Hunter x Hunter: Card Master, the Strongest in the World

After enjoying the most delicious lunch ever, Lynn first spent some time familiarizing himself with his strength after the leap.

Strong.

This was a heartfelt sentiment from him.

The A+ rank truly lives up to its reputation as the top tier below the ceiling of the six continents. Those who can enter this rank are all geniuses with exceptional talent, honed by years of experience, which is why they possess A+ strength, such as Bisji and Geno.

And how long did it take him?

Less than two years!

In just over a year, he has covered the ground that took a genius decades to complete; this growth rate is unmatched even by Netero and King.

Bisge's path has come to an end, not to mention Netero, and although King is in his prime, whether he can go any further is also unknown.

For him, A+ is not the end, but just the beginning. From now on, it will be easier for him to acquire cards, and his strength will increase accordingly. His next goal is S- rank!

Once he arrives in S-, he will be one of the top combat forces in the six continents, and he will have the confidence to point his sword at the Dark Continent.

After spending some time adjusting, Lynn realized that Kurapika had already reached B-rank strength and could go on another rampage.

So, under the guise of a "friendly sparring" between master and apprentice, Lynn decisively slammed Kurapika to the ground, ending the battle.

Kurapika's efforts weren't in vain; he contributed a B-rank double-tomoe Sharingan, increasing his Sharingan inventory by 1.

It must be admitted that although he has the Gemstone Flesh, Kurapika's talent is also quite good. Not long has it been since he first developed Nen, and he hasn't even fully developed his Nen ability yet, but he already has a B- rank.

A-level rating is just around the corner.

After checking on the growth of the two fruits as usual, Lynn returned to his room, ready to try out his recently acquired A+ card, [Gate of Truth]!

He spent all his points on upgrading his trading card a couple of days ago, so he's short on cash and doesn't have the funds to try it out.

In the past two days, Illumi and Sares City each obtained two useless cards from their respective trait bars, which is why they have a total of 1200 points in hand, giving them plenty of confidence.

Lynn closed his eyes, a thought flickering within him.

He felt a sway, and when he opened his eyes again, his consciousness had arrived in a pure white space.

Before him stood two large doors, engraved with intricate patterns, exuding an ancient and unique aura.

This is the gate to truth.

In front of the door, there was a small figure about waist-high, radiating white light.

"Lord of Truth, welcome to the world of truth. I am your servant, and you may call me [Zero]."

Ling bowed slowly, her voice ethereal.

Lynn glanced at Zero for a few moments, then said, "I can use points to exchange for information here, right?"

“That’s exactly right,” Zero said respectfully.

Lynn hesitated for a moment, then decided to test the waters by asking a question: "I need to learn the methods of [Food Ethics]."

Food strategy is an advanced skill in the game "Gourmet Captives," and mastering it can unleash even greater combat power.

"I'm sorry, the Gate of Truth can currently only provide knowledge within this world and knowledge that is already within our capabilities," Zero replied.

Currently?

In other words, the future is uncertain.

Lynn paused for a moment, then asked another question: "I want the learning methods for the seventh and eighth gates of the Eight Gates Formation."

He only has the learning methods for the first six doors. Although he can only open the first five doors now, once he advances to A+ level, learning to open the sixth door will be just around the corner. Naturally, he needs to consider the last two doors.

In his view, the true value of the Eight Gates lies in the seventh gate, the Gate of Shock, and the eighth gate, the Gate of Death.

He possesses the [Stand Scarecrow], which guarantees his survival and leaves him with a breath of life. Combined with the [Senzu Bean], theoretically, he can open the [Gate of Death] up to four times at once!

To others, the Death Gate is a useless but irreplaceable asset, only good for mutual destruction. But to him, it's a very useful trump card.

Zero said, "The method to learn the seventh gate of the Eight Gates Formation requires 1000 points, while the eighth gate requires 3000 points."

So, it's one A- card and one A card?

To be honest, it's a bit expensive.

But this is a designated purchase, which is better than waiting indefinitely.

