Inside the living room. As soon as she walked into the living room, Neon threw herself into her father's arms, hooked her arm through his, and chattered away about something.
Light smiled as he listened to his daughter, occasionally revealing a smile and falling into memories.
Kurapika sat down beside his mother, conversing in low tones.
Pairo walked straight over to sit next to Kevin, unable to help but reveal a slightly gloating smile on his normally calm face.
"What kind of mischief are you up to with your Nen Ability again?" Kevin asked with a smile.
It was obvious what had just happened.
Furthermore, Pairo now loved to use the excuse of training his Nen Ability to suddenly change some small objects that Kurapika saw while they were training.
Pairo just chuckled: "Kurapika is too dense. Even though he left the clan grounds before me, he knows nothing about these things. I'm just helping him."
Sure enough, it must have been Pairo who altered Kurapika's vision, making him see some strange images of Neon.
Thinking of this, Kevin helplessly rubbed his temples. For a moment, he inexplicably felt a bit sorry for Kurapika.
After all, everyone was secretly trying to set this couple up.
Although Pairo seemed to be playing a prank, in essence, he was also helping this along.
What was even more absurd was that both sets of parents were also secretly pushing for it.
Neon was also interested, but only Kurapika was completely clueless. In such a state of total ignorance, who knew when he would suddenly wise up.
Looking at the situation, it seemed unlikely that Kurapika would be able to escape his fate.
Given Kurapika's personality, combined with his duty as Neon's bodyguard, there was almost no possibility of refusal.
Once everyone had arrived, Light gave a light cough.
The servants around them retreated one after another, and the entire living room became empty, leaving only the six of them sitting around the coffee table.
Seeing this formation, Pairo and Kurapika seemed to realize something and immediately straightened their posture.
Looking at the notebook and pen placed on the coffee table, Neon naturally understood what was to be done and sat down right beside it.
"So, who wants a divination?" She looked at her father and Kevin.
Generally speaking, only these two would need her divination services.
"It's Daddy." Light said, sitting down opposite Neon.
Neon nodded. Without needing to say more, she familiarly recorded the necessary information.
Seeing this scene, the three from the Kurta Clan straightened their backs and focused their Nen onto their eyes. They knew that Neon's Nen Ability was about to unveil its mystery to them.
Pairo and Kurapika had been curious for a long time.
After all, Neon had awakened her Nen Ability on her own long before they even knew about Nen Ability.
This secret had been hidden for a long time, and they wanted to know it so badly.
Immediately after, they clearly witnessed the entire process of Neon's Nen Ability—Angel's Automatic Notes—unfolding.
That strange, pink Nen Beast with wings.
An angel of divination?
As the prophecy was completed, Neon returned to normal and tore off the paper to hand to her father.
"Alright, Daddy, this is the prophecy for the next month. Interpret it well."
Light smiled and patted his daughter's head.
Subsequently, he simply and directly showed the prophecy poem to everyone to pass around.
After the three from the Kurta Clan took it and finished reading, their brows furrowed.
"So, this is using poetry to divine events for the next month?" Rosanna widened her eyes and couldn't help but ask.
As the only older woman in the team, she was responsible for most of the caretaking for the girls.
Coupled with her lively personality, to some extent, she almost filled the void of the motherly companionship that Neon lacked.
Therefore, she naturally knew that Neon was extremely obsessed with divination. She even had a dedicated divination room filled with all sorts of strange divination props, as well as various crystal stones.
It was just that she hadn't expected Neon's Nen Ability to actually be used for divining the future.
It sounded a bit too dreamlike. Like a children's book.
"How is the accuracy?" Pairo asked, thinking there must be an accuracy probability.
Kevin looked at him with a serious expression: "100%. Of course, that is assuming you don't know the prophecy."
The usually calm and composed Pairo couldn't help but widen his eyes, his expression even losing control. "100%? Is the accuracy of the prophecy completely correct?" He couldn't help but exclaim.
