Hey, sorry I made you wait.
He was quite a superior player.
He also had some rare cards with him.
Varying rarity.
a maximum number, and both defense and offense cards...
This game is well made.
And, how is it?
Do you think you can clear this game?
Yeah, using OUR kind of methods, that is
Our kind of methods?
Usurpation x Force x The hell of card
Welcome.
Can you trade me this for four Gargida cards?
Sure thing.
That will be 120 thousand zennies.
Thank you.
Hey.
Let me tell you something useful.
If you deposit your money at the stores
it won't be stolen and it's quite convenient.
That old geezer...
Not only is his face annoying, his personality is too.
Saying the same things over and over.
It can't be helped,
because that's how his character is programmed.
l guess we don't have to worry about money for a while now.
Hey, let's go somewhere other than Antokiba already.
You're right.
We've entered the contests for a few days,
but we still haven't gotten many good cards, so...
Result, the only card we got for the designated pockets was The Sword of Truth
Book!
A lot of people saw us win the The Sword of Truth
so I guess we're perfect prey now.
l wish everyone was as easy to spot as they are...
But we can't afford to let our guard down.
Because even if our opponent is super weak we can't do anything if they use...
spell cards, right?
There are some spell cards that take cards from your opponent,
and there are some that prevent that...
but we have neither, so...
That many not be the case.
The cards that steal cards,
l kind of understand how they work.
If everything goes well,
we'll be able to prevent it without using spell cards ourselves.
Really? Just what I expected from a game maniac.
I'm telling you, I'm not a maniac! I'm just normal. normal I tell you!
So how do we prevent it?
Let's say that
a spell card takes one card
from an opponent's designated pockets.
If that's the case...
Crap,
what should I do?
l don't feel up to this, but...Oh! Get//it!
That's smart!
To take a card from happy children like them...
Then how about this?
Wait... but I still have to pay for my living expenses.
And... if I go home, my wife is waiting for my earnings and me.
Yeah, that'll work, we can use that right away!
If that doesn't work why don't we just...
Or should I say that I'm the one that is urgent...
Use it!
Shit, why did it end up like this...
Living in the game for many years,
found a steady job, and in the end l... even got married...
No, no, no it's no use thinking of that at a time like this...
l have to think about the card right in front of my eyes...
In the even months, the Antokiba's monthly prize competition's prizes
are cards for the designated pockets...
If I can just get my hands on that card and sell it
it'll get me at least 10 million zennies
If I have 10 million,
then I won't have to worry about my living expenses in this place!
Now that I think of it, 3 years ago.
I came to this magical city thinking I might die along the way...
I lined up the night before, and I was only able to get just five bags.
Just 15 cards...
But,
when I got six lists,
l gave up on clearing this game...
But,
the one rare card that l got then was Thief.
l planned to keep it until l needed it desperately,
but I kept missing my chances to use it! Thief...
It's supposed to be able to steal one of your opponent's cards at random.
Now is the time to use it.
Throw away your sympathy, Motoki!
Even if I don't steal that card from them now
someone else will eventually.
If I'm too slow...
if there are more people thinking the same thing...
They'll be ahead of me!
Hold it!
You two kids over there!
Shit!
Someone went ahead of me!
Hand over The Sword of Truth!
If you listen to what I say,
I won't harm you!
No, idiot!
ldiot!
ldiot?
Getting cocky just because I'm going easy on you you brats!
If you showed some expression of fear,
then my methods might have been different.
but now I've made up my mind!
Wait!
Book!
That's all bluff!
I already know that you're both beginners.
I also know that you should only have one card in your designated pockets and
no defense spell cards!
Thief on! Attack killua!
Steal The Sword of Truth
What! What's the meaning of this?
There are no cards in the designated pockets!
You don't have to put a card into the designated pockets.
even if it's a designated card,
old man.
So you put it in your free pocket!
My one and only rare card was...
useless...
Thanks a lot.
Watching how they react was worth waiting.
It's a good thing that he put it in his free pocket.
