章 33: Chapter 33 : Learning X Nen X Hatsu

One month later, the Giants the island.

*BOOM*

The sound of a huge impact resounded through the forest, scaring the birds and crows to fly away.

A huge black bear that seems five meters tall with its eyes wide open has a fist-sized hole in its chest, revealing the destroyed heart and other organs.

The huge black bear was held up by a small thing, like an ant.

That small thing is none other than Shinji.

He was shirtless, wearing nothing on his upper body other than the heavy tank-top, his lean and defined arms muscles were clearly bigger than before. his thick and strong legs exuded an explosive feeling. his pale white skin had become a healthy tanned one, showcasing endless vitality and vigor. all in all, Shinji in this one month was reborn!

Everyday he will wake up at dawn, prepare breakfast for his master, then do a series of exercises like push-ups, pull-ups, squats, running, etc., then go hunt for lunch and dinner, fetch water from the lake, and play hide and seek with giant monsters, all of this while wearing the heavy loads.

Then have a fighting season with Netero to teach him combat skills, but in fact it was just Shinji receiving the ruthless beating of Netero.

According to the words of Netero, how can you beat others if you haven't experienced being beaten?

Shinji was miserable, but the results were really good. His body developed a thousands time weakened version of the ultra instinct from all these beatings. sure enough, the fight with grandmasters like Netero will only be beneficial to him.

It should also be mentioned that his weights were changed from carrying just 20 kg at the start to now carrying one ton on his body.

His fragile body was already gone, now he is a veritable little superman with a fist strength of two tons!

And if he uses his leopard devil fruit, his strength will double, and coupled with other factors, his ultimate destructive power may exceed six tons!

His all-around body capabilities experienced a leap of faith!

He can't reach such a result without the help of Netero's special potions, the high-end nutrition of the beasts on Giants Island, the strict training of Netero, and most importantly, the body-training talent of Rob Lucci!

That's right, he already collected enough soul points from the daily killing of beasts on this island to exchange Rob Lucci's body talent and also the remaining three navy six styles, namely iron body, paper arts, and moon walk. Besides the finger pistol, tempest kick, and shave, he now had all the navy six styles.

Of course he didn't neglect practicing them, and although the progress wasn't that great due to the lack of time, especially techniques like shave and moon walk, he is still unable to perform these two skills, but the other four, finger pistole, tempest kick, iron body, and paper arts, he managed to use, but he is still at the beginner level of proficiency.

The reason behind this slow progress is like he said, that he doesn't have enough time and energy to spend on it. He can learn techniques quickly, and his martial art talent in this life is very high, so as long as he has at least six months, he is sure to practice these techniques to their peak!

Besides that, he also plans to redeem the skill life return and the observation Haki. Since life return is worth 5000 soul points and the observation Haki is worth 1000 soul points, a total of 6000 soul points is needed.

As long as he kills a few beasts on this giant island, he will gather it in a day or two. Shinji discovered that the giant monsters on this island had more soul points than the average ones, this is a treasure trove of soul points that awaits him to dig, but killing a life for no valid reason isn't his style. He needs a justifiable reason before he can kill them so that his conscience will be peaceful.

All the points he collected were from beasts he killed to eat or those who attacked him, the soul points he earned were just a by-product. He is trying very hard to keep it Halal!

He still can't overcome the mental barrier of killing beasts for the sake of soul points, even in the beginning, all those pigs he killed in the hunter exam were because he knew they were going to get killed by other examiners and get roasted, so as long as there is a good enough reason, he won't mind killing even if it was a human.

Shinji knows clearly those are just excuses to make his conscience peaceful, killing is in the end killing. There is no need to hide this fact with any excuses.

Throwing away these thoughts, Shinji took the prey for today's dinner, and his face was filled with expectation.

"Today is the long-awaited day, I'm finally going to open my holes!" the holes here refer to the Aura nodes you little pervert.

With a smile from ear to ear, Shinji hurried back to the base.

…

*bang*

Shinji threw the huge bear corpse aside and looked at Netero, who was basking in the sun like usual.

Netero, who was reading a book, glanced at the corpse of the bear and nodded with satisfaction.

"Thanks for your work, Shinji-kun, It seems we will have a good feast today."

"Sensei…" Shinji started at Netero with his fiery eyes.

He can't wait to let Netero open his 'Holes'. (only the rainbow clan will think of something pervert.)

Seeing Shinji's expression, Netero immediately understood his intention.

