Bisky looked at the new line of words under the Misery Moon Tiger's paws. She couldn't say she was too surprised.
Comparing the image of "John Smith" learned from Wing, he could indeed be regarded as a "little genius." If he was really a "self-taught amateur who stumbled into this," then he truly was a "rare unpolished gem."
And what Bisky loved most in life was gemstones. Which was why she was determined to become a Gem Hunter.
She didn't just like bright, beautiful rare treasures. She also loved the process of polishing gems. It was a kind of supreme enjoyment. Top-tier spiritual pleasure.
If this Liam was indeed as Wing said—even praised by Chairman Netero—then he was worthy of careful polishing.
The other party had arrived at her door. She couldn't not play with him.
After pondering for a moment, Bisky said bluntly, "Then tell me. What confidence do you have that you can say you'll definitely help me get the Blue Planet?"
The Misery Moon Tiger also pondered for a moment, then raised his claws. "It's a long story..."
"Then make it short."
"I know someone who must have a JoyStation console in his possession."
"Isn't this simple? What's the long story?" Bisky looked at the Misery Tiger without changing her expression. "What, you're planning to kill and rob him? That's why it's not convenient to tell me?"
The tiger's claws moved quickly. "How can you accuse someone innocent like me out of nowhere? The thing is..."
Seeing him struggling, Bisky suggested, "Although I have the patience to wait for you to finish writing word by word, communicating like this is really inefficient. Well, think about your plan first. Think about how you can convince me you'll succeed. It would be more convenient to have a video call tonight."
She called out a number and asked Liam to remember it. Then she waved her little hands and walked away, princess dress swishing. She was so fast that Liam couldn't see clearly with his tiger eyes.
No matter what, the friendship with Aunt Bisky was stable!
Liam told Lumos to stay very close to Bisky, then withdrew happily.
Ghost Island is at the Noumalia Continent. Across the ocean ofthe Yorbian Continent. Then sweeping westward to the west of Yorbian Continent, on the rooftop of an emergency center in a hospital near a small coastal town—that was where Liam and Shizuku were at the moment.
What had long been confirmed: even crossing an ocean and a continent, the time difference was almost nonexistent. At least Liam, who stretched out on the rooftop looking up at the sky, couldn't tell any difference between the sky here and the color in Lumos's eyes just now. The weather was nearly identical. Around one or two in the afternoon.
"I actually heard someone up here..."
"Isn't it some family member who just jumped off the building because they couldn't handle it?"
A muffled voice came from the stairs behind the passage.
Liam and Shizuku looked at each other.
Soon two security guards walked up to the rooftop quietly. Walked around without finding anyone.
In his Zetsu state, Liam restrained all his aura and calmly hid with Shizuku in the blind spot of their sight.
Two security guards stood on the roof's edge looking down.
Liam turned his head. Saw Shizuku slowly raising her hand toward the backs of the two people.
Liam quickly grabbed her hand to stop her and led her away from the corridor without anyone noticing.
At night, after Liam took a shower and changed clothes, he sat down in front of his laptop and clicked on the video call.
Shizuku rubbed her wet hair and walked over. While putting on her glasses, she heard the little girl's surprised voice from the screen in front of Liam: "Why are you so tall? Are you sure you're Liam? The John Smith that Wing mentioned?"
When Shizuku came into frame, the delicate "little girl" in the video—wearing a nightgown with loose blonde hair—also glanced at her and frowned. "Your name is Shizuku?"
Shizuku nodded. "Yeah."
This Shizuku was exactly as Wing described. The voice was also very similar to the one heard on the phone at the Sensui Mountain Hotel back then.
Of course, Nen abilities came in all kinds of weird varieties. It wasn't uncommon to disguise appearance and voice.
But if someone pretended to be the John Smith and Shizuku that Wing knew, how could they disguise a boy just over 1.5 meters tall into a tall young man nearly 1.9 meters? And so handsome he'd attract anyone's attention?
In response to Bisky's question, Liam was in a very stable mood. "Sensui Mountain happened more than half a year ago. In the past six months... I may have eaten better and grown a little faster."
He gestured to his body and the top of his head. "I grew up like this without knowing it. No control over it."
Heaven and earth as witness, he was telling the truth! Not a single word of lies!
Bisky nodded in the video screen and said no more.
After all, Liam's words were indeed true. It was common for teenagers to grow so tall during puberty that they became almost unrecognizable after a month's absence. Moreover, Bisky, who considered herself good at reading people, also had eyes that could see through lies. At least what the young man across from her just said wasn't a lie.
"Then let's get down to business..."
The two people on the video call quickly changed topic from these minutiae to how to achieve a common goal and realize both parties' demands.
What Liam wanted was to get Bisky's guidance on practice.
Although he could now rely on the death energy panel and was no longer shackled by the increase in aura amount, for a long time, the accumulation of aura had been slow. This undoubtedly proved he urgently needed correct guidance in Nen practice.
What Bisky wanted was the rare gemstone called Blue Planet.
Blue Planet was only on Greed Island.
Then they had to enter Greed Island. To enter Greed Island, they had to find at least one JoyStation console. It was also possible not to use the game console. After all, Greed Island was a real island. But Liam and Shizuku had already experienced the result of landing on the island illegitimately with Pariston. They'd been directly expelled by Razor's narrow-eyed management via card distribution teleportation.
"Actually, it's easy to say," Liam said. "I don't need to find the JoyStation console. I'll let the JoyStation console come to me. As far as I know, a person who must have the JoyStation console in hand has a relative or friend who's seriously ill. As long as he hears I can cure this kind of serious illness, he'll probably come to my door. Ask me for anything. Even offer a console."
Bisky said on the computer screen, "People who have JoyStation consoles in their hands definitely won't be short of money. High probability they're either Nen users themselves or have the means to hire Nen users. Such people don't lack connections or means. Such a person who lacks neither money nor means can't cure a serious disease, but you seem very confident?"
Liam said modestly, "Recently, there are indeed attempts to develop Enhancement Nen abilities like healing ability..."
Bisky frowned. "What type of Nen user are you?"
"Manipulator. You already knew that, right?"
"You're a Manipulator, but you want to develop Enhancer Nen ability... and it's a very rare treatment type..." Bisky's face darkened visibly to the naked eye. Seemed like the boy opposite really needed polishing. Really needed polishing. "Let's not talk about whether you have the possibility of success. Even if you successfully develop it, how can it compare with actual Enhancer that are really good at healing? The person you're talking about, instead of looking for you, it'd be better to look for a Hunter that is an Enhancer. Oh, maybe they've already looked and still haven't cure it. A disease that even Enhancer healers are helpless to deal with. Do you understand the difficulty?"
Liam responded with 100% understanding to Bisky's question.
After all, she didn't know that his Manipulation Nen ability actually came with unparalleled healing ability. That he could even use the death energy panel to expand his Enhancement system limit to the same level as natural Enhancers.
"I know how stacked the odds are, but I still think it is worth a shot" he said, a faint smile playing on his lips. "Besides, I am not so sure I am strictly limited to Manipulation."
Judging from the death energy panel, even without investing points into Enhancement or the other categories, his mastery over both Manipulation and Specialization had already reached one hundred percent.
So, was he a Manipulator or a Specialist?
Biscuit seemed to sense the shift in his energy. She squinted at him, her expression unreadable. "Why guess when the answer is right in front of you?" she asked with a knowing grin. "Just a glass of water and a leaf... why not give it a try?"