This is gonna be very short and simply have some thoughts on the last chapter.
Firstly, it seems to me that Tserriednich is foiling Fugetsu:
Both have two nen beasts right now (and they are both unaware of it), but whereas Tserriednich obtained his second nen beast through his abilities alone, Fugetsu obtained hers because of Kachou’s death.
Moreover, Kachou’s nen beast is an illusion and her mission is to lie to Fugetsu in order to protect her, just like Kachou did.
Tserriednich’s nen beast on the other way embodies among other things Tserriednich’s hate for liars:
Now, it is not clear why another nen beast appeared at Tserriednich’s side and as for now I can only come up with two different theories both of which might be wrong.
1) The second nen beast has something to do with the ritual.
It is obvious that there are several secrets and mysteries concerning the ritual:
If it is so I wonder if thematically the two beasts are going to represent two different parts of the subconscious (maybe the unconscious and the preconscious) and which attributes of Tserriednich they are going to underline.
2) Tserriednich has been referred to as a genius in several occasions:
Geniuses are sometimes able to develop hatsu’s abilities without having to consciously choose them. It is what seems to be happening to Tserriednich in this chapter:
If this is the case the second beast might represent something similar to the preconscious (in short something in-between the conscious and the unconscious). If it is so, then the beast might have developed because Tserriednich’s first experience with nen has been through the concept of nen beasts. So, he might have developed without realizing a hatsu which uses that same concept. If it is so, I wonder if this nen beast will follow the same rules other nen beasts have or if it could, for example, attack other hosts. If it is really a manifestation of the preconscious I also wonder if Tserriednich will be able to see it at one point, whereas he will never be able to see the nen beast born through the ritual.
From the chapter and from what Theta said I tend to lean more on this second possibility for now.
hamliet 