novelraw Chapter 309 310 : Father and Son X Roy VS Silva
Chapter 309 310 : Father and Son X Roy VS Silva
"What is it, Young Master?"
The veteran butler had a sharp eye, keenly noticing Roy's expression.
The young man stared fixedly at the photo of the ant leg. Slowly returning to his senses, he said softly, "It's nothing. What must come will eventually come; there's no hiding from it. It's just... with Kite's current strength, if he encounters the ants, Neferpitou might not even need to make a move. Any random elite Squadron Leader would be more than he could handle, let alone..."
"When it comes to growth speed, through [Devour], they can continuously accumulate the superior genes of [Human] or [Nen User] targets... Chimera Ants are undoubtedly far, far stronger than humans..."
His thoughts fluttering, Roy scooped up a spoonful of egg custard and put it in his mouth, asking calmly, "Time and place."
"The other party didn't specify an exact date, but the location is confirmed to be... the NGL Autonomous Region."
Roy's eyes flashed.
Sure enough, there was no place more suitable for breeding ants than the NGL Republic.
Not to mention that the country was known as the "hardest nature reserve to enter," located at the western edge of the Balsa Islands in the Mitene Union, completely surrounded by the ocean outside its borders, making it relatively closed off.
Just the fact that the country aimed to protect nature, actively abandoning mechanical civilization to return to an agrarian one, invisibly provided the ants with a relatively abundant resource pasture. As for who was being "herded," it was easy to imagine.
The faces of Beyond and Pariston involuntarily surfaced in Roy's mind. He had heard that the latter had participated in the Hunter Exam again, easily passing and officially becoming a member of the Hunter Association. Furthermore... because of his outstanding performance, he had been listed as a key candidate for the "Zodiacs" by the higher-ups of the Hunter Association.
Roy tilted his head and glanced out the window again, wondering if the old man leisurely enjoying his breakfast knew about this news.
"I understand. Wait until he sets a time, then we'll talk."
"After all, I don't have the time to play around with them right now..."
*Clang—* At six in the morning, the red sun leaped over the horizon, shooting out tens of thousands of rosy rays.
Accompanied by the chiming of the grandfather clock in the corner,
the young man finished his breakfast and stood up tall. With a casual stretch of his hand, specks of light converged. One on the left, one on the right, a white and a red longsword slowly materialized, firmly grasped in his palms!
At a glance, they were the long-dormant [Yukibashiri] and the radiantly blazing [Solar Eclipse]!
*Screech—* Two sharp sword cries pierced the sky!
Roy backhandedly sheathed the two swords at his waist and paced toward the door... At the same time,
*Roar—* The wind of a fist howled, its momentum like a dragon!
In the second-floor bedroom, the massive floor-to-ceiling window adjacent to the hallway was suddenly pulled open, and a burly man abruptly leaped out from it!
He merely swept a glance at Roy and said, "Deep in Kukuroo Mountain, by that clear spring, I... will be waiting for you!"
Suddenly, a hum echoed... [Fist Intent] and [Sword Path] collided. Just like when Roy first met Netero, as the two silently exchanged a glance, before even activating [Ren], their aura vibrated and extended out from a single clash—
[Heart Drop · Fist Listen] and [Heart Drop · Sword Listen]!
"Ho ho ho." Netero laughed with his hands on his hips...
*Clink clank...* Zeno was cutting his steak. In his haste, his knife slipped, leaving a shallow white scratch on the plate...
*Creak—* In a dim little room in the first-floor castle, an old man seemed to be dozing. The TV beside him was playing a show called *The Stubborn Son and My Resentful Father*, where a father and son were strangling each other and rolling around the living room... Maha tilted his head, seemingly awakened by the commotion, and muttered, "At least they know to fight in the mountains and not ruin the house..."
His ears suddenly grew larger and longer, with purplish-black aura faintly flowing over them...
*Buzz—* As [Heart Drop · Fist Listen] and [Heart Drop · Sword Listen] intertwined and collided, the fluctuations slowly spilled out into the surroundings...
After seeing Silva take a deep look at Roy, turn around, and dash toward the depths of Kukuroo Mountain,
in the second-floor bedroom, Kikyo, holding Killua, pushed open the door and walked out... Just in time to see Illumi following Silva into the mountains. Behind them were Netero and Zeno, who had unhurriedly finished their breakfast. As the woman's electronic eyes flashed, she cast a complex look toward Roy's bedroom...
The young man, with his beautiful silver hair trailing with glazed golden light at the ends, watched the direction Silva had vanished in, then leisurely walked out of his bedroom...
*Creak—* The bedroom door opened.
Tsubone adjusted the glasses resting on the bridge of her nose and suddenly said, "Young Master."
