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"You were so cocky a moment ago. Now come on, let me teach you how to use Nen in a fight. Show me your Ren, whelp," Menchi says arrogantly, unleashing her own Ren.

"You're nine years younger than me… stop calling me a whelp…" Alex cringes but unleashes his Ren anyway. His aura is now multiple times stronger than the one he had barely managed to unlock with Mustrano's help and their combined rage. Still, it obviously pales in comparison to Menchi's—a seasoned Nen prodigy.

They slowly approach each other, and Alex unleashes the first attack, a stabbing motion with his left hand, imitating a claw. He's surprised by his own strength—his Ren provides a tremendous boost to all his physical abilities, making him feel like he's inside a foreign body.

Menchi easily dodges his attack and counters. Alex blocks her strike, and the two begin trading attacks, each blocking the others. This continues for several minutes, with Alex gradually getting a feel for his Aura and his new abilities.

The experienced Single-Star Hunter, clearly holding back, pressures Alex just enough to keep him from relaxing. He has to concentrate intensely to keep up. Deciding to step up his game, Alex begins using some of the Advanced Nen techniques in his arsenal.

As Menchi bombards him with rapid kicks and punches, Alex stops using Ren and switches to Ken. His newly boosted defense helps him shrug off most of the pain, though the AURA drain is intense. Even so, the enhanced defense makes Menchi's attacks feel almost negligible.

After blocking several attacks, Alex counters using Ryu, shifting from defensive blocks with a base Ken, into Gyo-enhanced strikes as he trades blows with her.

"Even Ryu. Your progress is incredible," Linne comments with a serious smile, clearly impressed and surprised.

"However…!" Menchi says with a grin, pressing her attack. Alex feels his body aching all over and realizes his Aura is nearly depleted.

Desperate to land at least one good hit, Alex hides his Aura on his left hand with In and pretends to throw a light jab. In truth, he uses Gyo, pouring nearly all his remaining Aura into the strike. I hope this works. I refuse to lose like this without landing one good hit, he thinks.

Menchi's eyes glint for a brief moment before she dodges the jab instead of blocking it like before. She counters with a powerful kick to Alex's chest, sending him flying backwards and landing onto his back. Before he can recover, she steps onto his stomach, her boot pressing near his crotch. Smirking, she looks down at him.

"Not bad. This was kinda fun. Of course, you stand no chance… you'll need a LOT more training if you want to beat me. Anyway, get some rest and recover with Ten while I tell you about Nen affinities. After that, we can go see how the exam ends. The last vote will happen soon."

"Sounds good… could you perhaps…" Alex starts to ask.

"Perhaps what? Remove my boot? What are the magic words?" she responds with a smirk.

"Please, Menchi," Alex says with a shameful expression on his face, feeling embarrassed to be treated like that by someone so much younger. Secretly, he thinks, Fuck, she better hurry up, or this is going to get even more embarrassing…

"Wrong… I am your master," Menchi grins, pressing harder on his chest, making him groan in pain.

"…please, Master Menchi," Alex says, slightly blushing as he calls this arrogant young hunter—essentially just a barely legal girl—his master. He asks himself, Why is it always these types of women? Damn, I'm seriously starting to develop some kind of fetish. I mean, I'm more into the mature, dominant type, but this is weirdly hot too. I better not let her find out, or she'll never stop… which I don't want… right?

"Sure, my cute, weak student," she says, finally stepping off him. She adds, "That was a nice fight. While you don't—and probably never will—stand a chance against me, I think your overall Nen abilities are quite decent already. Your use of advanced skills, in particular, is astonishing. Even I haven't dabbled in In at all. Seeing you use it like that, even though I didn't fall for it, is still impressive. We'll have to talk more about it later, but for now, let's finish our talk about affinities."

Menchi continues, drawing the well-known iconic Nen graph to show Alex his affinities.

"Anyway, we'll leave out Specialization for now. That's something we'll talk about later—it's not relevant to you right now," Menchi begins.

"Let's start with Enhancement," she says. "Enhancement uses Aura to strengthen an object or a part of your body. Many natural Enhancers don't even have a Hatsu because their use of the basics is already balanced in terms of offense and defense. In your case, Enhancement is particularly useful for strengthening the items you conjure. Since you can also enhance your own conjurations, it makes sense training this affinity. While the durability of your items depends on your Conjuration skill, you shouldn't dismiss Enhancement's importance. It's also critical for using the Basic and Advanced Nen skills.

