System: Zalzamel Chapter 3- Grinding, a Hunter X Hunter + X-overs Crossover fanfic

A/N: 'Ere.

Thank you all for the kind reviews and valid questions.

To the questions and some reviews :

Thel310: I'll see what I can do since I never had heard of those before. I most likely won't make them the first world though.

AllHailTheSith: Bruh, the Giant Chimera Ant race cost 500 SC, I don't know if you missed that. I didn't nerf him entirely. I just dropped his weekly Stat Gains but amped up his potential abilities.

Frescko: Yep, pretty much. But keep in mind that the whole fresh body is needed to grant all the stats, Nen and special abilities. However for example if he eats Madara's hair, he would be able to mimic it and if it has special abilities like Ophis' scales which are ridiculously hard he can mimic it. Most importantly he needs to digest it, normal food like meat is easily broken down and turned into nutrients.

Edit: Tangrin's point is kinda valid, other world items are too strong at first here. So, gonna nerf a little. :)

After that day, I called Isaac Netero 'Dad', he trained me in the Shingen-Ryu kung fu as well as Nen in the Dojo and our house. He trained in the basic stances of shingen-ryu at first, but immediately moved onto more complex techniques when I immediately performed a perfect starting stance. He first proceeded to teach me how to throw the textbook perfect punch for the Shingen-Ryu style, which was what he had apparently trained with in the mountain. I got the stance correct and the punch was strong, but it didn't feel right as if I was missing something.

I turned to the geezer and asked him, he seriously said "You lacked three things although your stance was picture perfect." he raised a finger "First, purpose. Why do you strike, and what is it for. Merely striking without and purpose behind it will make it weaker as you yourself do not know why you strike." he raised a second finger "Second, emotion. Emotions may make us do irrational things however it grants us the strength and determination to fight for what we believe in. Most importantly aura itself is affected by your emotions. " he raised a third finger "Lastly, conviction. Intensify your will once you have the emotions and purpose in why you strike. Then punch." he raised an eyebrow at me "This is basic, didn't you listen to my lecture about Nen of the Flame? Well, you are only a week old after all.." he shrugged.

I frowned at him, though he laughed so it must have looked like a pout. I snorted, taking that as a challenge. Taking a deep breathe, I form the stance activating my aura. Ten, the purpose of my strike, I pour in all of my bottled-up emotions, hate, anger, sadness, despair, disgust, excitement, happiness, love, hope. Zetsu, put it into words, to protect my everything that makes myself me. Ren, intensify your will. My aura burst into action turning autumn red, strengthening my body. Hatsu, I punched the air.

Although not at the speed of a sonicboom, it was powerful enough to warrant a small shockwave that disturbed the lush grass. That took out a bit from me but I proudly turned towards him puffing out my chest, "What about that?"

He smiled and patted my head. "Good. Now do that until you collapse." I stiffened once I heard that. I looked at him, a mischievous glint appeared on his eyes as he waited for my response. God damn it.

I shrugged and ducked under his hand "Fine. It'll take pretty long though."He smiled at me, waving as he left the plains. "Oi, where are you going?!" I asked him as he disappeared leaving me alone. God fucking dammit. Ughh, I want to just lie down and nap here. The shade is perfect, the sun isn't too hot, the ground is quite comfortable.

Damn you, geezer. I sigh and performed my stance, punching the air once again repeating the process with my Ren always active. My Nen ran out about 11 hours later. I collapsed on the ground and saw that the sun was midway in setting.

System, do I gain stats by training?

Yes, of course.

Can you show me all of my Stat gains?

[You ate bacon, gaining 1 Endurance]

[You ate bacon, gaining 1 Endurace]

[You ate bacon, gaining 1 Endurance]

[You ate chicken legs, gaining 1 Dexterity.]

[You ate chicken legs, gaining 1 Dexte-

Ughh, too many. Just round them all up in stats please including my training.

Yes.

[You have gained 94 Endurance this past week.]

[You have gained 56 Dexterity this past week.]

[You have gained 63 Strength this past week.]

[Your bone strength has been increased by 23 this past week.]

[You have gained 100 Nen this past week.]

Well, eating then training is a good way to grind.. System, does Phagoallaso apply to non-organic stuff?

Yes.

