Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

Potter looked at the messy conference room with a complicated expression, his tone filled with regret and confusion.

The strong-willed Potter has always treated the other members of the Zodiac like younger brothers and sisters, acting as the eldest brother in the team.

But as regrettable as it was, he also knew that Xiyou's death was entirely his own fault. He had crossed the line and had to bear the consequences.

If he were in the same situation, he would also act without hesitation.

"..."

Pjorn clenched his fists silently, his brows furrowed, staring at the corpse of Xiyou, as if he had something to say, but in the end he remained silent.

She and Journey to the West were both reformists among the twelve branches of the Chinese zodiac, and they had a very good relationship.

Now that the Monkey King and the Rabbit King have died so tragically, it's not surprising that Pyotr's monkey died and the rabbit died, so it didn't attract much attention.

But if someone looked closely, they would notice that her gaze was not focused at all, but wandered aimlessly, and she seemed to avoid the location of Dia as if in fear...

Shila-

A piercing sound suddenly rang out. Everyone looked over and saw Jin push his chair back, slowly stand up, and say:

"That stupid monkey tried to attack Qiduo; he asked for it and can't be blamed on Dia. But we were colleagues after all, so I think we should hurry up and call someone to collect his body."

As he spoke, Jin walked towards the door and yanked it open.

At the entrance stood a trembling, bean-faced man, holding a saucer of tea, his face covered in cold sweat.

He seems to have been here for quite some time.

The moment Jin opened the door, he immediately noticed the messy ceiling and the headless corpse on the floor, and his eyes went blank.

"Doumian, go and get someone to handle this. Just say... Xiyou committed suicide."

Jin's gaze was incredibly calm, yet it pressed down like a mountain from nowhere, causing the bean-faced man to catch his breath and stiffen his entire body.

This hunter, who is usually unkempt and seems to get along with everyone, finally showed some of the aura of a top-five Nen user in the world.

"Yes……"

The man with the bean-faced face trembled as he stiffly put down the teacup in his hand, turned around, and walked out step by step.

"..."

Everyone stared at Jin, whose behavior was clearly abnormal, and had no idea what was wrong with him.

After a long while, Jin, who had his back to everyone, gently exhaled a breath of stale air, turned to Dia, and said:

"Excuse me for a moment, Diya, would you mind keeping me company for some fresh air?"

"Breathable?"

Dia asked in confusion, then subconsciously glanced at Qiduo, who was still wiping his right hand.

Jin reacted extremely quickly, immediately turning to Qiduo and saying:

"Qiduo, is it okay if I borrow that kid for just twenty minutes?"

"...Go quickly and come back quickly."

After thinking for a moment, Qi Duo waved her hand and agreed to Jin's request.

So Dia and Kim left the conference room one after the other.

The others silently returned to their seats, looking at each other, unsure how to continue the conversation.

……

Inside the elevator.

Dia watched as Jin pressed the seventh button.

As mentioned before, the seventh floor of the Hunter Association building is an empty fireproof floor, and it was here that Pariston last time played tricks.

After entering the dark room, Jin casually kicked in a certain direction, and a dim yellow lamp immediately lit up in the corner of the room.

“Pariston left it here before, and now it comes in handy.”

As Jin spoke, he sat cross-legged on the ground, his tone unusually serious:

"I'm sorry, I can't control my anger right now, so it might sound a bit serious, but don't be shy."

Dia nodded and sat down on the ground, asking curiously:

"Is it because I killed Journey to the West?"

"It's not what you think. My relationship with Journey to the West is not friendly. In fact, I don't have close relationships with anyone else. It's a personal problem."

Jin took a deep breath, his gaze suddenly changing, making Diya feel both strange and familiar:

"You're too young to understand. Before joining the Twelve Zodiacs, Xiyou was a battle maniac, but he was also a guy who upheld the code of martial arts and the promises between men."

"At that moment, when I saw him swing his bat at Qiduo, I couldn't stop the fire burning inside me..."

"Ok?"

Dia squinted, looking at Jin with a dangerous gaze.

Jin could tell at a glance that Dia had misunderstood, so he quickly waved his hand:

“That’s not what I meant. I have absolutely no interest in that capricious guy. That annoyance… was directed at Journey to the West.”

"You should know that the 'Ten Hunter Rules' were discussed and voted on by the Twelve Earthly Branches and the Guild Master, right? Actually, the one rule about 'no internal strife' was proposed by me. At the time, about half of the people disagreed, but to my surprise, Journey to the West cast the decisive vote—"

"That guy agreed with my point of view, opposing the idea that hunters can treat other hunters as prey."

"So when he swung that stick with the intention of killing Kido, I was really disappointed."

