Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

Upon entering, Galo immediately looked at Jack in the hall. Seeing that he was safe and sound, she breathed a sigh of relief.

He was well aware of Jack's true fighting ability, and his physical and mental state did not support him in a prolonged battle.

Immediately afterwards, he saw Dia suddenly change direction and rush towards him!

'Were they coming for me?'

No, that person's gaze didn't linger on him for even a second.

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Galo's aura suddenly surged wildly towards his eyes, and then he silently bent down and rushed into the hall.

In his eyes, a white road, a symbol of safety, was shining brightly.

Are you back...?

Mitchell was not surprised at all; in fact, it was a good thing that the other party did not take the opportunity to escape.

He stopped paying attention to that side; he should be focusing on Qiduo's situation at this point...

Not far away.

Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, Qiduo's white figure seemed to give up struggling and prepared to directly meet the ball of light.

A white figure...

'wrong!'

A sense of miscalculation rose in Mitchellston's heart.

He quickly looked at Dia, wondering if Dia had realized something that had been overlooked—

'Kido's sterile suit is still active!'

A bead of cold sweat appeared on Mizziston's forehead.

Kido's "Sterile Suit" is a special defensive suit developed specifically to counter pure Nen attacks such as curses and afterlife Nen.

Although it has weak physical resistance, it has extremely strong immunity to this type of mechanical attack and even most of the manipulation abilities!

If I'm not mistaken, that ball of light will not only fail to attack Qiduo, but will actually be deflected!

As for where the ball of light will go after it is deflected, based on the principle of proximity, it will probably go to Dia, who is closest to Qiduo at this moment!

However, what relieved Mitchellston was that Dia's abrupt turn just now indicated that he had realized the problem even earlier.

Hopefully he's prepared...

Mitchellston held the red card in his hand; if Dia was hit, he would send Dia off the field immediately.

The ball of light had shrunk considerably when it popped out for the second time. If we use this method to force it to materialize a third time, we might have a chance to completely destroy it!

At this moment, Dia, who had turned to rush towards Galo, fell into deep thought—

'Kita's ability will likely send that Nen bullet at me, that's foreseeable, but...'

'When I reveal my ability, will it be "Atmosphere Creator" or "World"?'

Since the question clearly asked about "Nen ability," they shouldn't have asked him to reveal the Stand ability of "time stop"!

The more rule-based a capability is, the more precise its description and definition are required.

However, even so, Dia would still be reluctant to gamble on the scope of that ability.

That's why he turned and charged towards the enemy at the door—

'From the moment that ball of light landed on Qiduo until it was deflected, if it were to actually come towards me, I would have to use [Time Stop Berserk] to forcibly hide behind that person…'

While doing so carries the risk of revealing one's abilities, it's certainly better to use excuses like teleportation to cover it up than to say it outright.

and so.

'Just do it this way!' ×2

Dia and Mizeston were both prepared to deal with the orb of light that had been deflected by Qido!

But it's like a college student who confidently takes a steamed bun out of the steamer, takes a bite, and finds it has custard filling inside.

During the moment of stillness, Qiduo suddenly turned to look at Dia.

The composure on his face vanished instantly...

'What's wrong?'

A sense of unease rose within Dia, and Qiduo's strange behavior gave him an urge to stop and inquire.

Meanwhile, Mitchellston had already noticed something amiss.

After instinctively activating [Condensation], he clearly saw that Qiduo's aura was slowly converging.

Immediately afterwards, the sterile gown she was wearing slowly dissipated into the air!

'Why……'

Mitchellston stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

Why remove the ability?

Dia didn't think too much about it; he just kept running forward and turned his head to see Qiduo's eyes.

Those emerald green eyes held a firmness and confidence, even a cunning that could startle you, but there was no trace of panic or confusion.

Combat is actually quite similar to solving problems. The conditions and formulas are given, and then it's up to each candidate to come up with the right answer.

'Do you have a better solution?'

Dia thought to herself.

'certainly!'

Qiduo's eyes narrowed, and the moment the ball of light touched her body, she suddenly opened her mouth.

Suddenly, her jaw snapped open, and her entire tongue was severed at the root!

Snapped!

She promptly spat out the scarlet tongue.

Hot blood splattered on the ground, a cold smile playing on her lips, and she uttered incoherent sounds:

"Waaaaa, waaaaaa?"

(Can I speak even without a tongue?)

Chapter Ninety: Waaaaah × [The Forge Maker]

'Don't throw that ball of light at Dia!'

What Mizeston and Dia could figure out, Kido could certainly figure out as well.

However, there is one thing: Dia's abilities must never be exposed!

On one hand, it's to protect him; Nen users' abilities are best kept secret, as the unknown itself is a huge deterrent.

On the other hand, both Kido and Mizeston realized why the enemy was so fixated on inquiring about their abilities.

The enemy who calls himself Jack claims that he came for the "Flawless Sage," and based on the principle of reciprocity, he should not be lying about that.

Logically, what the other party should want to know most is where the [Flawless Sage] is, but he didn't ask that.

Instead, out of the blue, he asked what the ability to recite was.

This made Qi Duo start to wonder if the other party's ability was to learn about other people's specific abilities and then use that information to do something shady?

'Very likely...'

The manipulation here could be an automatic countermeasure or the activation of a suppressive capability.

But what troubles Kito the most is one of the possibilities—

What if the other party could use this to copy or temporarily borrow the abilities of the infected person?

Qiduo was very clear about Dia's abilities; she even knew more about the specific details of the [Atmosphere Creator] than he did himself.

After all, Dia usually just buries herself in her work and never does any specific analysis, while Qiduo has even measured Wuwu's exhalation rate per second.

This ability alone is already a major headache; the dense fog that completely obscures visibility makes it almost impossible for them to capture enemies in open areas.

Not to mention the mysterious ability that Dia has never mentioned and has never inquired about.

That ability shouldn't be a Nen ability...

Kido remembered that such a mysterious ability had already appeared in the Secret Court, and at that time Dia certainly hadn't learned Nen.

But it wasn't until Dia used it again in front of her just now that she realized it was Dia who had activated the power.

As for what exactly that mysterious ability was, Qi Duo, who had already experienced it up close three times, was certainly not stupid; she already had a definite answer in her mind:

'If it's not a speed that surpasses consciousness, then it's the ability to stop time...'

After confirming this conjecture, a belated sense of absurdity and bizarreness took hold of her entire mind:

'Does it really possess such terrifying power? And is this even plausible...?'

It's not Nen ability, but it can actually do things that Nen ability can't.

When Dia activated this ability, she saw neither the strict activation conditions nor the serious consequences.

Is that correct?

At the same time, Kido realized that, with almost no conditions or consequences, it would be extremely easy for Dia to hide this ability.

But he made no attempt to hide it and activated his ability right in front of her.

This was Dia's attitude; he was willing to trust Qiduo, just as Qiduo herself had no reservations about Dia.

'In that case, we should at least reciprocate this trust.'

Dia thought that he was not a purely indifferent person like Dio, and could not be that kind of absolutely self-centered.

Trust is one of the necessities of life, even if it's just a little bit, or even if it's only for a specific person.

Even a villain like DIO has a trustworthy friend.

Getting back to the main point, this is based on the two speculations: [Dia has the ability to stop time] and [enemies may be able to copy the ability through information].