The girl who emerged from the Seed Urn was like a fairy, her complexion fair and clean, with a pair of large eyes and rare dotted eyebrows.
She wore a set of red ceremonial clothing, with black trousers that extended past her knees, each leg's side having a 'V'-shaped opening.
At first glance, the girl was delicate and lovely, and it wasn't an exaggeration to call her a fairy.
Only her legs were a bit strange. The upper parts were normal, but from the calves down to the soles of her feet, they were as thin as chopsticks.
Moreover, staring at her for too long gave one the feeling of looking at a paper effigy.
Yet in reality, the girl's volume was quite full.
This was the peculiarity of it.
Law ignored the girl's pitiful expression and plea, and said calmly, "You are the pot's Nen Beast?"
The girl lowered her eyes, shedding tears, and said weakly, "Yes, Sir."
After a pause, she continued to plead, "Please, Sir, be merciful and do not erase me."
Hearing this, Law fell silent, experiencing a sense of déjà vu with the sudden shift in tone and an inexplicable feeling of familiarity.
Although some customs in the Kakin Empire resembled those of ancient China, along with the Chinese-style attire of the Seed Urn's Nen Beast...
But speaking of this style that directly alludes to but remains somewhat vague about ancient China, besides the Kakin Empire and the attire of this Nen Beast, the Zoldyck Family had also left a deep impression on Law.
Familiarity aside, Law would not show mercy because of it.
He looked at the girl and said calmly, "Kakin is my enemy, and you only serve Kakin. What reason do I have not to erase you?"
The girl hovered in mid-air, and upon hearing Law's words, her petite body couldn't help but tremble.
It wasn't that she didn't want to continue begging for mercy, but because what Law said struck at the heart of the matter.
Her existence indeed only served the Kakin's royal family. This Nen mechanism had solidified ever since the Seed Urn was left in the world. Given her status and abilities as a symbiotic entity, she simply did not have the power to alter this setting.
Otherwise, she would have changed the setting without hesitation because it could save her life.
As if accepting the harsh reality, the girl slowly sat on the edge of the pot's mouth, adopting a posture of having accepted her fate.
Setting aside her essence, from all aspects, the girl more closely resembled a human than a Nen Beast.
Law originally didn't feel anything particular about absorbing the Seed Urn, but seeing the girl's appearance now, he felt somewhat reluctant.
However, no matter how reluctant he felt, it couldn't change the fact that the Seed Urn was a Nen Artifact specifically for the royal family of the Kakin Empire.
If he left it, he couldn't use it. If he didn't absorb it, it would only become an item to make Nasubi stronger. What other choice did he have?
"I'm sorry."
Law uttered an apology to the girl, then reached out and placed his hand on the pot's body.
Under the girl's despairing gaze, including the girl herself, the hard Seed Urn transformed into Nen energy and was directly absorbed into Law's body.
The energy gauge in the White Smoke Font instantly increased to four-tenths full.
Ding!
After absorbing the Seed Urn, Law's attention was immediately focused on the White Smoke Font, so he didn't notice that something was left behind after the Seed Urn disappeared.
It was only when the unknown object fell onto the wooden platform with a crisp ding that Law noticed this object, which resembled candy.
"Candy?"
Curious, Law picked up the unknown object.
It was round and flat in appearance, entirely pink and crystal-clear, with faint flowing light inside.
At first glance, it looked no different from common fruit candy.
"The White Smoke Font show no reaction and give no information."
Law looked at the candy and murmured to himself.
"Let's keep it for now."
Law casually put the 'candy' into his pocket. Before leaving, he regretfully glanced once more at the large pile of treasures in the vault.
He kind of missed Kuro now.
'Although that guy was sometimes quite unreliable, his abilities were genuinely useful.'
Even though he couldn't pack up and take all the treasures from the vault, Law wasn't so deranged as to destroy them on the spot. After absorbing the Seed Urn, he left straightforwardly.
Somewhere on the fictional continent, Hakuro, who was with Uvogin, suddenly shuddered.
Law had come without anyone knowing, once again eluded the guards without anyone knowing, left the B·W ship without anyone knowing, then crossed the sea surface without anyone knowing, and finally landed on the shore without anyone knowing.
Looking in the direction of the base, Law thought for a moment and decided to take a detour, then reunite with Machi and the others first.
With the effect of his God Hand, he could sense the locations of Hakuro or Nobunaga, and the locations of Ging and Biscuit were also within his grasp.
At this moment, Nasubi, who had his request refused by Beyond, had barely calmed the turbulence in his heart and returned to the base.
Just as Beyond had said, he still needed to return here to take charge of the overall situation and prepare for the territorial expansion into the New Continent.
If he discovered that the Seed Urn was missing, who knows what his reaction would be.
Half an hour later, at the forest's edge.
Law met up with Hakuro and Uvogin there.
Based on the feedback from the book, it seemed Machi and the others, who were with Nobunaga, had joined up with Ging.
The reason for saying 'seemed' is that the distance between them was a bit... strange.
Clearly they were roughly in the same location, yet they weren't in close contact.
In the forest, under Uvogin's furious gaze, Law averted his eyes and said calmly, "The matter is settled. Now let's go meet up with Machi and the others."
"Fine."
Uvogin practically gritted his teeth to get the word out.
Law shook his head slightly and headed in the direction where Machi and the others were.
In truth, he hadn't yet figured out how to handle the matters to come.
Was he really going to take Machi and the others to the Dark Continent?
Salin would be fine… she at least had the heart of an adventurer. But Machi, Uvogin, and Nobunaga did not.
After the recent turmoil, leaving Machi and the group on the imagined continent also became unrealistic.
Thinking of this, Law couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
'No matter how many preparations I had made before, it seemed unavoidable in the end.'
"Boss Law!"
Just as Law had taken several steps, Hakuro, maintaining his truck-sized form, quickly came to Law's side and fawned, "Ride on me. It's effortless and comfortable."
"..."
Looking at Hakuro's expression that seemed to say 'please ride me now', Law, for some reason, felt a bit reluctant.
Although the abilities Hakuro had displayed since appearing were commendable, one must have integrity. Since he had already promised Kuro, he couldn't go back on his word.
"W-What's wrong?"
Hakuro seemed to sense something and began to panic.
Law remained silent for a while, then asked, "When you first came out of the book, you told me not to call you White Dog. Did you ever choose a nice name for yourself?"
At that time, Law had quite rudely retorted that it didn't matter what he was called, since Hakuro would soon be returning to the book anyway.
Now thinking about it, he really should reflect on himself.
Compared to Kuro's initial arrogance, Hakuro, who had just emerged, was simply much more outstanding.
Asked this by Law, Hakuro showed a smile uglier than crying.
'Others usually leave last words, but was I supposed to leave his last chosen name?'
At times like this, he couldn't help but admit that reincarnation was truly a matter of skill.
He considered himself much more capable than Kuro, but unfortunately, Kuro had the luck of being born in the right place. So no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't change the outcome in the end.