Terror Infinity - Side B

Chapter 16, HxH Greed Island

Day 57/90 of Greed Island.

City of Love, Aiai.

Watching the many annoying couples, both NPCs and real players alike pass by through the city streets I could only sigh to myself. Almost two full months have passed since all of us of Team Japan arrived in Greed Island and it has been a long almost two months at that. Less than four more days till Team Germany's predestined arrival on the land of Greed Island and the much dreaded Team Battle. Not everything has gone our way and a few unexpected things have.

From the very beginning of the mission Team Japan had chosen to discard the main mission to collect all 100 Designated Pocket Cards in an attempt to avoid the Team Battle with Team Germany. For this hazardous plan to avoid the Team Battle to succeed we needed to complete the Side Quest to hunt down and defeat Bomber, Genthru. We all assumed that it wouldn't be too hard to locate him as we had his physical description and Hikari's scans, but it turned out to be far from easy.

Despite all of our efforts we have not been able to track down the Bomber, Genthru. After collecting enough funds to live comfortably on Greed Island and setting up our new base of operations in the City of Love Aiai, Team Japan then placed their full efforts into searching for Bomber.

Thoroughly making our way and searching through every city and villages on Greed Island, making contacts with players and using Jenny Cards as bribes to create informants, and even having Hikari use her Persona Adrasteia to scan every nook and cranny of the island we have all been unable to find a single trail leading to Bomber. We even made contact with the leader of Moderate Clan Nickes a few times and nothing turned up.

Our plan to discard the main mission and a way to avoid the Team Battle was falling apart and dangerously so. It was despairing to even consider that we wasted almost two of our three months on Greed Island on a wild goose chase... yet it wasn't like we had run out of options. Unexpectedly we had a real shot at collecting all the Cards necessary to complete the main quest.

A week ago it was discovered by looking at the Card Rankings that 98 out of the 100 Designated Pocket Cards have been discovered by the players of Greed Island. Eighty Cards were needed to summon Team Germany, but because no one group, clan, or alliance held all the Cards the requirements for Team Germany's arrival have yet to be met.

According to my own recent talks with Nickes he had confirmed of the 98 Designated found by the Players of Greed Island his Moderate Clan has gathered sixty Cards, thirty of which no other group possesses. Nickes also mentioned that after the falling out of Savage Clan after their leader Binolt died, not knowing Team Japan is responsible, no other group or clan possess many, if any Cards after Moderate Clan used their vast numbers and Spell Cards to steal from every group on the island.

The Bomber is the only other truly active player on Greed Island who has Cards. Nickes is also under the impression that Binolt and his elite group were killed by Bomber, and took their rare Cards.... not knowing that Team Japan is possession of forty-four Designated Pocket Cards, forty-three of which were stolen from Binolt, and thirty-one of which no other group is in possession of. What is most likely is the Bomber has the remaining Designated Pocket Cards and exclusively at that, and probably more Cards after his five year killing spree on Greed Island.

◆ Moderate Clan - 60 Designated Pocket Cards. 30 Exclusive Copies.

◆ Bomber, Genthru - Unknown number of Designated Pocket Cards. Rumored to hold 17 Exclusive Copies.

◆ Team Japan - 49 Designated Pocket Cards. 31 Exclusive Copies.

It was a shame I couldn't find the Bomber, but it was very possible to acquire all the Cards by taking out Nickes and Bomber. Nickes was easy to find and for better or worse Bomber might target us is we take out Moderate Clan and steal their Cards. Moderate Clan was a large organization with hundreds of Nen Users who work together to steal Cards from others. Nickes and his clan definitely weren't the type of opponents ten fighters of Team Japan (Remaining eight are useless) could hope to face... but as the days pass it is beginning to looks like we will have no choice in the matter if we want to survive.

It was at this time that I decided to consult with Jin. Jin was never that much for the plan to avoid Team Germany and he was smart. Even without discussing it with others I'm sure he's thought about our problems and possible solutions more than anyone else. That was why I felt it was best to discuss Team Japan's situation with Jin first. It was as I was about to look for him back at the apartment building wenhad rented out in Aiai that the man in question approached me on the street of the city. I couldn't help but wonder if Jin was reading my mind and was waiting for just this moment to approach me, but I dismissed such thoughts as I conveyed my concerns and my ideas as to how to turn the situation around for the better for.

Shin: "Hopefully like the leader of Savage Clan, Nickes holds all of their rare Cards. If so and we can swift take down Bomber we can escape a battle against either an army of Nen Users or Team Germany. I have more than enough of his trust to call him out alone with false information about Bomber."

Jin: "Hmm... I see. Then we'll have to move quickly. If Bomber kills off Moderate Clan like in the original plot and has enough of Cards he'll have more than eighty Cards."

Shin: "And Team Germany will appear. I'm aware of the situation."

Jin: "Good because we need to make a move sooner rather than later. Facing off against Team Germany without dealing with the Bomber is the very worst scenario for Team Japan."

Shin: "I know... also, I told you not to talk to me on the streets of Aiai. It feels disgusting to speak to a man in this lovely dovey city."

Jin: "Hahaha! I know, but I've come to speak to you about the Bomber. I'm come to the conclusion about a few things about this mission as well. This includes the method of luring out Bomber."

