Chapter 258: Breaking the Cocoon into a Butterfly x Silver Hair, Seeing Silver Hair Again
Maha was slightly taken aback. Those old eyes, which had experienced much and were full of vicissitudes, flashed imperceptibly. His intuition told him the child wasn't joking.
"Great-Grandfather doesn't believe me?"
"I believe you." The old man's gaze was profound. "Gods are also divided into grades and ranks, orthodox, unorthodox, deceptive, and evil."
As powerful as the Seven Orthodox Gods who rule kingdoms, as mysterious as the Gods of Nature born at the beginning of life, as bizarre as the powerful disasters that cannot be grasped or seen through. Of course,
There is also no shortage of "false gods" who govern a few followers and proclaim themselves as gods.
Maha looked Roy up and down. He figured... what the child encountered was exactly a "counterfeit" who proclaimed himself a god.
However, could Muzan be called a "counterfeit"?
The Lord of Demons who ruled over all demons, the "Night King" who ravaged the night and whose very name could stop children from crying, except for the fact that he couldn't walk in the sunlight. In the original story, if he had truly devoured Nezuko or found the Blue Spider Lily, perhaps... he really would have had the chance to realize his ambition and become a veritable "Perfect Being."
Roy quietly glanced at the eight hundred points of "Life Energy" and nearly three hundred points of Faith Power lying quietly in the panel, and fell silent...
After a moment, the boy said, "Perhaps."
"I am naturally inferior to Great-Grandfather. At the very least..."
Roy gently stroked the curse on the back of his hand, saying absently, "Currently, I don't have the ability to clear it."
"No rush." Maha's figure flashed, and with his hands behind his back, he exited Roy's bedroom, heading towards his own bedroom.
The old man said without looking back, "First defeat your father, then we'll talk."
Father... what level should he be at?
It was still early. Roy plunged back into bed, burying his head.
With his hands behind his head, he recalled Silva's glorious combat records in the original story... He assassinated a Spider, teamed up with Zeno, and even while holding back to create time for Maha and Kalluto to counter-kill the Ten Dons, still almost killed Chrollo in his prime. Then... in the Chimera Ant arc, he descended from the sky, killing a leopard with a single punch, a true Squadron Leader-level powerhouse. Even if inferior to the Ant King Meruem and Netero, presumably, he wouldn't be...
Worse than Morel, Biscuit, Neferpitou, Youpi, Shaiapouf, and others. His true strength should be at... B-rank, only a hair away from the B+ rank Netero and Meruem.
"B rank," Roy murmured softly. His consciousness immersed, and he glanced at the panel again. Looking at his only "B-" rank "Potential Aura Volume", his heart, which was growing wildly with the crazy desire to add points and become stronger, could no longer be restrained. He then Photified, and when he reappeared, he arrived at the familiar bathroom and turned on the shower...
Patter patter... The water washed down...
At that time, a certain foolish younger brother had just slipped away from his older brother's room, shrinking in a hole and closing his eyes...
A certain younger, plump brother was spread-eagled, kicking off his blanket, sleeping soundly...
A certain youngest brother, still in his swaddling clothes, let out a wail and was held by a burly man being fed milk...
Suddenly a gust of wind blew, bringing a trace of coolness and dispelling a hint of summer heat... Roy took a deep breath, showered for nearly five minutes, did enough mental preparation, narrowed his eyes and said, "Let's begin."
The panel unfolded.
[Prompt: "Life Energy" has been emptied...]
["Physique" +801]
[Prompt: "Faith Power" has been emptied...]
["Physique" +174]
Total... 975 points... bottomed out instantly!
Suddenly, an intense tearing sensation struck from the deepest part of Roy's body. In an instant, it felt as if he had been drawn and quartered by five horses. Unable to control himself, he let out a muffled groan and violently grabbed the wall... Puff sizzle~ leaving dozens of deep holes in the wall!
Pain... too painful... unprecedented pain... pain that seeped into the bone marrow... The "horse of blood qi" kicked up its hooves and galloped wildly. In just a second, it instantly... tore Roy to pieces!
Rip~ Hands severed, feet severed, head severed, neck severed... A sky full of blood and tissue sprayed out, turning the small shower room into a hell of blood, making Roy roar uncontrollably!
"Ah—"
The boy swore he was already trying his best to control it... but the sound rolled out of his open mouth on its own, and trying to take it back was a delusion!
"Hmm?" At this midnight hour, Silva, who had just finished feeding Killua and hadn't even washed the baby bottle yet, abruptly exited the room and sped away, leaving a drowsy Kikyo to take Killua, her clothes disheveled and messy in the wind...
"What happened, Silva?"
