Inside the training ground, Kevin kept testing the effects brought by the potion, and half an hour passed quickly.
Because he was too engrossed in the experiment, his Enhancer fists swung everywhere.
The entire training ground was left in a mess, with sandbags flying everywhere, a chaotic scene.
"Uncle's ability has become stronger again. As expected, Enhancer abilities just look amazing."
Kurapika watched Kevin's series of actions from the rest area and couldn't help but say.
He still couldn't stop thinking about the Enhancer system.
Pairo nodded in deep agreement.
In terms of explosiveness and visual effect, the attacks unleashed by Kevin's Enhancer ability were indeed highly impactful, possessing an intuitive aesthetic of power.
Pure power.
Looking at the scene he had turned into a mess, as the potion's effects gradually faded, Kevin stretched his limbs and then took out his phone.
"Hello! Hava, send someone to clean up the training ground and renovate it."
After notifying him, he hung up the phone.
After experiencing the effects of the potion, it was time to think about other issues.
Kevin stood in place, arms crossed, lost in thought.
He was carefully sensing the changes coming from his body.
After all, strictly speaking, this was his first time using the 『Syringe』 to conduct experiments with the potion, and using 『Blank Meteor』 to assist in learning.
Longer experiment time, deeper insights—what kind of changes would this different method bring?
These would all be answered in this trial, and the biggest change this time was that the potion's strength reached "B-Grade".
This was the first time Kevin had created a potion of this level.
Looking just at the most basic requirement, the Nen Volume needed for production, compared to 『Strength Potion』 and 『Iron Wall Potion』, the Nen Volume consumed by this potion was several times higher.
First, he needed to determine the type of this potion.
Learnable potions are divided into two types; unfortunately, it was not a state-addition type potion like the 『Strength Potion』.
In other words, there wouldn't be a situation where each time he drank a vial of potion to learn and "memorize" it, the effect would increase slightly until it matched the potion's effect.
It belonged to the same ability-altering type of potion as the 『Iron Wall Potion』; either you know it, or you don't.
The learning process had a progress bar, and when this progress bar reached 100%, it was considered learned.
By then, it could exert the same effect as the potion.
And this time, the learning progress was only 5%?
Based on this calculation, would it take a total of twenty potions to learn this ability?
As this thought arose, Kevin shook his head; he couldn't perform such a simple calculation based on this data.
No, according to his past experience, the learning progress might slightly decrease later on.
The learning progress each time couldn't be exactly the same.
He was a human, not a machine, and his body was not some balanced mechanical equipment.
It would fluctuate based on factors such as his state that day and his familiarity with the ability.
Perhaps the daily progress later on might even increase faster.
However, what was certain was that after exceeding 75%, the growth trend of the learning progress bar would gradually decline.
This was the experience gained from the last potion of this type; he didn't know if it would apply to this one, but theoretically, it should be the same.
But just thinking about one being C-Grade and the other being B-Grade gave him a headache.
Conservatively estimated, he would need to prepare at least five additional potions to have a chance of learning it.
"Does even the lowest-level B-Grade potion require so many attempts to learn?"
Kevin muttered to himself.
The number of potion uses required to memorize it was directly double that of a C-Grade potion.
Because the situation in which he was using the potion now was different from when he used it before.
He already possessed a new Nen Ability to assist in its use.
Kevin had used the 『Syringe』, which made the memory experience better and doubled the learning time.
If he didn't have the 『Syringe』, he might have needed around sixty or even more potions to complete the learning memory.
With the materials currently on hand, the Double-Headed Wolf horns would definitely not be enough to create that many potions.
"Thank goodness, thank goodness."
Kevin patted his chest and let out a long sigh of relief.
Just as he had anticipated and prepared for, the higher the potion grade, the greater the learning difficulty, and the more materials consumed.
But the problem was that the higher the grade of the potion, the harder the materials were to obtain; it meant that for every stage increased, both the acquisition difficulty and the learning level would rise in tandem.
Especially those materials that carried a certain uniqueness; they were extremely difficult to obtain.
Moreover, when combining materials into different potions, there would also be some slight losses; these were all issues.
