HP: Sacred Gear Chat Group - Chapter 50

Razor’s menancing Aura put fear into the random Players they had picked up to fill up their Ranks. Luckily they were of not much importance to the Quest, besides triggering it since with him and Shizuku, they had more than enough People to participate in Razor’s Game.

If the scared Idiot’s run off before the Game even finished they will even loose the Chance to get the ‘Leave’ Spell. And will apprantly remain stuck on that Island.

How that happened, was a complete mystery to Harry.

After all getting some ‘Leave’ Cards is basically just drawing some booster Packs and a bit of Luck. With 30 possible Copies in Game, it’s not even an particular rare Card.

Getting a ticket from the Harbor Master is even easier, since it’s completely irrelevant from Luck. You just need to bribe him or beat him, and he takes you off the Island.

Harry couldn’t tell how this Game turned into a Death Trap for Nen Users, with such easy leave Conditions. All it required was a bit of work to earn some Money. They don’t have to be strong.

The most dangerous part was just the Journey to either Masadora or the Harbor.

“Say now that he is dead… What happened to the Sumo?” Killua asked nodding his head towards the dead Pirate.

“Hm? Go ahead, count it as your win.” Razor replied.

“But we didn’t decide who would fight yet.” Killua the one who really wanted to fight in the Sumo Match, lied perfectly.

“I don’t care who wins by default. You can point one of the Guys who are obviously Filler.” Razor said uncaring. There is after all no need for him to worry. In the End he is the one who is the Final Opponent without anyone being able to bypass him.

After Killua assigned the win to one of the Random Fillers, Razor continued, “My Sport requires eight People. Dodgeball!”

Seven Nen Constructs appeared arround him, “Pick eight Members for your Team. I have mine already.”

“Before that we would like to learn the Rules.” Harry requested, before Gon interrupted him.

“How about you choose your Members first. These ones don’t seem like they are very eager to join.” Razor pointed at the scared Filler Members.

“We have enough members to participate, but I would like to know, since you are using Nen Constructs they should be allowed.” Harry pointed out, “Are we allowed to use them too?”

Razors eyes wandered over the Team members that had gathered behind Harry, with Hisoka, Shizuku, Gon, Killua, Goreinu, Bisquet, Tszeguerra and Harry himself there were already enough on the Team, “Yes but they count as players, as long the total amount of Players in the Field isn’t higher than 8.”

That meant Harry couldn’t use his Mist Constructs.

Each team has 7 Players on the Court and one Player as Retriever. The Team with Zero Players in the Court looses. One Player can use ‘back’ to get back into the Court. When a Player get’s hit by the Ball, he is out and will join the Retrievers.

Back can be used at any point of the game, as long at least one player is still in the court. A Player could theoretically come from the beginning of the Game back, but that would mean a team has no retrievers and the other side will automatically get the Ball if it lands outside.

Players hit by the Ball are only out if the Ball hits the Floor after hitting them, even if it hit multiple Players. If a Player of the same team as the player hit by the Ball should catch it before hitting the Floor, the hit Player is safe.

If for some reason a Player is hit by the Ball, and the Ball hit’s another Player of the opposing team and then touches the Ground, only the Player of the opposing team is out and the first Player is safe. Should the opposing Playe catch the Ball instead the first Player hit will be out without it needing to touch the Ground.

Retrievers are also allowed to take Players out by throwing the Ball from the outside of the Court.

“Any more Questions?” Asked Razor after he explained all the Rules and summoned another of his Constructs, clothed in Black with the number 0 on it’s forehead who will be acting as Refree for the Match.

This time it was Gon, who had been intently starring at Razor for a while, “You are a Game Master?”

“Indeed.”

“Is Ging here on Greed Island?” Gon asked enthusiastic, confusing most of the other Participants who had no idea about Gon’s backstory.

Razor looked a moment at Gon, before realizing, “I get it. You must be Gon.”

“Yeah!”

Suddenly an ever stronger Aura than before burst out of Razor, as he had an scary grin on his face, “Your Dad told me not to go easy on you, when you got here.”

Like the Adrenaline Junky that Gon was, instead of getting scared from an opponent that vastly outclasses him, he got excited instead.

