Hunter X Hunter: Grounded

Chapter 46



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<Heavy Load>… the ability was specially created to deal with characters from the anime. He not only knows their personalities, powers, even some of their backgrounds… but he also knows what they will do in the future. Something that should be impossible, but that is the loophole in his ability. He also knows of some people's deaths and how they die… that would be the ultimate condition and as long as he hits them… that is game over about any enemy. They won't be able to move no matter what. The death condition is put on them, but Sub also mustn't say out loud that he knows the future or his ability might rebound on him, it could disappear or possibly worse. Even he doesn't know what would happen then.


But it doesn't matter as he has no plans of ever telling anyone that he knows that.



Though Karla couldn't see it, a malicious light appeared on Sub's eyes. Now that Azula is dead, he has a new plan on how to reach the limit of his power.


He then looks at the people around him and smiles. They wouldn't have been able to beat the Phantom Troupe, especially with someone like Feitan with his [Pain Packer] ability. But since Sub already knows about it, there is no danger against it, he wouldn't allow Feitan to use it. His future knowledge is truly his strongest weapon, especially about how he knows everyone's Hatsu Abilities. 


"Karla." Calls out Sub as he looks at where the Phantom Troupe ran off to.

"Hm?" Karla looks at him curiously. 


"I think we should take the Hunter Exam. What do you say about it?" Suggests Sub.

"Okay." Answers Karla, she won't refuse Sub… as long as it doesn't involve his safety. He could ask anything of her and she wouldn't refuse his requests. He is all she has…


Sub smirks at that and looks at the wrecked building behind him. "Damn, those guys are troublesome. Should try and see if we can find some more talented people for our little Nen User army."


Karla nods at that. She knows a big part of Sub's plans, she trusts him completely. He also trusts her... moderately. 


As he contemplates some things he just pats her on the head. "Karla… we are going to see the limit of this world."


"Together."

"Hm?"

"We are gonna see it together… right?"


"Of course." Reassures Sub, with a gentle smile on his face.



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Two months later, Sub and Karla walk hand in hand. They are both wearing matching black tracksuits.

They are in front of a shabby apartment building. People are walking all around, no one seems to find it strange.


"Is this the place?" Asks Karla, she knows that Sub has been researching some things recently. But with their connections, they easily get access to where the next Hunter Exam is being held at.



"Yep." Says Sub casually, lately there have been some underground forces moving… he took care of them. He is now the Underworld King, any dirty business that happens in all the continents he has his fingers in it.

This is also a way for him to find talented people while they are young and it doesn't cost Karla too much to control them. He wants an army of Nen users, currently, he has around only one hundred Nen users that he can call competent. Every one of them has a role in his army.

Some are scouts, with the best amongst them having the ability to take over insects and spy on people easily. This has almost no fighting ability whatsoever against most people. After all, even most poisonous insects don't have poison strong enough to deal with strong people… that also only applies if they can get past their skin.

Plus the user can't control bugs bigger than he can fit on the palm of his hand and he can't use Nen to defend or attack when he is controlling insects. Especially when there are five or more insects since he has to concentrate due to his vision looking at five different things at the same time.


Sub shakes his head at this, his mind wandered into useless things. It has become like instinct to him now, overanalyzing Hatsu Abilities.


He and Karla just walk towards the shabby building.


*CREAK!!*


The door lets out a loud sound as he opens it. Once they enter Karla winces due to the huge amount of dust around, and barely any lighting in here. Also, an old woman looks at them with a bored look on her face.


Karla takes this chance to mush her body closer to Sub and whisper to him."This seems like a haunted house."


Sub looks at her with a look that clearly says that he knows what she is up to. Karla only embarrassingly looks to the side.


"Can you stop flirting now?" Says the old woman, looking at Sub and Karla with an annoyed look on her face.


"W -What?!!" Exclaims Karla with a flustered look on her face. "W -We are not flirting…" But then she comes to her senses and says. "Wait… do we look like a couple? That is so embarrassing! But we are not a couple YET. Soon we should be one, right Sub? Also, I am just mustering up my courage to ask him out but I am too embarrassed… and also."


Karla just drones on, not stopping and not paying attention to neither Sub nor the old woman. The old woman looks at Sub with a questioning look on her face.


"Don't mind her." Says Sub, a bead of sweat rolls down his forehead as Karla still keeps talking. Now she has gone into marriage already and what they will do and how many kids they will have.


"Right…" Reluctantly accepted the old woman. These are the two weirdest people she has met today… and she has met plenty of weird people today. "Anyway, what room did you want?"


Sub smirks at this, he knows this is technically a motel building. That is at least what most people would get from it when they search it on the internet. Also on the website, this was all a catfish method because the building is not at all how it looks on the webpage. There is also a young model in each photo to make it more appealing. 

Sub wouldn't be surprised if the model was the old woman in front of him because the photos were old.


"I want room 69 with the special move 420." Answers Sub, he truly wonders who the hell came up with this weird code. 


The old woman smiles and throws Sub a key. He catches it and sees that it has a label on with the number minus one. He shrugs at that and looks at the old woman. "Basement?"


But she doesn't say anything and is reading a newspaper. He shrugs and gets ready to go to the meeting room.

He turns to look at Karla and sighs… she was still talking. "-and then when we get old, I want our kids to visit too much. After all, we already raised them, me and Sub want some alone time also. Though I also hope that our grandchildren come and visit too. I want to teach them everything I know, it will be so cool."

She has stars in her eyes and blushes while thinking of this.

Sub sighs once more out loudly and pats Karla on the head. "Time to go now."


"Huh?" Karla stops her droning on and looks at Sub with an embarrassed smile on her face. He just smiles back and points back with his thumb.

"Let's pass this exam with flying colors." Says Sub.


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After that, Sub goes into the room which was surprisingly cleaner than the rest of the building and was well furnished. He searches around, finds a hidden compartment, and opens it.


Inside it is a model with long black hair, pouty lips, and blue eyes. She is wearing a bikini and red lipstick. 

"Welcome!" Says the cool-looking woman with a smile on her face.


'This feels like it's gonna be a long day.' Contemplates Sub, regretting that he chose an abnormal route to the exam because he didn't want to go through any of the initial tests.



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Two hours later and he finally, after being led through the city by a female wearing a bikini, which he had to save from Karla and stop her killing due to the woman flirting with him…


FINALLY… he reached a room in another apartment building which was disguised as a strip club. 


Though a little annoyed, he didn't show it outside at all. He just had a calm look on his face like always.

But as the door opens and the bikini woman says. "We are here, sadly we have to part ways Sub…" the woman stops talking as she sees the teen not even paying attention to her.

Instead, Sub looks at another person in the exam. It was a person that he didn't expect to take the Hunters Exam… especially not at this time.



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A/N: WHAAAT?!! WHO COULD IT BE??