93 Chapter 93 New Potential
At a certain single apartment in Spice City.
Moses sat on the edge of the bed, bent over while rubbing his temples with both hands.
He looked a bit listless.
After he fainted in the restaurant that day, he didn't wake up until now.
He had been asleep for two days, and it's as if he had experienced a very long dream.
In the dream, there were many people and things he had never seen before, constructing a clear dream world.
However, upon waking up, the initially slightly memorable dream quickly blurred, and he couldn't remember anything.
Moreover, his head was throbbing, like a hangover.
'If I can improve my strength, suffering a little punishment is nothing.'
Moses knew that these physical and mental reactions were caused by the shadow clone absorbing too much material left by the Swamp People at once.
Just two days of being unconscious and a throbbing headache could increase the strength of the Shadow Duplicate by about twice. It was like winning a lottery.
If he were a bit more insane, he could even consider these negative reactions as pain tolerance training…
'By the way, how did that group of Swamp People gangster come about?'
Moses stopped rubbing his temples, and a thoughtful expression appeared in his eyes.
Having witnessed the process of the Swamp People transforming their kind, he could make a basic inference.
First of all, most probable way for Swamp People transform to transform their kind was to 'kill' the target they wanted to transform with their own hands.
Under this premise, there should also be a limitation of 'no outsiders present' to switch their consciousness to a killing form.
Otherwise, the Swamp People wouldn't have maintained a normal human state all the time, and they would directly go on a killing spree.
Moreover, given the sense of world-weariness displayed by Davidson in the book 'Swamp Man', if the 'Swamp Man Phenomenon' really becomes a reality, the most likely scenario would be to let Swamp People use their extraordinary physical fitness to hunt down nearby humans without limit, so as to quickly expand the transformation effect.
But Davidson didn't do that.
Clearly, it wasn't that he didn't want to, but he couldn't.
Certainly, this involved the ability conditions of Limitations and Vows.
After confirming this information, Moses began to consider the situation outside the restaurant at that time.
When he first arrived, there are nearly a hundred gang members standing outside, but there are only eight swamp people among them. It shouldn't be possible for them to suddenly go on a killing spree and turn other gang members into Swamp People.
So, in Moses's view, there is only one possibility.
That is, when Illumi was dealing with these gang members, in order to create Needle People on the spot, he accidentally inserted the Nen needle into the head of at least one Swamp People gangster.
As a result, the Swamp People gangster controlled by Illumi naturally attacked other gang members, ultimately killing them by their own hand and turning them into Swamp People.
Since they were under Illumi's control at that time and started killing people, the condition of 'no outsiders present' was directly eliminated and they could switch to the killing mode.
In other words—
The transformed Swamp People, whether in normal consciousness or abnormal consciousness, can directly transform the target into a new Swamp People as long as the condition of 'personally ending the target's life' is met.
After making this conjecture, Moses naturally thought of the Replica Nen Box given by Perception.
With a slight thought, a mass of Nen glowing with radiant and gentle white light suddenly appeared in Moses's hand.
Immediately afterwards, this mass of Nen manifested into a black rectangular box.
On the surface of the box, white elongated ribbons intertwined irregularly, and a series of densely packed, tadpole-like characters appeared on the white ribbon, exuding an ominous aura.
This rectangular box is exactly the Replica Nen Box given by Perception.
'It actually materialized in the form of Nen…'
The way the Replica Nen Box appeared surprised Moses slightly.
'Could this be used as a basis to conclude that this so-called 'Perception' is not a system-like existence, but rather something born within the Hunter's ability system, an unknown entity?'
Of course, the answer is unknown.
But at any rate, Moses has determined that Perception is a beneficial entity for him.
That night, after giving Illumi a heavy punch, he received two rewards in a row, which seemed to be encouraging him...
In the future, he needed to have more physical interaction and collisions with 'well-known people' like Illumi, in order to gain more benefits.
Moses had reservations about this, and opened the Replica Nen Box that exuded an ominous atmosphere.
Inside it, a layer of black soft cloth was laid, and a round-head needle lies on the soft cloth. At first glance, it looks like a lollipop.
This is a special round-head needle that replicates Illumi's Nen Ability, a one-time consumable.
Moses only needs to use his own Nen as a trigger, attach it to the needle, and then insert it into the head of the target he wants to control, creating a Needle People that could be manipulated by him.
On top of that, it had some differences from Illumi's needle.
Illumi's Needle People belonged to the coercive type.
Most Manipulation-Type abilities like this were born from thoughts of 'complete control'.
So once controlled by a coercive Manipulation-Type abilities, the target would basically become puppets devoid of consciousness and soul.
Illumi's Nen needle is an outstanding example of this.
As for the one-time use Nen needle inside the Replica Nen Box, it had two ways of use.
The first one was a complete replica of Illumi's Needle People. By inserting the Nen needle into the target's head, he could create a living dead puppet controlled by him.
The second method is to insert the Nen needle into the head of the target who is unconscious or has closed their Aura nodes to achieve control conditions without erasing the target's consciousness and soul.
And as long as Moses is willing, he could also retrieve the memories of the controlled target and maximize the manipulation value.
In short-
If he is able to achieve the second control condition on Netero, he could effortlessly control Netero, while allowing Netero, who retains his consciousness, use his Nen Ability, 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva.
This is the improved ability effect of the Nen needle, which is very powerful.
The reason why Moses suddenly thought of this Nen needle was not because he whimsically wanted to control someone.
Instead, after he speculated on the reason why the number of Swamp People gangster surged on the spot, an idea suddenly came to his mind.
Since the shadow clone can quickly strengthen itself by absorbing the remains of the Swamp People, he can hunt the Swamp People and quickly improve his abilities in a short period of time.
However, he really couldn't bring himself to kill innocent people like the family he encountered on the spaceship.
He understood the core of the Swamp People.
Therefore, he knew that if he killed Swamp People like that innocent family just to become stronger...
Because the perfectly replicated consciousness and soul, it will be no different from killing innocent ordinary people.
Moses isn't willing to let his soul be stained with some dark colors that went against his own beliefs just to become stronger.
If the target of the hunt was someone who posed a threat to him or a criminal, then he can take the other party's life with a clear conscience.
So, Moses thought that maybe he could use this round-head needle to gain control over a Swamp People, and then unrestrainedly transform criminals from all over the world into new Swamp People.
Finally, the shadow clone will absorb the remains of these Swamp People after their death...
Like getting a bug, under the combined effect of multiple Nen abilities, the strength of the shadow clone will rapidly and crazily increase.
Moses's mind couldn't help but become active from this.
'Speaking of which, I have to thank Illumi…'
If it weren't for Illumi, how could Moses know this method of transforming Swamp People in large numbers through Manipulation-Type abilities?
It was also thanks to Illumi that Moses was able to get the Replica Nen Box from Perception.
'If I'm lucky enough to meet him next time... I'll give him another punch. I wonder if I can get something else?'
Moses thought silently in his heart.
In fact, if possible, he would prefer to obtain Nen Exorcism chance.
