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Chapter 9 - Awakening

After hearing what Loki asked, Uvogin walked up quickly.

"After I have learned, Nen, let's have a fight, Loki!"

Uvogin was currently looking at Loki with a face full of eagerness.

"I suppose I could teach you a thing or two… but let's focus on surviving first, shall we?" Loki said, giving a coy smile to Uvogin.

Loki nodded, and suddenly, a strong aura burst out of him. Suddenly the complexion of the three of them changed.

"Is this Nen…?" one of them muttered.

Even though they couldn't see the flow of nen currently, they could fully feel the momentum and pressure that Loki brought to them at this moment.

"I must master this power!" Uvogin thought to himself, his eyes hardening.

Uvogin's eyes flickered and stared fiercely at Loki. Loki understood what he meant but gave one last friendly warning.

"Let me say that even a mild initiation will be dangerous. After I open your aura nodes, you must guide the flow of aura all over your body. If you can't control the outflow, it will be like bleeding out, and you will die due to the excessive loss of aura."

"As for how you guide the outflow of nen, it depends on your own will and ability. I believe that someone of your caliber wouldn't fail though, right Uvogin?" Loki said to them before facing Uvogin with a smirk.

Uvogin, hearing this, instantly patted his chest and assured him.

"Bring it on! I've dealt with much worse!"

Seeing Uvogin full of confidence, Loki just smiled a bit and didn't say anything. He took his hands wrapped in aura and placed them on Uvogin's back, before he controlled his aura to pour into him.

"This is…"

Uvogin's eyes widened instantly as he felt a powerful force pouring into every cell of his body.

Suddenly, he felt like his whole body lightened as if the shackles holding down his body were opened. His whole body was no longer bound, and he had the illusion that he could break an entire mountain, but his thoughts were quickly interrupted.

"Your aura nodes have been opened so please be sure to try and control it. I wouldn't want you dying so soon now…" Loki's voice echoed in his ears.

"As a tip, try to watch your aura and condense the outflow before wrapping it around your body." 

With Loki's reminder, Uvogin got to work. Uvogin could already feel that his body was losing something like crazy.

"How could it be so to let you get away from me!!" Uvogin said through gritted teeth.

*SFX* BOOM

The powerful aura flowing out set off a small explosion of dust lying on the ground.

Uvogin's aura soon calmed down as Uvogin took a deep breath.

Seeing this, Loki clapped his hands with a look of interest as he stared at Uvogin.

"Congratulations for unlocking your aura and getting one step closer to learning Nen!" Loki said with a smile.

Hearing this, Nobunaga came closer to see Uvogin.

"Uvogin, how do you feel?" Nobunaga asked.

"I feel…" Uvogin took a breath and looked at his hands.

He felt that head been completely reborn and felt better than ever.

The feeling of power was constantly flowing through every vein of his body…

"I feel better than ever!!" Uvogin said as he clenched his fist fiercely.

"Try to move a small amount of Aura towards your eyes, Uvogin. This is one of the most basic uses of aura which will allow you to see the use of you and your opponent's aura." Loki's voice echoed out, catching his attention.

Uvogin quickly began to experiment. After a few attempts, he quickly succeeded in gathering some aura around his eyes.

"Is this the power of Nen?" Uvogin thought.

Looking at his arm and body, Uvogin touched it up and down. The aura surging all around him filled him with a feeling of pride.

He quickly calmed down and suppressed the joy in his heart before he looked at Loki seriously. Placing his big rough hand on Loki's shoulder vigorously he stared at Loki.

"Thank you, Loki!" Uvogin said somewhat flatly, which sounded quite plain.

It was this plain tone, however, that made it easier to see just how sincere he was in saying this. After Loki opened up his Aura Nodes, he truly regarded Loki as a friend to look out for.

"Oh my… It was nothing, but I do appreciate the sentiment." Loki said with a smile.

When Machi and Nobunaga saw this scene, the corners of their mouths were also slightly lifted.

Machi initially was only slightly fond of Loki, if not a little annoyed by his manner of speaking, but this scene made her recognize him. Nobunaga also seemed to recognize Loki after seeing this due to Uvogin.

Loki, seeing this, laughed a bit and was happy to find himself recognized by these future criminals. The future Troupe members were just the type of friends Loki would love to have.

"If you want to make it up to me, you could always continue to get stronger. Maybe in the future you can repay me." Loki said with a joking tone.

"Hahaha… You can leave it to me, Loki!" Uvogin said while patting his chest.

"Well then, which one of you two will be going to next?" Loki asked with a cheery voice.

Without giving Nobunaga a chance, Machi was soon standing right in front of Loki, looking at him with her clear and calm golden eyes.

"I'll go next." She told him.

"?????" Nobunaga was stunned.

Nobunaga wanted to open his mouth, but when he remembered that it was Machi's house and that he met Loki through her, he swallowed his words angrily.

'Either way, after Machi's turn, it will be my turn.' he thought to himself. 

At least that's how Nobunaga decided to comfort himself.

Loki, oblivious to Nobunaga's inner conflict, got ready behind Machi.

"Oh my Miss Machi… Well who am I to say no to such a lovely woman. Please come sit down and I'll inject some aura into your body." 

Soon after Machi sat down, an aura erupted around her close to the same intensity as Uvogin.

'Is this Nen? It's amazing~' Machi thought to herself.

With Uvogin's previous experience, Machi was very quick to get started.

Although it was more dangerous with her low physical fitness, she had plenty of talent regarding Nen. 

Pretty soon, both Machi and Uvogin were playing with their aura in the corner.

Nobunaga, who saw them in the corner, was somewhat sour.

He looked enviously at the two of them, wanting to be able to use that power as well.

Soon, Loki, who was looking towards the two, turned around to see Nobunaga standing there with a pitiful look on his face.

"Don't forget there is me." Nobunaga weakly reminded Loki.

"Oh my! I seem to have forgotten you were even here! Perhaps you are quite talented in Zetsu, hmm..? Well then, come sit down Nobunaga. We don't have all day." Loki said in a joking tone.

"Yeah…" Nobunaga replied weakly.

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