Starting as an inventor from Hunter x Hunter

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These thoughts flashed through Mog's mind as he walked out of Spicy Mountain.

Of course, none of this matters anymore.

He has done all he could and provided appropriate assistance to Mitchell Aston.

What happens next depends on his own abilities and methods.

On the contrary, it was his side of the story...

"So, in one day, I'll have bought the phone too."

He randomly picked an electronics store and spent a considerable sum of money to buy one of the most advanced communication devices available at the time...

A brick-sized pager phone comparable to the earliest mobile phones.

Well, what more could one ask for in the 1980s?

This is why he didn't particularly like using the phone here before.

Mog didn't think much of it, took out the phone number that Kim Freecss had given him, and dialed it.

The contact person on the other end of the phone was none other than the same Iksumbe that Kim Fulishi had mentioned before.

After obtaining his hunter's license, he disappeared from the world, leaving almost no trace.

A legendary professional hunter who is impossible to find.

And if Mog remembers correctly, this guy's class of professional hunters is...

"A hacker hunter, huh~~~"

Mog looked at the screen of his brick-like phone and suddenly received an invitation message, which made him laugh.

The terms "hacker" and "hacker" both originate from the word "hacker".

Originally, it referred to someone who was extremely enthusiastic about studying computer technology, possessed superb skills, and was almost an omnipotent senior expert in the eyes of ordinary programmers.

However, with the rise of the internet, a new term emerged: "Cracker," which means "the one who cracks" or "the one who hacks."

Originally, "crack" specifically referred to people who cracked passwords and software. "Crack" also means "to open" or "to break open," because brute-force cracking is often less difficult than technical cracking.

Therefore, these people would jokingly say that they "cracked" open a piece of software that required verification, hence the name "cracker".

In its original sense, a hacker was basically a good person, and a great one at that.

Crackers are generally not that bad; many are simply doing it for technical research and showing off.

However, there are also a large number of computer criminals, such as planting Trojans, stealing bank accounts, game accounts, and so on.

Whether they develop the technology themselves or obtain it from crackers/hackers, it's considered a rather egregious act within this community.

However, in the eyes of the general media and the public, crackers, hackers, and computer criminals are all relatively mysterious figures.

And indeed, many computer criminals obtain technology from crackers/hackers, or claim to be crackers/hackers.

So the blame was first placed on the word "hacker," and then, after hackers defended themselves, it was placed on crackers.

Therefore, the word "hacker" mostly carries a negative connotation.

Even though the current era doesn't really have the attributes of a criminal, you can tell from the fact that Iksumbe has categorized himself as a professional hunter.

This guy also belongs to the rather paranoid and eccentric type of person.

"But isn't that precisely why he was able to create the online world?"

Mog smiled and pressed the accept button for the invitation message.

In an instant, he felt a blinding light flash before his eyes!

I don't know how much time passed; it felt like an instant, or it felt like an hour.

As Mog gradually adjusted to the brightness before him, or rather, as the radiance gradually dimmed.

He slowly opened his eyes.

What met the eye was a vast expanse of white.

The entire surrounding space was almost entirely covered in snow.

Even the ground beneath his feet was covered in white.

It was as if, in this special space, there was no other color besides white.

"This must be the cyberspace that Iksumbe just started creating, right?"

Mog glanced around at his surroundings, but wasn't too worried.

"It really is rather rudimentary."

The early internet had not yet developed into the vast and complex convergence of information that would later create such a vibrant and colorful landscape.

In other words, this was the original, very clean network environment.

As Mog surveyed his surroundings.

Suddenly, a faint red light appeared in front of him.

When Mog looked over, he saw a small, thin figure standing in front of him.

He didn't know when he arrived, nor how he ended up there.

And so, he stared at Mog.

"Sure enough, he's still the same as before, with no change whatsoever from the future."

Looking at that familiar graffiti face, Mog smiled.

Iksumbe, the hacker hunter.

It first appeared in the chairman election arc after the Chimera Ant incident.

At that time, he was chosen by some hunters who cast their votes for the next Hunter Association president.

This led to him being listed and even being invited by the Hunter Association to give a competitive speech.

As a result, this guy didn't even show up, and didn't even intend to show his face.

His entire appearance was covered in graffiti, making it impossible to see his true face.

There was only one graffiti face with the letters "Pe" printed on its forehead.

Moreover, he was only at the election site, on the projection screen in the large conference room, flipping through pieces of cardboard.

What he wanted to say appeared on the cardboard.

What is most impressive about him is his disdain for the real world.

“I am from a completely different world from you.”

“I have absolutely no interest in what’s happening there.”

By then, he was already living in the online world.

And naturally, this opinion was expressed.

Mog estimated that when the Internet was first created, he saw its potential and then decisively took some ability and measures to enter it.

For example, [constraints and oaths].

They entered the world of the internet at their own expense, built such a world, and intend to live there forever.

"Fortunately, he hasn't reached the point where he needs to use notes to convey messages or meanings yet..."

Mog looked at Iksumbe, whose head was filled with various information boxes, and could roughly guess his situation.

【Who are you? 】

This is the question that appears in the information box above Iksumbe's head.

"Are one's own way of expression and abilities deeply intertwined with the internet?"

Mog pondered for a moment, "That's why this kind of dialogue takes place."

"As the online world becomes more developed, his own way of expression and ability will also evolve, and may even become exceptionally powerful."

"It might even reach the level of future online information production and dissemination~~~"

In other words, the capabilities of Iksumbe are almost entirely complementary to those of the network.

He's only using this most basic box information to convey his meaning now.

However, as time goes on, it is very likely that these mediums will no longer be needed, and information can be exchanged directly with a single thought.

Iksumbe is evolving along with the internet.

This means that he has almost completely tied his life and everything to the internet.

This is almost a high-stakes gamble, betting on the rise of the internet and that it will dominate the next era.

The next century will be an information society.

Well, only someone as obsessive, eccentric, and radical as him could become a "hacker" in the future.

He gambled his entire fortune and his life on it, and without a doubt, Iksumbe won.

The future prosperity of the internet needs no further explanation.

This is why he has the confidence to look down on the real world.

As for him using cardboard to deliver information, there must have been some kind of constraints or limitations.

For example, the inability to communicate or converse with the outside world.

After all, once he has devoted himself to the online world, he naturally wants to focus on it.

In the real world, there might be too many restrictions on him.

The more developed the online world is, the greater the constraints it exerts on the real world and on the influence it has on that world.

This may be the price paid for the "limitations" of Nen abilities.

Nen ability is truly the fairest ability in the world!

Mog sighed inwardly, and in just a few breaths, a multitude of thoughts flashed through his mind.

It was through my previous understanding of Iksumbe from the anime, plus my own experience of this online world, that I learned about it.

This gave me a general understanding of some of the truth about Iksumbe and the online world.