Hunter x Hunter: Infinite Growth.

“This kind of scene is very rare. I dare say that there are no more than ten people in the world who have seen a two-headed wolf die of natural causes,” Jin explained from the side.

The wolf cubs and their mother wolf howled around the spot where the bones had dissolved.

After a long while, the mother wolf stopped, and slowly walked over, biting the fallen horn with her headless head.

However, to Kevin's surprise, the she-wolf did not walk to King's feet, but instead came to Kevin.

"Tsk."

Seeing this, Jin clicked his tongue in displeasure, his face full of annoyance.

The mother wolf placed her horns at Kevin's feet and howled twice.

"This is... for me?" Kevin asked, somewhat incredulous.

The mother wolf nodded human-like, then turned to take care of her wolf cubs.

"I knew I shouldn't have brought you." Jin scratched his spiky hair, his regretful expression genuine.

"Why are you giving it to me?" Kevin asked, picking up the unicorn.

The moment I touched it, that feeling of longing surged up in my heart again.

Compared to the crystal bones I've seen before, this desire is weaker, but slightly stronger than other common materials.

This unicorn should be considered a C-grade material, at the top level of C-grade.

More importantly, the portions are large.

"You can also feel a craving for this?" Jin asked, frowning.

Kevin nodded.

Kim didn't ask any more questions, but instead explained the situation to Kevin: "This is for you, and you must be wondering why. Like the history of the two-headed wolves I told you before, they admire people who are righteous and kind. Although I'm not a bad person, compared to you, I certainly can't be called a good person."

As he spoke, Jin began to explain: "In ancient times, a monarch who was given a unicorn horn by a two-headed wolf was revered as a benevolent ruler."

Oh, so this counts as receiving a friend card.

"However, the fact that it gave you its head and horns after death but not to me after only seeing you twice shows that it perceived a more noble quality in you."

As he spoke, Kim looked at Kevin and patted him on the shoulder.

“If this were ancient times, you would already be labeled as benevolent.”

The two walked out of the cave while talking.

After saying goodbye to the wolves, they returned to their camp.

By this time, it was completely dark, and the moon and stars twinkled in the night sky.

By the fire, amidst the crackling of the firewood, the two men each held a can of beer, chatting casually as they drank.

Jin looked at Kevin and suddenly asked, "What's your opinion on your thirst for materials?"

“Desire? Oh, I think this might be an inherent characteristic of Specialty Nen abilities, or it could be an effect of the subconscious mind when constructing Nen abilities,” Kevin said, offering his thoughts.

After all, the original owner was extremely obsessed with potions, and under the influence of his subconscious, the Nen ability he developed developed a craving for materials, not wanting to miss out on any good materials, which makes sense.

Jin didn't refute, but instead asked, "Would it be convenient for me to see your original Nen ability?"

Kevin felt there was nothing to hide, since his Nen ability wasn't very useful in battle anyway.

He brought to life the "moment of a dream".

Jin glanced at it, then frowned and asked, "Is this a medicine-making platform? Do the items it produces have side effects?"

That's impressive.

Kevin was once again amazed by the keen insight of these experts.

He nodded: "That's right, just as you said, the potion produced will have certain side effects if taken by anyone other than me."

“This thing has the characteristics of post-mortem thought, but it’s not entirely like that,” Jin said, observing to himself.

"Are there any finished drug formulations that have been developed? The kind that aren't too potent."

Kevin nodded and casually took out a bottle of bone-setting agent from his waist bag and handed it over.

Jin glanced at it only once before drinking it down.

"The taste is alright. Hmm... Is it for treating fractures? The side effect is that during the duration of the drug's effects, the treatment site will become uncontrollable in terms of qi manipulation."

Jin quickly analyzed the effects and side effects of the drug.

After the effects of the medicine had completely worn off, he sat up again and began to explain his views: "The side effects of the medicine you made will, if nothing unexpected happens, affect the use of Qi. This is essentially because the product you made carries the [malice] unique to the thoughts of the dead."

As he spoke, he pointed at Kevin and recalled, "When you first possessed this body, I didn't think Kevin at that time had the ability to turn his Nen into Afterlife Nen."

That kind of obsession is so deep; only someone raised in a special environment with an extremely stubborn will could achieve it. Therefore, the formation of this post-death attachment is closely related to the process by which you possessed that corpse.

King knew the entire process of Kevin's possession better than Kevin himself, since King had been observing and studying it the whole time.

"And that inexplicable craving in your body. Let me put it this way, in most Nen abilities, it is rare for Nen to reverse and affect the user's own will."

While it can be partly explained by the concept of post-mortem incantations, the reality is far more complex.

