Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

Her curly brown hair framed a Lolita-style black dress, layered with blue and white lace, and her empty black eyes held an indescribable stillness.

What's most striking is the rabbit doll she's holding in her right hand—dark red bloodstains spread like a spider web on its pale fur, and the wound on the side of its head is still silently "bleeding," as if it has undergone some kind of cruel torture.

"This is……"

Diya frowned almost imperceptibly, looking at Mumu Ze with a puzzled expression. The more she looked at the doll, the more it resembled her.

"A doll woven based on myself..."

Mumu Ze didn't notice the subtle change in Diya's expression; he simply said with a hint of pride:

"Master Dia, didn't you say before that if a Nen user of the [Manipulation] type wants to reach a higher ceiling, it's best to choose the path of manipulating objects and giving them special abilities?"

"Of all the things I'm most familiar with, the one most suitable for developing my abilities is weaving, which I've been learning since I was little. So I developed my Nen ability using it and named it—"

"【The Song of Silk】".

'It sounds like a very lucky name.'

The phrase involuntarily popped into Dia's mind, and then he asked:

"Did you make this doll? What's with the bloodstains on it?"

The doll's exquisite craftsmanship clearly exceeded the limits of hand-weaving, not to mention the blood that looked completely natural.

"This..."

Upon hearing this, Mumu Ze scratched his face somewhat awkwardly and said:

"I don't understand either. I just wanted to make a rough sample first, but when I finished the doll and the toy in her hand, my ability suddenly started working on its own."

"When I realized what was happening, it no longer looked like it had been woven at all, and there were some inexplicable bloodstains on it."

Did the ability activate subconsciously...?

Dia turned to look at the tiny doll that barely reached his knees, his eyes lowered.

It is well known that Nen abilities respond to one's deepest desires.

Therefore, the sudden perfection of the doll may have been due to Mumu Ze's high level of concentration at the time, and her extremely urgent desire to complete this "work", which is why her Nen ability finally responded to her expectations.

But what about the bloodstains...?

Diya looked at the exquisite and adorable little Mumu Ze. No matter how beautiful its appearance was, it could not hide the loneliness in its empty eyes. The blood-stained doll in its hand drooped unconsciously, as if it were dead.

The problem probably lies in the fact that Mumu Ze created this doll based on himself.

Her Nen ability projected a part of herself, a part she was unaware of, onto it.

'Loneliness, wounds, bleeding...'

Dia silently summarized everything he had seen.

It seems that even among the princes of Kakin, Mumu Ze, who appears to be the most normal and like an ordinary person, has a dark side hidden deep inside.

What is that toy?

Dia asked, "When Nen abilities are activated autonomously, everything that appears has its meaning."

“That was my favorite toy when I was little, a blue rabbit. I always slept with it. Then one time my little brother Marayan wanted it. I didn’t want to give it to him, but my mother made me give it to him…”

Mumu Ze said softly:

"I... [accidentally] burned it."

"The moment I finished burning it, I regretted it and cried like a little kid even younger than my brother Marayan..."

A little possessiveness can lead to hurting something you like, and the resulting regret may even be accompanied by an aggressive, childlike urge to harm.

These things ultimately caused her Nen ability to activate autonomously for the first time, creating the puppet in front of her.

'Thankfully, my mental state is good.'

Dia breathed a sigh of relief. Judging from the description, it seemed... there wasn't a big problem?

Who doesn't have a possessive desire for their own things? It's normal not to want to give them to others, so it's understandable that children might act a little extreme.

He even knew to regret it afterward; he really is a good kid.

Dia instinctively didn't scrutinize the flaws in Mu Muze's words. Although he himself was a habitual liar, he instinctively didn't want to doubt his companion on minor details.

I also hope to think of them in a positive light.

However, a minor but significant problem arises at this point: is Mumu Ze's current psychological state, or rather his possessiveness, stronger or weaker than when he was a child?

Diya didn't delve into it further. After all, how possessive the other party was was none of his business, and he wasn't going to fight Mumu Ze for anything.

Moreover, as a prince of a country and a Nen user, he probably doesn't have to worry about not getting what he wants (laughs).

"Does it have any special abilities now?"

