"You got half of it right. There are still many things that you didn't observe... For example, judging from the battle process you just mentioned, his ability to end the battle in a short amount of time is indispensable to his ability to analyze Nen abilities."
"Based on his extremely deep understanding of Nen, he can quickly discern the operating methods and weaknesses of the other party's abilities after exchanging blows... It's also due to his rich experience. What's great about him isn't just his various methods, but also his mind... To some extent, the importance of the brain during battle is far above Nen and combat techniques."
"Yes."
Menchi's eyes flickered.
It seemed that the Chairman was instructing her, but Menchi sensed a bit of the old man's intention behind it.
Her joining Oboro's team was inseparable from Biscuit.
She wasn't sure whether there was the Chairman's approval in this.
Was she monitoring Oboro?
Or was it...
She wasn't even a Star Hunter yet, and she wasn't an evildoer like Oboro. Normally speaking, it would be difficult for the old man to pay attention to her... There were many people like her in the Association.
"Ho ho... Don't think too much. You'll learn a lot by following him..." The old man changed the subject, and exchanged a few more pleasantries.
Then, the phone hung up.
Menchi looked at her phone, and her eyes were complicated.
Should she tell Oboro her guess?
After all, although there was this layer of relationship mixed in, they were already members of a team.
A month later, in the ruins.
Oboro was following the people from the Soli Group in carrying out excavation and protection work on some antiquities inside the ruins.
He had destroyed two of the three groups inside the restricted area, and the last force, which had also gained the most, had left directly after sensing Oboro's arrival.
Oboro didn't stop them either.
Or rather... It was difficult to stop them.
There were five members in the last group, and each of them was extremely outstanding... Two of them were national-level Nen ability users. It was a bit difficult for Oboro to be sure of defeating this entire team on his own.
Their Nen abilities were tricky...
He could try using Ekko's ultimate move, Chronobreak.
However, among the other party's members, one person's Nen ability was transfer, which led to the fact that the two sides had only exchanged blows once before the latter disappeared under Oboro's gaze.
They had even prepared a way out in advance.
Overall, the progress that Oboro's team had completed had greatly exceeded the Soli Group's expectations.
After clearing out the rioters around the ruins, Oboro officially joined the Soli Group, and used his attainments in ancient texts to help them translate some texts.
There were no books in this ancient ruin... All of the texts and images were carved on stone objects and wooden products, but because it had been too long, many of the carved patterns on the wood had rotted... And couldn't be identified.
But Oboro's joining was still a great help to the Soli Group.
The earlier the ancient ruins were, the closer they were to the truth of humanity's migration from the Dark Continent to the Lake Mobius... Before a real social system had been formed in the human world, many texts were closer to the patterns they depicted, just like the paintings that the Kurta Clan and the Gyudondond Tribe had passed down.
"Magical beasts, huh..."
The next day, Oboro pulled apart the dense vines that were growing on the outer wall of the ruins, and whispered as he looked at the blurry murals on the wall.
Not far away, there were groups of people carrying things out from the ruins.
Some of them were valuable treasures, and there were also many antiquities with great collection value... Including long-sealed coffins.
This ruin seemed to have been a very small palace in the past. It was also a human race that had fled from the Dark Continent. Judging from some of the texts and images that had been translated from the stone statues, this race seemed to have a close relationship with magical beasts... It was as if they had experience and customs of raising or domesticating magical beasts.
In the earliest days, besides the human ancestors who had run away from the Dark Continent, there were also magical beasts... Some creatures with weak strength, which were equivalent to reptiles in the Dark Continent, couldn't live on that land, and could only come to Lake Mobius in the end.
To some extent, they were like humans, and had been eliminated by that land.
The same was true for the Chimera Ant Queen in later generations.
Today, the number of magical beasts in the human world wasn't small either. They were spread all over the place.
Some of them even had intelligence that wasn't weaker than humans. Among the butlers of the Zoldyck Family, there was a creature that was exactly the same as the magical beast named Kiriko, who had led Gon and the others to the Hunter Exam venue.
Oboro had seen many magical beasts these past few years.
Magical beasts were equivalent to the wild animals that lived in the Dark Continent. They were just the group at the bottom of the food chain. And those who had escaped to the human land had basically been abandoned by 'that food chain', and couldn't even integrate into it.
These wild animals from the Dark Continent were much stronger than the creatures that originally existed in the human world... And they were also more differentiated.
After several generations of blood dilution, their danger was probably not as pure as it had been at the beginning.
Different environments created different life forms.
"In general... The humans and magical beasts who migrated the earliest were actually the same..." Oboro reached out and wiped the dust off the wall, and said calmly.
As soon as his voice fell, he suddenly narrowed his eyes.
Magical beasts...
His Nen ability's passives, Absolution and Damnation, didn't work on ordinary people... What about magical beasts? He had to know that although the human world hid many Nen ability users, he couldn't recklessly kill them. Now that he had joined the Hunter Association, and with the old man watching, he had to restrain himself somewhat.
