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 ...
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 ...
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."
Chapter 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 c...
2025-10-19 10:53:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 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 differ...
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. ...
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 flo...
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 t...
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 retu...
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....
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 airp...
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 ...
2025-10-19 10:48:43 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 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 ...
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 c...
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?"
2025-10-19 10:47:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 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 le...
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 alrea...
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.
2025-10-19 10:45:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 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 h...
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 ...
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. Kast...
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 ...
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 huggi...
2025-10-19 10:41:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 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 Zold...
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 ...
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. ...
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 see...
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...
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 whisp...
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 ...
2025-10-19 10:35:57 +0000 UTC View Post