Capítulo 11: Reaching The Tops
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"Talking"
'Thinking'
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"So, he's the one you two were talking about?"
"Yeah. He's really strong too!"
"I can tell..." The voice of a male who had black unkempt hair along with a pair of spectacles over his eyes. The male was wearing a light pink button-up shirt along with a pair of charcoal black pants, as well as having on white shoes. His shirt also appeared to be hanging out from his pants on the right side. "He's made it to the two-hundredth floor?"
"Not only him, his entire group already has."
Killua was the person that had responded as both he along with Gon were seen watching the TV screen along with the older male that had spoken not too long ago along with another male who appeared to be around the age of eight or so. They were observing as Hyuto had just sent another contestant flying across the entire building with a single flick of his finger.
The two that were with them were none other than Wing and Zushi, two people they had met while climbing up the floors in the tower. Zushi being one of the other contestants and was also the student of Wing. Zushi had proven to be quite the formidable opponent as he had defeated a number of his opponents with ease.
"Amazing, with just a flick..." Zushi had muttered in awe as he stared at the screen. He had witnessed how powerful both Gon and Killua were, having also faced Killua head-on in the ring before as well. However, he wasn't even sure if even both of them could simply flick such a large opponent off the stage.
He wasn't sure if Killua had gone all out against him, but he could tell Killua was insanely strong, Gon being very strong himself as well. But, just how strong was this Hyuto guy?
Hyuto and his group had risen through the floors at a much faster rate then they were, and they had only recently arrived up to the one-hundredth floor and had gotten their rooms assigned to them. Though, in the time that they managed to do that, Hyuto and his group had all already climbed their way up to the two-hundredth.
It was an incredible feat.
'Is that Nen?' Wing was thinking to himself as his eyes narrowed slightly. 'No... it's similar, but what is it that I'm missing here...?'
Wing was currently using a technique known as GYO to stare at the screen as he could see a peculiar aura wrapped around Hyuto's body, and it was unlike anything he had ever seen. The aura wrapped around Hyuto was extremely thin but incredibly dense. Though, there was something else... He just couldn't see what it was.
"Huh? Master?"
Zushi muttered in confusion as he had turned around, only to noticed that Wing was nowhere in sight. Killua and Gon had also turned around as well to find that Wing was indeed gone, and nowhere to be found within the people standing around them.
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Hyuto had just finished his match as he was now walking back to where his friends had said they were going to be meeting up to proceed to the next floor. As they had progressively made their way up the tower, the power he had sensed at the top was getting more and more clear for him as he had a good idea what the type of power the people of this world were utilising.
'Perhaps it would be best for Aya and Lux to sit this one out, Warrod should be fine...' Hyuto thought to himself. He could feel that the people above were much more powerful compared to Aya and Lux, Warrod should be fine since his magic capabilities gave him an incredible boost. Willa was more than fine since she was obviously the second strongest out of them.
Hyuto could sense that she had enough power to definitely destroy a galaxy quite easily if she so wished, so he had assumed she must come from an existence with quite a number of powerful individuals.
"You can come out now." Hyuto stopped walking as he had demanded in a calm yet threatening tone. Hyuto turned his head slightly to the side towards a hallway a bit up ahead. He had sensed a figure watching him for about two or so minutes now, and he just left it since he wasn't exactly threatened. Though, it started getting to him. "You can't hide."
It didn't take long before a figure of a male suddenly walked out from the hallway, now having turned to face Hyuto as a few meters were between them. The person that had walked out was none other than Wing himself, the man staring at Hyuto with his usual calm expression, though there was a sign of nervousness.
"Do you need something?"
"O-Oh, my apologies. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Wing." Wing had introduced himself with a slight stutter as he realised he had been silently looking at Hyuto for a few seconds. The boy's aura was truly a spectacle to behold. It was extremely thin yet insanely dense. 'His aura... it may not look like much, but the feeling I'm getting is just...'
"Hyuto. Once again, do you need something from me?"
"It's nothing much, I was just passing by. That's all."