“I would hope so, else it would be boring.” Harry replied releasing a bit of his own Nen.

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“We will now begin the Match!” No.0 the Refree announced from the side of the Court as he stood at Center of the Field with a Ball in his Hand.

The Retriever for Razor is his Construct No.1, for their Team it’s Shizuku as here abilities are the least useful ones in the Field.

At the Center of the Court, Killua faces of against Razer’s construck No.6 for the Ball. As soon as the refree threw it into the Air, Killua jumped after it getting it to their Side of the Field.

No.6 didn’t even bother to move after it.

“You can have the first shot.” Razer stated as Goreinu caught the Ball.

“Think you can afford it?” Goreinu replied as he threw it with full force, “This my way of saying hello!”

He hit the No.4, one of the smaller Nen Constructs and the Ball rolled out of the Field where Shizuku collected it and threw it back to Goreinu. Who promptly knocked another one of them out.

Now there were three of Razor’s Nen Constructs including his original Retriever outside of the Court.

“Good we are ready.”

“Hmm? What did you say?” Goreinu asked.

Razor replied with a relaxed grin, “We are ready to crush you.”

“Oh?” That provocation worked on Goreinu, as he threw the Ball directly at Razor, “Go ahead and try!”

The Greed Island Game Master caught it promptly with only one Hand, “Now then. Time to fight back.”

Still at the back of his side of the Field, Razor leaned back while Goreinu starred at him in Confusion wondering wether the Greed Island Game Master was preparing to pass the Ball.

Then everything happened so fast, Razor moved his body in lightspeed, and the Ball moved like a shot out of a Canon in an pace beyond regular Human limits, visibly glowing red from the massive amount of Aura infused into it.

A multitude of Emotions flashed over Goreinu’s face in a span of microseconds. It was obvious that he realized he couldn’t catch the Ball, or even dodge it. Without his Nen Ability there is no way out for him, since he can’t change Positions with his Nen Constructs without having them summoned.

Goreinu knew he would die.

Then the Ball vanished.

“That was close.” Harry said as he held the Ball in his Hand, “You put a scary amount of Aura into it. As a Game Master, are your Abilities empowered by the Game?”

“How insightful. And yes this is indeed the Case, at least partially. My Aura Reserves are near limitless in here, but my strength is still my own. I have to keep in shape.” Razor nodded as he looked at the Ball in Harry’s Hand, “An interesting Ability you got there. A Nen Limb with special properties that caught the Ball, teleported it to your Hand while removing the Aura I put in it.”

In front of Goreinu right where the Ball had been before was a purpelish arm made out of Nen connected to Harry.

Everything had happened so fast that most of the others hadn’t time to react much. Razer had obviously planned to shock them with his strength. It would have almost worked, but Harry had already been ready.

Goreinu meanwhile was in shock. Hadn’t Harry interfered he would have died.

His Aura was flickering in instability. With Nen being strongly affected by the Mind of the User, it was obvious that Goreinu was out of use for now. At least until he had calmed down. He will be useless for the rest of the Game, being completely affected by the fear of death.

“Hisoka it’s your turn.” Harry threw the Ball towards the Battlehungry Clown.

“Leave it to me ♣” Hisoka nodded, as he look of realization formed on Killua’s and Gon’s face.

Hisoka threw the Ball at one of the Nen Constructs and hit it right in the Face, pushing it back. The Ball instead of falling on Razor’s field half, returned back to Hisoka when he pulled it back with his Bungee Gum.

“Let me have some fun ♦” Hisoka chuckled holding the Ball again, “That’s hopefully not all you got, is it?”

Razor ready to catch the Ball chuckled himself, “Bring it on.”

“I have a Question!”, Turning towards the Refree, Killua asked, “Can the last guy standing say ‘Back’ the instant he gets hit to come back?”

“When the last player gets hit, there will be nobody left in the Court for a split second. But if someone else says ‘Back’ at the same moment the last Person get’s hit, that will be allowed.” Refree no.0 replied before adding, “Only the Person saying it gets to return into the field. It’s not transferable.”

“Okay.”, Killua nodded as he turned to Hisoka, “Hisoka!”

