"Now the rest is up to you guys, don't waste time." In good mood, Shinji returned to his place.
Shinji opened his panel to see how many soul points he got.
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Host : Shinji Kuroda
Age : 16 yo
Inherited Character : Sato(Ajin) - Rob Lucci (one piece) - Ikumi Mito (Food Wars)
Bloodlines : Ajin.
Special Physiques : Ajin immortal body.
Superpowers : Immortality - Paralyzed Scream - Black Ghost - Neko Neko no Mi, Model: Leopard.
Skills : none
Items : none
Soul Points : 995
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A satisfied smile appeared on Shinji's face.
'My hands had been itchy for this moment, but I can't repeat the mistake of the last time, to be on the safe side I will choose something from Rob Lucci.'
Shinji decided that instead of gambling, why not put the hard-won soul points into something guaranteed?
'Well let's see what I can redeem.'
He opened the list containing Rob Lucci's skills and talents with their corresponding prices.
-Physical training talent : 5000 SP
-Martial art talent : 5000 SP
-Iron Body : 300 SP
-Iron Body "Empty Tree" :100 SP
-Finger Pistol : 300 SP
-Finger Pistol"Yellow Lotus" :100 SP
-Flying Finger Pistol "Sting" :100 SP
-Finger Pistol "Spots" :100 SP
-Moonwalk :300 SP
-Razor :100 SP
-Tempest Kick :300 SP
-Tempest Kick "Leopard Tail :100 SP
-Tempest Kick "Victory Bird :100 SP
-Shave :300 SP
-Paper Arts: 300 SP
-Life Return Paper Art: Fighting Form :100 SP
-Life Return: Terminate :100 SP
-Six King Gun :300 SP
-Six Powers Extreme: Six King Gun :100 SP
-Ultimate Radius: Six King Gun :100 SP
-Life Return : 5000 SP
-Busoshoku Haki: 1000 SP
-Kenbunshoku Haki: 1000 SP
…
'It seems I can only exchange at most three of Navy six styles, but which ones to choose?'
Originally Shinji intends to exchange Rob Lucci's physical training talent, which will save him a lot of time to improve his body capabilities, but looking at the 5000 soul points, he can only reluctantly give up this idea.
So he decided to exchange three navy six styles techniques so he can have new trump cards.
'Iron body? No, I'm afraid I'll need to have a strong body as a requirement to practice this skill. Moreover, I don't need defensive skills, Ajin's body is more than enough.'
The inheritance boundary won't strengthen his body to meet the requirement of learning this skill, which is something Shinji didn't like and hoped that this situation may change in the future, so he ruled it out.
In fact, most of the navy six styles need the user to reach a certain physical state as a minimum requirement before he can practice it, or else he may end up heavily injured.
Shinji of course isn't afraid of injury, he can just drink a 'healing potion' to get Reset-ed and he will be fine.
But he is afraid that it will take a long time for him to get started with this skill.
'Finger pistol? It seems good, even if I don't have what it requires to learn it, I can forcibly use it at the cost of injuring myself in a critical moment!'
So Shinji exchanged this skill and immediately received the memories of Rob Lucci training on this technique, as long as he followed the same steps he could reach Rob Lucci's Level in the future even faster.
The Finger Pistol or known as Shigan is a close-quarter combat technique, in which the user pushes their finger into a certain target at a very high speed, leaving a wound similar to a bullet wound.
Then he continued searching for the next skill to redeem.
"Moonwalk? Although I want this skill so much, I bet it will take a long time to practice it."
Moonwalk is a technique that allows the user to step in the air, it requires having a strong leg force to be able to push yourself in the air.
With his body for now he won't be able to even practice it.
"Tempest Kick? A technique that lets the user kick at dangerously high speeds and strength, generating extremely sharp compressed air blades…with the powerful legs of my half-leopard form, this skill will be a deadly combination!"
He directly exchanged it, and like before he received the memories and experiences of Rob Lucci.
'Now only 395 soul points remained…should I continue or save it?'
After a little bit of hesitation, Shinji decided to exchange another technique of the navy six styles.
