He is doing it for Gon, yet not for Gon....
Elena stared at Ging's back, becoming increasingly unable to see through this man's intentions.
He was born with an "adventurous spirit," unwilling to accept "family" constraints, and yet he married and had children, personally creating a vast island as a "children's playground" for his son, just like father said...
When a man starts a family, he's like a dog chained with iron links, spending most of his time "guarding the house" and unable to go anywhere. Once thoughts like "freedom," "adventure," or "wandering the world" arise, they are often shattered by "ties," making it difficult to set out.
So...
"Ging, will you always be with Vivian and Gon as they grow up?"
Elena suddenly asked, and what awaited her was... Ging's unhesitant laughter: "Hahaha, how could that be possible?"
The young man picked up the fishing rod, tugged upward, catching a flying fish. Watching the fish's tail as it flung a series of water splashes in the morning light, he spoke with bright and firm eyes: "Don't you know me by now? I will never belong to one family or one person. I belong to the world. I want to explore more ruins and unearth more civilizations to realize the value of my life."
"And what about Gon," Elena suddenly felt some sympathy for the unborn child: "He's still so small...."
Ging restrained his laughter and fell silent.
"Whoosh~" The sea breeze lifted their hair, swaying, as the man thought of Mite, the tavern, Whale Island, and his named disciple Kate, watching the vast sea, he softly said: "When he grows capable in the future, he will naturally find me."
"When that time comes."
Ging's mouth slightly lifted in a somewhat expectant manner: "It will surely be very interesting."
Elena: "...."
Truly insane... a crazy adventurer through and through!
Elena quietly cursed the scoundrel and turned to leave... she didn't want to see him one bit today, so she decided to send a letter back to Wutong.
"Young master, see you in a month, at the coast city of Bronte, west outskirts of the continent Eurubis."
Kukuroo Mountain in the Republic of Padokea, the Zoldyck Family's ancient castle,
Wutong received the message and reported it to Roy immediately.
At six-thirty in the morning, an hour and a half until it's time to head to the training room for practice.
The young man sat at the dining table, browsing through "Records of the Western Continent," signaling with a wave of his hand that he understood, his mind immersed, searching page by page for the specific usage of "Power of Faith," gradually gaining a clearer understanding of the relationship between "Faith" and "Nenryoku."
The reason why [God] is powerful is that it can utilize "Faith" to harvest the "Nen" of "Believers" for its own use, achieving the goal of usurping "Natural Authority."
According to what Grandfather Jager saw and heard in the Principality of Samir, the [Storm] is precisely through the "Storm Church" to develop believers, using "Faith" as a medium to absorb "Believers" as part of "Nature" and usurp the "Power of Storms."
And...
As the number of believers increases and their quality improves, the amount of [Nen] the [Storm] as a [God] can absorb becomes greater, and the accessible power is strengthened, therefore....
According to the [Law of Equivalent Exchange], [God] engaging in "illegal Nen gathering" will inevitably suffer backlash from [Nature]!
Roy turned to page twenty-one and saw a case that Grandfather Jager personally witnessed... A man named "Flynn Courtney," an Archbishop serving the [Storm], once could not withstand the backlash from [Nature] during a usual "Mass" on a Sunday, a gathering to spread the doctrines of [Storm], and mutated into a "monster," slaughtering everyone present!
This led to the infamous "711 Weston Massacre"...
[Ever since witnessing this event, I gradually understood that so-called "disasters" very likely used to be those [Bishops], [Priests], [Angels], or even... [Gods] that have been backfired by nature...]
[This is also the risk and cost humans must bear when they attempt to detach from [Nature] to ascend into [Extraordinary Beings]...]
[It is also the fundamental principle of why "Constraints and Oaths" as an "Extraordinary Mechanism" possess incredible "powers"...]
Just like Gon was a hundred or eighty thousand li away from Nephelpito, yet he could plead with [Nature] for an "advance on the future," at the cost of "losing Nenryoku," to summon Uncle Gon and defeat Nephelpito...
Similarly, Kurapika, who clearly hadn't been "practicing Nen" for long, could swear to "never attack anyone except the 'Spider' with a chain, or else would lose life" as a price to plead with [Nature] for, "exclusively target the Spider," defeating Uvogin, who surpassed him in both "Sense" and "Constitution," and...
Netero bargained with "life" in exchange with [Nature], "restrains Beyond," forbidding him to enter the Dark Continent while he is alive....
These instances, without exception, illustrate the contradictory coexistence of humans being "opposed" yet "unified" with [Nature].
Seeing this, Roy suddenly understood why Great Grandfather Maha once dragged Grandfather Jager under the willow tree for a harsh beating, and also why Netero restrained Beyond, yet left a videotape after death, encouraging the Zodiac Twelve to venture into the Dark Continent...
Because as experienced ones, they have always understood that once Jager and Beyond learn the truth about "becoming a god," given one's whimsical ideas and the other's ambitious greed, they are unlikely to withstand the [Nature]'s backlash, or rather, erosion....
On the contrary, it's better to guide rather than block, as he is destined to die, knowing he couldn't control Beyond anymore, could only hope the "Zodiac Twelve," for old-time's sake, might hold him back a bit... Even if Netero himself also understood it couldn't be stopped, who told him that besides the role of the "Hunter Association President," he also takes on the role of a "father?"
Fatherly love, moving people to sigh...
With countless thoughts swirling in his mind, understanding that "Faith" as a medium to usurp "Natural Authority" is a double-edged sword that can stab at oneself anytime... Roy rubbed the back of his hand, watching the "Curse" countdown his life nonstop, just as he once said to Great Grandfathers Zeno and Maha... From the moment a [God] gazed upon him, he already had no choice, only, and only, [become a god], usurping natural authority.
Of course...
"Child, in fact, you always have a choice."
At seven forty in the morning, twenty minutes until it's time to depart for the training room.
Roy closed the book, calmed his emotions, and after sitting silently for a few more minutes, he stepped out, "accidentally" encountering Maha as he passed the small dim room... The old man stood with hands behind his back at the window, watching the sunrise, seemingly waiting for him, saying: "The old man doesn't have many good years left, let me kill It for you."
He looked at Roy with smiling eyes, saying: "I am the remnant of an old age, the new era holds no ship that can carry me."
"Lingering till now, I'm tired and bothered enough to make it worth..."