A Hunter Chronicle – 24

"What? Your family owned this entire area!?"

"I thought I told you that before?"

Killua answered Leorio's question with another question.

Leorio was a bit shock as he counted his fingers for whatever reason.

Gon just laughed while Kurapika sighed.

Killua had told them that his family was very wealthy.

They owned the entire area around the mountain.

The tourists were hanging around behind, taking pictures as Coco Loo explained a bit more about where they were at.

"Leorio probably didn't believe you when you said it, so he dismissed it as nonsense."

Naruto pointed out to Killua.

He then examined the massive gate ahead of them.

"That's an impressive gate. Why is it numbered though?"

"How do we get inside?"

Gon asked.

"I will show you."

Killua answered and walked towards the gate.

The rest of the gang followed them behind.

Kurapika was furthest behind as he leered at the suspicious people that intermixed with the tourists every now and then.

"Master Killua, you've returned."

The guard greeted as Killua acknowledged him.

Everyone taught each other name quickly enough.

Eventually, Killua stood in front of the massive gate to demonstrate how to enter his home.

"I think I'm up to three last times around."

Killua muttered as he strengthened his arm and pushed them against the door.

The fourth gate opened without much difficult before Killua let go of his strength.

Without something holding them open, the door slammed back together again with a loud boom.

All the tourist's eyes bulged out at the feat.

It seemed impossible considering his size.

"32 tons! You have become stronger, Master Killua."

Zebro, the guard, complimented.

Killua clenched and opened his hands while looking at it.

He didn't feel any strain at all.

The training really made him stronger.

"32 TONS!?" Leorio shouted in shock, "How!?"

"Oh, I thought Master Killua has explained it to you. This is the Testing Gate. Each side of the first doors is two tons…"

Zebro began.

"First doors?"

Leorio interrupted. Zebro nodded.

"What you mean first door?"

"Leorio, there are seven numbers. They looked like doors and one bigger than the last. I think it must be some sort of way to measure your strength."

Kurapika said after examining it.

Zebro confirmed that it was.

"So, first door is 2 tons, second door is 4 tons, third door is 8 tons?"

Naruto queried. Everyone stared lazily at him.

"No, he meant each door is 2 tons, there are 14 in total. That's 28 tons if you opened all seven… Huh, but Killua got 32 tons?"

Gon questioned, brushing his hair and trying to understand how that could be possible.

'What with these two?'

Zebro thought.

He chuckled afterward.

Well, they were kids after all.

"No, Naruto and Gon. First gate is 4 tons and it doubled up as the number increased. So, second gate is 8 tons, third is 16. Master Killua opened fourth one so it was 32 tons."

Zebro clarified as the duo nodded in understanding.

"I think I could open more if I try harder." Killua joined the conversation, "want to try, Naruto?"

"Do I get anything if I opened all seven?"

Naruto asked seriously as everyone stared at him lazily again.

The blond needed incentive to do anything; either for fun or for rewards.

"I will show you around every place if you could open all seven completely. But if you can't, you have to teach me how to do those techniques."

Killua said as Naruto raised a brow.

Killua already agreed to show him around the place before this whole trip back when they were still at Hunter Association.

"But you are going to do that anyway."

Naruto retorted.

Killua smirked and explained that there are secret places around his home.

He would show Naruto those awesome places.

Naruto's blue eyes immediately sparkled.

They immediately got into a negotiation of sort.

"Let's see which I could open."

Gon announced as he stood before the Testing Gate. Zebro checked the boy with some interest.

These were Master Killua's friends, so they probably could open at least the first gate.

The black-spiky haired boy exhaled, feeling his energy flowed through him.

He placed his hands on the gate and pushed it forwards.

The heavy gate rumbled as it was forcibly opened.

Zebro's eyes widened as Gon was managed to open the fourth gate.

Kurapika was expressionless while Leorio's jaw slacked at the feat.

Killua and Naruto were still negotiating, but this time they were drawing something on the ground and shouting.

"The same as Master Killua!?"

"Let me try!"

Leorio declared.

Unfortunately, he was panting heavily as he tried to open the first one.

It wasn't a bad effort as the first gate did move a little, but that was all.

"This is impossible!"

Leorio protested even though Gon and Killua shown it could be done.

Kurapika rolled his eyes and tried his luck.

He managed to open first one without using Nen.

With it, he was able to open the third one without much difficult.

He felt he could go further but refrained from doing so. There was no need to show off.

'I need to master Nen. It seemed to greatly enhance my strength and power.'

Kurapika thought.

He decided to explain to Leorio about the hidden Hunter's exam.

Leorio nodded in understanding as he cleared sweat that covered his face.