I already know that
you have obtained
15 cards in total not counting The Sword of Truth
One Someone's Drawing Paper,
one Antique Clock
one Monica's Cat
and 12... Gargida cards.
Whatever I'll have a profit if l trade for the lower ranked card Pick Pocket .
This card allows me to steal one card from my opponent's free pockets at random
Pick Pocket on! A attack killua!
No cards in this free pockets either!
The card that
I won doesn't necessary have to be placed in my binder.
l idiot! I've more Pick Pocket cards!
Pick Pocket on!
Attack Gon!
Attack successful.
now let's see which of his cards I got...
A normal rock!?
Yeah, it's rock I picked up in the prairie.
Come to think of it, you did pick up a lot of things on the way here.
What the heck is this?! This thing is useless!
To think that a kid no defense spell cards would use fakes like this!
l still have one Pick Pocket left,
but I bet that his free pockets still have many junk cards in them.
If that's the case,
The probability of obtaining any of the cards that I listed would be I in 3.
The odds are just too low!
Shit!
I see... so you have no moves left?
In that case, leave it to me.
Both of your mistakes came from the fact that you
weren't able to look into your opponent's binders beforehand.
But, by using Sight Vision...
I've already made sure that Killua's bin der doesn't contain The Sword of Truth
My card...
I've made sure that That Sword of truth is in Gon's free pocket using Steal.
Then,
I can obtain the card for sure using this card.
With Rob I can steal any card l chose from any of opponent's pockets.
Try it out, Gon!
Now, you don't have any more ways in which you can defend yourselves.
Rob on! Gon...!
Haven't you been training?
You weren't able to follow me with your eyes, right?
Here.
next time, I'll take it for real.
You're an amateur, right?
He's a professional Hunter.
With your body, you've to rely greatly on spell cards.
so I'm certain that your spell card will be taken from you before you can...
cast the spell.
Killua, let's go!
That method will only work on players that are weaker than you are.
There are millions of players here that are stronger than you are!
They will do anything when they want to get it.
My card...!
He's right.
If we aren't stronger than our opponents are.
then it'll be impossible to steal their card before they cast it on us.
Eventually, we'll have to buy spell cards for defense.
If we are targeted by Pro's then we wouldn't stand a chance.
So you do understand.
Did you think those amateurs were the only people who were after that card?
It's useless even if you try to run away.
Okay, let's decide on the order in which we should cast the spells.
Boys,
the real final match starts here.
Participate in the toumament.
only idiots
Just give up.
But these people really irritate me!
Because they aren't using violence.
Better than those people
like the Bomber...
Then, let's make our next destination
the magical city, Masadora.
No complaints!
Because Masadore is the only place we can obtain spell cards, right?
Let's hurry up and buy some food and water,
and let's head to Masadora!
You're being very optimistic about this,
even after we just got The Sword of Truth stolen...
That's because I want to use spell cards too!
The moment they call it, it goes Zap. And it looks cool!
l get it, I get it.
But food and water aren't the only things
that we need to take along with us for our next trip.
Oh, here's one, A map of this city!
Let's see...
The map with just the basic shape of this city
is 20 thousand zennies,
and the map with the cities, provinces, best locations,
and back allies is 650 thousand zennies.
Which do you want?
The 20 thousand zennies one.
Truthfully, that's all we can afford...
Because, it'll be more fun if we fill them in ourselves, right?
Heh, you positive-thinking brat!
Thank you very much.
Gain!
See? As I thought, this doesn't tell us much...
Let's ask around.
Welcome.
If you want to know the location of Masadora,
it'll cost you three thousand zennies.
That's too much!
Bring the price down a little, will you?! We came here many times...
It'll cost you three thousand zennies.
From this city, you'll have to go over this mountain...
and if you go south about 80km, then you'll see a lake.
And if you follow that lake northwest,
then you should get to Masadora.
There'll be two small cities along your route,
so you should rest there.
If it's 80km,
then we'll get there in a day, right?
That's if you make it there alive.
There is a bandit hideout in the mountains,
and they take everything, even clothes.
Even if you're lucky enough to get past them,
once you get past the mountains, there will be many monsters.
Bandits!