Thinking of this, Kevin couldn't help but get a headache.
Let's deal with later things later; at least now, with his Nen Abilities combined, he had perfectly met his expectations.
Although he had avoided many problems by combining Nen Abilities, Nen Ability was still Nen Ability, and one must pay a price.
The more powerful the ability, the more one must pay.
As for the naming of this potion, since it was a B-Grade potion, let's determine it with five characters.
D-Grade has three characters, C-Grade has four characters.
The naming method from now on will follow this pattern.
『Arbiter potion』
Hmm, let's call it that.
At this time, Kevin was comprehending the knowledge, while Pairo and the others were chatting in the rest area.
"Have you thought about what you want to materialize?" Pairo asked curiously.
Although Kevin did not allow Kurapika to construct a Nen Ability within this year, he allowed him to prepare in advance.
After all, the Conjuration System is quite troublesome; the most basic step, becoming familiar with the object one wants to materialize, takes a significant amount of time.
That was why Pairo asked this.
Kurapika nodded: "I have thought about it. Since I learned about the characteristics of Nen Ability, I've had an idea."
"What is it?"
"Chains!"
"Chains?"
Rosanna, who was nearby, looked at her son.
Kurapika nodded firmly.
"That group of villains should be tied up with chains to face judgment. No, not just that group of villains; all villains in the world should be bound by chains."
Kurapika clenched his hands tightly, speaking in a firm tone, as if upholding his own belief.
Listening to her son's words, Rosanna felt a sense of relief for no apparent reason.
Not a knife, not a sword, not those sharp weapons, but chains.
This showed that her son had not become extreme or radical because of hatred, as she had worried.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but hug Kurapika and pull him into her arms.
"Good boy."
"Mom?" Kurapika was a bit puzzled.
Pairo listened from the side and fell into deep thought.
If it were him, what kind of thing would he use to materialize?
Without a doubt, it would be a spear.
Like those wicked people, they should suffer the punishment of impalement.
He didn't want to have any binding or judgment actions toward them at all; he only wanted to kill them directly, or even torture them.
Compared to Kurapika, he had changed too much.
However, he did not regret it, nor was he ashamed.
Since Kurapika wanted to bind enemies to face judgment, then he would be the one to judge and execute the enemies.
He would be very happy to carry out this step.
Kurapika struggled to break free from his mother's embrace and said to Pairo with a smile: "And aren't chains great? They can help you control enemies, so your Nen Ability will be able to exert itself more easily, right?"
This made Pairo freeze for a moment.
He looked at Kurapika, a smile appearing on his face, and punched him.
"You guy."
"What's wrong? Isn't it good?"
"No, it's really great!"
Rosanna smiled as she watched this scene; being able to watch her son grow up, and having his best friend by his side, was really good.
"Mom, what about you? You can construct a Nen Ability directly, right? What are you thinking?" Kurapika asked, holding Rosanna's hand.
Rosanna showed a playful smile on her face and tapped Kurapika's nose with her finger.
"Hmph, I won't tell you; who told you to dislike Mom." Saying this, Rosanna pulled her hand out of Kurapika's embrace and crossed her arms over her chest.
"I didn't." Kurapika said hurriedly.
He was already so big, yet Mom would still pull him into her arms at every turn; how embarrassing, he had his pride too.
"Hee hee, I can tell you; it's 'Home'."
"Home?"
Kurapika and Pairo were both a bit confused. Rosanna just smiled and nodded, not offering any further explanation.
More than two months had passed since Kevin obtained his hunter license.
Inside a small conference room within the Nostrade Family manor, Kevin and Light sat opposite each other, chatting while drinking the tea nearby.
Light said with slight excitement: "The approval results came down this week; our medicine can be successfully launched on the market."
This meant that the Nostrade Family would take a step further, welcoming broader development prospects and a future.
How could this not make Light excited? He felt as if he had taken a huge step forward, leading the family toward higher goals.
Watching Light's excited appearance, Kevin smiled: "You should be more composed; this is just the beginning. Our goal is to become the Overlord of the medical industry and become a leading enterprise in the pharmaceutical field."
