Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

"How about this? If you still want to give up, you can turn around and leave now. If you want to continue, your mistake just now can be disregarded, but you are not allowed to withdraw from the next round of the bet."

In other words, it means giving Qi one more chance in exchange for the restriction that forces the game to continue.

A hint of surprise flashed in Qiduo's eyes. The other party's ability settings were so flexible, and such a level of development must have required a great deal of effort.

Seeing that the other party had made such a concession, Qi Duo thought for a moment and decided to take a gamble.

She didn't want to just abandon her fellow hunters...

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In the quiet corridor.

Dia stood still and withdrew her hand from the wall.

He turned to look at the deep, dark corridor, at the end of which was a study.

He had just followed the Nen energy after Uluru's death, only to find that the Nen energy had vanished into the void in the blink of an eye.

Having lost sight of her target, Dia decided to continue walking down the corridor.

Until he finally found other living people in this place besides himself.

Out of caution, Dia slowed her pace and quietly stood outside the study.

Diya silently drew the pistol from her waist, the cold barrel reflecting a chilling light in the moonlight.

He held his breath and pointed the dark muzzle of his gun at the door.

'Two people, one 180 cm tall and the other 165 cm tall, probably a man and a woman, are sitting facing each other...'

A silver current flowed silently toward the bullet about to leave the barrel.

"Four hundred and fifty...three seconds!"

Suddenly a familiar voice came from the crack in the door. Dia stopped what she was doing and frowned.

Inside the study, Zi Wu's face showed amazement, and he couldn't help but clap his hands and say:

"To be able to calculate the error in such a short time, Miss Xiya, you are the most time-sensitive person I have ever met. If you were in Fujiang, you would definitely become an excellent timekeeper."

Qiduo didn't speak; beneath the sterile gown and mask, her eyes were filled with gloom.

'He went in the wrong direction at first. I initially thought he was using a special method to keep track of time, which gave him the confidence to win, but I never expected…'

Boom!Boom!Boom!

Three loud knocks suddenly rang out, extremely jarring in the quiet study.

The two men at the gambling table both looked towards the door, and were both taken aback.

Linix, who had been silent until now, suddenly spoke up:

"Ziwu, that person has arrived."

In that instant, Ziwu's pupils contracted sharply.

He knew who Linnix was talking about.

The hunter who swept the three of them from the real world back to this godforsaken place in one fell swoop.

squeak-

The door was pushed open, and Dia walked into the study quite naturally, glancing around.

Qiduo was shocked by his appearance, but found that he was not looking at her, but looking elsewhere with a chill in his eyes.

Diya's gaze lingered for a moment on the large teapot in the corner, then she looked at the man across the gambling table and said:

"Choose a way to die."

Chapter 210 Whispers in the Ear ×1245 seconds!

Zi Wu suppressed the pounding in his heart, and his brain began to work at high speed.

Suddenly, as if he had thought of something, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said:

“Mr. Dia, right? Let’s play a game…”

"Dia! Don't agree to him!"

Before Ziwu could finish speaking, Qiduo interrupted him.

She quickly recounted everything she had seen through during the previous bet:

"He's exploiting a loophole. The flow of time here is different from the outside world, with an error of at least 0.001% to 0.025% per second!"

Dia: "?"

He didn't quite understand what Qiduo was talking about.

Isn't the next step simply to see the enemy → kill them with one punch → end the mission?

The large teapot with a big red arrow floating on it looked like an ordinary teapot, but Dia knew it the moment she saw it.

This thing is the "big teapot" that "shout" mentioned, and it's also the culprit behind his amnesia!

Diya's aura gradually rose, golden ripples surging across his body, and he said:

"Although I don't know what you're talking about, teacher, let me kill these two first."

Damn it! Why does this guy always start hitting me right away?!

Ziwu cursed inwardly. His method of first being polite and then resorting to force was only effective against Qiduo.

Facing someone like Dia who takes a punch without thinking twice, he basically wouldn't even finish his sentence before being smashed to pieces.