"Shave! allows the users to move at extremely high speeds in order to avoid attacks, as well as to attack at higher speeds and with greater power. the principle of this move was to kick off the ground at least ten times in the blink of an eye."
Shinji won't ignore this movement technique which can enhance his power a lot.
He directly bought it then like before he received the experience of Rob Lucci.
Now only 95 soul points remained.
'Once the training with Netero-sensei begins I must start practicing them.'
Shinji starts envying those novel protagonists who can instantly master the techniques they bought from their system, on other hand, he had to practice it on his own, the inheritance boundary is only responsible for giving him experiences and he had to put on effort if he wants to reach or even exceed the original owner mastery.
'Why am I so greedy? I'm already better than billions of people, I should be grateful!' Shinji hurriedly shook off these greedy thoughts from his mind.
After this series of purchases, Shinji finally returned to his sense and looked at the situation in the arena.
"Great Job, Gon now only one win and we can pass!" Leorio cheered loudly.
Just now Gon faced the skinny young man who proposed to play a game in which he and Gon choose a candle.
The one whose candle goes out first loses.
Although the skinny young man played tricks on the candles, he was still defeated by Gon who blow out his candle.
"Alright, it's my turn!" After both Shinji and Gon, it was the turn of Kurapika.
Shinji remembered that the person Kurapika will face is going to pretend he is from the phantom troupe, which will enrage Kurapika and result in stunning the fake spider with a strong punch.
This isn't what bothered him, if he remembered correctly because Kurapika didn't finish the opponent the result of the fight wasn't determined.
Shinji who wants to end this boring test quickly won't allow this to happen.
"Wait kurapika!" Shinji grabbed Kurapika from the shoulders.
This scene looks familiar.
"What's the problem Shinji?" Kurapika looked at Shinji calmly waiting for his words.
"I think you're not suitable for this fight." Shinji looked at Kurapika seriously, his eyes and tone were firm.
Although Kurapika was a little bit pissed by Shinji's move, out of trust for Shinji he decided to hear his reason.
"Why do you say this Shinji, do you mind explaining?"
"Well, how to say it…my intuition tells me that we will fall into a bad situation if you were the one to participate in this fight." Shinji pretended to be puzzled and said with some embarrassment on his face. He felt a little bit guilty for lying to his friend, but what he can do? Say I know the plot?
"Your intuition?" Kurapika looked at Shinji suspiciously, this answer didn't satisfy him.
But he also didn't want to waste time, so he nodded his head, still, he is a little bit dissatisfied with Shinji's words, anyone won't like being underestimated for no reason.
"What are you worried about Kurapika? Instead of putting ourselves in the possibility of falling into a bad situation, why not be on the safe side and send Killua instead?"
"Huh? Although I didn't like the way you said it, I have no objection." Killua was caught off guard when he was mentioned.
"Alright, I'll go!' with his hands in his pockets, he walked toward the arena slowly and calmly.
In The other side of the prisoners.
"Fool, this is the result of relying on cheap tricks, if you want to fool someone you have to sacrifice a bit." A prisoner wearing a hood covering his body only reveals blue hands and blue feet which don't look like what a normal human should have.
*click*
*bang*
The shackles on the man's hands released and fell to the ground, then he walked toward the arena.
"Just watch!"
The two stood in front of each other.
The prisoner took off his hood revealing the scary and hideous body underneath it.
"What!" Leorio was shocked by his appearance, how can this be a human, it's clearly a monster!
"WHOOAAAAAAAA" he screamed loudly trying to intimidate Killua.
Killua stared indifferently at the latter.
Seeing that his scream didn't achieve the effect he wanted, he moved to his next plan.
He laughed creepily and said while pointing at the heart symbols on his left chest.
"Look here! I have killed nineteen people, but it bugs me that nineteen is such an uneven number."
"He he he, I'm so glad I have gotten to meet number twenty! "
"Boring." Killua yawned boredlyfrom the performance of the clown in front of him.
"Just hurry and say how do you want to fight?" he impatiently looked at the bluish guy in front of him and asked.
