Inside an old and spacious warehouse.
Windows on all four walls were boarded up with wooden planks and steel sheets. Near the roof, walls had been punctured with ventilation holes.
Various butchering tools were scattered on the warehouse floor.
There were tool tables, dissecting tables, meat grinders, and hanging hooks.
In addition to these, there were six shipping containers placed around the warehouse.
However, the most eye-catching thing is not these dazzling arrays of bloody tools, but the large dried blood stains that can be seen everywhere on the ground.
These blood stains obviously come from slaughtered animals.
Of course.
Humans are also animals.
Thud.
There was a sudden sound of heavy objects hitting the ground echoed in the warehouse.
Through the faint and dim light of the wall lamp, one could vaguely see a man lying motionless on the ground.
There was a deep indentation in the man's back, and he seemed on the verge of death.
But suddenly, the man's body disintegrated into scattered mud and flew into the darkness.
A moment later, a completely black figure emerged from the darkness, reaching the illuminated area under the wall lamps.
Sssttt—
Accompanied by an almost inaudible sound, the surface of the black figure gradually shed, revealing Moses's appearance.
And the black substance that peeled off from Moses turned back into shadows without making a sound.
"As expected, it's not working."
Moses lowered his head and looked at his hands.
After the shadow clone absorbed a large amount of swamp mud, its physical strength increased dramatically.
This point had already been confirmed by Hisoka.
However, this 'strength increase' only applied to the shadow clone and couldn't be transferred back to Moses's main body.
That is to say, as long as Moses continued to absorb the swamp mud without stopping...
The physical strength of the shadow clone would become stronger and stronger in a short period of time, while Moses's physical strength could only stay in place.
Moses is not an Enhancer, but he was envious of the efficiency of this strength improvement of the shadow clone.
So, he came up with the idea of directly attaching the mimicking shadow to his own body to indirectly obtain strength.
However, the test results were not satisfactory.
The reason is…
The mimicry ability currently exhibited by Soul Echo currently had the possibility of 'mimicking everything', but it could only fully demonstrate its strength when it mimicked the human form.
In short…
Its power, speed, intensity…
Could only be perfectly manifested in the form of the shadow clone.
At least, that's the case for now.
Whether this can be changed in the future through the improvement of Hatsu and the effects of Limitations and Vows remained unknown.
The idea of directly putting the shadow on himself to become Iron Man fell through, but Moses didn't feel much about it. At most, it was just a pity.
After all, he is a Specialist, and because of the characteristics of Soul Echo, he prefers to let the shadow clone take on the main attacking role in battles.
This is a style mainly based on Manipulation and Conjuration, which was also the correct way to use the shadow clone.
Therefore, it was normal that the strength of the shadow clone was greater than that of the main body.
Of course…
If conditions allow, it would be best if the main body could be as strong as the shadow clone.
"There are quite a lot of Swamp People in this area."
Moses scanned the various butchering tools in the warehouse.
The prisoners who escaped from the Fox River Prison probably never dreamed that they would become so valuable one day.
They also wouldn't have expected that, they would be captured by local gangs like wild animals and then slaughtered in a place like this.
Useful organs would be taken to the underworld for sale, useless bodies would be thrown into the meat grinder to be made into feed, and the remaining heads would be used to claim the bounty.
The actions of the local gangs against these insane prisoners can be described as making the most of everything.
However, thanks to the ruthless tactics of these gangs, Moses was able to find more than 20 Swamp People prisoners waiting to be slaughtered in the shipping containers without spending much effort.
It's just that he doesn't know if any of the Swamp People prisoners had been dealt with by the local gangs before he came here.
If there is, it'll be quite a waste.
"After one trip, a total of 101 were absorbed. Not a bad harvest."
This is the final result of Moses's wandering around the Roland District.
However, there was still one place he hadn't gone to.
According to the information he purchased, that place is an underground fighting arena specially used for opening games, where big shots and wealthy people from all over Nightless City gather.
This was the last stop of tonight's journey, and Moses will definitely not miss it.
As he was about to leave, Moses suddenly thought of the Surprise Magic Box he had just obtained from Perception, and couldn't help but stop.
With a slight thought, a ball of Nen appeared on his right palm.
Immediately afterwards, the Nen ball turned into a square red box and appeared in Moses's hand.
The box is about the same size as a basketball. One side has a clown pattern printed on it, while the other five sides had black and bold question mark patterns.
Moses held the box with one hand, and it felt extremely light, giving him the impression that it was an empty box.
"Is the most needed item at the moment…"
Moses examined the Surprise Magic Box.
Strictly speaking, this kind of Nen items with special abilities were already classified as Nen Artifacts.
Unfortunately, it was a disposable item.
But thinking about it, with the mechanism of the Surprise Magic Box, if there is no limit on the number of times it can be used, the 50% probability will be meaningless.
Furthermore, in the face of the ability to draw various items out of thin air, the limitation of consuming 50% of the Potential Aura is so low that it can be ignored.
"The things opened are objects, which means that the Nen Exorcism chance is not within the range."
Moses looked through the Surprise Magic Box. If it wasn't opened, it was no different from an ordinary box.
After playing with it for a while, Moses withdrew the Nen, and the Surprise Magic Box immediately turned into a ball of white light and disappeared.
Currently, he had obtained one Nen Exorcism chance. As long as he can get another one, Moses can consider solving the matter of the Nen Space.
But to be on the safe side, Moses felt that he would need at least three Nen Exorcism chances.
One for Nen Space, and two for the ominous Aura of the Libra.
However, considering that there are also Nen Exorcists invited by the association, Moses felt that two Nen Exorcism chances might be enough.
Because Moses can completely let those Nen Exorcists deal with the Nen Space. In this way, he only needs to two Nen Exorcism chances to deal with Libra.
The problem is… how to convince those Nen Exorcists to start taking action.
'Forget it, there's no need to think about it so much for now…'
Moses shook his head slightly.
The rewards given by Perception are too random, so he doesn't know when he will get the second Nen Exorcism chance.
The only thing that is certain is that, as long as he interacts with a character with a 'high appearance rate' or 'high popularity' in the original work, such as Hisoka or Illumi, the possibility of getting high-level rewards will be higher.
Without lingering too much, Moses left this warehouse, which was no different from a slaughterhouse, and went straight to the underground fighting arena.