As Alex and nchi enter the cabin, nchi imdiately sits down on the small sofa. She reaches into her small bag, pulls out a few bills, applies a light layer of Shu, and throws them toward Alex in one swift motion.
Alex barely manages to catch them, to which she claps and says, “Good job catching it. Now use that money to buy us so food. It will most likely be terrible, but a trip is made morable by the food you eat! It’s an adventure just discovering what food each place has to offer, regardless of whether it’s good or bad.”
“No need for the explanation… I’m hungry too, so I’ll grab us sothing. I’ll pay you back once I win so money at Heaven’s Arena. Anything specific you’re in the mood for?”
“No,” she says while closing her eyes, obviously training her Nen. “Surprise !” she adds.
“Fine, I guess,” Alex says as he leaves the cabin, only monts after entering it.
He walks around the airship, even stepping onto the deck for a mont to enjoy the cold but clean air, deep in thought.
I have 3 months… I need to reach the 200th floor, which may sound easy but is actually quite hard. Gon and Killua were already monsters stat-wise. To enter the gates to Killua’s ho, I’d actually estimate Gon’s STR stat to be at least 15 to 20. Killua’s STR stat is probably easily 25 to 30. Since the Realm’s stat points don’t progress in a linear fashion, it’s hard to really tell. Anyway, I guess it’s too early for to just “push” enemies out of the arena like Gon did. With my Claw style and basic skills, I should be more than fine, so I shouldn’t worry about that part.
If I really struggle against common fighters, I’ll just use Nen and hide it with In. Even if that’s not wise, I can at least use Ten to increase my defense in any case! Still, I am not satisfied with just reaching the 200th floor. I am sure there are secret missions beyond just reaching the highest floor. I want to win against Nen users… perhaps even… no, it’s too soon to even think about it. Well, I should hurry up and buy so food before the five-horned she-devil gets mad again.
Alex finally stops his daydreaming and heads to the airship’s canteen.
Once inside, he doesn’t recognize much of anything. He also doesn’t see anything of note—it looks pretty much like normal canteen food, probably close to what he could buy at a truck stop. He just buys a bunch of random snacks, drinks, candies, sweets, a couple of sandwiches, and a few random dishes like pizza, burgers, a grill platter, and even so kind of stew, along with a huge salad.
Just five minutes later, his order is ready for pickup, and Alex is confronted with regret seeing the giant mountain of food in front of him. Shit, I’m so used to my inventory that I didn’t think about this. I’m stupid.
“Young man, we prepared a small food cart for you. Just return it once you leave the airship, okay?” a friendly-looking man working in the canteen tells him.
“Thank you!!” Alex, grateful for this unexpected help, says and hands him a bit of the remaining cash as a small token of appreciation.
He then pushes the cart with food back into their room and sees nchi lying on the bed, just wearing her pair of extrely short hotpants and her bikini top—this ti without any sh. It nearly looks like she’s wearing underwear; that’s how skimpy her outfit is.
“...” Alex, a bit nervous, just tries to ignore this weird situation. He pushes the cart next to the small table, and nchi imdiately stands up to inspect his choices.
“You… Are you stupid? You just bought random dishes, fast food, candies, and sandwiches. You should have asked for the specialties!” nchi criticizes him.
“nchi, this is a damn comrcial airship. Their inventory has nothing unique; it’s probably the sa anywhere on the damn continent,” Alex responds, slightly annoyed.
“Tzzz, you could have tried harder!! I’m not in the mood to eat this!” she nags, looking like Alex tried serving her poison.
“Honestly, this looks pretty decent to …” Alex responds and begins to eat.
Just a few minutes pass, and nchi joins him, eating only small portions of everything. She opens any kind of snack, takes tiny bites out of it, and moves on to sothing else.
Alex sighs but ignores her silly antics and eats whatever he wants, including the stuff she’s nibbled at, deciding it’s not worth complaining about.
After 10 minutes, Alex keeps a few of the unopened snacks that nchi spared and pushes the cart, along with all the half-eaten food and trash, back to the canteen. When he returns, nchi has a different look on her face.
This ti, she speaks seriously: “If you really want to challenge Heaven’s Arena, especially the 200th class, you need a LOT of training! You need to learn to constantly use your Aura. If you’re bored, use Ten. If you have ti to train, improve your Ren. Need to recover? Zetsu!”
I guess she’s right, he thinks, as he sits down and begins to focus.
Alex uses the ti traveling to Heaven’s Arena to constantly practice his newly acquired Nen abilities. He focuses on the basics: Ren,Ten, and Zetsu. He also experints with En, managing to extend it to nearly 30 ters (almost 100 feet). While sitting comfortably on the floor, he senses various people on the decks above and below them. He can even feel what’s happening in the cabins next to theirs.
Suddenly, Alex focuses on the cabin beside theirs and notices two people lying on top of each other on their bed—obviously having sex.
“What the fuck!” he blurts out, losing his concentration and stopping his En.
“What’s wrong? Don’t tell you got all flustered because you noticed sothing naughty with your En? You are such an innocent little man” nchi teases him rcilessly for the rest of the flight.
… … …
Just an hour later, Alex is finally freed from her tornt as an announcent echoes through the airship speakers:
“Thirty minutes until we arrive at Laki City Main Airport.”
“Laki City?” Alex wonders aloud. “Co to think of it, I’ve never heard the na of the city Heaven’s Arena is in before.”
“I actually didn’t know either. Who cares about the city anyway? The city is essentially Heaven’s Arena. We don’t even have to leave the arena since it has restaurants, casinos, cinemas, and pretty much anything else you could imagine,” nchi explains.
… … …
Half an hour later, the two hunters leave the airship and arrive at Laki City. They imdiately board a bus that takes them to Heaven’s Arena. Alex glances at his [Destiny Watch] and notes the ti—6 PM.
“I guess we should book a hotel close by or maybe even inside Heaven’s Arena and wait until tomorrow?” Alex suggests.
“Stupid! We have no ti to waste. Heaven’s Arena is open 24/7! You better hurry up and win enough fights to quickly get to the 100th floor so you can have a private room. Hell, you might even use your Aura to frighten the judge into bumping us to the 100th floor imdiately,” nchi counters.
“I guess that makes sense… will you compete too?” Alex asks, curious.
“I… I can’t enter,” nchi admits, looking slightly embarrassed.
“Why can’t you enter? As far as I know, you can join as often as you want, even if you fail,” Alex presses.
“Let’s just say… I needed so money, so I quickly made my way to the 200th floor—twice. And after that, my participation was revoked. I didn’t know you couldn’t do that! I was young and very hungry, and was planning to constantly go from 1 to 200 and earn an infinite amount of money! I didn’t listen to the instructions during that ti. Also all those expensive restaurants drained my travel funds.… It was a bad ti afterwards. Anyway, I’m not allowed to enter again,” she explains.
“How the fuck do you spend 400 million on food?! That’s impossible!” Alex is seriously gobsmacked by the absurdity of her situation.
“Shut up! You wanted to co here, so now you win your fights. Don’t mind !” nchi snaps, clearly ashad.
“I guess… I’ll do just that. Not like we have another choice, do we?” Alex relents, finally letting her off.
“Anyway, we’re nearly there, if my eyes aren’t deceiving ,” he says, looking out the window. He sees a giant building with multiple fighting arenas visible even from the outside. It sowhat resembles the Burj Khalifa, only grander and crazier in scope.
Heaven’s Arena… I’ll make it to the very top!
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