Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

Kido: ?

That kid's nearby!?

She turned her head sharply and looked around, but it was still quiet and pitch black, and she found nothing.

Should we use the character for "circle"?

The moment the thought crossed Qiduo's mind, she decisively extinguished it.

I don't want to find him so easily, I just don't want to...

After thinking for a moment, she simply squatted down, gathered her long skirt into the crook of her knees and pressed it down, and continued writing earnestly.

Below the original two lines of text, an additional line of text has been added.

"Who told you to never value your own life!" — Qi Duo

About ten seconds later, a few more words suddenly appeared below that line of text.

"I miss you" — Diya (still written in a messy, hurried manner)

For some reason, Qiduo felt her face getting hot, and an indescribable feeling rushed into her brain.

She was already hooked, like a big kid who had found a favorite toy, her heart was racing, and she immediately started playing with great enthusiasm.

"You want me to be okay? Do you think I'm okay now?" — Qiduo

"What happened?" —Dia

"Nothing happened." — Roronoa Qido said

"Why don't you say so?" —Dia

"You came back, but you didn't even tell me?" — Qiduo

"I'm sorry" — Dia

Qi Duo stopped what she was doing, her playful mood gradually fading, but her heart was still pounding.

The evening breeze ruffled her hair; everything was quiet.

Another ten seconds or so passed.

"Forgive me" — Dia

Qiduo bit her lip, feeling a slight sting in her nose and her eyes starting to blur.

She gritted her teeth and wrote with all her might.

I will not forgive you!

Time seemed to slow down, and the long, endless night became even quieter, more silent, and as clean as solidified ice.

No more words appeared...

The girl squatted on the ground, staring blankly at the empty road surface, as if looking at her most treasured treasure.

Has he left?

"I messed up again..."

Not knowing who she was talking to, the girl's heart sank, and she muttered blankly.

sieve--

Suddenly a familiar breeze swept by, and the words on the ground abruptly changed.

Sometime later, one of the five words she wrote, "I don't forgive you," was crossed out.

Thus it became—

I forgive you!

Qiduo stared blankly.

After a long while, she burst out laughing, tears streaming down her face, laughing so hard she was shaking uncontrollably.

"What?! How can you be so domineering..."

She smiled, as if talking to herself, or perhaps to someone else.

Qiduo wiped her eyes casually, then suddenly perked up and wrote a line of words—

"Hey, stop hiding, come out!"

"it is good."

"Dia said, her voice almost touching me."

Qiduo suddenly looked up and saw that Dia was smiling and had squatted down in front of her at some point.

Under the moonlight, his eyes and brows were smiling, like a painting.

"Well……"

Startled, Qiduo hurriedly stood up, staggered back a few steps, bumped into a bench behind her, and sat down on it.

"Is this considered an invitation? Then I'll have to accept it, Teacher Qiduo~"

Dia stood up and, with lightning speed, plopped down next to Qiduo, while letting out a slight sigh of relief.

The series of uninterrupted activations of [Time Stop] just now was no easy feat for him; even with his current stamina, he needed to catch his breath.

Fortunately, after collecting the second fragment, his [Time Stop] finally reached a length of 4 seconds, and the cooldown time was also close to the 10-second mark; otherwise, the situation just now would have been really difficult to deal with.

As he caught his breath, Qiduo gradually calmed down, while glancing almost imperceptibly to the side.

Although it wasn't the first time she had been this close to Diya, for some reason, she felt a long-lost sense of restraint today.

Qiduo subconsciously straightened her back, corrected her posture, and adjusted her skirt. Then she heard Diya suddenly speak:

"What happened to you at today's meeting, Ms. Qiduo?"

"...Mind your own business. First, explain to me clearly what you did with Kakin."

Qi Duo's eyes darted around for a moment, then she threw the question back at him with righteous indignation:

"As far as I know, the internal politics of that expansionist superpower are quite complex. How can you handle it all by yourself? Explain yourself."

Hmm, that's a pretty reasonable excuse for questioning.

Qi Duo secretly gave herself a thumbs up. As for why she wanted to know the real reason behind these things, even she herself didn't know.

"Hmm... indeed. Let me tell you. It all started with the first case I took on. As you know, the client was the twelfth prince of the Kingdom of Kakin, named Mumu Ze Hui Ke Luo..."

Swish!

Seemingly receiving some signal, the doll Mumu Ze, which had been shrinking and hiding behind Dia's head, suddenly opened its eyes.

What was different was that those empty, lifeless glass eyes suddenly darted around a few times, appearing lively and energetic.

The doll, which had suddenly woken up, instinctively turned its head and looked around vividly, just like a real human.

Just then, the conversation between Dia and Qiduo drifted in on the night breeze, attracting her attention.

"Click..."

The doll quickly climbed onto Dia's head, then stared intently at the quietly sitting Qiduo without saying a word.

'Um? '

Qi Duo frowned, feeling as if she were suddenly being stared at.

But shouldn't only she and Dia be around here?

But her attention was quickly drawn to what Dia was saying:

"...Then I agreed to teach her Nen. My trip to Kakin was mainly to give her some pointers..."

"Then you're considered her teacher."

Qi Duo suddenly asked.

Without thinking much, Dia answered instinctively:

"Yes, just like you are my teacher."

"I see... Then you can't call me teacher anymore."

"It's just a casual remark," Qi Duo said.

Dia: ?

"Huh? Why?"

Diya was a little confused; why had he been suddenly expelled from his sect?

"Don't worry, it's not that I don't acknowledge you. It's just that I don't want to be called something like 'Grandmaster' or something, it sounds old-fashioned. Anyway, you can just call me by my name from now on!"

Qiduo waved her hand, turned her head away, and desperately suppressed the corners of her mouth.

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"Oh...uh!"

Dia replied instinctively, but suddenly felt a sharp pain in her head.

He looked up in disbelief and saw that the Mumu Ze doll, for some unknown reason, suddenly bit down hard on his scalp!

No! My hair!

Almost startled out of her wits, Dia instinctively activated her Nen Beast.

A white cloud suddenly appeared like lightning, completely enveloping the doll that was trying to harm Dia's hair, and carrying her nimbly to hide behind a nearby tree.

Hearing the noise, Qiduo turned around, only to see Dia with an awkward smile on her face.

What did you do now?

Facing Qi Duo's suspicious gaze, Dia chuckled dryly and said:

"No, I just felt my scalp was a little itchy, so I scratched it."

'Strange guy...'

Unable to find any flaws, Qiduo could only mutter a few words to herself and said nothing more.

After finishing their conversation, the two of them suddenly ran out of things to say and could only sit there awkwardly on the bench.