-Vol 5: A New Life-

-Meeting Isabella again-

After paying for the taxi, Kenshin entered the building. No one stopped him as all the people from here were already aware of Kenshin’s identity. Even if they were not, today they were specifically ordered to allow every hunter that enters the premises. Since DCB organized this free for all mission, from morning till now, more than a hundred hunters already appeared and tried to apply for it. Though half of them returned when they heard that it was against the sea monsters.

“Sir, this way.” A soldier who recognized him from yesterday came forward and lead him to a conference chamber.

“Am I late?” Kenshin asked.

“No. the conference and briefing just ended. The office will prepare a bus for everyone to travel our destination.” The soldier politely explained.

“Is that so.” Kenshin nodded and walked silently.

“Here, sir. Please wait here until the bus arrives. We will call you.” The soldier once again did a military salute and walked away. Putting his hand in his pocket, Kenshin entered the conference room, more than fifty people looked at him with varying emotions. Coincidentally the door to the room was located to the side of the front stage, so he became center of attention in an instant.

From an old man, age 49 to young men between 18 to 19, there were all types of people gathered here. Some held staffs, some swords, some bows, some katanas, some tantos…there were many traditional Japanese weapons could be seen. He even saw a few people holding nunchucks and a pair of scissors. There were also a few female hunters mixed in, looking no less ferocious and dangerous than other men in the room.

“Who is this white-faced guy?” a man with long beard and an ax hanging on his back grumbled as he scanned Kenshin with his eyes. He is a hunter of level 44.

“How would I know? Since DCB has announced it to be a free for all event, I think he has also come here try his luck…” another man about the same age as him standing near grumbled before turning away and calmly sitting on his chair. His level is also 44.

“Oii…oii…another one to become cannon fodder?” this voice belonged to a fairly young man wearing the only a pair of track pants. His upper body was laid bare for everyone to see. There was a huge tattoo of a skull was drawn on his back while his green hair was tied in an upper ponytail. A broad sword was strapped to his back, he looked very ferocious by normal standards. His level is around 64.

“Hehe! How do you know he is a weakling? He might be a strong hunter, you know!” beside him, a lady dressed in skin-tight shorts and a white shirt, above which a black armor, laughed and said. She was holding a bow behind her back and a red bandana tied around her head. Her level is level 88.

As everyone showed varied emotions, Kenshin also scanned many of them. Among them the higher he saw was the lady who just defended him, her level was 88. When he checked out the lady’s stats, he couldn’t help but be surprised, ‘Never knew there was a lady like that in our Mito?’. After a further check, he discovered she was an actually a magic skill user, and her skill was related to long-range strikes, that’s why she had chosen a bow. Her name was Utsumi. Kenshin, for the sake of safety, marked her with a flag.

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It's not that he suspects her, its just that he wanted to be on the safe side. Who knows when a person had some alter motives. Besides a lady like that without any affiliation, Kenshin thought it didn’t add up at all. You can never be too careful in this day and age after all.

“Hello!” just when he was about to continue his observation, a timid voice came from his behind. Kenshin couldn’t help but find that voice to be oddly familiar. Turning around, he came face to face with the girl he met in the park yesterday. Today she was dressed battle ready with red armor and a matching color hand guard. She also had a red leg guard. Kenshin suspected that it might be set equipment.

Set equipment generally had better effects than normal ones. In some cases, if you wear the full set, you might be able to use skill unique only to the equipment. But considering the drop rates of this type of equipment, its price was sky high. A million gold might not be enough for such equipment if it’s a ranked one. For this girl to have this equipment, her family might not be a normal one it seems.

“Ohh! You are also here. Isabella, right! What a nice surprise!” Kenshin put a smile on his face and acted enthusiastically, leats he made the girl more awkward.

“Haha! I thought since I am also in this town, so why not? But…you don’t look that surprised?” the girl pouted at him. When she saw him entering the room, she was very happy initially and thought of giving him a surprise. But from the look of it, she has failed.

“Well, I more or less knew you are a hunter from that day. But I am surprised to see you here. Aren’t you just a tourist?” although he talked with her, he stealthily activated his system and scanner her for her stats.

[Isabella D’Fleur][Human]

[Level: ??]

[HP: 2100][MP: 1500]

[ATK: ??][DEF: ??][INT: 742][WIS:600][PHY:210]

[Skills]

* ??? ????

* ??? ????

* ???? ???

* ???? ???

[Equipment]

* Hiding Amulet

* Othella’s Twin Swords

* Othella’s Guard Armour Set

‘This! What the hell? She is way beyond level 100! Is she really who she claims to be?’ Kenshin felt like he was struck by thunder. This girl who seemed naïve and ditzy unexpectedly had such fearsome stats. And she also had it all hidden? Why? I can understand about skill, but why physical stats too, who can judge someone’s physical stats just by looking? Not everyone had a system like him.

‘What is going on here? Or am I overthinking this? But still, I can’t shake the feeling that I should be careful of her. It's my instict…they are tingling. It’s the same as that day too…’ Kenshin though as he started to seriously pay attention to this lady. It's also the same as that day, for some reason, he felt a sense of restless and uneasiness whenever she was around. It came from his soul, his very instinct.

“What? You knew? How?” the girl widened her big eyes while looking at Kenshin like he said something incomprehensible.

“What do you mean how? Its just instinct…all instinct. I am also a hunter you know, I can tell when someone is a hunter.” To her, Kenshin just bullshitted. He couldn’t just tell her that his sixth sense tingled and he scanned her, at the same time he was suppressing his surprise to not make the girl notice something weird.

“Instinct, you say! Wow! So cool! You have such sharp instinct! Please teach me how to have’em.” Isabella widened her eyes as stars shined in them. Her expression was akin to a child who just saw the toy she wanted. Seeing her like that, Kenshin nearly fooled again and was about forget everything about suspecting her. But, although his heart told that she was not an enemy, his instincts told otherwise.

With the increase in PHY, ethereal things like [Instincts], [Danger Perception], [Sensory Pereception] that can help him to survive also increased and became powerful. Although they don’t have any tangible effect on the body like ATK or DEF, they can come in handy during unexpected situations.