Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

Dia frowned slightly upon hearing this. Although she knew that Prince Kajin's privately-established army would be subject to scrutiny, she did not expect it to be this strict.

He couldn't accept this kind of examination, let alone having three months wasted.

Then this matter absolutely cannot be agreed to.

"If you were to become a private soldier in Mumuze, wouldn't you be subject to censorship?"

Pokson shook his head:

"When I entered the King's Military Academy, all my records were already on file, and the training of the private soldiers was just part of my daily course."

In other words, she is "one of our own," and the royal army will not waste manpower to vet her again.

'It seems we have no choice but to let Poker give it a try, but…'

Dia suddenly thought of a question:

"If I have Mumu Ze recruit you as a private soldier tomorrow, will there be any problems?"

"meeting."

Pokson answered very decisively:

"This is absolutely unreasonable. It could easily create the impression that I have a close relationship with the Twelfth Prince. Not only would it immediately arouse the Fourth Prince's vigilance, but it would also arouse the suspicion of the other princes."

"After all, given the twelfth prince's noble status, there's no way he would know an ordinary soldier like me. The only reasonable answer is that this is the twelfth prince showing goodwill to the fourth prince."

"Outsiders might mistake this for a signal that the twelfth prince intends to side with the fourth prince."

Direct recruitment won't work either...

After thinking for a moment, Dia proposed a solution:

"Then let's hold a formal selection process, and then directly designate you as the top candidate!"

"It can't just be a formality; that won't fool those smart people. We have to conduct a real selection process, and..."

Pokson's speech became faster and faster, his brain working at high speed:

"Open selection and recruitment are mandatory!"

The two of them had a heated discussion about this all night.

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The next morning.

Diya showed the guard the pocket watch that Mumu Ze had given him earlier and entered the palace without any trouble.

He walked through the familiar garden and followed the route he had taken to Mumu Ze's personal training ground.

"Whoosh! Wow!"

"Eora!"

Two voices, sounding like children's, came from the training ground; one voice was slightly deep, while the other was clearer.

Diya peered into the training field and saw two figures, one in black and one in green, engaged in a high-speed sparring match, while Mumu Ze on the sidelines was earnestly cheering... on.

"Go for it, Ms. Dia! Miss Qiduo, don't hold back either, go for it!"

"..."

Diya silently took another careful look at the two figures in the arena.

It turned out to be a doll that resembled him, and a doll that resembled Keita...

Snapped!

As Mumu Ze cheered, the Dia doll in the arena suddenly took a step back, and its two round hands reached behind it, pulling out a cloud of white mist out of thin air!

"Eora!"

The Dia doll put the cloud on her hand, which transformed into a cloud palm, and then slammed it out!

In an instant, the raging clouds, accompanied by a fierce wind, roared like a long dragon and rushed towards the unexpected Qiduo doll!

Amidst a deafening roar, the billowing clouds had already engulfed the diminutive Qiduo doll, and in the blink of an eye, they swept her into the air—

"Whoosh—"

After a brief, mournful cry, the Qiduo doll fell to the ground with a thud, its eyes turning into round circles.

But the Dia doll had no intention of letting her go. Instead, it strode forward decisively, straddled her, and raised its fist to strike!

"Oh no! You can't do that!"

Upon seeing this, Mumu Ze immediately called out to the Dia doll, which froze in place.

Mumu Ze immediately ran forward, grabbed the two dolls, and examined them for a long time.

After a long while, Mumu Ze breathed a sigh of relief upon discovering that the doll was unharmed, and wiped the sweat from his brow:

"Phew~ Thank goodness nothing bad happened. I'm exhausted after a long day..."

The whole thing was just the puppets fighting, what did you do hard? Were you cheering them on?

Diya silently criticized the completely absurd scene before her, then stepped forward and greeted them:

"Is this Kido's doll? It's already materialized so quickly?"

"Hey, Ms. Dia, you're here!"

Mumu Ze's eyes lit up immediately. She rushed over, carrying two plush toys, and excitedly said:

"Yes, with Miss Qiduo's guidance, I finished it in no time. How is it? Does it look like it?"