Seeing that Dia had already raised her fist, Ziwu broke out in a cold sweat and immediately used all his strength to say:

"If you kill me, your teacher and that hunter from before will die too!"

Upon hearing this, Dia frowned and looked at Qiduo:

"Teacher, is what he said true? I don't believe him."

“He’s talking nonsense, kill him.”

Kito said with absolute certainty.

Even if the other party is killed now, there is a high probability that the spirit beast he left behind will take her life instantly.

But it's better than dragging Dia into this and then having all three of them die here together.

Diya glanced at Qiduo behind the sterile gown and mask; she was definitely lying. She then walked towards Ziwu and said:

"Tell me about that stupid game of yours. If I'm not mistaken, it was originally meant for me, wasn't it?"

He then patted Qiduo on the shoulder, reassuring her and silencing her before she could say a lot.

Seeing this, Ziwu breathed a slight sigh of relief and began to explain the gambling game in front of him.

As time went by, Dia began to vaguely recall the period of her disappearance.

When Ziwu finished explaining the gambling situation, and combined it with Qiduo's words that "the flow of time here is different from that outside," a sudden realization dawned on him.

'This is no longer the present world, so time cannot be calculated simply.'

Before, when he saw the moonlight, he naturally assumed that most of the day had passed since he entered the hotel, but he just didn't remember.

Uluru's sudden appearance, coupled with his statement that they had fought four hours earlier, reinforced this impression.

All of the above was done to deliberately mislead Dia into believing that he was still in his original world.

If it weren't for this bet, Dia would still be wondering what the point was.

Even if he didn't know where he was, he would still throw a few punches to test his skills if he encountered a stranger.

But now he understands that all of this was just to prevent him from seeing through the mysteries of this gamble due to his habitual thinking.

'Because there is a tiny error between each second and the original world's time, the first one-second error will appear at a minimum of 400 seconds, and at a maximum of 1000 seconds...'

Dia glanced at Qiduo. He didn't know how much brainpower the other had spent to calculate such an unusually precise range; he certainly couldn't have done it himself.

"I'll play this game with you, but I'm not good at counting..."

Under Qiduo's tense gaze, Dia walked behind her, placed his hands on her shoulders, and smiled as he said to Ziwu:

"I'll only play one round, and I'll have my teacher count for me. If she counts wrong, my soul belongs to you; if you count wrong, your soul belongs to me."

"Of course, I can agree to start this round from here."

Qiduo seemed to realize something. When Diya placed his hands on her shoulders, her eyes suddenly calmed, and her previous tension turned into confidence. She said:

“Our bet isn’t over yet, is it? Let’s count it in this round. If you win, all our souls are yours. If you lose, you have to hand over Kang Jae’s soul and your own.”

Zi Wu frowned, wondering what these two were up to and why they had suddenly become so confident.

But then he gritted his teeth and made up his mind:

'If I don't agree, even if I take that woman's soul, that man will kill me. I have no choice but to gamble on this one round!'

'I've been counting the days here for 25 years, I've memorized every single day and every single second, there's no way I could be wrong!'

This was a gamble he couldn't lose from the very beginning.

If you're sure to win, why bet everything? What kind of gambler are you if you don't go all in?

"Okay, we'll do it your way!"

The betting begins.

The quartz clock was placed upside down on the table, making a clanging sound.

Time passed slowly, and Qiduo gathered all her energy, constantly calculating the time in her mind.

She calculated the error by comparing the perceived time and the quartz clock time in each previous game using a binary method.

Once the timer for each game exceeds 400 seconds, there is a possibility of a one-second error. On top of that, there is a possibility of a second error after at least another 400 seconds.

When the time exceeds 1000 seconds, the minimum error limit is reached, and a one-second delay will inevitably occur. On this basis, there is a probability of a one-second error occurring every 400 seconds.

If the probability distribution here is calculated using a discrete mathematical model, its expected value should be calculable.

But gambling is not like solving a problem; the calculated expectation doesn't mean anything. For example, with 1200 seconds, the error can range from a maximum of three seconds to a minimum of one second.