Dia continued to ask, explaining that manipulation systems can grant special functions to manipulated objects. For example, Morel's Purple Smoke Machine Squad can change their appearance, and Xiutuo's Dark Inn can seal off parts of an enemy's body.

"She...is very cute..."

Mumu Ze stammered, his eyes darting around.

"Yes, I saw it. And then?"

Dia looked at her expectantly.

"...gone, just like me, unable to do anything."

After holding it in for a long time, Mu Muze finally said in a helpless, self-destructive tone.

"..."

Dia was speechless. Was it really necessary to project so completely?

but.

Does it really have no special abilities?

Dia turned her head and stared into those lifeless eyes.

Those eyes seemed to hold some deep desire, like a faintly burning flame.

Chapter 135 For the Nobleman × 11 Zoos

Is it possible for a Nen user to not know what kind of ability they have developed?

The answer is, it's entirely possible.

Let's set aside those who unconsciously develop Nen abilities, like Komugi.

It is entirely possible for someone who consciously develops their abilities to be unaware of what abilities they have awakened.

The power awakened by the fourth prince of Kakin in the Succession arc of the manga illustrates this point.

He didn't even think about what direction to open up his abilities before he spontaneously awakened a godlike ability similar to that of [Crimson King] Mini.

As for Mumu Ze, who is also a prince of Kakin, the only difference is that Celidone is a [Specialist], while Mumu Ze is a [Manipulator], and his talent is far inferior to the other's.

Although the reasoning process sounds rather far-fetched, Dia felt that the doll in front of him was not simply cute.

Dia shook her head and gave a word of advice:

"Be careful in the future, don't let this doll get destroyed. I'm afraid that if it gets damaged, it will also affect you."

Mu Muze nodded repeatedly, and seeing that she seemed to have successfully fooled him, he breathed a sigh of relief.

next moment.

"And that one, it should be modeled after me, right?"

Diya pointed to the bulge under Mumu Ze's clothes and said without changing her expression, as if she had not noticed Mumu Ze's abnormality at all.

'I still couldn't dodge it...'

Mumuze reluctantly took out the doll. Compared to the Mumuze doll from before, the exquisiteness of this Dia doll was really just that of a toy.

"This isn't finished yet. I was thinking of getting him some nice little clothes. And Master Diya, I haven't finished knitting your cloud yet either."

"【he】?"

Diya suddenly noticed that when Mumu Ze addressed these dolls, he used the proper human terms "he" or "she," instead of always using "it" like he did.

In Hunter's Language, these personal pronouns are all very clearly distinguished.

"Yes, Master Diya is a boy, so we use 'he' instead, right?"

This time, it was Mumu Ze's turn to look at Diya with confusion.

"..."

Diya decided not to comment. Perhaps it was precisely Mumu Ze's mentality of treating dolls as real lives that allowed her to develop her abilities to the greatest extent.

"Then you can continue to improve this doll. Tell me about the [zoo] thing first."

Diya shook her head, casually found a wall to lean against, and moved on to the next topic.

It's true that her abilities have made great progress at this point, but it's also true that they have almost no practical value at this stage.

During the remote guidance, he did not offer any suggestions on the direction of the other party's ability development, because Nen ability itself is extremely individualistic, and his ideas only suited himself and not Mumu Ze.

For reasons unknown, the other party's first thought after determining what they were dealing with was—

Create a living, talking doll that can accompany her.

Dia had no objection to this. The upper limit of this ability was simply that the doll could exert some of the original body's abilities, and the degree to which it could exert these abilities would definitely not be too high.

This is somewhat similar to the ability of the Phantom Troupe's former No. 4 Mask, which appeared in the Hunter x Hunter movie "The Scarlet Phantom," but Mask's ability is much more unreasonable.

It's like something the screenwriter came up with on a whim.

"Oh, that, it's just, um..."

Mumu Ze thought for a moment and realized that he couldn't quite remember what the intelligence report said, so he simply picked up the Dia doll and walked towards the passage, saying:

“Master Diya, come with me to the study. There are complete and detailed paper reports there, which I had professional intelligence personnel collect.”

So Dia readily agreed, and the two of them walked through the palace, one in front of the other.

Soon, they arrived at the large study on the second floor, where a maid was already waiting.