Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

Diya lifted Mumu Ze off the ceiling and placed him on the ground.

This victory was also partly due to her being obedient throughout, without moving or opening her eyes.

Otherwise, if she were marked, even if Dia punched the enemy to death, the mission would probably still fail.

Mumu Ze slowly opened his eyes after hearing this.

The first thing she saw was Dia, who was only wearing a white shirt, squatting on the floor and looking at her.

She then carefully looked around and found a dead body in the distance with its eyes open, covered with a black suit jacket.

Then she noticed some bloodstains on Dia's shirt. Before she could say anything, Dia, as if foreseeing the future, said calmly:

"It's just a bullet graze, Your Highness, don't worry. Let's hurry downstairs and find the main force."

Then he reached out and helped Mumu Ze up, and they walked towards the stairs.

Mumu Ze's words were stuck in his throat, so he could only follow silently with no other choice.

She stared at Dia's swaying back. There was a large bloodstain on the back of her white shirt, and in the center of the bloodstain was... a hole.

Like a hole created by a gunshot.

'No, that's definitely not just a scratch!'

Mumu Ze stared intently at the cave entrance, certain that Diya was keeping some secret.

It wasn't a scratch; his metallic ripple bullets were surprisingly effective against Nen users.

Fortunately, the opponent's ability did not transfer the [Ripple] that reduced [Nen], but only restored the part that had been amplified in power.

After he unleashed his full power of [Firmness], it only caused superficial injuries. Under the influence of the Ripple Qi Gong, the wounds have probably scabbed over by now.

'Huh? What's that?'

Suddenly, she seemed to catch something out of the corner of her eye—

A soft, white "creature" quietly appeared above Dia's head, looking like... a cloud?

"Fog? Fog—!?"

Seemingly sensing her gaze, the white creature trembled as if in fear, emitting a faint, strange sound.

Then he plunged headfirst into Dia's hair and disappeared!

"Eh, eh!??"

Mumu Ze opened his mouth in shock, but couldn't utter a complete sentence.

Hearing this, Diya turned around and saw her shocked expression. Curious, she asked:

"What's wrong, Your Highness?"

"Just now, you, I..."

Mumu Ze stammered, completely forgetting royal etiquette and manners.

The strange things she encountered today completely exceeded her imagination of this world. Countless questions flashed through her mind, and just as she was about to blurt them out—

"Dia! And Your Highness, are you alright?"

A rapid, deep voice interrupted her thoughts—it was Drogbada.

As soon as he went up to the second floor, he was relieved to see that the two people were still alive.

But the corpse in the room and the bloodstains on the twelfth prince's face startled him.

He hurriedly went up to Diya to ask about the situation and asked Mumu Ze to go downstairs and return home as soon as possible.

At the same time, the voices of other guards came from the stairwell, which made Mu Muze reluctantly give up his idea of ​​asking Diya.

This relieved Diya a little; if Mumu Ze asked about what had just happened, he would have to spend time making it up.

Subsequently, Dia and Drogbada exchanged information.

Upon learning that Dia had been attacked by a Nen user, Drogbada's expression turned somewhat grave.

From the description, we can tell that the deceased Nen user was not difficult to deal with if faced alone; as long as you got close before he fired, you could easily kill him.

The problem is how to get close to him while carrying an ordinary person.

Judging from the opponent's abilities, ranged attacks, including bullets and telekinetic attacks, are likely to be countered by his abilities.

If it had been someone with an emission-type ability like him back then, he probably would have only had one option: to run away with his people.

On the way back, Drogba also mentioned the strange ability user he had met on the first floor.

He called himself "Sang," and it was he who reminded Drogba to go to the second floor to find Dia.

Meanwhile, Dia was pondering something else—

His thought beast.

The fog in the previous battle was created by his Nen beast, but it was not yet fully developed. In fact, he was not confident that he could materialize it before today.

Now, Dia felt the cool touch on his scalp; his impromptu materialization had actually succeeded.

'This is a pleasant surprise. Now, the next step is to add other abilities to it...'

Diya's true type, Emission, is the most suitable type for developing Nen Beasts, so when developing his abilities, he immediately thought of using Nen Beasts to assist in battle.

Over the past month, he has been reflecting on the direction of his skill development.

The destructive power of Time Stop and [Ripple Nen] is enough for him to handle most one-on-one encounters, but he also has to consider one issue.

This refers to what Chairman Netero mentioned – whether the time-stopping ability will be exposed.

While time stop is powerful, it doesn't mean that he can definitely kill the enemy in that one second.