'Eeh? Why this brat isn't scared yet!' the poor prisoner doesn't know who he is dealing with or else he will faint in his place.
'I will definitely let you die from fear!'
"I insist we have a death match, I won't accept some half-assed contest!"
'Now he must be scared…right?' he looked at Killua playfully waiting to see his scared face.
"Are you sure? I won't go easy on you, you will really die." Killua looked at this stupid clown with amazement, dare to play a death match with him, is he seeking death this much?
'Right, he must be afraid and now he is trying to make me change the contest…in your dream ha ha ha'
"I propose to fight until one of us surrender or die, no weapons are allowed. However, don't expect me to stop when you start begging mercy, I want to see blood, I want to hear your screams and agony, I want to see your face full of despair! How about it? Do you dare to accept!"
'Now he must be trembling from inside, no matter how much you tried to act though, you're just a kid after all!'
"No problem, let's begin now." Killua understood the person in front of him is one hundred percent a fool, so he didn't want to wast his saliva with him.
'Huh? Is he an idiot? We're fighting to the death! Show at least some hesitation!…wait! He should have been scared once he saw me! This is weird!'
The prisoner felt that something is off, The indifferent attitude of Killua isn't something a normal kid should have.
To be on the safe side he decided to leave a doorway for himself.
"I changed my mind, although I'm a criminal I still have my own bottom line, I can't make myself kill a kid like you, so we aren't allowed to fight to the death. But the one who surrenders first loses, how about it?" although this sentence destroyed the image he set before, just in case, he wants to leave a living door for himself in case the kid in front of him was just like the one before, could also transform into some kind of monsters.
"I understand, let's begin." Killua didn't care he just want the fight to start, he is going to end it instantly.
'Tsk! I just wanted to dig his heart now, I'm sure Gon and others will be surprised!'
Killua felt a little bit disappointed after he lost the opportunity to show off in front of his friends.
Little did the blue guy knows that his decision at the last moment saved his life.
"Die!" the prisoner jumped high in the sky, clenching his fist aiming to shoot Killua's head.
*bang*
The fist passed through Killua's afterimage and hit the ground.
"He made a hole in the floor with his bare fist!" Leorio was shocked by the strength of the prisoner.
'That was perfect!' the prisoner thought in his mind, his act just now was well done, in fact, this isn't his strength at all, he just relied on the steel implemented in his fist to achieve this destructive power.
"Now chose…"
I don't know when Killua appeared behind him like a ghost, his sharp nails were already on the neck of the prisoner who was immersed in his world.
'When!' the prisoner immediately returned to his sense, just when he was about to move, the sharp nails on his neck scratched him leaving a blood line on it.
He froze in his place not daring to make any move.
Killua released his killing intent and said calmly.
"One, I break every bone in your body until you give up."
"Two, you surrender on your own."
"I'll count to ten, if you didn't make a choice by then then I will consider you choosing option one."
"One…two…"
'This bastard…fortunately, I changed my mind at the last moment!'
The prisoner's back was soaked in sweat, he didn't dare to delay any longer.
"I chose one…no! I mean two! I surrender!" he wanted to slap his mouth for almost killing him.
"You know…I was thinking of digging your heart, but unfortunately, you changed the contest at the last moment, consider yourself lucky, the prison is better than losing your life."
Killua smiled and removed his hands from the prisoner's neck.
*ding*
The screen on the top of their heads changed from number 2 to number 3.
meanwhile, Kurapika saw the spider mark on the prisoner's back, and his eyes subconsciously turned red.
fortunately, Shinji was prepared, he stood in front of him and said.
"Kurapika, that thing isn't real, it's just a counterfeit, save your anger and resentment to the real ones, understood?"
Shinji understood how much hatred Kurapika held toward the phantom troupe, I'm afraid if his anger turned into fire then it can swallow the world!
Shinji who lost his parents because of evildoers also held hatred toward them, but his grudge can't compare to the one of kurapika.
hearing Shinji's words, Kurapika seems to realize something and starts muttering to himself.
