We arrive out our destination without any hitch, getting off to follow Tsezgerra all the way down to the dungeon. Tsezgerra opens a door, revealing a room full of Consoles. At least forty consoles are loaded with Greed Island.

Tsezgerra gives us a short explanation "Before we begin, let me explain a few things. The individual game copies are not independent. It doesn't matter which console you start from. You will all arrive at the same place."

I think in my head "Sounds like an MMO..."

Tsezgerra continues to speak "Consider it a virtual area accessible from any spot on this planet."

As Gon starts to get information overload, I turn to Gon, slapping him on the back as I laugh silently at him.

Tsezgerra continues to speak "I will now hand out memory cards. You will head immediately into the game. But first, we must decide the order."

Puhat responds confused "Order?"

Tsezgerra nods "Only one may enter the game at a time. We will decide the order now, to forestall bickering inside the game."

Puhat smiles "Then let's use rock-paper-scissors."

I smile "How about I pick rock, and I make you choose paper. Then I get to go first?"

Puhat looks at me completely flabbergasted. I smile in response "Just kidding!"

Gon smiles as he goes first against Puhat taking first place "I win!"

Tsezgerra looks at Gon "Oh, you're the boy who had a save file."

Killua frowns "Damn, I'm in 17th!"

I frown "You're not too far behind I'm in 13th place..."

Tsezgerra looks at Gon "Do you want to use it? Don't worry, the initial destination is always the same, regardless of your save."

Gon nods "I'll use my own card."

Tsezgerra nods "Then put the ring on and start the game."

Killua calls to Gon before he goes in "Wait in the starting area until I get there."

Gon slides the Memory card in, focusing his Ren on the console, disappearing into the game.

I look at Killua "This is an interesting game..."

Killua nods as Tsezgerra checks the console "When 'Now Playing' show up on screen the next person can begin."

We line up as each person jumps into the game one at a time.

When my turn comes up I nod at Killua "I'll meet you in the game."

I walk up to the console, plugging my memory card in, moving on to focus my Ren on the console.

As I get teleported in, I start in a large white room. I look around, spotting a door.

I walk towards the door, entering a big room. A tiny girl welcomes me "Welcome to Greed Island. What do you want your name to be in the game?"

I look at the girl as I think "I'll go with my name Daniel Darkscryer."

The girl nods, typing in my name "Here is your ring for this game."

A ring floats over to me. I slide it on as the girl continues "I will now explain how the game works. Would you care to listen?"

I nod in response "Lay it on me."

The girl nods "In this game, two magic spells are available to anyone wearing a ring: Book and Gain. Place the hand with the ring in front of you, and say, Book."

I hold out my hand "Book."

A book appears in front of me.

"In this game, your task is to collect certain cards. That book is for storing the cards you've collected. Please look at the first page."

I flip open the book as she continues to explain "Each slot is labelled with a number. You can only place cards of the same number in these slots. These are your Restricted slots. Please flip ahead a few pages."

I flip through the book a couple of pages, looking at the empty unnumbered slots while she continues "You can place any card inside these slots. These are your free slots. There are 100 restricted slots, numbered 0 - 99. Then you have another 45 free slots. To clear this game, you must fill the 100 restricted slots."

I look at the girl "Sounds easy enough, just 100 cards?"

The girl nods "Yes. Specifically, you must transform one hundred items into cards and put them in your book."

I look confused "How do I do that?"

The girl explains "If you obtain a sword, it will become a card the moment you get it. If you use a card as the item, you must use the spell Gain. However, once you've used Gain to return a card into item form, you can never transform it into a card again. If you want to make it a card again you must reacquire the item. Do you understand everything so far?"

I nod "Yeah sounds easy enough."

The girl continues the tutorial "There are two other cases in which you cannot transform an item into a card. The first is when you reach the item's maximum card transformation limit."

I respond in confusion "There's a transformation card limit?"

The girl nods "Yes, every item in this game has a card transformation limit. For example, if an item has a transformation limit of three, and three other players have already transformed the item into a card, the fourth to find it will be unable to change it into a card. In the second case... If you don't place the card into your book within one minute, it will automatically revert to an item. In this case, as well, you can never transform that item into a card again. Do you understand?"

I nod "Yep, this sound easy." The girl continues "Finally, the most important note... If a player dies, their book and ring are destroyed and all the book's contents are lost."

You know what they say. You can't take it to the grave with you...

The girls responds "That concludes my explanation. You'll need to learn everything else about the game by playing it."

I nod "Noted. Thanks for the explanation."

A stair case opens up in the floor as she responds "I wish you best of luck. Please take these stairs."

I walk down the stairs, entering a large grass field.

As I spot Gon, I walk up to him "Hey Gon, I'm going to take a wild guess and say you got Information overloaded at the start..."

Gon blinks looking away "Yeah I kind of did..."

I chuckle a bit, looking at Gon "Is it me or does it feel like someone's checking me out?"

Gon shakes his head "No, it's not just you I felt it too."

We wait for a bit as three others come strolling out, picking a direction.

I hear Killua walk out "Oh... I feel like I'm being watched."

I turn around, smiling at Killua "Hey beautiful! What took your sweet ass time getting here?"

