17 Chapter 7 : First challenge and Gyô

"This test is really the most deceptive thing you could ever think of."

James looked at Hisoka and Illumi, who hadn't voted yet, before looking at his watch.

"This is not only testing for the team trust but also for the phychological endurance of the candidates, the simplest solution would be to denounce Illumi and Hisoka, Hisoka surely wouldn't blame me but Illumi will kill me without any doubt because according to the manga, he's participating in the exam to accomplish a task, if because of me he's eliminated, he'll consider that I've prevented him from accomplishing his mission and will kill me."

"Hisoka sees me as an investment, so he won't do anything to eliminate me, Illumi and Hisoka are friends even though they don't show it in the manga, so Illumi won't choose to denounce me."

"The best choice for me would be for everyone to be able to take this test without any problems."

But suddenly Hisoka raised his finger and pressed a button, followed by Illumi.

James saw this and decided pressed on X and not to denounce anyone.

"14 H 58 MN 34S"

Suddenly James saw that his time on the screen to decrease by 10 hours.

James was then surprised, he looked at Hisoka and Illumi who was standing to the side with a slightly confused expression.

"Why they both turned me in, it doesn't make any sense, the best thing to do was for no one to turn themselves in until each of them reports back."

One of the prisoners then stepped forward before the handcuffs unlocked by themselves and a table slowly emerged from the floor.

On the table, there was a chrome revolver with a dozen bullets on it.

The prisoner who came forward was a tall, muscular man with a moustache, a shaved head and looked at Hisoka.

"Your smile irritates me, I dare you."

Hisoka then smiled and approached the table, standing in front of the man.

The man put a bullet in the pistol, then rotated the cylinder and put the gun to his head before pulling the trigger.

"Click."

The sound of a gun without bullets resounded and then he placed the revolver on the table with a slight cold smile.

"My challenge is very simple. Whoever dies wins all the other's points, dares you play?"

James further on raised his eyebrows slightly but was not worried, on the contrary the action of their first opponent almost made him laugh, asking Hisoka to play a game with the aim of killing his opponent was surely as reasonable as leaving his 8 year old boy alone with a priest.

Hearing the words of the man Hisoka calmly took the revolver and put it against his head.

Seeing Hisoka's action, the man could not help smiling.

His name was Yunkyu, he was sentenced to 94 years in prison for unpremeditated murder and organizing clandestine games, he was a professional Russian roulette player, he won every time and often ended up letting his opponent die throughout the game, He had a perfect mastery of Russian roulette just by turning the barrel, he could choose the order in which the bullet would be fired.

It is exactly with this ability that he always won and even during his trial, the court could not prove that every murder he committed was premeditated, his enabled him to avoid the death penalty and life imprisonment.

"Haha! You idiot! I rotated the barrel so that the bullet would be fired after my turn, I'll earn a sentence reduction without any effort because all your hours will belong to me."

Then Hisoka pulled the trigger.

"Click!"

But nothing happened, Yunkyu who was gloating was immediately surprised at the edge of disbelief.

"How can that be?" I'm wrong? impossible I can't be wrong the gun also works properly! How did he do it!"

Hisoka then put the gun on the table.

"Your turn."

Yunkyu took the gun with a strange expression and put it to his head.

"No way I was wrong, he must've removed the bullet somehow, without anyone noticing, I'm sure the next shot won't hurt, you think you're smart but I'll show you what the best player can do."

"All I have to do is turn the barrel on the next turn!"

He pulled the trigger.

*Bang*

His skull was pierced by the bullet, blood spurted out of the opposite side of his skull, even revealing Yunkun's brain, which slowly fell to the ground in a pool of blood as Hisoka returned to his place.

James and Illumi then easily gained 12 hours each.

"This competitor seemed pretty sure of himself, he probably wouldn't have chosen this game if he didn't have an advantage, but why Hisoka won so easily, it's like I missed a decisive action, but I was very attentive during the challenge, nothing could escape my sight..."

"Wait...yes! how could I forget that, it's one of the most fundamental abilities of a Nen master, the Gyô!"

James clenched his teeth and used all his concentration and extraordinary senses to control his Nen, causing a slight white aura to appear around his eyes.

Gyô (凝, focus) is an advanced application of Ren by which a Nen user focuses on a large part of his aura in a specific part of the body. Gyô increases the resistance of that part of the body, while leaving the rest of the body more vulnerable. Gyô is most often used in the eyes, allowing a nen user to see the aura and things that would otherwise be hidden.

He then saw a pink aura enveloping the weapon of challenge, the Nen around his eyes then dissipated under his loss of control, but he understood the situation.

"Hisoka used his Hatsu on the mechanisms of the revolver, allowing him to avoid getting shot."

Then he thought back to Hisoka's slight gesture during the test, when he lifted his finger before voting.

"Illumi is a master of Nen, so he should have used the Gyô as soon as he saw Hisoka's gesture."

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