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Hunter X Hunter: Grounded
🕑 Added 2020-09-26 19:59:57 +0000 UTCChapter 28
Title: Hands-On Approach...
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-Sub (MC) POV-
As I let Karla down, I go next to her and hold her hand. I talk to her slowly. "You okay?"
As I ask her that, I can see her smile as the bandages around her face form like a smile.
"Yes, don't worry Sub. I am okay..." She says, but I don't quite believe that as I look at her side which is bleeding. That will take quite a while to heal, probably a month or two even with the healing bandages she will have difficulty moving.
I look at Azula who is also lying down, she is bleeding, but not enough to bleed to death as the explosion burned the wounds and stopped the bleeding. My first thought is to have her come under Karla's control and make her just a puppet. Though the Manipulation condition is hard, after all unlike a needle prick, she has to wrap bandages around her victim's body for her to control him.
But that also is where Karla's genius comes. Anyone who is under her control can use Nen and their Hatsu even while under control. They also don't become just puppets, but more like people who are very dedicated to Karla.
Her ability is honestly terrifying, maybe even more so than Azula's… but that is a topic for another matter. As for Azula's Hatsu Ability... she has to willingly open the door and invite someone for them to enter her <Black Market Shop>.... but if she is under control can she truly be considered 'willingly' opening her doors for her ability?
This is where meanings in Nen become difficult. It isn't what I believe that matters, but what Azula believes, since this is her ability.
But no one would consider being under control as 'willful'. Honestly, this is too complicated. But I would bet my money on her ability not activating when under Karla's control…
Well, it doesn't matter anyway, Azula lost her freedom of thought the moment she decided to go against me. Thankfully neither I nor Karla decided to enter her <Black Market> or she would have definitely locked us in and we would have become something "No Longer Human"...
But really though, how should we handle this situation.
I sense that Karla's breathing settles down, meaning that she just fell asleep.
I gently pick her up like a princess and carry her to my room. I am not worried about Azula on the roof, as Karla's Nen Bandages are restraining her. If even I can't break through those bandages then Azula definitely can't. My physical strength outclasses hers many times over and also I know that she wasn't doing something like hiding her strength too.
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Morning comes along and I keep company to the sleeping Karla. She seems to be healing quite nicely as her face has now gained some color. Also the bandages around her face came loose, meaning that her face is now completely healed.
I hydrate her every now and then and put a set rag on her head as her body temperature rises periodically. Now usually the temperature of the body rises in order for it to kill viruses or something inside the body. But in this case, it is that if her bandages sense any imperfection in her body, they delete it and repair it back to its perfect condition.
Honestly, Karla is the highest caliber of talent. If I didn't trust her, I would definitely kill her. Her talent and Hatsu Ability is simply too scary, she can literally create her own army of Nen users. She just needs time for it. That is why in my opinion Karla's ability is scarier than Azula's… one can create things and even Hatsu abilities… but Karla can literally just go and control the world leaders, and no one would even notice since they aren't just puppets under her control, but they become more like people who truly love her unconditionally and would do anything for her. They keep their memories and intelligence too…
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Four hours later Ogre wakes up and I can sense him within the range of my En, which allows me to sense every movement around me in e circular motion at around forty meters when I am awake and 10-15 meters when I am sleeping.
As I sense Ogre wake up, I stand up and go outside. I see him groggily waking up, though trained to be an assassin, he isn't at all suitable to be one. Still, his simple mindset allowed me to manipulate him, but at the same time he has a good relationship with Azula and I know how that relationship is going.
It's hard managing relationships like this. Azula is naturally charismatic and I never really cared about Ogre.
*sigh* It seems like this group will fall apart if I don't try and put some effort into it. Well, this can be used as a learning experience, and from now on I will have to try and develop real relationships with my new teammates.
Before Ogre can even react…
Fwosh!
I appear behind him and knock him out immediately. Fighting Ogre and allowing him to activate his Hatsu Ability would be troublesome. His ability is creative for an Enhancer, plus I did help him create it so I obviously know its weakness.
When Karla wakes up, she will put him under her control.
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-Karla POV-
I look at the naked Sub in front of me, he has his muscular back turned towards me. Ahhh… Sub… I love you.
I go and hug him and jump on his back, I notice that I too am naked.
"I love you Sub…" I whisper to his ear. I am suddenly very confident when I say this. I have never felt this confident before.
But suddenly Sub started falling forward, I immediately jumped off his back and saw that as he hit the ground. He had an empty look in his eyes as blood came out of his mouth, and that is when I see that he also had a giant hole in his belly with his organs spilling out.
T -This can't be happening… S -Sub is strong he CAN'T DIE…
FWOSH!
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That is when I open my eyes and look at the roof in front of me. My head clears up and I immediately recognize that it was just me dreaming.
"So you are awake now…" Says a familiar voice and I turn my head and look at Sub. He has a calm look on his face, but he also has slight dark circles under his eyes. Signifying that he hasn't been sleeping at all.
That is when I noticed that Sub's aura is all around. He is using En, to sense in case an enemy appears.
I saw that he was holding a wet rag in his hand. Damn it… it is because of me that he is tired. He was taking care of me… why… why am I always so weak…
I can feel a sense of guilt rise inside my heart. DAMN IT!!!! FU*K!!!
I have to try my hardest to not express those feelings on the outside.
"How long have I been unconscious?"
"Two days."
"I see…"
I couldn't say anything anymore… so I just got up, I ignored the slight pain as I contracted my muscles to stop any reopening of wounds.
Sub doesn't say anything as I ask him. "Where is Azula… and Ogre too?"
He points his thumb behind him and I see them both unconscious on the ground. They also had ropes tied around their necks, it seems like they are tied up just tightly enough to stop blood necessary enough to wake them up. This a technique we learned back in the Organization.
He doesn't even need to explain to me as I wrap my bandages around Ogre, getting him completely under my control and he still has his Nen and can even train it.
I next look at Sub and ask. "Should we put her under control too?"
I know that Azula might not be able to use her Hatsu Ability while under my Control. I see a complicated look appear in Sub's eyes, but in the end, he just says…
"Yes do it…"
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AUTHOR NOTE:
The MC can't allow Azula to go on free anymore and even if she is unable to use her Hatsu Ability <Black Market> she would be too much of a threat to leave uncontrolled. They could use Karla's <Truth Bandage> and put a condition on Azula since technically she is no longer part of the Deadly Sins, but Azula could in the future get a one-time usage Nen Exorcism items on her shop... she just has to desire it hard enough...
The danger of Azula turning against them is too high... and she even has a Hatsu who could easily kill them... There can be nukes in it too... Though the price would be quite steep.
P.S: We see with the MC's mind that in his hands, abilities become extremely dangerous.