If something unexpected happens, the remaining minute of cooldown will be his critical moment, after all, he has only been learning [Nen] for a month.

Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Limitations of Time Stop × [Atmosphere Maker]

[Time Stop] is undoubtedly an invincible ability.

But are there enemies that even time cannot defeat?

Dia had seriously considered what kind of enemy even "time stop" couldn't defeat—

First, there are enemies whose speed is so fast that Dia doesn't have time to activate time stop, such as Netero's [Hundred Style Kannon] and the reborn Ant King.

Second, there are enemies whose defenses are so strong that Dia cannot break through them no matter how hard she attacks, such as the Chimera Ant King Meruem.

Third, there are purely ranged attacks, such as Geno's [Dragon Star Cluster]. As long as the distance is far enough, Time Stop can only be used to dodge, and cannot defeat the enemy.

Fourth, there is the wide-area attack, an example of which is the "Poor Man's Rose".

Fifth, there are remote curses, an example of which is the curse-killing unit in the Inheritance War arc.

There are also situations that his body cannot defend against, such as poisoning and traps, not to mention similar abilities like the Platinum Printer.

Therefore, time stop is almost only effective against enemies who are obsessed with close-quarters one-on-one combat, have weak defenses, and whose Nen abilities don't have any fancy effects.

(Hisoka sneezes in the distance)

But the reality is not calculated that way. First of all, in many cases, even if they cannot defeat her, Dia can use her time-stopping ability to escape.

As a skilled ripple user, Dia knew the importance of running fast if ripples failed.

Secondly, as long as his time-stopping ability remains hidden, no one would deliberately seek out so many strange abilities to target him.

At most, they would find some stronger Nen users to deal with him; it's unlikely they would throw away a Rose or an entire Curse Killing Squad just for him.

Another point that Dia must consider as a Stand user is that damage to the Stand and the user can be shared.

If you let [The World] attack the enemy, then the Stand has no Nen defense. No matter how thick the [Strength] of your main body is, if the Stand gets blown off in the head, it will really die.

Furthermore, judging from the performance of Nen users in the manga, while [The World] is strong in terms of speed and power, he is not strong enough to completely suppress his opponent.

As for the idea of ​​getting a Stand to be entangled with Nen, Dia had also tried it.

The Stand itself has no pores or self-awareness, and cannot even perform [Entanglement]. The Nen transmitted by Dia exists in the form of [Circle]. Once direct contact is broken, it is quickly exhausted after blocking only a few attacks.

Furthermore, once entangled with Nen, the previously invisible substitute can now be seen by Ning...

This is also why Dia insisted on developing Nen Beasts. If a Nen Beast is destroyed, it can simply regenerate, but a Stand with a broken arm cannot grow back on the spot.

This combines the two requirements of reducing the risk of exposing the time-stopping ability and facilitating escape when facing an invincible enemy.

He set the first ability of his Nen Beast to be [creating a dense fog that makes it impossible for anyone to see through it]!

Since we're going to develop Nen abilities, this involves the issue of [Nen capacity].

Simply put, just as a computer has limited storage capacity, each person's capacity to "memorize" thoughts is also limited.

If the goal is simply to have the Nen Beast create [Mist], then developing this ability would be very easy, but this would reduce its versatility and waste Nen capacity.

Therefore, when developing capabilities, it is best to aim at a higher level of concepts.

After careful consideration, Dia decided on the concept of developing her Nen ability as—Celestial Phenomena!

Just like the invincible Stand [Weather] wielded by Dominic Butch in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 6: Stone Ocean, it controls the celestial phenomena!

Of course, in reality, it's almost impossible to recreate the biosphere-reconstructing effects of weather forecasts.

While Nen abilities are subjective, they undoubtedly have limits.

At most, he can only cosplay the weather forecast.

However, thanks to Dia's travels through the JoJo world, he knew for certain that Stands like [Weather Forecast] existed!

Since it exists, it can be manifested.

This is also the idealistic aspect of Nen abilities, because humans cannot imagine a blade that can cut through everything, so they cannot materialize it.

However, if we know for certain that it exists, the difficulty of realizing it will be greatly reduced!

That being said, for Dia, who had only been learning Nen for a month, such a Nen beast, even if it was just a rudimentary form, was extremely difficult to obtain...

The bulletproof car carrying Diya and the Twelfth Prince sped along and finally returned safely to the hotel.

Dia also picked up the dolls she had just left behind.

"Your Highness! Are you alright? And what about the blood on your face...?"