Shun returned to his house still above the Asura Kingdom.
Shun woke Ariel up and helped her reproduce successors to her kingdom.
Then he returned to the Heavens Arena in the morning.
'As for Hitogami, the curse will take care of him.' Shun trusted the Spiteful Fool.
'…An enemy that I have never seen directly, is taken care of without even meeting once.'
Though it might sound unclimactic and unsatisfying, Shun was extremely happy with the result.
Shun arrived at his floor.
Though the penthouse was great and all, Shun was numb to luxury. Only Gon and Bisky were excited, while Aisha, Killua and Shun continued practicing.
'Hmm, I guess there is about four days until the start of Reverie.'
It was a bit annoying to calculate the dates due to only One Piece world is being slower with 4 to 1 time flow difference.
——
Three hours later…
"Well, then good luck." Shun said to Gon, who was heading to his fight against Hisoka.
"I believe you can win." Shun said with a serious face.
"Yes! Leave it to me!" Gon left with a serious face as Shun's group headed towards the VIP spectator seats. Now that Shun was a floor master, he would receive the best treatment inside the Heavens Arena.
Once Gon disappeared from their sight, Aisha asked,
"Which one should we bet on? And how much?"
To Aisha's question, Shun answered instantly as he never had a doubt.
"All in on Hisoka."
"…"
——
Though his friends cheered him on, even Killua, the closest friend of Gon, gambled on Hisoka to win.
Bisky followed too, but her attention was on Shun instead.
"Did something good happen?" She asked.
"Hmm? Is it that obvious?" Shun smiled before continuing.
"I managed to put an end to the long continued revenge."
"!"
"Did you use that skeleton?!" Killua asked with appalled expression, but…
"Do I look like I lost five hundred years of life?"
"…"
Bisky and Killua let out a sigh of relief upon hearing his words. Though they knew his strength, they couldn't help but worry about him. After all, he acted too careless about his own life. Perhaps this was what Mito had mentioned previously, that she was worried about Shun more than Gon.
Shun lied to not make them worry.
'They never had to worry in the first place.' Shun thought as the match started.
The announcer introduced the two fighters before mentioning,
"Today, the newly promoted floor master is here to watch this fight." The camera pointed towards Shun for a bit before going back to showing Gon and Hisoka.
They couldn't risk making Shun uncomfortable with the camera.
After all, floor masters were unpredictable individuals.
Hisoka looked to Shun's side and waved as if he was the fighter from their side instead of Gon. But Shun gave him a thumbs up.
'Beat up that kid. We went all in on you!'
"…"
Bisky and Killua somehow could guess Shun's thoughts.
Poor Gon didn't know that his friends had all betrayed him.
——
Soon the fight started. Due to Shun helping Gon gain his powers earlier than the original timeline, he put up quite a fight and managed to send Hisoka flying.
Then Gon gave Hisoka a badge with the number 44 on it.
After that, Hisoka beat Gon up until he passed out.
"Nice!"
"…"
Shun unconsciously acted like a degenerate, earning glares from the others. But he knew.
'…They are just hypocrites. Inside they are celebrating more than me!'
Shun left the others to console Gon, while he tracked the pink haired woman that was watching the fight from the other side.
"…What do you want?" Machi asked, as she was there to watch the fight only because Hisoka had pre-paid her just in case he was in the mood to lose a limb.
"Do you want to play Gungi with me?" Shun invited her.
"…"
"…Gungi?" After a long silence, Machi asked as she had never heard of a game like that.
Machi was going to decline whatever Shun was going to ask, but this peculiar name intrigued her.
"…Sure. If it's just for a bit."
"…"
Killua, who had been spying on them with Zetsu, was speechless.
'…Is it that easy?'
——
An hour later, Shun and Machi sat on two sides of a board. The location was in Shun's suite on the 234th floor.
"4-7-1 Lieutenant General." A woman's voice echoed in the suite.
Slap-!
Suddenly a loud slapping sound was heard. The cause for it was that… Shun slapped his own forehead. Though the two of them were both amateurs, Shun couldn't win a single game after playing five games.
"…"
Machi watched silently as Shun was getting frustrated all on his own. The dignity and confidence he showed when fighting against Hisoka and Velina were nowhere to be found.
Now the only emotion on Shun's face was frustration, as veins popped up on his forehead.
Gon and the others were silently watching from a distance.
After losing the sixth game, Shun wanted to flip over the board and destroy the Heavens Arena with Acnologia's roar, but…
"…Huff-!" Shun took a deep breath aloud. Then he slapped his own forehead again with a facepalm.
"…Damn, I might actually be stupid."
"…"
Killua and the others couldn't come over for a conversation because they could feel that Shun was the angriest they had ever seen him.
Shun was feeling really down. If he was attacked now, Big Mom's iron balloon physique would be so weakened by his mood that even a normal knife would be able to make him bleed.
'I was initially interested in Gungi because the Ant King played it, but this game is really complicated. And why is this woman actually good at it?'
Suddenly…
"Pfft—!" Machi, the woman that hadn't shown any emotion ever since they met, laughed.
"…"
"That's enough Gungi for me. I'll cook something." Shun said and got up without giving her a chance to ask for one more game.
"Phew-!" The Gon group that was silently training in a corner finally approached and started chatting.
After half an hour, Shun returned with a variety of dishes with lots of meat, surprising Machi and Bisky who had never seen Shun cooking.
Shun took revenge on everyone here by cooking.
"Mmph~" Even Machi couldn't help but make a noise as the meat was melting in her mouth.
Seeing her reaction, Shun wondered,
'Should I visit the Food Wars world and conquer them?'
"Ah, I almost forgot. Mito told me to give you this." Shun suddenly pulled out a weird black box and gave it to Gon.
"!"
"What is this?" Killua asked.
"Apparently Ging left it and told Mito to pass it to Gon when he becomes a hunter."
Gon and Killua played with the box trying to open it, while Shun had an adult talk with Machi.
"How do you know that pervert?" Shun asked just for the sake of keeping the conversation flowing.
"We work at the same place." Machi seemed to not put too much effort into keeping secrets.
"I see. Can I work there too?"
"!"
Everyone except Gon and Aisha could tell that Machi wasn't an ordinary woman. The only thing they didn't know was that she was part of the Phantom Troupe.
Machi was silent for a moment before replying,
"If you kill Hisoka, you can."
"…You want me to kill him?"
"Not really, that's just the rule."
"I see. Maybe I'll join if you persuade me."
"…Why would I?"
Their conversation was curt and direct, making the people listening nervous.
"Because I'm a floor master."
"…"
Suddenly Machi spoke with a smirk,
"…Six in a row."
"!"
'…Those two will start fighting if this keeps going…' Killua was speechless. He just wanted to focus on the weird black box.
'I was originally going to beat her so many times at Gungi and make her frustrated, then slowly make a bet with her and proceed, but…' Shun couldn't even laugh at this ridiculous situation.
'I guess I'll give up on her. She has too strong of a personality.'
Out of nowhere…
"Try using Nen on that box." Bisky came to the rescue.
"Oh-!" Gon and the kids were excited to discover the message left by Ging, but Shun wasn't really interested in Greed Island.
