Raindrops pierced through the cracks in the broken warehouse dome, falling into the dilapidated warehouse and then onto Ivan's face, which lay in a pool of blood.
The cold rainwater stimulated Ivan's eyelids to twitch slightly, then slowly open.
His eyes were a kind of emerald green vertical slit, unlike a human's, more like those of some cold-blooded animal.
However, this state did not last too long, slowly transforming into normal human pupils, with bright, light golden irises, just like his hair color.
The falling raindrops were incredibly clear in Ivan's eyes; he could even see the trajectory of every single drop.
But his attention quickly shifted, partly focusing on the headache and partly on the gradually diminishing pain in his chest.
His white plaid sweater was stained with a large amount of blood, especially around the chest, which looked even more shocking.
Lifting his hand, which was transforming from wrinkled to smooth skin, Ivan caressed his chest, able to feel the scar on his chest through the torn sweater—that should have been the fatal wound left on this new body before he "died."
However, the wound had now been repaired, and the repair was done by a dark, black energy.
A dark, black energy that, in his eyes, floated towards him from the flesh scattered throughout the warehouse.
Ivan was not unfamiliar with this energy, because in the memories he had gained, he knew he had already begun to come into contact with this power a long time ago.
And the name of this power was "Nen"!
The only difference was that what was now converging towards his body was not the Nen of the living, but the Nen of the dead!
As for the scattered pieces of flesh, he also knew their origin: they belonged to the father of the original owner of the body he was now inhabiting.
They were left behind by the death of a judge named Leiman Zeppeli.
Ivan sat up from the ground, showing no panic about the current situation, as this was not the first time he had experienced resurrection.
The last time was eleven years ago, when he was driving alone to a deserted area, only to unexpectedly arrive in another world when he fell into a near-death state in that deserted area.
It wasn't some so-called hell, but the world of the Steel Ball Run manga.
At that time, Ivan understood that he wasn't dead, but had transmigrated!
He had a new identity then: the second son of the Zeppeli Family of the Kingdom of Naples, which meant Gyro Zeppeli's younger brother, Ivan Zeppeli.
Now, with others' memories once again flooding into his mind, just as it had been when he first transmigrated, Ivan could conclude that this time, after falling into a near-death state in the Devil's Palm area, he had transmigrated again.
This time, although his name was still Ivan Zeppeli, he was no longer from the Kingdom of Naples, but from the Kakin Empire in Hunter x Hunter.
The time had also changed from 1890 to 1998.
Ivan stood up from the ground, simultaneously receiving the information from his memories; he had many injuries on his body, and even his fingernails were newly grown.
In the memory fragments, there were many scenes of him being tortured before his death.
If Leiman hadn't made arrangements, he might not have had a chance to revive now.
However, Leiman's arrangements must have gone somewhat awry; otherwise, only his son would have been revived, not the transmigrator who had devoured his son's memories.
Additionally, by comparing the faces of those who tortured him in his memories, Ivan also determined their identities.
Because their appearances were truly too distinctive.
The purple tattoo in the center of the leader's forehead, the blue earrings worn on both ears, the black coat with an inverted cross, and the cold, profound eyes that made it impossible to fathom his thoughts—all pointed to one person.
The leader of the world-renowned thief group, and a high-risk A-class criminal, Chrollo of the Genei Ryodan.
Next to Chrollo was also a stern-faced blonde woman in formal attire, and a man wrapped like a mummy, with only his eyes visible.
The woman was Pakunoda, and the man was Bonolenov.
To be able to survive after falling into their hands, Ivan felt he was already lucky enough.
However, looking at the swirling dark Nen around him, Ivan felt a certain heaviness, because this Nen that resurrected him contained too much that he could not bear—it was a father's last love for his son.
Sighing, Ivan's heart was now somewhat complex.
He could feel that the dark Nen of the dead enveloping him did not belong to him; he couldn't even control it!
He felt that in the eyes of Nen users, he might be as conspicuous as a light bulb, which was not a good situation.
It was just that for now, he had no good way to resolve this Nen of the dead, especially since this Nen of the dead seemed to possess a special ability, which was the key to his resurrection.
Ivan quickly sorted things out in his mind, something he was very good at.
He even had some thoughts about his transmigration, because both transmigrations involved one thing: being near death.
The first time in the deserted area, he was in a near-death state, and this transmigration was the same.
When he transmigrated to the Steel Ball Run world, it was impossible for him not to want to possess a Stand.
Especially since he was from the Zeppeli Family, watching his brother master the Spin technique of the iron ball, while he, not being the eldest son, couldn't learn it—how could he be reconciled?
So he kept trying.
He tried to join the Royal Guards, tried to participate in the Steel Ball Run race, all for the sake of learning the Spin technique and possessing a Stand.
And he truly succeeded.
In the Devil's Palm area, he seized the Stand Ability, Scary Monsters, from Diego, which should have belonged to Dr. Ferdinand.
But by the time he got everything, he had already fallen into a near-death state.
Now, he, who should have died, had experienced a second transmigration!
Ivan was a little curious, would he have a third transmigration?
But he wouldn't gamble; the feeling of being near death was not good at all, and who could be sure that the next near-death experience wouldn't be true death?
Ivan's gaze swept over the abandoned warehouse, and he moved his body; the Nen of the dead connecting him and the minced flesh quickly gathered towards him with his movements, and then the scattered flesh rapidly vaporized and disappeared, as if it had never existed.
Ivan hesitated for a moment, then solemnly bowed to the air: "I will avenge you."
Although this would put him at odds with the Phantom Troupe, and even require him to actively seek trouble with them, Ivan didn't care too much about it.
Because he himself was not on the same path as the Phantom Troupe, and he knew that his resurrection would definitely arouse the Phantom Troupe's curiosity!
Having bowed, he no longer hesitated, turning and walking towards the warehouse stairs.
He couldn't be sure how long the Genei Ryodan had been gone, nor could he be sure how long it would be until those who wanted to capture him arrived here, and he didn't know how long it had taken him to go from death to resurrection.
But he knew that he absolutely didn't have much time left.
Because from his memories, he already understood that while there might not be many people who wanted him dead, there were definitely many who wanted to obtain information from him.
And these people wouldn't care whether he lived or died.
As for that information, it wasn't his; it was something his judge father had investigated.
Ivan clearly remembered that before he was taken away by the Genei Ryodan, he was actually in the hands of the Xi-Yu Family, one of Kakin's three major gangs.
The Xi-Yu Family also wanted that information, and they captured him to use him as leverage to exchange for information from his father.
For this, the Xi-Yu Family had taken quite a risk.
Ivan felt somewhat fortunate that he didn't know what that information was, nor where it was.
Otherwise, he estimated that he wouldn't have lasted until he was hijacked by the Genei Ryodan, nor until his father found the Genei Ryodan.
In that case, what might have awaited them, father and son, would have been a pure double-death scenario.
Now he was revived.
But the trouble was not over.
This current starting situation truly made Ivan feel a headache.
Of course, he was genuinely having a headache right now.
A large amount of memories rapidly flooding in had already made him feel dizzy and lightheaded.
Fortunately, this symptom was also alleviated as he became familiar with it; otherwise, he truly wondered if he could even make it out of there.