He had originally held Nen Ability in high regard, after all, his own Nen Ability was also very powerful, especially in the Scarlet Eyes state.
But even so, that was only when the Scarlet Eyes were burning his life force that it could exert powerful might.
Without the amplification of the Scarlet Eyes, in terms of functionality alone, his Nen Ability was far inferior to Neon's.
Even if he activated the Scarlet Eyes, normally speaking, it could only barely match Neon's Nen Ability.
And it looked like the cost of Neon's Nen Ability seemed to be smaller than his own.
There certainly wouldn't be costs like burning life force or causing damage to the body; otherwise, given Uncle Kevin's personality, he would never let her use it casually and would definitely save it for critical moments.
"Neon, you are amazing!" Kurapika did not skimp on his praise for his good friend, looking at Neon with a sincere face as he spoke.
"That goes without saying! Haha, I am someone who is going to become a great diviner. In the future, if you have anything, you can come to me for divination!"
Neon said triumphantly, hands on her hips, her face full of pride.
Watching Neon in this state, Light inexplicably felt a bit sour in his heart.
When he praised Neon, she never had such a big reaction.
He sighed silently.
Kevin patted Light on the shoulder from the side: "Just get used to it. Kurapika is also very good, isn't he?"
Light glanced at Kevin and waved his hand: "It's different. You'll know when you have a daughter in the future."
This kind of feeling, Kevin really couldn't empathize with.
He pulled his attention back to the prophecy poem.
『The Philosopher's Stone falls into the blank blue sea, the refined potion of virility makes all spirits boil. All living beings scatter silver coins, thirsting to drink their fill of the wine of desire; the waves push the silver coins together like a gallows.』
『All spirits wave silver coins in vain, the furnace roars, devouring the sun and moon, the daylight. The greedy ones walking among the spirits exchange silver for gold; on the boiling coast, the copper snake lays eggs.』
『The magnificent and noble hall is filled with filthy ones clad in gold. The clashing crystal cups establish fragile chains, connected by the mysterious potion to form a spiderweb contract.』
『The washed-away filth is like maggots on bones; in the darkness that breaks free are greedy eyes. Oh, the ten vicious beasts in the deep cave, that giant bat hanging upside down from the cliff wall will tighten the chains in its hands.』
How to put it, there were a bit too many ambiguous references.
However, based on what they knew now, plus their own actions, they could still deduce quite a bit.
"How should this be interpreted?" Kurapika asked curiously.
It was mainly because there were too many ambiguous things in the prophecy poem, with all sorts of references and symbols gathered together.
It seemed to be saying something, yet it also seemed to be saying nothing at all.
"Are you going to interpret it? I won't listen, I won't listen, I'm leaving."
Saying this, Neon covered her ears and left the living room directly, running towards the garden.
Watching this scene, Kurapika turned his head to look at Kevin, his eyes revealing a question.
"Neon cannot divine for herself, nor can she look at or know the information she divines for others."
Kurapika nodded in understanding.
He inexplicably felt pressure, because Neon's ability was very powerful, but it couldn't be used on herself.
In other words, if Neon were to encounter danger, she would be unable to foresee it for herself.
And his duty was to protect Neon; both Neon herself and her ability were very important.
He clenched his hand, cheering himself on; he had to work harder.
He didn't want to see Neon have an accident. After losing his clansmen, he couldn't accept any more loss.
Kevin looked at Kurapika without saying much, shifting his attention back to the prophecy poem.
He began to interpret it together with Light. Both of them had experience in interpreting prophecy poems, so they took this opportunity to teach the three from the Kurta Clan how to interpret prophecy poems; they might find it useful in the future.
"The first sentence of the first paragraph should be easy to understand. In alchemy legends, the red stone is the Philosopher's Stone; I chose this name at the time with that consideration in mind."
"So, what it refers to here should be us, or rather, the company. Falling into the blue sea, understood from a business perspective, means entering a blue ocean market."