"…I guess I'll have to get serious."
"…"
Machi listened silently.
"Get on the board."
Step. Step.
The two adults went for the adult fight while the kids were searching for Gon's father clue.
——
After an hour…
While the kids were talking about buying the Greed Island game, on both sides of the board sat two adults.
On this day, Shun had a grim realization.
'…If I was the Ant King, I would've ended up killing Komugi on the first day.'
Shun lost a total of 13 matches of Gungi today.
"…I'm leaving the city." Suddenly Machi stood up after defeating Shun thoroughly.
"You're going to run?" Shun asked, he was relatively calm now.
"Idiot, I have work to do." Machi said and went to the elevator.
"When can we have a match again?"
"…"
Machi seemed to be unsure whether she wanted to have a match again, but Shun had his ways.
"I'll cook if you beat me again."
"…Give me a call if you come to Yorknew City in the future." Machi said and left decisively.
Once she left, the dwarves led by Bisky appeared.
"You got dumped? Fufufu~"
"…"
——
Three days later…
Since the group was done with their Heavens Arena goals, they naturally headed towards Yorknew City.
They were about to land at the airport of Yorknew City. Though Bisky said she was done with teaching them and wanted to leave, Shun insisted that she should play Greed Island with the kids and brought her along.
'…I threatened her that if she doesn't play greed island with them I will use the skeleton again, surprisingly it worked.'
Shun was a scum.
"You guys find a hotel and auction location. I have something more important to do." Shun said and walked alone with a suspicious big bag.
"If there's any trouble, just give me a call."
"Okay! Bye!" Gon was the only one that replied, as others were tired of playing Gungi with him.
Shun had used them as training partners until they started to hate the game itself.
Shun sent a text to the only person that defeated him 13 times in a row.
"I'm here. Where should we meet?" Shun sent a text message.
In response, a location came from Machi.
Following the location with a bit of excited sprinting, Shun arrived only after five minutes.
The place Machi called Shun to was an abandoned church.
Shun didn't even consider the possibility of it being a trap. He just entered and found a bunch of weird people with surprised expressions staring at him.
Ignoring them, Shun waved to Machi.
"Hey, let's play." Shun said as he showed the Gungi board he brought.
"…"
Shun's self confidence was at an all time high. He had practiced quite a bit in the past three days. He had a hundred percent win rate against Gon, who hadn't even understood the rules yet. Against others, he had about sixty percent win rate, but a win is a win.
"Machi… did you call an acquaintance?" A man with a ponytail and a sword asked in surprise.
"Yes, let's play there." Machi pointed to a big stone that was cleanly cut to be used as a table.
Shun and Machi sat on the ground under the eyes of the surprised Phantom Troupe. As it was still early, half of them including their leader weren't there yet.
Shun pulled out a board from his bag and the game began.
——
After exactly an hour, a woman's calm voice was heard.
"9-5-1 Shinobi."
"…"
After it came a deep silence as the Phantom Troupe studied Shun's face. It was a face very familiar to Gon's group. A crunched up expression and veins popping up on his forehead, the face of frustration and anger.
"Oi-! You guys, it's been a long time." Suddenly a loud man with a muscular body entered with a loud voice, only to meet a strange sight and deep silence.
"…"
"The hell is happening here?!"
Click clack-!
Without a word, Shun withdrew the board and pieces into his bag and started to go back through the path where he came from.
Until he crossed paths with a guy with a cross tattoo on his forehead.
"…Who is this? A new member?" Feitan, who arrived with Chrollo, asked.
"…I'll spare you for today—" Shun told Machi and was about to leave. However, Machi had different plans.
Grab-!
Machi came and grabbed Shun's hands and spoke.
"He is a potential member. He already defeated Hisoka."
"!"
Surprised by the news, everyone turned to Hisoka for answers, but he didn't protest and just shrugged his shoulders.
Meanwhile Shun was confused.
'…Does this woman think she can do whatever she wants with me just because she beat me in some meaningless crap game?'
The founding members were surprised as they had never seen Machi act like this before.
"I'm Shun. The floor master of Heavens Arena." Shun finally introduced himself humbly after an hour of arriving here.
"!"
Chrollo's expression turned a bit surprised, as he muttered,
"…So you're him?"
Not long ago, the floor masters were asked if they wanted to have a fight against a newcomer that completed the mission necessary to challenge the floor masters. Chrollo just ignored the entire call from the Heavens Arena staff like every other floor master, but he didn't forget the name.
Out of nowhere, Feitan that arrived with Chrollo spoke with a smirk.
"But… to join, you have to kill a member."
It seemed Hisoka was quite hated in the group.
"That's true~ You should try fighting with him, since you brought it up first." Hisoka said as he shuffled his cards.
'Does he do that when he is nervous or excited?' Shun was noticing Hisoka's habits.
"!"
Only a few, including Chrollo, noticed the odd detail about Hisoka's words.
'…This battle maniac avoided a fight?'
Hisoka couldn't really be blamed. If they got cursed, there wouldn't be much fighting in the first place. Only those with nen exorcist abilities had a chance against the curse user.
'But everyone has a big misunderstanding about my curse, thinking it's an almighty power.' Shun sighed as he knew the weaknesses.
'Hisoka, due to his perverted personality, didn't attack me during the cursing process, but I'm unable to use nen once the Spiteful Fool is materialized. Also there is the obvious one: nen exorcists.'
Those were indeed his fatal weaknesses, because Shun had no plan to use magic in this world.
"…Then, shall we do it now?" Shun looked at the short guy named Feitan. Though Shun didn't want to sound childish, he was already irritated from the Gungi.
"Sure." Feitan said and pulled out a short sword. But…
"Hey! If you want to fight someone, it should be me!" Uvogin, a man that was about to die soon, spoke up.
Seeing the two releasing their nen and their leader seemingly wanting to use this as a test,
"…Spiteful Fool." Shun called for his partner.
'But Machi already left my side, huh? Why is she playing with my feelings?' Shun thought as he noticed Machi taking her distance from Shun.
While Shun was thinking useless stuff, followed by Chrollo and Hisoka, everyone else noticed that the moment the skeleton appeared, Shun's nen disappeared. Meaning now even if Shizuku struck him with her vacuum cleaner, Shun would be in fatal danger.
"…Hey." Shun spoke to the greedy skeleton.
"…If my total health falls below 90%, curse everyone here except Hisoka and Machi."
"!!"
"Understood. Fifty. Five. Years." An eerie voice came out of the greedy skeleton.
"!"
Now everyone was alarmed.
"Don't attack him, it will trigger his nen curse condition!" Nobunaga shouted.
"Then what? Let him do whatever he wants because we're scared of a curse?" Feitan shouted with anger clear in his voice.
"No… we'll have to kill him in one blow." Nobunaga unsheathed his sword.
"…"
Out of nowhere it became three versus one, when the other members looked at their boss for instructions…
Chrollo kept his silence. Though it was madman's reasoning, he and the founding members trusted Machi's instinct.
Meanwhile, Shun now stood without nen against three strong melee range fighters.