Shin: "Really!? Then get to it. I'll tolerate your existence for a while longer."

Jin: "Hahah! Just for a while? Very well. I'll leave the best for last, getting to Bomber for later. First I want to go over our prizes for collecting all 100 Cards. As it's getting more and more likely to occur I've seriously considered which three Cards we should bring back with us as Quest Items."

Shin: I forgot about the prizes. From what I recall all the 100 Designated Pocket are... kind of out there. A lot of them are amazing, but I wonder if they'll be useful to us."

Jin: "I'm in agreement, but there are definitely three most haves for us. Card number #017 Breath of the Archangel. Card number #019 Poltergeist Pillow. Lastly, card number #024 Hypothetical T.V. I believe these three will be of great value to Team Japan!"

◆ Breath of the Archangel - This card summons forth an angel whose breath can cure any injuries sustained upon a player. She only appears once and afterwards, the card is destroyed. Severe damage or close to death, this angel will cure any injury and disease in one breath.

◆ Poltergeist Pillow - This card allows the user's spirit to explore the world at your own will, providing that you sleep on it first. This card can be useful for spying on other people or just plain exploring the world in a different way. Whilst in your astral form, you are able to pass through solid objects and you can't be seen by other creatures. You will turn into a real ghost though if you don't return to your body within 24 hours

◆ Hypothetical T.V - This card brings forth a Hypothetical Television. It allows the user to input a potential situation or question, and the T.V. will display a 30-hour-long documentary about all the possibilities. The remote also allows you to record any part of it for later playback

Jin: "I believe Breath of the Archangel will become a magic spell once brought back to the Terminal Lobby and it will restore all injuries, but probably not energies like Ki or Mana. Team Japan lacks a true priest class or clerk class, but allowing the support role Hikari to learn it would be helpful to us all. Poltergeist Pillow is perfect for spying when we stay in world's for long periods of time. Hypothetical T.V is what I'm most interested in. If its description holds true it has high value. Knowing every possible scenario in advance can become Team Japan's absolute trump card! ...Though I believe it's far too overpowered. I can't help but imagine that God will place a restriction on it. Also, it will only be helpful on very long missions like this and not possible to make full use of during missions like in Apocalypse Alice where we had just six hours to complete. Lastly, my best bet is that it's a one-time consumable item as it would allow any team to best know how to complete any mission."

Shin: "Even so all your suggestions seem right on the money for will benefit Team Japan. What else do have or was that it?"

Jin: "I have one more idea, or ideas. Hearing about your many Hidden Side Quest accomplishments in High School of the Dead and Apocalypse Alice I couldn't help but think about the nature of the missions. I don't think it's unreasonable to assume that there are Hidden Side Quest... no, Bonus Missions for us here in Hunter X Hunter outside the main mission here on Greed Island!"

Shin: "Really? Like what?"

Jin: "For example defeating all the Game Masters of Greed. This is the first Bonus Mission. The original members shouldn't all still be on Greed Island like Gon's father Ging, but taking down those like Eta and Razor should reward us something. There's also the option of leaving Greed Island and retuning the same way the Phantom Troup did in the OVAs to steal all of the Cards. This is the Second Bonus Mission. Now, the last Bonus Mission that I can think of is blowing up Greed Island and making the game impossible to play anymore. Sounds plausible and a little fun, right?"

Shin: "They all sound plausible... but impossible for us at the moment. The first Bonus Mission I imagine to be impossibly hard to defeat the Game Master. They have absolute authority of Greed Island. The second Bonus Mission has the same issue as we'll become the enemies of the Game Masters for illegal entry. We also can't leave the island without facing being erased. As for the last one... that's just insane. A weapon that can blow away this island is too expensive in the exchanges and we risk get hit in the blast. I doubt even one or two nukes can blow away this large island."

Jin: "I agree and I also don't believe our team has the power to complete any of the three Bonus Missions at this time. I just thought I'll tell you. You seem to have a real knack at completing Side Quest and Hidden Side Quest according to Aqua, so I thought you’d be interested in my ideas for Bonus Missions as well."

Shin: "Aqua, huh? (Is she still mad about my actions way back in H.O.T.D? I hope not.) Anyways, those kinds of Hidden Side Quest or whatever you call them might be real, but they are too dangerous for us and we also don't have the time or room to take on the extra danger. It is almost certain Team Germany will appear in the next four days. We also failed to find a location where we can hide out and defend from Team Germany for the remaining month that we planned for. We don't have the ability to search for more dangers."

Jin: "It is unfortunate, but we have to risk running into Team Germany. If we still plan to not fight with them we can complete the mission by obtain all 100 Designated Pocket Cards and leaving Greed Island. To do so... we first have to gain a certain Designated Pocket Card. This Card will give us the advantage we need to control the flow of the Game and we must acquire it within the next two days at the latest before Team Germany arrives four days from now on Day 61! Card number #002 'Patch of Shore'! Acquiring it will not only give us the edge in the Main Mission, but reveal Bomber for us as well!"

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Look back to the Quest page for the differences between Side Quest and Bonus Missions. Also, another chapter will come out later today.