The next day at noon, in the underground training ground of the Hunter Association.
Cheadle held a piece of cake, eating it gracefully, one bite at a time:
"Hmm..."
"So, in short, after Ripple is combined with Nen, it greatly enhances the offensive and defensive capabilities of Nen aura?"
"Yes, and I feel that when I circulate the Ripple in my body, my potential Nen amount seems to be constantly increasing. And after coming into contact with Nen, the intensity of the Ripple has also been amplified out of thin air!"
"Moreover, if I treat the [Nen] released from my body as an object and wrap the Ripple around it, it seems to have different properties."
Dia raised the index finger of his right hand, gathering Nen aura at his fingertip, and then circulated the Ripple to converge at his fingertip.
A dazzling golden light flashed!
Dia's Ripple had naturally fused with the Nen aura in his body, dyeing the white Nen aura golden, with a golden electric current circling around it.
Cheadle suddenly remembered something and said:
"Have you tried the Water Divination with your aura in this state?"
This reminded Dia. He really hadn't tried it. Perhaps under these circumstances, his Nen type would change.
So he prepared another glass of water with a leaf on it and once again activated [Ren] on the glass. Only this time, he carefully wrapped the [Golden Yellow Ripple Overdrive] around his Nen.
As before, the color of the water turned golden. What was different was that the amount of water actually increased. Seeing this, Cheadle suddenly stepped forward, dipped a finger in, and tasted it. Her eyes lit up as she said:
"As expected, the water's taste has become sweet. Now your Nen has the characteristics of [Transmuter], [Emitter], and [Enhancer] types."
"In other words, it's [Specialist]!"
At this moment, after the Ripple and Nen had combined, it had already displayed the properties of [Enhancer] and [Transmuter], in addition to his original [Emitter] type.
Dia's Nen now encompassed all three of the top combat-oriented types. In other words, his future combat ability would likely soon surpass that of Cheadle, who was also a [Specialist] but leaned more towards [Conjurer]!
"Dia, when you construct your own Nen ability in the future, it would be best to develop it around the Ripple. With such a good characteristic, it would be too wasteful to solely develop an Emitter-type ability."
"Okay, I will! But there's one more thing I want to test."
As he spoke, Dia placed his hands on both sides of the glass again. With a peculiar breath, a crimson light wrapped around his Nen aura.
Cheadle was stunned. She quickly stepped forward and tasted the water in the glass again—
"Hiss, ah, it's so spicy!"
Cheadle hadn't expected the water to turn into her least favorite flavor, spicy. For a moment, she let out a cry.
Hearing this, Dia also curiously stepped forward and took a sip.
Hiss—it's not spicy!
Secretly sucking in a breath of cold air, Dia hadn't expected the change in taste to be so strong this time. But this also confirmed his previous guess:
'Different Ripple Overdrives will exhibit different properties, especially the two different forms of energy, [Golden Yellow] and [Crimson]. In comparison, [Turquoise Green] and [Metallic] should also have different properties!'
'For now, let's call this combination of Ripple and Nen, [Ripple Nen].'
Afterward, Cheadle hurriedly gave him a few instructions about the "Shan" character training method and then ran off to find some milk to drink.
Dia, on the other hand, was secretly glad that he had just tried the combination of Ripple and Nen. His familiarity with the Ripple was actually far greater than his current understanding of Nen.
Originally, if these two abilities were not compatible, he might have chosen to develop the more promising Nen and reluctantly give up the Ripple.
But now it seemed that practicing the Ripple was not a hindrance at all, and even had a strengthening effect on Nen. So his next choice was very simple.
One mind, two purposes: practice both Ripple and Nen simultaneously!
In fact, they were compatible. Ripple training was done through breathing techniques, while Nen training was done by constantly erupting [Ren]. There was no conflict.
With his goal set, Dia continued his day's training without stopping. He needed to continue to familiarize himself with [Ren] and [Ten].
