Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Death was surprisingly a rather pleasant feeling, calming, and soothing. It felt like drifting off into the most peaceful sleep imaginable, surrounded by warmth and relaxing music. I accepted it without hesitation, I have been expecting it for some time now.
What I wasn't expecting was to open my eyes again. No that was rather unexpected, the great white expanse of nothing surrounded me. I got to my feet and looked around. Nothing. Nothing at all.
[Congratulation! Your luck has run out! You have died!]
In a blank white expanse of nothingness, this was the sole exception to the great nothing that Orion was confronted with.
'I'm dead already?' He thought with a frown. 'Damn, I've always been super unlucky but this is something else.' Orion lampooned.
[You have been chosen for transmigration! Your destination world will be selected now!]
[This system will become a wish-choosing system after the countdown finishes, and it will give you the chance to select your starting life!]
[3]
[2]
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[System initialised. Host, Orion, no last name currently.]
[Please choose the world to incarnate into]
[1: Safe World: 1 Wish]
[2: Medium World: 2 wishes]
[3: Dangerous World: 3 Wishes]
[4: Highly Dangerous World: 4 Wishes]
'Well, would you look at this? My luck has finally changed. A second chance at life!' Orion grinned.
Orion thought to himself for a moment and then nodded, "Dangerous World." He didn't want to arrive in the world with no experience and wind up dead, so a dangerous world with talent and the power system would let him grow... hopefully.
[Selecting World]
[World Selected]
[Hunter x Hunter]
[Please choose starting background.]
[1: Safe area: Reward: Basic martial arts conditioning]
[2: Medium area: Reward: Nen awakening]
[3: Dangerous area: Reward: 4 major principles]
[4: Highly Dangerous Area: Reward: 1 more wish]
[5: Deadly Area: Reward: 1 more wish and Nen ability creation token]
'Damn a lot of info at me,' Orion thought, "Right will you, the system, follow me into the new world?" He asked.
[Negative]
"Hmmm, so not the deadly area, I'll pick the highly dangerous area for a total of 4 wishes." Orion answered after some thought.
[Option 4 selected, Please state your wishes one by one as you please]
Orion breathed out calmly, any wish in the world? In existence? Let's just make this the case.
[Negative, the wishes may not severely disrupt the power scaling of the world you are entering.]
"Fine then for my first wish I pick to create a body from traits using Jujutsu Kaisen, but if the trait comes with a negative I will only get the positive. I will accept some caveats." Orion stated.
[… Accepted. You may only pick one trait per person though and only one type of trait. They are not stackable, so no two techniques.]
Orion clicked his tongue. "Shame, can't get the limitless technique and the 6 Eyes then." He said with a sigh.
"Hmm, I'll pick the 6 Eyes for my trait from Gojo. Then Shrine from Sukuna and Yuta's energy amount to start with." Orion said after thinking for a moment.
"I'll then pick Yuji's Black Flashes and ability to hit them consistently. I'll pick Maki's body and senses. For healing I'll pick Kenjaku, he can heal himself and others to a great extent. After all, he fixed Geto's body before taking it over." Orion added.
"Now is there anything else? Hmmm.. Oh right add Hakari's luck while I'm thinking about it." Orion said after a moment.
[Accepted. Your background will reflect this. You will be a Specialist. Though you have forgotten Combat Ability and experience]
Orion nodded "That's my first wish."
[Fine please state your second wish.]
"I'd like to make a very expansive Nen Ability with many sub-abilities. Though it won't have any real battle applications." Orion said.
A blank page appeared out of thin air and floated down to Orion.
[Please write your ability on the page, tear it when done]
Orion smiled and started writing.
[Demon's Bargaining]
[Demon Deal: a Nen ability that allows the user to create binding supernatural pacts, deals, and contracts with others. These deals come with specific benefits and powers.]
[Binding Pact: This allows the user to offer a deal to someone, once the deal is accepted the deal is supernaturally enforced. The terms can be drafted mentally and then agreed upon in a verbal or written form. Both parties must uphold their side of the bargain.]
[Deal with the Devil: A variation of Binding Pact, this allows the user to offer a deal that grants temporary boosts. Like physical strength speed or stamina, even the amount of Nen can be bartered. However, the costs must be burdened by the user and they must make sure not to oversell.]