"right, my anger and hatred can be only directed toward those bastards, I can't waste my anger on unnecessary things!"
with a clear goal, Kurapika regained his sense, he looked at Shinji and smiled.
" thank you."
"We are friends, I promise I will help you vent your anger!"
Killing the phantom troupe must bring him a lot of soul points, right?
this idea appeared in Shinji's mind a long time ago, he doesn't mind helping his friend get his revenge, at the same time earning soul points by the way.
who knows, will Shinji really kill the phantom troupe in the future or not is something the author himself doesn't know.
…
Lippo, the third phase examiner looked at the scene on the screen with shock, the speed of Killua surprised him, then he starts laughing.
"This year's applicants are really interesting!"
Then he opened the mic.
"Congratulation gentlemen, you have scored 3 points which means you can pass the next test."
…
The prisoners were escorted back by the prison guards, and the five of Shinji successfully reached the other side of the arena.
Then after passing through countless routes and surviving countless deadly traps they finally reached a room.
"Please chose O to open the door, Chose X not open the door"
Five Os appeared instantly on the screen.
The door opened, The room was filled with all kinds of weapons.
upon entering they saw two doors next to each other, one had an O mark on it, the other had an X mark on it.
The screen was between the two doors written on it:
"This will be the last decision made by the majority rule. Are you ready, chose O or X"
"We are born ready, right guys?" Shinji looked at them, the four nodded their heads.
The five of them chose O.
Then a voice came from the speakers.
"Please select a path, there are two choices."
"One path allows five people to pass, but it's long and difficult."
"The other path allows only three people to pass, but is short and easy."
"By the way, the long path requires a minimum of forty-five hours to reach the base, while the short one requires at most three minutes."
"Press O for the long and difficult path."
"Press X for the short and easy path."
"If X is selected, two people must be secured to the wall with handcuffs, before the door will open."
Then the voice disappeared.
"It seems we can only accompany you here." Killua after hearing these words understood their help to leorio and kurapika may end here, which made him a little bit disappointed.
"Since the three of us already became hunters, then Leorio and kurapika definitely should be chosen to take the short and easy path, but who should accompany them?" Gon with his hand below his chin was thinking loudly.
"Don't worry guys I have a solution!" Shinji smiled mysteriously.
"didn't you hear what that person said, the long path will take at least forty-five hours! And only three people can take the short path, so let's make Leorio and Kurapika and one of us accompany them to the end, so they will save both energy and time."
"Don't worry, I don't intend to take the long path" Shinji shook his head, he intend to steal the way of Gon in the original.
"First we will choose O for the long and difficult path, then once the door opened we will use the weapons here to destroy the wall and enter the short and easy path."
Hearing Shinji's words the four of them were dumbfounded.
"Right! How I didn't think about it!" Kurapika slapped his head for not thinking this way, then he and the others become excited.
"Good idea Shinji, let's do it now!" Leorio rolled up his sieves and went to pick an axe.
Killua and Gon also smiled, it seems they don't need to separate, at least for now.
Then the five of them immediately implemented the plan, all of them chose O then the gate opened.
Shinji transformed into his beast form then took a mace, and each one took a suitable weapon.
*bang*
*bang*
*bang*
*bang*
*bang*
They directly start destroying the thick wall.
…
Inside a huge round room, which is filled with dozens of doors.
This is the base of the trick tower.
The room is deadly silent, obviously, no applicants had managed to reach it for now.
*rumble*
Suddenly one of the doors opened.
"It seems we are the first ones to come." Shinji and others behind him entered, he noticed the empty room and realized they were the first ones to reach the base of Trick tower.
"Shinji Kuroda Number 206 is the first to pass."
"Killua number 99 is the second to pass."
"Gon number 405 is the third to pass."
"Kurapika number 405 is the fourth to pass."
"Leorio number 403 is the fifth to pass."
"Total time four hours and fifty-five minutes."
"Don't tell me we have to wait for three days here!" Killua looked at this empty room and felt despair, they will die of boredom here!