The door opened and swayed with the wind, bang clatter. Kikyo hurriedly got up and followed Silva out the door. In a daze... she seemed to see another figure, with striking white hair, wearing a nightgown, frantically chasing Silva towards the east side of the first floor... The figure flashed, flashed, and flashed again. The "Shadow Step" almost struck sparks, showing just how anxious the other party was!
"Father? That direction... is Roy?" The electronic eyes flashed with worry. Kikyo, holding Killua, felt her heart tighten. She hurriedly called Tsubone and rushed out...
In an instant, the entire Zoldyck estate was like a heavy bomb had been dropped on it. With a boom... chaos ensued.
Even Scarface and One-Eye, who guarded Zzigg year-round, got up. Standing next to the iron gate, they frowned, exchanged a glance, and silently raised their vigilance!
For over forty years, as servants born into the Zoldyck family, they had grown up watching Zzigg. Apart from the time Zzigg insisted on exploring the Dark Continent, angering Maha, and getting dragged into the yard and beaten severely on the spot, causing unrest in the entire Zoldyck estate... today was the day that broke the peace maintained for nearly forty years since Zzigg!
So, what exactly happened?
Scarface and One-Eye had solemn expressions. They wanted to use [En] to investigate, but... the land they were standing on was called Zoldyck, the world's number one assassin family. In their hearts, it could completely be called the "world's number one family," Zoldyck.
Prying casually without the Patriarch's permission is... a felony!
Fortunately, Scarface and One-Eye didn't have to wait long. A phone call came through, stunning the two of them and leaving them completely dumbfounded.
"Young Master Roy... exploded!"
On the first floor of the Zoldyck family castle, Tsubone, who had hurriedly followed Kikyo, held the phone in her hand and spoke tremblingly...
In the small bedroom in front of her,
Three generations of Zoldyck Patriarchs gathered together, guarding the small door of the shower room, looking inside with dark faces... Monstrous fury was brewing faintly!
The old butler didn't dare to breathe heavily, standing close to the window. She took the opportunity to support Kikyo, who let out a scream and fainted on the spot. The phone slipped from her palm, falling to the ground with a clatter, scaring Killua in her arms into crying loudly...
"Waaa..." The child's crying added another fire to the storm!
Following Silva and Zeno, Illumi arrived right after. The moment he saw people gathered in Roy's bedroom, his body suddenly stiffened, as if struck by lightning, losing the ability to think on the spot... So blank... his brain was blank... his heart was also blank... even his pupils lost their focus...
The boy swayed three times with every step, like a walking corpse, staggering as he pushed aside Tsubone and Kikyo, squeezing into the bedroom. He poked his head to look towards the shower room. A bloody, horrifying scene stabbed his heart like needles, making his knees weak. Unable to support himself any longer, he fell to the ground with a thud!
"Who did this... Who exactly did this... Father... Grandpa... Great-Grandfather... tell me,"
"You all tell me, who exactly did this?!"
Suddenly, his waist-length black hair flew up into the sky. The light vanished from the boy's eyes. He abruptly raised his head, his killing intent uncontrollable, soaring to the heavens!
Behind him... then, another person walked in, falling to his knees beside Illumi with a thud... His eyes were unfocused, his glasses hanging off the end of his nose. Using both hands and feet, he almost crawled on his knees to the door of the shower room. He looked at the floor, the ceiling, the walls, covered in bloodstains and fragments of Roy's tissue... Gotoh's figure stumbled, lying prostrate on the ground, letting out heavy breathing sounds from his mouth, his brain completely crashing!
"Dead... Young Master is dead... Young Master is dead..." Scenes flashed through the back of his mind. Gotoh stared blankly for a moment, then straightened his back, pulled out the [Infinite Pistol] Roy had given him from his jacket, and aimed the muzzle at his own temple. With a bang, he pulled the trigger!
But who knew... a bone sword, with a speed faster than the "Nen bullet", brushed past the shoulders of Maha, Silva, and Zeno, the three generations of Zoldyck Patriarchs, and instantly arrived in front of Gotoh, directly deflecting the Nen bullet. It nailed into the west wall with a boom, leaving a bowl-sized transparent hole!
"Stop mourning. If you have that time, you might as well tell the kitchen to prepare more food... I'm hungry..."
A leisurely, familiar voice echoed weakly in the bedroom following the bone sword...
Gotoh was stunned.
Illumi was stunned.
Tsubone was stunned.
The remaining three, Silva, Zeno, and Maha, kept straight faces, followed closely by Maha cursing through gritted teeth: "I just left, and you pull this stunt!"
"What, you killed a God, so you think... you're a big deal now?"
Killed a God? Silva and Zeno exchanged a glance, their expressions solemn... If they hadn't sensed that Roy's Nen aura was still there and hadn't faded, and seeing Maha standing there as steady as Mount Tai... whether it was Zeno or Silva, they would surely... have gone mad!
