Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

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'But should we tell her about what happened to Dia on the airship?'

Qiduo hesitated for a moment, but then gave up on the idea.

After all, Bisky's crazy behavior towards Dia before boarding the airship, and her words, "I feel a connection with Dia, as if I've seen him somewhere before," were still swirling in Keido's mind.

To prevent Bisky from doing anything irrational in this state.

Kido quietly decided that she shouldn't tell Bisky about Dia being on the airship.

Chapter 196 The Uses of [Mother-Child Seeds] × A Battlefield (Not Really)

Qiduo knew that Dia was on the airship three days ago.

That day, the airship had just taken off and was still traveling within the territory of the Republic of Minbo.

While Kido was still worried about whether something might have happened to Dia, she suddenly received a text message from Dia—

"I'm on airship number 117."

Later, she found some time to go and confirm, and was able to confirm that Dia had indeed caught up with the airship.

The reason Dia contacted Qiduo was actually for one thing—

The seeds that Mrs. Yorkshire gave us.

Kido originally planned to give it to Dia after arriving at Lake Rusty.

But since I happen to have some free time now, I might as well just give it to him now.

Meanwhile, in room 117.

The room contains two simple small beds and a private bathroom.

However, neither Dia nor Silva intended to take a bath under these circumstances; it would be troublesome if an enemy attacked while they were bathing.

Diya sat cross-legged on her bed, intently feeling the seed in her hand.

Three days ago, Qiduo handed him a box and said:

“This is what my mother gave you. Inside are three seeds, which are abilities that she developed after a lot of effort.”

"The three seeds consist of one mother seed and two daughter seeds. Without her assistance, they have only one use—"

"Mutual attraction"

Dia frowned and opened his palm. The [Mother Seed] lay there quietly. He pondered to himself:

"Kido said that after this seed germinates, the two leaves will point towards the two seeds, and no matter how far away they are, as long as the seeds are not destroyed, this pointing will be absolute..."

Before using any of the three seeds, the user needs to input a certain amount of mental energy to "register".

There are two ways for the mother plant to germinate. First, it can be planted directly in any soil, or even in a nutrient solution. As long as there are nutrients, it can be germinated.

In this case, the ability to point to two sub-seeds, as Dia just mentioned, can be achieved.

The second scenario is when the seed is planted and sprouts. In this case, the seed will absorb all the surrounding nutrients and grow as much as possible.

Once the [seed] is detected hatching, the [mother seed] will automatically hatch, and with each [seed] sprouting, a red [cotyledon] will grow.

The cotyledons will point to the hatched seedlings. In this case, the mother seed does not need any nutrients and survives entirely by absorbing nutrients from the seedlings, but it will not be able to grow.

According to Kito, the complete form of the seed will automatically grow into a plant that matches the Nen attribute of the user.

If the user is of the "Emission" type, they might grow fruits that can explode, while the "Manipulation" type might grow flowers with special effects.

Its power is also quite considerable.

Dia analyzed that this actually has two uses. When the mother plant is stimulated in advance, it will directly point in the direction of the daughter plant and begin to grow into a special plant.

If the [daughter seed] is activated prematurely, the [mother seed] will only be able to serve as a guide and will not be able to grow into a special plant. Only the [daughter seed] will be able to grow.

From this perspective, it seems that the premature activation of the [offspring] is a meaningless function; the [mother] should be activated immediately upon acquisition.

actually not.

The fact that premature activation of the seed will force the mother seed to germinate indicates that the best use of these three seeds is to wait for the mother seed to be passively activated.

This is a valuable long-distance communication capability.

The battlefield situation changes rapidly. In places where wireless signals cannot reach, if someone on the side holding the [sub-seed] encounters an accident...

Once the [sub-seed] is activated, the person holding the [mother seed] will know where the accident has occurred.

A one-way alarm combined with a perpetual compass is equivalent to a security alarm.

Dia gradually came to understand the true use of the seeds.

At the same time, he sensed that if he injected [Ripple] into the seeds, they could germinate directly without soil.