[Devilish Charm: The user can create offers that seem extremely enticing and favorable using charm and aura manipulation. People targeted by this ability become subtly influenced to accept the deal.]
[Devil of their Word: For especially binding contracts the user can seal the pact with an aura-based 'mark' that binds to the other party's soul. This marks them to the users, allowing them to monitor them in real-time.]
[A Demon's Poker Face: A passive ability that makes the user harder to read and detect in social and aura contexts. It gives him an enigmatic aura of mystery, making it difficult for people to sense his intentions, read his aura, or determine his true strength.]
[Red and Black Ledgers: When making a deal you can establish someone as a 'Contact/Informant'. These contacts will provide passive information which you can access through a Conjured Red Ledger. All useful information will be summarised and the next page will always contain the information you are looking for as long as the Ledger contains it. The Black Ledger contains all information about deals made and info on the deal participants.]
"Perfect!" Orion said with a smile, "Will help quite a bit." He thought as they tore the page in half and they burst into flames immediately. The flames took Orion by surprise by they didn't radiate heat and just burnt the torn pages away.
[Analysing ability, ability granted]
[moving on, Please choose your third wish]
"Before I wish, can I ask something about the 6 Eyes?"
[Go ahead]
"It'll give me great talent in Nen and a complete master of manipulating Aura correct?"
[Yes in much the same way it works for Satoru Gojo and his manipulation and efficiency with Cursed Energy.]
"So I could just use it to make a whole bunch of other Nen Abilities right?"
[…]
"You hadn't thought of that had you?"
[… Could I interest you in a different ability?]
Orion laughed a little, "No thank you, but it does help with the next wish, I wish for the Renewal Taekwondo combat ability and experience of Mori Jin. From God of Highschool."
[Its power scaling will be limited to the scaling of Hunter x Hunter. Is that acceptable?]
"Yes, that's fine as long as the others still work as shown in the story," Orion responded.
[It will within reason.]
"then I'm fine with that. Shall we move on to the last Wish?"
[As you please.]
"I wish for you to accompany me into HunterxHunter, like a live-in helper like Raphael with Rimiru," Orion said with a smile.
[… As you wish.]
[Please choose a year to be transmigrated into]
[1999]
[1998]
[1997]
[…]
The list went down, "Is there a particular reward for being transmigrated into a certain year?"
[Negative]
"Fine, I choose the year Gon and Killua were born, 1987. That gives me 12 years to set up my life."
[Please choose the age at which you arrive into the world]
[0]
[1]
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[…]
And again the list went on. "Again is there a reward for picking a certain age?"
[Negative, please choose an age that best suits you and what you wish to accomplish]
"Oh cool I guess, that makes sense, no point in me trying to get a good reward by being younger or old and then wind up dead immediately." Orion mused out loud.
"Right let's pick... 11, yeah that's a good age. So I'll be 22 or 23 when the canon starts. Cool."
[Age 11 selected]
[Any questions?]
'Hmmmm, no I don't think so.' Orion thought to the system.
[Are you ready for traversal?]
Orion nodded "Let's do this." With these final words, he found something pulling on something deep inside of him, his soul. It tugged harder and harder and the light started to dim from his eyes and everything went black.
…
Orion opened his eyes, the sky was dark but it wasn't night, it was a dark grey day. On either side of him were walls, dirty and grimy. He shifted and sat up, he was in a trashy alleyway.
He placed his hands on the ground to get up only for them to get wet from what he hoped was water. Orion pushed himself to his feet and wobbled slightly, his head was pounding with pain. He gingerly reached up and touched where it was hurting.
His fingers came away bloody, and there was something there. Orion reached up and touched the painful area, it was a hole, a bullet hole. The flesh was squirming and healing as it put itself back together again and the bullet was being forced out again.
Orion caught the bullet as it was forced out of his skull and the wound closed up, it was an ordinary bullet. No special Nen or Aura attached to it. From the memories of this body, he had been a thief who pickpocketed the wrong target and wound up dead.
Orion smiled and stored the bullet in his pocket as a souvenir of his new life. In the grey light of the day, he looked down at the wet puddle at his feet and took a look at his appearance. He was a small boy of around 11, malnourished. He had white hair that was dirty with grime, a beautiful crystal-red eyes.
