Hunter x Hunter: Infinite Growth

“You’ve made great progress.” Yun Gu walked over and handed him a towel.

Kevin took it and placed it directly on his face.

"No, I know my situation. I'm just getting used to this body again. The so-called rapid progress is just me regaining the body's memories."

"Really? I've never experienced that feeling."

Yun Gu said helplessly, then thought for a moment and tapped his cheek with his index finger.

"However, your combat skills are indeed improving very slowly."

"Don't try to comfort me; you can say it's a complete lack of progress."

Kevin said, lying on the ground.

They have been here for training for a week now.

However, the only progress he felt during this week was regaining the "memories" of this body.

He could feel that smoothness.

However, progress is extremely slow in other areas that the body does not possess and that require learning and training.

For example, focus and combat skills.

Especially those combat techniques, such as how to punch more efficiently and more destructively, and how to deflect force and strike back.

It seemed easy to him, but his body just couldn't learn it.

"It seems you have a good understanding of your own limitations."

Bisky returned at some point and stood next to Kevin with her hands on her hips.

Her expression revealed her displeasure, but her eyes held an undisguised distress.

Because her expectations of Kevin formed an arc, and because her overconfident judgment was wrong.

When she first received the commission, she had certain expectations for Kevin.

This is partly due to the gold.

Before contacting him, she had learned about Kevin through various channels.

Without a doubt, he is a scholar.

A high-achieving student, addicted to drugs, he spends most of his wealth searching for different materials. To do so, he also chooses faster, crooked methods when accumulating wealth, and he frequently commits crimes while collecting materials.

A being who perfectly embodies the spirit of a hunter.

Bisky neither dislikes nor likes such a character.

Not to mention that the original Kevin had committed various evil deeds.

His demeanor also gives people a dark feeling, even though his facial features actually look very good.

But on the very first day of contact, Bisky discovered discrepancies between the information and reality.

Kevin's personality makes it impossible to associate him with criminals; he even harbors some resentment towards murder.

As she learned more about Kevin, her expectations for him rose once again, due to his unique physique and Nen type, including the Nen of the Dead residing in his body.

All of these factors will allow Kevin to grow to a level that is difficult for ordinary people to reach.

But as training began, those expectations gradually faded.

Learning ability and concentration are the two most needed qualities for those with psychic abilities to improve.

Kevin doesn't possess, or rather, he's very weak at it.

This made Kevin both gifted and ungiven.

This drove Bisky crazy.

It's like a top-grade jade encased in a huge rock, buried deep in the mountains. To make it truly shine, you need to find and identify it, open its thick outer shell, and then take out the jade inside to make it a rough stone.

Then this piece of raw jadeite needs to be carefully and thoroughly polished over a long period of time before it can shine.

A challenge.

snort!

"Bring it on! I'll make you shine!"

Bisky pointed imposingly at Kevin, who was lying on the ground, and made a loud declaration.

Kevin looked completely bewildered.

Yun Gu smiled beside him.

"You've rested enough! It's time for physical training!" Bisky said, lifting Kevin up directly.

The most agonizing moment has arrived.

However, if it weren't for the Nen ability, this body might not even be able to defeat an ordinary person.

Since parting ways with Kim, Kevin has maintained the habit of training, but compared to his current training, the intensity of his previous training is nothing.

……

Another week has passed.

Kevin and Yun Gu stayed by the stream, spending their days training, battling, and sleeping.

Bisky only comes over occasionally; the rest of the time she disappears without a trace.

In her words, how could you let a beautiful young girl stay in the wild every day?

"call."

On the training field, Kevin fell to the ground once again.

He lay sprawled out, his arms covering his eyes.

"Don't be discouraged, I learn things very slowly too," Yun Gu comforted her from the side.

Kevin waved his hand to indicate that he was fine.

Bisky, who had been watching the two fight from a nearby rock, stood up.

“Your learning ability is really too poor. I originally thought that Yun Gu’s learning speed was already slow enough.”

Upon hearing Bisky's words, Yun Gu smiled awkwardly and looked at Kevin lying down, his expression slightly grateful.

During his training, he was constantly nagged by Bisky for his slow learning speed.

Now, thanks to Kevin's appearance, this nagging has been transferred to him.