Even without the supervision of the Hunter Association, it was difficult for Oboro to just kill a Nen ability user when he saw one...
His previous idea was to go to a few 'supply stations', such as the Heavens Arena, and Ging Freecss's Greed Island... He couldn't touch his Hero Island, and he couldn't create slaughter.
Because he was still counting on those players to 'nurture the game'...
However, even if he bloodbathed these places, the number of souls and black mist that he could pick up would be very limited... There weren't many with strength!
Judging from the passive effects of the two skills, the stronger the target's strength, the greater the value of being killed... His attack range had now increased to 20 centimeters, the critical strike rate was 7%, and based on his magic resistance, the quality of his Nen ability was one-tenth higher than before. The physical defense of his body had also been significantly strengthened...
All of this was based on the Hunter Association's two-star missions, which was the level of strength of the enemies... But these kinds of missions weren't always available, and the targets he hunted couldn't always be stable in this range.
Therefore...
The effect of souls and black mist was increased or decreased according to the target's strength. In other words, it was linked to vitality. Ordinary humans, including fierce beasts, weren't in this range. Then... What about magical beasts?
Magical beasts should work...
Even if they couldn't compare to Nen ability users, their number was very large... If he accumulated them slowly, it would always cause a qualitative change.
In this way, he could solve his immediate needs.
Otherwise, Oboro might have to find a way to provoke international disputes, and make the V5 and some countries have friction, and mobilize a large number of troops, so that he could pick up the scraps.
Although it was difficult to do this... It wasn't without a shred of hope.
The Phyllis Family had been infiltrating the government agencies of various countries, and had also been in contact with some royal families. As the personnel they cultivated gained power in their careers, and gradually became members of the radical faction, they could manipulate the regime to cause trouble, so as to achieve their goals.
On the continent, there was more than one country like East Gorteau.
Moreover, the V5's United Nations wasn't firmly united either... It wasn't difficult to see this from the matter of the ruins this time. On the surface, they were all harmonious, but there were still conflicts in private. In addition, although the V5's foundation was unfathomable, there were many methods that could be used to indirectly restrain it.
For example, the Kakin Empire in the later generations... And Beyond's approach, guiding international public opinion and trends, and making the V5 have to compromise.
Sometimes, it wasn't that you could take action just because you had military force.
Of course, the premise of all of this was to bind yourself to the 'national chariot' and the 'international' elements.
Pure individuals, small forces, including the Hunter Association, couldn't compete with the V5, or have the right to speak.
The Hunter Association's operating model also destined it to be a subordinate civilian organization. The people inside had their own thoughts... Their faction backgrounds were quite complicated.
Only the government could compete with the government... At the very least, it had to be at the level of a country.
From this point, it wasn't difficult to see Beyond's cleverness.
He had seized the V5's vitals.
"I'll find a chance to try it..."
Oboro smiled.
If magical beasts could be used as the 'raw materials' for his growth, then he would be one step closer to his goal of infinity.
Half a month later, the work that Oboro had been cooperating with the Soli Group to investigate came to an end, and he set off to return to the Association.
He completed a two-star mission again, and as expected, it caused a sensation like the first time.
It had only been about two months, and a super high-difficulty mission had been completed. The efficiency was amazing.
In particular, it seemed that they had also solved a two-star criminal Hunter who had violated the Association's rules during the mission.
None of the six people on the entire team had a star, and two of them were newcomers who had just joined the Association... Most importantly, the feedback given by the client was perfect!
Oboro and the others reported to the relevant departments of the Association, and explained the details of the mission process. The management recorded it, and evaluated the contribution of each of them.
Oboro undoubtedly had the highest contribution share, and also received professional points.
After several years, he had 'come out of the mountain' again, and it was the familiar 'making a name for himself with a single feat'.
After this battle, Oboro's reputation in the Association was completely enhanced.
At the same time, it also made the other Hunters even more certain of a 'unspoken rule' in the Association.
That was... None of the 'privileged faction' recognized by the Chairman were simple.
Then, Oboro didn't stop, and took on a one-star mission, and brought Menchi, Rita, and Anthony to work.
Fant and Gabe Witsch were still recovering from their injuries, and wouldn't be better for a while.
...
One day, in the Hunter Association's conference room.
The Zodiacs were gathered...
There were only ten people. One was missing Ging Freecss, and the other was the Tiger Zodiac, who had just sacrificed himself.
The reason why it was said that they were gathered was because Ging Freecss's absence was the norm.
"The reason why I called you here is about one of the seats that has been vacated among you, the Tiger Zodiac... What are your thoughts? Or rather, do you have any good candidates?" In the room, the old man crossed one leg, and held a teacup, drinking leisurely.
"Isn't our position always appointed by you, Chairman? When did you start caring about our opinions?"
The Chicken Zodiac, Cluck, who was propping his chin with one hand, and had wing ornaments on his back, raised an eyebrow, and said in surprise.
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