The Seirin Group has never underestimated the Hunter Association.
This time, in order to weaken the power of the Hunter Association, the Seirin Group set a trap using Davidson as bait.
However, the overwhelming presence unleashed by Netero illustrated an eternal truth to the Seirin Group.
In the face of absolute power, any schemes and tricks are futile.
As a result, in this ambush operation, Netero's 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva caused heavy losses to the Seirin Group.
The backbone members below the Heavenly Stems suffered a 40% casualty rate. After losing two Heavenly Stems representing 'Strong' and 'Bent', two more Heavenly Stems were lost.
The two Heavenly Stems who died in the ambush were Fifth Stem, representing 'Luxury' and Eight Stem, representing 'Hardship'.
One of them died under Netero's 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva, and the other died at the hands of Botobai Gigante, the member of Zodiac Twelve.
At present, the only ones with high combat power and Nen Ability among the Seirin Group are the remaining six Heavenly Stems.
Birth, First Stem.
Growth, Second Stem.
Radiance, Third Stem.
Replacement, Seventh Stem.
Duty, Ninth Stem.
Death, Tenth Stem.
Apart from them, there were less than a hundred members with combat capabilities above the qualification line.
With such a lineup, Seirin Group no longer has the capital to contend with the Hunter Association.
The masked elderly man stared silently at the Eye of Sight in the display case.
'How many years would it take for someone who could only move in the shadows like a cockroach to take the first step forward?'
'That first step was wrong...'
'Leading to the current situation of stagnation and barely surviving.'
'The masked elderly man, who steadfastly carried on the will of the fallen, felt tired for the first time.
His spirit and will have never compromised, but his body could no longer withstand the ravages of time.
"The path... is blocked."
"Then... let's go to the hell together."
The elderly man gazed at the Eye of Sight in the display case.
His face is withered, his skin resembled thousand-year-old bark, covered in intricate wrinkles. Yet, his eyes were as clear and bright, as if they had never experienced the erosion of time.
At this moment, however, those clear eyes were as cold as ice.
The once faint ember of humanity within his decaying and aged body extinguished slowly, returning to the cold darkness.
'Human beings…'
'Never lacking in reproductive abilities.'
'So, what if ordinary people die in large numbers?'
"I will take the first step."
The masked elderly man slowly turned around, looking at the nearly a hundred members dressed in black.
That is the last backbone of Seirin Group.
In response to the elderly man's words, the nearly hundred members of the Seirin Group remained silent. The room was so quiet that not even a pin drop could be heard.
Under their gaze, the instrument cables on the masked elderly man fell to the ground one after another.
Then, their eyes turned to the Eye of Sight in the display case behind the elderly man.
As a Post-Mortem Object, the Eye of Sight has the ability to create 'Nen Space'.
In legends so ancient that their authenticity was difficult to trace, the Eye of Sight even has the power to connect to the afterlife.
So, among the Post-Mortem Objects currently controlled by the Seirin Group, the value the Eye of Sight's ability is more powerful than that of Sonata of Darkness.
Due to the passive and disadvantaged situation, the leader of the Seirin Group decided to sacrifice his life to use the power of the Eye of Sight to change the current situation.
Ten years? Twenty years? Thirty years? Forty years?
The masked elderly man, inside the cavernous body of the mountain, remained vigilant day after day, like an ancient tree rooted in the underground, never resting.
This spiritual meditation that has never stopped and accumulated to this day...
Is the fuel that the Eye of Sight needs to create the Nen Space.
However…
Even with these years of accumulation, it was still not enough to completely destroy the Hunter Association standing in their way.
But it was enough to let Swamp Man gain sufficient development time.
When Swamp Man Ability completely permeated to the upper echelons of various nations. Seirin Group can then press the switch named Davidson...
At that time, chaos would ensue.
This is the spark that would start a prairie fire across the whole world.
And in the chaotic disorder imagined for the future, only extraordinary humans could emerge from it.
…
Covariant Law Firm.
Cheadle got off the taxi and walked to the front door of the firm.
'A range of about 500 meters…'
She looked down at the finger compass, which was now as good as new.
On the way back here, she kept observing the changes in the finger compass.
As the distance back to the law firm shortened, the finger compass no longer blurred and gradually returned to its original state.
When she was about 500 meters away from the law firm, the finger compass completely returned to its original state.
This means that, to ensure the use of the finger compass, it must be within 500 meters of Moses's location.
After figuring out the mechanism of this ability, Cheadle's eyes became slightly serious. After taking a deep breath, she pushed open the law firm's door and walked in.
In the office on the second floor of the firm.
Moses and the other two who were chatting suddenly looked towards the office's door.
They heard footsteps.
Then, the office door was pushed open and Cheadle walked in.
Moses and Lisha were slightly startled when they saw Cheadle coming back.
"Did you forget something?"
Lisha immediately stood up and greeted Cheadle.
Cheadle shook her head at Lisha, and then looked at Moses.
"Moses, come with me for a moment."
"Okay."
Moses straightforwardly followed Cheadle out.
In the office, Lisha was slightly puzzled, while Menchi was secretly curious.
Cheadle led Moses back to the cubicle where they were before and took out the finger compass.
"I got too excited... I actually neglected it to this extent."
Cheadle first habitually self-reflected, then looked at Moses, stared at him and said in a deep voice, "Moses, this Nen Tool... can only maintain its form within 500 meters of you. This is a reasonable phenomenon, but my mind was entirely focused on the second operation just now. I didn't anticipate this point and left in a hurry…"
"No wonder you suddenly turned back, but... this is my fault."
Moses raised his hand to his chin.
Depending on conditional factors such as the attributes of Nen Abilities and Vows and Limitations, the detached Aura usually has a certain effective distance.
Once this distance is exceeded, the effect of Aura will gradually weaken until it disappears or returns to the user of this Nen Ability.
The reason why Moses didn't think of this when he handed the Surprise Magic Box to Cheadle just now...
It's because he subconsciously did not include reward items from Perception into his own Nen System.
So, he overlooked the range of detached Aura manifestation.
Now that he thinks about it…
When normal Nen User conjures something or releases detached Nen Ability, they have to allocate to the upper limit of conjured Aura.
For example, conjuring a Nen Beast may take up 20% or 30% of the upper limit of their released Aura.
Although the conjuration of the Surprise Magic Box does not need to be allocated to Moses's released Aura, this Nen Tool is, after all, an existence conjured by Moses's Aura.
It is normal for it to have a connection with him.
"This problem is easy to solve."
Moses looked calm.
Cheadle, however, looked solemn.
The two looked at each other.
After a few seconds, Moses said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I am also a reader of 'Swamp Man', so I can take this opportunity to ask Davidson for an autograph."