"Pain... pain... pain..." Roy's mouth, which had dropped to the floor, grimaced and twitched. He didn't dare to make a sound, let alone retort.
Adding points was real, and the improvement was real, but the process of improvement was too tragic, completely exceeding his imagination.
Fortunately, [Sword Bone] stopped Gotoh from seeking death in time.
With [Rebirth from a Drop of Blood] as a foundation, his life was not in danger.
But, being hit by the severe pain to the point of briefly losing consciousness, causing a misunderstanding among his Great-Grandfather, Grandpa, Father, and even the entire Zoldyck family... it still served as a reminder for Roy. He couldn't be so anxious next time. Adding points slowly would be the best policy.
The boy finally regained consciousness and hurriedly manipulated his Nen to activate [Rebirth from a Drop of Blood]...
The tissue, blood, bones, and eyeballs washed everywhere by the patter patter of the shower began to gather. In the blink of an eye, it condensed into a giant cocoon of blood qi, enveloping Roy within. From inside, a ba-thump~ ba-thump~ heartbeat could be faintly heard, growing louder and louder... faint at first, drumming in the middle, and finally exploding like muffled thunder...
Maha narrowed his old eyes and said without turning his head, "Silva, take Killua back. Don't scare the child."
The man took a deep look at the giant blood qi cocoon. He could feel the abundant and blazing "blood qi" and "Nen aura" from it. After a moment of silence, he turned his head... picked up the unconscious Kikyo, and Killua from the arms of Tsubone and the old butler, turned around, and returned to the second-floor bedroom.
Tap... tap... The man's footsteps were anxious and heavy when he came, and joyful and heavy when he left... not quite the same. Zeno cast a casual glance, withdrew it, put his hands behind his back, and said to Maha, "Grandpa, Silva... is feeling the pressure."
Ba-thump... ba-thump... The heartbeat was strong, continuing endlessly like muffled thunder...
Maha snorted coldly, quietly waiting for the moment the blood qi cocoon shattered. He tilted his head to glance at him and said, "He has pressure, don't you?"
The old man mocked unsparingly, "If a grandfather can't even compare to his own grandson, you might as well stop wearing those tattered clothes you show off every day."
"One Kill a Day, Active for Life?"
"It's nothing!"
Zeno: "..."
Speechless for a moment, he suddenly swung his hand and slapped Illumi: "What are you doing? Stiffening your neck, who are you trying to kill? Why don't you scram back to sleep?"
With a muffled smack, Zeno used [Ten]... A swelling visibly appeared on Illumi's forehead, instantly waking him up. He lowered his head and restrained his killing intent, but he stubbornly didn't leave. He only retreated into the corner of the wall, seemingly determined to see... a certain someone intact before he could rest assured.
To this, Zeno, having let out a breath, ignored him. Instead, he glanced at Gotoh, who was still kneeling on the ground, and ordered with satisfaction, "You heard it too, Roy is hungry. Rather than spacing out, you might as well go down early and prepare breakfast."
The [Infinite Pistol] was still held high in his hand.
Gotoh finally seemed to recover his senses. He let out a long sigh of relief and replied, "Yes."
He then stood up, supporting himself on his knees, and looked back at the giant blood qi cocoon three times with every step... Before leaving the room, he was suddenly stopped by Zeno again: "I want tomato and egg stir-fry."
"I want Yu-Xiang shredded pork." Maha added without turning his head, "Also brew some ginger tea. This old man... needs to calm his stomach today..."
As to who angered him... Roy in the blood qi cocoon pretended not to know. He gave a dry cough and, following Maha, stopped Gotoh: "I still want bacon and fried eggs. Remember, make it ten portions!"
Grumble rumble~ The new body hadn't finished reconstructing yet... Roy could already feel his stomach growling with hunger... The boy exchanged a glance with the young butler through the thick blood qi... Gotoh immediately pushed up the glasses on his nose and raised his volume: "Yes, Young Master!"
He then left the room and headed towards the kitchen. Compared to when he came, his steps were unimaginably lighter...
Dong~ At this moment, the night had deepened into the late hours... 3:00 AM, the wooden clock in the corner chimed the hour...
After ten seconds... thirty seconds... one minute... two minutes... five minutes of waiting, finally, as the sixth minute arrived, the giant blood qi cocoon sitting in the shower room emitted a crack, revealing a fissure. Immediately following... a strong, powerful, long, and firm arm abruptly thrust out, and then...
Only to hear,
Crack... crack... crackle...
More and more fissures appeared,
The light also grew brighter and brighter,
Until,
The cocoon broke!
The light condensed, reaching its peak, forming a great sun, illuminating the bedroom, illuminating the hallway, radiating light wantonly, making people unable to open their eyes... Maha, Zeno, and Illumi all looked over...
In the very center of the light, Roy revealed his figure.
Entering their view, was—
Waist-length silver hair!
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