"Haa-!" With a shout, Uvogin jumped at Shun to punch his skull, essentially trying to crush his brain in one hit.
'What will you do?' Hisoka watched with excitement.
"!"
Shun's solution for the current predicament was quite simple. He found another loophole in nen.
Right when Uvogin's massive frame shadowed over him, Shun grabbed the Spiteful Fool by his neck and used him as a shield.
BAM-!
A heavy noise echoed as Uvogin's fist collided with the greedy skeleton's skull.
The result was what anyone with nen knowledge and a brain could expect. The skeleton completely nullified the damage as his body was pushed back only a few steps.
Before Shun had time to celebrate his meat shield, no, bone shield plan working, from left and right, Feitan with a shortsword and Nobunaga with his long sword sliced at him.
Clang-!
Clang-!
Shun used the Spiteful Fool once again as a shield.
"…"
The spectators were shocked but more impressed by this crazy plan.
"…You're the best nen ability I could ask for!" Shun laughed alone like a madman in the abandoned church. As ridiculous as it was, the reason was mostly because of the Gungi games earlier.
"…Is this really the same guy that was losing his shit after losing to Machi earlier?" Nobunaga muttered with a stunned expression.
"…"
"I'll go serious this time! With my big bang—!" Uvogin couldn't finish his words as the small test seemed to have finished.
Clap-! Clap-!
"…That's enough. If Machi brought him here, we can trust him." Chrollo concluded the small dispute.
The unruly members were completely obedient to his words.
"…As expected of a man of your status, let's get along as fellow floor masters." Shun said with a smirk and followed Machi to sit on a rock in the abandoned building.
——
After about half an hour…
"Just give us your orders boss!"
"What are we going to steal this time?!"
The conversation shifted from Shun to their real goal. Though it was chaotic earlier, they now had accepted Shun as one of them.
"Underground auction treasures… we'll steal all of them." Chrollo spoke in a calm voice. He didn't hide anything even in front of Shun.
While the group expressed their opinions about the dangers of the mafia's grudge if they stole the treasure, Shun on the other hand found a way to help out his friends.
"Auction treasures? If you're going to steal, can you grab a game called Greed Island for me? About five of them."
"…"
Bonk-!
"You will go with me!" Machi said and bonked Shun on the head.
'…This girl seriously needs to be tamed.' Shun sighed and turned silent.
"…"
'I'll remember this and all the games of Gungi.'
"Machi go with him and take care of the getaway balloon."
Shun was given a peculiar role, while others would go in and steal the underground auction treasures. Machi and him would be driving the hot air balloon.
Some were given roles, while some were told to stay. The one that was told to stay in the hidden base was Hisoka, who was quite moved earlier. Both by Shun's fighting plan and when he said to 'curse everyone except Machi and Hisoka.'
So naturally he asked Chrollo,
"Hey~ Can I go with them?"
"Why?" Chrollo asked but…
"No!" Machi refused without giving any room for negotiation.
'What is this woman thinking?' Shun could peep into her mind with his overflowing Observation Haki, but that would ruin the fun. In fact he could read her mind and win the Gungi too.
——
'Are they messing around?' Shun thought as the Phantom Troupe was flying over the sky to the auction house. There were a total of six members: Franklin, Shizuku, Feitan, Kortopi, Machi and finally Shun.
While the first four would jump to the roof and steal everything with Shizuku's vacuum cleaner, Shun and Machi had to protect and drive the hot air balloon.
"9-7-1 Spy New."
"!"
Crash-!
After losing fifteen in a row, Shun finally lost his mind and flipped the board.
"…"
'…Does this bastard have split personalities inside him?' Feitan thought, as he remembered the fight earlier and the current Shun.
"Hey, next let's make a bet." Machi spoke as the balloon was still flying to its destination.
"A bet? How much?" Shun asked, as he crawled and gathered the pieces on the floor.
"Here you go." Shizuku helped with an emotionless face.
"Thanks."
"…The loser will listen to one wish of the winner." Machi spoke as she stole a glance at Shun's body.
"!"
'Should I read her mind this time?' Shun thought but shook his head.
'That will be my first true defeat in life. My Haki might even grow weaker…'
"Sure. I accept."
"…"
The four troupe members, except Shizuku, shook their heads helplessly.
The troupe was about to have a war with the mafia, but those two were addicted to a board game.
"1-1-6 Spy."
"1-2-7 Pawn."
"…"
"…We're here." Franklin spoke with uncharacteristically excited voice.
"Oh? Let's go quick."
Before they could even land on the roof, the four jumped to the roof directly. They were tired of those words.
It wasn't really the rule to say the move out loud, but Shun taught her like this.
Once they left, Machi drove the balloon to the roof. There were some suspicious people in black costumes and sunglasses, but Shun and Machi took care of them. Then they continued with their game.
Within 3 minutes into the game, Shun lost. Shun would usually have his best try in the first game of the day, with each loss his patience dropped. Which resulted in his predicament where he just rage moved his pieces without thinking.
'…I have become a total degenerate in the last few days. This must be how gamblers destroy their lives.'
'I'll release this rage boiling in me onto the World Government. After all, only three days left until the Reverie.'
"I won." Suddenly Shun woke up to Machi's words.
"Ah." Shun nodded, he had grown numb.
"You remember the bet right?"
"Mm." Shun nodded.
'This woman will probably ask for money… I guess I'll have to call Aisha. Since she's the one that takes care of money.'
"Take off the shirt."
"…"
"Ha?"
'Am I hearing things?'
'She must've said "take out the shit" or something like that. Is there an enemy around?' Shun thought and looked to his left and right until Machi repeated her words.
"Take off the shirt."
Shun had always considered himself to be the hunter, but today he was the prey.
——
After twenty minutes, Shun was spared from the molestation by the wild woman. Except for his lips being a bit swollen, Machi didn't go too far.
'I assumed she was a sadist from the way she fights, but she awakened in that way too?'
Soon the reason they stopped their wild game appeared.
Swoosh-!
One by one the troupe members jumped into the hot air balloon.
"Did you get the treasure?" Machi asked as if she wasn't doing anything crazy just a moment ago.
"No… apparently someone named Owl came and stole everything and left." Nobunaga explained. Him and Uvogin had different missions, but now they were using the same escape method.
Once their hot balloon departed, Shun spoke,
"Tsk. They got my Greed Island games too? I guess cursing him at this point is useless. Hurry up and find him."
"…"
"….Why are you giving us orders?" The short guy with knives and umbrella asked.
"What else? Because I'm the strongest and smartest here."
"Pfft-!"
"…"
While Machi didn't disagree about the strongest part, at the word 'smartest' she couldn't stop herself from letting out a laugh.
Thanks to her, the group was spared from another dispute.
After flying for about ten minutes…
Bang-!
The hot air balloon was shot, forcing the group to make an emergency landing in the middle of a desert. But the ones falling didn't even show a sign of nervousness.
Not even five minutes after their landing, tens of black cabins carrying men in black suits caught up.
"Don't interrupt, I'll handle them." Uvogin spoke the same words as in the original. With a wild smile, he jumped and started massacring the mafias.
"1-1-4 Pawn."
