Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

The head of the Nian Beast flew into the air.

Its simple brain was not enough for it to realize what had happened; it only knew that it had been severely injured in an instant.

An unprecedented rage surged into its brain, causing the terrifying mind beast to open its mouth, its vocal cords vibrating violently, emitting a faint, piercing shriek:

"Gurgle—!!!!!"

A massive wave of malevolent intent, like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami crashing, surged forth from its standing body, causing the passageway to tremble as if an earthquake had struck!

As this earth-shattering evil thought erupted, Naspi, who was sleeping, was instantly awakened from his dream!

"What's that noise!"

The next moment, he realized that it was his own spirit beast making the noise!

According to the ritual rules of each [Egg in a Pot] event, he can neither see nor hear his [Guardian Spirit Beast].

But in the entire palace, the only thing capable of making such a terrifying noise is his powerful guardian spirit beast.

'The guardian spirit beast is unleashing its power? Enemy attack!'

In a split second, Naspi understood everything that had happened. Without even changing out of his pajamas, he nimbly jumped out of bed and dashed downstairs!

His massive body suddenly burst forth with a speed completely disproportionate to his size, his bare feet stomping on the floor with loud thuds, as he darted across the long second-floor corridor like lightning!

Just over ten seconds later, his figure appeared at the stairwell where the first and second floors of the royal palace met.

Leaping down the grand staircase and bypassing the massive stone pillar, Nasby charged straight toward the entrance to the passageway on the side of the first floor of the royal palace.

At this very moment.

A sudden breeze seemed to blow in my face.

Nasby suddenly froze, his thin eyebrows furrowing deeply, and his steps faltering slightly.

Did something just pass by him?

Nasby turned to look at the empty first floor.

The eight enormous stone pillars stood tall in the hall, which was extremely quiet, without any sound or movement.

'Should we use the [circle] tool to take a look? But that would mean we have to stop...'

Nasby thought for a moment, then decisively rushed into the tunnel.

It was just a strange illusion; judging by the time, the enemy should still be in the tunnel.

To activate [Circle] and check the situation on the first floor, Naspi must remain stationary.

In this situation, every second that is delayed could potentially destroy the secret of "that place," a result that Nasby absolutely cannot accept.

In other words, even if his intuition is right, he can't afford to gamble and go back to search the first floor.

From a game theory perspective, even if the enemy has somehow gotten past him and is hiding behind a pillar, his search back would only result in catching the intruder.

But if your intuition is wrong, the consequences can be extremely serious!

We walked through the long passageway.

From Naspi's unseen perspective, the bizarre mind beast's entire head had been severed, and its body twitched limply, turning into white dots.

Naspi looked at the potholes in the tunnel, as if two giant beasts had once fought here, and immediately understood—this was the place where the guardian spirit beast and the intruder were entangled.

He crossed the area without pausing for a moment.

First of all, he cannot see the guardian spirit beast and does not know its current situation.

Secondly, even if the guardian spirit beast is killed, it will be reborn after a while, so there is no need to worry.

As Naspi ventured deeper, he finally arrived at the giant gate with the inscription "God" that housed the names of past kings.

Looking at the cut in the lower right corner of the door, Nasby's face instantly turned extremely ugly!

'How is this possible? How could anyone cut through the [Integron Alloy] door protected by the character for "God"?'

How did you do it?

High technology, some kind of peculiar Nen ability, or those mysterious sword masters from Shimazo?

Nasby's mind was in turmoil as he kept recalling the sabotage plans given by the professionals when the door was being built.

To prevent the gate from locking up and preventing him from getting in, professionals have provided several methods to break the iron gate in extreme circumstances.

Which one could it be?

Nasby couldn't have guessed that the professional had long been discarded and killed by him, and there was no way to pull him out of hell to examine the scene.

"call……"

Naspi forced himself to calm down, turned around and walked to the mechanism on the side, using his iris, fingerprints, voice and other biometric features to open the door.

The metal door slowly rose, revealing a dimly lit room where the instruments inside were still beeping.

"Where are they...?"

The Babylonian king sat in a corner, muttering to himself.

"Father, who are you talking about?"