He stood from his chair and said, "Well, your progress In this month was astonishing, you already exceeded my requirements, so... Let's start the initiation!"

"Yes!!" Shinji screamed with excitement, only a few moments separate him from steeping into the world of Nen!

"First adjust your mentality, you need to be extremely calm for the initiation, or else you won't be able to control the escaping aura." Seeing Shinji's excitement, Netero warned Shinji and advised him to calm down.

Shinji nodded his head with a serious expression and sat cross-legged. He started taking long breaths to calm his mood and throw away distracting thoughts.

Netero came behind Shinji and extended his right palm.

"I'll channel a little bit of my aura into your body, the moment your aura escaped, be sure to stay calm and try to pull it back and let it surround your body. Imagine yourself wearing an invisible armor or something alike, this will help you retain your aura."

Netero gave his last advice to Shinji and released a pure-white aura from his palm that hit Shinji's back.

"Ahhh Yamete Kudasai!"

The moment the aura touched Shinji's back, he opened his eyes wide.

He felt as if he had been struck by a heavy hammer on his back, it was so sudden that he was caught off guard.

That was natural, after all, ordinary people are like paper in front of Nen users. The little bit of contact will cause a severe injury to them because they can't manipulate their aura to protect themselves from the attacks.

That's why Netero insisted on physical training first.

"Shinji-kun, calm down and focus." Netero reminded Shinji, and he was ready to intervene if the situation became bad.

Someone at his level of mastery over aura can close the aura nodes of Shinji easily if he wants, so he isn't afraid that something bad will happen. After all, the training he gave Shinji wasn't for nothing.

Shinji ignored the pain he felt and looked at his body, which seemed to be exuding a thick white vapor.

"This is my aura!"

The first time seeing the aura, Shinji was without doubt excited. Only God knows how much he longed for this kind of supernatural thing in his previous world, he remembered spending hours to see his body aura, create an aura ball, or even try the water divination method to see his Nen's department.

Shinji shook his head and kicked that black history out of his mind.

He closed his eyes and breathed slowly, soon, his mind became empty, and he entered that special state.

He discovered in the previous month that whenever he is exhausted or practicing meditation, his consciousness will enter a very magical state of forgetting everything—pain and fatigue, negative emotions—all of which disappear.

At the same time, his energy will recover faster than usual, and his perception will soar. Although he is closing his eyes, he can still feel his surroundings, he can feel the ants walking beneath him, the birds flying above him, and the movement of the air around him. It's similar to the divine sense in xianxia novels he used to read, where the cultivators only need to use their conscious to explore the area and things around them.

Shinji had a hunch that that magical state must be related to the inheritance boundary.

What Shinji doesn't know is that of the soul energy he gets when he kills living creatures, some of it will be absorbed by his soul, leading to the slow improvement of his soul force. The increase in perception is only one of the many benefits a strong soul will bring to him, there are more miraculous effects waiting to be uncovered.

Shinji imagined the aura escaping from his body turning into a full body armor covering all his body with no dead ends.

He kept on visualizing the picture of an invisible armor, and the aura that was leaking seemed to be influenced by these thoughts.

'One, two…nine, Te—ehh?' Netero looked at the dissipating aura of Shinji and started counting in his heart, as long as Shinji exceeded five minutes, he would close his aura nodes forcibly.

Suddenly Netero stopped his counting and opened his mouth wide, his eyes, for the first time, showed a strong surprise.

The aura that was leaking continuously seemed to receive an order and start returning, surrounding Shinji's body tightly.

Netero was caught off guard by this scene.

Within his expectations, Shinji may be able to keep his aura for five minutes at the most, or even faster at three minutes.

"In just ten seconds! am I witnessing the birth of a monster?" Netero clearly knows what this feat means. To be able to use the technique "Ten," which involves keeping the aura surrounding the body after only ten seconds of the initiation, fully shows the incredible aura control and perception Shinji had.

This is simply a monster level of control over Aura!

"Ahem, you can open your eyes, Shinji-kun." Netero cleared his throat and calmed his mood, then he woke up Shinji.

This distribution let Shinji leave the magical state. He opened his eyes and glanced at his hands.

He can vaguely see the outline of a white mist covering his arms and other parts of his body.

Unlike the previous time when all his aura nodes were opened and he could see the aura clearly, this time he only seems to be able to see a vague outline of the aura.

