2 Meteor City

"Where am I?"

Loki slowly opened his eyes which was accompanied by a minor headache.

"I remember I got into a fight with a blank and was stabbed in the back…." Loki thought to himself.

Loki looked around to see that he was surrounded by garbage piles emitting smoke and miasma around him. Further away was dry, barren land that seemed to extend for miles.

There was no small amount of people around him, and there were even traces of man-made structures out of trash.

"It seems like this is not an ordinary garbage dump…." Loki thought to himself.

Loki wanted to stand up, but suddenly he realized that his body seemed to have shrunk. His body was now the same as when he was about twelve years old.

"What's happening?" Loki thought in a daze.

"I need more information about where I am."

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Loki was now scrounging for trash, hoping to find food in the place he called home. Although his small body looked dirty and his clothes were in tatters, if you looked underneath, you would find that he was very well developed for his age.

His dirty white hair and his clear gold eyes made him look very appealing, but the ruthless glow within those eyes would scare off many.

Within this short time, he had finally figured out where he was.

He was now in the world of Hunter x Hunter.

Specifically, he was in Meteor City. He had no idea what year it was, but he knew that this world was dangerous regardless of what time period he was in.

Only by possessing strength could he have the capital to walk in this dangerous world; in this world, Nen is the foundation of strength.

The ability to manipulate life energy freely and the life energy emitted from the body, also commonly known as aura, and the force used to attack or defend is called nen.

Learning this skill is also a condition for becoming a true Hunter.

Nen can be trained in one of the four major principles, and anyone can learn it. However, in order to not be used for evil, it is a force hidden from the public eye.

The four major principles are:

Ten: Ten is the process of keeping the nodes open, but also having aura flow through and around the body rather than away from it.

Zetsu: Zetsu stops the flow of aura from their body altogether. By closing all of their aura nodes, the user is able to halt all outflow of their aura like water from a valve, making their presence much harder or even impossible to sense.

Ren: Ren focuses on outputting a larger amount of aura than Ten, projecting it outwards explosively. This amplifies the user's physical strength and durability and provides a large pool of aura for any advanced techniques or individual skills they decide to use, albeit at the cost of expanding said aura.

Hatsu: Hatsu is one's personal expression of Nen. Its qualities are influenced by, but not restricted to, the Nen user's natural Nen category, one of the six available.

These are just the basic skills anyone with nen can learn.

There are also advanced skills that one can learn, such as:

Gyo: Gyo is an advanced application of Ren by which a Nen user concentrates a larger than normal portion of their aura into one specific body part. It increases the strength of that one body part, but leaves the rest of the body more vulnerable.

In: 'In' is an advanced form of Zetsu used to render one's aura imperceptible, even to other Nen users, effectively concealing it. Unlike Zetsu, however, 'In' does not stop the user's aura flow; instead, it hides it, making it impossible to perceive with any of the five senses or extrasensory perception.

En: En is an advanced application of Ten and Ren. With Ren, aura usually envelops only a small amount of space around the user's body. En is when one extends their Ren so that their aura extends further than normal, then uses Ten simultaneously to contain and give shape to that aura, usually a sphere.

The minimum requirement is to extend one's aura to a radius of more than two meters (6.56168 feet) and hold it longer than one minute. Someone using En can feel the shape and movement of anything within the area covered by their aura, with the degree of awareness and finesse depending on their level of skill.

Shu: Shu is an advanced application of Ten. Shu allows a Nen user to enshroud an object with their aura and to use that object as an extension of their own body. For example, one could use Shu to extend their Ten around a weapon, which would strengthen and protect it.

There are more advanced applications of nen, but those will take a long time to learn and need a sparring partner.

Loki had decided to stay in Meteor City for a while until he felt he had enough strength to protect himself outside meteor city. While there were plenty of fights here, they were mainly to the level of small fights without Nen.

For the Next two months of time, Loki spent his time slowly raising his low level of physical fitness and meditating; he was able to open his aura nodes. At first, adapting to his new environment was hard, but he soon thrived.

It was an area where the strong survived. Loki practiced his martial arts with his new body and ensured it was perfect. He wanted his new body to become a machine for his goals.

Currently, Loki had found some food and was about to head to his small hut when a large man came and stopped him.

"Hey there, little guy… don't you think you should share some of that with me..?" he said with a treacherous smile.

A bloodthirsty killing intent burst out of Loki while staring at him. His gold eyes gleamed with a ruthlessness the man had come used to seeing while living here.

"Heh… Do you really think you can beat me with…" he started to speak, but before he could finish, Loki launched himself at the man with agile speed.

Loki immediately stabbed his fingers toward the other's throat, leaving the man choking. From there, he started his quick and ruthless assault.

The man's eyes bulged, and he wanted to say something but couldn't as he was still choking.

Each move of Loki's martial arts was extremely lethal and aimed to kill fast; however, he could not use many moves due to his small stature. Although he was strong for his age, it did not match up to his previous physical ability.

Soon the man was lying on the ground with blood coming out of the back of his head from falling.

Loki quickly looked around and found a piece of glass in the trash piles around him and proceeded to slit the man's throat.

After this, he quickly got up and began walking towards his small house. There was no change in his expression or mood throughout this process.

Within the next few weeks, Loki was finally able to awaken Nen. However, this did not excite him as this was only the beginning.

The next four months were spent solely on the basics, such as Ten, Zetsu, and Ren. Although he focused on these basics, he did not forget things like physical fitness.

He was now finally at a level where he could create his own Hatsu.