that Dia seemed to be in an awkward situation and in urgent need of help, Old Deng's first reaction was to quietly ask the Beanman to extend his report.

Making up some nonsense on the spot is a piece of cake for Doumian...

Chapter 148 Taking the Opportunity to Curse a Little × It's Not Right to Say It, Nor Is It Right to Not Say It

"...Okay, let's move on to next year's association plan report..."

Doumian scratched his green scalp. Although he couldn't understand why the chairman wanted him to speak for a longer period of time, he didn't care. It wasn't a difficult task anyway.

Although the audience felt that this year's year-end report seemed to be a bit longer than usual, they didn't pay much attention to it considering that this year was quite special.

The only person in the entire arena who was probably paying attention was Dia, who was already sweating profusely and stammering.

'I should have known better than to skimp on that one seed...'

Helpless, Diya recounted her entire journey of drifting through the sea in detail.

Of course, out of respect for Mumu Ze, he did not mention the doll Mumu Ze that was still hidden behind his head at this moment.

He only mentioned that he had set up a special Nen beacon in the Kingdom of Kakin, and used it to return to reality.

After all, this involves the core concept of Mumu Ze's abilities, and he has no right to spread it around.

Kido's attitude towards Dia's explanation was, of course, one of complete disbelief.

This guy has fooled her with empty words more than once or twice.

'What kind of beacon could Kakin have? How long have you even been there? You can't even come up with a reasonable excuse for your nonsense...'

Qi Duo's brows furrowed deeper and deeper. Dia's speech suddenly became hesitant and fussy. There must be some hidden story behind this!

"Get to the point! Who taught you your logic class in college? I'll transfer him when I get back!"

Seeing that he was rambling on and on without getting to the point, she couldn't help but urge him on with one more sentence.

Even though her tone was so impatient, thanks to the naturally youthful and cute quality of her voice, it was still quite pleasant to listen to.

Diya reluctantly sped up her speech, recounting the events leading up to the landing on Greed Island.

'Greed Island, huh? Jin actually did something good by accident; otherwise, it would have been much more difficult for him to come back.'

The coincidences along the way made Qiduo secretly marvel at Dia's good luck; if there had been even the slightest mistake, it would have been difficult for her to return on time.

"...Then I defeated Brother Leiza in a sparring match. He used a strange card to randomly teleport me to a city on the continent of Aizhen. Guess where I was teleported to?"

Dia told a story that was half true and half false, and then asked a question in a comedic style.

"Newderry".

Qiduo uttered three words expressionlessly, his eyes fixed on Dia, as if wanting to see what other tricks he could pull.

At the same time, she felt increasingly agitated, as if what she was about to hear was not what she wanted to hear.

"Haha, you guessed right..."

Dia chuckled dryly, surprised that Qiduo could give the correct answer so confidently, but that didn't matter.

The most troublesome part is yet to come.

"Because I landed in the middle of the night, there were no airships available for me, so I had no choice but to go to a friend I met during a previous mission and ask him to arrange the earliest airship for me..."

"There's a mistake, shouldn't it be 'she' instead of 'he'?"

A smile appeared on Qiduo's face as she carefully corrected Dia's "slip of the tongue."

She seems to know something?

Diya was taken aback. He didn't seem to have mentioned Mumuze to Qiduo in detail. That was strange.

How come she seems to know about the other person's affairs?

Click...

A barely perceptible clicking sound suddenly rang out, and the lifeless doll Mumu Ze, which had been hidden behind Dia's head, suddenly moved on its own!

And with the sudden change, her empty glass eyes seemed to gradually begin to fill with something human...

Without time to think it through, Diya obediently corrected her deliberate slip of the tongue and continued speaking.

As he recounted this experience, the smile on Keita's face gradually faded.

Especially when she heard that Diya had spent the whole night in that so-called "friend's" room, she instantly lost all patience to listen.

She glared at Dia through gritted teeth, thinking:

'I prayed for you every day until my tongue died, while you happily chatted with girls all night... and then you suddenly became honest again!'

Was it really just chatting? Couldn't you have kept this from me?

Qiduo didn't know, but she no longer had the patience to investigate further!

Clang—

Qiduo braced herself on the table with both hands, stood up abruptly, and interrupted Dia's nonsense.

People around turned their gazes toward the suddenly appointed vice president.

"Never mind, it's good that you're back. I was being nosy by forcing you to say so much."