He remembered that in the anime they use a certain technique that allows them to condense Nen on their eyes to see the aura.

He tried to do it, but the protective armor that he had shaped was about to collapse and return to its previous state, so he stopped.

"It seems I can't do two things at the same time."

Seeing Shinji open his eyes, Netero said, "You have surprised me again, Shinji-kun."

"You managed to stop the aura from leaking and shroud it around your body in ten seconds, this is an incredible feat, and you deserve the praise."

"Ten seconds? Really!"

"I didn't expect that I'm a genius nen user, ha ha ha!" Shinji was excited, he didn't expect he would be this great, after all, he always thought that he was inferior to Gon and Killua in terms of pure talent, but it seems now that even Gon and Killua, who are one in ten million talents, are inferior to him!

'Wait… talent! Could it be that the talent of Rob Luci body training also improved my other talents?

Shinji thought about this guess and felt there must be some sort of connection, although the description of the Body Training talent said that it only acts on the body, which made him question if it had anything to do with Nen.

Shinji put this question in the back of his mind, he doesn't have time for this kind of problem now.

Netero looked at the contemplating and excited Shinji, he waited until he stabilized his mood and said.

"Now you have officially entered the world of Nen, but let me tell you that the road is still very long and filled with difficulty. Don't be too proud. arrogance and blind confidence are your enemies. Be sure to maintain a humble attitude in your journey of seeking more power!"

Netero said like a wise old man—oh, right, he is already an old man.

Shinji nodded and kept these words in his heart. He looked at Netero with a serious face and said, "Don't worry master, I know my place. I'm just a rookie Nen user right now. I still have a lot to learn before I can be qualified to be a real strong Nen user!"

"Good, I'll make sure to teach you all my knowledge about Nen!" Netero nodded with approval toward Shinji's words, he could feel his sincerity and firmness in what he said.

"Now let me tell you about the four major principles of Nen, which are the prerequisite to even using it."

"The four major principles of Nen?" Shinji repeated, A long time had passed since he watched Hunter x Hunter, he forgot a lot of things, only some general ideas about the plot remained; and some important fights like the fight of Netero against Meruem and Pitou against Gon, as for other details like the principles of Nen and other things, he only had a vague memory about them.

So he paid attention to Netero's next words, not wanting to miss any information.

"The four major principles of Nen are: Ten, Zetsu, Ren, and Hatsu!"

Netero extended his index finger and said, "Let's begin with the first one, Ten!"

"Ten is what you're currently doing, making the aura flow around your body and preventing it from escaping." He pointed at Shinji and said.

"This technique can be said to be what distinguishes Nen users from ordinary people, and it's also the most basic defense against Nen attacks in battle, you must always ensure that your body is shrouded in Ten or else you will die!"

While explaining, he also gave an advice and a warning to Shinji.

What Netero didn't say is that some Nen users proficient in Aura manipulation can let their aura flow like ordinary people to hide their Nen user identity.

Shinji nodded his head like a chicken.

"Also, one of the benefits of maintaining Ten is reducing the aging process." Netero added.

"How much does it reduce the aging process?" Shinji can't help but ask.

He is now a half immortal, he can't die by ordinary means, but aging or lifespan, which he thinks maybe isn't included, maybe he will be reset to his youth? Who knows, but to be on the safe side, he wants to see if there is any way to prolong his lifespan.

"Well, it depends, according to your mastery over Ten and the amount of life energy in your body, whether you are in constant Nen battles, etc., but generally, Nen users can live till 100 and still be in good shape!" Although the question was abrupt, Netero still fulfilled Shinji's curiosity.

"I see." Shinji nodded, but in his heart he was thinking that one hundred years seems very small; he wants to live for thousands of years, tens of thousands of years, one hundred thousand years, or even millions of years!

"The second technique, Zetsu, prevents the aura from flowing out and contains it inside the body, shutting off the user's aura nodes and making him undetectable to other Nen users, it can also make him more sensitive to the aura of others and can be used to relieve fatigue."

'This is somehow similar to that magical state, but I believe they are essentially different!' Shinji thought in his mind about that wonderful magical state.

"The third technique is 'Ren'." Netero pulls the absent-minded Shinji and starts introducing the third technique.

"Ren means "refine" or "enhance," and it focuses on expanding one's aura explosively. This is mainly used as an offensive technique, as it provides a larger amount of aura to work with."

"This skill can also be considered an exercise since using it can help refine the aura, increase the time spent keeping the aura flowing, and even increase the actual aura power."