[Looks like you made it here in one piece.]
Orion frowned 'Was that ever a concern?'
[... Perhaps. Perhaps not.]
Orion snorted, 'Cool so where am I?'
[Residential Area, Meteor City.]
'Oh, Meteor City huh? That's interesting.' Orion mused. 'What would you suggest for me to do right now?'
[Your Nen is leaking as you have awakened your Aura. I would suggest finding a safe place and practicing Ten.]
Orion nodded a fair suggestion, one that he would follow. He had fragmented memories of this body's life. However, he did remember where he lived and where his safe house was. When the previous owner of this body had gained enough money he bought a small apartment in the residential area of Meteor City. Separate from his other living space.
He filled it with rations and everything he would need for a while, in case he was ever caught stealing and needed a place to lie low. It was where the body was headed when he got caught by his target and was executed. It was a shame due to how close he was to making it there.
Orion looked at the fire escape railings of the building in the alleyway he was in. He jumped up grabbed the ladder pulled himself up and quickly scaled the building. He reached the rooftop and made his way across the building tops using the route in his memories.
After crossing over a beam between two buildings he reached the apartment building scaled down the side of the building and entered his apartment through the window.
Orion noticed some inconsistencies in this body. It was malnourished however it was startlingly strong and dextrous for an adult let alone a boy of 11. how strong would the body wind up being after it was properly fed? Was this Maki's physique at work? Was it a gradual thing that he would grow into? 'I'll ask about it later.'
Once he was in Orion stripped off of his bloody shirt and sat down in a meditative position, he could feel the Aura pouring out his nodes in a heavy flow, he needed to fix it quickly before he found himself exhausted.
Closing his eyes Orion felt the flow of Nen inside his body, the flow of Aura, imagining it as a mist or gas flowing through his body. He visualized it flowing over his body like a shroud, coating him in a protective layer.
Orion breathed in and out calmly, controlling his breathing finely. He could feel something on his skin, it felt like a bit like a fluid, thin and warm around his skin, it stabilised rapidly, and the aura stopped flowing out of his body and went into this protective shroud.
Ten had been learned.
Orion opened his eyes and smiled, 'Step one of total Nen mastery complete. Hey wish system, can you describe this body's history? You said you would make the JJK traits part of this body's background.'
[Affirmative. You are a mutation of the Kurta Clan, though you may have surmised this from your eyes. Your mother took the trials to leave the hidden village but failed. However, she still left and was therefore banned from ever returning to the village. Sometime after leaving she fell in love and had you only for your father to abandon her. Hating you for reminding her of everything she had done wrong in her life and your mutation of the eyes she dumped you in the outskirts of Meteor City when you were old enough to fend for yourself.]
[Your body will grow into the Heavenly Restriction Physique that Maki has, if you feed yourself and train for a little bit you will achieve it. Your eyes are always the colour of the Scarlet Eyes and thanks to the 6 Eyes are actually more beautiful than normal Scarlet Eyes. Any other questions?]
'This is rather good, my Enhancer abilities are still my weakest so it's good to have a higher starting point.' He thought before moving on. 'No further questions thank you.'
'So I have Ten and Hatsu down, now only Ren and Zetsu. I have 1 month full supply of food here. I wondered why this body was malnourished but it turns out he was too cautious. If I eat properly here for 1 month and train to learn Ren and Zetsu... Cool, I can leave and gather basic info about the City as well during this month.' Orion thought to himself.
With this plan made up Orion went to work.
…
1 month later.
For the last month, he had accomplished Zetsu and Ren, and after that had been eating and trying to make his body as healthy as possible while training a little. He was happy to see his body had naturally learned Renewal Taekwondo and the other martial arts Mori Jin knew, well the human martial arts anyway.
He had also applied himself to learning the advanced applications of Nen, with Orion learning Gyo, Shu, and Ken. He hadn't bothered with En or In due to the fact that his Senses were already massively enhanced to the point of having a natural 6th sense. This was without including the 6 Eyes into the mix. Then he also had a presence concealing ability much like the Invisible Man ability Toji liked to use.
Orion looked at the clock on the wall and smiled. Thankfully he hadn't missed the time of the sale. Over the last month, he had found a decent buyer for his house and safe house which he needed to sell so he could buy a small restaurant or bar.