Killua blushes as I smile, speaking calmly "You felt it too?"

Killua frowns at me "Sorry Gon, for taking so long. And stop saying embarrasing things! What if someone else over hears you?"

Killua looks around "I don't see any nearby towns."

Killua nods "Yeah, but everyone headed in the same direction." Killua looks left and right, pointing in both directions "They went in either of these directions."

Gon responds confused "Huh? How did you know?"

Killua responds "Because that's where we're being watched from."

I look at Killua "Damn... your good I couldn't even tell..."

Killua looks away, blushing "But we still don't know why they're watching us."

I lift up a finger "Maybe it's the game master."

Killua nods "Maybe..."

Gon smiles "Well, let's go."

Killua nods "Regardless of who's watching, we should start by gathering information."

I nod at Killua "Sounds like a plan. I just hope they don't keep eyes on us twenty-four seven... I would love a bit of privacy..."

We pick a direction, walking in the chosen direction while Killua speaks up "So, how did it go?"

Gon looks confused "Huh?"

I respond "I think Killua's talking about your save data."

Killua summons his book "How many cards were inside?"

Gon replies "There weren't any cards inside."

I look at Gon "Damn... your dad's scummy!"

Killua looks at Gon "For real?"

Gon nods "But there was a message from Ging."

Killua responds "What did it say?"

Gon smiles "To enjoy the game."

I look at Gon "I bet he also said there were no clues here as well..."

Gon freaks "How did you know?"

I smile, chucking from Gon's reaction "Just a gut feeling..."

Killua interrupts me "Really? Just to enjoy the game. But this doesn't feel like a game."

I retort "Really... we are walking to our next location, grinding and that's grinding as in killing an endless supply of monsters to obtain cards, not grinding as is... you know where I'm heading Killua."

Killua blushes while scratching his chin, trying to sound innocent "Yep... no need to elaborate on that."

As Killua un-summons his book, Gon speaks up "What do you think of the rules?"

I respond "The rules sound basic."

Killua sighs "I still don't know enough yet."

Gon stops as I turn to him "What's wro-"

My head snaps in a direction after hearing a weird sound "We got company!"

A flash of light lands in front of us, revealing a weird looking guy with purple hair, appears in front of us.

He grins, speaking to us calmly as if he was prepared for us "This must be your first time playing this game?"

I hold out my hand, retorting back "So what if it is?"

Killua grins "Since you're carrying a book, you must be a player."

The man responds "Well, sure."

He plays around with something in his book as I watch him carefully.

He looks up slightly, responding smugly "Killua-kun, Daniel-kun and Gon-kun, huh?"

My eyes widen slightly "Interesting ability you got there..."

Gon yells "How do you know our names?"

The man smiles "How indeed?"

The man pulls out another card, smiling at us "Trace on! Attack, Killua!"

Killua runs around as I watch in shock.

The man laughs "You can't run from spells in this game!" I hold out my hand, conjuring a scythe "Stop the attack or I'm going to turn you into a shish kebab!"

The man freaks out as Killua gets hit by the spell.

I stop, glaring at the man "What the fuck did you do to him?"

I spin the scythe, walking slowly towards him.

Killua looks pissed at him, ready to kill him "What did you do to me?"

"Return on! Take me to Masadora!" The man yells as I swing the scythe missing him "Fuck! What the hell did he do to you?"

As we walk away, Killua shrugs pissed off from the situation while Gon asks "Are you alright?"

Killua nods his head, patting himself down "Hmm? I don't feel any different."

Gon muses "But I'm still worried. He definitively did something to you."

I retort "Worried? I'm beyond worried, I'm just about ready to hunt down that bastard, hang him like a piñata, and beat him until he tells me what he did to Killua! He said Trace On, correct?"

I wonder if it works like my ability... like how my aura floats around you...

Killua shrugs "There's no point worrying about it now."

I look at Killua "Your telling the over protective boyfriend to not worry?... Sorry, but I'm going do the opposite."

Killua retorts, yelling at me "JUST PROMISE ME!"

I look at Killua, sighing in grief "Damn it... You just had to say that..."

I stand up straight, smiling at him as I disperse the blade "Fine, I promise..."

Gon looks between us "Hey, was he using Nen when he said, Trace on?"

I shake my head "No it didn't feel like a ability in the Nen department."

But then again Nen can be anything...

Killua nods, responding calmly "I agree, it's probably some magic that only works in the game."

I turn to Killua "When I use Trace, my aura spreads out latching onto you. It leaves a long trail of Nen to follow. There's nothing like that happening with you so it's totally different from my ability..."

Gon looks confused at us "I wonder what kind of magic is it?"

Killua responds lightly "Beats me. Well... we'll find out eventually."

I nod, looking at Killua depressed from not being able to protect him "I hope it nothing dangerous... for your sake."

Killua yellings, pissed off at me "Stop being over protective!"

I glare at Killua, retorting back "I won't!"

Gon points to the horizon "Look, there's a town!"

I look at the massive town, turning to look at Killua "I could kill for a nice relaxing bed, but... I think it's about time we got to work. What do you say Killua?"

Killua nods "Let's get to finding some clues on the magic in this world."