Yeah! This is starting to sound like an RPG!
l want to see the monsters!
Let's get going, quickly!
Okay, we're on our way!
Please wait!
Wasn't she with us that time...
Yeah she was...
W-Will you let me join you?!
Please.
Ah, I'm sorry, that's not possible.
Why?!
Because you'd be in our way.
This brat, saying something so rude!
Does he even know how many more years I lived compared to him?
If I get just a little bit serious,
I can finish you off easily with one hand!
Now I've made up my mind!
I was just going to stir up your friendship a little bit.
but now I'm going to screw it up
until it's unfixable!
Let's try over there.
Please wait~!
I'll try my best not to get in your way, so...
Hey, you! Wait!
You... Please wait!
Well then,
now I have all of the information that I wanted.
Then will you explain it to me?
First, the people of the town.
l tested about 100 of them.
but some of the pre-defined questions, the only respond in probable answers.
These are characteristics of a typical character in a game.
Second, Book.
Gain.
That's the card that I copied, right?
This happened
because Coltopi's card is not from this game.
Or it could be because an anti-cheating system was reacting,
so it won't change.
Third
things that are brought from outside the game,
and this rock
can be sucked in by Shizuku's vacuum cleaner.
But items with special powers
can't be sucked in even if they are non-living items.
You could say that this game has been programmed...
to prevent making or gathering cards with Nen abilities.
And?
But these clues point towards another possibility.
This game may not really be a virtual reality, but it is occurring somewhere...
in the real world.
What do you mean
Everything can be explained with Nen abilities.
The townspeople are controlled by the game master. In other words, they are...
mere materialized dolls.
Even the important items on this island are probably materialized.
Korutopi can't copy to the extent of copying an opponent's Nen ability.
Shizuku's vacuum cleaner can't suck up things that are materialized from Nen.
It's true that I can't copy the Nen ability of turning the cards into items.
In my case, by doing so, I can figure out the opponent's traps, so...
It was when Feitan flew into the game, that I started to get suspicious.
Even their bodies disappeared, right?
If the player really does enter the game.
then the only answer I can come up with is that
the spirit leaves the body and enters the game machine,
so the body should be left outside.
There's no point in taking the body somewhere as well.
Also, it seemed suspicious to me that the only requirement for removing the...
spirit from the body
was for the player to use Hatsu in front of the machine.
For a trap to mingle with someone's life.
the requirements are just too easy.
To me, with that kind of requirement.
the only possibility was that it brings the player to a different location.
In other words,
the Greed lsland CD was not something to play the game with.
but a trap mechanism to bring a player that did Hatsu in front of the machine
to this island.
We are in the real world.
I see.
So we aren't in the game...
So, what about it?
The real question starts here.
Do you remember that if other players clear this game, you will pay the reward
What was it?
You normally wouldn't forget things like that.
You can choose three cards from the designated pockets.
and bring them into the real world and use them.
That's correct.
That proves that the items in this game can be used even outside of this...
game.
If this game is going on somewhere in the real world.
then we don't have to go through all that trouble to clear it, but...
be able to take them home easily.
Not just three, but all of the treasure.
How about it?
It is worth doing.
Out of the 100 items out there, we only know of a few.
I would like to find out what they are, as soon as possible.
but first what kind of useful and convenient items are out there..
What we are after may be in there as well,
right?
So our main objective.
would be getting the spell cards, God Eye or Analysis.
Then we should head towards Masadora.
Yeah, now the only thing that's left is to unite with Phynx and the others.
Crap!
He's also one of those cheap guys.
But, he did have a lot of spell cards.
They're overall useful,
though only one person can use it.
Then, let's separate for a bit.
Let's meet in Masadora in a week.
Okay.
It's a race to see who can kill more players.
Okay,
but we do that after we take their cards.
Game over, huh?
So he went back into the real world...
Oh, I'm quite surprised to receive a phone call from you.
And what do you want?
Next
Let's Hurry up, Killua.
After all, there are bandits and monsters, right?
Next time on Hunter X Hunter:
Cateran x Monster x Bisigi
So... what should we do about that?