"…"
Before they realized it, the two addicts were back to their game.
"Let's play cards while we wait." Perhaps influenced by the two, the others started playing a card game called 'Liar and Bluff.'
'I had completely forgotten about it but… Kurapika is coming soon. How do I explain my predicament?'
After 10 minutes, Shun had already lost twice. Machi already used her bet prize and asked him to cook for her later.
Suddenly Machi covered her ears and a sonic boom caused by Uvogin came.
'It already came to this, huh?' Shun sighed and steeled himself for whatever was about to come.
'Friends or… a sadist woman with pink hair. Tough choice.'
"!"
Shun suddenly felt someone was watching him from afar.
It was Kurapika using binoculars. Shun looked back at Kurapika, who was quite shaken.
Not even half a minute later…
"Sono chi no sadame!!"
"!"
Shun pulled out a beetle shaped phone.
Click-!
"Hello."
"…"
[Do you know what you are doing? Do you know who those guys are?] It was Killua's voice.
"I'm just here to play Gungi, nothing more. You guys are together?"
"Doubt." Though still playing their card games, the troupe members paid close attention to Shun's phone call.
[Yes we are, except Bisky. She's staying at the hotel watching a drama.] Killua informed of Bisky's activity that somehow suited her age.
"I see, I'll join soon after I get the Greed Island game."
[…] Killua and others who were doubting Shun suddenly turned silent.
'Was he actually searching for the Greed Island game, despite acting like he didn't care?' Killua and Gon were touched.
Meanwhile Shun thought…
'…I'm glad things connected smoothly.'
Click-!
As soon as the call ended…
"Who was that?" Machi asked.
'Why do I feel like I suddenly got a jealous husband…'
"Killua and others. They arrived in Yorknew. Let's hurry up and get the treasure."
"…"
While the group was focused on Shun's call…
Clatter-!
The big buff guy, Uvogin, was tied up by chains and was taken away.
"!"
Machi immediately threw a nen needle that had her En, making sure they wouldn't lose Uvogin's location.
The troupe stole the mafia's car and gave chase while Shun was left behind.
'No hesitation in their moves. They're indeed professionals.' Shun praised them
"Hey, we left that guy behind." Nobunaga reminded inside the car, but Feitan smirked.
"It's first come first serve, he can just steal a car for himself."
Shun was planning to just run and follow them but couldn't let his words slide.
He released his En, which was about 500 meters when in a circle. But if Shun changed the shape to a straight line to catch the car that the troupe used, it was about 3.1 kilometers.
"!"
The troupe were all skilled nen users, they noticed the En. Next second, Shun used his newly created nen ability: Switch.
In a blink of an eye, Shun switched places with Feitan.
"…Continue driving."
"Yes yes." Shalnark sighed as he ended up as the driver that left Feitan behind.
The reason Shun followed this time wasn't because of Uvogin, but the Shadow Beasts. One of them was carrying a game called Greed Island.
Right when their car was about to catch up with the car that somehow had Gon, Killua, Leorio, Senritsu and Kurapika,
"They noticed…" Machi informed the group that her needle was removed.
And as if letting their allies run, a group of six nen users appeared.
Crash-!
A man with eyes looking in different directions jumped on the hood of their car.
Swoosh-!
Then he threw a weird bag like thing at them, attempting to catch them inside with the car.
Franklin, Shalnark, Shizuku and Machi were able to get out of the car swiftly. They were through and through masters of nen. Due to being in the middle of Shun and Machi, Nobunaga couldn't get out of the car in time.
Vroom-!
"!!"
"Someone is using En! Be careful!" The man that successfully caught Shun and Nobunaga warned the other five of his comrades.
They were the Shadow Beasts.
"What the hell is this? Get me out!!" Nobunaga shouted inside the 'bag' of Owl, who was the guy that jumped on their car.
"Are they really the Phantom Troupe? Two of them seem to be fodders?" The Shadow Beasts spoke among themselves with mocking smiles until they heard a peculiar voice.
"…Switch."
"!"
Only Owl could feel what happened as the bag was his nen ability.
'One of the hostages that were caught changed with someone else?'
Meanwhile on Shun's side…
"!"
Skrt-!
Suddenly he started drifting in a car that he didn't even know how to drive.
'I only drove cars that were controlled by magic power in Fairy Tail.' Shun sighed and chanted again.
"Switch."
"!"
Feitan, who had suddenly switched places and was put inside the bag, suddenly found himself inside the car before he had a chance to react.
Crash-!!
His car crashed into a cliff.
"…"
The Phantom Troupe and Shadow Beasts wanted to start their fight, but this charade still continued.
"Switch."
Shun now appeared inside the crashed car, switching places with Feitan.
Inside the bag, two people screamed, but one was soon forced to shut up by the fuming Feitan.
"You scum, I'll kill you once I get out!!" The vile nen releasing from the bag was unsettling, but it soon disappeared.
'How are those bastards using nen? My Fun Fun Cloth forces the people inside into a Zetsu state!' Owl started considering running, but looking at his five comrades filled him with courage.
Suddenly disrupting the silence, Shun spoke with a determined face.
"…I'll catch this guy."
"!"
Shun disappeared in an instant and appeared behind Owl. Then he bear hugged him from behind. At least what people believed to be Owl, but in the last second Owl switched places with Machi.
"!"
"The hell are you doing?" Machi asked with 'anger.'
"It's a new ability, I can't control it with perfect accuracy." Shun had his excuses ready.
Machi didn't believe his words and punched behind her. Though initially she didn't put much strength, the moment her punch was about to land, Shun switched with a big nosed member of the Shadow Beasts.
"!"
Machi immediately imbued nen on her fists and her punch connected cleanly with Frog, who was the big nosed guy.
The Shadow Beasts were each named after animals that their appearance resembled.
Whizz-!
Machi, despite her surprise, smoothly cut the head off Frog, who initially started calling them frauds because two of them were instantly taken out by Owl.
"!"
Though Shadow Beasts appeared like literal frauds, they were quite skilled as they all instantly reacted and attacked Shun that switched places with Frog.
A wrinkled guy threw a punch. Despite his appearance, his strength was about half of Uvogin's punches.
"!"
But the moment his punch was about to meet Shun, Shun switched places with another member.
It was a guy with bat wings, his name was Bat. He would usually attack with sound based ability, stunning his enemies while his allies would finish them off, but he was switched with Shun and he was knocked out.
"He's dropping from the sky! Prepare the attacks!" A guy named Fish alarmed the others. Shun ended up in the sky because Bat was previously flying.
"Wait! Don't attack him!" Owl shouted, but it was too late. This time Shun switched places with Fish.
"Haha, it's simple but a terrifying ability." Shalnark spoke as he immobilized Owl.
'If he used that ability when Feitan and Uvogin fought him earlier…' Shalnark felt chills just imagining being punched by Uvogin unguarded.
Meanwhile Shun's hair stood as he released his nen and clenched his fists in front of him dramatically.
"Yeah, this is the true me. Screw that damn Gungi."
"…"
After muttering that, Shun swiftly immobilized the remaining Mule, the wrinkled guy, and Hedgehog with spiky hair.
