Gon: Knuckle is--
he’s so...
He’s so kind!
( No audible dialogue )
He doesn’t have to teach me,
but still, he keeps giving me advice.
He’s guiding me, teaching me how to get stronger.
Bisky: Every time you face an opponent
you perceive is stronger than you,
you fight to escape, not to win!
♪
One day, you will leave gon behind to die.
And tomorrow...
If you can’t defeat shoot...
You must stay out of gon’s life.
♪
( Singing in Japanese )
♪
Narrator: As they prepare at long last
to challenge knuckle and shoot to battle,
gon and killua are deep in thought.
Knuckle: The loser...
Gon: ...Gives up their tile to the winner.
knuckle: Gon, just as i’ve promised,
i’ll give it my all...
From the very beginning!
Gon: I can’t compete with him in speed.
I have to be ready and risk getting hit...
And counterattack.
♪
Can’t watch him.
I gotta feel him...
Through my aura!
( Groans )
a little late, but I sensed his approach.
But I don’t get it.
What’s going on?
there’s a power that’s coursing through me.
Eh?
Creature: Hello. It’s time.
You’ve accrued interest.
( Gon gasps )
Hey, what is this thing?
Knuckle: Pretty confused, aren’t you?
I just lent you some of my aura.
Gon: You can do that? Seriously?
Knuckle: And I charge 10% interest.
That’s for every...
Ten seconds!
( Cash register dings )
Pay me back fast, or you’ll go bankrupt.
Creature: It’s time now.
You’ve accrued interest.
Knuckle: I call this hakoware,
bankruptcy, chapter seven.
that’s a.P.R., amortizing power redirector.
Attacking a.P.R. Is a waste of time.
He’s just here to announce the interest increase.
he’s harmless and indestructible.
( Chuckles ) Though he can be a bit annoying.
A.p.r.: It’s time now. You’ve accrued interest.
( Gon gasps )
It still doesn’t hurt, not one bit.
I just feel another rush of power instead.
A.p.r.: It’s time now. You’ve accrued interest.
( Gon gasps ) Hey, it’s almost doubled!
knuckle: Of course, because I lent you 180 aura.
Gon: 180 aura?
What does he mean? What are these numbers?
knuckle: Looks like you’re drawing a blank there.
180 aura is simply a numerical expression of life energy.
Aura accumulates in the body,
and your maximum aura output potential, or m.O.P.,
varies according to your training.
Also there is a limit
to how much aura you can release at one time,
which can be increased through an intense training regimen.
So your p.O.P.,
the potential aura output power inside you, doesn’t matter.
If you haven’t trained enough to increase your a.O.P.,
the actual aura output power,
you’ll be at a huge disadvantage.
Get it, fool?
it seems to me the Max aura output potential
you can use through Ken is about 1,800 aura.
when you’re preparing for battle,
you usually expend approximately one aura for every second.
once in combat, as you use gyo, ryu, Ken,
all highly advanced techniques that use a lot of nen,
your rate of expended aura increases by six to ten times.
The stronger your technique, the more aura you use up.
Got that, fool?
But your aura control’s still weak,
so you’re burning up ten aura every second.
that’s 600 aura gone for every minute of battle.
Think back to yesterday’s fight. You ran out in 20 minutes.
That means in an ordinary one-on-one fight,
you used up 12,000 aura.
( Gon whimpers )
Knuckle: And you used jajanken four times!
your a.O.P. Is around 1,800 aura,
but at the exact moment
that you yelled, "jan," to activate the attack
the aura focused in your fist was over 2,000.
That’s due to its long windup,
as well as your defensive sacrifice,
both of which are done to focus aura in your fist.
A special provision covers such risks
that are often attributed to special attacks.
You spent around 5,500 aura
in your first three uses of jajanken alone.
That puts your total consumed aura at 17,500.
( Gon whimpers )
Knuckle: As for the fourth shot,
right before your "round 2" hit, you ran out of energy.
Actually following through with the technique
uses twice the activation amount,
which means you used about 4,000 aura.
the amount of aura used is the same for rock and paper.
however, paper falls into a category
that you haven’t practiced much,
so you used up 4,000 aura on a weak attack,
one that probably only had the strength
of a 500-aura attack.
So your maximum p.O.P.
Is approximately 21,500 aura!
( Gon groans )
( Sizzling )
That wasn’t the kind of attack I was expecting.
( Knuckle laughs )
Not good with numbers, are you?
That’s fine, because i’m just getting started,
so you better listen, fool.
Gon: Uh...
knuckle: Whenever your total accumulation
of borrowed aura, including interest,
exceeds your current remaining potential aura output power...
You will go bankrupt!
Aura works like a bank account.
keep spending, and your balance decreases,
but the interest just keeps on accumulating.
It’s been a few minutes since we started this fight,
and you’ve spent at least 2,000.
Take a look.
( Gon gasps )
It’s huge!
And that’s not all.
It’s three times what it was before?
That can’t be right.
It’s way too high!
it’s only been two or three minutes!
Knuckle: 120 seconds, but close,
and it’s a perfect example
of how debt can snowball out of control.
( Beeping )
A.p.r.: It’s time.
You have accrued interest.
knuckle: Even with the 390 aura i’ve lent you,
you’re under 20,000.