"Ren can also be used to emit your feelings; this is more commonly used when the nen user wants to express their malicious aura, because it can paralyze or, if the aura is strong enough, harm someone."

"Sometimes the strong only need to use Ren mixed with some blood lust to defeat you in an instant!"

"Sensei, I have a question. What does actual aura power means?" Shinji raised his hand and asked, he noticed Netero using this strange word just now and can't help but to get curious.

"Good question." Netero nodded with approval and responded, "Actual aura power is the amount of aura you can use in your body."

"The amount of aura stored inside the body of a nen user varies for each individual, we refer to it as maximum aura power, and this amount can be increased through training."

"The actual aura power is the quantity of aura that you can use effectively at any given moment; in other words, it's the amount of aura that you can extract from your body to fight or use Nen in general."

"Ren is the means to extract more aura from your body and refine it so it can last for a long time, which is what we call the Actual Aura Power."

"Then there is potential aura power, which corresponds to how much a Nen user can extract from his maximum aura for a specific period of time, in most times, it's used as a last resort move against the enemy, because once it's used, it empty all your aura and render you defenseless, like a fish in a cutting board."

Shinji, although he was overwhelmed for a moment by this amount of information, still understood it. Now he is aware of many important things that he wouldn't know if he hadn't heard them from his master or a professional nen user.

To give a metaphor, The Maximun Aura power is like a pool of water, and the Actual Aura power is the amount of water you can fetch from the pool, some can only get a cup of water, some can take a barrel, and some can use the entire pool!

After this explanation, Netero continued: "The fourth technique is "Hatsu," which means "release."

"Hatsu focuses on carrying a certain purpose, function, or action into the user's aura. Everyone is born with a different aura type, and this technique is highly dependent on personality."

"In short, Hatsu is a special and unique manifestation of a person's will and personality."

Netero looked at Shinji, whose body was shrouded in aura, and nodded with approval.

"The technique of Ten, you don't need to learn it, you're already using it, you only need to continue refine it until it becomes more solid and flows calmly around your body like water."

"There are only three other techniques before you can master the four major principles. Wait!" Netero suddenly recalled when Shinji would use Zetsu unconsciously and said, "Maybe only two techniques remain."

"Huh? "What do you mean, sensei?" Shinji was puzzled; he only learned Ten; there are still Zetsu, Ren, and Hatsu, so it should be three, right?

Netero said, "Even before the initiation, you were able to use Zetsu. Do you remember the times when you were extremely exhausted? I discovered that your body will forcibly retain the aura inside it to help you recover quickly, and at the same time your presence will get lower. That's without doubt, Zetsu!"

"Huh?" Shinji was caught off guard, that magical state is Zetsu. Could it be that Netero saw it wrong? Although it had the same effect as Zetsu, the increase in his perception and the ignoring of negative emotions were something more than what Zetsu could do.

Anyway, Shinji believes it had the same effect as Zetsu but was stronger.

"Now you have to keep the image you visualized always in your mind and engrave it into your instinct, until you become able to maintain Ten even in your sleep."

"Your task today is to do all the daily exercises and training while maintaining Ten."

Shinji nodded his head, ready to follow the instruction. Although he really wants to experiment with Nen now, he knows that laying a solid foundation is very important to his future, so he must be calm and steady. Step by step is the right way.

"Good! Now as usual, let's start the fighting season, but today will be a little bit different, I'll use Nen, at the same time, I won't attack you, all you have to do is to get closer to me!" Netero smiled mischievously ready to tease Shinji.

"Huh? just get closer to you? I don't understand the goal behind this training." Shinji was surprised and perplexed at the same time, he couldn't understand the intent behind it.

"If you manage to touch me, I'll give you one day off!" Netero offered a day off as a motivation for Shinji to do his best.

"Really!" Shinji's eyes were fiery; a day off is really a tempting thing to him now; he can use it to try some things with Nen, such as testing his aura manipulation skill, brainstorming Nen ability ideas, etc.

"Okay! I'll do it!" Shinji stood up excitedly and started doing some warm-ups and stretching his limbs, preparing for the next "fight."

The two walked far away from their base, Shinji and Netero stood in front of each other, the distance between them is nearly ten meters.

Not too close nor too far, it's just the right amount.

"As long as I touch you, I win, right?"

"This is similar to the ball game we played before." Shinji asked and recalled the ball game he played with Netero in the hunter exam.

