He was doing this for Gon, yet at the same time, not for Gon...
Elena stared at Ging's back, finding herself increasingly unable to see through this man.
He was born with an innate "adventure factor," unwilling to accept the restraints of "family," yet he insisted on marrying and having children. He personally used a massive island as a foundation to build a "Children's Paradise" for his son, just as his father had said...
Once a man starts a family, he becomes like a dog on a chain. Most of the time, he can only "guard the house" and go nowhere. Once thoughts like "freedom," "adventure," or "roaming the world" emerge, they are often crushed by "ties," making travel difficult.
So...
"Ging, will you stay with Vivian and Gon as they grow up?"
Elena suddenly spoke up. What awaited her was... Ging's unhesitating, loud laughter. "Haha, how is that possible?"
The young man picked up his fishing rod and jerked it upward, hooking a flying fish. Watching the fish's tail whip up a column of water in the glow of the morning sun, his gaze was bright and determined. "Don't you understand me yet? I will never belong to a home or a single person. I belong to the world. I want to go to distant places to explore more ruins, excavate more civilizations, and realize the value of my life."
"Then what about Gon?" Elena suddenly felt a bit of sympathy for the unborn child. "He is clearly so small..."
"..."
Ging stopped laughing and fell into silence.
Whoosh— The sea breeze curled around their hair, causing it to sway. After a long while, the man thought of Mito, the tavern, Whale Island, and his registered disciple Kite. Looking at the magnificent, surging sea, he spoke faintly, "If he develops the skill in the future, he will naturally find me."
"When that time comes."
The corners of Ging's mouth curled up slightly as he said with anticipation, "I imagine it will be very interesting."
Elena: "..."
Truly mad... A crazy adventurer is exactly like this!
Elena secretly cursed him as a scumbag and turned to leave... She didn't want to see him at all today, so she decided to reply to Gotoh instead.
"Young Master, one month from now, meet at Bronte, a coastal city in the western suburbs of the Yorbian Continent."
Republic of Padokea, Kukuroo Mountain, Zoldyck Family Castle. Gotoh reported the news to Roy immediately upon receiving it.
It was 6:30 in the morning. There was still a full hour and a half before departure for training in the practice hall.
The boy sat at the dining table, flipping through the "West Continent Chronicles". He waved his hand to indicate he understood, his mind immersed. He searched page by page for specific usages of "Power of Faith," gradually gaining a clearer understanding of the connection between "Faith" and "Nen abilities."
The reason [God] is powerful is that He can seize the "Nen" of "believers" through "Faith" for His own use, achieving the goal of stealing [Natural Authority].
According to Grandpa Zigg's observations in the Samir Principality, [Storm] developed believers through the "Storm Church," using "Faith" as a medium to absorb the "believers" as part of "Nature," thereby stealing the "Power of Storm."
Furthermore...
As the number of believers increases and their quality improves, the [Nen Quantity] that [Storm], as a [God], can absorb increases, and the power He can mobilize becomes stronger. Therefore...
According to the [Law of Equivalent Exchange], a [God]'s "illegal fundraising of Nen" will inevitably suffer a backlash from [Nature]!
Roy turned to the twenty-first page and saw a case witnessed by Grandpa Zigg with his own eyes... An archbishop serving [Storm], a gentleman named "Flynn Courtney," once held a routine "Mass" on Sunday. On the day of the gathering to spread the [Storm] doctrine... unable to withstand the backlash from [Nature], he mutated into a "monster" and slaughtered everyone present!
This resulted in the famous "711 Weston Tragedy"...
'Ever since witnessing this event, I gradually came to understand that so-called "disasters" were likely once those [Bishops], [Priests], and [Angels] who were backlashed by nature, or even... [God]...'
'This is also the risk and price that [Man] must bear when attempting to break away from [Nature] and advance to an [Extraordinary Existence]...'
'It is also the basic principle behind why the "Extraordinary Mechanism" of "Vows and Restrictions" possesses such incredible [Might]...'
Just like how Gon was ten thousand miles behind Neferpitou, yet could pay the price of "losing his Nen ability" to pray to [Nature] to "advance his future," summoning Adult Gon to forcibly kill Neferpitou...
Or like Kurapika, who had clearly not opened his "Nen" for long, yet could swear an oath that he would "absolutely not use his chains to attack anyone other than the 'Spiders,' or else he would die." Paying this price, he prayed to [Nature] for "specialized offense against Spiders," and successfully counter-killed Uvogin, who far surpassed him in both "Nen quantity" and "Constitution." Also...
Netero paid the price of his "life" to pray to [Nature] to "confine Beyond," forbidding him from entering the Dark Continent while Netero was alive...
All these instances interpret the contradictory way of getting along where [Man] and [Nature] are "opposed" yet "unified."
Reading this, Roy suddenly understood why Great-Grandpa Maha had insisted on dragging Grandpa Zigg under the willow tree to beat him severely back then. He also understood why Netero wanted to ground Beyond, yet left a videotape after his death encouraging the Twelve Zodiacs to venture into the Dark Continent...
Because as "people who have been there," they always knew clearly that once Zigg or Beyond learned the truth of "Ascension," with one being full of unconstrained ideas and the other being ambitious and greedy, there was a high probability they wouldn't be able to withstand the backlash, or rather the erosion, of [Nature]...
Conversely, blocking is not as good as guiding. Since he was destined to die and knew he could no longer restrain Beyond, he could only place his hope in the "Twelve Zodiacs." For the sake of "old times," perhaps they could help him block Beyond a little... even if Netero himself knew they couldn't stop him. Who asked him to play the role of "father" in addition to "Chairman of the Hunter Association"?
Such earnest fatherly love is lamentable...
Thousands of thoughts raced through his mind. Understanding that "Faith," as a medium for stealing [Natural Authority], was a double-edged sword that could stab him at any moment... Roy rubbed the back of his hand, watching the "curse" counting down his life without pause, just as he had once told Great-Grandpa Zeno and Great-Grandpa Maha... From the moment he was gazed upon by [God], he had no choice. Only, and solely, [Ascension], to steal natural authority.
However...
"Child, actually, you have always had a choice."
At 7:40 in the morning, twenty minutes before leaving for the practice hall.
Roy closed the book, calmed his emotions, sat quietly for a few minutes, and then went out. Passing by a dim small room, he "accidentally met" Maha... The old man stood with his hands behind his back in front of the window, watching the sunrise. He seemed to have been waiting for Roy all along, and spoke to him thus: "This old man doesn't have many years left to live. Just let me kill Him for you."
He looked at Roy with a smile and said, "I am a remnant of the old era; there is no ship in the new era that can carry me."
"I've dragged out my existence until now. I'm tired, bored, and I've lived enough..."