So.. What would happen if I ate a stone?

You would be able to mimic it's properties in any part of your body , however stones with special abilities can be eaten to gain their power.

Huhh.. System, if I eat a scale of a dragon can I mimic that?

Yes, however the strength of the scales are based on your strength. The eaten object can be mimicked by your body.

So that means, I can essentially transform?

That is what the System said.

Cool.. So how much is a dragon scale?

[The Shop

Baby Earth Dragon's Scale (200 SC)

Baby Fire Dragon's Scale (200 SC)

Baby Dark Dragon's Scale (200 SC)

]

Ughh, are these the cheapest ones?

Yes, these are the cheapest genuine scale of Dragons.

Oh, thanks.. How much is a scarlet eye from the Kurta Clan?

[The Shop

Scarlet Eyes (500 SC)

]

Why are they worth that much?

User Zalzamel, try seeing the info of the shop item.

Ohh yeah, right... I focused on wanting to see the info of the Scarlet Eyes.

[Scarlet Eyes

Eyes of the Kurta Clan, certain clan members when agitated will make their eyes glow into a beautiful scarlet, increasing all of their Stats by 50%. When purchased automically gain Scarlet Eyes.

(500 SC)

]

That is pretty strong.. But, System how much is a single eye with it not automatically being granted to me?

[The Shop

Scarlet Eyeball (200 SC)

]

Heh.. How about a single sharingan eyeball?

[The Shop

One-tomoe Sharingan Eyeball (3000 SC)

]

Huh. Why is it so expensive?

Items not from current world cost 10x more than if you bought them at the world they are located in.

Why though?

...

Because they do not exist in the current world, it costs the System more energy to get them.

I swear to God it sighed before answering but whatever.. Well, that makes sense.. I yawn and closed my eyes. Geez, the old man was taking an awful long time... I'm sleeping.

Hi. I'm line Break. 1...

[You have gained 25 points to Endurance, Strength, Dexterity and Intellegence. Nen has been increased by 50.]

When I woke up, I was in my room. I felt my gi was smaller and tighter. Did I grow up again? I rose off my double sized bed that Netero finally bought for me. I looked at the mirror and saw my body look like a boy entering it's teen years. Hmmm, I also felt a lot stronger and lighter. System, my stats.

[Stats:

Endurance: 129 (5) = 645

Strength: 98

Dexterity: 91

Intellegence: 35 (10) = 350

Nen: 260 (N/A) (300) = 78,000]

So... I'm really strong now, that Endurance and Nen is quite large. I got to work on my Dexterity and Strength which I can gain a lot by eating chicken and beef.. System, how much is a cooked chicken?

[The Shop

Cooked Whole Chicken (5 SC)

]

How much stats would I gain if I ate it?

9 Dexterity is gained if you eat the whole cooked chicken.

Hehehehehe... Ohhh, I got a brilliant idea! I changed my Gi into a larger one, and ran down the stairs. Netero said without even looking, chopping up some vegetables "Come back before breakfast." I shout back "Yeah, be back in a bit! I need to try out something!" I went back to where I trained, yesterday (?). I looked around and saw a good one to try out.

I plucked up a female praying mantis, and without hesitation chomped down and ate it.

[You have ate a whole fresh praying mantis. 16 Dexterity, 2 Strength, 1 Endurace, 1 Intellegence and 5 Nen has been gained, Memories have been gained. You are now able to mimic all of it's body parts.]

Hehehehehe, I am so gonna abuse the shit out of the Perks' sayings, it said if I ate a whole fresh body then I would gain all of it's stats and Nen. Which means I can just eat insects, although they don't taste as good as meat but it will grant me their stats. Although the memories were a little bit disgusting, I mean... Mating then eating your mate as it impregnates you? Urk... And the stats are pretty high but I feel that they should be a bit bigger... System, does Phagoallaso, King and Perfect Human Hybrid Stat gains stack?

No. Conflicting factors will cancel the weaker factor, which means that eating the whole fresh body can grant you all their respective Stat Points, Memories, Mystical and physical properties of the body is granted to you and is retractable on command, Memories, Skills and their Nen abilities are

At least, I knew how to move like a praying mantis. I tried out the swaying motion they did to hide their presence, and I felt like a dumbass, probably looked like one too.. Mantis are thin and twig like so maybe that was why it didn't work? Hmmm...