Chapter 45 Rebirth After Death X Analysis

In the camp, by the campfire.

Jin picked up a tree branch and gestured with it on the muddy ground next to him.

"Now, let's temporarily distinguish between the you before you traveled through time and the you in the original world, and refer to them as A and B respectively."

As he spoke, he drew two little figures on the ground, one representing Kevin A before he traveled through time, and the other representing Kevin B from the original world.

“I killed B back then. Death is a gradual process. The body’s functions will gradually be lost, the brain may be damaged or lack of oxygen, and consciousness will slowly fade away until finally the soul dissipates. This is a complete death process.” As Jin spoke, he drew a horizontal line next to B to represent this process.

"Wait, do souls really exist?" Kevin couldn't help but ask, desperately needing more concrete information.

But the soul is clearly not something that can be easily determined.

Jin looked at him and nodded: "Putting aside your special case for now, the existence of the soul has been proven throughout history."

The Nen ability to steal or seize another's body, or to capture or trap a soul, does exist, but it is extremely rare, and there are even fewer documented cases.

This demonstrates that the existence of the soul is beyond doubt.

Getting back to the main point, Jin continued to draw and write on the ground.

"At that very moment, you, A, died. According to you, you were hit by a car." Jin drew a large "X" on A, then drew an arc-shaped arrow from above, pointing to the horizontal line.

"At the same time, your soul somehow arrived here, just as B was in the final stages of death. I speculate that it was at the moment when the soul was about to dissipate."

As he spoke, Jin drew a new little figure at the end of the horizontal line, with the outline of B on the outside and A on the inside, representing the current Kevin, that is, A's soul occupying B's body.

“A originally couldn’t use Nen, but B can. Nen is a fusion of Qi and intention, so at this moment it is more Qi that is manifested.”

This body has already opened its vital pores, and because you possessed it in time, the body instinctively cast the [Entangle] spell.

This peculiar process not only gave rise to "Post-Death Nen," but also triggered an even more peculiar phenomenon. "Speaking of which," Jin said, pointing at Kevin, "you're very adept at controlling Nen, aren't you?"

Kevin nodded, extended his finger, and under his control, his psychic energy transformed into various shapes, just like clay that could be molded at will.

Kim also extended his finger and made the same gesture.

"I can do that too, but it's the result of over a decade of learning and mastering Nen techniques, plus my own extraordinary talent."

I can tell you very clearly that there are no more than ten people in the world with this kind of manipulative ability.

And you, in terms of psychic manipulation, have easily reached a level comparable to mine. This can no longer be explained simply by talent; as long as one is human, talent always has its limits.

Hearing this, Kevin deeply agreed; he had already noticed this. His masterful control over Nen was astonishing even to Bisky, a Nen user with decades of experience.

"Remember? The thoughts after death are essentially formed from obsessions. But B couldn't possibly have such strong obsessions; it must have been influenced by external forces that caused the change."

In other words, your arrival was perfectly timed. Just as B's will and soul were about to completely dissipate, your appearance reactivated this body.

Kevin has made various guesses about how he traveled through time and why he ended up in this state.

However, he couldn't make such a reasonable deduction as Ging did, since his knowledge of Nen abilities was far less than Ging's.

King made this conjecture based on witnessing Kevin's entire time travel process and his own extensive knowledge.

"The scattered energy was thus able to stabilize again, and some fragments of will and soul remained, thus giving rise to a special afterlife consciousness."

This kind of afterlife Nen not only retains the effects of the original Nen ability, but is even enhanced, but its side effects are much smaller than those of a true afterlife Nen.

You should know that thought is the combination of qi and intention. In this process, some fragments of the soul are absorbed by qi, and your soul merges with this body after entering it.

The process of absorbing memories is actually about taking in the fragments of the soul that remain in the brain and establishing a connection with the fragments of the soul in the body's aura.

This is like merging a part of your will and soul into your qi. Although this part of your will within your qi doesn't entirely belong to you, it's like a part of yourself, thus creating the current situation.

Jin excitedly recounted his speculations, speaking at length and elaborating on his views.

This was the first time he had ever encountered such a situation. He searched for a lot of information and pondered for a long time before arriving at this conclusion, and even then, it wasn't necessarily entirely accurate.

“Every step in this process can be found in other people’s cases, but your situation is quite special, which has led to these phenomena occurring one after another.”

Kevin couldn't be sure if Kim's speculations were correct, since they were all difficult to verify in practice.

He looked at the energy in his palm that he could easily control, and he was certain that, in his view, this energy was indeed easy to control, and his will could be accurately transmitted into it.

Jin seemed to see through his thoughts and said, "It's not difficult to verify. You can try to see if you can make your circle into an irregular shape."