"Well, it doesn't matter what means you used, as long as you are able to touch me, you win, and moreover, I won't move an inch from my place." Netero stood in his place with his hands behind his back, the smile on his face becoming apparent, as if he were ready to see something interesting.

"Isn't that easier?" Shinji squinted his eyes and looked at the smiling Netero. This old man must be cooking something bad for him, during this whole month he had been teased by him countless times, and he always liked to see him miserable and struggling doing the tasks. Shinji had to be careful and avoid finishing the task early, or else the old man will make it more difficult next time.

Shinji already saw through Netero's true face: a crazy, mischievous, ruthless old man!

He remembered that when he didn't complete the task at the appropriate time, Netero directly took a whip out of nowhere and told him to run around the island at constant speed, and whenever he slowed down, the whip would hit his ass accurately!

Thinking about that, Shinji want's to cry.

"Who knows, now let's begin, shall we?" Netero didn't answer and signaled for Shinji to start.

Shinji, with the mentality of using all of his strength from the beginning, directly used his devil fruit ability and turned into the hybrid form.

While transforming, he also kept on visualizing the invisible armor around his body, so his Ten wasn't broken.

'Huh?' Netero looked at Shinji, who had transformed, and felt something. Of course he wasn't surprised by the transformation itself; the reason was obviously something else.

"Interesting, His Ten become even more thick and solid!" using Gyo Netero saw this incredible scene clearly.

Shinji's Aura increased, double the amount of his previous state, moreover it's more solid than before.

"Then let's begin!" Shinji grinned; he was ready to close the distance instantly in one strong leap.

Quickly accumulating energy in his strong and thick leopard legs, he bent down, ready to jump.

Netero, who was standing in his place, closed his eyes for a few moments.

Shinji saw this scene and didn't feel looked down on by Netero, after all, the strong perception is unimaginable, even with his eyes closed, you can't dream of touching them easily.

Just when Shinji was ready to jump, Netero suddenly opened his eyes!

*BOOM*

The sand, the leaves, the air—all the things around Netero were blown away by a strong gust of wind that came out of nowhere, even Shinji, who was ten meters away, steeped back involuntary.

*crack*

The ground below Netero starts cracking, as if something weighing hundreds of tons was suddenly placed on it.

If Shinji can use Gyo, he will see the source of these things, but Shinji at this moment can't even open his eyes, he isn't even able to move his body an inch!

Netero's golden aura erupted like a volcano and covered the whole area, it shrouded Shinji from all sides.

The aura's color changed and became a menacingly dark color as it contained some of Netero's killing intent.

Shinji now finally understood the feeling of Killua when he faced his big brother Illumi, but it's probably thousands of times stronger.

Shinji felt a deep chill running through his spine. His body is out of his control, and his instinct is telling him, "You will die. Run away!"

But unfortunately, the desire to live can't overcome this overwhelming pressure that acts on both the body and the spirit.

The world in Shinji's eyes changed from the bright day into endless darkness; Netero in his eyes disappeared; instead, what stood in front of him was a mountain of corpses and skeletons, and blood dyed the ground red.

The cold and terrifying killing intent keeps impacting his invisible armor like a tsunami.

The invisible armor was his last straw against this tide of killing intent.

But the restlessness of his mind made his Ten unstable, it seems it will shatter at any given moment.

Shinji tried hard to calm his mind but to no avail. This is his first time experiencing something like this; even the blood lust of Hisoka was nothing compared to this, they are not in the same dimension at all!

How many years Netero had lived? How many people had died in his hands? How many monsters had he slaughtered? How many things had he experienced?

Just a little bit of his killing intent was enough to let Shinji feel powerless, only god know what will happen if he released all of it? Maybe Shinji will die directly or even lose his mind!

Shinji's Ten little by little collapsed, and his aura started flowing in all directions.

"Damn it! damn it! damn it!" Shinji gritted his teeth, anger and rage rose in his heart. How much he hated this weak self of his right now! This is the ugliest feeling in his life: powerlessness!

"DAMN!" Shinji roared furiously and desperately, letting all of his aura gush out in one last final attempt to overcome this situation.

Shinji didn't know that he had just subconsciously used one of the four major principles, which is Ren!

Sure enough, he felt that the pressure decreased and the fear started dissipating, the endlessly dark world was a little bit illuminated by his weak fire of rage.

He seized this opportunity to take a step forward.

