Chapter 60: Kastro's Fear x The Secret Art of Shingen-Ryu
Three veterans, plus Kastro. Gotoh went out to respond to the challenges and returned with the official fight schedule.
"As per your request, Young Master, your match against Harrison has been scheduled for after Wing's."
"'The Divine Shot' Guy has been pushed back by one day. I looked into Harrison...
2025-10-19 10:55:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 59: New Year's Memorial x The Eager Challengers
A pot of tea was warming on the heated table, its steam curling lazily into the air and adding a touch of life to the small wooden cabin.
Sakonji Urokodaki knelt in silence. He opened the letter from home and began to read the familiar chicken-scratch handwriting.
Giyu was a sentimental child, cold on...
2025-10-19 10:55:09 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 58: His Strength is His Own x A Letter from Giyu Tomioka
"He is worthy of being the opponent I've chosen."
It was rare to hear such an evaluation from his master. Wing's expression was grave. "From the first time I met him, I knew he was incredibly strong."
An eighty-one-win streak was the stuff of legends, even at the Heavens Arena.
"...
2025-10-19 10:54:23 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 57: The Infatuated "Maiden" Biscuit x The Honest Kid Wing
"Sir, your dinner has arrived~"
A sweet, feminine voice sounded from outside the door. Roy's brow furrowed, but he didn't answer.
He was certain he hadn't ordered any food. And Gotoh, out of caution, would never do so without reporting to him first. That left only one possibility—
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Chapter 56: Heavens Arena x The Veteran Room Service Attendant
One life... two lives... then three and four... they all fell into his heart and vanished without a trace.
Roy opened his mind and accepted these gifts. In return, he was forced to experience a hundred different lives.
Sometimes he was Aaron, skipping to school with his backpack on, holding his...
2025-10-19 10:53:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 55: Resentful Nen x The Stunned Zeno
"An aura blade..."
Brandon's widening pupils reflected the image of Roy sheathing his sword. As his consciousness faded, a film of his life began to play.
Scene after scene linked together, unreeling in his mind. Brandon saw the opening title: *The Final Film*. In a daze, he was transported back to the past, to ...
2025-10-19 10:52:43 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 54: Illumi the Superfluous x The Flying Slash
"Young Master Illumi!"
"Focus!"
A brilliant flash of a blade sliced through the air, splitting the bullet aimed at Gotoh perfectly in two along its tip.
Clatter~ The shell casings hit the floor. Roy, holding the cane sword in one hand, gave it a flourish. Without pausing, he lunged forward ...
2025-10-19 10:51:38 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 53: The Zoldyck Reputation x The Runaway Illumi
"Joker, real name Jay White. No prior records. He first appeared on the Yorbian Continent three years ago when he killed a truck driver and stole his vehicle. Believed to have originated from Meteor City."
"During this period, he moved between several continents, committing over a dozen crimes of varying scales. H...
2025-10-19 10:51:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 52: The Joker's Gaze x The Unavoidable Trap
The candy, imbued with Aura, lay quietly in the little girl's hand.
The little girl's smile was so sweet that any normal person would find it impossible to refuse.
But Gotoh was not a normal person. He returned just in time, and true to his duty, he took the "blade" for Roy.
"Big brother has ...
2025-10-19 10:50:24 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 51: Speculations on the Gate of Cognition x First Sighting of 'Joker'
The driver slammed on the accelerator, bursting through the encirclement of flashing lights and speeding away.
Gotoh handed Roy the file he had prepared. Roy read through it carefully. This Dr. Bennett from the Provincial General Hospital was indeed impressive. He had studied abroad in the Mi...
2025-10-19 10:49:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 50: The Terrorist x The Nth Trip Away From Home
"Master Zeno received a bounty from the National Police Agency. He's heading to the neighboring Minbo Republic to deal with a terrorist who calls himself 'Joker'."
"Tsubone is responsible for driving him to the airport and managing Master Zeno's daily affairs."
At 4:30 in the morning, Roy, having fini...
2025-10-19 10:49:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 49: Swordsmanship Proficiency x Yamato Nadeshiko's Seven Transformations
"That Eiichiro guy, can he hear us talking?"
The ghosts jumped in fright. When they realized Roy was speaking directly to Sakonji Urokodaki, Shinsuke, Fukuda, and the others breathed a sigh of relief. It was a false alarm, but at the same time, they felt a pang of disappointment.
2025-10-19 10:48:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 48: A Call from Wing x The Divide Between Humans and Ghosts
"The Master knows how to control his strength. Your Aura protected you, so even though you sustained some internal injuries, you'll recover after a few days of rest."
The night was heavy and dark. Gotoh had taken over for Luke, carrying Roy back to his bedroom.
The boy had a bandage wrappe...
2025-10-19 10:48:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 47: Psychological Games x Illumi the Innocent Bystander
Psychological warfare?
Provoke your opponent, make them lose their reason in an instant, and find a sliver of possibility where none existed...
"If he weren't facing Silva, he might have had a chance."
Zeno added his own commentary after his grandfather's. As men who had grown old...
2025-10-19 10:47:43 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 46: The First Clash x Roy's Psychological Warfare
"You're here."
"Yes, I'm here."
"You seem confident."
"And what if I wasn't?" Roy unsheathed his sword, looking deeply at Silva. "Would you go easy on me because of it, Father?"
"No. I would only be harder on you." The hand Silva had been using to toy with the soft whip pau...