The meeting was happening soon and Orion needed to get to the meeting place. Orion got up and changed clothes, before heading out the window. He quickly clambered to the rooftop and made his way across the city.
After arriving at the meeting point he scanned the area using his senses to check for any possible ambushes or traps. After deciding that there wasn't anything dangerous awaiting him he scaled down the building and crossed the street to the café.
Orion checked the time when he was inside, there were still 5 minutes until the meeting, he ordered a coffee and sat down outside. 'Perhaps I should have used Demon's Bargaining to make sure the buyer was trustworthy...' He thought to himself as he added sugar cube after sugar cube to his coffee.
'No, I want that ability to only be used for the next phase. I'll just have to trust that this guy won't try to screw me over. He didn't seem to know Nen so if anything happens I can take him out.' Orion mused.
As he was drinking his coffee and thinking he sensed a familiar aura approaching. Orion looked up to see the messy blond tussled hair and grey-silver eyes of the buyer, Leon. He was an older man, perhaps in his late 30's or early 40's, handsome, though he had a scar on his jar that crossed into his cheek.
"Have you been waiting long?" He asked as he sat down. His voice was deep yet soft.
Orion shook his head, "No, just enough time to order a coffee."
"Good." Leon put a briefcase on the table. "5,000,000 Jenny for both places, we agreed on that last time. Then you asked me to get you a computer, that's been thrown in for free, don't worry about it."
Orion smiled "Thanks."
"Don't worry about it kiddo." Leon waved off Orion's thanks. "I did want to ask, what do you plan do to with all this money? It's not wise for a kid like you to be lugging 5 million Jenny around."
Orion smiled "I'll buy a nice bar or restaurant, maybe a café. I think I'll go for a stroll and see if I can get lucky and come across someone selling their place."
Leon snorted "You'd have to be pretty lucky for that to randomly happen."
"I think I'm pretty lucky. Wanna test it?" Orion smiled innocently.
Leon hesitated, there was something about his smile that drew him in. "Fine kiddo, shall we bet on something?"
"Hmmm let's make a deal..." Orion smiled his eyes gleaming with mirth, "Let's flip a coin 10 times, if I guess the face correctly each time, you have to become a contact/informant of mine. If I lose you can take this case of 5 million Jenny, the computer stays with me though."
"I can take the case no questions asked? The apartments are still mine right? 10 times?" Leon queried.
"All correct. Do we have a deal?" Orion looked up innocently at the older man.
Leon hesitated 'There's no way he can make the right call 10 times... that's insane. It is a 50/50 chance each time but to get it right each time would be insane!' Leon looked over Orion but it was like something was obscuring his true intentions. 'Damn, I can't get a proper read on him.'
"Can I pick the coin and flip it?" Leon asked.
"Sure." Orion smiled.
'Hmmm is he that confident in his luck? Well, the conditions aren't that bad so I'll guess I'll just go with it.' Leon thought.
"You got yourself a deal kid." The broker smirked and stuck out his hand. Leon gripped Orion's small hand and once he shook it he felt 'it', some force that hinted at the edge of his senses. Warning him to abide by the pact.
"… Shit... I got duped." Leon chuckled, "You're a Nen master." Leon reached into his trouser pocket took out a cigarette and gestured to it asking a silent question.
Orion smiled and gestured for him to light it up. Leon lit it and took a drag, "Is my soul gone or something kid? Are you even a kid?"
"No, and yes, I'm 11. this is just the basic enforcement, I could have targeted your soul to make sure you kept the deal but I trust you."
"So the deal's actually in place, we flip a coin 10 times and you have to guess it each time? There's no weird Nen shenanigans?" Leon frowned a little confused.
"Correct, oh and I'll guess now if you don't mind. I predict it will land on heads every single time." Orion smiled.
"… Guess we'll see." Leon fished a coin out of his wallet and flipped it once.
Heads.
Twice. Heads.
Three times. Heads.
Five times. Heads.
Ten times. Heads.
Leon chuckled. "Damn it."
Leon put the coin down on the table and sighed "You got me, kid. You win. So what now?"
Orion shrugged "You can go and do whatever you want, we have no more business."
