Cruise x Rest

Hearing the young man's proposal, Machi was silent. It really was unacceptable for her to owe someone a favor, apart from the fact that the boy in front of her saved her life.

"Very well, I will accompany you to take the exam together." - Machi replied.

"Great! My name is Shakal Morningstar." - The boy said as he held out his hand.

"Machi Komachine." - The woman said, returning the greeting.

"Nice to meet you Machi." - Shakal said with a smile on his face.

Machi stared at the young man's face in front of her. Aside from being quite handsome, the young man radiated joy, both for his smile and for other factors that surround him.

"Since you have more information about it, where should we start looking?" Shakal asked.

"Let's see, from what I understand, my friend went to Puerto Dolle, then when he found the guides, they took him to the city of Zaban, where he did the first tests." - Machi explained.

"I see, Dolle port is quite far from here, if we go by boat it will take us about fifteen days but if we take a flight we should be there in less than four days. Since it is a long time before the exam begins, I would choose to go by boat. What do you think?" - Shakal asked his companion.

"Sounds good to me, I'm in no hurry" - Machi replied.

The two of them went to buy tickets for the boat, heading to Puerto Dolle. They cost seventy thousand jenny each.

While waiting for the boat to arrive, the two stayed at a restaurant near the beach. They enjoyed their meal and got to know each other a little more.

Machi explained that he was currently traveling to see different cities. Shakal told him the odd detail of these four months that he had been in this world, also him because he wanted to become a hunter.

Although neither of them mentioned anything about the nen in their conversations.

The ship anchored in port, and the two quickly went on board. Shakal bought two adjoining rooms, on the first floor of the ship. The cruise had all kinds of luxuries, such as restaurants, cinema, indoor and outdoor pools, it even had a dojo among other things.

The two of them unpacked their bags as it will be quite a long journey.

Shakal changed from his normal clothes to a shirt and shorts, similar to a swimsuit. He left his room and rang the bell for Machi's.

Machi, who was still dressed in her usual clothes was surprised to see him in a swimsuit.

"Let's go to the Machi pool, we must enjoy the trip." Shakal said.

Machi let him pass to her room to wait for her to change inside the dressing room. She put on her two-piece bikini, both purple, and left the dressing room.

Despite the fact that her body was not overly developed in various areas, the whole set turned out to be extremely attractive.

"It fits you well!" Shakal said.

Machi quickly replied.

"Stop the nonsense, and let's go to the pool now."

"Ok." - Shakal said getting up from the chair.

The ship has already left the port, and prepared to cross the continent. The two of them were sitting, having a drink near one of the least crowded pools they found.

The days passed, and the friendship between them increased. In the seven days they traveled, the two tried everything the ship offered them. They went to see several movies inside the cinema, they even got to practice fighting against each other inside the dojo.

Shakal realized that she was an extremely skilled person, both in martial arts and in using her nen. If she fought seriously, Shakal might have the winning hand in strenght, but if it was about control over the nen, she was far superior. Simply because she had trained several years in a row longer than he did, making her aura much stronger. Although anything can happen in a nen fight, the winner is simply the one who best uses his skills to his advantage.

Shakal did not neglect his training either, despite not being able to run, he continued with his meditation of two hours a day and the occasional physical exercise.

The eighth day is when things got a little out of control. They were both in a restaurant eating, when a loud sound started to be heard. The sound was an alarm, and next to it was the captain's voice.

"Attention to all passengers, we have an incident, please all return to your rooms in a controlled manner."

The announcement was repeated many times, and all the passengers inside the restaurant quickly left the door, towards their rooms. All except Shakal and Machi, who stayed to see what happened.

The two watched through the windows of the restaurant as members of the ship's crew pulled out various firearms and headed for the deck.

"Let's go up," said Shakal.

Machi nodded.

The two quickly reached the deck, unseen by the other crew. Shakal took a look and realized the problem. Various magical water beasts were attacking the ship. Shakal numbered about thirteen, of which two were quite large.

"This is a good opportunity to gain more experience" - Shakal thought as he activated his Ten as he advanced towards the magical beasts.

Machi stared at him, before saying.

"Moron! Do you really need to help these people? " Machi thought.

Shakal reached the edge of the boat, climbed the fences that protect passengers from possible falls into the sea, only to have a clear view of the situation.

"I see, it seems that they used the body of the largest magic beasts to climb and get to the ship.

Much better for me. " Shakal thought as he stepped back to give the beasts room to board.

A few moments later, four beasts arrived on the deck of the ship. The other crew members are like crazy shooting the two giant beasts, neglecting these little ones that were already on board.

The four honorary-looking beasts, upon seeing Shakal, rushed after him. The boy quickly exploited his aura.

The first beast to arrive attacked the boy right from the front, but Shakal dodged it from the right with a slight movement, causing his attack to fail.

The first beast, the one that attacked from the front, after failing the attack, fell to the ground with its body cut into several parts.

"Silly beast, the moment you entered my aura, you were already dead." Shakal thought.

The young man used his Blood Manipulation technique to create extremely fine and resistant threads in various parts of his Ten, when the beast entered inside, his own speed played against him.

Basically the beast committed suicide.