Hunter x Hunter: My Nen Beast is Strong

Chapter 54 Scrolls

Quentin is the manager of the town's auction house, responsible for overseeing the auction items.

Seeing that even Ellige, the new darling of the Doyle family, liked these things, Quentin smiled and said, "They're all just ordinary items. If you like, just pick a few and take them home."

"Thank you! I won't be polite." Eligi said, and went up to make her selections.

Since he didn't know if they were valuable, Ailiji wasn't greedy and only chose a small knife, a doll, and a glass bead.

After saying hello to Quentin, Eligi took the three items back to study them.

This was the first time Eligi had absorbed something containing Nen. Previously, he had mostly absorbed money, and he had also absorbed a skateboard that Killua considered valuable.

Apart from that, Ailiji has never tried to absorb anything else.

This might be related to Eligi's personality.

If it were Killua's curious "meow," it would probably try to absorb even the dead into the [Nen Beast Collection].

Eligi returned to the house assigned to her in town and picked up a doll toy.

It's a female doll, about 60 centimeters long, which is about the height of three adult hands.

The doll's cheeks were sculpted with exquisite smoothness. If it weren't for the two vertical scratches running across the entire cheek, Erig would have thought it was a perfect work of art.

But it is precisely because of these two extra marks that the doll possesses a touch of incomplete beauty.

After admiring it for a moment, Eligi activated his Nen ability, summoning the [Nen Beast Collection]. He then placed the doll on top of the book, and the book quickly gathered the Nen energy from the doll, eventually materializing into a scroll.

Seeing this, Eligi felt curious and then opened the book to read it.

Ninjutsu: Clone Technique (scroll)

Effect 1: Consumes Nen to create 3 physical Nen clones. The clones have 30% of the protagonist's Nen and basic combat skills, which can be used to confuse enemies and disperse firepower.

Effect 2: The clone can use "Entangle" to strengthen itself. When it is destroyed, it will explode and release a small amount of Nen shockwave, interfering with the enemy's Nen ability perception.

Side effects: The clones can only exist for a maximum of 5 minutes, and all clones share the protagonist's pain. If a clone is injured, the protagonist will feel the same level of mild pain.

After reading the information, Eligi was stunned for a moment, then realized that it was a ninjutsu scroll. It was a ninjutsu scroll that was actually produced by absorbing Nen energy from the item.

Eliji clenched his fist in excitement, knowing that he could only use three ninjutsu at the moment: Sand Clone Technique, Sand Rain Technique, and Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique.

As for the Body Flicker Technique, Eriji learned it from Kakashi for a long time before he even got the basics down, but he was only just getting started.

So it wasn't that Eligi hadn't considered learning ninjutsu before, but he eventually discovered that the learning threshold was quite high.

Even with something as simple as the clone technique, after practicing for so long, Eligi still couldn't get the hang of it.

"So, this ninjutsu scroll allows me to directly learn the ninjutsu on it?" Eligi wondered to himself.

Then, moved by a sudden thought, Eligi bit his thumb and drew a bloody line on the beginning of the scroll. The scroll then turned into a white light and flew into his mind.

Ailiji suddenly felt that a lot of knowledge had appeared in his mind.

Eligi tried clapping his hands together, silently chanting in his mind, just like when using ninjutsu: "Ninjutsu: Clone Technique".

Soon I felt a portion of my mental energy being taken away, about one-third of it.

Then three shadow clones appeared in the room, looking just like Eligi.

"It's done, but wouldn't it be more appropriate to call it Shadow Clone?" Eligi thought to himself.

In the Naruto world, the Shadow Clone Technique is just the most basic ninjutsu; if an enemy touches the clone even slightly, it will turn into a puff of white smoke.

Following the Clone Technique is the Shadow Clone Technique, a B-rank ninjutsu. It can take away a large portion of the original user's chakra, giving the user combat power. After disappearing, the user will also share pain and other sensations.

After Shadow Clone Technique comes Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, a forbidden technique. It is said that if ordinary people use it, it will deplete their chakra.

The scroll description that Eligi is learning now is more like the Shadow Clone Technique.

Moreover, the slight shockwave from the second effect was somewhat terrifying to Eligi.

Just think, Gon's rock-paper-scissors technique only consumes a little over 2,000 Nen to create a deep crater, and his clone inherits one-third of Erigie's Nen. If the battle were to be disrupted, with tens of thousands of Nen, wouldn't it create a huge crater with a radius of tens of meters?

Of course, it's impossible for Eligi to always be in top condition to use the clone technique.

Assuming that Eligi's energy capacity is 50,000, if he performs the clone technique under perfect conditions, then naturally there will be clones with an energy capacity of more than 10,000.

However, if Eligi's total energy is reduced to only 30,000 due to the battle, then the explosive effect of the clone technique may be reduced by about half.

Regardless, this is a very practical ninjutsu for Eligi.

"I'm really looking forward to seeing what kind of scroll will appear when the other Nen energies gather together." Eligi looked at the other two collectibles, a glass bead and a small knife.

Without hesitation, Eligi used the same method to gather the Nen energy of the dagger into a scroll. He couldn't wait to open it and take a look.

Ninjutsu: Substitution Technique (scroll)

Effect 1: When attacked, Nen is consumed instantly, allowing you to swap positions with any object within 5 meters (rocks, trees, or even enemy Nen tools), perfectly avoiding fatal damage.

Effect 2: When exchanging, the "Absolute" effect is added, which temporarily blocks the user's Nen, making it impossible for the enemy to track the user's location.

Side effects: Use no more than 3 times a day. Continuous use will cause mental disorder, and the positional error of the next exchange will increase to 10 meters.

Seeing that it was a weakened version of the Stand technique, Eligi was somewhat disappointed. He had used the normal Stand technique before, which allowed him to switch places with a pre-set object, with a distance of up to tens of meters.

This device only has a five-meter range, can only be used three times a day, and has errors with subsequent uses, so it's just so-so.

"Let's see what happens." Eligi looked at a floor tile five meters away, and with a thought, he uttered, "Ninjutsu: Substitution Jutsu."

As soon as Eliji thought of it, he immediately swapped positions with the floor tiles, without having to pre-set things like wood and stone as he did when using the Substitution Jutsu.

"If it only requires a glance and doesn't need to be imbued with Nen, it's still a viable skill for survival," Eligi thought to himself.

Then, Eligi looked at the last fiery red glass bead, and saw that the surface of the bead was covered with a cloud of white gas, which was just ordinary Nen.

Pure Nen will reflect different colors; Enhancement Nen is mostly yellow-red, while Transmutation Nen is purple-blue.

Of course, this is just a classification summarized by Ailiji himself, and it is not accurate.

Just like Hisoka discovered the different personalities of people with different elemental types, there are always some people who don't follow the rules.