“I know ♦” The Clown replied, “We get Razor last ♣”

As Hisoka threw the next Ball at one of Razor’s Nen Constructs, they suddenly changed. No.6 and 7 merged into one, forming a bigger stronger one with the Number 13 on his Chest.

The massive Nen Construct caught the Ball surrounded by Hisoka’s Bungee Gum Aura and didn’t let go. Giving Hisoka no choice but to release his Aura from the Ball.

“Is that allowed?” Killua complained to the refree.

“Yes it is.”

“Does that mean splitting is allowed too?” Killua continued with indignation.

“Yes. But you cannot go over the original total Number.” No. 0 confirmed.

“It’s our Ball again.” Razor interrupted and everyone got ready for the next throw as the Game Master prepared himself.

Gon and Killua were showing off the result off their last few months of training, preparing their strong and firm Ken. The advanced defensive full body application of Nen.

But Razor looked at them for only one moment, his focus was on Harry standing right besides them. An obvious thing, considering that Harry had stopped his Ball with his Nen Ability and almost no price.

He moved suddenly again throwing the Ball right at Biscuit who was right at the other end of the field, the longest distance away from Harry.

Smart move with the Information he got, after all he had observed how fast Harry’s Nen Arm moved.

A small grin formed on Harry’s face as he stretched his Hand out, and the Ball appeared on it.

Razer starred at him for a long moment, “That’s a bit unfair. I didn’t detect anything with Gyo…”

“Well it’s my ability. And it’s not against the Rules, is it?” Harry threw the Ball a few times up and made it instantly appear in his Hand again.

“It’s on the Ball.” Razor realized as he spotted a bit off Harry’s Aura sticking to the Ball, “You marked it when you caught it the first time, and can use your Ability on anything your Aura or you touches! Well that’s troublesome.”

“Maybe, but now it’s my turn.” Harry threw the Ball right at Razor, enhancing himself with his own Aura while using Ko for the throw.

“Nice try. While your Ability is versatile, you lack the phyisical strenght of an Enhancer or someone close to it. This is no threat to me.” Razor said while lazily stretching his own Hand out to catch it.

“On 2.” Harry said loudly, as the Ball suddenly began to glow with more Aura and changed direction, hitting the Construct with the number 2 right on the Face.

Razor reacted swiftly as his other Construct in the Field, the massive no.13 rushed towards the Ball and caught it before it could land on the Ground.

He only touched the Ball for a moment before it vanished, and appeared in Harry’s Hand again.

“No.2 and No.13 got hit and are out!” No.0 announced from the Sidelines.

“So it’s you.” Razor said while looking at Harry, “You are the cause for our Spells and items malfunctioning. Items and Spells disappearing from the Island, while still being active. Only to vanish from our System a few weeks later. Spells that aren’t activated trough any of our Cards, suddenly being registered in our System. That just now was the tracking effect of our Spell Cards!”

“Oh, sorry. I didn’t realize you could monitor the Cards in such detail.” Harry replied embarassed, “Did I break any rules by doing that?”

“Have you left the Island with a Card, Spell or Item? We couldn’t detect it outside of the Island either.”

“No, they are stored inside my own Nen. Which technically could count as not longer on the Island, but I didn’t leave the Game yet.”

“I see. What exactly are you doing with the Cards?” Razor questioned further.

Harry decided to answer mostly honestly to build some trust, “Studying them to get a grasp on the underlying Nen Abilities. That’s part of my Ability. With every Ability I study, my mastery over Nen get’s better. I can even use some of the Abilities in limited capcity. Your Game helped me a lot, even if you used a ton of limitations to create it.”

“Hmmm, it’s not against the Rules. As long you don’t take any items, Spells or Cards out of the Game and share it with other People. Else we will have to Sanction you and ban you from the Game.” Razor decided toughtfully.

“Thanks I didn’t plan to!” Harry nodded.

“You are a troublesome fellow…” Razor admitted as he sighed, “And far too strong to give Gon the Challenge his father wanted him to have.”

“Oh, that’s true.” Harry nodded in understanding, “Then how about I take a nap and let Gon and the others handle the rest of the Game. You were also quite considerate about my Nen Ability! Don’t loose Gon!”

Before anyone could reply, Harry conjured a Beach Chair from somewhere and sat down closing his eye while being surrounded by Purple Mist.