Living in Hunter x Hunter

Since Lucci was able to manage things on his own without needing anyone to take care of him, he has been living in an employee room on the 100th floor, which of course cannot compare to the luxury suites on the 200th floor and above.

If Lucci were willing to ask his adoptive father for help, he could obtain quite a few "privileges".

However, he did not choose to do so.

There are some things he still wants to acquire on his own.

Lucci wasn't in a hurry.

The following day, Lucci resumed his work.

Unexpectedly, I ran into an acquaintance, who was contestant number 2558 from yesterday.

Of course, after passing through the first few floors and reaching the 50th floor, the players will start to be addressed by their names.

Lucci also learned the other person's name was Piccolo.

"It's you again!" Piccolo was also quite surprised to see Lucci. Lucci's features were so distinctive that he recognized him immediately.

His opponent was also a thin, frail young man.

Starting from the 50th floor, spectators can place bets on the outcome of the game.

This is also a lucrative business for Sky Arena.

Lucci did not reply.

Instead, they asked the two contestants if they were ready, and if so, the competition would begin.

As soon as Lucci finished speaking, the match began, and the two contestants immediately started fighting.

This player uses a defensive-offensive style.

Lucci could tell that his opponent wasn't confident enough in his own strength and planned to wait for the opponent's offensive to assess his abilities.

The skinny young man opposite him immediately adopted a standard martial arts stance, which Lucci recognized as belonging to a school called Iron Fist.

A martial arts style that emphasizes heavy punches.

The force of the punch made it very difficult for Bick to defend.

Clearly, his body is not very resistant to impact.

In just a few moves, Lucci could tell that the outcome of today's battle was already decided, and that it was different from yesterday's fight.

It's simply impossible to launch a sneak attack using the same methods this time.

When the gap in strength reaches a certain point, no amount of trickery or schemes will be of any use.

Clearly, this is the situation that the player named Bick is currently facing.

His luck was also very bad; he encountered this young martial artist on the 50th floor.

Bick was knocked to the ground by a punch, though he quickly got up.

But Lucci still quickly made the call.

"How did you make that ruling?" Piccolo was instantly dissatisfied. Although he was not as good as his opponent, the referee's behavior still made him very unhappy.

Lucci did not answer; in fact, he was simply adopting the referee's choice during the battle between Gon and Hisoka in the anime.

This refers to the act of quickly determining the score between two players whose abilities are significantly different, in order to avoid injury or death.

The Sky Arena is a very bloody arena; being crippled is considered a stroke of good luck.

This ruling increases the chances of survival for some participants and gives them another opportunity to challenge.

Lucci did not answer.

This, of course, drew dissatisfaction from some viewers.

Lucci's refereeing style is something that doesn't exist in the current Sky Arena.

As for the commentator, he added a couple of sentences to make amends for Lucci.

There was no other way; the battle had to continue.

In the end, Bick quickly lost the game.

His hands were hanging limply to the ground, looking powerless and in pain. Although Lucci had quickly scored, his arm was still fractured from the blow.

Given his current condition, he's likely to continue dropping levels.

Bick glared angrily at Lucci.

His opponent, however, saw through it all: "He's doing this for your own good. If you continue fighting, your arm won't be in this state now."

Then, staring at Lucci, he said, "So you quickly saw the difference in our abilities? No wonder you can become a referee at your age."

"The match is over. Both players, please leave the field immediately." Lucci said in a cold tone.

Bick understood after hearing this.

The displeasure on his face disappeared, and he sincerely bowed and thanked Lucci.

After leaving the arena, Bick received basic medical assistance from Sky Arena.

Lucci's work continues.

After everything was finished, Lucci was about to return to his room.

Bick was found in the stairwell on the 50th floor.

At this moment, Piccolo was struggling to eat bread. His hands were not strong enough, making even eating difficult.

His injuries had worsened by this point.

It's obvious that he participated in a competition again.

Next to him was a package, which was clearly all his possessions.

Although there are monetary rewards for those who come to the Sky Arena, the rewards for the earlier floors are not high, and you need to reach 100 floors before you can be provided with a room to stay.

Clearly, Bick is the kind of person who doesn't have money.

There are quite a few people like him; some contestants are even sleeping on the floor in the hallway.

Survival in this world is so hard!

This was Lucci's exclamation; he truly considered himself lucky.

After lunch, Lucci wasn't in a hurry to get back to work and took Phoenix back.

Instead, they left the Sky Arena.

Sky Arena fulfills all of life's needs.

But there are some things that the Sky Arena doesn't have, and that is books.

Although television already exists in this era, there are very few programs available, and relying solely on television is far from enough to learn more about the world.

Furthermore, Lucci also wanted to learn about information related to books.

To be fair, the area around Sky Arena is mostly filled with martial arts dojos, some famous and some not.

Martial arts were rampant throughout the city.

To find a bookstore, you have to be quite far from the Sky Arena.

The bookstore is called Conrad Bookstore.

It is the property of a mafia family.

It's hard to believe that a gang would run a bookstore.

"Luqi, it's been a long time since you've been here. I've prepared all the books you wanted." The owner of this bookstore is a young woman with blonde hair.

She was wearing a women's suit and a monocle.

The bookstore is very large, with two floors.

The bookstore's staff consisted of young women, and some were even children like Lu Qi.

At that moment, there were still some people in the bookstore learning to read and write.

"Isn't it time yet?"

"It's so painful!"

......

Those who were reading and learning to read had expressions of pain on their faces.

Lucci was already used to such scenes.

"Thank you, do you have any money left?" Lucci asked.

Lucci kept some money at the bookstore and would ask the manager to collect some books for him every now and then.

"Also, Lucci, I heard you recently became a referee?" Julia Conrad asked casually.

"Yeah, we're running out of money." Lucci nodded, making up a random excuse.

Lucci had already picked up a book and started reading.

The books this time are all related to novels.