Owl was immobilized easily because earlier Shun had already stolen his Fun Fun Cloth before switching him with Machi.
"Oi! Get me out."
"I'll kill you!" Feitan and Nobunaga still screamed, but…
"…I don't like your tone." Shun muttered and shook the Fun Fun Cloth.
"…"
"Hey, hey. Forgive them…" Shalnark came and acted as the peacemaker as he always did in the troupe, but…
"If I let them out now, they'll attack me."
"…"
Shalnark couldn't refute because it was the most likely scenario.
"Then what? Won't let them out ever again?" Machi asked. She was a bit angry about being hugged out of nowhere in front of others, but Shun got forgiven for taking out the Shadow Beasts.
"I'll let them out after I get Greed Island and separate from you guys."
"…"
"Stop messing around! You bastard!" Anyone could feel the killing intent coming from the cloth. It was just Feitan earlier, but now Nobunaga added.
Shun ignored them, but Feitan's trash talk was quite advanced.
"Tch… You damn loser with 20 losses in a row."
"!"
Out of nowhere, Shun pulled out a lighter.
Click-!
"!!!"
Even Machi couldn't keep her cool as they saw Shun trying to burn the cloth.
"Hey!" Shizuku, Shalnark and Machi came and each held Shun's arms and even neck, but Shun switched places with Shizuku.
"…"
"Ow, owow!!" Inside the cloth, Nobunaga screamed while Feitan kept his cool.
"…I get it! I was wrong!" Nobunaga shouted as they were being burned alive.
Only then Shun turned the lighter off.
On this day, the Phantom Troupe got a grim reminder not to talk about Gungi in front of him.
——
'Well, that should be enough time for Kurapika and others to escape.' Shun thought as the group was now driving a newly stolen car that the Shadow Beasts drove here with.
Shun was just messing around to buy time. No way he would be genuinely provoked by a low level provocation.
"You really won't let them out?" Shalnark asked with a sigh. He was driving the car again as they were heading back to the hidden base. Since they lost their only hope in catching Uvogin, which was Machi's nen string, they had no choice but to go back.
"I'll give it to Chrollo, since they're obedient in front of him."
"…"
After the lighter incident, the two didn't shout anymore.
"But… that's simple but amazing ability." Shalnark said.
"There must be some restrictions, right?"
"There is a huge one. That's why this ability works in an instant without delays in between." Shun was honest as usual.
Shalnark didn't ask more. No normal person would answer leaks about his own ability. But Shun answered though not being asked.
"A genius like me settling on a simple ability like this is the restriction itself."
"…"
——
Before long they arrived back at their base.
"Uvo's been kidnapped?" A guy with a weird golden hat named Phinks spoke with shock.
"Where are Nobunaga and Feitan? No way did they too?"
"They got… kidnapped in a way." Shalnark explained with a sigh.
"!"
"Oi! Get me out!" Nobunaga now shouted with courage back in his tone as Chrollo was around.
Shun threw the Fun Fun Cloth to Chrollo.
"The treasures must be inside that. Make him release his ability."
"!"
At Shun's words, Shalnark and others realized they could've just made Owl control his ability.
Chrollo took Owl to a hidden room and made him reveal everything.
"So the skill hunting process is a secret from the troupe too. No… secret from me. I don't remember how he steals an ability at all. If he somehow ends up stealing my nen ability, I'll have to kill him with Haki and magic, then take back my ability."
While Shun was thinking about his vile plans, Chrollo threw him a console named Greed Island.
"…There was only one."
"I see."
'If I remember correctly, only one person can play with one console.'
"I'll also take this, that's okay right?"
"…"
Shun said and grabbed a peculiar organ that was one of the most popular item in the black market.
Chrollo just nodded. "But first let us make a copy."
With his words came a short man and copied them with nen.
After receiving his share of goods…
"Well, good luck. I'm going back to my hotel."
"…"
Feitan and Nobunaga watched silently as Shun left.
"…Stop whatever you're planning."
"!"
Chrollo could guess what they were planning. He was in fact impressed that they didn't lash out sooner.
"Rescuing Uvo is more important."
——
"An ability to switch with others freely and instantly inside his En…" Chrollo was listening to reports from Shalnark about what happened, and he could easily imagine the dangers and horrors of this ability in group battle.
"Also that rumored cursing ability of his is too dangerous. He probably just needs a name and imagine their face inside his head. As you should know, he saw all of us. Meaning he already completed all the conditions. Now he has our lives in his hands."
"…"
"…Fighting him is forbidden."
"!"
Seeing Feitan and Nobunaga's expression, Chrollo sighed,
"At least until we have a nen exorcist as our member." Chrollo only said it to make them feel better. Nen exorcists were incredibly rare, even rarer than specialist type nen users. In fact, even the Hunter Association had only one nen exorcist.
"They're going to hand Uvo to the mafia!" Suddenly Shalnark, who had been playing with a computer, informed the group.
"I see. Pakunoda and Machi will go with me. Others go take back Uvo."
In a blink of an eye, the others disappeared.
"Paku. Machi. I have a special mission for you two."
"…"
Machi had a bad intuition.
"You two, work together and make sure that guy joins us."
"!"
What Chrollo ordered to them was clear… he was telling them to seduce him.
Though it was a bit cruel, Chrollo didn't ask for Shizuku because she was a bit slow.
Paku and Machi both had stiff expressions. It was obvious that the two had feelings, or at least a crush, on Chrollo. But Chrollo never once acknowledged their feelings because he was a man that only lived for the spider to survive.
"…Is he that valuable?" Pakunoda asked, though she already knew the answer.
After closing his eyes for nearly half a minute, Chrollo spoke with a serious face.
"…I think he would be a good replacement if anything happens to me."
"!"
——
Meanwhile on Shun's side…
"…Parallel Worlds." Shun applied Arc of Time, Ultear's favorite application where she multiplies her magic spheres.
Now he had five consoles of Greed Island.
Bzzt-!
Only after one dial, Killua took the call.
"Where are you?!"
"Where are you?"
"…"
Shun repeating the exact question somehow had an effect in calming Killua down.
"We're with Kurapika at the hotel."
"Okay, send me the location. I secured the goods."
"!"
——
Half an hour later, Shun reunited with the four friends he made in the Hunter Exam.
The three of them had awkward faces while Kurapika sat with hunched back and a heavy expression.
Pat-!
Shun came and patted Kurapika's head.
"!"
The three friends that couldn't make proper conversation with emotionally unstable Kurapika got nervous.
"…What did they tell you?" Kurapika considerably calmed down.
"I was there because Machi invited me to play Gungi, then I found out the members talking about stealing treasures."
"…"
"So I did what any human with a brain would do."
"Did what?" Leorio asked, he couldn't wait for more suspense.
"I got six items from their stolen treasures."
"…"
Shun handed Gon and Killua consoles of Greed Island.
'Why do I feel like a parent that robbed a shop to buy their kids a game console?'
"…Thanks." Gon and Killua accepted the consoles awkwardly. Because they were somewhat rich from rigging fights with Shun in Heavens Arena, they weren't short on money. So they ended up in a way different position than the original timeline.