So Lynn first bought the learning method for the seventh door of surprise.

Knowledge will be given after he leaves.

Lynn didn't rush to leave, but instead tested the waters once more, this time wanting to see just how comprehensive the Gate of Truth's knowledge of the world was.

"I need the whereabouts of the Dark Sonata."

After his trip to the Sares Ruins, he had tasted the benefits of dark creatures like Dark Sonata, especially with Gengar as a powerful weapon. Therefore, he decided to target Dark Sonata.

"The whereabouts of Dark Sonata have been found. The minimum completeness of the information requires 50 points, and the maximum completeness requires 700 points."

50 to 700? Is the difference that big?

Lynn glanced at his remaining 200 points and decided to use them all.

Since he had run out of points, Lynn simply pushed open the Gate of Truth.

He felt as if he were constantly falling, during which two kinds of knowledge were successively poured into his mind: the learning method of the Gate of Wonder and the fall of the Dark Sonata.

The information obtained with 200 points is only so-so; all that is known is that there is a Dark Sonata on the coast west of the United Nations in Begrosse.

Lynn noted down the location, planning to look for it sometime in the future.

When he opened his eyes again, he was conscious.

The Gate of Truth is useful, but it's also a real money pit.

In just a short while, 1200 points were spent.

Lynn secretly resolved not to rely too much on the Gate of Truth, and to rely on himself to analyze things in many situations... Of course, in fact, the reason he didn't have any points was ultimately because he had too few cards.

For the next period of time, he continued to stay in Sares City to study, enjoying good food and a carefree life, while also exercising. The days passed quickly.

At that moment, the Hunter Association sent a notification.

Just as Pjorn said, he officially became a one-star Relic Hunter!

From then on, he became a dual-star hunter of gourmet food and ruins.

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Being a dual-star hunter didn't bring him many tangible benefits; the most obvious change was that he became more famous.

One-star hunters are rare enough, but two one-star hunters are even rarer, since very few people can achieve success in two fields.

People like Jin, who have dabbled in multiple fields and achieved great success in each, are ultimately few and far between. I guess he doesn't care about fame, otherwise he wouldn't just be a two-star hunter.

To this day, he holds three of the most prestigious titles in the world: [Strongest Tower Master of the Sky Arena], [World's Top Exorcist], and [Double One-Star Hunter].

Because their operation directly extinguished the source of death within the Sares Ruins, Gengar was able to feast on it.

As a result, the number of Death Spirits at the Sares Ruins has decreased sharply, to less than one-tenth of what it used to be, with most of them ending up in Gengar's stomach.

This event is also reflected in the Hunter Association's public announcements.

The Hunter Association recorded four of his deeds:

She became the champion of the 1998 Culinary Competition.

Remove most of the dead thoughts from the Sares Ruins.

A large number of lost documents from the Sares ruins were discovered.

Killed some members of the Phantom Troupe, an A-class criminal group.

Judging from his achievements alone, he has spanned three areas: food, ruins, and bounty hunting. However, his contributions in the bounty hunting area are still lacking, so he is currently only a dual one-star hunter.

While inside the ruins of Sares, he killed Uvogin and Nobunaga, a fact that Pjorn and others also knew.

So afterwards, Pyon asked him if he should make the story public, since making it public would invite retaliation from the Phantom Troupe, so he needed to ask Lynn's opinion.

Lynn chose to make this public.

Because he wanted the Phantom Troupe to come find him.

Time passed slowly, yet also quickly. In the blink of an eye, he went from being a B-rank who was at a disadvantage against Hisoka to an A+-rank, now possessing the strength to not fear the Phantom Troupe.

The Phantom Troupe has thirteen members. On the surface, only Uvogin and Nobunaga have died, but in reality, Franklin and Shalnark should also be included.

The loss of three combatants and a strategist was already a heavy blow to the Phantom Troupe, especially since Hisoka was a treacherous double agent who had been brutally beaten by him.

