Crossover: Hunter x Hunter, Ten Shadows Technique

Hunter Era, Year 1998.

Meteor City.

Pain.

Too painful.

The pain startled Jiang Ye into opening his eyes instantly. His vision blurred for a few seconds before gradually focusing.

Yet when he saw the scene before him, the whole person froze in place on the spot.

A glance around showed that directly beneath the street lamp, a dozen dark-skinned big men were surrounding him.

Some held steel pipes in their hands, some tucked daggers at their waists, and a bald, burly man squatted in front of him, chewing on a piece of unknown jerky. An oily face wore a playful smile.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Ye's mind went buzz and exploded.

He clearly remembered that in the previous second, he was still arguing with his roommate in the dorm about whether L or Light Yagami was smarter in Death Note. When they argued until their faces turned red, he slammed the table and stood up.

As a result, he closed and opened his eyes, and the next second arrived here.

The concrete floor was cold and rough, distant tall metal walls stood around, the sky overhead was gray, and the air was filled with the sour stench of fermenting garbage.

"The kid is awake."

The bald, burly man spat out the meat dregs from his mouth and stood up.

"Hey, outer-district vagrant, quite daring aren't you? You even dare to touch the shops in Central City?"

"Objects as daring as you are already quite rare nowadays."

Before Jiang Ye had time to speak, a strange memory forcibly flooded into his mind.

His identity was a vagrant from the ruins of Meteor City's outer district.

Twelve years old, he grew up since childhood in the garbage heaps of Meteor City's outer district. He had not eaten for three days and was so starved he could no longer hold out, so he sneaked into Central City's commercial area to steal some food.

As a result, the moment he took a single canned food, Central City's well-known gang caught him on the spot.

Memory fragments surged in his mind like a revolving lantern, and Jiang Ye only felt his temples throbbing violently.

"This is... time travel?"

"And I even time-traveled to the world of Hunter x Hunter?!"

What he loved most to watch in his past life was Hunter x Hunter, and the gorgeousness of its characters and worldview made him so obsessed that he could not extricate himself.

It was just a pity that old thief Togashi still hadn't updated, and he even thought about having his grandson burn the subsequent chapters to him.

"No, now is not the time to think about this."

"I must resolve the immediate crisis first."

He took a deep breath while struggling to stand up, only to find his hands and feet tied tightly. The ropes bit into his flesh, leaving bloody marks.

The bald, burly man squatted down and patted Jiang Ye's face with the back of his dagger's blade.

"An outer-district cheap bone running into Central City to steal things-do you know what the outcome of this is in Meteor City?"

He grinned, revealing yellow-stained teeth from smoke.

"Trash without value like you has the best ending of being snatched away to become a slave, signing a five- or ten-year indentured servitude contract, which at least can trade for a mouthful of food."

"But your luck is bad..."

The tip of the blade turned, aiming at Jiang Ye's lower abdomen.

"My mood today is bad, and I can't be bothered to waste time."

"Your organs should still be able to sell for some money-kidneys, liver, and so on. Anyway, trash like you wastes Meteor City's air just by living."

Once these words were spoken, Jiang Ye's pupils shrank sharply.

Before he could react, the bald, burly man's dagger already stabbed forward.

The blade magnified infinitely in his eyes, and the cold metal reflection mirrored his pale face at this moment.

"I won't be restarting right at the start, will I? Could it be that I must die?"

"Is this the legendary ruined start?!"

Time seemed to be prolonged at this moment.

An intense desire to survive allowed Jiang Ye to even clearly hear his own heartbeat.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

That heart was beating wildly at a speed completely beyond common sense, so fast it seemed as if it would leap straight out of his chest. His eardrums were filled with the roaring sound of surging blood, and the edges of his vision began to turn red.

The next second, a dull vibration exploded from the depths of his bone marrow.

Buzz!

Something inside his body seemed to be forcibly crushed.

Jiang Ye's whole body trembled fiercely, thousands of closed Aura Nodes vibrating together in an instant, and that invisible portal locking away life energy was thoroughly smashed open by brute force.

At this very moment, something suppressed for eighteen years and never opened burst its embankments at this moment.

Black steam visibly poured from every pore, its force sending the hem of his clothes and his loose hair flying upward. A thick, shifting haze of light enveloped his body.

Jiang Ye had never felt so clear-headed.

He could clearly see the paths of the aura flowing, weaving and spiraling through the air like fine threads.

He could even see the trajectory of the falling dagger, broken down into frame after frame of slow motion.

As the dagger hurtled toward him, Jiang Ye tilted his neck slightly.

Clang!

The blade grazed his ear and embedded itself in the concrete floor, sparks flying.

The bald man froze at the sight.

Just then, a flood of information poured into Jiang Ye's mind.

His Nen Ability was called the Ten Shadows Technique!

The moment he learned what this ability was, Jiang Ye's heart jolted.

If he remembered correctly, the Ten Shadows Technique was the inherited Cursed Technique of the Zenin Clan, one of the Jujutsu Three Great Families!

Using "shadows" as a medium, it materialized and summoned ten different, exclusive Shikigami through hand signs.

The tenth Shikigami could even summon the Eight-Handled Sword Divergent Sila Divine General Mahoraga!

It stood at the pinnacle of the Ten Shadows, possessed the ultimate adaptability, and could become immune to most attacks as its Dharma Wheel turned.

Jiang Ye knelt on the ground, black steam still pouring from his body, but the corners of his mouth slowly lifted despite his efforts to hold back a smile.

Not only had he awakened a Nen Ability, it was the Ten Shadows Technique.

This wasn't a disastrous start-it was a perfect start!

"What's with this kid...?"

"Why's he smiling? Did he get scared stupid?"

The bald man took half a step back and narrowed his eyes as he studied Jiang Ye's hair and clothes, both swept upward.

His smile in particular was nothing like the expression of a refugee about to have his organs harvested.

Seeing this, the bald man's underlings behind him grew alert too. Some drew knives, while others raised steel pipes.

"Hey, you...!"

Jiang Ye ignored him.

He looked down at his bound hands. The airflow had loosened the hemp rope around his wrists.

Then he raised his head and looked at the bald man. Jiang Ye's calm gaze sent a chill down the man's spine.

"Hey."

Jiang Ye spoke, his voice hoarse but clear.

"Who did you just call worthless trash?"

The man's face darkened as he flipped the dagger in his hand.

"You fucking want to die...!"

"I know you're in a hurry, but don't rush just yet."

Jiang Ye abruptly cut him off.

The man froze and asked instinctively,

"What?"

Jiang Ye didn't answer. He only raised his hands, still wrapped in rope.

Under everyone's gaze, his fingers interlaced, with four fingers spread apart to form the outline of an open canine mouth and his thumbs raised to serve as ears.

A closer look revealed a hand shadow in the shape of a wolf's head!

Under the streetlamp, the hand shadow was cast onto the shadow on the wall behind him.

"Divine Dogs."