Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

'Could it not be him? Then it must be one of those patrolmen inside…'

boom!

Gunshots rang out suddenly, and a bloody hole appeared on the guard's knee.

The gatekeeper's face instantly contorted, and he let out a piercing scream:

"what---"

Dia turned around and looked at Caesar with a strange expression.

Caesar calmly lowered his pistol, a wisp of white smoke rising from the muzzle, and said indifferently:

He's lying.

"sure?"

Dia didn't believe everything Caesar said; she needed at least some basis for her beliefs.

"Let's just say it's a way of using my abilities. No one can lie to me, and even if I want to lie, no one can see through it."

Caesar didn't explain too much. He said that was enough about Nen abilities; any more would be revealing secrets. Dia, who was also a Nen user, would definitely understand.

Sure enough, upon hearing his words, Dia didn't hesitate at all, turned around, and said to the gatekeeper:

"Then you are the informant. Confess now, I don't want to torture you."

Outside the door, his face was covered in cold sweat, but after hearing Diya's words, he still gritted his teeth and endured the pain, unwilling to admit it:

"I...I don't know what you're talking about...You'd better get out of here right now, the guards are coming...Aaaaah!!"

Seeing that he was stubborn, Dia immediately stopped arguing and pointed a finger at his leg that had been shot.

A crimson ripple flashed by, and instantly a terrifying heat burst forth from the guard's leg, burning it to a crisp!

Chapter 140 Good Dog × Doll or Mind Beast

"Shut up!"

Diya's eyes were cold; ignoring the guard's shrill screams, she pointed a finger at his brow and whispered:

"If you say another word of nonsense, 800 degrees Celsius will come out of your skull and burn your brain."

The guard froze instantly, his eyes wide with horror as he stared at the long, slender finger pointing at his brow, as if he felt the noose of death already around his neck.

'A superpowered person? A devil? He's really going to kill me!'

I said! Don't kill me!

Without hesitation, the security guard, whose vision was blurring, shouted the words at the top of his lungs. His face was filled with fear, and all his previous composure was gone.

"Muhayelich, it's Muhayelich, that gambling addict! He gave me 500 million to monitor the Twelfth Prince's every outing!"

As he spoke, his voice began to tremble, choked with sobs:

"Don't kill me! I've told you everything I know! I need that money to save my daughter..."

"She's only 8 years old... I want to save her..."

Dia frowned and turned to look at Caesar.

“He is telling the truth; he is not lying.”

Upon hearing this, Diya withdrew her finger, no longer threatening him. Instead, she let out a long sigh and muttered a complaint:

"You really are a good dog."

"Yes, yes, I'm a dog, I'm a dog..."

The gatekeeper seemed to see a glimmer of hope and echoed his agreement repeatedly, not daring to utter a single dissent.

Dia said nothing more.

He wasn't a psychopath who wanted to insult the security guard's character; rather, the security guard's words and actions didn't match.

If that guy named Muhayelich was tasked with monitoring Mumu Ze's every time he went out, then why, according to Dia's calculations, did the gatekeeper send his message as soon as Dia arrived?

Mumu Ze hadn't even left the house yet at that time.

There is only one possibility: based on his experience with the usual interactions between Mumu Ze and the Seventh Queen, the gatekeeper judged that [Dia's arrival] would definitely lead to [Mumu Ze leaving the house].

Then, whether out of eagerness to show loyalty or something else, he reported to Muhayelich before Mumuze even left the house.

It's fair to say that if he had even the slightest bit of resentment towards his actions, he wouldn't have been so eager to betray Mumu Ze and Diya.

Even if he had simply followed the instructions of the assassins and waited until Mu Muze left before submitting a report, instead of making an unnecessary trip, the assassination attempt would have had no chance of success.

That's why Dia said that, regardless of his motives, after carrying out this mission for a long time, this guy's mentality had gradually changed from working for others to save his daughter to desperately wanting to be loyal to those assassins.

Such fanaticism among converts is nothing more than this.

Seeing that Dia seemed genuinely not to intend to kill him, the gatekeeper's face lit up with ecstatic joy, and he quickly continued shouting loudly:

"I'm a dog! I'm a dog!"

boom!