Listening to Kevin's confident words, Light licked his chapped lips, swallowed his saliva, took a deep breath, and nodded firmly.
Thinking that there were several other drugs undergoing normal review processes, he couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart.
"You're right, I'm still not composed enough."
It was somewhat strange for a man in his forties to admit to a twenty-something Kevin that he hadn't been steady enough.
But this drug launch was just too important for Light, and for the past few months, he had dedicated himself entirely to company affairs and the drug approval process.
It could be said that he spent most of his time dealing with various complex matters, as if he had rediscovered the passion he once had when developing the family business.
Kevin leaned back in his chair, picked up his teacup, and took a gentle sip.
Suddenly, he asked in a deep voice, "Have you finished handling everything that needed to be taken care of? Don't hold onto things from the past anymore."
Hearing this, Light immediately calmed down, looked at Kevin, frowned, and nodded seriously.
"Of course, there is absolutely no need to worry about that. From the moment I bound our partnership, I started working on it."
After months of effort, Light, ignoring the opposition of most of his subordinates, resolutely purged those in the family who were uncontrollable and still engaged in illegal industries despite the ban.
He sold off all the illegal assets in his hands, completely cleaned up the loose ends, and properly whitewashed all evidence and related personnel.
It looked as if he was going to abandon the family after making a quick score.
Under these circumstances, it was only natural for the people below him to be worried.
Compared to the establishment of the pharmaceutical company and the drug launch review, this was the work Light had truly spent a significant amount of time and energy on.
Fortunately, the small gangs in the city, seeing the Nostrade Family's actions, frantically scrambled to seize the abandoned assets, which helped quite a bit.
However, they were mostly just watching, waiting to see what the head of the Nostrade Family was actually up to.
They, of course, discovered that the Nostrade Family had invested in a pharmaceutical company, and all the money obtained from selling off the assets had been poured into it.
Although many people did not understand the Nostrade Family's madness, they didn't dare to truly target or eliminate them at this stage; those with burning ambitions were all waiting for his final move.
To see if this guy was really going to go straight.
That was not so easy.
It wasn't just a problem with the gangs; those government officials operating in the open wouldn't easily allow such behavior to exist either.
Light picked up some reports on the table and said, "I have safely disposed of all the illegal firearms the family possessed, and I have also re-established a security company."
"The thugs who were originally loyal to the family, as well as the weapons and equipment, have all been merged into this company."
Kevin nodded and asked, "So, have you encountered any difficulties with the company's development so far?"
Light thought for a moment and nodded, "Actually, yes."
He began to explain in detail.
"There is a shortage of management talent. As you know, the Nostrade Family was just a gang before; apart from Toby, most of the others were just reckless thugs."
"Even Toby and I myself are too direct when dealing with problems, and we are all more or less accustomed to using violent means to solve them."
Speaking of this, Light sighed helplessly; the gang imprint of the Nostrade Family was indeed difficult to erase.
Whether it was their style of action or their way of thinking about problems, they were deeply influenced by it.
Simply put, the company's development prospects were foreseeable, but there was currently a lack of suitable staff.
Hearing this, Kevin smiled helplessly and shook his head, "Your thinking is too old-fashioned. You are running a legitimate company now; you need to post requests at talent agencies and put up recruitment notices."
"Clearly state what kind of personnel you need, what the specific requirements are, what the educational qualifications are, and so on."
"If that doesn't work, you can just post a request on the Hunter website, and there will be specialized Talent Hunters to solve these problems for you."
That's right, the Hunter Association even has a special profession called "Talent Hunters."
They are closely connected to major companies and forces, specializing in scouting various talents with special abilities for these companies and forces to utilize.
To be honest, every time Kevin saw these various types of Hunters, he found it quite novel.
It really is true that anything can be considered "prey."
"Also, you have to completely change your gang mindset. Since you've opened a company, you can no longer use those so-called concepts of loyalty and bloody rules from the past to establish authority."
"A perfect system, reasonable treatment, and generous remuneration are the key elements of running a company. As long as the company has a bright future, countless talents will naturally want to join."
"After our drug is launched, the company will definitely become famous, and it will be even easier to recruit people then."
Kevin spoke incessantly, sharing his experience from his previous world one by one.
