Axel looked Gardev in the eye and then looked at the red spear.
In a momentary thought, he recalled the knowledge he had about "counteractive Nen abilities."
Nen abilities activate after the user takes damage and returns it to the assailant.
Since the user of the ability strikes second, they take more risks, which increases the power of the ability. The greater the damage suffered, the stronger the ensuing counter. The most effective ways to neutralize a counteractive-type Nen user are to incapacitate them without injuring them or to kill them with one blow.
"For now, it makes more sense to wait and see."
"I haven't used my ability yet," Axel thought. His eyes looked dead serious and focused.
The name and details of Gardev's talent were quite simple but also useful.
"Pain Spear: Returning the Pain, The Gift"
Gardev uses his "nen" ability to create a red spear after taking damage.
"To create the red spear, Gardev must first take damage and feel the pain from the damage."
"When he uses the conjured red spear against the target, he feels more pain and inflicts more pain."
"Every attack on the other party using the red spear makes the other party feel three times the pain Gardev felt in the first attack, but the red spear cannot harm the other party physically it can only make the other party feel pain."
"Every attack that the other side makes on Gardev and the pain he feels are added up within his spear and dealt to the target by multiplying it three times."
Gardev generally receives five to ten injuries from each fight he enters, and when he counterattacks, the pain triples, and most of the time the tripled pain would be enough to destroy the enemy's mind.
Because after getting hit by ten attacks and feeling the pain of these ten attacks and transmitting it to the enemy using the spear attack, thirty attacks of pain are dealt to the enemy, which in most cases equals the pain of death.
It was simple yet useful and suited Gardev's masochistic and sadistic nature.
Gardev threw himself forward with a shout, much faster than before, and within seconds he came in front of Axel and waved his spear from right to left.
Axel didn't expect such a speed and power boost. Strengthening his left arm along with Gyo, he blocked the attack and flew toward the rear after getting hit.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!" Axel screams as he holds his arm and body, trying to locate the injury.
Axel felt severe pain all over his body, especially in his arm, and he began to sweat from the pain he felt. On his arm, where the spear's blow took place, there were no marks or wounds.
"Now I understand!"
Axel looked at Gardev, who was getting ready to hit him again.
"To form the spear, he needs to be damaged first, and he transforms the pain he suffers from the first attack into "pain" using the transmuter category and adds this pain to the red spear he creates."
"Thanks to the conditions and the rules he has established, he reflects two or three times the pain he first suffered with the spear."
And for it to have this reflective feature, the spear can't do any physical damage or open injuries.
"The only ability of the spear is to multiply the first pain felt on the other side and convey it to the other side."
After Axel realized Gardev's talent, a big smile appeared on his face, and a light appeared in his eyes. Gardev interpreted Axel's facial expression and the light in his eyes in a different way.
"I wonder if this young man is a masochist like me or if he loves pain very much."
"That could make it hard to beat him."
he thought.
But Axel had a different idea.
"The world of Nen is really interesting!"
After Axel took a warm breath, the smile on his face slowly disappeared and a serious but calm expression manifested on his face. His eyes stared quite seriously at Gardev's body and the spear in his hand. He was watching Gardev like a real predator.
His gaze and behavior had undergone a momentary devilish change, and this change was noticed.
"Suddenly, he started to spread killing intent and terror."
"I may have to be careful."
Gardev exhaled a cold breath as he reflected. He felt like he was alone for a few seconds in a wild jungle with no strength or weapons.
It was a really strange and disturbing feeling. feeling like a child with nothing to protect himself from danger.
Axel's hands had become like knives, and the amount of nen on his hands had significantly increased.
Gardev began to squeeze the spear in his hand, albeit involuntarily. His body and mind were responding to changes in Axel's mood.
"Calm down and examine it!"
Gardev whispered to himself as he tried to keep his composure. Nen focused on his eyes in less than a second.
He starts to keep a close eye on his opponent with "Gyo." He didn't want to encounter any surprise attacks.
"Judging by the shape of his hands and the amount of nen, he looks like someone who will be able to use nen to perform cutting attacks with his hands."
"I won't get seriously injured as long as I'm careful!"
"If I get hit in critical places such as the head, it will be the end of me."
At that moment, Axel quickly commenced running toward Gardev. The dust beneath his boots explodes as he makes his first step.
Gardev swallowed and shouted, waving his spear at Axel, who had already arrived in front of him.
"Fiiiiiiiiiiiiv"
Axel leaned slightly down with a grin on his face and attacked Gardev's leg with his right hand.
"Fiiiiissssssssssssss
Axel's right hand cut Gardev's upper leg deeply. Gardev's aura could not protect him in any way from the attack.
He tried to counterattack using his spear, but Axel had already taken three steps back after dealing good damage.
