"Actually... I can handle the death aura problem" Akira offered, seeing that both were troubled by it. After all, he was planning to go in anyway, and he was determined to claim the abundant death aura for himself!
This eerie death aura, which others found terrifying and avoided at all costs. In Akira eyes, it was a "gold mine" radiating with precious light! This was all experience for Gengar!
"Huh? Akira, you can handle it?..." A big question mark appeared above Pyon head, her mouth slightly agape, and a flash of confusion in her eyes.
Before Pyon could finish speaking, a mass of purplish-black gas suddenly leaped out from Akira shadow.
"Gengar, Gengar!"
Gengar hopped a couple of times in place, then opened its wide mouth, creating a huge suction with just a slight movement.
In an instant, Akira felt as if he had returned to the scene at the Harimu Ruins, the sight before him so familiar. Countless death auras "scrambled" into Gengar mouth, as if afraid Gengar wouldn't get enough.
In a few breaths, the death aura before the three of them was completely gone, as clean as if it had never existed.
"An exorcist?!!"
Both exclaimed in unison, looking at Akira and Gengar in shock, their hearts surging with waves of astonishment! They felt as if they had been hit by a pie from the sky, experiencing an incredibly surreal sensation.
For a moment, they found it hard to accept reality.
A friend they had just met turned out to be the exorcist they had been longing for? Both were senior members of the Hunter Association and naturally understood what an exorcist represented.
After all, in the entire vast association, there was only one elderly exorcist!
From this, it's clear how rare exorcists are in the world of Nen users.
Gradually, the initial surprise of the two began to fade, replaced instead by shock... Because Gengar performance was simply too astonishing!
In the short time they were stunned, Gengar had "eaten" another large patch of dead Aura or postmortem nen.
Suddenly, a large empty space appeared in front of everyone, and this space continued to expand, as if being constantly devoured.
Gengar was like a little mouse, taking bigger and bigger bites out of the "cookie" of death aura!
"This... this... Could I have been hit by some kind of Nen ability?" Pyon kept rubbing her eyes with her hands, her pale pink eyes filled with confusion. She couldn't believe what was happening before her eyes.
On the other hand, after his initial shock, Satotz had a sudden realization and turned to the calm Akira, speaking solemnly.
"Could it be that the changes in the Harimu Ruins were caused by you, Mr. Akira..."
...
"Yes, all that dead Nen was eaten by Gengar." Akira glanced at Satotz, who had cautiously spoken up, and was somewhat surprised that Satotz had connected it to the Harimu Ruins.
"So it really was like that..." After confirming his suspicion, Satotz shock didn't diminish in the slightest, instead, it grew even larger! In his extreme surprise, the small mouth hidden beneath his curly beard was inadvertently revealed.
Yes, Satotz did have a mouth!
Akira remembered that in one page of the manga, the old rascal Togashi had drawn it—a small mouth usually hidden by Satz beard. It wasn't shown in the anime, so many people were startled, thinking Satotz was born without a mouth and spoke through telepathy.
Seeing that Pyon was still puzzled, likely because she hadn't been keeping up with the news recently, Satotz took the initiative to explain the changes in the Harimu Ruins to her.
"Huh?!"
After the explanation, Pyon was completely dumbfounded. It turned out that what she was seeing wasn't an illusion, nor was she under the influence of some Nen ability. Because Akira had already completely removed all the dead Nen from an entire ruin before this!
In the past, she would never have believed it, but since Akira had demonstrated it right in front of her, she had no choice but to believe...
One person, in an extremely short time, removed all the dead Nen from an entire ruin!
This far exceeded what the two of them could comprehend. This level of exorcism ability was something they had never seen in their lives! No! It would be more accurate to say that Akira was the most powerful exorcist in the world!
It's no exaggeration to say that Akira exorcism ability was of strategic importance, something that any country or faction would have to take seriously!
Thinking this, Satotz voice trembled slightly as he hurriedly asked.
"Such a powerful exorcism ability... I wonder what the cost is..."
Hearing this, Pyon also froze for a moment, her big eyes revealing concern for Akira.
Nen abilities are very fair, operating on the principle of equivalent exchange. Such an extraordinary ability must come with a significant cost. It could very well be... the cost of one's life!
Seeing the two of them looking at him with concern, Akira stroked his chin and pretended to be profound.
"Yes, the cost is quite significant..."
Indeed!
Akira demeanor only confirmed their suspicions. Perhaps the cost was even greater than they had imagined!
"The cost is... Gengar belly will get bigger, and then its strength will increase!"
...
"Huh?!!"