"But… you don't look happy after getting rid of one of your revenge targets?"
"Hey! Read the room!" Leorio scolded Shun.
Thud-!
"Take it." Shun placed a box covering a glass inside in front of Kurapika.
When Kurapika opened the box, there was a glass tube with two scarlet eyes.
"!!"
"I got it from the treasures because you're searching for them, right?"
"…"
The room became silent once again. The man that didn't speak a full sentence for the last hour before Shun arrived, broke the silence with an emotionless face.
"…Thank you."
Kurapika said, but his expression was as if he saw something terrible. His eyes turned into the scarlet eyes of the Kurta clan.
"Did they tell you anything?" Killua asked this time.
"Nothing big really, just that they want me to join."
"…"
'Isn't that the biggest news?' Killua thought, but by now he got used to it.
"Kurapika, since you're my friend, I'll give you a once in a lifetime opportunity."
"Huh?" X4
"As you know, I already met all the members of the troupe. Meaning I have achieved the conditions to use my nen ability."
"!"
"What?!" The one who shouted wasn't Kurapika but Leorio.
"Even you got a nen ability?" During the time they spent today, Leorio already heard about Killua, Gon and Kurapika's nen mastery.
"I thought ten was the end of the entire nen thing."
"…"
"What's your nen ability?" Kurapika asked, conveniently ignoring Leorio.
Shun looked at Gon and Killua, who had somehow hid his nen ability even from those two.
'I'm a bit touched by their consideration.'
Killua looked at Shun for confirmation, to which Shun nodded.
"His nen ability is… an ability to curse people to death."
"!"
"Now that I remember… The fraud I was learning from once said nen ability represents the user's personality." Leorio muttered, which he was ignored again.
Swoosh-!
With a gusty sound, Shun called for his comrade.
"!!"
What appeared next to Shun was a grim reaper.
"Pigya-!" Leorio let out a weird scream.
'Didn't this guy say he wants to become a doctor? Did he job change into a comedian?'
Leorio's pathetic attempt to make the atmosphere bearable from the tension of Kurapika and Shun was somewhat working, as the two were cleared of all unnecessary thoughts and calmed down.
"To curse the people I was with earlier, except Hisoka and Machi, how much is it?" Shun's question felt strange to Leorio and Kurapika.
"Price? This skeleton takes jenny? Then I'll cover the expense." Leorio spoke as he learned Ten, which was the ability to wrap one's body with nen. He could see the skeleton. But the eerie voice that came from the skeleton silenced them.
"…Fifty. Five. Years."
"!"
Kurapika wasn't an idiot, he could tell what those words meant.
'So Chrollo counts as ten years?' Shun was a bit surprised as he assumed everyone else was around Hisoka level or weaker.
Since it was Shun's responsibility, he broke the silence.
"…If you promise to forget about the eyes of your clan and give up on revenge."
"!"
Shun paused a bit so his words could sink into their brains.
"I'll curse those ten members of the Phantom Troupe right now. If ten of them including the leader dies, the spiders are no different than over."
"…"
The silence in the room turned even deeper.
'Shit, this bastard… I should've brought Bisky here!' Killua became badmouthed when angry, but even he was shocked by Shun's commitment to his friend.
'Could I… have done the same if Gon was in danger?' Even without Illumi's nen, Killua was a heavy overthinker.
"Think carefully, the achieved condition resets every 24 hours." Shun lied, as in reality he just needed the name and imagine their faces in his head.
Shun had already tested the Spiteful Fool's limits. It couldn't heal or make his wishes come true like Killua's sibling. It would only deal damage through attacks and could occasionally be used as a bone shield.
Kurapika, who became a man of few words after their small separation, was still silent. Not because he was considering Shun's offer, but…
Crash-!
Suddenly their hotel room's door was broken open as two little girls appeared.
"You're the one who should think carefully!" One of them jumped at Shun and started biting him.
"…"
'So this is where Aisha was?' Shun weakened his skin strengthened by Big Mom's physique, so Bisky wouldn't end up with dental problems.
"I don't care who you are, but if you even dared to think about accepting that ridiculous offer, I'll deal with you first." Bisky spoke as she released her nen that was a bit ridiculous coming from her tiny body.
'What a surprise…' Meanwhile Shun's attention was on a different thing.
'Bisky is stronger than Hisoka or even Chrollo…'
'In a battle between nen users, the amount of nen doesn't matter unlike between magic power users, and Chrollo could possibly have a variety of nen abilities that he hunted, but if I had to bet, it's Bisky.'
"…Sorry for the misunderstanding, but I never entertained the thoughts of accepting the offer." Kurapika spoke the longest sentence of himself today. He would've said here that it was his revenge and they shouldn't butt in, but he had changed, or rather turned back to his usual self.
"Thanks for the offer, but I'll decline."
"…"
"So… just help me without harming yourselves." Kurapika lowered his head in front of his friends.
——
'…Did he expect this outcome?' Killua was overthinking as always. The group was now eating the hotel's room service until…
Meanwhile Shun stared at the weird girl that had lately started acting as if she was his mother.
In Bisky's mind, Shun was like the reckless son that would start climbing trees without a way to come down, and he would never cry for help. Instead, he would rather fall and then get up with a bloody body, pretending as if nothing happened.
'Thinking about moms… I should pay a visit to Mavis.' Shun planned to learn Gungi from Mavis, despite Mavis herself never hearing about the game in her life. In Shun's mind, Mavis was the smartest person he knew.
'Thinking about smart… I forgot to release Vegapunk from prison after floating and restoring Egghead. Well, I don't trust that guy anyway. Though I don't want to sound like an old fashioned guy, I don't believe we need any more development and evolution in science. Seraphims are more than enough. Also… I don't trust that guy. If I release him, he'll betray me in one way or another.'
While the group discussed the plans to deal with the troupe, Shun had fallen into his somewhat useless thoughts, except for the learning Gungi from Mavis one.
Ding-!
Suddenly a call came to Kurapika's phone. Shun knew exactly what this was, and as expected, Uvogin had escaped and was coming for Kurapika.
'So this is the hotel that the family Kurapika is guarding is staying...'
Kurapika, now relatively calm, made up a plan. "Most likely he will come alone, but if he comes with others, I'll need your help then," Kurapika said, but from what he saw earlier in Uvogin's fight, he knew the guy would come alone.
The group left their room and headed towards the Nostrade family room in the hotel. Others had already escaped to another room following Kurapika's plan. Thus, the group used Zetsu and hid and waited while Kurapika stood alone in their family's room.
Soon enough, Uvogin appeared alone and took Kurapika to a desolate place for a one on one. Killua and others followed, but Shun stayed.
Though they were a bit surprised by Shun's decision, since Bisky went with them, there weren't any security issues.
Alone, Shun left the hotel and took a stroll around the city until he found a basketball field.
There were more than twenty kids laughing and playing loudly.
"...Leave," Shun spoke to the kids still playing.
"Huh? Wait for your turn."
"If you want us to leave, make us leave with your basketball skills!" One kid spoke and threw the ball to Shun.
"..."
