Chapter 16 : Hisoka X Test X Fight (2)

"DIE!!!!" All the resentment and anger he held toward Hisoka were condensed in this fist.

Hisoka's eyes widened as he saw the fist of Shinji getting near, he subconsciously released his Aura from his body.

'REN!'

The feeling of paralyzing disappeared immediately, he wanted to block Shinji's fist with his hand but he was too late. The fist is only a few inches from his face.

As if time slowed down in Hisoka's perspective, or it should be said that Hisoka's speed suddenly increased thanks to Nen's enhancement.

*BANG*

The powerful fist generated wind waves that steered up the sand on the ground.

'Huh?' feeling something off, Shinji immediately understood…

"So close, but unfortunately you lose!" Hisoka said with a smile, he pretend to wipe the non-existent 'sweat' from his forehead.

It turns out Hisoka's right hand appeared somehow in front of his face blocking the attack of Shinji in the last moment.

But Hisoka suddenly stopped, because what he saw on Shinji isn't the despair or Shock of his attack failing, but a smile. As if he…

'expected this to happen!'

He saw him looking at something on the left, he turned his head subconsciously. He wasn't afraid of Shinji playing any trick on him, because he believes Shinji must have already revealed all his cards, so the game is over. Moreover, he is sure to react to any sneak attack.

'Now!' Shinji Shouted in his heart.

"Huh?!" Hisoka felt the strong movement of the wind on his right side, he turned his eye but he was late, he only saw the vague outline of something black, but his vision was covered by the latter's big fist.

He wanted to block it but found his body was caught by Shinji!

*bang*

An invisible strong punch landed on the right check of Hisoka!

The black ghost immediately disappeared after achieving its mission.

Shinji also retreated to make a distance from Hisoka, afraid the latter will go crazy and use Nen to kill him, and then his immortality will be revealed.

The air becomes deadly silent.

Hisoka put his hand on his red check and felt the pain coming from it, surprise filled his face.

He remained silent, he tried hard to analyze what just happened but he can't understand.

'I have already checked it before, I'm sure he doesn't know how to use Nen, so how he did it?'

Hisoka noticed the black shadow, although it was only a small glimpse he is sure it must be some kind of Nen ability, which in this case is similar to what is known as Nen beast.

A Nen beast is a special energy life form made entirely from the aura and has some special abilities that can help its owner to either fight or for other auxiliary purposes.

But the question that bothered Hisoka is, Why does Shinji have Nen beast while he obviously doesn't use Nen?

'He must be a genius!' this is the only explanation he can come up with, he knows there are rare peoples who managed to open their aura nodes on their own and even create Nen abilities that suit them instinctively, those people are known as Psychics by ordinary people. but in fact, they are Genius Nen users. only one in million can open their aura node alone without training or a baptism.

'Genius…interesting!'

"Ha ha ha…"

Hisoka held his face and starts laughing, his laugh starts getting louder and louder. anyone can hear the madness and craziness contained in it.

He looked at Shinji just like how a person will look at some kind of precious treasure, full of greed and excitement.

'Damn, he becomes crazy!" feeling his weird gaze, Shinji was ready to run away, he isn't afraid of death, he is afraid of being tortured and experiencing life worse than death. His immortality mustn't be discovered by anyone until he had at least the strength to resist an entire nation on his own.

"Today is really my lucky day!"

Hisoka suddenly stopped laughing, then he said to Shinji with a 'kind' smile on his face just like how a nice uncle will praise a kid: "Congratulation! you have passed. you did a great job! I will abide by our bet and will not harm your friend for any reason, as long as it's not related to the hunter exam. "

"You better do." Shinji looked at him indifferently, he will never trust Someone like Hisoka, he will only trust his strength which will allow him to protect those he held precious.

"you didn't tell me your name? Or would you prefer me calling you little kitten?"

Hisoka said teasing Shinji.

"Who the hell are you calling little kitten? Are you blind or what? I'm a fucking Leopard!"

"It's still a cat isn't it?" Hisoka pretends to be ignorant.

Shinji imagined that one day when he becomes strong, people will call him 'little kitten' because of this bastard, he shuddered at this thought.

To avoid this possibility from happening, he simply said his name.

"It's Shinji, Shinji Kuroda, the one who will become the strongest man in the world! remember it!"

Shinji as he said that, his Transformation automatically canceled, this is a sign his physical strength isn't enough to maintain it.

The moment his transformation faded, Shinji staggered and almost fell to the ground.

'Damn! Not now!' Shinji cursed in his heart.

"Ohh is this your human form? This is more pleasing to the eye than your previous one." Hisoka looked at Shinji, he liked his lips pervertedly. He mistakenly thought Shinji took the shape of a Human, not knowing that Shinji is a real human.

Shinji doesn't intend nor does he have the energy to explain that he is a Human.

*ring**ring*ring*

Suddenly, the sound of a phone ringing attracted their attention.

Hisoka took a phone from his pocket and answered the call.

The moment he pressed the button, the voice of a man came from the other side.

"Hisoka, you should get back here, we are nearly at phase two site."

