Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

The messenger remained silent and took out a strange, earth-yellow jar from a large black box behind him.

The large pot has anthropomorphic facial features, with two huge eyes tightly closed and a mouth wide open.

The messenger placed the large flask in front of Princess Oit, then took a small jade knife from a box and presented it to the princess with both hands, saying:

"Use this knife to take a drop of the Fourteenth Prince's blood and drip it into the [pot]!"

Princess Oyte took the knife and glanced at the seemingly respectful messenger.

"..."

The messenger remained silent, his head bowed, like a silent statue.

Princess Oit sensed a subtle undercurrent of pressure emanating from this silent demeanor...

"Humph!"

Princess Oit, a princess who had long held a high position, was also provoked into anger and let out a cold snort.

She took Prince Vabur's little hand from the swaddling clothes, gently touched the tip of his thumb with a knife, squeezed out a drop of blood, and dripped it into the pot.

"Next, please put His Highness's hand into the spout of the pot."

Princess Oyte held the prince's little hand and did as she was told.

call--

In the messenger's eyes, a wisp of blue smoke suddenly billowed out of the spout of the large pot.

From within the wisps of smoke, a tiny woman slowly emerged.

The woman remained silent, carrying a bright red umbrella. She lightly touched the ground with her toes and nimbly jumped to Prince Wabul's lips. From somewhere, she produced a purple, candy-like egg and put it into his mouth.

The messenger breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing this, a hint of relief flashing in his eyes.

"Is this alright?"

Princess Oit tenderly withdrew Prince Wabul's hand and coldly rebuked him:

"Now, get out of here!"

The messenger smiled, straightened up, and said:

"Your Highness, please be patient. Next, His Majesty the King will personally approve and distribute the campaign funds to the princes."

Campaign funds? What the heck?

Princess Oit's eyes flashed with confusion.

The Kakin Empire is a feudal state with a crooked and corrupt origin, where the throne is inherited by hereditary succession.

Election? That's a term from electoral politics, isn't it?

The messenger didn't waste any time, taking out a black and gold credit card from his person, with the number "Fourteen" engraved in gold on it.

He said:

"Your Highness, this card contains the campaign funds allocated by His Majesty the King to the Fourteenth Prince."

"【Funds】have three uses. First, you can use them to purchase weapons and other supplies. All weapons in the Kakin King's army, except for weapons of mass destruction, will be available for purchase by Your Highness. The list of weapons and their corresponding prices will be compiled and delivered to you shortly. At this time, the exchange rate between 【Funds】and normal currency is 1:1."

"Secondly, you can use it to hire private soldiers or bodyguards. The King's Army will not conduct any checks on them. At this time, the exchange rate between [funds] and normal currency is 1:10."

"Thirdly, you can choose to spend 500 million [funds] in exchange for 24 hours of [peace]. During these 24 hours, you and the prince will not be harmed in New Delhi."

"The currency of the funds in the card is [Jenni]. The exchange rate conversion is achieved through royal supplementary appropriations. The amount of funds can be checked through any electronic bank using the card number. The credit card itself is set to [cannot be transferred in] mode."

"That concludes the explanation. Please try to understand it yourself."

"The battle for the throne will begin the instant the [Mobilization Conference] ends in three days. Please be prepared."

After saying that, he handed the black gold card to the princess, said nothing more, and turned to leave.

After a long pause, Princess Oyte finally processed what she had just said.

She frowned and logged into CardGold First Bank using the card number on the card.

The search results came back quickly.

"21 billion..."

Princess Oit read out the number.

This is not a particularly large number in itself, but if converted at an exchange rate of one to ten, it can still reach a rather high figure.

Princess Oyit was also someone who had done her homework.

After meeting the hunter who called himself Dia not long ago, she deliberately looked up the price required to hire such a [Star Hunter].

The records she found showed that the price fluctuated considerably.

Some hunters can earn just a few million Jenny for a single defense mission, while others can soar to 200 billion Jenny.

That's absolutely outrageous.

Thinking of this, she suddenly remembered that she should quickly ask about the situation of the twelfth prince, Mumu Ze, whom she had previously contacted.

With that in mind, Princess Oit connected to Mumuzze's private line via landline.

The call was quickly connected, and Mu Muze's sweet and gentle voice came from the other end:

"Hello, Princess Oit."

The two briefly exchanged information, confirming the existence of the [Egg in a Pot Ritual] and the matter of [campaign funds].

Princess Oit breathed a sigh of relief as she listened to Mu Muze's unchangingly kind attitude.

To demonstrate her sincerity, she then directly stated the amount of funds she had on hand:

"...As you can see, I currently hold 21 billion in funds."

"...21 billion... "

Mumu Ze's voice became somewhat strange.

"What's wrong? Is this amount of money unusual? How much is it on your end?"

Princess Oit asked with some concern.

Did her daughter, being the last prince, only receive a very small share?

After a long silence, Mumu Ze finally stammered:

"We only received..."

“1 Jieni”

Chapter 396 The Great Rebellion × Digital Game

In the palace of Mumuze.

On a square wooden table with carved patterns, there is a black and gold credit card.

The number "twelve" is drawn on the credit card.

Four chairs were placed at the four cardinal directions of the square table.

Diya and the other three sat in four chairs, like at a family gathering, silently looking at the credit card.

After a long pause, Dia couldn't help but speak:

"Mumu Ze, are you sure Princess Oit has received 21 billion in funding?"

Mumu Ze nodded seriously, like a chick pecking at rice, and made "hmm" sounds.

Then, she took out her phone and showed a photo:

"Look, this is a screenshot of my account that the Eighth Princess Consort sent me."

Dia, Qiduo, and Poxen went over to take a look.

It is indeed a long string of numbers—[2,142,857,141.86].

"This……"

Dia touched his chin and clicked his tongue:

"We're being targeted, even though it's not a lot of money."

Pokson retorted:

"Isn't that a lot? At an exchange rate of one to ten, 21 billion is 210 billion, right? The richest person in a small country usually only has half of their wealth at that amount."

Dia reached out with a pitiful look and rubbed Poxon's head:

"Pok always says such country bumpkin things. Lady Kita's price would scare her to death!"

"what?!"

Pokson blushed and slapped his hand away in embarrassment and annoyance.

Qi Duo didn't respond, only glancing indifferently at the two goofing around, before continuing to look thoughtfully at the number and saying:

Aren't you curious why it's this number?

"why?"

Mumu Ze curiously moved closer to Qi Duo and looked at her affectionately.

"It's simply for the sake of balance, but I don't know why it's this number."

"Dia said casually."

Since it's campaign funds, the amount of money is naturally to balance the power of each party in the election.

However, this is different from what Diya remembers in the original story.

In the original work.

The Battle of the Kakin throne was never biased or balanced towards either side from beginning to end; it truly upheld the principle of each relying on their own abilities.

In a sense.

This is also part of the ritual's constraints and oaths.