"That said, Enhancement isn't your strong suit. Look at the graph—your affinity for Enhancement is only at 60%, making it your second-weakest category. While your affinity for different categories determines effectiveness, it's not that simple. Many powerful Nen abilities use multiple categories. The most important thing is that your natural affinity forms the core of your ability. Even if your ability includes elements of other categories, their lower effectiveness won't significantly reduce your overall power."

Linne interjects, "Training can overcome anything. Nen affinities are your foundation, and it's good to stick to them closely. But at some point, these categories may not even matter to you anymore."

Menchi glares slightly at Linne for the interruption but continues: "Next is Emission, which is your weakest category at just 40% effectiveness. Any Aura that separates from your body and isn't conjured into an object is considered emitted. There are many abilities that incorporate Emission in some way, though pure Emission abilities are rare."

"Emission can be used for simple ranged attacks, but it's also involved in more complicated abilities. Honestly, you shouldn't spend too much time training in this affinity. Conjuration is the opposite of Emission, and you can achieve similar effects using entirely different approaches."

Menchi pauses for a moment and adds, "Overall, Enhancers and Emitters are the most common Nen types. These two categories make up a little over 50% of all Nen users."

"What's your Nen type, huh?" Alex asks, curious.

"Not telling! Be quiet while I'm explaining, or do you need another lesson?" Menchi scolds him, lifting her boot threateningly.

"It's probably Enhancement…" Alex mutters under his breath.

Menchi's expression darkens, and though she looks annoyed, she continues her explanation.

"Transmutation is your closest non-natural affinity. It has an 80% effectiveness for you as a conjurer. It's a natural ally of your own category, in fact. Conjurers often conjure special items, so it only makes sense to give them special properties. Transmutation doesn't actually create different or special elements but merely mimics them. You can transmute your own Aura to take on the properties of elements, man-made substances that don't occur naturally, or even animals. Even altering something as basic as the shape of your Aura is a transmutation ability, for example," Menchi explains.

She lifts her finger, and her Aura slowly forms a heart. Since Menchi isn't using In, Alex can see it just fine without activating Gyo.

"Interesting, I guess," Alex says, sounding slightly bored as he thinks, I know all these things, and worst of all, my Hatsu, Genius Conjurer, and its subskill Arcane Medieval Armory have no room for changes or improvements at this point. I feel like my Hatsu is already as insane as it could possibly be. It combines so many Nen categories with Conjuration as a firm base. I don't need to change a lot—any change would probably ruin it. I'm perfectly content with it and see a clear path to getting stronger: acquiring new conjurations and leveling my skills. It saved my life so many times. I don't want it to change at all, and I'm so glad my Nen awakening didn't alter it, and only improved its effectiveness.

He continues analyzing: This ability, unlike others, has nearly infinite utility and potential. The only reason to use Nen for something else would be to reach lvl 10 in my Basic Nen lvl 3 skill and choose another Hatsu—or somehow strengthen my current ability. Either way, I'll need to journey through many more worlds before that becomes relevant.

Menchi finishes her explanation. "What's left? Manipulation. It's your second closest non-natural affinity, similar to Enhancement at 60% effectiveness. Any Hatsu involving controlling something remotely, even if it's just a tiny command or some kind of activation requirement, involves Manipulation. Manipulation is used for many different abilities, but the most dangerous Hatsus are pure Manipulation Hatsu. Oftentimes, a single successful attack can immediately take control of you—and essentially kill you."

Even Linne interjects, "You should fear Manipulation. Be careful not to give your opponents an opening, and try your best not to fulfill the activation conditions for Manipulation Hatsus. Even a single 'Yes' can spell doom for you. There are many types of manipulation abilities, for now this should suffice however."

"…" Alex can't help but be speechless, thinking, A damn 'yes' is what dragged me into this whole mess in the first place. Linne's warning is a good one. I should be more careful—or maybe just keep my mouth shut more often.

"That leaves us with Conjuration…" Menchi continues. "I think you already know most about it, but make sure you keep improving your Advanced Nen skills. They can be devastating if combined with Conjuration. Also, without In, even normal people can see your abilities. I'd suggest focusing on In and Shu. You can also openly reveal some conjuration ability to disguise the fact that you're hiding another part of it. Conjuration usually requires a lot of thought, though… looking at you, I guess there are exceptions in its users."

"I actually have to agree and can't deny this one. My ability is pretty straightforward. Thank you for explaining it to me. Honestly, I think I just need experience, and for now, a lot of training. I'm not too keen on starting any kind of Nen battle right now."

Linne interrupts, saying, "It's time. The fourth exam is ending for the other examinees now. Let's take a look."

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