Chapter 4

"Oh! What an incredible talent and rate of progress! It's only been a few days since the last battle, and you've already awakened your Nen ability. No! Patience! Patience! It's not the right time yet! This apple needs to ripen a bit more to be truly delicious!"

Sitting on the windowsill, Hisoka's lips curled slightly, and he repeatedly licked his lips, his eyes fixed intently on the wolf and the human, radiating an unparalleled excitement.

Even a fool could sense the intense battle lust emanating from his body.

Normally, most people would lose their composure in the face of such a level of killing intent, or even turn and run without a second thought.

But Allen stood there as if nothing was wrong, his violet eyes calmly observing the other, his entire being as still as a pool of water.

There was no doubt that this was a very peculiar feeling, and it was not his nature to be so calm.

To be precise, he only entered this indescribable state when his life was threatened, or when he used his Hunter identity to kill monsters in the game. It was as if he had completely discarded all emotions, including anger, hatred, joy, fear, and sadness, leaving only a calm calculation and a primal combat instinct.

At first, he thought this state might be a subconscious self-protection response triggered by external stimuli.

But after a period of observation and testing, he realized that this was actually a necessary result of assuming the role of a Hunter in the game.

In other words, this was a certain quality that a Hunter must possess, akin to a second personality.

The only difference was that this second personality did not generate independent consciousness, thoughts, or memories. It merely processed the best course of action based on the knowledge and experience accumulated over time, combined with the current situation.

"Hehe, a pair of beautiful eyes, like precious gems that are utterly captivating. I really want to dig them out and make them into specimens. Don't worry, I'm not here to cause you trouble. I plan to have her help you with a little treatment. After all, I don't want a worm to ruin an apple that's about to ripen."

Seeing that Allen remained silent, Hisoka took the initiative to explain, while his fingers continuously formed various shapes of poker cards using his Nen ability.

"No! I won't accept any of your kindness! Because next year, during the Hunter Exam, I will return all the violence you've inflicted on me. So you'd better start preparing for your own treatment." Allen jumped off the bed and bluntly refused.

"Huh?! Your injuries are healed!" Hisoka's eyes widened instantly, seemingly unable to believe what he was seeing.

As the saying goes, it takes a hundred days to heal from a serious injury. Even Gon, the protagonist, took a long time to recover after being injured, and he had already learned Nen.

While certain special Nen abilities can accelerate the healing of wounds, it was certainly not something a novice who had just awakened their Nen could do.

"That's right! I will spend the next year training myself, and you'd better wash your neck clean and wait for the beating." Allen made no attempt to hide his desire for revenge.

He knew that Hisoka's passion and obsession with combat were extremely unique in the Hunter world, even enjoying the thrill of brushing shoulders with death.

More importantly, he had the patience to actively cultivate a powerful opponent until they were worth killing.

And that value had to be at least enough to kill him.

"Ha-ha-ha-ha! I look forward to the Hunter Exam next year! Get stronger! Make me feel fear and tremble! Just like you did during this Hunter Exam! Treat me as your prey and hunt me!" Hisoka grinned maniacally.

With that, he jumped out of the window and disappeared into the night.

The petite woman, who was suspected to be a member of the Phantom Troupe, Machi, followed silently.

They walked slowly along the street, and after about three hundred meters, the woman finally couldn't help but ask, "Why didn't you find out how his injuries were healed? If he was really as seriously injured as you said, ordinary Nen wouldn't be able to heal him completely in such a short time."

"Ah—don't forget that the Hunter Association has all kinds of Nen users. Maybe President Netero found a Hunter with powerful healing abilities. I'm not interested in such things; what's most important is that my little apple stays healthy." Hisoka shrugged indifferently.

"Tch! Even if you didn't provide treatment, you still have to pay. Hand over the money!" The woman extended her hand.

"I'll transfer it to your account later."

Money was never a problem for a powerful Nen user like Hisoka. If he wanted to, he could earn several billion or even tens of billions of "Jeni" in a short time.

Although the purchasing power of "Jeni" was roughly equivalent to the yen in the real world, one billion "Jeni" was less than ten million US dollars.

The wealthy man in the game who offered a bounty of five billion "Jeni" to complete the Greed Island game actually only spent about four hundred million US dollars, and that was to save his beloved. Compared to the custom private jets, yachts, and luxury villas that billionaires on Earth spend tens of millions of dollars on, it was nothing.

"OK! If there's nothing else, I'll be going." The woman turned to leave.

"Bye!" Hisoka waved without turning his head.

As these two dangerous individuals parted ways, Allen had already teleported into the game, using the tenfold time difference to begin a frenzied training session on Nen.

As a mature adult, he didn't rush to test his Nen attribute through "Water Divination," but instead calmly focused on the most basic training.

Thanks to Gon and Killua, the anime had already provided a detailed, step-by-step explanation of Nen from the basics to advanced applications, so he didn't have to worry about going down the wrong path. He just needed to follow the training regimen.

For others, a year might be a short time, but for him, a year could be used as ten years.

If he couldn't defeat Hisoka in ten years, he would be a complete failure as a穿越者 (穿越者 means "穿越者" in Chinese, which translates to "time traveler" or "穿越者" in English).

In any case, he first needed to increase his "capacity," and through continuous battles with the monsters in the game, hone his spirit, will, and skills, accumulating combat experience.

With the awakening of his Nen ability, Allen and Roubus's attack and defense capabilities were greatly enhanced, so they began to target the bosses in the game.

After ten days in the real world, which equated to over two thousand hours in the game, he finally raised his Hunter level to 48 and completed the entire Udaeman dungeon.

Especially at the moment when the final boss, Azadai, fell, a strong sense of achievement and satisfaction welled up from within, as if his entire being had been elevated.

"Is this the feeling of a successful hunt..."

Lying on the dusty floor of the Udaeman hall, Allen raised his right hand, a confident smile on his face.

He completely ignored the stone golems that had been smashed into pieces around him and didn't even look at the weapons and equipment dropped by Azadai. He simply stared at the ceiling, wanting to forever preserve the thrill of his first successful hunt in the deepest part of his memory.

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