Becoming the Supreme Will starting from Hunter x Hunter

Long nodded, raising the insect he was holding between his fingers towards the moonlit night sky. "This is... its power."

Looking intently at the tiny, chirping insect between his fingers, he felt a heavy heart.

Unlike the wild creatures that are parasitized in the forest, this insect possesses initiative akin to 'awakening Nen abilities'.

It was just a tiny insect, lacking even self-awareness... possessing only biological instincts.

How did you do it?

"Don't you feel... like it's fulfilling a mission?"

At that moment, Hisoka approached, poked his head over Oboro's shoulder, and examined the insect in his hand with a playful expression.

"It's been imbued with some kind of will..."

Long calmly replied.

He thought so too.

Although this insect was very small, it was filled with thoughts—thoughts…not breath.

Moreover, this thought... doesn't seem to have arisen on its own.

The reason why Oboro felt so awkward was because this spark-like thought... was very evil.

"Let's rest first."

He gave the order.

He gave Lance a look.

“You can

"They've left!"

Seeing this, Lance said to the villager.

"Thank you."

The man was overjoyed upon hearing this, and then ran away.

Lance followed at a leisurely pace.

……

Perched on a tree branch, Long sat idly, one leg raised, her figure silhouetted against the silvery moonlight.

The insects were crawling and spinning in his palm, unable to escape.

Hisoka sat on the ground under the tree, with his favorite playing cards laid out.

"This aura... it's very similar to Ju-on..." A thought flashed through Oboro's mind.

Ju-on is a product of the original manga and the theatrical version.

Simply put, it is the energy opposite to the nature of thought... It is influenced by personal will and spirit, and is full of negative emotions such as darkness and depravity. It is the filth that grows from the 'human heart'.

But its basic function and effect are still the same as reciting…

The difference lies in the fact that, due to the different 'angles of birth', the two types of energy have unique properties.

Ju-on has some innate functions that are very close to death.

In the theatrical version, he comes into view along with Jade, the leader of the 'Dark' organization who served V5 alongside the chairman back then.

In his early years, Netero was in the light, while Jade was in the shadows... the latter was the shadow, hidden in the sunlight.

They led a group to do all sorts of dirty and strenuous work, including assassinations, silencing witnesses, and other bloody tasks...

Ultimately, this group was abandoned.

Jade also died at the hands of the chairman, but then he was resurrected and reappeared...

Even in later generations at the Sky Arena, those tower masters controlled by the curse... were like walking corpses.

Jade's resurrection... Oboro is willing to believe it's due to the new power of Ju-on, an ability or effect that comes with it, something Nen can't do... Most importantly, it's Jade's personal will, his intense resentment and desire for revenge. But it's clearly not Nen after death... It's also possible that some object acted as a medium, providing the opportunity.

Of course, these are all his thoughts after watching the theatrical version, and some guesses he made.

He didn't know exactly how Jade was resurrected or what secrets were involved.

Both thought and curse originate from the power of the human heart... Thought is life, while curse is somewhat inclined towards the concept of death.

“It’s not the same type as Ju-on… If it were, there would be no need for it to be so complicated…” Oboro closed his eyes, leaned his head against the tree trunk, and pondered.

The insect is imbued with some kind of will, transmitted through thought…

In this respect, it seems quite like the thoughts that come after death.

But there are still many things that cannot be explained.

The thoughts that arise after death are not so easy to generate... Do you really think that just anyone with a strong enough will can unleash them?

The more familiar and understanding Oboro became with Nen, the more he realized... just how difficult that was.

Pure, the ultimate in purity.

Even if it really is a posthumous thought, it's still a matter of personal will... Can one person's spiritual energy radiate so much?

In other words, a person with such will has no reason to die; they were already unimaginably powerful in life. If there were such a person among the Botswana people, the army of East Godot would have been out of a fight, and it would have been impossible for them to almost wipe out the Botswana people.

Speaking of posthumous remembrance... he does have a case in his life.

Thinking this, Oboro opened his eyes a crack and glanced at Hisoka playing cards under the tree.

Hisoka's senses were incredibly sharp. The moment Oboro's gaze fell on him, he raised his head with a smile and waved in greeting.

Long closed her eyes again, out of sight, out of mind.