Diya glanced silently at the green doll.

The familiar puppy costume, the familiar round glasses, the familiar long green hair, the familiar look of looking at idiots—except for the face seeming a little rounder, he really does resemble Qiduo...

"What about their abilities? Do they have a way to replicate our Nen abilities?"

Diya recalled the white cloud that her doll had just created. Could it be that she had already successfully replicated the [Atmosphere Maker]?

"Hmm... well, it's still quite a bit short."

Mumu Ze stuck out his tongue sheepishly and said:

"No matter how I adjust it, the Dia puppet can never achieve the scale and usage of yours, Teacher Dia. The [Mist] doesn't shield the [Circle] either; it can only be used as an extension of hand-to-hand combat techniques..."

It's probably because the doll itself lacks sufficient "qi" and doesn't have the core "ripples".

Furthermore, the doll itself is not round, so it's understandable that the fog doesn't have the effect of concealing its roundness.

Diya secretly assessed the situation, planning to further explore Mumuze's potential in the next few days to see where the limits of [Song of Silk] lay.

"By the way, Professor Diya, what have you thought about what happened last night?"

Mumu Ze's cautious voice interrupted Diya's thoughts. He looked up at Mumu Ze, whose eyes were full of expectation, and after a moment's hesitation, he said:

“We need to think about this matter carefully. It can’t be solved simply by having me serve as your private soldier.”

These words were a polite way of rejecting him, and Mu Muze naturally understood it, his eyes showing obvious disappointment.

But soon, she perked up and said seriously:

"Actually, I can feel it too. It seems like someone is trying to harm me behind my back. Teacher Diya, do you have any ideas that can help me?"

Dia nodded and laid out her prepared plan in its entirety:

"First of all, we definitely need to recruit private soldiers, but you need to delegate this matter entirely to me through the Hunter Association..."

Chapter 347 A Cry of Wailing × Selection Criteria

By mid-February, the weather was beginning to warm up.

A hidden office located underground in East New Delhi.

With a knock on the door, a young voice came from outside:

"report!"

"Come in, what is it?"

In the office, Lieutenant General Kafka, with his gray hair, didn't even look up, intently reading the documents in his hands, before asking a question.

The office door was gently pushed open, and a young male soldier wearing a round cap entered.

Without the slightest hesitation, he stepped forward and handed a tablet to Major General Kafka, saying:

"This is a response from His Highness the Twelfth Prince, in response to the impeachment order previously issued by the Second General Staff against Princess Seranghi."

Kafka frowned, then silently picked up the tablet and began to read.

After a long pause, he put down the tablet, pondered for a moment, and said:

"You agree to recruit private army captains first, but choose to open the door to all past and present graduates of the three major military academies. Chao Yin, do you think this is an enlightened approach?"

The soldier named Chaoyin said calmly:

"No, quite the opposite. This means that the Twelfth Prince has completely abandoned the method of selecting the best candidates in the recruitment of his private army. It is estimated that there were political considerations of the royal family behind this."

"Well, although this is a very disrespectful statement, as a lowly prince who is not valued, this is one of the ways the twelfth prince protects himself."

Kafka nodded, agreeing with Asahin's assessment:

"But if that happens, the 12th cohort of trainees will probably be filled with wailing again."

"Compared to the previous one, it's better than the second one. At least it's still recruiting military academy students, so they still have a chance to protect the twelfth prince."

Chao Yin said calmly.

As one of the three major military academies, the King's Military Academy has an unwritten rule for each graduating class—

This refers to the prince's privately-established reserve troops.

For example, the soldiers in the first generation were trained as private soldiers of the First Prince Benjamin, and later became one of the conditions for activating his ability [Inheritor of the Stars].

There was also the fourth prince, Cheridone, whose private army, including Poxen, consisted mostly of students from the fourth class of the King's Military Academy.

However, this does not mean that every prince will choose soldiers from the corresponding period as his private army.

For example, the Ninth Prince, Halkenbrugge, recruited a large number of unidentified individuals with multiple nationalities when choosing his private army, which gave the General Staff a major headache.