Another gunshot rang out, and the guard's ecstatic expression froze on his face as a bloody hole appeared in his forehead.

The next moment, his body collapsed like a tattered sack, his eyes wide open, still muttering:

"I'm……"

Dia frowned as she looked at the fallen gatekeeper, then turned to look at Caesar, who had fired the shot.

White smoke rose from the muzzle of his gun, his right hand remained steady as a mountain, his expression unchanged, and he calmly said:

"He was already dead when the secret was exposed. He was involved in the murder of the queen and the prince. Even if he is not dead now, he will be subjected to the cruel punishment of slow slicing by the royal army, and it will be a public execution."

Caesar paused, a complex expression appearing in his eyes for the first time:

"As for his daughter, she has absolutely no chance of survival. The royal army will execute her along with all her family members."

In other words, by choosing this path, he had already dragged his family into another abyss.

"……Understood."

Upon hearing this, Dia stopped talking. In this situation, giving the guard a quick death might actually reduce his suffering.

"Let's go to the North Gate; that's the only place with a casino."

Caesar holstered his pistol and turned to walk towards the Justice Bureau vehicle with its flashing police lights.

Seeing this, Dia casually slapped the guard's corpse and used the high temperature of [Crimson Ripple Dash] to burn him to ashes, then got up to follow Caesar.

Suddenly, before she had taken two steps, Dia felt as if her left hand was being pulled!

'Um? '

Diya looked at her left wrist, where the silk thread wrapped around Mumu Ze was trembling incessantly.

He looked back along the thread and saw that the other end of the translucent thread was connected to something that was extremely familiar to him—

A dark blue dress, curly hair, empty eyes, and a blood-stained doll.

It is [Puppet Mumu Ze].

"Click..."

The doll Mumu Ze tilted its head, its joints creaking, and it made strange clicking sounds from its mouth. Its large, empty eyes stared intently at Diya, never looking away.

'What happened?'

Diya stared blankly at the doll, not understanding how it had appeared, nor why she hadn't noticed it and allowed it to get so close.

"What's wrong, Mr. Dia? Is there something there?"

Just as Caesar was about to get into the car, he looked back and found that Dia was standing there motionless, staring at empty air, seemingly lost in thought.

Realizing something was wrong, he immediately became extremely alert and promptly asked about Diya's condition.

"Ah, it's nothing..."

Dia instinctively turned around and answered.

Who would have thought that the moment he turned his head away, he felt his left hand suddenly become heavy!

Dia's pupils contracted, and she abruptly looked at her left hand—

A miniature Mumu Ze doll lay quietly on his left hand, its head raised, staring straight at him, as if something was burning in its eyes.

'It has become a Nen Beast...'

Incredulity flashed in Dia's eyes.

Nen beasts and Nen creations are not the same thing. He had never heard of a Nen creation being able to become a Nen beast.

Under Diya's close observation, she could clearly feel that the Mumuze doll in front of her had transformed from a Nen creation into a real Nen beast!

'What's going on? Why are the Nen abilities awakened by members of the Kakin royal family all so strange?'

Dia tried to shake it off, but found he couldn't. The doll didn't make any other movements; it just watched him quietly, posing no threat whatsoever.

"Mr. Dia, did you see anything strange?"

Caesar, who was not far away, frowned. From his perspective, Dia had been making some strange movements since the beginning, as if something was near him or on him.

"No, I'm fine, don't worry..."

Diya carefully sensed the beast in his hand and confirmed that it would not have any effect on him. He could only suppress his doubts and deal with the matter at hand first.

Once Mumu Ze wakes up, no matter what the Nen beast is all about, it won't cause any trouble in front of the Nen user himself.

The most urgent task now is to catch the person who plotted the assassination within a day!

Dia turned around nimbly and ran towards Caesar's car. Seeing that Dia was alright, Caesar didn't say anything more about what had just happened.

After the two got into the car, Caesar stepped on the gas, and the car shot off like an arrow towards the North Gate.

The time is 14:01 PM, with 22 hours left until the deadline...

Chapter 141 Being Watched × Gangster