He was depressed to find out that he was the weakest of them all, and somehow missed the Nen training session with the rest.

"We have a deal."

Naruto said as he shook Killua's hand.

The silver-haired boy smirked.

"Out of the way."

Naruto demanded as he approached the Testing Gate.

He spat on his palm and rubbed them together.

"Why did you do that?"

Gon asked as he was standing closet to Naruto.

"Because it looked cool?"

Naruto replied as everyone face palmed.

"It would leave your spit on the door, you dumbass!"

Leorio scolded as Naruto rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment.

Everyone immediately got disgusting face on as the idiot just rub spit on his hair.

"What?"

Clearing their mind, they sighed and told Naruto to just get on with it.

The blond shrugged and had a grin on his face as he turned to look at the gate.

It wasn't really spit, it was just water he created with a jutsu, but their faces were hilarious when they thought he did that.

He cracked his fingers, staring at the gate.

He then stretched and started doing warm up.

After a few minutes, a certain someone had enough.

"GET IT OVER WITH ALREADY!"

Leorio shouted angrily.

Gon was laughing along with Killua.

"Do you have some refreshment?"

Kurapika asked Zebro as the guard nodded and entered the guardhouse to brew some tea since this would take a while.

The cup was heavy, but Kurapika had no trouble of handling them.

After Naruto had his fun at Leorio's expense, he finally placed his hands against the door and pushed it forward.

Zebro and Kurapika were watching from their seated spot while sipping a little refreshment.

The gate began to move as Zebro choked.

Kurapika remained indifference as the fifth gate opened.

That was incredible impressive to some people, but for Naruto's ability, it wasn't.

"You lost, Naruto."

Killua said as Naruto let the door go and stepped back.

"That was a test to see my raw strength. Let me try again."

Naruto replied as he channeled chakra through his body, strengthening it to inhuman level.

He pushed against the door and all seven were opened as he cocked his head around and grinned victoriously at Killua.

"See, I did it! How much was this? 200 tons?"

"256 tons…"

Leorio muttered.

It wasn't the limit of the blond's overall strength as there were no eighth or ninth gates to measure it.

"Nope, you still lost. The challenge was to open them completely."

Killua emphasized as Naruto blinked at the statement.

His mind clicked and realized it was a trick challenge in the first place.

He couldn't open them wide with his current body as his hands and legs were too short.

No, it doesn't matter if he was in his original body since the door wouldn't be opened completely as they were too big for human.

"You bastard! You tricked me!"

Naruto shouted while still holding the door opened. Killua smirked at the shouting.

"But you could open all seven, that's really great!"

Gon said to the side.

Zebro was speechless as the blond didn't show any strain of holding them open like that for a while now.

"Hmmm…"

Naruto looked at the gates again before chuckling.

"I'm not going back down! You might need new doors though."

Naruto added as chakra wrapped around his tiny arms.

He quickly converted them into winds as the spiral outwards, forming a tornado on both sides.

The whirling wind slammed itself into the door, pushing them further outwards while ripping out piece of stones from their body.

Killua dropped his smirk, seeing the feat.

He wanted to learn something like that.

He was working on wind element, but it was more difficult that the other four.

Naruto noted that the tornado would pierce through the stone door before they would open fully, thus he would still lose.

He roared as chakra flowed intensify around his limb, channeling more into the technique as the tornado became larger.

The newly denser whirlpool of winds crashed into the doors on either side, sending both flying in their respective direction as everyone's jaw dropped.

"Woops."

Naruto said, seeing the damaged he had done to the Testing Gate.

The doors were ripped right out of their hinges.

They have to be replaced anyway as the tornado did tore them apart even before Naruto stepped up his technique.

"They still not opened completely though."

Kurapika decided to speak up after he finished his tea.

"Eh? What do you mean!?"

"Well, you didn't really open them, you ripped them out of their socket, so it technically didn't count as open. This is more like breaking and entering now."

Kurapika explained as Naruto blinked and looked at Gon and Killua.

They both nodded at Naruto.

'That kind of technique is dangerous…'

Kurapika thought, seeing the damage.

Leorio was sobbing.

He wanted to become stronger as Zebro patted the man on the shoulder.

"NOOOOO!"

Naruto protested and started throwing a tantrum in front of the gate.

He was going to teach Killua elemental technique anyway, but he didn't want to lose at all.

The tourist decided to head back to the bus after watching that.

Some took a few pictures for memory.

Kurapika noticed the bounty hunters left as well.

"Holy shit, are they Zoldyck's member? They are way out of our league!"

"Did you see that kid? He broke the massive doors just like that!"