Chapter 29: An Object After Death (2)

Mo Yu had no energy to comment on this disastor, he could only make his way through the black smoke to the kitchen, and with one glance, he saw the unknown substance in the iron pot, pitch-black and indistinguishable from any of its ingredients.

　　Looking down, he saw that there were many pieces of wood in the stove, and the blazing flames seemed to want to break free from the stove and continuously spurt out towards the edges of the stove.

　　Cheadle stood by the stove, holding a spatula in her hand, looking a bit overwhelmed.

　　"Let me do it instead." Said Mo Yu, whilst looking at Cheadle.

　　"Okay, okay."

　　Cheadle left the kitchen in a huff.

　　Not long after.

　　Mo Yu cooked up a pot of noodles, and, although the taste couldn't be guaranteed to be very good, the portion sizes were sufficient.

　　During the meal, perhaps feeling a bit embarrassed, Cheadle kept her head down and ate her noodles quietly, no longer asking Mo Yu about his daily life.

　　This made Mo Yu feel much more relaxed.

　　After simply filling his stomach, Mo Yu went straight to the guest room to clean it up, so that Cheadle could be more comfortable when she stayed overnight.

　　"After half a day of asking me so many trivial questions... she never asked me about nen. What was the reason for her to selectively ignore it?"

　　Mo Yu pondered while sweeping the floor with his broom.

　　"Forget it, let's wait until Hawke comes back."

　　Swish, Swish...

　　The broom shook, and dust flew around the room.

　　Night fell.

　　Mo Yu finished his dinner and returned to his room to practice the four basic techniques of the "Four Great Principles".

　　In the past, he used to practice in the courtyard, but now that there was one more person in the temple, Mo Yu could only continue to practice in his own room.

　　The night grew deeper, quiet and still.

　　Cheadle slowly walked out of the guest room and came to the release pond in the atrium.

　　"It's so quiet."

　　Cheadle gazed down at the release pond.

　　It was ordinary, there was nothing special about it.

　　If one weren't one of the "informed", they would have never known that...

　　Underneath this ordinary pond, there was an item imbued with "Post-Mortem Nen" that even professional hunters had to be careful when treading around.

　　Usually, the items that a nen user manifests will disappear without leaving a trace with the death of the nen user.

　　But as for this thing called "Post-Mortem Nen"...

　　The nen would become stronger under certain conditions, and would remain in the world as an individual entity.

　　The so-called items imbued with "Post-Mortem Nen" were actually special things that were left behind by the manifestation of nen after being triggered by death.

　　They also had another name: Nen Object.

　　Because they were created by nen, most of them had at least one special ability.

　　But, because the conditions for the birth of a "Nen Object" were extremely demanding, there were only a handful of people who could possess a "Nen Object" along with a nen ability.

　　It was worth mentioning that -

　　In modern times, new nen objects were rarely born.

　　The "Nen Objects" that were currently controlled by nen users were mostly discovered in various ruins or royal tombs.

　　The "Nen Object" that was filled with "Post-Mortem Nen" that was sealed under the release pond was also the object that Hawke had stolen from a certain ruin.

　　However, the "Nen Object" that was filled with "Post-Mortem Nen" that Hawke had brought out was of the type that had extremely poor controllability, and was also one that was threatening to the user and had a high level of risk when using.

　　What it could bring was not a power that may have once flourished hundreds or even thousands of years ago, but rather, a complete disaster...

　　"What to do…"

　　Cheadle lowered her head and looked at the release pool with a suddenly cold expression in her eyes. She said in a low voice, "Only by completely removing you can we..."

　　As a person "in the know", she had seen with her own eyes the horribleness of this "Nen Object" that was filled with "Post-Mortem Nen", and even unconsciously came up with a speculation -

　　Was it possible that such a terrifying entity originated from the dark continent outside of the world map, or was it a yet-to-be-confirmed disaster?

　　When Cheadle had speculated this, as a member of the Twelve ZOdiacs of the Hunter Association, she should have reported all known information to Netero in the beginning.

　　But she did not do so.

　　Between her "admiration" of Netero and her "selfishness".

　　She chose her "selfishness" with little hesitation.

　　Because--

　　At that time, she didn't want to see a newborn baby being presumed as some unknown disaster from the dark continent, and thus, being taken away from its parents by international organizations.

　　Cheadle stood by the release pond for a long time, finally silently withdrawing her gaze from it, before whirling around towards the outside of the temple.

　　When she had arrived outside the temple, Cheadle, who already knew the topography of the mountain like the back of her hand, just took a casual glance and determined the correct direction.

　　She gradually stepped along the steep slope and into the mountain forest.

　　"Riiiiiiiiip~"

　　As she walked through the woods, Cheadle looked calm, and between her hands, she pulled out a thin wire that had a faint sheen to it.

　　At first glance, it looked just like the Phantom Brigade Maki's "Nen Silk Stitching" ability.

　　And, theoretically, a nen ability was not unique to its creator.

　　There was a chance that two different people could develop the same nen ability under equal conditions.

　　However, the nen threads materialized by Cheadle were far inferior in both function and extensibility to those of Maki.

　　The two nen threads were not of the same level.

　　Strictly speaking, both in terms of quality and strength, Cheadle's nen thread was not much different from regular sewing thread.

　　So why did she develop such a seemingly useless ability?

　　If someone were to ask Cheadle that, Cheadle's answer would have been - "I thought that it would be useful."

　　Cheadle ran back and forth through the forest, all the while laying down ordinary-looking, nimble thread in every corner of the forest.

　　She was setting up a vigilance network to prevent potential enemies.

　　Her reason for such caution could all be attributed to the great contribution of Hawke.

　　"Buzz--"

　　The cell phone in her pocket vibrated slightly.

　　Cheadle took out her phone, and the caller number was none other than Hawke's.

　　At the same time.

　　Within the monastery room.

　　Mo Yu stared at his shadow.

　　He was thinking-

　　Was it really necessary to develop the ability of "shared vision" first?