"The potion of virility, I don't need to explain much more about this. Judging from the meaning of the poem, after the drug hits the market, it should cause a sensation." After briefly explaining the first sentence, Kevin looked at the second sentence: "After it hits the market, many people will pursue it, all hoping to be able to buy the drug."
"The tidal wave of silver coins piling up into a gallows—this should mean that earning too much money carries a certain risk, but it's within a manageable range."
It's business warfare, after all.
Risk is a very normal thing.
The interpretation of the first stanza is just that simple.
The three members of the Kurta Clan listened from the side, nodding one after another, generally understanding how to deconstruct and analyze it.
"It seems to be as we expected."
Light smiled. Although he had anticipated this, having the support of his daughter's accurate prophecy was like getting a shot of adrenaline.
"Now let's look at the second stanza. Generally speaking, one stanza represents events for the coming week. Based on the current timeline, the second stanza corresponds to the second week," Kevin explained simply.
The three members of the Kurta Clan nodded again, signaling they understood.
"This first line should mean that the launched potion is being snapped up, and by the second week, it will be in short supply. 'Furnace' should refer to the production facility working day and night to ramp up output."
The first line of the second stanza was slightly harder to interpret than the first, but still understandable.
"Then what about this second line? It's becoming increasingly abstract and vague," Pairo couldn't help but say.
Light also wore a serious expression, nodding with a furrowed brow.
The abstract referential meaning of the second stanza was indeed very obvious, making it somewhat baffling.
Kevin also couldn't help but ponder for a moment.
"For this second line, we can interpret it based on what might happen under normal circumstances. 'Greedy fellows, trading silver for gold,' combined with the situation of short supply at the time, what could it be?" Kevin asked with a smile, having formed a rough idea.
"Ah, it's those guys reselling at high prices," Kurapika reacted quickly.
"Exactly. It should be referring to insufficient production capacity, leading to the situation of people reselling potions at high prices in the market. This is very normal and logical."
"As for the latter half of the sentence…" To be honest, this stumped Kevin.
The group looked at it for a long time but couldn't figure out what it symbolized.
This was the first time Kevin and Light had encountered such abstract prophetic content.
"The key should be what 'copper snakes laying eggs' means?" Rosanna pointed out the critical point from the side.
"Boiling coastline" was relatively easy to understand; the market was so hot that using "boiling" to describe it was very apt.
"I get it. This is a symbolic meaning in alchemy or mysticism," Kevin said, suddenly realizing.
After all, his Pharmaceutical Table carried a strong mystical color to some extent, quite similar to the imagery of ancient alchemy.
And this potion was essentially created by Kevin through his predecessor's research, combined with his own operations and the assistance of the Pharmaceutical Table.
Ordinary potions that could be made without the Pharmaceutical Table,
"'Copper snakes laying eggs' means rapid proliferation; this should refer to the subsequently expanded pharmaceutical factory."
After some thought, everyone felt it made sense.
"As for this third stanza, there's no need for much explanation; Light should understand."
The meaning of the third stanza was too obvious.
Light nodded and said simply, "If the company is that successful, I should already be in the upper class. By then, all sorts of social engagements will come one after another, and it's unlikely I'll be able to refuse."
The three looked at the poem; although it carried a strong sense of irony, it was indeed the truth.
This likely referred to building connections. The only thing that needed interpretation, the "mysterious potion," was no secret to them; it clearly referred to Kevin's potion. Through this potion, Light would likely establish a more extensive network of contacts.
Everything was just as Kevin and Light had predicted earlier.
"Then let's look at the final stanza. Without a doubt, the focus of the entire prophecy poem is in this last part. It seems someone is jealous," Kevin said with a smile.
This wasn't strange; after all, the profits were tempting, and it would be strange if it didn't attract jealousy.
Kevin taking the hunter license exam was precisely to eliminate these potential troubles; otherwise, there would only be more.
These were all within expectations.
