A girl about 7 years bumped into him.
Her body was blemished like she had been staving for a while.
Bumping into neto caused her to fall backwards while knocking his phone onto the floor.
While picking up his phone, a voice was heard.
"Mimi, don't go running around. Come back, it's play time."
The man who spoke didn't seem all bad, but the girls reaction was incredibly off.
She seemed extremely scared.
Confused at this altercation, neto didn't really pay attention to what was going on.
Taking out a doughnut from his bag, he squatted in front of the girl and asked while tilting his head.
"Want a doughnut ? It's fresh..."
It was a stalemate. Everyone stood still for some reason.
Neto just stared at the girl. To him, it seemed the child was hungry.
The man seemed to be in fear of something if he was to act.
Mimi was also confused ,this man didn't even know what was happening, he seemed .....normal.
Although this could be her chance to escape, she didn't want this man to be in trouble.
So she picked up the doughnut from his hand and said, "Thank you, sir."
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'Hm ,what was that about?'
Finding the hotel called Reflection Suites, he got a room at the cost of 50 credits per 24 hours.
Settling in, he began to arrange himself.
Then his surroundings began to darken, and shadows began to surround him .
He stared into the abyss of his mind and asked with a blank face.
"What do you guys want?"
_Wouldn't it be fun to kill a few people ?_
_Yes, let's add more to the family _
_come on, there are many people in this building a few would be fine_
'Shut it'
Shadows talk to him constantly. It was like some kind of ledge that holds him at the edge of both sanity and insanity.
They were like voices in his subconscious they couldn't affect him physically, but they brought insane ideas.
At times, he wouldn't be able to separate the voices from his own thoughts and would fall into scattered confusion.
They began forming after that beast killed his entire class.
He took a bath to calm his head and began thinking.
'They'll be coming for me soon. I'll need to be strong enough to protect myself.'
But the only way to leave the city and hunt beasts is with an approved registered hunter's card.
The only way to get them before was by going through the hunter's training.
Built to forge hunters of the next generations....so they say.
It was mainly to test the students' strength , most 15-16 year olds intended to be hunters and could get themselves killed easily.
Neto was thinking of going for the training, considering he was of age, but he had no idea where it was .
There were only plenty of outlets of such place in every country considering the small number of countries remaining.
He planned on finding out where it was and going there .
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It had been two days since he entered this city , and he proceeded to get many things done.
He did an ID card with the help of lencho,entering a training ground without one was impossible.
He also got a haircut .
Considering he spent about a month out there, his hair became a bit unkempt.
He asked about the training ground and found out it was in the state he was in but not the city.
He'd have to take a bullet train to get to the city in about 10 mins .
In luck, he was in time for their yearly acceptance like others.
The lowest age was 15, and the oldest was 20
He planned on going there today.
He called lencho to tell him that he planned on entering, which in turn got questions that asked if he could help in any way.
He's 'system' as he presumed to call it seemed really helpful.
He could easily keep things in the inventory ,he hadn't checked for weapons, but considering he could store his phone, it wasn't farfetched.
He got some wireless head gear to listen to his phone even in a noisy area,one of which was the size of a pea, which could enter his ears easily, and the other was really big.
He bought some clothes as well as shoes or snickers as they were called , he merely told the salesman to pick for him and the man did with utmost precision.
With everything needed packed in a newly bought bag, he headed for the training empty-handed ,all stored in his inventory, taking about [5/10]
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The training zone was really big, and today was the last registration day.
He just had to pay a fee of 5,000 credits to get the form.
It was expensive, yes ,but at the cost of growing children into hunters.
After filling it he had stay in the waiting room until the registration was completed.
The total number of applicants was about 1000 while the acceptance rate was 200.
About 20% passing percentage.
In the room he was in, though, it didn't feel like they were up to 100.
Then the door opened, paving the way for them to join others in a crowd of people .coming out, one could see 10 other doors along the row, and forward was a tunnel with light in the front.
They were all given bracelets to give info ,but having something against bracelets, he didn't wear his own he merely held it in his hand.
A hologram popped up
[Target :Reach the finish line within 10 mins.
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'Ten mins? If it isn't too far, this should be easy.'
The moment they got the alert, most began running immediately.
He was among the few still thinking.
Taking out his mask, he wore it, hopped thrice while stretching before picking up pace.
Reinforcing his legs, his speed became so fast that he reached the others in a few seconds.
But there was still a problem. There were many people, and he couldn't just fly or run through them.
Those who had abilities related to flying took to the skies.
Since he couldn't fly, he reinforced he legs more and began running across the wall.
He wasn't breaking any sound barriers or running faster than gravity ,he merely strengthened his legs so each step crushed into the wall, giving him a wedge .
After running past the crowd, he began running normally.
<07:47>
Remaining 7+ mins .
Most had begun using innate abilities to get faster ,it was a good idea, considering they had no idea how far ahead it was.
But neto had no innate ability of such to use, so he merely powered his legs with flames, making him faster.
In about 3 mins, he reached the end ,not the first but among the first twenty.