For Light, who had spent half his life struggling in the dark side of the city, wanting to completely get rid of the violent and dark elements on him was indeed full of difficulties.
It would take time to slowly wash it away.
"It will be April 1st soon, and if there are no accidents, our drug will be on the market in the first week of April," Light said finally.
Kevin looked at him and nodded slightly, "At a time like this, it is indeed appropriate to ask Neon for a fortune-telling."
Although Neon possessed the ability to predict the situation for the next month, Kevin always maintained a serious attitude towards the use of her ability and never had any intention of abusing it.
His behavior also influenced Light.
Therefore, they usually discussed the use of Neon's Nen Ability.
Although there were no rules, both of them tacitly followed this unspoken rule.
Of course, if it were really necessary, it would be no problem to just let Neon do a reading.
However, it was foreseeable that when encountering important matters, they would first ask Neon for a reading, just in case.
After the discussion was settled, the two left the conference room.
The next day, near noon, Kevin and Light came to the living room.
At this time, in the living room, Rosanna was sitting on the sofa, with several books placed on the coffee table.
She was busy with something on her laptop while flipping through the books.
The company's first drug was about to be released, so Rosanna had to temporarily shift her focus to company affairs at this time, becoming busy.
Light had to admit that in terms of business management experience and learning ability, Rosanna was surpassing him at a very fast speed.
After all, he didn't have much experience in this area himself.
Rescuing these people back then was truly the right decision.
At that time, he had only gently extended a helping hand, and a few months later, these people had given him an unimaginable return.
Fortune-telling and prophecy are truly miraculous.
"Where is Neon?" Light asked.
The maid standing in the living room heard this and immediately replied, "The young lady, Young Master Kurapika, and Young Master Pairo are in the training ground."
Light nodded, "Go call her here."
At this moment, Kevin said, "Call Kurapika and Pairo over as well."
Hearing this, Light looked at Kevin; he understood the meaning of this sentence at this moment.
Kevin just nodded, "It's about time."
Light nodded in response, without saying anything more; anyway, this matter had to be faced sooner or later.
Only Rosanna, watching the conversation between the two, sat back down after having started to get up.
After learning about Nen Ability, she guessed that Neon's Nen Ability might be crucial and of extremely high confidentiality.
Therefore, she would avoid it when necessary; she understood then the reason why Kevin included Neon when he said the six of them were a team.
At the time, she thought it was because of Light, but later, thinking carefully, it was very likely due to some special ability of Neon herself.
After being rescued by Kevin, she had been observing along the way.
She clearly felt that Kevin and Light were very unfamiliar with each other at first, meaning that their relationship at the time was only slightly closer than that of strangers.
But in the short month that followed, their relationship warmed up rapidly and they were tightly bound together.
At that time, she didn't understand the reason, but now, with more and more understanding of the outside world, she gradually understood these changes.
However, out of trust in Kevin, she never took the initiative to ask about these matters.
Like her two sons, she was obedient to Kevin and would just act according to his instructions.
However, looking at the situation today, perhaps that secret was about to be revealed.
Not long after, the three children walked over together.
They were still talking in low voices along the way.
Neon was happily holding onto Kurapika's arm; Kurapika's face was slightly flushed, appearing somewhat uncomfortable, while Pairo was calm on the surface, but the mischievous smile in his eyes could not be hidden.
Kevin looked at Light.
Light just rubbed his temples and didn't speak.
Although he doted on his daughter, he also knew her mind.
Moreover, he was a very realistic person; in his view, Kurapika was undoubtedly a very good choice.
He had no sons, only one daughter, Neon.
And Kurapika had already begun to show his excellent qualities.
Now that Kurapika had suffered the calamity of his clan being wiped out and only had his mother to rely on, Kevin was nominally his uncle, but in reality, he was more like a mentor, and he was deeply cooperating with him.
The six of them had already been closely linked together through various relationships.
Light was very happy to see this relationship become more solid.
Therefore, he was happy to see his daughter's actions.
Besides, this was his daughter's own wish, and it was beneficial to both parties; it was already good enough that he didn't push it further, so how could he possibly stop it?