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Chapter 127: Affinity x Spar - Getting Taught by a Brat!

"You were so cocky a moment ago. Now come on, let me teach you how to use Nen in a fight. Show me your Ren, whelp," Menchi says arrogantly, unleashing her own Ren.

"You're nine years younger than me... stop calling me a whelp..." Alex cringes but unleashes his Ren anyway. His aura is now multiple times stronger than the one he had barely managed to unlock with Mustrano's help and their combined rage. Still, it obviously pales in comparison to Menchi's—a seasoned Nen prodigy.

They slowly approach each other, and Alex unleashes the first attack, a stabbing motion with his left hand, imitating a claw. He's surprised by his own strength—his Ren provides a tremendous boost to all his physical abilities, making him feel like he's inside a foreign body.

Menchi easily dodges his attack and counters. Alex blocks her strike, and the two begin trading attacks, each blocking the others. This continues for several minutes, with Alex gradually getting a feel for his Aura and his new abilities.

The experienced Single-Star Hunter, clearly holding back, pressures Alex just enough to keep him from relaxing. He has to concentrate intensely to keep up. Deciding to step up his game, Alex begins using some of the Advanced Nen techniques in his arsenal.

As Menchi bombards him with rapid kicks and punches, Alex stops using Ren and switches to Ken. His newly boosted defense helps him shrug off most of the pain, though the AURA drain is intense. Even so, the enhanced defense makes Menchi's attacks feel almost negligible.

After blocking several attacks, Alex counters using Ryu, shifting from defensive blocks with a base Ken, into Gyo-enhanced strikes as he trades blows with her.

"Even Ryu. Your progress is incredible," Linne comments with a serious smile, clearly impressed and surprised.

"However...!" Menchi says with a grin, pressing her attack. Alex feels his body aching all over and realizes his Aura is nearly depleted.

Desperate to land at least one good hit, Alex hides his Aura on his left hand with In and pretends to throw a light jab. In truth, he uses Gyo, pouring nearly all his remaining Aura into the strike. I hope this works. I refuse to lose like this without landing one good hit, he thinks.

Menchi's eyes glint for a brief moment before she dodges the jab instead of blocking it like before. She counters with a powerful kick to Alex's chest, sending him flying backwards and landing onto his back. Before he can recover, she steps onto his stomach, her boot pressing near his crotch. Smirking, she looks down at him.

"Not bad. This was kinda fun. Of course, you stand no chance... you'll need a LOT more training if you want to beat me. Anyway, get some rest and recover with Ten while I tell you about Nen affinities. After that, we can go see how the exam ends. The last vote will happen soon."

"Sounds good... could you perhaps..." Alex starts to ask.

"Perhaps what? Remove my boot? What are the magic words?" she responds with a smirk.

"Please, Menchi," Alex says with a shameful expression on his face, feeling embarrassed to be treated like that by someone so much younger. Secretly, he thinks, Fuck, she better hurry up, or this is going to get even more embarrassing...

"Wrong... I am your master," Menchi grins, pressing harder on his chest, making him groan in pain.

"...please, Master Menchi," Alex says, slightly blushing as he calls this arrogant young hunter—essentially just a barely legal girl—his master. He asks himself, Why is it always these types of women? Damn, I'm seriously starting to develop some kind of fetish. I mean, I'm more into the mature, dominant type, but this is weirdly hot too. I better not let her find out, or she'll never stop... which I don't want... right?