Jin stared at the empty floor, his tone calm yet seemingly concealing a turbulent undercurrent.

In a daze, Dia seemed to hallucinate for a moment.

He felt that what was in front of him was not gold, but something like... Xiao Jie, wearing the shell of "gold"?

At this moment, Gin's eyes were exactly the same as Gon's in the manga when he questioned Nobunaga.

Regardless of the difference in combat strength and experience, the father and son are essentially the same.

[Gold Freecss] is just a larger version of [Gon Freecss].

"Why can you so easily disregard a promise that was made in person?"

The scene from that time seemed to flash before Jin's eyes.

With a cold face, Xi You resolutely cast his vote in favor under everyone's gaze, then burst into laughter at the astonished expressions of the crowd.

Then everyone started laughing, even Pariston couldn't help but chuckle a few times.

Laughter soared to the heavens, everyone was in high spirits, looking at each other's strange appearances, their eyes so clear they could reflect the sky and clouds.

"Have you tried to observe your companions? I have. Every single one of them, from Leiza to Kate, from the president to Doumian, even Pariston, and of course Xiyou, that guy is a total loser! He's always causing trouble, he never says a nice word to anyone, his strength is so-so, but his temper is outrageously arrogant! You'd think, 'Damn, what's he pretending for?'"

Jin paused:

"But you find that you don't hate him, because you are just like him... arrogant, haughty, stubborn, self-centered, willing to give everything for your ideals, and willing to sacrifice yourself for your companions."

"At that time, I realized that the profession of [Hunter] is not just a profession, but also carries the golden spirit of the Hunter Association for hundreds of years."

"But things are different now. Xi You has abandoned his promise and the dignity of a martial artist, and attacked his own companion, who is an unarmed woman, by sneak attack!"

Jin seemed disdainful, yet a hint of anger lingered beneath the surface.

"He was undoubtedly a standard hunter, yet he destroyed those intangible things in an instant, and there was a source to all of this."

He abruptly raised his head, meeting Dia's gaze, his eyes seeming to blaze with fire:

"By Yang De! He's recklessly undermining the meaning of hunters' existence and severing the foundation of the Hunter Association. This is even more shameless than killing every hunter outright! He's really enraged me!"

Even when Chairman Netero insisted on his death, King never used such language, which shows how furious he was about the betrayal of Journey to the West.

Diya looked at Jin, who was more serious than ever before, and frowned as she asked:

"So, what do you plan to do?"

Jin silently stood up from the ground, his hands in his pockets:

"In 48 hours, the United Nations will definitely announce that, in the name of the future of all mankind, an exploration of the Dark Continent will be launched. At that time, the Hunter Association will become the command, and you will most likely become the central figure in command."

"Furthermore, Byand will definitely not die. He will travel with us to the Dark Continent as a prisoner. This is because the gatekeeper has remembered him. The gatekeeper hates rude people the most, and he has no other way to pass the gatekeeper's screening except as a prisoner of the association."

"I hope you can help me kill BYYANGD directly after we leave the Boundary Sea on our way to the New World!"

Dia also stood up and calmly said:

“The United Nations will not agree. They need Byand to be their dog, to let them explore the Dark Continent and to provide them with a constant stream of benefits. This is why Byand dared to walk into their trap—he never worried about being executed.”

Jin decisively said:

"It's alright. Now that we're outside the Boundary Sea, V6 is too far away to reach us. This whole thing can be pinned on me, and similarly—"

"Leave the exploration of the Dark Continent to me. No matter how difficult it is, I won't do a worse job than him!"

……

Jin's judgment was wrong.

Just 27 hours later, the United Nations issued resolution S/RES/4536, the content of which was very simple—

"Initiating the Exploration of the New World"

Meanwhile, Kido's conjecture came true, and the United Nations convened the world's top scientists to begin developing the "Antome" weapon.

The reason is obvious to everyone.

The "Undying Disease" has shown signs of outbreak, with its spread concentrated in the central Gobi Desert region of the continent of Eurubian.

There, a group of humans forgotten by the world, a country subconsciously overlooked, slipped through the all-encompassing search, and became the perfect breeding ground for the "immortality disease".

That's Meteor City.

In just twelve hours, more than 100,000 people carrying the virus entered the territory of other countries.

Once the condition for "asking a question" is triggered, they will start repeating the cryptic phrase "************".

The United Nations is not foolish enough to use any method to record that sentence.

They merely deployed national-level military force and personnel, designating a quarter of the continent of Eurubian as a restricted zone.

The area is so vast that it is impossible to carry out a large-scale cleansing using any weapon. Even if all of humanity's weapons of mass destruction were used, it would be impossible to cover every inch of the land.