Your debt will continue to grow and grow.
Even if you stand perfectly still,
in four minutes and 20 seconds,
just 260 seconds, you will go bankrupt.
Gon: Okay, then what?
Knuckle: A.P.R becomes I.R.S.,
individual ren suppressor,
and haunts the debtor for 30 days
while the target remains in a state of zetsu.
( I.r.s. Laughs )
Knuckle: In short,
you won’t be able to use any nen at all.
But it’s too late to back out now, fool.
( Gon gasps )
♪
That’s why he didn’t use this ability before.
He held back for my sake.
Hey, knuckle...
( Thinking) Thank you.
( Aloud ) Here I come!
Knuckle: That one was around 150...
Give or take.
( Gon gasps )
Knuckle: You returned 150 aura to me,
but I just lent you another 180,
which increases your loan by 30,
so what are you gonna do now?
And until your debt is repaid and in full, I won’t suffer
even the slightest damage from your attacks.
A.p.r.: It’s time.
You have accrued interest.
Knuckle: Come at me, fool!
If you just stand there, you’ll go bankrupt anyway!
You managed to land more hits,
but ultimately you only repaid
about a hundred of the aura that you owe me.
A.p.r.: It’s time.
You’ve accrued interest.
Knuckle: That’s just a drop in the bucket.
You still haven’t even paid off half the accrued interest.
i won’t let you launch jajanken again.
Once your debt goes over 10,000, my victory’s assured.
A.p.r.: It’s time now.
You’ve accrued interest.
( Gon gasps )
♪
( Shoot breathes deeply )
( Killua grunts )
What the hell is that?
Don’t be afraid of him.
Neither of us knows anything about each other’s abilities.
Shoot: You should know
I take no pleasure at all in hurting people.
( Killua gasps )
Shoot: That’s precisely why I chose an ability
that only activates whenever damage is inflicted.
it causes me to be more selective.
I only use it on those I don’t mind hurting.
However...
( Killua gasps )
♪
the two of you helped me realize something.
There are times that it becomes necessary to fight
as a sign of respect for your opponent.
Killua: Three floating hands?
They’re floating, but how?
What’s his ability?
Should I attack him first?
Calm down.
Use gyo to check.
He’s not using in.
Those three hands really are floating,
which means more than likely he’s a manipulator.
That cage is a mystery, too.
He doesn’t need it
if he plans to use those flying hands to attack.
In other words...
I can’t let them touch me.
Shoot: Yo-yos, huh?
First let’s see what you’ve got.
( Killua gasps )
( Shoot gasps )
Excellent handling.
( Killua gasps )
He’s fast.
Were the hands just decoys?
( Illumi echoing ) jump back.
( Killua gasps )
Bisky: Every time you face
an opponent you perceive is stronger than you,
you only fight to escape and not to win.
♪
Killua: No. I have to do better than that.
Electricity.
( Groans )
I couldn’t launch my attack.
my body, why can’t I get it to move?
Is this my curse?
Shoot: His reaction was slow.
Did something happen?
I wonder.
Stop. Don’t think about it.
It’s a bad habit.
his circumstances aside, I must do my best to beat him.
otherwise, i’m only insulting him.
Killua: He’s strong and fast.
He probably has me beat in every category.
♪
Illumi: That’s right, killua.
That’s the way.
Don’t fight an enemy you can’t defeat.
Killua: I have to stop thinking that way!
Bisky: Do you see your weakness?
You give up far too easily.
Even against enemies of equal strength,
you think, "he’s tough,"
or, "it’d be dangerous if he did this."
Then you give up at even the slightest disadvantage.
you would run, because you think like a loser.
It’s a problem, but I realize it’s not one of your making.
It’s the fault of whoever taught you how to fight.
A habit that’s as deeply ingrained as this one is
will be difficult to break, but one thing’s for sure.
one day, you will leave gon behind to die.
Illumi: Forget it.
you know you’ll never defeat him.
( Killua gasps )
My left eye.
The left side of my face, it’s gone.
Shoot: A much better reaction time.
Could it have been a fluke earlier?
Illumi: If you’re hurt and you don’t know why,
get as far from the enemy as you can.
Killua: Looks like my curse just saved me,
but still, it’s not good enough.
Bisky: You need to overcome this bad habit right away.
get way out of your comfort zone,
and take a big risk for once
by challenging someone more powerful.
Killua: I have to fight...
♪
To win!
( Gasps )
I’m blind on the left.
Again?
Shoot: Those were very good moves.
killua: No! I’m just running away!
I’ve never truly fought,
and this is no different.
bisky: Tomorrow, if you can’t defeat shoot,
you must stay out of gon’s life!
Shoot: Eh?
( Killua yells )
I won’t run anymore.
Take this.
Shoot: Electric shock?
( Killua gasps )
Shoot: Now that’s scary.
( Heart beating )
Killua: Never mind. Go!
Illumi: Never over-pursue.
Killua: Go!
( Heart beating )
( Gasping )
But how?
( Thinking ) stop.
How did you know?
Why am I asking that?
Narrator: Meanwhile, as gon and killua
were fighting for the tiles,
in another part of the ngl...
( Heart beating )
♪
( Heartbeat racing )
♪
( Singing in Japanese )