2025-10-19 10:47:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 45: Expectations x Let Me Measure Your 'Ren'
Sakonji Urokodaki nodded. He said nothing and asked nothing more.
All he said was, "We're eating well today."
He went to the cellar and brought out a wild boar's leg.
Once cured, the boar's leg was easy to preserve. Sliced thinly, it was an excellent choice for either a hot pot or sukiyaki. ...
2025-10-19 10:46:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 44: A Tale of Two Rivals x The Second Clash of Two Stubborn Bulls
"One minute and forty-two seconds, Young Master. You're just eighteen seconds shy of passing."
By the time Roy finished his breakfast and pushed open the door to the training room, Illumi had already beaten him to it and was undergoing his electro-shock therapy.
Hearing the noise, th...
2025-10-19 10:46:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 43: Roy's Limit x Silva's Return
To be a servant of the Zoldyck family is a source of pride.
To be a Zoldyck is an even greater one.
Once, Zeno had also considered himself a proud man, and that had remained true from the past to the present.
But looking at the boy before him—who, aside from his hair color, was practically a mirror im...
2025-10-19 10:45:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 42: Mastering Shadow Step X Zeno's Question
Four in the morning. The familiar chiming of the clock.
Roy's eyes snapped open. He was back on Kukuroo Mountain, a profound mental exhaustion weighing him down. The ten thousand practice swings hadn't taken a toll on his body, but on his mind. It was the first time he'd ever felt this kind of fatigue from his dream t...
2025-10-19 10:45:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 41: Ten Thousand Swings X The Zoldyck Constitution
"A sword is an extension of the arm."
"Your stance is wrong. Straighten your back. Keep your eyes level with the tip of the blade."
"When you strike, channel your power through the edge. Maximize the force of the cut."
"Wrong. Higher. Your elbow is dropping."
"Eyes forward! You're exposing your chin....
2025-10-19 10:44:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 40: A Message From Wing X The Shock of the Ghosts
"I decline."
Kastro was a decent opponent. They had fought a year ago, and Roy had defeated him, another stepping stone on his path to eighty-one consecutive victories at Heavens Arena. But a year had passed. Kastro was still Kastro. Roy, however, was no longer the same boy. The moment his Nen had been awakened,...
2025-10-19 10:42:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 39: Mastering Zetsu X Kastro
The boy's friend couldn't watch anymore. He tried to intervene, but the man threw a punch at him, roaring, "And you, you so-called 'strongest human'! If you try to lead my son astray again, I'll tear down your precious Hunter Association brick by brick!"
The friend, a man of considerable skill himself, easily dodged the blow and bea...
2025-10-19 10:42:03 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 38: The Man-Tree Theory X Maha's Guidance
"How many days has it been?"
"Eight."
"Still early, then. It took me half a year to get the feeling."
Sabito sat on a high branch, Makomo beside him, both of them watching the figure below. Roy was still hugging the tree. He was doing better, at least; he'd managed to stay awake for a few hours this time. 2025-10-19 10:41:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 37: Milluki's Debut X Urokodaki's Hope
"What are you doing?"
"Hugging a tree."
"Why?"
"To hug the tree."
A vein throbbed on Illumi's forehead. He closed his eyes. Out of sight, out of mind.
The midday sun beat down, but the two Zoldyck brothers had found their own versions of comfort. One was shaded by the cool leaves of a cypress...
2025-10-19 10:40:31 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 36: Self-Hypnosis Training X Illumi's Moving Goalposts
He followed it up with a final, quiet remark. "Nice earring."
Then he turned and walked away, disappearing up the stairs.
An assassin's perception is second to none. A top-tier assassin's senses are a seamless extension of their environment. Silva was like that. Zeno was like that. If he chose ...
2025-10-19 10:40:02 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 35: First Conjuration X Silva's Reminder
Urokodaki's training methods were, as expected, unconventional.
The first step was simple: "Hug a tree."
"Everything in this world breathes," the old master had explained. "Every flower, every blade of grass. The first step to learning a Breathing Style is not to swing a sword, but to understand what 'breath...
2025-10-19 10:38:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 34: Hands in Pockets, I Knew No Equal X Urokodaki's "Compromise"
Does killing demons really require a reason? Sabito thought. It was a matter of survival. You kill or you are killed. It was the same lesson he had drilled into Giyu all those years ago.
Now, it seemed, a glimmer of hope had finally returned.
Urokodaki was silent for a few seconds, an...
2025-10-19 10:37:29 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 33: A Fireside Chat X Roy's Detachment
Patience... I must have more patience... Urokodaki thought. If only he had kept them with him for a few more years, helped them perfect their Breathing Styles, polished their techniques... perhaps things would have turned out differently.
He led the way in his cloud-patterned haori, Roy and Tanjiro following at a respectfu...
2025-10-19 10:36:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 32: Roy's Speed X Urokodaki's Invitation
The playful shouts of the ghosts echoed in the clearing, a private concert for an audience of one.
The water in the flask began to boil. Tanjiro quickly poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to his brother. "Bro," he whispered, "I don't know why, but I feel like we're being watched."
Tanjuro, their father, w...
2025-10-19 10:36:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 31: A Physique Increase X Sabito and Makomo
Hiro Minamino was an ordinary man, a single speck of dust in a world of billions. No one, save for his family, would have ever mourned his passing. But now, there was one more.
Walking through the deep, silent woods of Sagiri Mountain, Roy clutched the single copper coin in his pocket. He opened his system panel and a...
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