Roy paused his steps and looked back, only to see the veteran butler smile kindly. She placed her right hand over her chest, bowed to him, and said, "Please do your best."
Roy paused slightly, immediately hearing a panel prompt—
The young man raised his hand, sending out a gentle breeze that directly lifted the veteran butler back to her feet.
He said nothing, merely giving her a slight smile. With another glance, he leaped up, instantly blending into the morning glow, and dashed rapidly toward the depths of Kukuroo Mountain...
Tsubone listened to the howling wind. Gazing out the window, she watched the myriad rays of the morning glow illuminate the earth as the red sun leaped into the shining sky... The veteran butler flicked her two pink pigtails, gripping the window frame as she murmured, "So beautiful. Just as beautiful as the day the Master defeated Master Zeno..."
She then cleaned up the messy dining cart, pushing it along with a rumble as she followed Roy's departure...
Who asked her to agree to Kurajing's request last night to take the siblings to watch the battle?
Tsubone quickened her pace, glancing up at the sky from afar. Roy roamed through the morning glow, occasionally borrowing momentum by stepping on illusory small swords, fluttering gracefully before vanishing from sight in an instant.
Tsubone returned to the butler's villa, tossed a pair of binoculars each to Kurajing and Kurapika, and led the two of them sprinting toward the depths of Kukuroo Mountain...
Kurajing was in the front, Kurapika in the back... The young man's smooth blond hair draped behind his head. Gripping the binoculars in his hand, he thought suspiciously, *'It's just watching a fight, there's no need to bring binoculars, right?'*
Just as he was pondering, he felt someone grab him by the back of his collar. He was lifted into the air and leaped onto a large tree, giving him a fright.
"We'll watch from here."
"It's not safe to be too close."
Tsubone held Kurajing in one hand and Kurapika in the other, looking down from a high vantage point...
In the dense forest deep within Kukuroo Mountain, there was a rare open clearing.
On the ground, a spring faintly bubbled, spitting out columns of water, adding a clear pool to this small clearing...
Kurapika narrowed his eyes. From afar, he could only see a hazy, rippling shadow. Obediently, he raised the binoculars, adjusted the focus, and looked over.
Beside the clear pool, apart from him, his sister, and Tsubone, there were two other groups of people standing on different large trees...
Kurapika rotated the lens barrel. With another glance, two pairs of old eyes suddenly entered his vision, as if they were looking right back at him through the lens, instantly spotting him...
Kurapika was startled. It was that old man!
He hurriedly swept his gaze past Netero and Zeno...
"Ho ho ho... This child has a very sharp mind," Netero said as he flew up a large tree with Beanman, casually glancing at Zeno beside him. "Since when did your family take an interest in the Scarlet Eyes?"
Zeno's white hair swayed prominently. Standing on the treetop with his hands behind his back, he leisurely withdrew his gaze from Kurapika and said calmly, "You should be asking Roy that."
"He's already here!"
*Buzz—* [Heart Drop · Fist Listen] and [Heart Drop · Sword Listen] broke apart!
Two figures emerged like phantoms from the mountain forest.
One faced the red sun, strolling out from the morning glow step by step.
At the same time, they slowly descended onto the clear pool.
Both pairs of feet rested steadily on the water's surface, like duckweed...
*Whoosh—* A gust of mountain wind blew, stirring their silver hair to sway in the wind...
Silva and Roy faced each other in silence, separated by a distance of a hundred meters, staring at one another.
*Boom!* Suddenly, two majestic bursts of [Ren] erupted from their bodies simultaneously!
In just an instant, the calm, clear pool wrinkled with waves, surging and vibrating violently!
Before [Fist] and [Sword] were even drawn, their [Ren] clashed first!
Holding the binoculars, Kurapika adjusted the angle, finally managing to avoid Netero's gaze. Looking at the clear pool again, he watched this scene in astonishment, and two questions immediately surfaced in his mind...
First, why could they stand on the water without sinking... Second, why was that clear pool suddenly "wailing"?!
Yes, "wailing!"
The young man's intuition told him that the clear pool seemed overwhelmed, wailing, and even... begging for mercy!
No one knew a younger brother better than his older sister. Kurajing had known Kurapika's quiet, bottled-up personality since childhood.
This younger brother of hers always liked to keep things to himself, looking preoccupied all day long. Little did he know, those who understood him could tell at a glance... the young man's current unrest!
The young girl stood right next to Tsubone, beside Kurapika. She took a deep breath and said, "That is the [Nen] I told you about yesterday."
"Only by relying on [It] can one stand steadily on the water and cause the surface to surge and ripple."