Gardev was bleeding from his upper leg. The amount of blood that flowed was quite a lot, and all the spectators could see that the wound was serious.
There was also a familiar name in the audience watching the battle.
"It's obvious that Axel is not experienced in a battle, but his expertise in Nen and his ability to use it are very sophisticated and very well developed."
"It is not in line with his experience in battles."
A man in glasses and a white shirt that could not be tucked inside his pants thought as he watched through the audience.
The man with the glasses and white shirt was Wing. He was Biscuit Krueger's student, and he was also a master of Gon and Killua as well as Zushi, despite Zushi not being that important in the series.
Wing was a seasoned person in the Nen world, at least more experienced than Axel. It wouldn't escape his eyes that Axel wasn't very experienced, but that his ability to use nen was at a very good level compared to his experience.
Gardev looked at the wound on his leg and started to tremble from the pain and fear radiating deep from his soul.
"So you're starting to show your true face and your strength at the same time."
"I am in a position to end this battle whenever I want. But I need experience."
"So I want you to do your best."
Axel's words were starting to resonate. Gardev was getting angry. Wing just smiled.
"Although he has an egoistic approach, I believe that he can finish this match immediately."
Wing believed Axel's words to be true.
Axel went to his room and lay down on the bed. He closed his eyes to rest with a calm and cold expression on his face.
It was the first time in his life that he had killed someone. It wasn't as bad as he thought, but that didn't mean he was trouble-free.
"In this world, I was going to kill someone eventually." "It doesn't matter who that person is." "At least he was not that innocent and knew what he was signing for."
Axel thought, and then he took a deep breath and opened his eyes.
"I've had a pretty good experience." I didn't even need to use my nen ability. I can wait for three months before fighting again."
"But I want to fight more and get experience."
After fighting for the first time, Axel liked the feeling of battle and the rush of excitement that came from it.
"Right now, I can understand what Gon feels."
Axel thought about putting a smile on his face. When Gon first fought Hisoka and was attacked, he told Kurapika how he felt.
How excited he was when he was being held by Hisoka and felt the incoming death.
Wing had turned on the TV at his house, and after taking a deep breath, he turned around to speak.
"Gon, Killua, and Zushi have you watched this match?"
The trio shook their heads in unison. Wing played the recording with a smile on his face. After watching the game for ten minutes, Wing started to speak.
"Do you have any comments?"
Gon thought for a few seconds and then replied.
"I don't understand why the man named Axel killed his opponent."
Killua looked at Gon with a slight smile as he started to speak in a comfortable tone, showing that he was fine with all the murders because of his past.
"As far as I can see, there are fundamental physical differences between Axel and Ardev."
Wing nodded after hearing the answer from Killua.
He put his right hand on his chin and asked.
"What kinds of differences do you think there are?"
"Do you care to elaborate?"
Killua focused, and after thinking for a while, he responded.
"Although I don't fully understand his abilities, I think Axel is faster, stronger, and has much more mastery over Nen."
Wing smiled and applauded.
"What Killua said is very true." Axel didn't use any skills during this war. "He simply used his speed and strength to defeat his talent-using opponent."
"If Ardev had met one of you, you would have both lost. and you would lose it very easily."
Gon and Killua's eyes had gotten serious, and they started focusing on Axel's face on the screen.
Neither of them was stupid and knew there was a difference between them and Axel. But, as Wing points out, they didn't realize the difference was so much.
They didn't expect such a big difference because of their lack of mastery over Nen.
Wing calmly looked at Gon and Killua and thought.
"So I have to attack their ego a little bit to get their attention."
"Although one of them has now become a hunter and the other has been an assassin for a long time, it doesn't change the fact that they are children."
Wing pondered with a hidden smile.
Wing then starts to talk again.
"I'm not going to tell you anything extra from this match recording."
"All you need to know is how important it is to have basic skills and to know how to use nen simply."
"That's why you should specialize in the basics as much as possible."
"Mastering Ren and Ten in particular will propel you to a much higher level."
Gon, Killua, and Zushi shouted at the same time.
"Osu!"
Axel was drinking beer at a dimly lit bar and relaxing. After fighting for the first time, he thought it was a good idea to relax and spend some time with himself. He still had some plans in his head.
If he had known that Gon and Killua were training and learning things by watching his battle, he would have been very surprised, and at the same time, he would have been blown away, feeling happy and ecstatic.
When Axel lived on Earth, he was an avid fan of the Hunter x Hunter anime and series.
Naturally, he loved Killua and Gon. It would be crucial for him to know that his two favorite protagonists are training and getting stronger by directly witnessing his own fleshy and bloody Nen battle.