Naspi glanced around and, finding nothing amiss, breathed a sigh of relief. Then he heard the words of the King of Babylon.

He walked up to the King of Babylon and asked indifferently.

Chapter 361 The Fourteenth Prince with Terrifying Talent? × Emergency Search

"My son... go find a new king..."

The Babylonian king spoke slowly, his whole body trembling, as if he were enduring some kind of excruciating pain and had reached his limit.

Naspi stared intently at his father—the Babylonian king who should have been dead long ago—without saying a word.

After a long while, Naspi, who couldn't discern anything amiss, regained his composure and said:

"Don't worry, Father, it won't be long. A new king will appear soon, and after that... I will come to join you..."

After saying that, Nasby's fat, round face revealed a martyr-like resolve.

Without saying much, he turned and left.

The Babylonian king in the room raised his head, turned towards the direction the voice had come from, and trembled as he murmured:

“Nasby isn’t dead…who is that person…he cares about our secrets…but he’s not the one who splits the country…”

He couldn't understand it, but he didn't want to give up that fleeting hope.

Even if it comes at the cost of betraying one's former self.

……

Dia walked through the shadows of the temple.

At this moment, a large-scale mobilization had begun inside the royal palace, with footsteps and voices rising and falling incessantly, all converging on the royal hall.

He managed to slip past Naspi, who was heading to the basement, by using time-stopping to escape the palace unharmed.

Looking at the still dark royal palace, Dia seemed lost in thought.

There must be a secret hidden in that underground room that could drive Nasby crazy. He can try to find out when he comes back next time.

Furthermore, Nasby, as the winner of the previous succession battle, is indeed very strong.

Dia recalled that when he brushed past Naspi earlier, he had also tried to knock Naspi unconscious with a punch in order to gain a strategic advantage.

But it didn't work. The protective barrier on Naspi's body was even thicker than the thickest barrier on his mind beast, and even his scalpel couldn't cut through the surface of his body.

To deal with Naspi, we'll probably have to go back to using the Atmosphere Maker and employ non-physical lightning strikes.

However, considering that the other party is the king of the Kakin Empire, killing him would probably cause a lot of follow-up troubles.

According to Xiangpu, who has become the king of the ancient Ganyu Kingdom, as long as you can become the leader of any existing great power, it will be difficult for you to die.

But the prince is another story.

Because they all have a considerable understanding of Nen abilities, any head of state will have contingency plans in place for the possibility of an assassination attempt by someone with superhuman strength.

Even in a closed-off small country like East Gotho, its leader, General Digo, had a body double (literally a body double) so he could remain hidden.

So when the ants invaded, a large number of citizens died, but Digo himself lived a very comfortable life.

Nasby may have made many contingency plans and backup plans, but those backup plans based on ancient artifacts and strange technologies are often hard to defend against.

Returning to the garden they had come from, Dia found the intuitive soldier still lingering there, convinced that someone was hiding there, trying to sneak into the palace.

After Dia casually stopped time, she cut off his head.

Otherwise, when Nasby investigates the situation inside the palace tonight, this soldier might reveal some of his abilities.

Then, while all the soldiers were gathering toward the King's Palace, he used the same method to return to the Third Prince's bedchamber.

Only 15 minutes had passed since he left the venue.

Diya returned to the banquet as if nothing had happened, and almost no one would suspect that he had just done something that could lead to the extermination of his entire family.

Except for Poxson.

She crept closer silently and asked:

"You have a faint smell of blood on you. Did you go and kill someone?"

Dia frowned upon hearing this, then nodded and said:

"If we have no choice but to take action, is there any way to erase these traces?"

The way the two were whispering to each other attracted the attention of some people nearby, mainly because Diya had recently had a conflict with the two princes.

Ignoring the stares of others, Pokson reached into his pocket and rubbed his hands together, then proceeded to adjust Dia's collar, cuffs, and other garments in a very affectionate manner.

She whispered:

"This is a deodorizing agent that I learned to mix at military academy. It can remove the blood smell from your body and is enough to fool the noses of military dogs."

Dia let her caress him up and down, patiently waiting. To outsiders, they looked like a couple behaving intimately.

Not long after, Pokson stopped and nodded to him to indicate that he was done.