"Move for me!" His legs were as if they were chained to the ground; he lifted it with great difficulty.

Seizing this opportunity, he took one step, second step, thirds step, then…

*thud*

Shinji fell to the ground on his face eating a mouthful of sand.

He was painting and breathing heavily, that outbreak just now seems to have sucked out all of his energy, he didn't realize it until he fell on his face.

"Well…That's for now."

The world returned to normal.

Netero took his Aura back and stood in his place, cleaning his ear with his pinky finger as if he had done nothing.

Shinji stood up with difficulty, he finally understood why this old man in front of him is called the strongest man in the world, at least in the human world.

Netero walked toward Shinji while saying, "From now on, you will have to stay under my malicious Ren every day so that you won't lose your fighting spirit in front of strong enemies. Remember, no matter how strong the enemy is, never lose your momentum. Having a firm belief that you will win is also a kind of power you should cultivate."

Shinji nodded his head, completely agreeing with his master's words. If he said them before, he may not have taken them seriously, but after experiencing this episode, he understood these words deeply.

"Now let's eat, after lunch we will start learning other principles of Nen."

"Good."

Shinji skilfully skinned the bear, cleaned its organs, and cut it into small pieces. Then he starts cooking, the experience he inherited of cooking comes into play.

After eating, Netero starts teaching Shinji the remaining Nen fundamentals.

"Since you can use Ten and Zetsu, now remain both Ren and Hatsu."

"As I told you before, you can understand Ren as the act of realizing all of your aura suddenly, just like how you did before when you were under my Ren."

"Try to remember that feeling and see if you can do it again."

Shinji followed Netero's words; he closed his eyes and started recalling his emotions in that situation.

"At that time I only felt a boiling anger building inside my heart, endless rage toward my weak self; I hated that I couldn't move; I hated that I was so powerless in front of your oppressing aura; I seemed to release all that anger outside of my body, which decreased the pressure on me at the same time I felt a sudden increase in my strength."

Then Shinji tried to imagine himself in that situation again, trying to recall the rage he felt.

"Ka!..Mi!..Ha!..Mi!..HAAAAA!"

Shinji's scream caught Netero off guard. He looked at Shinji and wondered if the previous month of training had turned him into a fool.

*BOOM*

Like the Super Saiyan transformation, his aura rushed out of his body like waves.

"Right, engrave that feeling in your heart, keep it in your memory, turn it into an instinct, and soon you will be able to use it whenever you need."

The big, rushing aura around Shinhi weakened, then, after a few seconds, it started scattering around him like water vapor. He hurriedly used Ten to wrap it tightly around his body.

"Good, your talent in Nen is pretty amazing, be sure to make the most of it." Netero genuinely praised the aura control talent of Shinji, he had seen countless talents and could say those who reached the level of Shinji can only be counted on two hands in this world.

"Now that you can use Ren, let's move on to the last technique, which is hatsu!"

Netero's style of teaching is very quick, he only gives Shinji some guidance and then lets him be the one to discover how to do it.

He prefers to let Shinji experiment on his own, because only in this way will what Shinji discovers stay with him forever.

Of course he is going to give some tips and tricks to Shinji so he can quickly master other techniques from Nen and save him some time.

But in general, the method of teaching he is implementing with Shinji is half self-learning and half teaching.

Netero took a cup of water, put a leaf on it, then he looked at Shinji and said, Put your palms a few inches around this cup of water, then release all of your aura toward it."

Shinji looked at the cup of water and felt nostalgic, he remembered when he was watching the anime and seeing Gon and Killua doing the water divination, and he remembered how he tried to imitate them, he would take a cup of water and put a leaf on it, then start imagining an aura coming from his palms and moving toward the cup, but after hours nothing happened. So he gave up on the idea that Nen might really be possible in the real world.

But now it's different, he did the same thing, putting his palms a few inches from the cup, then releasing a little bit more energy than usual from his hands and directing it toward the cup of water.

Under the watchful eyes of both Shinji and Netero, something magical happened.

The leaf floating on the water shone with a green light, then slowly started growing, after a few moments, it had already turned into a small sapling, and the more Aura Shinji poured, the bigger it becomes.

But this isn't the end.

The small green sapling starts changing its color, it became crystal blue just like the water below it.

Then it changed colors again and became brownish, like the sand on the beach.

As he kept feeding it aura, it kept changing into various colors, and sometimes it even became fluid like the water, solid like the earth, transparent like the wind, or burning red like the sun.