To say that all Botswana people have awakened to the afterlife... that's absurd.

They weren't even Nen users in their lifetimes... their mental fortitude was extremely weak without any training.

Even if you manage to do it, your thoughts after death will only affect yourself.

After analyzing various factors and gaining an understanding of the Botswana people, Oboro concluded that... the only possibility is the origin of this ethnic group.

Some kind of force beyond the current human world…

It is related to the Dark Continent.

All the knowledge and information in his mind now is within a fixed framework.

Based solely on the descriptions of the human world and Nen users in the original work, very little is known about the Dark Continent.

However, this world is inherently mysterious and colorful, and the Dark Continent must contain all sorts of things beyond imagination... It is definitely not limited to any particular form or individual.

"For ordinary people to perpetuate this power... it's mostly through physical objects, or a means or method existing in their memories... If it's a memory inheritance, after so much time, the effect will inevitably decrease, or even be incomplete... Therefore, I'm more inclined to believe... it's something else..."

"But if it's truly a method, the transfer of memories across generations, even disregarding the dilution of memories over time and the varying degrees of individual acceptance, if it can still have this kind of power after a long period of time... how terrifying would the most original 'first version' be?!"

Long exhaled a breath of stale air, opened his eyes, and murmured.

78. Ceremony

During the few days that Kagi and Dama were communicating with the base and the association, Oboro conducted an experiment on a few live insects.

To further verify my conjecture.

On the grass, Oboro and Hisoka stared at the dead soldier before them.

The man's head was shattered, but his hands and feet remained intact, though they had suffered some degree of injury.

Click...

Then, a strange noise was heard, and the corpse slowly stood up from the ground, with a surge of mental power emanating from its body.

Long glanced at Lance.

The latter immediately fired a bullet…

However, the bullets only caused small wounds on the corpse, indicating that the force of the bullets was clearly negated…

Hisoka threw out several cards and swiftly severed one of the soldier's legs and an arm.

Even so, the fallen skeletons continued to move, leaping up with the strength of a single lower limb and lunging at them.

boom.

With a single whip kick, like a sharp blade unsheathed, Long shattered the soldier's body, causing it to explode.

“Before death, being possessed by insects would control one’s mind…and one’s life essence would be weakened to some extent, as if it were being absorbed…After death, through the insects as a medium, Nen was awakened. It was just pure Nen, with a tendency to initially form Nen power…The way the Nen was contracted was clearly for defense,” Oboro said.

"In other words, once it's possessed, the brain becomes like a worm, which controls it. But since these worms themselves have little thought or intelligence, they can only rely on instinct to drive their energy... The energy released after death is also from the worm, which first absorbs the individual's energy and then transforms and uses it..."

As the voices were heard, two worms emerged from the mangled flesh of the corpse.

There was originally one.

As soon as the two insects were exposed to the air, they reflexively scurried up and attacked.

The flapping of the wings, combined with that speed... made not a sound.

In other words, it's something you can see with the naked eye; if you can't see it, it's easy for someone to possess you.

"The thought, or rather the will, attached to them has a certain 'camouflage'. When it comes to sneak attacks, it is very similar to 'Ze'... When facing attacks, it can also use thought to resist, so it's no wonder that the soldiers have no way to deal with it."

Hisoka gently swiped the card in his hand, and the two insects were split in two.

After landing, they disappeared together.

“This kind of insect is very special. It doesn’t simply parasitize flesh and blood to lay eggs and reproduce in order to increase its numbers… Instead, it splits its Nen and the accompanying ‘will’ and transfers them to another individual.” Oboro’s tone was heavy.

boom boom boom…

Suddenly, intense gunfire and artillery explosions came from behind.

Without a word, Lance grabbed Pingsen and Dangri with both hands, gathered his strength in his legs, and the skin on his calves began to turn a deep red like a branding iron. The next second, like a supercar, he carried the two away in the opposite direction.

Oboro and Hisoka disappeared from their spot and headed toward the source of the sound.

As you approach the town, you see a large number of soldiers in white protective suits firing wildly at animals of all shapes and sizes, some alive and some dead... It has turned into a massive beast horde disaster.

Too many to count...

It felt like there were at least tens of thousands of parasites, a dark, dense mass, like a black ocean.