Leon frowned "And you're just going to do what?"
"Who knows, might go for a walk and see if I can find a restaurant to buy." Orion mused.
Leon thought for a moment, 'I could just leave, but somethings telling me this kid is something special. Should I stick around?'
"I'll stay with you for a while if that's okay," Leon asked.
"Sure." Orion said as he hopped off the chair and smiled at Leon, "Here hold the money,
"So what was the deal ability you used?" Leon asked.
"Oh, that? It's called Demon's Bargaining. It allows me to make deals with people." Orion answered as they walked next to each other.
[What's your plan? To really just trust your luck?]
'Kinda? I've explored the city a little in the last month and it's pretty interesting. There are a lot of Mafia families vying for power. The elders seem a little boring and not much of a threat, so they don't really matter. With how strong I am now I would say I could fight against Uvogin of the canon story potentially. What's your opinion?'
[You're underestimating high-ranking Nen users, you are inexperienced in Nen combat. Though that isn't to say you would lose but you definitely wouldn't win.]
'Understandable, thanks.'
As Orion and Leon walked they passed by an ice cream shop in the center of the residential zone they were in. Orion stopped by it and then went in. Leon smiled a little at the childishness of the attraction to ice cream but stood by the door waiting for Orion.
Orion soon left the shop holding a cone and two scoops of ice cream which he licked as he stood outside of the shop. "I thought we were going to look for something to bu-" Leon started to say when a black car pulled up a building nearby.
Three men in black suits walked out and entered the shop, crashing and banging were heard from inside along with pleas. Eventually, a man and his family were dragged outside, the man was in his 40s and trying desperately to protect his family.
"You should have been more respectful to Mr Bruno. Next time you see him make sure you offer up something in return." One of the men said with a sneer. They kicked the man while he was down a few more times and then got back into their car and drove away. They left a trail of dust in the wake.
Orion licked his ice cream cone a few more times and turned to Leon, "Wanna bet the building is a restaurant, bar, or café?"
Leon shook his head "You can't be that lucky."
Orion grinned and walked over to the man on the ground and crouched down, "Hiya, looks like you're in a bit of a tight spot. How about we make a deal?"
The man looked up one of his eyes was bloody and closed up from the beating he took. His daughter, a pretty girl, perhaps a preteen, escaped from her mother's arms and ran in front of her father. Spreading her arms wide trying to protect him.
"Stop bullying my dad!" She declared boldly
Orion just innocently licked his ice cream. "I'll get you safely out of Meteor City. I'll get you identities that work in the outside world. They probably won't hold up against Hunter's investigations but they'll do for living life. I'll guarantee your safety until you step outside of this trash pile. However, once you're outside you're on your own."
"In return, you give me this restaurant bar or café building you own, and once outside you pledge to be a contact/informant of mine."
The man eyed him warily, he wanted to dismiss this child's words but something was telling him that it was a good deal. This was actually Orion utilising Devilish Charm to make himself seem more reliable than his ice cream-licking childish face appeared.
The man got to one knee and stuck a hand out for Orion to shake. "if you can really do that you have a deal."
"Wonderful! You do own a restaurant correct?" Orion asked.
The man nodded "Yes it's a café by day and a restaurant by night. We sell tea, coffee, and pastry throughout the day and in the evening change the menu to a restaurant and bar."
"Would you look at that Leon, I'm about to be the proud owner of a café, bar, and restaurant! That's all three. I was only looking for one thing!" Orion smirked as he finished off his ice cream.
Leon snorted in disbelief. "Your luck is really something else kiddo, you'll give me a heart attack if you keep leaving things to chance."
Orion gestured to the building "Shall we go inside to chat?"
…
Leon cleared some of the broken furniture and prepared a chair for them all to sit in. Orion sat in front of the family of three. "So what's going on?" The man's wife held their daughter in her lap and the man sat in front of Orion.
"My name is Nico, this is my daughter Tess and my wife Enzy. The Bruno family wanted to take ownership of this place and tried to get me to pay protection fees and so on. I refused, I didn't want to belong to the Mafia."
"I told you we should have just agreed!" His wife said sadly. Nico's jaw just tightened but he didn't respond to her.
"Well, when do you want to leave?" Orion asked lazily.
