chsdbacks Chapter 2 - Training to Level Up & One Crossing Chance
Chapter 2 - Training to Level Up & One Crossing Chance
Chapter 2: Training to Level Up & One Crossing Chance
“Here, your number card!”
While Lorraine was idly observing the scene, a voice suddenly came from beside him, accompanied by a hand extending towards him.
Lorraine looked down and saw an oily, dough-faced humanoid handing him a card with the number 406.
“Oh! Thank you!”
Lorraine accepted the number card, watching the dough-faced humanoid’s retreating figure with curiosity in his eyes.
A sentient non-human life form... Lorraine couldn’t help but wonder if this dough-faced being was an animal or a plant.
However, as a chief secretary of the Hunter Association, Lorraine clearly had no chance to study the dough-faced humanoid further.
Ding! Ding! Ding!
As Lorraine lamented this missed opportunity, a loud alarm echoed wildly through the underground tunnel.
Almost everyone present turned towards the sound.
On the pipe attached to the tunnel wall stood Satotsu, the examiner for the first round of the Hunter Exam, looking calm and composed.
“The reporting time has now ended. The Hunter Exam officially begins!” Satotsu declared, leaping lightly from the pipe. He landed and calmly faced the large crowd of Hunter candidates.
“Please follow me.”
With that, Satotsu began walking deeper into the tunnel.
The candidates exchanged uncertain glances but eventually followed him.
“A word of warning: the Hunter Exam is extremely brutal. If you are unlucky or lack strength, it is easy to get injured or even lose your life. Cases of candidates becoming permanently disabled are not uncommon,” Satotsu said as he walked.
“If you wish to back out, turn around and leave. Those who are unafraid, follow me!”
Satotsu’s voice was not loud, but it carried clearly to the ears of all 400-plus participants present.
The result was predictable: not a single person chose to quit.
Even Lorraine was prepared to jog a few kilometres for the experience.
Hearing no signs of anyone giving up, Satotsu nodded slightly and said, “Understood. A total of 405 Hunter candidates will participate in the first test.”
“I have yet to introduce myself. I am Satotsu, the examiner for the first round of the test. I will now lead you to the venue for the second test.”
As Satotsu spoke, his strides gradually lengthened into an odd running gait.
Meanwhile, candidates close behind Satotsu curiously asked why they were heading straight to the second test. However, Lorraine could no longer hear their conversations.
The thing was...
Running in flip-flops was much more exhausting than Lorraine had imagined.
Name:LorraineLevel:0 (1/1) +Attributes:LockedWorld:Hunter x Hunter
For a brief moment, Lorraine felt an unprecedented sense of comfort, as though his entire being was immersed in warmth.
The sensation disappeared quickly, but it took Lorraine over ten seconds to recover from the bliss.
“So this is what levelling up feels like!” Lorraine muttered, his face showing a trace of longing. It wasn’t the potential power he craved but the pure pleasure of levelling up.
Reluctantly shaking off the feeling, Lorraine reopened the system interface.
[Divine Hundred-Level System]
Name:LorraineLevel:1 (0/1000)Vitality:1Mental Strength:1World:Hunter x HunterCrossing Chances:1
“A thousand experience points to level up... so the first level was a starter gift,” Lorraine thought without much concern. A thousand experience points—only two or three thousand kilometres, right?
That seemed like... quite a lot, actually.
“Vitality and Mental Strength...” Lorraine raised an eyebrow at the two new attributes.
Though abstract, Vitality likely referred to his physical condition, while Mental Strength pertained to his mental and spiritual resilience.
“One point... I wonder what that means?” Lorraine mused, sensing his current state.
Perhaps...
He could actually try taking part in the Hunter Exam.
Staring at the deep tunnel ahead, Lorraine’s eyes glimmered with determination.
If possible, he wanted to pass the Hunter Exam. After all, becoming a Hunter was the safest and most comprehensive way to learn about Nen.
As Lorraine’s excitement grew, his eyes caught a new line on the system interface.
Crossing Chances: 1
“Crossing chances...” Lorraine’s eyes narrowed.
What did it mean?
Could he return to Earth?
Or...
Could he travel to a new world?
Lorraine stared at the crossing button on the system interface, speechless.
After a long pause...
Exhale.
Lorraine let out a deep breath, choosing to ignore the option for now. Whether it meant returning to Earth or entering another world, he wasn’t prepared for such a leap.
“For now, let’s pretend it doesn’t exist,” Lorraine muttered, using the interface’s folding function to hide the last line.
“Time to catch up with the others!” Without hesitation, Lorraine began running along the tunnel again.