Phagoallaso can help me mimic their body parts right, System ?

Yes.

Can I alter my entire body?

Yes.

Ohhhh, okay. How do I transform anyway?

It is instinctual to do. If you want a specific task then imagine transforming the body part you want.

Thanks. I took a deep breathe and imagined myself having a similar body to that of a mantis.. I felt my entire body stretch, my bones lengthening while a green exoskeleton appeared on my entire body, thankfully it wasn't painful. Closed scythe-like appendages with two joints replaced my forearms. Thankfully, my eyes didn't become much larger but they bulged out and three more much much smaller eyes popped out in the center of them. I couldn't blink but my eyes were covered with a small transparent film.

I could see much more clearly and with more depth than ever before, I could instinctively and accurately know how far an object is from me down to millimeter. I had four thin-looking legs which were packed with so much muscle, I could probably jump on the roof of our house and stand still within a second if I was in the front door. My antennae were long and reached my chest, I could smell things better even a few hundred meters away, I could smell the eggs and a phelotera of other food from the house. Heck, I can even smell all the sweat, blood, dirt, piss, feces in the village.

I tried moving around with my four legs, it was pretty easy although a bit wonky the first few moments. I tried sway moving minutely which mantis used to hide their presence, surprisingly it worked. I made no sound even to my enhanced senses and except for the grass moving minutely which was similar to a breeze and my large size, I was pretty much invisible if I used Zetsu.

I smelt a rabbit near the trees, so I moved towards it. I used Zetsu to fully hide my aura as I approached it, behind a tree 19 meters, 2 cm, 1.4 millimeters in front of me was a small blue rabbit with gleaming red eyes eating a squirell. It looked a bit bigger and feral than a normal rabbit, but it was probably mostly the same. Probably a minor Magic Beast of sorts. I moved slightly and my head thunked lightly against a low hanging branch. It turned it's head towards my direction and I stilled in hopes it wouldn't notice me, unfortunately it immediately moved and hopped away. I followed it as fast as I could while being quite, it was much faster than a normal rabbit for sure. It was nearing a rabbithole when I landed on a thick looking branch, my muscles tensed as I waited for it to near me.

11 meters, 10.3 meters, 9.6 meters, 8.9 meters... 4 meters. My forearms unfolded as I reached for it . The thin hair-like spikes on my claws digged into it's hide, as my forearms folded back. I caught it in my forearns as it squeaked and failed about, my mandibles opened as I pierced it's neck killing it as painlessly as I could. Blood spurted out as it twitched minutely and stilled. It's aura rushed into my body.

[Enemy has been killed, 35 Nen has been earned.]

I immediately shoved it's body into my mouth as I turned back into a human and swallowed.. It was kind of difficult to swallow the entire thing as it was larger than my throat, I contorted my throat to drag it down into my stomach, digesting it.

[You have eaten a Blue Spotted Rabbit. You have gained 68 Strength, 50 Dexterity, 29 Endurance and 15 Intellegence. Memories has been gained. You can now mimic its body parts.]

[20 SC has been gained.]

Those are really high Stat gains.. I licked my lips to wash off the bloof, raw meat tasted good especially the blood. But it didn't have as much texture and flavor as cooked meat but the blood made it delicious. I really should eat very rare steak sometime soon.. I sighed in relief as it didn't have any babies that it took care of. My conscience would probably want me to take care of them.

I looked and felt at my gi and saw that it mostly intact. There were two holes near my upper back thigh but it was ignorable. I experimented and tried to pack as much muscle as I could using Phagoallaso into my legs mimicking the rabbit's powerful legs and the mantis' legs which could pack so much muscle in their thin legs. It worked and I burst into movement as I rushed back into the house to actually eat some good food. Thinking on the way back about how I could make raw food easier to eat.

(shhh...)

A year or so passed by, with me living in the village. Every day was mostly the same routine, go out very early in the morning rush to the jungle and eat some animals. Sadly most of them were normal critters which only granted me small amounts of Stats and SC but stacking them up they were huge I tried to eat a cockroach once, I immediately spat it out, I settled for only killing them.