"I'm exhausted, my hands are still tingling from pain!" Leorio collapsed on the ground, the process of destroying the wall was really painful for him.
"I just hope they will give us something to eat, I'm starving to death!" Shinji needs something to eat in order to replenish his physical strength.
"There is really nothing here." Gon was disappointed, he didn't think that the base of the tower will be this boring.
"Right, if I know it will be like this we should take the long path instead." Killua also nodded in disappointment.
"This is a prison after all." Kurapika chuckled at their behavior, what fun do they expect to see in this prison?
but it seems that reality wants to slap him.
Suddenly, a wall next to them opened, and a long food trolley came from it.
"Food!"
Without caring about their appearance they rushed toward the food.
"Delicious!"
"Not bad, I didn't expect the prison's food would be like this."
"This must be only for us, hunter exam applicants who passed this test."
"Right it's our reward, it would be even good if they mind giving us something to pass time, a TV or JoyStation consoles, or even books!" Shinji like Killua and Gon, whenever he thinks they will stay there for three days he can help but feel suffocated, he hates boredom.
Inside the surveillance room, hearing the words of Shinji, Lippo smiled then he clicked on a certain button.
Then he said in the Mic to the group of Shinji.
"Gentlemen, I hope these will entertain you for the following days, Consider this as your reward for being the first to reach the base, goodbye!"
"Huh?" The five of them were surprised to hear the voice of the examiner Lippo again, then before they react, another wall opened, and inside it was a Joy station console, with Group of CDs of different games, then there was a TV and few books besides it.
The five of them hurried took them from the wall and starts setting them up, fortunately there were ports on the walls were they can get electricity.
"Mr. Examiner thank you very much!" Shinji waved at the camera excitedly, he was grateful to Lippo for giving them these things to pass time.
Gon and Killua already set up everything quickly and inserted a CD ready to play.
"Traitors why you didn't wait me!" Shinji's eyes almost came out.
"You were so slow, just wait until one of us lose then you can replace him, while the winer can continue playing as he wants, how about it?" Killua proposed the rules on them.
"Good! But what game you intend to play?" Shinji nodded his head, he felt this suggestion is reasonable.
"This is a soccer game I used to play back, just like real football match, you have to score more goals than your opponent before the time of the match end."
"Since you used to play it, wouldn't that be unfair?" Gon who didn't play much video games in his childhood protested.
"Don't worry I'll teach you quickly how to play it, it's easy." Killua tried to comfort him.
"Hurry and start." Shinji from the side can't wait for his turn, he remembered his childhood in his past life where he go to Internet cafe with his friends to play video games, those were the only good memories he had from his childhood.
Kurapika on the other hand took some books and leaned on the wall and start reading, while Leorio was watching TV.
The gloomy and empty room start radiating a warm atmosphere.
Two hours later.
*rumble*
The opening of the gate attracted their attentions.
They looked curiously waiting to see the coming one
The sound of footsteps getting near reached their ears.
a person appeared in their sight.
Seeing the figure in front of the gate, the four of Killua, Leori, Gon and Kurapika became tense. While Shinji just glanced at him casually then turned back seizing the opportunity to score goals
"Hmm? It seems I'm not the first one to pass." Seeing the five of Shinji in the room he was slightly surprised.
"Hisoka, Number 44 is the sixth to pass, total time: six hours and thirty minutes."
Hisoka entered the room, he walked directly toward the group of Shinji.
Seeing Hisoka coming toward them, they become even more nervous.
They stood up ready to respond in case Hisoka attacked them.
Feeling the tense atmosphere, Hisoka chuckled.
Before Hisoka Reaches them, Killua shouted.
"Stop! We will attack you if you dare to get closer!"
Killua's forehead is already filed with sweat, this sentence used all his courage to say it.
In front of Hisoka he had no chance to win at all, that oppressing feeling, that intimidating aura always gave him the same feeling of his elder brother.
suddenly Hisoka disappeared.
he appeared directly next to Shinji.
the four of Killua and others' eyes opened wide, they weren't able to react at all!
what does Hisoka intend to do?