"Wah—" The figure that appeared out of nowhere gave Bisky a scare. Her abundant combat experience and sharp vigilance made her reflexively spring backward in three quick hops, instantly opening up some distance.
"What... what was that?! A Spell Card? No, that's not it. If it were a Spell Card, there would have been signs beforehand. But this person appeared so suddenly that I didn't even sense the slightest disturbance in the air. Then... was it a Nen ability?!"
In an instant, countless thoughts flashed through Bisky's mind.
"Hmm?" Hearing the commotion behind them, Gon and the others turned around, then froze for a moment.
"Yo, long time no see. How's the special training been going?" Roy greeted them with a cheerful smile.
"Roy!"
"Roy-aniki!!"
The moment Gon and the others saw Roy, their eyes lit up. As for Milluki, his tiny eyes were filled with excitement.
"So? Judging by the way you look, these past few days have treated you pretty well, huh?"
"Yeah! During this past week, we tried every request Antokiba had available, and we made a lot of Jenny!" Gon said excitedly, proudly showing off the fruits of their labor.
Killua also walked over and said with a grin, "What about you, Roy? A skill that lets you appear out of nowhere like that probably isn't from a Spell Card either, right?"
"Mm. It's called Kai Kai." Roy raised one finger and gently wagged it.
"Kai Kai?"
"Yeah. As long as I can sense someone's ki, I can instantly arrive right beside them. It's a trump card I only learned in the last few days."
From September 1, when Roy obtained the Greed Island game, to now, September 15, two full weeks had passed. Naturally, during those two weeks, Roy had also obtained two quite good things.
The first was this skill: Kai Kai.
That said, the Kai Kai Roy had learned was not Son Goku's Instant Transmission from the Yardratians.
The Yardratians' Instant Transmission was not really a technique meant for combat, but rather a special ability. Without traversing any path, and without consuming even a moment of time, it allowed the user to move from one place to another.
However, to use it, one had to sense the target location's ki. In other words, this technique could not be used to go somewhere where there were no people.
Instant Transmission could carry other people as well, and using it did not necessarily require placing two fingers against the forehead, though doing so helped focus the mind.
Of course, even without placing two fingers on the forehead, Instant Transmission could still be used.
But that was not the version Roy had obtained.
Did he remember the East Supreme Kai who appeared in the Majin Buu arc, and the attendant by his side, Kibito?
That fellow with the wrinkled red face, pointed ears, and a healing ability just like Dende's—the one who was later killed by the Dark Demon King Dabura, then revived by the Dragon Balls, and in the end fused with the East Supreme Kai using the earrings.
Kibito's Kai Kai!
That was the ability Roy had obtained.
It was important to note that Kibito's Kai Kai and Goku's Instant Transmission were different. Kibito's Kai Kai could directly reach any planet in Dragon Ball's lower universe without needing to search for ki, but it could not precisely locate a specific person.
You could say that Goku's Instant Transmission was fundamentally used to find people, while Kibito's Kai Kai was fundamentally used to find places. That fit his role, after all.
However, if the user also knew how to sense ki, then they could designate a specific landing point, meaning they could arrive right beside the person whose ki they had detected, thus achieving the same effect as Goku's technique.
And after Roy had mastered the method of sensing ki, he could now travel both to places where no one was present and to someone's side. It could be said that this was the highest-tier version of the technique.
Of course, in this half month, Roy had not only obtained Kai Kai, but also another very good thing. As for what that other good thing was, that would be revealed later.
"Kai Kai, huh? That sounds so cool!" Golden stars sparkled in Gon's eyes.
Meanwhile, Milluki hurriedly pulled another small notebook from his little backpack and frantically jotted things down in it:
"Mhm, mhm. So Roy-aniki can even use a skill like Kai Kai? Very good. I've taken another step toward fully understanding Roy-aniki!"
Little chubby Milluki was gradually evolving from Roy's crazed super-fan into a complete shameless sycophant.
At that moment, Bisky was hiding behind a tree, only half her face peeking out. The instant she saw Roy glance over, she immediately shrank back, but then, like some timid little creature, she peeked out again.
And when she did, a blush had already spread across her face.
"H-he's... so handsome! He's exactly my type!!!"
After a period of special training and steady growth, Roy had long since forged a remarkably well-proportioned physique.
On top of that, he had never looked bad to begin with. After shedding some of his old flaws, the whole of him now seemed even calmer and steadier.
And every now and then, the corners of his mouth would curl into a charming smile. It was practically a lethal weapon, one that girls found impossible to resist!
What Roy did not know was that, out in the outside world, his popularity had already surpassed that of even the most handsome celebrities.
According to certain rumors, some wealthy young woman who refused to reveal her identity was willing to spend one hundred million Jenny just to buy a photograph of Roy smiling.
Just one photograph, and it was worth one hundred million Jenny!
Every paparazzo had gone completely mad over it. Some of them had even stationed themselves outside Roy's house and the Shonen Magazine editorial office, just waiting for Roy to appear so they could take one photo and make a fortune.
And that was only for a photograph. There were even rumors that some wealthy women had privately expressed that they would be willing to pay five hundred million Jenny just to have dinner with Roy.
Dinner. D-dinner...
But no matter where those paparazzi staked out, they never managed to see the person they most wanted to see.
Even after word got out that Roy's last public appearance had been in Yorknew City, where he and the wealthy Battera had gotten along famously.
Instead, the one people kept seeing out shopping was Roy-sensei's wife, Lazuli—or rather, Android 18—accompanied by three girls in masks.
(End of Chapter)
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