'Talk about lying out your ass... This guy probably came to scope me out.' Hyuto snorted internally as he heard this response. He could easily see that Wing was lying. Only an idiot wouldn't be able to tell. Hyuto could also feel that this guy had the same power radiating off of him like those above. 'No questions about it now. This guy, along with the others, are definitely manipulating their life energy.'
What Hyuto was referring to was the ability for people to manipulate their life energy, basically the energy they have to live as well as go about their everyday lives and how they perform their actions. This world seems to have been able to manipulate that power to some extent. He had encountered a number of people who manipulated their life force before, some far stronger than others.
This guy, Wing, didn't compare to any of them.
'I couldn't feel it since I was merely observing from the screen, but now...' Wing thought to himself as he gulped down a lump in his throat. He could feel a small pressure radiating off of Hyuto, though he could tell it was restrained greatly. Though, Wing soon widened his eyes ever so slightly. 'Did he just utilise ZETSU... or was it IN? I can't see or sense it anymore...'
'Ah~, so he COULD see my energy unlike civilians and other fighters. Good to know.' Hyuto took the chance right now to gather as much information as he could, directly or not. Just by hiding his energy away from view, he had gained a reaction from Wing, meaning the dude could definitely see and/or sense his power. Though, he was sure Wing could see his energy since Wing only reacted more when he hid it away, not sealed it off.
There was no reason back in his own world for people to hide away their energy from view, it was just an unnecessary practice. Only people who wanted to sneak around ever did that, though there wasn't very much reason to at this point in time anymore.
"Since you have no business with me, I shall take my leave."
"I-I see, then I wish you the best of luck."
Hyuto didn't respond as he just walked past Wing, though he did send a quick glance up at the older male before continuing. Wing looked back and watched silently as Hyuto walked off calmly, he couldn't hold back a shiver either as he had sweat running down his face. It wasn't even more than two minutes with Hyuto that he started feeling extremely nervous.
The boy's expressions didn't give anything away, everything was hidden so well. He couldn't even feel or see the energy around Hyuto anymore, he felt like any other normal civilian.
'He was using his aura, no doubt... but, is that really all there is to it?'
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"Their life energy?"
"Yeah. That's why I probably won't be having you and Aya fighting on this floor."
"A-Are they that powerful?"
"For you and Lux, yes. You won't last long even with your training."
"Interesting. So, instead of magic, they utilise their own life force!" Warrod voiced in interest as he rubbed his chin underneath the cloak that he had been wearing. It was truly an interesting concept for the wizard. As all his life he had known for incredible abilities to be fueled by magic, but from what he had heard from Hyuto, this world had no such thing.
Hyuto and the others were in the elevator going up to the two-hundredth floor as he had taken the liberty to explain what he had learned about this world and its powers. He didn't have a full understanding of what level of manipulation they were capable of or their versatility, but he did inform his group of what he did know.
Which wasn't much honestly.
He knew how versatile life force manipulation could be, he knew first hand, though he didn't know how versatile this world's form of manipulation was, nor how powerful they may be. Though, from what he was sensing above, it wasn't much really in his opinion.
"Seems like we're here."
Willa voiced calmly as the elevator soon displayed the fact that they had now reached the two-hundredth floor, which didn't take long as the elevator was actually quite fast indeed. As soon as they arrived, Warrod, Aya and Lux suddenly felt nervous as they had this sudden sensation run over them about the floor.
The only ones unaffected were Hyuto and Willa.
As the elevator doors opened, the five of them soon stepped out. Though, they were all surprised when a sudden dinging sound was heard through their heads as they soon watched as a familiar screen soon appeared right in front of all of their eyes.
{Omniversal Chat Group Quest} - {Completed}
{Task: Reach Floor 200 Of Heaven's Arena}
{World Destination: Hunter x Hunter}
{No. Participants: All Chat Group Members}
{Quest Difficulty Rating: E}
{Reward: 200 Tokens, 1 Gift Box}
{For having successfully completed the quest, the store has been updated and rewards have been allocated to all chat group member. All Chat Group Members will be teleported back to their original worlds and time will resume from the time members had left when all members agree to leave. Otherwise, all members will automatically be forced back within ten days.}
"Ah~, that makes sense. The quest said for us to only reach the two-hundredth floor, not that we needed to fight on it." Hyuto voiced in understanding as they were all reading the information that was being displayed to them all. "I say that we should all spend the remaining days we have here, might as well. Any disagreements?"