Shinji and Netero looked at this jaw-dropping scene with shock on their faces. Shinji only came back to his senses after he felt tired and his aura started getting thinner and weaker.

With the stopping of aura supply, the sapling exploded into colorful particles.

Shinji and Netero returned to their senses.

'So he is a specialist…intersting' Netero stroke his beard and thought, he is excited to see this weird water divination phenomenon, as if he got a new toy, ready to play with it and explore it.

"Master... what happened just now?" Although he knows this weird phenomenon is related to his water divination, he can't understand what it represents. He wants to hear Netero's thoughts, as someone who reached a deep level in Nen, he is sure he could guess something.

"Well, your water divination result doesn't belong to the known five categories, which are enhancers, represented by the increase of water."

"Transmuters, a change in the taste of the water.

"Emitters, the color of the water changes."

"Conjurers, the appearance of impurities on the water."

"If the leaf moves, then it represents manipulators."

"So you are a specialist."

"A specialist?" Shinji pretended to be surprised.

Netero waited a few moments, then said, "Specialists are one of the rarest Nen categories in the world."

In the past, he encountered a lot of specialists, some of whom he fought and some of whom he befriended, if he can describe them in one word, then the word mysterious is the most suitable for them.

"Specialists all had weird Nen abilities, and they often had unique ways of using their powers."

"They are not bound by the traditional rules of Nen categories, and their abilities are not easy to predict or categorize."

Shinji listened attentively as Netero continued to speak.

"Some specialists are born with their abilities, while others acquire them through traumatic experiences."

When Shinji heard these words, his memory seemed to be triggered, and he recalled that girl who could predict the future through poems and also the leader of the phantom troupe, Chrollo Lucilfer, who had the ability to steal the nen abilities of others.

"It seems the specialist Nen abilities are pretty cool." Shinji smiled happily, and he couldn't help but start imagining what kind of ability he will develop.

"The downside of specialists is that there is no reference to learn from; each specialist's Nen ability is very different from the others."

"You can only use your water divination phenomenon as a guide. Analyze it carefully, try interpreting what it means, and see if you can develop your ability based on it."

Netero gave his last advice to Shinji, and Shinji nodded his head and continued training on Hatsu.

He kept channeling aura toward the leaf, trying to let the sapling grow taller than the previous one while at the same time extending the time of his aura release.

Whenever he got tired, he would take a short break and start repeating the same process again and again.

In the following days, Shinji's training program added new courses; beside the physical training, he needs to persist under Netero's Ren every day for at least thirty seconds. After each day, the duration kept on increasing, and so did the pressure.

Such a training allowed Shinji's Ten to be more refined and solid; his paper-like invisible armor is slowly transforming into an iron-like solid armor.

He is also slowly mastering Ren; the time it took him to use it decreased greatly; he used to take from one minute and above trying to self-hypnotize himself, but now he only needs ten seconds to burst all of his aura out of his body.

As for Zetsu, Shinji and Netero were surprised to discover that his progress was extremely fast, like a rocket!

He can instantly enter the Zetsu state, but this isn't the end; his presence-hiding level was praised by Netero, who found that Shinji's Zetsu seemed to have a surprising special effect.

"I noticed that once you use Zetsu, it seems as if you merge with nature, in general, most Nen users can only lower their presence, but they can't hide their gaze, smell, emotional fluctuations, etc. But you are different; when you merge with the environment, even your smell is covered up, and you become calm like water, just this feature is enough to be a Nen ability in itself!"

That's what Netero told him, but what Netero doesn't know is that Shinji found more hidden features in his Zetsu.

His sensitivity to auras became extremely sharp, before, he could only sense things within one or two meters, but now it has reached 20 meters, and any living being can't escape his detection in this area. This perception effect made Shinji think of the observation haki in one piece.

The training of Hatsu is also progressing; the duration he can keep on releasing his aura is steadily increasing; previously he was only able to grow the sapling to twenty or thirty centimeters; now it's reaching half a meter. It seems it has no limits for its growth; the more aura it receives, the bigger it grows.

Shinji also discovered that in different places and times, the color and properties of the little sapling seem to change.

It was as if the sapling was absorbing the properties of the environment and adapting to its surroundings. This realization made Shinji wonder what would happen if he meditated in different special places, for example, in a volcano, deep in the sea, or even in outer space.

(the end)

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