As he continued to drink beer, he was looking at an ad on his phone. It was an advertisement that provided information about the "York New City Auction."
According to the information in the advertisement, the auction would start in a few months.
Within a few months, Kurapika and Uvogin will be fighting, and at the end of this battle, Uvogin will die.
Axel grinned slightly as his face became more relaxed. Knowing all of this and being a part of it still excited him.
When the time came, he wanted to get into the world of the protagonists, live with them, and go on with them.
But that's not what he wanted to do right now. Although he cared about the protagonists and the world, it was his own life that he wanted to live, and there were many things he wanted to do.
He didn't feel obligated to attend the usual events.
Axel finished his beer and ordered another one.
At that moment, a familiar person entered the bar.
Within seconds of Navi walking through the door, she recognized Axel and started to look at him with a shocked face. Her face slowly turned serious, and her hazel eyes started to glow.
She had a burn wound just below her left eye on her cheek. There was no such wound before.
The reason he looked seriously at Axel was quite simple.
"He is improving at a very fast rate in a very short amount of time." "I'm not sure what kind of potential he has any longer."
Navi and Ekail had won the battle with Andes. But there were no casualties on either side, except for injuries, and after talking for a while, agreements were reached on certain issues.
Navi had last seen Axel three months ago, and in just three months, she couldn't hide her surprise when she saw Axel's aura.
She immediately approached Axel and began to speak.
"I don't understand how you can become so strong in such a short time." "Do you have any secret information about Nen that we mortals don't know?"
After Navi finished, she sat on the chair next to Axel without asking permission and ordered herself a beer like Axel. Although Axel perceived Navi's actions as disrespectful and rude, he did not say anything upon seeing the wound on her cheek.
"You know I love this quiet character you have."
Navi takes a sip from her beer as she talks with a smile.
This time Axel smiled and thought, "Is he starting to flirt with me now?" and then he responded.
"Thank you for your compliment; the wound on your face looks new."
Navi took a light breath, threw his black hair backward with his hand, and began to speak.
"Sometimes, in some cases, it's not so possible not to get hurt."
Axel smiled and took a sip of his beer. For a moment, he looked at Navi as a woman, and the reason for the smile on his face changed. This time, he smiles seductively.
Navi noticed that the smile on Axel's face had changed.
"As far as I can see, you're not a completely inexperienced kid."
After Navi had spoken her words, she pulled Axel from his shirt and clung to his lips.
It was at this time that Axel first realized how great Navi's physical strength was. As she grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him off, he momentarily felt that he had lost all his physical power against Navi.
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After taking a shower, Axel left the shovel and ordered himself breakfast.
As he waited for his breakfast, he looked at the messy bed and smiled.
"It makes sense that there are wild women in the bed in this world," he reasoned.
A few minutes later, he started eating his breakfast.
Navi had never told him anything about herself and was a woman full of secrets. But he knows now that she is very strong and clear-minded about what she wants.
"It's very clear that if I fight against him right now, I'm going to lose."
Axel thought about it, and a strange smile formed on his face again. He whispered.
"At least I know I won in bed," he whispered, then finished his meal and checked his bank account.
He had 350 million yen in cash in his bank account.
This amount of money is an incredible sum that could easily be enough for the average person to retire and never work for their entire life. But for a NEN user like Axel, it was almost nothing.
"I may need to do some research on investment topics on the internet."
Using the computer in his room, Axel began researching some of the buildings in the city where he was located. Soon after, he found some hotels that he liked.
All three were hotels or places that could bring in a lot of money and business.
"Flying Star Hotel"
"Blue Street Hotel"
"Right Wing Hotel"
"These hotels most likely bring in ten to fifteen million "jennies" each month, and each has more than 100 rooms."
"All of their prices are the same 100.000.000 Jenny... for each building and the hotel itself"
"There's also a customer base with a five-year warranty, and people like to stay in these hotels because each one is so close to Heaven's Arena."
Axel bought all three hotels without much thought.
With the purchase of hotels, he would earn 10 million yen every month. For many normal people, this was the definition of wealth. But it meant poverty for NEN users like Axel or hunters.
Axel's goal was not to buy three hotels and become rich. not to have any troubles in his usual life by earning a constant and regular income.
He knew that, with his future power, he would have little difficulty in material matters.
"In a few days, Hisoka and Kastro will fight each other."
"Under normal circumstances, I could have used Void and trained." But things are moving pretty fast right now, and I don't want to pass over every incident."
"Just because I don't want to attend events doesn't mean I don't want to be a witness."
"The best thing I can do this month is focus on training and improve my overall knowledge of the world."
Axel left his room and started going to the hotel closest to Heaven's Arena, which he had first purchased. He was wearing a plain black suit, and it made his physique look pretty good.