"Ok, I'll be right there." Then he ended the call.

He turned around as he walked away he said Without turning around: "It was a wonderful time with you, Shinji. I hope you will become stronger quickly I can't wait to have a real fight with you."

Suddenly he stopped, he looked back at Shinji and asked: " you can find your own way back, right?"

He noticed that Shinji seems to be out of energy, afraid he will die in the hand of the creatures of the wetlands, Hisoka won't allow the wasting of such a great seedling like Shinji like this, that's why he asked, he doesn't mind taking him to the next phase.

Shinji was lazy to talk he just nodded his head indicating he can.

his leopard noise will help him trace the smell of those applicants so he doesn't need to worry about not finding the location of the phase two site in this thick fog, moreover, he still needs to find Kurapika and Leorio.

"Good, be sure to not die, or else I will chase you to the underworld." Hisoka gave a light chuckle and then Disappeared from Shinji's sight.

*sigh*

"Troublesome, I'm sure this Dog skin plaster will never leave me in peace. But…"

"This will motivate me to improve my strength quickly!"

For Shinji, being targeted by Hisoka has both pros and cons.

Let's start with the cons first.

Shinji is afraid that one day Hisoka will target his friends in this world, his beggars' gang and Leorio, and others. Which isn't an impossible thing to happen.

While the advantages lie in Hisoka serving as a motivation for him to improve his strength quickly in order to protect His friends.

Shinji took some food from his Pocket Dimension to recuperate his energy.

Then he transformed to full leopard form and quickly chased after the smell of Leorio.

Following the smell all the way, Shinji hide behind a tree and saw a lot of applicants gathering in front of a closed gate.

"This must be the site of phase two. Since I smell the scent of Leorio here they must have reached this place." Then Shinji returned to his human form, put on his bandages, and wore his clothes.

When Shinji arrived, he was quickly spotted by Kurapika and the others.

"Shinji-san, Here!" Kurapika waved at Shinji, following the sound, Shinji walked toward them.

"Brother Shinji!" Gon beside him was excited.

"When we saw Hisoka coming back, we thought you were dead, then Gon attacked Hisoka and from him, we know you are fine. Thank God you returned safe, Shinji!" Kurapika was happy to see Shinji safe after fighting Hisoka, then he quickly explained to him what happened before he came.

"Fortunately guys, you managed to find the way, I was worried you will get lost in that fog, by the way where is Leorio?" Shinji also felt relieved when he saw them here, he asked about Leorio.

"Leorio is there but he is still unconscious" Kurapika pointed to a corner where Leorio was lying on the wall.

"It seems I have used more strength than I should."

"Nah, Shinji what happened to you with Hisoka? Did you fight him?" Gon looked excitedly at Shinji, he wants to know what happened between Hisoka and Shinji.

"If he fought Hisoka I believe he won't be standing in front of us." Killua on the side felt that Gon's words are unreasonable, Hisoka's strength is something far more than what they can imagine, Just his presence alone struck fear in him. Even he thinks he had zero chance of surviving a fight with Hisoka, So Shinji who he believes is weaker than him doesn't need to think about it.

Shinji Looked at Killua with dissatisfaction.

'This Bra! he underestimates me!, if your big brother isn't here I would have already spanked your ass…wait!' Shinji remembered that he seems probably, no, surely weaker than Killua.

The current Killua even before learning Nen can open the 16-ton gate, if he was to punch Shinji even with his half-strength then Shinji would be 'dead' if not seriously injured.

'Well he is just a kid after all, I shouldn't care about his words.' With this mentality, Shinji smiled calmly and starts telling all what happened in his 'fight' with Hisoka, of course, he didn't talk about his black ghost, he doesn't want to waste time explaining this stuff.

"Wow, brother Shinji you were cool!" Gon screamed in Excitement, while Killua on the side looked at him with envy, seeing Gon admiring Shinji so much made him somehow unbalanced.

'Tsk, I can do better than him." He whispered.

"Shinji, you have saved our life, this grace I will never forget in my life! if you need me In the future, as long as it's within my capacity and bottom line, I won't hesitate to help!" Kurapika looked at Shinji, his eyes full of gratitude and firmness.

Shinji's act of almost sacrificing his life to save them touched him a lot, so he swore to repay this favor.

"Excellent work, everyone!" the sound of the Examiner Satotz-san pulled their attention.

"Phase two of the exam will occur here, in the Biska Forest Park."

"So, I shall take my leave, best of luck to all of you." Then with his unique walks, he left the place.

*rumble*

"Huh?" Everyone looked at the big gates that starts opening just after Satotz-san left.

When the gate was fully opened, a nice voice of a young woman came from the inside.

"Will all the applicants who passed the first phase please enter?"

The source of this voice is a young woman with light brown skin, and light green eyes, tying the back of her light blue hair into 5 top knots and wearing a bikini top with a mesh shirt worn over it, alongside daisy duke denim shorts.

"Welcome, I'm Menchi. The second phase examiner." With a beautiful smile on her face, she greeted the applicants.