Chapter 5: Training II

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"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH..." I screamed until even screaming wasn't an option anymore, until I couldn't feel any part of my body.

A continuous cycle of hellish agony, whenever I think I'm gonna pass out, the torture stops.

I can't see it but he is probably signaling to whoever is watching on the cameras that are in the room about what to do.

I don't know how long the cycle continued, but by the end, I couldn't even breathe nor did I have any control over my body.

He gave me all the time I need until I could breathe stably and get the feel of my body again.

I opened my eyes only to notice him approaching me with a syringe in his hand which he directly injected into my left upper arm.

My face couldn't help but twitch, not because of pain but because I know what is within the syringe... poison.

I can feel anger building up inside me, after all that pain and suffering, you're still going further, and with that comes a trace of killing intent as I looked at his emotionless eyes. I'm sure he can feel it, my emotions are an open book to him right now, I'm not at the level where I can mask my emotions under such circumstances.

Until all that anger and intent slowly got replaced by pure calmness and tranquility as I closed my eyes.

I understand now, this is how the Zoldycks control their emotions, by constant torture until emotions can't affect you and cloud your judgment.

Anyone under constant pain is bound to feel certain emotions until they get used to it, negative emotions which are the hardest to hide and control.

Emotions are one of the defining features of human beings or sentient creatures in general, but it's also a weakness.

I don't want to be an emotionless object but negative emotions are not welcomed in my life.

So I just have to not allow anything that'll make me feel any negative emotions to happen.

This gave me an idea for a vow I can make once I create my Hatsu, but for it to be worth the risk I need to set the bar to what can make me feel negative emotions to a very low level.

I need to get to a level where I can hardly feel sadness or anger or any emotion that'll activate the vow...

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Hassam POV

A monster among monsters, I thought the family head is crazy when he instructed me on the training plan for him, after all, the kid is only a year and a half old.

Training like that can break his mind, but I didn't question it nor did I want to, all I have to do is to follow orders.

Monstrous physical strength for his age, also I already know he learned shadow steps but adapting to the added weight until he can use it in that small amount of time is too abnormal.

Though the most abnormal thing of all and what made me sweat profusely is how fast he calmed down after the torture, being able to get his emotions that fast...

His killing intent is nowhere near enough to scare me, what scares me is what he can become... .....

Every time they increase the dose of the poison, this happens, several nights without sleep.

After all, how can I sleep when all I can feel is throbbing pain, usually it takes me just about a day or two to adapt and be able to sleep, but this time, they increased the dose way too much.

I couldn't sleep for six days, even my brain couldn't force me to sleep because of the constant pain, and yet I had to keep training, Air Squats, Push-Ups, Dips, Sit-Ups, Pull-Ups, and constant running.

Though what I found the most surprising is my mental state since I calmed down after the electricity resistance training, I found my tolerance to pain has increased quite a lot or more like my will has become firmer.

One thing that I'm thankful for is being able to stay in 'Zetsu' under extreme pain, after all the attention and time I gave to perfecting my Zetsu, it became more like an instinct to me.

Besides, staying in Zetsu can help me push my limits a lot since Zetsu can also be used to relieve fatigue since it forces the body's external layer of aura to be fully contained within.

The second week wasn't as bad as I started getting used to the pain, but I'm pretty sure by the next month, they'll increase the voltage, they'll also increase the weighs and add a more lethal poison.

I made sure to run as much as I can since speed is quite important to me, my goal is to at least surpass the speed of sound before canon starts.

I and Illumi were both born in 1975 which means I have about 23 years before gon starts his journey and an extra 2 years before chimera ants appear.

According to the information I have, Netero took about 6 years to get to the attacking speed he has shown which is much faster than Killua's godspeed which is estimated to be about 17,5 mach (1 mach is the speed of sound).

But I can't dedicate 6 years the same way Netero did, after all, I still have so much to learn, from Nen techniques to assassin techniques.

Besides, I want my moving speed to be as fast as my attacking speed, unlike Netero.

Also, Killua was able to open the fifth door of the testing gate after chimera ants arc which weighs 64 tons at the age of 14.

I need to do much better, considering that the testing gate consists of seven doors. Each of the two panels of the first, smallest door weighs two tons, and a bigger panel weighs twice as much as the panel immediately preceding it.

The gate is designed so that it opens the door corresponding to the strength of the pushing force, so the seventh gate weighs 256 tons, lets set that as my goal before turning 14, after all, I want to be an all-rounder, no weaknesses.