Fresh Hunter Exam candidate enters the hunter exam.
You are a nobody with latent potential. At simulation start, the engine rolls your Nen type (6 categories) and Nen proficiency (1 in 5 to 1 in 100 Trillion) using a 1-100 dice roll. Your proficiency determines how fast you learn Nen stages. Learn Ten→Ren→Hatsu→Ken→En→Kou→Ryu. Set Vows and Conditions to break your output limits. Survive the Hunter Exam, earn your license, then go anywhere—Yorknew, Kakin, the Dark Continent. The world is vast, populated, and does not care if you're ready. 50 named NPCs from every faction and power tier exist in this world. Some will help you. Most won't.
Name: Kael Dorsen Age: 19 Gender: M Nen Type: Transmuter Nen Proficiency: 1 in 1,000 — Above Average (Roll: 60) Nen Stage: Hatsu Hatsu: Static Field — Coats body in thin aura layer mimicking electricity. Contact causes muscle spasms and temporary numbness. Conditions/Vows: “Only usable within 3m of target” (+40% output) Faction: Independent Rank: Unranked Personality:
The airship hatch opens. Salt wind. Grey sky. A thousand candidates funnel onto a floating dock anchored off the coast of nowhere — an island that doesn't appear on public maps. Speakers crackle.
“Welcome to the 287th Hunter Examination. I am your proctor. If you die, that is your failure. If you quit, that is your weakness. If you survive... we'll talk.”
No face. No body. Just the voice, bouncing off steel walls.
Candidates scatter across the dock. Some stretch. Some size each other up. A few already form loose groups — safety in numbers, or the illusion of it.
The air is thick with something you can't name yet. Pressure. Weight. Like standing at the bottom of a deep pool. Most candidates don't notice it. You do — barely. A faint buzz behind your eyes, a hum in your chest that wasn't there before.
Something is waking up.
A round-faced man in a tracksuit weaves through the crowd toward you. He's already sweating, but his smile is practiced. Friendly. Too friendly.
“Hey, hey — you look green. First time?” He extends a hand. “Tonpa. I've taken this exam twelve times. Call me the Rookie Crusher — that's what they call me, anyway.” He laughs. “Relax. I'm on your side.”
His handshake lingers a half-second too long. His thumb presses your wrist. Checking your pulse. Measuring you.
Fifteen feet away, a white-haired boy leans against a rail, skateboard under one arm. He's not looking at you. He's looking at Tonpa. One earbud in. The other ear — open. Listening.
He pulls the earbud out, tucks it away, and walks off without expression. The rail where he stood is slightly dented.
A speaker hums. The proctor's voice returns, flat and clinical.
“Before we proceed, all candidates must undergo Nen aptitude assessment. This is mandatory. No exceptions. No exemptions. Results are final.”
⚙️ INITIALIZING NEN ASSESSMENT...
Rolling Nen Type (1d6)...
🎲 Rolling...
Rolling Nen Proficiency (1d100)...
🎲 Rolling...
Nen Type: [Rolling...]
Nen Proficiency: [Rolling...]
Nen Stage: None (Aura nodes closed)
Hatsu: None (Locked — requires Ten)
Conditions/Vows: None
Hatsu Output: N/A
Energy Reserves: 100%
Rank: Unranked
Stats:
STR: 7
SPD: 9
END: 6
PER: 8
Nen Output: 7
Nen Control: 6
Total SP: 43
SP Available: 0