"As soon as we can if that's okay with you?" Nico asked.
"That's fine, I'll get you the identities by tonight, you'll leave then. Make sure to get ready by then." Orion said as he took the briefcase from Leon, opened it, and took out the computer. Before closing it and handing it back to the man.
He opened it up and started clacking away at the keys. "Right, so 3 new identities on short notice. Won't be the greatest work, but I can always go back and smooth things out later. I'm sure Leon can make a physical copy of the digital identity I make for you."
"I can?" Leon asked.
"Can't you?" Orion queried.
"No, I can."
"Wonderful..." Orion then thought of another small point when looking around at the shabby interior of the restaurant.
'System?'
[Hello Orion, what do you require?]
'Could you do me a favour?'
[Depends on the favour]
'Nothing big, just renovations plans for this place. Not a fan of it.'
[Determining value of favour]
[Favour is superficial]
[system can just hand you renovation plans]
As Orion was typing he selected the third option. 'Thanks.'
[It was a trivial thing not worth mentioning]
The system then went silent and Orion kept typing and then he heard a quiet
[… You're welcome]
…
"Hey kid, I got the identification, I have a few questions for you though," Leon said as he came back into the wrecked restaurant with some food.
"Oh your back, that's good, they were getting antsy. Warm and gently calming them down isn't in my wheelhouse, I'm more likely to take the piss out of them." Orion snickered as he accepted an orange from Leon.
"Sure I'll go chat with them, but first I want to ask you how you plan on getting them out of the city. I get it, our silly bet is in place. I'm your contact, but that doesn't mean I have to work for you directly. I'm sticking around because I think you're special. But how the hell do you plan on getting past the Bruno Family?" Leon asked as he sat down.
"I don't think the Bruno family will be much of a threat after tonight, and ..." Orion looked up with a teasing smirk.
"You think I'm special~?~" he teased.
"You little br-" Leon growled before calming himself down, "I swear my doctor's going to freak when he sees my blood pressure when I get my next check-up."
"I'll escort them. I am a Nen User after all." Orion said with a smile.
"And this use of Nen will allow you to get them safely out of the city and deal with the Bruno Family?" Leon asked.
"Correct." Orion smiled.
"Nen, huh? I wonder..." Leon trailed off in a daze.
Orion snorted "If you wanna learn it why not just ask me?"
Leon started "You serious? Isn't it some sort of ancient secret and only those talented are able to wield it some sort of crap?"
"Nah it's pretty useful, it slows down the aging process a lot so you can live well past 100 and still be as fit as a fiddle. You're pretty high-strung so I'm guessing you're a Conjurer." Orion mused as he remembered Hisoka's personality Nen typing test.
Leon blanked "High-strung? Conjurer?"
Orion chuckled "Let's get a piece of paper. You go check on Nico and his family." Orion said as he got off his chair and headed to get a pen and paper.
He made his way back to his chair before Leon did and he started to draw the four major principles and the 6 Nen types. A few minutes later Leon came downstairs sighing.
"They were freaking out about the possibility of the Bruno Family attacking them on the way outside of Meteor City."
"I know I'm going with them but what's the actual likelihood of that actually happening? They just turned down an offer." Orion commented as he finished off the orange.
"Unfortunately quite high, the Bruno family probably took it as a sign of disrespect. That plus the fact that they gave the place to you and are leaving? Not good for them."
Orion sighed "We still have some time before we're supposed to leave so it doesn't matter how stressed they get. Sit down and I'll explain the basics of Nen to you."
Leon sat down at the table and took a look at the two pages on the table. One had the explanation for the 4 Major Principles of Nen which he took some time to look over.
"So what does Nen typing mean?" Leon asked after he understood the 4 major principles.
"Everyone is born with a type of Nen they are 100% compatible with the further away you go from this the lower the affinity you have with the Nen typing. The only exception to this is Specialist, either you are a Specialist or you aren't."
Leon rubbed the stubble on his chin as he looked over the layout of the diagram "So you think I'm a Conjurer?"
"It's just a guess based on your personality, it could wind up not being true. I know of a very laid-back, relaxed, calm airheaded Conjurer. So it's not a science." Orion said as he got up from the table and started to walk upstairs.
"Where are you going?" Leon asked.
"Do some meditation."