chapter 16 The Awakening

Amori POV

We followed Morau to a hotel. I even had to pay for the room with my jenis 💸💸💸. As soon as we arrived, Morau sat down on a chair, fixed his gaze on us, and told us to welcome him as our master. I immediately knelt down to show my sincerity, and my brothers followed my example. I knew that with a master like him, our training would progress quickly, as long as we could keep up with him. Moreover, Morau is a master strategist. Some people call him the perfect soldier because he is ready to die for his mission.

After his explanations, I already knew part of what he was saying. Awakening through training is less dangerous. It's been nearly four months since I've been in this world where people can kill me like an ant 🐜. I want this power, I have desired it since my previous life. Although this system gave me an S-rank talent, and my brother an A+ rank, I suppose this means that my affinity or quantity of Nen is at the same level as those two little talent monsters. For my brothers, an A+ rank is not that far from an S-rank talent. (For the talent, I couldn't see myself giving a shitty ranking to my three heroes. You know the game hunters play, where they create Nen bubbles around their hands and move them from left to right. So, Gin is the master of the game. He can even make animals or bubbles within bubbles. In short, this is the way he has a talent for aura. The system's ranking is a bit rough, but it allows you to know your talent with Nen and how quickly you develop it. Basically, I think I got myself into trouble with the talent story, but I can't back down.)

Morau stood up and placed his hand on my back. An intense warmth surged through me. When I opened my eyes, a mad smile spread across my face. This is what I seek. Morau didn't linger on me and did the same with my brothers.

"What are you waiting for to start?" he said.

We began trying to recall the aura within our bodies and make it circulate. I recited this mantra in my head: the aura is like water, and I am the valve. In less than two minutes, I managed to control my aura, which took the shape of my body and surrounded me. It was no longer unstable, which did not go unnoticed by Morau.

He thought: He has a very high understanding of aura. 6200 units. Then he looked at Imori: 4600 units. Umori: 5100 units. Very good.

Imori was the second to finish in less than seven minutes, followed by Umori in nine minutes. We had managed to master our Nen. We looked at each other, smiling, proud of our progress in the world of the greats.

"Well, you can officially call yourselves Hunters," he said, looking at Amori and Umori. "As for you," he said to Imori, "consider retaking the exam next year."

"Yes, master," we said.

"The state you are in and the time in the following month, I will teach you the four major principles of Nen. You already have the first, which is to open your shoko and retain the aura that leaks from your body. The next, Zetsu, I used against you during our encounter. You need to suppress the flow of your aura by closing your shoko, which makes you vulnerable to Nen users if they find you, but allows you to remain undetectable, ideal for tracking."

"Ren, if Ten is a layer that protects you and is purely defensive, Ren is the opposite. It shows that you are on the offensive, increases your strength and durability, and gives you a large reserve of aura for advanced techniques. We will delve into this point later."

"Hatsu is the release or transmission of aura so that it can be projected to perform a certain function. In essence, Hatsu is one's personal expression of Nen, creating a special and unique paranormal ability, commonly known as a Nen ability. A good Hatsu should reflect a person's own character. You can never truly master Nen if you only copy others' abilities. Hatsu is the source of all known Nen techniques, each corresponding to a different type of Hatsu; there are six in total."

"This is what you will work on during this month. Start with Zetsu, draw your Nen back, close your shoko," said Morau, lighting his pipe.

We began closing our shoko. Although I managed to master it, it took me some time to make it instantaneous. Imori had no trouble closing his compared to me and Umori. He looked at us smugly. I should remind him who the big brother is later.

"Good," said Morau, "you will spend the week switching between Ten and Zetsu. When you are in the arena, do not hit opponents with your Nen activated."

"Yes, master Morau," we said.

"I told you, just Morau. Go get your things and come back," he said.

After we left, he took his phone and called his other disciples.

"Yes, Morau?" answered Shoot.

"Find missions to keep you busy. I have been entrusted with a teaching mission. Pass the message to Knuckle."

"I see. See you soon, master."

From the sound of his master's voice, Shoot recognized that he was excited about his mission before hanging up.

On the talent measurement board, although it wasn't very precise, he could already note:

Imori

S-rank awakening: more than 4600 units

S-rank mastery time: 6 minutes 46 seconds

Umori

S-rank awakening: more than 5100 units

S-rank mastery time: 9 minutes 27 seconds

Amori

S-rank awakening: more than 6200 units

S-rank mastery time: 1 minute 53 seconds