"But perhaps that is your only flaw."

Kevin looked at Bisky with a puzzled expression.

Without a doubt, Kevin is a top-grade jadeite rough with some minor flaws.

What she has to do is to transform this rough jade stone into a perfect piece of art, either by eliminating the flaws or by making the flaws part of the beauty.

Bisky smiled: "You seem to have a natural understanding of ki, and you use it instinctively. You also have an unimaginable passion for Nen abilities, a passion that makes you almost never discouraged."

This is a very rare and precious will and talent, which cannot be seen with the naked eye.

After saying that, Bisky suddenly snapped her fingers in the air.

Kevin rolled half a circle to the side in an instant, and a crater was blasted out of the place where he had been lying.

"what!"

Yun Gu screamed and collapsed to the ground.

“You see, from the first time I saw you, you instinctively used [Condensation], and you almost made it a habit.”

Yun Gu had already gotten up and was sitting on the ground looking at Kevin with a surprised expression. He had no idea about this.

Using [Condensation] requires careful control of one's Qi, which is a relatively advanced combat skill. How could one possibly maintain it in everyday life?

Bisky came over to him and tapped his head with her finger in exasperation.

"Because your fighting style is straightforward and you're a [Enhancement] type, this advantage of his isn't very noticeable in a fight against you."

If you were a [Change] or [Emit] type, the battle wouldn't be as easy as it is now.

To put it bluntly, in Bisky's eyes, Cloud Valley and Kevin are both in the stage of being novices fighting each other.

As she was speaking, Bisky suddenly snapped her fingers again.

Yun Gu screamed again, going from sitting to lying down.

"Look! You should have been on guard the moment I reached out. Two hundred push-ups, let's begin!"

"Yes!"

Helpless, Yun Gu turned over and began to do push-ups.

Kevin, who was still gloating nearby, suddenly dodged again.

Kevin doesn't need any training in using the [Condensation] ability.

Chapter Fifteen: Talents X Second Column

The training by the river continues.

“Cloud Valley, have you noticed? Kevin is incredibly resilient,” Bisky said.

Yun Gu frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded, as if that was indeed the case.

However, because he knew Kevin's special circumstances—Kevin had once been a Nen user—he didn't find this strange.

"Because he used [Flow] without even realizing it."

Yun Gu was genuinely surprised this time, looking at Kevin who had a blank expression.

He was already in the training phase of these skills before he even sought out Kevin.

“What is ‘flow’?” Kevin asked.

This naming method seems to be a kind of pronunciation technique.

Some naming techniques for Nen abilities are simple and direct, while others are highly stream-of-consciousness.

"Ahem, Ms. Bisky's class is starting!"

Bisky cleared her throat and began to answer Kevin's questions.

“Besides the four main practices, there are seven other techniques for recitation.”

Kevin nodded, understanding; it was an advanced ability.

"Actually, there are many kinds that you've been using all along, you just don't know their names."

Then Biskey began to recount her story.

Circle – an advanced applied technique of coiling and refining. Expanding the Qi (energy) around the body to identify intruders that have entered it.

Concentration – The application of training. Training involves focusing heightened energy into the eyes to see through the opponent's hidden energy and aura; this is a fundamental combat technique.

Concealment – ​​a method of making the qi semi-solid by using techniques such as release, making it difficult for the opponent to see.

Hard – Composed of entanglement, absoluteness, training, release, and condensation, it unleashes an extremely powerful attack.

Firmness—the advanced strength and attack power of training and entanglement.

Zhou – Entanglement’s application technique involves imbuing objects he touches with Nen, thereby enhancing their abilities.

Flow – dynamically adjust the distribution ratio of Qi in the body to make one's offensive and defensive capabilities more efficient.

Kevin listened carefully and understood the techniques, which were, to be honest, quite easy to understand.

But can these really be considered advanced techniques?

He was somewhat puzzled, because even when he learned about and possessed the concept of "thought," he was already using his own thought to make the same changes.

The only skill he hadn't thought of and trained was [concealment].

"It looks familiar, doesn't it?" Bisky asked.

Kevin nodded.

Yun Gu finally realized what was happening and looked at Kevin, saying, "So every time we spar, you're always able to dodge my attacks at the beginning."