"None here."
"I don't mind."
All of the members started giving their opinions, none of them really minded spending the next ten days here. Might as well experience what they can before they are forced to return back to their own worlds. Hyuto would be lying if he wasn't curious about this floor. He had a feeling he wouldn't get much of a challenge, but maybe he'll witness something interesting.
"By the way, what with the store being updated?" Willa wondered curiously as the rest of them soon thought the same. They all brought up the shop menu within the chat group, and they were rather surprised with what they saw. The items that were available for purchase had increased, no by a lot, but increased wither way.
The available items previously were very limited as not much was available to them, they had to seemingly unlock access to them in some way. That appeared to be through completing quests if they were to base it on the quest that they had just finished.
{Nen: The technique that allows a living being to use and manipulate their own life energy, otherwise known as one's aura. [World of Origin: Hunter x Hunter] [Cost: 600 Tokens]}
{Nen Manual: The guide to learning the basic fundamentals of the use of Nen along with teachings of the advanced techniques. [World of Origin: Hunter x Hunter] [Cost: 100 Tokens]}
"I see, this world refers to their ability to manipulate their life force as Nen, huh?" Hyuto voiced with interest as they had all read the info provided to them about the two new items. It seemed that also since the quest they completed was in this Hunter x Hunter word, then the store unlocked items tailored towards that world. 'Though, a bit useless for me...'
The reason being that Nen was just manipulating one's life force, which Hyuto had been technically doing for many years now. He utilised pure divine power, and life force energy was just a very small fraction of what creates divine energy, so he had already technically had the ability to for a long time now. So, buying Nen would just be a waste.
However, the manual could come in handy.
He didn't mind adding some more abilities into his arsenal, they could come in handy in the future if Nen can provide him with anything that may be significant for him.
Though, there was one particular issue involving it. He wasn't sure if Nen specifically was a form of manipulation of life energy that he was able to utilise since it was a concept seemingly formed from this particular existence, whether or not he can use it is in the dark really. He'll figure it out some other time though.
"Since you all started off with four hundred tokens already upon entering the chat, you should have six-hundred now since we finished the quest. You guys might want to think about buying this Nen technique, especially Lux and Aya. You two could really benefit." From what Hyuto knew of manipulation life force, it is a method that can very well help someone surpass human limitation.
"Sounds like a plan."
"Right...!" Lux and Aya both agreed. They had quickly both purchased the technique, though they didn't feel different at all. They just looked at their bodies in a confused manner as the other three just stared at them. "Wh-Why isn't anything happening?"
"Well, the store did also provide a manual for one hundred tokens, no? I don't believe you will be able to utilise that power without learning how to first, so that must be what the manual is for." Warrod suggested. "The purchase you both made was probably to just grant you both the ability to utilise this world's form of power." "
You guys probably didn't have the ability to use this Nen even if you have life energy like any other person and since you don't exist from this multiverse, so the store is probably just giving you the chance to.." Hyuto agreed with Warrod as both of them nodded their heads in understanding. "Well, we'll worry about that at some other point. Anyone not want to fight?"
"I shall pass on this one." Warrod voiced. "I would like to observe preferably."
"That's fine." Hyuto nodded. He then looked towards Aya. "Why don't you go and buy a ticket to spectate out fights as well. You don't know how to use your life force yet, so it would be best if you sit this one out as well. Lux should be fine since he has his drag-ride to help him in his fights. So, he should be okay."
"R-Right..."
With that, Hyuto, Lux and Willa watched as both Warrod and Aya walked off into the other direction as the three of them began making their way towards where they could sign up for their battles. It was soon going to be time for them to see what these fighters on the two-hundredth floor could do!
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