Cheadle later rushed back to the medical university. She still had many things to accomplish, such as the record of the last Secret Court trial.
Although Dia was the clerk at that time, after such a long time, Cheadle didn't think he could write it out word for word again.
In order not to trouble Dia, Cheadle, who had a photographic memory since childhood, silently took on this task herself and never mentioned it to Dia.
With great power comes great responsibility. Cheadle, who had been hailed as a genius since childhood, was used to shouldering more responsibility, even if some things were not necessary for her to do, and even if no one would appreciate her for doing them silently.
From this point of view, Dia, who had just arrived in this world and had taken it upon himself to eliminate the wanted criminal, was actually similar to Cheadle.
"Yes, yes, I understand."
"So the only person to be protected is actually the Twelfth Prince. The people from the Fourth Prince's side are not within the scope of protection."
"...They are all 'ordinary people' with clear identities, but we can't rule out the possibility that 'dangerous individuals' will try to steal the auction items..."
"Okay, I will arrange the bodyguard team. The commission fee will be calculated as C-rank."
Two-Star Crime Hunter—Mizaistom put down the phone and fell into deep thought.
Just now, he had received a commission. The client's identity was very sensitive—the Twelfth Prince of the Kakin Empire!
The person who contacted him claimed that the Twelfth Prince wanted to go to [Yorknew] to participate in this year's auction.
At the same time, the Fourth Prince of Kakin had also proposed to send people to accompany the Twelfth Prince to participate in the bidding for a certain item.
The client had entrusted part of the escort mission to Mizaistom's private security company, while the other part would be handled by the royal guard.
During this period, the royal guard dispatched for the Twelfth Prince would be responsible for route planning, hotel reservations, scheduling, transportation, and a series of other matters.
The bodyguard team dispatched by Mizaistom would only be responsible for peripheral matters, as well as protecting the personal safety of the Twelfth Prince alongside the royal guard.
As for the people sent by the Fourth Prince, it was explicitly stated that their protection was not needed; they were just fellow travelers.
On the phone just now, Mizaistom had subtly inquired whether there would be Nen users participating in this operation. The answer he received was—they are all ordinary people, but we cannot rule out the possibility of an attack by Nen users.
Stealing auction items was just a cover. If there was an attack, it would eighty percent be an attack on a member of the royal family.
'It seems this Twelfth Prince is not highly regarded...'
Mizaistom analyzed calmly. Knowing that there might be an attack by Nen users, the royal family had not dispatched any Nen users to the Twelfth Prince's guard, but had instead subtly transferred the responsibility of guarding against Nen users to him.
This showed that protecting the Twelfth Prince was not a top priority for the royal guard, otherwise they would not have sent only ordinary people to protect him.
Given the sensitive identity of the prince, Mizaistom had set the commission level to C-rank, which meant that there would definitely be Nen users, but the level of danger was not high.
'If we were to include the bidding team sent by the Fourth Prince, we would have to dispatch multiple Nen users, which would bring it to B-rank.'
But the other party had refused this. Either the Fourth Prince was very confident in the strength of the team he sent, or he didn't care at all whether those people lived or died.
But the fact that there were no Nen users accompanying them ruled out the former.
'It seems the Fourth Prince of the Kakin Empire is not a magnanimous person either.'
That being said, the affairs of the Kakin royal family had nothing to do with Mizaistom. What he had to do now was to select suitable candidates for the commission:
'A C-rank security commission, and it has to be divided among a team. Bounty hunters are definitely out of the question. The company is currently short on Nen users.'
'Should I recruit new hunters on a temporary basis...'
Mizaistom thought for a moment, then picked up the phone on his desk. He was going to call Chairman Netero to ask about the results of this year's Hunter Exam.
According to the timeline, if any new hunters had passed the exam, they should have already completed the final step of the Hunter Exam—the Secret Task, which was to learn Nen.
As Mizaistom thought this, he heard a "beep." The call went through...