"We've finished talking about Ten, Zetsu, and Ren. So, what about the last one, Hatsu?"
Perhaps it was because Su Yan had finally resolved the heavy burden she had been carrying in her heart.
Or maybe it was that kiss with Su Yan just now that had slightly changed the relationship between them.
Busujima Saeko cast aside her usual restraint around Su Yan and took the initiative to ask about the final technique of the Four Great Principles of Nen.
Su Yan smiled and said, "Actually, you've already seen it."
"I've seen it? When?"
Busujima Saeko asked, puzzled.
'Did he secretly use the Hatsu technique after he finished demonstrating Ren just now?'
But she hadn't noticed anything at all.
"It was last night."
Su Yan reached out his hand, and a piece of parchment gradually materialized in his palm.
"This is...?"
Busujima Saeko recognized it at a glance; wasn't this the parchment Su Yan had given her to sign the contract last night?
This object had rewritten her destiny and tied her so closely to Su Yan. Even if ten years, twenty years, or even a lifetime passed, she would never forget it.
'But is this really the Hatsu Su Yan was talking about?'
'Could this so-called Hatsu mean developing other Nen users?'
It was true that she could only feel the energy in her body so easily because she had signed the contract with him.
But on second thought, she felt that was unlikely.
She glanced again at the contract parchment in Su Yan's hand, which had just condensed out of thin air before her eyes.
She remembered last night when Su Yan had materialized a white oak bokken of the same style to duel her.
'Or does Hatsu actually refer to the technique of manifesting weapons using Nen?'
Su Yan didn't know the girl's wandering thoughts, but he didn't keep her in suspense. He explained, "Hatsu doesn't refer to one specific technique. It's a signature move, or rather, a skill."
"It's a trump card that every Nen user develops on their own after learning how to freely control and utilize the energy within their body."
"Because of differences in everyone's talent, personality, environment, and other factors, the moves each person realizes are different."
"This is the Hatsu that I realized!"
As he spoke, Su Yan shook the parchment in his hand.
Honestly, it was a bit embarrassing. It had been over a year since he traveled to this world and awakened his Nen.
Yet, other than the contract ability derived from the equivalent exchange of his awakened Specialist ability through Vows and Restrictions, he still had no clue how to develop new abilities.
One could only say that Specialization Nen was... a bit complicated.
In Hunter x Hunter, Nen is divided into six categories. When presented as an image, it's a hexagonal pattern.
Each category occupies one of the vertices of that hexagon.
If the probability of a Nen user mastering the category they belong to is 100%...
...then the probability of learning the two adjacent categories is 80%, 60% for the ones further out, and the lowest is 40% for the category at the far diagonal end.
Specialization is definitely the most unique category in Nen; it can be described as all-encompassing.
As long as it's an ability different from the other five categories—whether it's an innate power, a special ability awakened later, or some random superpower—it's classified under Specialization.
Moreover, while the probability of a Specialist learning other categories decays with distance...
...for any other category, no matter where they are on the hexagon, the probability of learning a Specialization ability is zero.
This resulted in Specialist users not only having bizarre abilities but also having developments that lacked a unified system.
Aside from the universal basic Nen techniques, no one can teach you how to develop in the later stages; you're basically on your own.
So Su Yan usually spent more time training his Nen in the adjacent Conjuration category and the Emission category he synced from Marikawa Shizuka.
After hearing Su Yan's explanation of Hatsu, Busujima Saeko was thoughtful. She guessed, "Su Yan, your ability is probably more than just helping people learn Nen, isn't it?"
The logic was simple: since the contract was a skill Su Yan realized, how could it be purely altruistic?
To put it bluntly, humans are naturally selfish creatures; self-interest is fundamental.
"That's right."
Su Yan didn't deny it. He said directly, "Since it's called a contract, the ability is naturally beneficial to both parties."
"Those who sign the contract can quickly master the energy in their body and learn Nen, even if they had zero prior contact or understanding of it."
"As the one who established the contract, I naturally reap the benefits as well."
"For example, after the contract is signed, no matter how much Nen increases in your body during your future training, I will receive the same degree of improvement. And once you realize your own Hatsu, I can easily learn it as well."
"Eh?"
Busujima Saeko was stunned.
'Isn't this ability a bit too broken?'
'Just by signing a contract with someone, he could synchronize and gain the results of their hard work.'
'Wouldn't that mean if he contracted enough people, even if they were all mediocre and couldn't realize a Hatsu...'
'...Su Yan could still turn himself into a superman just through the synchronized Nen alone?'
However, the girl quickly dismissed the idea.
Because she thought of the contract she had signed last night and the various terms written on it that favored her.
'It's too demanding!'
'If it were her, even if she realized such an ability, she would never dare to let someone else sign such a contract.'
'Just what kind of things did Su Yan-kouhai go through in the past to realize an ability like this?'
Busujima Saeko was secretly amazed, but she didn't show it. Instead, she put on a resentful look and said to Su Yan:
"Isn't your ability a bit too much of a cheat? You can sync with the contractor's Nen. In that case, won't it be impossible for me to ever surpass you?"
Su Yan said in surprise, "Does Saeko-senpai want to surpass me that much?"
Although she had won the national high school kendo championship twice in a row, she shouldn't have such a competitive personality.
"Yes, I do."
Busujima Saeko didn't deny it at all. She replied with a beaming smile, "After all, I just swore to you that I would protect you with my life in the future. If I'm always weaker than you, how can I protect you?"
"That's not necessary!"
Su Yan was truly at a loss for a moment regarding her words, which felt like their genders had been swapped.
"True, Su Yan-kouhai is a man. Protecting a man's dignity is a woman's pride, after all."
Busujima Saeko brushed a strand of hair from her forehead and said with captivating charm, "In that case, I'll be counting on you to protect me well from now on, Su Yan-kouhai."
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