I'm Really Not A Nen Exorcist (HxH Fanfic)

Casting a glance at the thoroughly battered and now shirtless Illumi, memories of his first encounter with Moses involuntarily emerged in Hisoka's mind.

He shook his head, suppressed those memories, and then retreated into the shade and stood still.

Since Bungee Gum had a limited range, he would have to stay nearby until Illumi regained consciousness to prevent him from bleeding out.

Ten minutes later.

Illumi's body twitched slightly.

Hisoka noticed immediately, curled his lips slightly, withdrew his ability, and quietly retreated into the woods.

Since Illumi has woken up, there was no need for him to stay any longer.

Snap-

Illumi raised his head and his face looked very pale.

Due to excessive blood loss and severe internal injuries, his physical condition is now very poor, and he is almost on the verge of death.

"Hisoka's ability, I see..."

Upon regaining consciousness, Illumi felt the strange sensation at his severed limbs. Although he did not see Hisoka, he could tell from the faint sensation that it was Hisoka who used his ability to stop the bleeding.

Otherwise-

During the time he'd been unconscious, he might have died from excessive blood loss.

"I need to stop the bleeding first."

Illumi took a deep breath, without the energy to figure out why his shirt disappeared. He lowered his head, opened his mouth and bit a beaded needle from his chest, then moved his head to insert the beaded needle into his shoulder.

After one needle was inserted, the bleeding at his severed limb immediately slowed down and soon stopped entirely.

Then, he repeated the process, placing a second needle on the opposite shoulder, then painstakingly straightened up and inserted needles at the tops of both thighs.

After this set of hemostatic acupuncture techniques, he basically pulled himself back from the brink of death.

Now, he could only wait for the Review Committee's staff to come and tend to him.

However, the Review Committee wouldn't begin rescue operations until the roast pork test concluded. Until then, Illumi can only wait where he is.

Fortunately, the number plate on his body was not taken off by Moses, nor did it fall off during the battle...

Otherwise, even if the Review Committee saw Illumi in such miserable condition, they would ignore Illumi's situation on the grounds of a 'missing number plate'.

That's one of the more ruthless things about the Review Committee.

In the woods.

Moses casually set up a fire and placed the dead Great Stamp over it to roast.

He knew that Buhara would not care about the taste and doneness of the roast pork, so he didn't bother monitoring the boar closely. Instead, he let his mind sink into his consciousness space.

After stomping Illumi's head into the ground earlier, Perception, who had been silent for a long time, finally emerged and gave Moses two rewards.

"Your little test made Illumi suffer a crushing defeat. Perception is very excited. Your Manipulation System correction rate +5%."

"You have become the focus of everyone's attention, deeply pleasing Perception. Your Manifested Aura's upper limit +10%."

Both rewards boosted his Nen strength.

Compared to the Nen Tools with unknown effect, Moses really needs these attribute enhancements now.

Especially for Manifested Aura...

After two and a half years of intensive practice, although he had mastered Divine Script and his control over Aura had reached a fairly high level, his Manifested Aura had hardly improved.

In Nen battles, the amount of Manifested Aura one can use is a very important statistic.

The reason why Illumi was able to kill the shadow clones so easily was because his Manifested Aura was far greater than that of the shadow clones in the split state.

What Moses lacks the most now is higher Manifested Aura.

In comparison, the accuracy of his Nen Abilities and his control over his Aura had reached A-level more than half a year ago.

The 10% increase of Manifested Aura rewarded this time can be said to be a timely boon.

After making up for the lack of Manifested Aura, Moses overall level has now officially entered the 'A-level' tier.

'It takes too much time and energy to improve the Manifested Aura and Potential Aura...'

Moses's mind left the consciousness space and he calmly looked at the sizzling boar being roasted on the fire.

He was thinking, 'It would be great if Perception could always give Manifested Aura rewards.'

'But looking at all the rewards in the past, there aren't many rewards for Manifested Aura or Potential Aura...'

'Moreover, the benefits of this type of reward in the middle and late stages are very high.'

"I should be satisfied with this 10% boost from this test."

Moses muttered to himself.

Before participating in the Hunter Exam, he hadn't expected to gain any rewards from fighting.

As a result, he got two rewards before the second phase was over, which can already be considered a good harvest.

'If I go back and kill Illumi now, I wonder if I can get another Manifested Aura reward.'

This thought flashed through Moses's mind.

Elsewhere in the forest.

Illumi, who was patiently waiting for rescue, suddenly felt a chill. He subconsciously looked down at his bare torso and finally began to ponder a question...

'Where's my shirt?'

At the test location, outside the warehouse.

Hisoka approached the clearing in front of the warehouse, carrying a half-roasted Grand Stamp on his shoulder. The grease oozing from the boar dripped onto the shirt he had taken from Illumi.

"It looks like I'm the first one here with a roast pig."

Carrying the Grand Stamp on his back, Hisoka walked into the warehouse without seeing any other examinees.

This means that he was the first to present a roast pork to Buhara.

In reality, he had stolen this half-roasted boar from a less fortunate examinee.

He was not good at cooking and he did not think about the heat or whether the boar was cooked through. Seeing that it was 'roasted enough', he simply brought the whole roasted boar to the warehouse.

Gurgle-

Inside the warehouse, Buhara's stomach rumbled loudly as he caught a whiff of roast pork.

He was really starving right now, and when he saw Hisoka carrying a roasted whole boar into the warehouse, his eyes immediately lit up.

Hisoka didn't think too much and tossed the roasted whole boar in front of Buhara.

Buhara raised his hand to wipe the drool from the corner of his mouth, and then promptly devoured the entire boar in just a few bites.

He was so hungry that he didn't even spit out the bones.

"Delicious!"

Buhara licked his tongue, but still looked unsatisfied.

On the sofa.

Menchi rolled her eyes and said to Hisoka, "You passed."

The corners of Hisoka's mouth curled slightly, then he retreated to the corner and closed his eyes to rest.

Half an hour later, Moses arrived at the warehouse. Ignoring Menchi's excited reaction, he handed his roasted whole boar to Buhara, becoming the second examinee to pass.

After that, as time went by, one examinee after another sent in roasted whole boars, and they all received praise from Buhara for being delicious.

The lackluster preparation had Menchi rolling her eyes repeatedly.

By the end of the test ended, a total of 31 examinees had passed Buhara's test.

Based on Buhara's appetite, Menchi thought that at least eighty examinees would pass the test.

Clearly-

Many examinees had fallen at Illumi's hands.