The kids didn't listen to Shun's warning and spoke nonsense. Until...
Slash-!
A flying short knife came aimed at Shun's eyes.
"..."
Shun moved a little and...
Clang-!
The knife hit his forehead and fell to the ground.
"Woah-!"
"R-Run!!" The weird kids saw this and left without causing trouble for Shun.
"So you came after all?" Shun asked the perpetrator.
The one that stood before him was a short and angry guy.
——
Half an hour ago, the troupe had easily rescued Uvogin on Chrollo's order.
"...Where are you going?" Nobunaga asked as the troupe had to go back and wait for orders.
Because Chrollo went to steal some girl's ability, they were to wait for him to return or give orders through a phone call, but someone was walking in a different direction.
"…None of your business," Feitan, who answered, couldn't hide his anger. He previously held back because even he agreed that Shun's ability was troublesome if it was a group battle.
Step. Step.
"Wait!"
Only Nobunaga bothered to stop Feitan as he was somewhat in a similar position as him in hating Shun, but he no longer pursued a petty revenge against a curser.
After walking for a while, Feitan spoke. "His abilities are tricky only in group battles."
"Huh?"
"His Nen disappears when that skeleton is summoned. His other ability is to switch places with people. Meaning his weakness is a one on one fight."
"..."
"Don't stop me. Uvogin went for his revenge. I'll do the same."
Feitan walked away after speaking, and this time no one stopped him.
Only Hisoka was amused by those words as he decided to follow him and see his death.
Step. Step.
"Oi! Hisoka! Where are you going?" Nobunaga asked again.
"I have an urgent business to attend," Hisoka said and walked away from the group too.
"...Those bastards, all doing whatever they want!"
"Well, let's each do whatever we want until an order comes," Shalnark said while smiling awkwardly.
"Agreed," Franklin nodded, followed by others. Though everyone said that, they were all going to see Feitan's battle from a distance.
——
Shun didn't really have a grudge against Feitan. What was happening between them was just a thing called… hate at first sight.
"...Your abilities are useless in a one on one."
"Whaat? Really?" Shun made a dramatic gesture with his hands in front of his mouth as if he was just told of his fatal weakness.
"..."
The people watching from a distance sneaking with Zetsu couldn't take their conversation seriously.
[Your urgent business is this?]
[No comment.]
Nobunaga and Hisoka stopped their conversation and decided to focus on the fight as the two fighters started to move.
Swoosh-!
Feitan circled around Shun at super high speed, creating an illusion of many afterimages of him around Shun.
'Is this Killua's technique? Or just high speed...' Shun decided to get serious too. Next moment, he pulled out his weapon that was probably the strongest kind of this world.
Thud-!
Current Shun couldn't be fooled by mere illusions. Shun and Feitan's weapons collided with a heavy sound. While Feitan used a weird umbrella as a weapon, Shun used the Greed Island console as his weapon.
'As expected, it's durable,' Shun smiled, making even Feitan feel dumbfounded.
'...Didn't this bastard go through so much trouble to get that game?'
"...I haven't fought seriously lately. My skills became rusty," Feitan suddenly sighed loudly.
"...He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else."
"!"
As soon as Feitan heard Shun speak, thick veins popped up on his forehead. Then he pressed a button on his umbrella and shot a bullet from his weird umbrella.
Clang-!
Feitan's signature move to catch his enemies off guard successfully met Shun's forehead, but again a strange sound was heard and Shun was barely scathed.
"..."
"Good try," Shun clapped, praising him.
"Is it just me or did it sound empty when your head was knocked?" Feitan struck back immediately with a smirk.
[Those two... are kind of similar huh?]
[Maybe that's why they don't like each other?]
[Each other? Isn't Fei the only one actively hating him?]
[I'm not sure...]
The spectators were enjoying the show.
The two were fighting for about ten minutes already.
'I spent some time taking distance from the hotel that Kurapika's friends from his job were staying. So Kurapika and others would be arriving soon huh?' Shun decided to finish fast because when their fight gets too serious, Kurapika and others would notice it and might arrive here.
Thud-!
Clang-!
As ridiculous as it looked, Shun's Greed Island console and Feitan's umbrella clashed fiercely, creating shockwaves wherever their clashes met.
'That crazy tough skin... I have to use Ko to deal damage.' Feitan decided on his move and was about to act on it, but Shun, who was fighting this entire fight on autopilot while he himself was thinking about the next provocation, suddenly found an opening in Feitan's movement.
Crack-!
The game console cleanly met with Feitan's left elbow. Feitan's arm from the below turned to an impossible side with a cruel sound of bone breaking.
But there wasn't any painful scream of pain from Feitan.
"Tch," Feitan clicked his tongue and removed the mask that was covering his nose and mouth.
"Phew. I was worried there might've been a girl hiding under the mask, since you are petite and that voice is a bit high," Shun wiped his nonexistent sweats on his forehead.
"!"
That was the final trigger. A malice in the form of Nen was released from Feitan.
[We should be fine from this distance right?]
[I don't know, retreat a bit more just in case.]
"¥££€€¥¥¥£€" Feitan started speaking in an alien language.
"You too," Shun had no idea what he was saying but assumed that he was being cursed, so he replied in his own way.
"!"
In a blink of an eye, Feitan's clothes changed. His whole body was covered with strange white clothes while both of his arms had boxing gloves.
Next moment, Feitan created a miniature sun above them.
'…Isn't this my ability? Also, I'm immune to fire and heat because of the lost flame Godslayer magic, also from the fraud Serena's Dragon Slayer magic. I don't want to use anything other than Nen in this world too...' Shun unexpectedly met his biggest trouble in this world.
'But if I forcefully cancel my own immunity, my clothes, eyebrows, and hair would be gone in a second.'
'Should I create a new ability? Can the Greedy Skeleton do something? Should I call him to erase this entire sun with a curse? It should be possible, but it'll take too much time.'
The entire dialogue of Shun lasted below a tenth of a second. While normal people see their entire life in a blink of an eye before their death, Shun worked a bit differently.
[Hey, even your proud tough skin can't save you from a literal sun!]
[What is he going to do?]
[...]
"!"
After nearly a second after the sun was materialized, it finally clicked in Shun. A solution!
Right before the sun was about to explode...
Swoosh-!
In a blink of an eye, Shun disappeared.
"!!!"
[Did he switch with someone?] Shizuku asked.
[No, no one appeared in the place he disappeared,] Nobunaga replied.
[Does that mean he can switch with non-living things?]
[No... he used the game console!!] Hisoka, who was silent the entire time as he was having a hard time controlling himself. Even Feitan was a surprisingly exciting opponent for him. But the way Shun avoided the crisis was the most exciting part, Hisoka barely held himself together.
"..."
The noisy fighting ground, which was a basketball field for children, suddenly turned silent with Shun gone and the sun disappearing brought back the darkness as night had come.
Meanwhile on Shun's side...
"Welcome to Greed Island. Now I'll explain the game rules..." a little girl spoke in a calm tone as if she was used to seeing newcomers.
POP-!
Shun returned to Yorknew City without caring if the little girl saw him use magic or not. After all, he couldn't leave the game unless he found some card.