"It's not so easy to go clean; it's really a headache," Light said, rubbing his brow with a helpless expression.
He had spent several months trying to shed the influence of his past, but in the end, it was hard to wash it away completely.
He knew the methods of these gangsters. To dare to covet this under such circumstances, they were either extremely powerful or just fools who didn't know their place.
There were plenty of such people.
And on the prophecy, it was clearly marked who was coveting it.
For him, this was practically naming names.
"As expected, it really is the Ten Old Men. In the past, I didn't even have the qualifications to meet them, and now I've actually attracted their attention."
Speaking of this, Light couldn't help but laugh.
This just proved that the decision to partner and bind himself to Kevin was correct.
"Ten Old Men?" Kurapika was a bit confused.
It sounded like they were their enemies.
They must be the ten evil beasts in the prophecy.
Kevin nodded. "You've been out for so long, so you should know that in this chaotic world, gangs exist legally, and in some respects, they even shoulder responsibilities similar to the police."
"But in the end, they are still lawless criminals indulging in darkness. The underground gangs worldwide are under the unified control of ten families; they are collectively known as the Ten Old Men."
"Worldwide?" Pairo was a bit surprised.
Whenever anything is prefixed with the words "worldwide," it always makes people feel it's very impressive.
Just like Kevin back in the day, he had also been bluffed by it.
Kevin smiled. "Don't be too nervous, but don't let your guard down either. They aren't as powerful as you imagine, but they are indeed very troublesome."
If this were in the past, Kevin might have had some concerns, but now he didn't really want to deal with this.
"Looking at the meaning in the poem, it seems a certain family will only notice the activity on your end by the end of the month and wants to take action."
Light nodded.
"So which family does the 'bat' refer to?" Kevin asked.
Unexpectedly, Light shook his head.
"There are many rumors about the Ten Old Men. What each family does is largely similar; although there are some differences, they mainly manage different regions."
Simply put, it was hard to determine which family the poem was referring to.
At this moment, Rosanna suddenly said, "Then let's deduce it from common sense. In this situation, which family is most likely to notice you and take action?"
Hearing this line of reasoning, Light began to ponder.
Kurapika reminded him, "Uncle Light, you were originally the boss of a gang family. If each of the Ten Old Men's families manages a specific region,"
"Then who was your superior family? Which of the Ten Old Men are they under? That's the one most likely to be suspicious of you, right?"
"After all, you were originally under their control, so they naturally have a strange sense of possessiveness over your industry."
As he spoke, Kurapika pointed to the last stanza.
"It mentions chains here, meaning binding and connection. Combined with the chains mentioned above, it might also imply interpersonal relationships."
"'Tightening the chains' suggests they believe the connection between you and them still exists, and they still want to control you."
Listening to Kurapika's analysis, Light immediately reacted.
"Impressive. What you said really makes sense."
"The family I belonged to before was the Ritz Family, and the Ritz Family is affiliated with the Terdorca Family among the Ten Old Men."
"Terdorca? I feel like I've heard this name somewhere," Kevin suddenly said.
Light looked at him. "Don't you remember? That initial conflict."
"Oh~ I remember now. It's that guy."
Kevin had to admit that since then, he had been busy dealing with one thing after another, and then the incident of the Kurta Clan massacre occurred, causing him to completely put this matter to the back of his mind.
Reminded by Light, he finally recalled it.
"Talk about being bitter enemies on a narrow road," Kevin couldn't help but remark.
"Did you have a conflict?" Pairo asked.
Light recounted their past briefly from the side.
The group finally understood that things were so dramatic.
"leave it to me, Uncle. You are so busy; just leave this matter to us to handle," Pairo suddenly said with a serious expression.
Hearing this, Rosanna and Kurapika also nodded in agreement.
They also longed to be able to do something, rather than just accepting Kevin's help all the time.
After all, they were now a united whole.
Kevin pondered for a moment.
"No problem, then I'll leave it to you."