After eating some poor victims, I rush back home, eat some cooked food and after eating, go to the dojo. Practice Shingen-Ryu and tease Tannie there and once the practice every other day was over go the mountain to punch until I collapsed, and other days than that I would go there and the geezer would help train my Nen..

I made my first Hatsu and it's Limitations and Vows. I just had found out about Vows and Limitations when I first made it. It was back when the Old Man and I discussed my first Hatsu-to-be.

Flashback, 8 months prior

We were sitting down on the grass as we discussed on what my Hatsu ability will be. I mostly asked him since I could trust him and he was experienced. I lied down in the floor, sighing "We spend too much time about my Hatsu... You know what, I think I'd do with a paralysis ability first, since it is pretty simple but highly effective for my fight style." I was apparently a close-ranged fighter with a penchant of running around the enemy from what the old man told me from our sparring. He was an absolute monster in fighting even without him using Nen, I could not scratch him. That one time I actually did touch him it was futile since the punch was caught in his hand as he skidded back, his face excited, then he beat me up more than usual. At least he gave me a lot of food afterwards..

He smirked at me "You are the one that asked me to help you.. And if you already found a base idea for your Hatsu, think of it's Vows and Limitations "

I sat back up and raised my eyebrow "Vows and Limitations?" He smiled, teeth gleaming. His teacher mode turned on, "Aura is the very essence of our being, so we can manipulate it to a certain extent in which the way we call it as 'Nen'. Hatsu, the release of aura differ from person to person, it can grow even stronger aside from pouring in more Nen or training it, some of these methods are the Vows and Limitations." I nodded, curious and scooted closer.

He continued "Limitations are the requirements for a Hatsu before it is used to make it stronger which the user can set. The higher and more the Limitations, the stronger the Hatsu. For example, if the Limitation is your death then the Hatsu will be much more powerful than if say the Limitation was wounding yourself, breaking Limitations will have a price which vary. Vows are the process of acknowledging the Limitation itself. "

I nodded, that made sense... So if I needed to wound the enemy in order to paralyze them it will be much stronger than just staring at them and paralyzing the enemy.

Netero continued "There are also the Conditions, these conditions are the requirement for the Hatsu to activate in order to be able ake up for the lack of skill. Conditions are impossible to breach." Oh.. I asked him "So Conditions and Limitations are the ones that strengthen them if you reach a certain condition?" He nodded "Yes, but they are different. Limitations are conscious decisions that can be breached while Conditions are the nen user's subconscious making rules that makes the ability stronger but cannot be breached."

I nodded. Limitation is conscious and breachable and Conditions are subconscious and unbreachable, got it. I look at him and said "I think I know what my first Hatsu should be.." He looked curious as we got up to spar.

Present

Well, I still was beaten up but at least I knew that my Hatsu 'Paralytical Wounds' could affect him momentarily. Essentialy one of the Hatsu, I developed over the past year was that if I wound an enemy with something that has my Nen, it hinders their movements. It can grow stronger the more Nen I put into the object I hit them with, it didn't need to be an open wound but open wounds are stronger. A simple yet very effective addition to my setup, it's only limitation was that it needed to wound the enemy and of course Nen, which I had a ridiculous amount of. About 2/3 of the Old Man's, of whom is a monster in Nen amounts.. That aside I grew strong enough that the Stats were large enough to be annoying to calculate so I had the System just divide it by 50.

And yes, one of the Hatsu abilities I developed the past year. I had developed one more to make Netero work for the win, which I kept a secret to him.. It was a pretty simple idea but really effective, I took inspiration of it from a certain anime. It was ridiculously painful though, since I used my Perks, Manipulation, Enhancement and Transmutation to alter my body itself. I struggled greatly with Transmutation since it was on the opposite side of my abilities but it was worth it. Man, I should get around eating some Nen users..

"Come on, Just. Stop daydreaming!" Netero hollered.

But whatever... I shrugged and ran up to him "Yes, yes." He slapped my backpack as I nearly stumbled, I glared upto him with my 12-year old body. He laughed and walked off, I sigh and walk beside him on the dirt road.

I was off to take the 220th Hunter Exam.

A/N: Guess his second hatsu :p. It wasn't specified on when Netero became a Hunter, so I assumed he already was one before he practiced.