Perhaps it's thanks to the powerful vitality of [Ripple].

In conclusion, these three seeds were a great help, and the gift from Mrs. Yorkshire was quite precious.

Dia gave Silva a Seed and told him that if he encountered Pariston and could not kill him alone, he should plant the Seed in the ground so that Dia could rush over to help.

'Hmm... I've registered all the seeds. I wonder what kind of plants my Ripple Thought will grow.'

Thinking this, Dia casually stuffed the two seeds back into the box and jumped out of bed:

'Go find Bisky for sparring. Maybe we should just jump ship tomorrow to avoid being targeted by Bisky.'

These past few days, relying on the "handle" he had unexpectedly obtained, Dia tried to get Bisky to train with him, and to his surprise, the other party actually agreed.

So he would seek out the other party for one to two hours of martial arts training almost every day.

To be fair, Bisky is not very reliable in other areas, but she is extremely serious and responsible when it comes to teaching students.

As expected of the protagonist's teacher, his level is definitely not low.

As for intelligence, he completely entrusted it to Silva.

The intelligence dealer he found offered nearly ten million jin of basic information about the "Four Thieves of Fujiang".

When asked why it was so expensive, the intelligence dealer solemnly replied:

"A person's reputation is like a tree's shadow. Since the Four Thieves of Fujiang have only disappeared and not died, selling information about them carries a greater risk than selling ordinary information."

Diya almost started yelling at them. They had been missing for 25 years and were still alive. Did they actually retire from the martial arts world?

In his view, being missing for 25 years basically meant he was dead. In this world that is both big and small, a powerful Nen user cannot completely hide himself.

But no matter what he said, the intelligence merchant insisted that Fu Jiang Si Dao was not dead, so Di Ya had no choice but to spend more money to buy another piece of information.

dong dong dong-

There was a sudden knock on Dia's door.

He walked to the door, opened it, and saw that it was indeed Bisky, who had come to spar with him on time.

"Let's go, kid. Today should be the last day. After tomorrow, keep that matter to yourself, or else..."

Bisky crossed her arms, her eyes blazing with threat.

"Hmph, you know the consequences!"

"clear."

Dia replied casually.

He never intended to gossip about it. In fact, he thought Bisky was just talking behind his back and it wasn't a big deal at all.

Who knew she cared so much, even agreeing to his request to be his sparring partner...

"Grandma Biskey!? What are you doing here in Dia?"

Suddenly, that familiar voice came, and the two of them turned their heads to look.

Kido stared intently at them, her eyes narrowed, a chill running through them...

Chapter 197 A Last Resort × Important Intelligence

The atmosphere in the corridor froze.

A bead of cold sweat broke out on Bisky's forehead; for a moment, she was gripped by a strange panic.

This moment of panic caused her to miss the best opportunity to smooth things over:

'What happened? Couldn't I have just casually said it was a coincidence? Why did the atmosphere turn out like this?!'

Qi Duo squinted, clenched her fists, and tried to appear calm.

The moment she witnessed Dia and Bisky's "secret rendezvous," it was as if a string in her mind had snapped, and a strange rage suddenly surged into her mind.

That moment of anger caused the question to slip out.

But the moment the question left her lips, Qiduo regretted it:

'What am I doing? Why am I using this tone? I could have just asked directly. Why has the atmosphere become so awkward?'

An awkward atmosphere was quietly spreading, making Qiduo even afraid to look at Dia's expression.

However, unlike the two female hunters who seemed lost in thought, Dia remained completely unfazed and casually raised her hand in greeting:

"Oh, teacher, you're here too. Grandma Bisky is about to give me a sparring session."

Why does he seem so nonchalant? (x2)

Kido and Bisquie were momentarily stunned by Dia's matter-of-fact attitude.

Suddenly, as if she had thought of something, Qiduo asked hesitantly:

"Dia...when did you meet your grandmother?"

"We ran into each other as soon as we boarded the airship, didn't I tell you?"

"Dia said with a puzzled look."