[Nen]... Superpowers... Kurapika slightly lowered his eyes, carefully chewing over these words. Suddenly, he heard Tsubone, who was as tall as a gorilla with her arms crossed beside him, say, "Not all Nen users can stand steadily on the water like the Master and Young Master."
"That requires an extremely strong cognition and understanding of [Nen]..."
Kurajing couldn't help but nod. She had to admit... Tsubone was right. Someone like her couldn't do it yet.
The young girl's beautiful blond hair was tied into a high ponytail draped behind her head. With another glance, she raised her binoculars to look...
On the surging, undulating lake surface, there were faintly two auras—one [Silver] and one [Red]—colliding and intertwining in the waves!
The young girl suddenly felt a sharp pain in her eyes, as if someone had just struck her with a hammer. She stumbled and almost lost her footing, nearly falling off the tree trunk...
Fortunately, Tsubone was quick-eyed and deft-handed, catching her so she could steady her posture.
"Remember to use [Gyo] to look... Your brother's aura nodes aren't open, so he can't see it clearly. He'll be fine, but you... are different..."
The veteran butler's earnest teachings echoed in her ears...
Kurajing adjusted her breathing and gratefully replied, "Yes."
With a thought, she immediately opened her aura nodes, splitting a stream of aura toward her eyes... This time, looking through the binoculars again...
She was shocked to discover that within the [Ren] surrounding Silva and Roy, there were faintly [Cannonballs] and [Flaming Swords] circling!
Even separated by a distance of a thousand meters...
Kurajing breathed heavily, still able to intuitively feel it...
The heaviness of those [Cannonballs],
The scorching heat and sharpness of those [Flaming Swords]... It made one almost unable to open their eyes!
"Hmm... Silva has indeed made some progress over the years..." By the clear pool, Netero flicked his large sleeve, sending the [Cannonballs] and [Swords] that had spread near them flying away.
*Boom— Swish—* The [Cannonballs] exploded, and the [Swords] unsheathed, leaving a crater and a cleanly sliced cross-section on two nearby trees...
This caused the corner of Beanman's eyes to twitch uncontrollably, and he quietly inched closer to Netero...
Zeno's white hair swayed prominently. Standing with his hands behind his back, he silently watched all this and said with a scoff, "Who do you think he is?"
"He is my son!"
In the world of [Nen Abilities], setting aside [Mechanics], all that remained were [Stats], and Silva... happened to be someone who blindly believed in [Stats]!
Zeno proudly watched Silva's surging aura wrap around the cannonballs and shoot toward the sky, saying quietly, "He has anger in his heart. He never trusts others, only himself and his own fists. Therefore,"
"As you can see, the [Stubbornness] and [Unyielding Nature] in his [Ren] are not one bit less than Roy's..."
Netero laughed *ho ho*. "That's why they say your entire Zoldyck family is full of stubborn fools!"
Assassins. They take the money, and either kill the enemy or turn around and kill the employer. In short... missions are not allowed to fail... This alone showed their nature.
Zeno chuckled, neither refuting nor admitting it. He leisurely narrowed his eyes and looked toward the lake surface...
Amidst the collision of [Cannonballs] and [Flaming Swords]...
Silva stepped forward with his right foot, making the first move... The man's beautiful silver hair cascaded down to his waist. With a majestic, hawk-like gaze locking onto Roy, he said in a muffled voice, "Three years ago, I never would have imagined that the one standing before me today would be you."
"And so?" Roy also stepped forward with his right foot, holding his swords horizontally. The tips of the blades spat out a sharp edge that made one afraid to look directly at them.
Silva pulled his hands out of his pockets and said indifferently, "So don't expect me to hold back like last time!"
The man's silver hair suddenly flew backward. In an instant, he increased his aura output, grasping two "cannonballs" made of Nen light spheres, leaped into the air, and hurled them fiercely at Roy!
Suppressing his voice, he said chillingly, "Prepare to be killed by me, Roy."
"Even if you are my son!"
*Whoosh—* The Nen light spheres arrived in an instant, just like in the original story when Silva teamed up with Zeno to fiercely battle Chrollo, attempting to blow Chrollo to death with two Nen blasts...
Facing these two terrifying Nen cannonballs,
Two suns ignited with a *poof* in Roy's eyes. With a flick of his hands, he swung out two flying slashes in a cross pattern, one left and one right.
Seeking the center point of the Nen cannonballs, he sliced them head-on...
Only to hear a—
*Slash—*
The Nen blasts were split in two from the middle, the cut surfaces as smooth as mirrors, before exploding violently!
*Boom!*
Amidst the vibrating aura,
The young man pointed his twin swords diagonally, stuck out his tongue to lick his lips, and said, "As you wish, Father!"
Following that... his figure flashed...