NOVEL FROG [33] : Hunter and Prey, Nen Training, Fate of the Contestants
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"Number 53, who was that again?" Airmid pondered, looking at Mika's number plate.
"Silly, it's that guy called Pokkle," Mellie said with a light laugh. Like Mika, she had memorized everyone's numbers.
"What numbers did you two draw?" Mika asked.
Without hesitation, Mellie replied, "Airmid drew 198, one of the three brothers over there. And I drew 80, that woman with the sniper rifle."
"I see!" Mika's gaze swept back and forth among the crowd, lingering on those three people. "I understand. I'll take all three of their number plates."
Mika spoke calmly. According to the upcoming rules, Mika's group would be sent to the outskirts of the isolated island.
then enter one by one every five minutes based on the order they completed the third phase.
As the third person to complete the third phase test, Mika would be the third to enter the island, and the number plates they needed were all behind him.
This way, as long as he remembered their scents, Mika could capture them instantly the moment they entered the island.
"Eh? Ending it directly? Not playing anymore?" Mellie asked reluctantly.
"If you want to play, there will be plenty of chances later. We need to make full use of these seven days. I'll teach you the methods to cultivate Nen abilities during this time, aiming to help you awaken your Nen within these seven days," Mika explained.
"Learning Nen, huh!" Hearing this, Mellie's expression immediately turned serious.
Airmid, sitting silently beside them listening, also nodded slightly.
"I understand!" Mellie could distinguish the priorities of matters.
As Mika said, there were many places worth exploring in this world, no need to fixate on this one test.
"Alright then, you two should relax your minds and bodies for now," Mika advised. "Prepare yourselves fully for the training."
"Understood!"
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Without making everyone wait too long, the speedboat to send them off soon appeared before them.
After boarding the speedboat, feeling bored as Airmid and Mellie were concentrating, Mika started wandering around the boat.
"Hey, Leorio, what number did you draw?" Mika asked directly.
"Eh? How can you be so straightforward?" Leorio complained weakly upon hearing Mika's question.
However, despite his verbal complaint about Mika's abruptness, his hand didn't stop moving.
Although Mika didn't go through the third phase adventure with him, Leorio hadn't forgotten that Mika had saved him and Gon from Hisoka's hands in the Milsy Wetlands during the first phase.
Leorio had a very good impression of Mika.
Looking at the number 246 that Leorio took out, Mika said with a smile, "Number 246, that's Ponzu, right?"
"Ponzu?" Seeing that Mika knew who it was, Leorio quickly asked.
In response, Mika secretly pointed at Ponzu sitting on the other side, then whispered, "It's her, but you should be careful. She probably controls bees, in her hat."
"Thanks, Mika!"
"No need to thank me, we're all friends!" Saying this, Mika waved his hand and walked forward with a smile.
The joy of spoilers couldn't be greater than this!
Soon, this yacht carrying all the remaining examinees arrived at the destination.
And with this, the fourth phase test officially began.
Sitting quietly at the bow waiting, it was soon Mika's turn to go ashore.
"Well then, I'll go first!" Waving to Airmid and Mellie, Mika's figure disappeared into the forest.
Quickly running towards the nearest tallest tree trunk, upon reaching it, Mika began to quietly observe, waiting for his targets to arrive.
Soon, without making Mika wait long, Pokkle walked off the boat.
Watching his figure, Mika quickly disappeared from his original spot.
"Number 105, looks like I need to ambush around here for a while," Pokkle muttered to himself as he walked through the dense forest, looking for a suitable hiding spot.
But just then, a voice suddenly reached his ears.
"Good idea. If possible, could you please hand over your number plate?"
"What?" Quickly turning around, nocking an arrow and drawing his bow to full tension, Pokkle stared intently at Mika standing on a tree branch.
"Am I your prey?" Pokkle asked loudly, sweat streaming down his nervous forehead.
After reaching the endpoint of Trick Tower, during his free time, he had chatted with Hanzo. Therefore, he knew that Mika was a top expert like Hanzo, who had reached the endpoint in just twelve hours.
Pokkle was well aware of how difficult Trick Tower was. Even using all his effort, he had still taken over thirty hours.
From this, he could roughly guess the other's strength.
If he were to act as the hunter, he might have a chance of defeating the other; Pokkle was quite confident in his concealment abilities.
But in a direct confrontation, this wasn't his forte.
"You now have only two choices. First, put down your number plate and turn around to leave, to find other opportunities to gather six points. Second, choose to fight, then have to give up this test due to severe injuries, waiting for next year's chance. So, what's your choice?" As he spoke, Mika entered the state of 'Ren', pressing his aura mixed with malice towards Pokkle.
"This is...!?" Feeling the aura emanating from Mika, Pokkle's pupils contracted sharply, his whole body trembling.
He had never experienced such a sense of pressure before.
"Wait, I surrender!" Taking out his number plate and placing it on the ground, Pokkle, his body already drenched in sweat, slowly backed away. Only after Mika waved at him did he instantly dash into the forest.
"An excellent decision. As they say, the wise adapt to circumstances. Once life is gone, everything is gone!" Nodding, Mika returned to the tree trunk where he had been waiting before and continued his vigil.
After Pokkle, Mellie soon joined up with Mika.
Therefore, the number 80 who came later was taken by Mellie alone.
As time passed, the other examinees successively arrived on this isolated island.
While others were just beginning to adapt to their surroundings and hadn't started hunting yet.
Mika's group of three had already completed their hunt, holding their respective six points and starting to look for a place to train.
"This place will do!" Looking at the cliff before him, Mika satisfactorily determined their residence for the next seven days.
"Then let's start the Nen training," Mellie urged, her curiosity about Nen abilities already at its peak.
"Alright, let's begin!" Seeing their curiosity, Mika started explaining the knowledge related to Nen and the training methods for the 'Ten' Four Major Principles.
In this world, there are two methods to awaken Nen users.
One is to gradually open the body's aura nodes through training in the 'Ten' Four Major Principles, then becoming a Nen user.
The second is for a Nen user to use their own aura to rapidly open all the aura nodes in another person's body.
Of these two methods, the former is the orthodox method, while the latter is unorthodox.
For the latter, if the Nen user's technique isn't mature enough, it can cause various injuries to the person's body.
The reason Gon and Killua chose the second method in the original story was firstly because they had no time left, and secondly because Wing, who awakened them, had mature techniques.
But Mika, as a newcomer, didn't have such techniques.
Therefore, what Airmid and Mellie needed to do was to use the first method to train, gradually awakening their Nen.
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