Of the remaining personnel, only Feitan, Phinks, and Pedrolev are combatants with an A- rank, while the other support personnel are at most B+ rank.

However, whether it's A- or B+, they're all just speed bumps in front of him, and he doesn't need to care at all, because he knows the Nen abilities of every member of the Phantom Troupe like the back of his hand, and there's no information gap that can trick him.

He could easily defeat Nobunaga Uvogin when he was at Rank A, let alone now that he is at Rank A+, and his overall strength is even greater.

Of the entire Phantom Troupe, only Chrollo had the chance to exchange a few blows with him, but that was all; there was no way he could defeat him.

Putting aside his A+ rank, as well as his Eight Gates and other abilities and trump cards, the information gap from the immortal stand, Scarecrow, alone is enough for him to easily defeat Chrollo.

This is only his individual strength; he also has character cards such as Zoro, Gengar, and Chopper, making him a one-man army.

Even Capone had taken some time to come over and eat the gem meat he had reserved, successfully advancing to A-rank. The entire team lineup was extremely luxurious.

They didn't even need to send many people; an A+ rank Gengar paired with a bunch of Ghost-type underworld moves would be enough to deal with the Phantom Troupe.

Even a complete spider would struggle to resist, let alone this spider with four thick legs broken off, making it even less of a threat.

He didn't want to alert the enemy too early, and he couldn't let the Phantom Troupe realize the vast difference in strength between him and them. Otherwise, if they avoided battle and scattered in different groups, it would be troublesome to catch them again.

The truth will eventually come out.

Franklin has been dead for so long, who knows when the Phantom Troupe will gather and discover the truth.

Similarly, with the deaths of Uvogin and Nobunaga, Chrollo would easily suspect him as well.

After all, he was the only one with a great reputation and considerable strength who was with Nobunaga Uvogin at the same time in the Sarres Ruins.

Therefore, he did not intend to delay any longer, but instead used this opportunity to gather the troupe together to attack him and wipe them out in one fell swoop.

With the help of the chivalrous insider, he could easily know any of the group's movements, even if he was thousands of miles away.

It seems that he is in the open, while the group is in the shadows.

In fact, he had already planted puppets within the troupe, and they were only in the open!

The Phantom Troupe knew nothing about him, but he understood that the Phantom Troupe's information, intelligence, and strength far surpassed that of the Phantom Troupe, so he had no need to hide from them.

The day Spider was destroyed was already destined when Shalnark and Franklin made him their target. The Phantom Troupe would regard him as their enemy, while he regarded the Phantom Troupe as cards!

I wonder how many useful cards we'll get from wiping out the entire Phantom Troupe in one go?

Filled with anticipation, Lynn had unknowingly been in Sares City for over a month, and it was now early May.

Inside the hotel suite.

Two identical-looking Lynn are doing different exercises.

The main body is doing basic physical training, and even though it has reached A+ level, its physical body has not yet reached its limit.

He possesses constantly evolving gourmet cells, so theoretically his body has unlimited potential, but he still needs to spend time continuously exploring and developing his body.

Unlike Bisge, who is over fifty years old and has already reached the limit of her physical potential as an "eighteen-year-old girl".

She had already endured all the hardships of the future in her youth, so she no longer needed to train so diligently. She could just stretch her muscles and bones occasionally and focus on pursuing her dream, which was to find the best gems.

The clone then engages in skills training, which is more elaborate than simple physical training because it is responsible for more content.

For example, training in opening the Eight Gates, training in using the Sharingan, and in-depth training in using both types of Haki...

The Shadow Clone Technique is probably the most valuable B-grade card he has.

It can be used not only for reconnaissance, disguise, and combat, but also for daily training, effectively doubling his growth rate.

Although the hardships endured by the clone will eventually return to him, this little thing is nothing.

After a while, Lynn withdrew his clone. A wave of training experience, mixed with fatigue, flooded his mind, as if he himself had done these things.

However, there is a difference between completing something over a period of time and completing it in an instant, and the impact they bring is different.