'Nobody got time for that!'
After a bit of a sprint, Shun arrived back at the park with the basketball field.
"Is the little show over?" Shun casually waved to Feitan, who was now panting after using too much Nen creating the sun.
Step. Step.
Shun picked up the Greed Island console that was still not broken after the sun explosion.
"..."
Meanwhile, Feitan's mystery was resolved. "...You garbage... ran inside the game?"
But Shun was done talking.
Thud-!
With a heavy noise, Shun bonked Feitan on the head with the console and knocked him out.
The people watching were speechless by this bizarre fight and its ending.
"..."
"Hmm... do I finish this guy off?"
"!"
Shun's muttering to himself successfully gained the attention of the spectators.
Swoosh-!
Without thinking much, Shun swung the console at Feitan's head again. After being knocked out, his body was no longer guarded by Nen. If he was hit now, he might survive but would receive fatal damage.
ZIP-!
Right before the console was about to crush Feitan's skull, a string stopped the console from all sides.
"...Wait. Spare him." It was Machi, and soon Pakunoda arrived too.
"Do you think you can still order me around?"
"..."
Seeing Shun's unusually serious face, Machi sighed.
"You guys take Feitan away. I'll deal with things here," Machi shouted to the other spectators.
'Pakunoda huh...' Shun saw the woman next to Machi and swiftly blocked off his memories about the entire thing before he came to this world with a memory bubble. It was a technique that Kuma and Vegapunk used in the original timeline, but this time Shun rigged it a bit and made it so that Pakunoda wouldn't learn about his origin and how that this world was called Hunter x Hunter.
Meanwhile, the Phantom Troupe took Feitan away and swiftly left without a word because they believed Machi would somehow handle things here with Gungi.
Once they left, Shun appeared in the middle of the remaining Machi and Pakunoda and wrapped his hands around both of their shoulders.
"So... how are you going to deal with things here?"
"!!"
Though they knew he was strong, his speed still shocked them, but Machi soon pulled herself together and spoke.
"I won twice today and only used one wish to make you cook later. I'll use the other wish now."
"..."
'This addict still talking about that game?' Shun thought but nodded anyway.
"Okay."
'I'll beat you soon with Mavis' help anyway.'
Meanwhile, Pakunoda unconsciously activated her Nen ability, which was to read people's memories that she touched. Meaning she was reading Shun's thoughts.
Poor Pakunoda was now aware of what was waiting for her. In Shun's current thoughts, both Machi and her were stripped of their clothes and were put in all kinds of cruel games.
'This crazy bastard... thinking such things right now but talking to Machi about a completely opposite subject?'
Pakunoda cursed Shun inside her head but soon realized.
'No... that's what I was told to do. Even if Feitan was able to survive, there's no guarantee that he wouldn't be cursed later.' Pakunoda resolved herself then suddenly touched Shun's hand that was on her shoulder and placed it on her breast.
"!!"
Forgetting what order they got from Chrollo for a moment, even Machi was shocked by Paku's boldness.
"What do you mean by this?" Shun asked, but his hands didn't stop. Now even his other hand that was on Machi's shoulder was touching Paku.
"...Do whatever you want with me but—" Before Paku could finish her words, her mouth was sealed.
"Mmph-!"
"..."
Shun had already heard enough.
Machi couldn't believe what she was being exposed to.
'Didn't this bastard like me?' She had always assumed that to be the case, so she even said that he was a potential member in front of Chrollo, but now there appeared a doubt in Machi's heart.
Meanwhile, Shun had already undressed Paku. "W-Wait! Let's go somewhere private..." Paku muttered as there was a huge explosion from the sun earlier. Soon the police would arrive to check.
"Okay," Shun nodded and picked up the naked Paku and sprinted back to his hotel.
"..."
Machi was completely forgotten.
Due to Shun's insane speed, Paku had to shield herself with Nen. But thanks to his speed, no one was able to see her as the two entered the previously Nostrade family's room, where Uvogin once showed up to take Kurapika away.
'Because I was a bit addicted to Gungi and learning Nen, I haven't met with the girls as often as before.'
Poor Pakunoda had a bad timing with her approach.
——
'As expected of a troupe member, she got way better stamina and physique.' Shun praised Pakunoda in his mind as he patted her head that was working hard inside the quilt. For an entire hour, the two had forgotten about everything else and enjoyed their time together until...
Step. Step.
"!!"
A footstep almost stopped the poor couple's hearts.
"Who is there?!" Shun uncharacteristically shouted and asked before the figure could open their bedroom's door.
"Ah-! Shun! It's me!" It was the screw loose Gon.
"Me too!" The overthinker Killua said too, followed by everyone else.
"I'm busy right now!" Shun said as he signalled Pakunoda to continue.
"..."
"We have a big news! We just—!!" Gon seemed to be excited, but he was cruelly shut down by Shun's shout.
"I told you I'm busy! If you enter, I'll curse you guys with diarrhea!"
"..."
Pakunoda was speechless but continued her movements. 'At least this bastard didn't go too far, like exposing me to them...' Paku sighed with relief.
"You're such a party pooper!" Leorio said as he walked away, followed by others.
"Phew," Shun sighed with relief. He didn't have a fetish to expose himself, not during a time like this with an enemy.
Paku looked up to Shun's face as if asking to stop now, but…
"We don't have time, so quicken your movements."
"..."
——
Next morning, Shun woke up with Paku still next to him.
After yesterday's little incident, Shun hid Paku in the room then spoke to the group. After congratulating Kurapika, Shun said that he was tired then went for a few more rounds with Paku.
Shun created some clothes in the bathroom with Arc of Embodiment and returned to the room. "Wear this and return for today. I'll contact later," Shun said as he pecked Paku on her lips.
"..."
Paku didn't know what to say as they both went a bit too wild yesterday night. Now remembering them sober in the morning was too embarrassing.
"I'll hold them off. Leave me and go first," Shun said and took Killua and others to a breakfast outside.
Creak-!
"..."
——
In the afternoon, Shun briefly returned to the Fairy Tail world to meet Mavis. The Grand Magic Games had already ended with Fairy Tail winning, with Mavis becoming the MVP. Though it was scummy, Shun didn't watch except for the first day because he found it boring, but he did show his face at the after party.
The reason he returned today was… to learn the arts of Gungi from Mavis who had never even heard about the game.
When Shun appeared at the Tenroujima now floating above Magnolia,
'Why is the grandma here?' Shun was surprised to find Edolas' Grandine on his island.
'Did Carla float her here?'
Creak-!
When Shun finally entered Mavis' room, which was his bedroom too, he found Mavis on the bed while the human hater grandma, Porlyusica, sat on a chair next to the bed.
"Hi," Shun waved as usual, but he received a bonk on the head from Porlyusica.
"..."
'Is her illness getting worse?' Shun thought.
Mavis smiled awkwardly at their interaction.
"Where were you?!" Porlyusica asked angrily.
"I was..." Shun was about to make an excuse, but… Porlyusica wasn't done speaking.
"...Mavis is pregnant!"
"!"
Shun's brain froze that he even forgot about gungi.