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Chapter 15: Preserving a Man's Dignity is a Woman's Virtue
"You've explained Ten, Zetsu, and Ren. What about the last one, Hatsu?"
Perhaps it was because Suyan had untied the heavy knot she had carried in her heart for so long.
Or perhaps the kiss with Suyan just now had shifted the relationship between them.
Busujima Saeko shed her usual reserve around Suyan and took the initiative to ask about the final technique of the Four Major Principles of Nen.
Suyan smiled and said, "You've already seen it."
"I've seen it? When?"
Busujima Saeko was puzzled.
Had he secretly used the technique of Hatsu after demonstrating Ren just now?
But she hadn't noticed it at all.
"Just last night."
Suyan extended his hand, and a sheet of Contract Parchment gradually materialized in his palm.
"This is?"
Busujima Saeko recognized it at a glance. Wasn't this the parchment contract Suyan gave her last night to sign?
This object, which had rewritten her destiny and bound her closely to Suyan—let alone one night, even if ten years, twenty years, or a lifetime passed, she would absolutely never forget it.
But... this was what Suyan called Hatsu?
Did this so-called Hatsu mean awakening other Nen Users?
Indeed, she was only able to sense the Aura in her body so easily and learn Nen because she signed the contract with Suyan.
But thinking carefully, she felt that unlikely.
She looked again at the contract parchment Suyan had materialized out of thin air right under her nose.
Recalling last night, Suyan had materialized a white oak bokken of the same style as hers to fight her.
Or did Hatsu actually refer to the technique of using Nen to condense weapons?
Suyan didn't know about the girl's wild guesses, but he didn't keep her in suspense. He explained directly, "Hatsu (Release) doesn't refer to a specific technique, but rather a finishing move, or you could say, a skill."
"It is a killer move that every Nen User comprehends on their own after learning to freely control and utilize the Aura within their body."
"Because of differences in everyone's talent, personality, upbringing, and so on, the moves everyone comprehends are different."
"This is the Hatsu I comprehended!"
Saying this, Suyan shook the parchment in his hand.
It was actually somewhat embarrassing to admit. It had been over a year since he transmigrated to this world and awakened his Nen.
Apart from the Contract ability derived from Equivalent Exchange—his awakened Specialization ability—he hadn't had a single clue about developing new abilities.
He could only say that Specialization Type Nen was really... hard to describe.
In Hunter x Hunter, Nen abilities are divided into the Six Types, charted on a hexagon.
Each system occupies one of the corners on the hexagon.
If the probability of a Nen User learning abilities of their own type is 100%, then for adjacent types, the probability is 80%. For types one step removed, it's 60%. And for the type on the opposite diagonal—the farthest distance—the probability is the lowest, at 40%.
Specialization is absolutely the most unique system among Nen abilities; it can truly be called all-encompassing.
Anything that doesn't fit into the other five Nen categories—whether innate abilities, special abilities awakened later, or random superpowers—are classified under Specialization.
Moreover, although the probability of a Specialization Type user learning other types decreases with distance, for users of any other type—no matter where they are on the hexagon—the probability of learning Specialization Type abilities is effectively zero.
This leads to the fact that while Specialization users possess bizarre abilities, their development is equally unsystematic.
Aside from universal basic Nen techniques, no one can really teach them how to develop later on; they basically have to rely on themselves.
So, when Suyan cultivated usually, he mostly focused on developing toward the adjacent Conjuration Type and the Emission Type synchronized from Marikawa Shizuka.
Hearing Suyan's explanation of Hatsu, Busujima Saeko fell into thought and guessed, "Suyan-kun's ability shouldn't be as simple as just helping people learn Nen, right?"
The logic was simple. Since the contract was an ability Suyan comprehended, how could it be purely altruistic?
After all, to put it bluntly, humans are inherently selfish creatures; self-interest is human nature.
"Correct."
Suyan didn't deny it. He said directly, "Since it's called a contract, this ability naturally benefits both parties."
"Those who sign the contract, even if they had absolutely no contact with or understanding of Nen before, can quickly master the Aura in their bodies and learn Nen."
"As the creator of the contract, I naturally gain benefits from it too."
"For example, after signing the contract, no matter how much Nen increases in your body during future cultivation, I will synchronize and gain the same degree of improvement. Furthermore, after you comprehend your own Hatsu, I can easily learn it too."
"Eh?"
Busujima Saeko was stunned.
Wasn't this ability a bit broken?
Just by signing a contract with someone, he could synchronize the results of their hard work.
Didn't that mean as long as there were enough contracted people, even if all of them were mediocre people unable to comprehend Hatsu, Suyan could build himself into a superman just relying on the synchronized Nen?
But soon, the girl rejected this idea.
Because she thought of the contract she signed last night and the various terms written on it that were favorable to her.
It was too harsh!
If it were her, even if she comprehended this ability, she would absolutely not dare to let others sign such a contract.
What kind of things did Suyan-kun experience in the past to comprehend such an ability?
Busujima Saeko clicked her tongue secretly, but she didn't show it on her face. Instead, she put on a resentful expression and said to Suyan:
"Isn't your ability a bit broken? You can actually synchronize the contractor's Nen. In that case, wouldn't it be impossible for me to ever surpass you?"
Suyan asked in surprise, "Do you want to surpass me that badly, Saeko-senpai?"
Although she had won the National High School Kendo Championship twice in a row, she shouldn't be a competitively aggressive person, right?
"Yes."
Busujima Saeko didn't deny it at all. She responded with a beaming smile, "After all, I swore in front of my junior just now that I would protect you with my life in the future. If I'm always weaker than you, how can I protect you?"
"There's no need for that!"
Facing Busujima Saeko's remarks, which felt a bit like their gender roles were swapped, Suyan actually felt somewhat at a loss for a moment.
"True, Suyan-kun is a man, after all. Preserving a man's dignity is part of a woman's virtue."
Busujima Saeko brushed a strand of hair from her forehead and said with infinite allure, "Then, from now on, I'll count on Suyan-kun to protect me properly."
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