Chapter 30

The process of Ariesel removing the grudge seemed so painful and difficult to those around him—

Perhaps it was the "difficulty of the process" that served as a constraint, thereby enhancing the strength of the grudge removal.

Moyou walked into the hall and gently placed the water he had brought on one side.

He had originally intended to use the excuse of getting food to stay in the kitchen for a while and send a shadow person to observe the situation outside. However, as soon as he went out, he saw Kido directly enter a combat state.

This made him alert, and he hurriedly brought back two cups of water to the hall.

To avoid affecting Ariesel's grudge removal, Moyou stepped back.

"Are they from the Seilin Team?"

While paying attention to Ariesel's grudge removal, Moyou thought about the Seilin Team that Kido had mentioned when explaining.

Thirteen years ago.

The death of his predecessor's mother, in terms of the cause, was certainly due to the dead object that Hawk brought out from the tomb, but it was also related to the Seilin Team. It was their intervention that accelerated the death of his predecessor's mother.

At that time, if it weren't for the decisive action of his predecessor's mother at the critical moment, the predecessor might have died in the womb.

"Let the shadow person check the situation first."

Moyou controlled the miniature shadow person to go to the mountain forest in his mind.

After gradually becoming familiar with the ability, he could adjust the real-time view in his field of vision without closing his eyes.

Moreover, after setting the constraint, the basic ability effect was multiplied. Originally, the shadow person could only move freely within a hundred meters, but now this value had soared to over two hundred meters.

This was the benefit of decisively setting the "constraint and covenant." To highlight the effect of a trait-based ability, it was necessary to deal with "constraints."

While controlling the shadow person's movements, Moyou also observed Ariesel's grudge removal.

The grudge removal opportunity provided by the perception had the characteristics of "no cost" and "instant purification."

Since Ariesel could help Hawk remove the grudge, Moyou naturally wanted to retain this unique grudge removal opportunity under the premise that the situation allowed.

Most importantly, he was unsure if he could get another grudge removal opportunity from "perception" in the future.

But the changes outside...

Moyou's expression became more serious as he used the "field of vision sharing" ability to see the situation in the forest.

At that moment.

The forest was filled with the smell of blood, and fully armed corpses were scattered beside the trees.

The palm-sized shadow person controlled by Moyou cautiously moved through the forest, paused, and then climbed up the tree trunk.

After some effort, he found a suitable angle to see the five prominent auras in the forest, like light bulbs.

"One of the auras is Kido's, so the other four must be the enemies..."

The real-time image transmitted by the shadow person made Moyou's expression even more serious.

Based on his current experience, he could barely determine that Kido's "manifested aura" was stronger than the four enemies, but compared to two of the enemies, Kido's "manifested aura" advantage was not significant.

Although "manifested aura" was just one factor in evaluating overall strength, it was enough to indicate that the enemies were at least experts.

In a battle involving multiple Nen users—

The combat power that multiple Nen users can exert once they have a basic level of coordination is not as simple as 1+1.

"Can Kido handle it?"

Without knowing the attributes and abilities of the four enemy Nen users, he couldn't help but worry about Kido.

If one of the enemies was a specialist in "one-hit kill" type manipulation Nen, they could more easily achieve the "one-hit kill" condition with the cooperation of their companions.

This was the advantage of multiple Nen users in combat.

Just as Moyou was worried about Kido, the battle in the forest was about to begin.

Ken and Shiver stood in front, facing Kido.

The former drew his long sword, while the latter held a pair of brass knuckles and a strange circular weapon.

Gebur and Cole stood on either side, ready to move.

"So, you're the Dog of the Twelve Earthly Branches. It's been a while."

Ken, exuding abundant Nen, held his sword horizontally in front of him and smiled at Kido.

"Your ability should have an effect of enhancing vision, right? I thought you would clear the cannon fodder and then use 'Conceal' or 'Nullify' to sneak up on us and take us out one by one... What, did you think we had a manipulation-type Nen user among us? Or perhaps..."

