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    [Hunter x Hunter] Scamming My Way to the Top
    Threadmarks: Chapter 50: Half a Percent of Silence

    • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Chapter 50: Half a Percent of Silence • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Tonpa remained curled among the leaves, one hand gripping the branch he had been about to use to climb down. The sound that had broken the forest's silence had not been his imagination. A shoe...
  2. Boumargood

    [Hunter x Hunter] Scamming My Way to the Top
    Threadmarks: Chapter 49: A Faceless Pursuer

    • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Chapter 49: A Faceless Pursuer • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Killua remained by the edge of the ship, watching the direction in which Gon had disappeared until the two minutes elapsed. The attendant gestured toward the gangway. "You may disembark now." Killua...
  3. Boumargood

    [Hunter x Hunter] Scamming My Way to the Top
    Threadmarks: Chapter 48: The Cheapest Sacrifice

    • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Chapter 48: The Cheapest Sacrifice • ────────── ◆ ────────── • The question lingered in Tonpa's mind until the coastline disappeared behind them. The deck shifted beneath his feet with every wave, while his fingers kept brushing the card inside his pocket to make...
  4. Boumargood

    [Hunter x Hunter] Scamming My Way to the Top
    Threadmarks: Chapter 47: Things That Don't Change

    • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Chapter 47: Things That Don't Change • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Tonpa remained beside his companions, the card bearing 303 hidden inside his clothes. A few moments later, Lippo placed a hand over the box. The draw was over. Nothing in the courtyard had visibly...
  5. Boumargood

    [Hunter x Hunter] Scamming My Way to the Top
    Threadmarks: Chapter 46: A Useful Divergence

    • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Chapter 46: A Useful Divergence • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Hands continued disappearing into the box and emerging again. Each time an applicant stepped away from the cart with a card partially concealed between his fingers, Tonpa's eyes moved to his face, then...
  6. Boumargood

    [Hunter x Hunter] Scamming My Way to the Top

    Thanks for reading, and I appreciate the honest feedback. I see what you mean about the short back-and-forth dialogue. I'll pay more attention to it and work on making future conversations feel more natural and purposeful. Thanks for pointing it out!
  7. Boumargood

    [Hunter x Hunter] Scamming My Way to the Top
    Threadmarks: Chapter 45: Twenty-Eight Possibilities

    • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Chapter 45: Twenty-Eight Possibilities • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Lippo gave Tonpa no time to count the ways the next phase might kill him. The examiner finished congratulating them, closed the file, and tucked it beneath his arm. "Follow me. It's time to...
  8. Boumargood

    [Hunter x Hunter] Scamming My Way to the Top
    Threadmarks: Chapter 44: Four Too Many

    • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Chapter 44: Four Too Many • ────────── ◆ ────────── • The rest room gave them food, bandages, and an hour of peace. It did not give Tonpa a miracle. When he stood to leave, his shoulder immediately reminded him that it was still attached to his body. The pain had...
  9. Boumargood

    [Hunter x Hunter] Scamming My Way to the Top
    Threadmarks: Chapter 43: One-Sided Trust

    • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Chapter 43: One-Sided Trust • ────────── ◆ ────────── • They had taken barely ten steps down the passage when Tonpa's legs buckled beneath him. His body veered toward the wall, but Gon reached out and caught his uninjured arm. Tonpa tried to straighten without...
  10. Boumargood

    [Hunter x Hunter] Scamming My Way to the Top
    Threadmarks: Chapter 42: Tonpa the Honest

    • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Chapter 42: Tonpa the Honest • ────────── ◆ ────────── • As the final notification faded from Tonpa's sight, the room trembled beneath his feet. A heavy grinding noise came from inside the wall behind him, followed by a succession of metallic clicks around the...
  11. Boumargood

    [Hunter x Hunter] Scamming My Way to the Top
    Threadmarks: Chapter 41: Repentance Under Observation

    • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Chapter 41: Repentance Under Observation • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Tonpa continued staring at the mission window, trying to extract an answer from lines that refused to change. The System gave him nothing. In front of him, what remained of the prisoner's smile...
  12. Boumargood

    [Hunter x Hunter] Scamming My Way to the Top
    Threadmarks: Chapter 40: A Deal Between Two Schemers

    • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Chapter 40: A Deal Between Two Schemers • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Tonpa did not move. The prisoner's hand hovered just short of his uninjured shoulder, large enough to close around his entire head, while the words "I'll show you where my mother is" lingered in...
  13. Boumargood

    [Hunter x Hunter] Scamming My Way to the Top
    Threadmarks: Chapter 39: A Family Visit

    • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Chapter 39: A Family Visit • ────────── ◆ ────────── • The prisoner's eyes twitched and slid to the side against his will. His chin followed by a fraction, but the movement stopped halfway. The muscles in his neck tightened, and his feet remained planted as...
  14. Boumargood

    [Hunter x Hunter] Scamming My Way to the Top
    Threadmarks: Chapter 38: An Expired Expert

    • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Chapter 38: An Expired Expert • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Tonpa did not lose consciousness completely. He remained trapped in that miserable space between wakefulness and oblivion, hearing the voices around him as though they were passing through layers of water...
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    [Hunter x Hunter] Scamming My Way to the Top
    Threadmarks: Chapter 37: Borrowed Experience

    • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Chapter 37: Borrowed Experience • ────────── ◆ ────────── • Gon remained beside Killua after catching his arm and helping him regain his balance, while Kurapika and Leorio approached cautiously without taking their eyes off the prisoner. Leorio bent slightly to...
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