Conrad knew that Creating Life Chain—Hand of Future had not drained him the way designing White Death or Aura Blast had.
The idea that his power would directly help children like the one he used to be gave him the ability to power.
"If I were sick in the head," Conrad thought.
"I could've made it easy."
"That kind of ability would explode in power," he admitted to himself.
But that wasn't him.
He turned off the water and dried himself; the mirror fogged over.
When he wiped it clean, his reflection stared back, older than his age, calmer than before.
"This way," he said quietly, "I don't have to lie to myself."
After getting dressed, Conrad sat on the bed and let his thoughts shift into logistics.
New conditions were only half of the equation.
The other half was execution.
"For the ability to truly activate," he muttered, "I need to start the process."
He didn't explicitly lock the condition to orphans; that was intentional.
"Orphans are clean targets," he thought.
"It is not a condition, but it would increase the power of the ability due to my feeling towards them."
Children with families, even poor ones, still had someone to protect them.
Orphans didn't.
They slipped through cracks easily, in any world.
That would be the best-case scenario for his ability to work.
The condition is that he really needs to save them. It worked when the saved one did not have people to look after them.
Conrad opened his laptop and began setting things up.
Multiple accounts
Some for storage, some for active use.
He made sure they were spread across different institutions.
If one failed, the others would hold.
As he typed, numbers started forming naturally in his head.
Ten kids.
Eleven years.
Food, housing, education, medical care, emergency funds
He stopped.
His fingers froze above the keyboard.
"…No."
Conrad leaned back slowly.
"I can't do that. I already decided on the condition of that matter."
It wasn't that he couldn't calculate it.
He already had a rough number, frighteningly precise.
But the moment he started refining it, he felt something tighten inside his chest.
A pressure, like Nen pushing back.
"That was the condition," he reminded himself.
"The calculation must be done by an authority, not by himself.
If he low-balled it, even unconsciously, the ability could weaken.
Or worse, fail to activate.
"And I won't gamble my life on technicalities."
This restriction wasn't just symbolic.
It ensured he couldn't game his own morality.
He did not want to be the one who decided what kind of funds that kids needed.
He closed the spreadsheet without saving.
"What I need is an advisor."
Someone who understood funding, child welfare, and long-term planning.
"And preferably, someone who won't ask too many questions."
Conrad loved the Hunter x Hunter world in terms of its no-questions-asked philosophy, as long as you are strong enough and ready to pay for it.
Most people know better than to ask questions; they just do what they need to do and what they are paid for.
Conrad leaned forward.
He knew the Hunter world well enough by now to understand one thing: official systems existed.
"I need one that's clean," he thought.
"If the organization lies, but I believe and pay in full… the condition should still hold."
If he is going to do something, he wants to do it right.
Most people get lost in life due to the fact that they give themselves one wish and one target and then start taking action on it.
Then, after some time, they start to get lazy and start taking actions that are not fully completed or not perfected.
He opened his browser again and started searching, not directly for orphanages, but for foundations connected to Hunters.
Groups that worked around conflict zones.
"Found it,"
"That's safer."
He drafted a short message.
I'm looking for a long-term sponsorship structure for at-risk children. I require external evaluation, strict accounting, and no personal involvement in selection. Discretion is preferred.
He read it twice, then sent it.
After that, there was nothing more to do for now.
Conrad leaned back on the bed and stared at the ceiling.
"Now, the only thing that needs to be done is waiting for them to answer."
"After they answer, I will tell my intents to them and then wire the funds and put the systems in place."
"I believe, after the kids are chosen and funds are allocated for their livelihood, the ability conditions will be fulfilled and then the ability will be active."
"Great work, Conrad!"
He congratulated himself and closed his eyes for a moment.
Conrad took a long shower after finishing the detailed write-up of his ability.
Conrad leaned back on the bed and stared at the ceiling.
"Now, the only thing that needs to be done is waiting for them to answer."
"After they answer, I will tell my intents to them and then wire the funds and put the systems in place."