At this point, Ken's eyes narrowed into slits, and his voice, cold and venomous like a snake, spread through the aura, radiating unhidden malice.

He said, "You have a reason to stay away from your position, right? Is it because the 'rat' that tried to steal a few days ago was injured? No, that shouldn't be it. Then, is it because you need to protect the baby who was born despite the 'afterlife grudge' eroding it thirteen years ago? Yes, I can understand that. After all, from your perspective, you wouldn't want that baby to come into contact with Nen, right?"

"..."

Kido's face was expressionless, and he did not respond, showing no emotional fluctuation.

Using words as a weapon, attempting to disrupt Kido's emotions.

But as one of the Twelve Earthly Branches, the effect was almost zero.

Seeing Kido's lack of reaction, Ken smiled indifferently.

The battle began at that moment.

"Gambler's Frenzy"

Gebur, standing on the left, suddenly materialized a slot machine.

The strong Nen fluctuation during the materialization process inevitably diverted some of Kido's attention.

At that moment—

Ken and Shiver, standing in front, seized the opportunity, kicked off the ground, and attacked Kido with an incredibly fierce posture.

"Materialization type, and... preliminarily judged as enhancement type."

All the people and objects, static and dynamic, in front of him were instantly transformed into information, processed, and analyzed by Kido.

"Medical Record"

Observation, significantly enhanced observational skills, powerful information collection ability, and finally processing—

Instantaneous burst of thinking!

Like threading a needle, Kido found the most error-tolerant route in a flash.

Swish!

Avoiding the attack, the transition between advancing and retreating was like dancing on a tightrope.

Kido's movements were fluid and effortless, easily evading the combined frontal attack of Ken and Shiver.

"Hmm?"

Ken's eyes widened in surprise.

Kido's response pattern made him suddenly think of the word "premonition."

Shiver, who was also attacking from the front, didn't think as much as Ken and directly pursued Kido.

A deadly atmosphere filled the forest.

Inside the temple hall.

"Without auditory sharing, I can't hear what the man is saying..."

"Hmm? Such strong aura, such fast speed!"

Moyou's brows furrowed.

Without hesitation, he quickly walked towards Hawk and Ariesel after assessing the situation.

"Mr. Grudge Remover, please step aside."

Moyou stopped Ariesel's painful and difficult act of swallowing.

"?"

Ariesel and Hawk looked over simultaneously.

The former, whose grudge removal was interrupted, slowly showed anger.

The latter was surprised and confused.

"You must give me a satisfactory explanation."

Perhaps because the swallowing process was very painful, Ariesel hated being interrupted the most.

He stared at Moyou, his zombie face cold, but his eyes turned fierce.

Moyou had no time to explain and directly reached out to touch Hawk.

"Moyou?"

Hawk was puzzled.

Moyou said nothing.

Grudge removal—

Activated!

The afterlife grudge residing in Hawk's body, as if stimulated by something strong, suddenly surged out, covering Hawk like countless black spirits struggling and screaming.

"This is...!"

Hawk's face was full of surprise, and Ariesel instinctively stepped back, incredulously looking at the large amount of afterlife grudge on Hawk's body.

"There's so much!!!"

The quantity meant he would have to swallow many times to completely remove the afterlife grudge residing in Hawk's body.

And in the next moment—

The afterlife grudge, radiating extreme malice, suddenly all retreated into Moyou's palm and then disappeared without a trace.

At the same time.

Hawk's body instantly returned to its original state.

Everything happened too quickly and suddenly.

Hawk's expression was dazed.

The Mr. Grudge Remover, on the other hand, stared at Moyou with wide eyes, his zombie face, which had been like tree bark, regained its expression function, showing shock.

"You, you're also a grudge remover... But, but..."

"How is this possible...!!"

"I must be dreaming!!!"

The scene before him violently overturned the Mr. Grudge Remover's understanding.