At Joey's fingertip, aura gathered—smooth, focused, coalescing into a small, suspended sphere.
He maintained it for over a minute before gently flicking it at the round target across the living room.
Smack!
The aura orb struck the edge, burst apart with a sharp pop, and left the target wobbling.
Without pause, Joey began forming a second sphere.
This—basic emission training. Form an aura projectile. Launch it. Repeat.
Emission-type aura specializes in maintaining strength and cohesion even after it leaves the body. It's the system of mid-to-long-range power, control at a distance, and external force projection.
And while it's commonly thought of as a "ranged" system, true Emission-type masters—being adjacent to Enhancement—can hold their own up close.
Among its core expressions, the aura bullet was fundamental. Then came the spatial aspects—teleportation, warping, spatial slicing, dimensional swaps.
And of course—aura beasts.
Because Emission sits beside Manipulation, it's one of the best systems for crafting sentient Nen constructs.
Joey recalled those who exemplified his system:
Franklin, with his Double Machine Gun fingers, spraying lethal aura bullets.
Razor, from Greed Island—whose emission and aura beast coordination bordered on mythic. His volleyball-sized shots could sink boats. His summoned players made matches into warzones.
The Eleven Black Children—low-tier aura beasts that resembled real people. Weak, but situationally useful.
Leorio, who broke the rules with a long-range punch across space.
Gorenu, with his Black-White Sages that swapped places with people and objects.
He had plenty of inspiration, but he already knew where he wanted to go.
Not now—but soon.
For now, he needed to grind the basics. That meant aura bullets, over and over.
Besides, the aura bullet wasn't just foundational—it was Killer Queen's missing puzzle piece.
Specifically, Joey had long eyed the idea of crafting Stray Cat.
That feline Stand from JoJo, born from a plant and obsessed with defense, could fire compressed air bullets using stored pressure.
The parallels with Emission-type aura were obvious. A perfect candidate for Killer Queen's support module.
Killer Queen + Stray Cat = Controlled explosion ordinance, long-range killzone.
And yet, ever since awakening Gold Experience, the appeal of Stray Cat dulled.
Gold Experience was more versatile, more alive—literally. Through some minor Manipulation fusion, Joey could command living constructs far more dynamic than any cat-plant could ever be.
Still, he wouldn't abandon the bullet path. Not only did aura bullets fit his Emission base, but they'd also play a strategic role—injecting first bombs into seemingly harmless projectiles.
Killer Queen wasn't built for melee, but exploding projectiles? That was another story.
Gold Experience was for healing, scouting, utility. Emission would be his true combat branch.
But Joey had a long game.
He didn't want to rely on the wallet forever.
He didn't trust it. Not completely.
And so, he started planning a contingency—a way to build a Nen beast that could store Gold Experience.
An Emission construct—loyal, mobile, possibly autonomous. One that he could plug the wallet's Nen into. One that could act as buffer, filter, shield.
So even if the wallet someday betrayed him, all it would cost him was a beast—not his life.
He still hadn't let himself re-enter that Specialist state. No more syncing with the wallet. Just let it nourish him. Feed his growth.
In time, he'd have Gold Experience act as a purifier—filter the wallet's aura before it entered his core.
Especially after remembering how the wallet had once taken more than it gave.
Joey chuckled to himself at the idea that Nen systems reflected personality.
If that were true, what about Melody? The gentle, perceptive Emission-type user?
No. Theories were cute, but flawed.
His personality wasn't the issue—Kite just had too much data. Anyone in Kite's position could've read him like a book.
As for training Emission itself?
First, release aura from fingertips.
Then the palms.
Then other body parts.
Then all over.
Eventually, master-level Emission users could hover—sustain flight using aura flow alone.
That was the final benchmark of mastery.
Not everyone made it that far. In fact, over eighty percent of users never did.
Some gave up halfway, some made flying their special technique—but it was a world of difference between those who flew by necessity, and those who flew as default.
"Your ultimate move… is just my warm-up."
Joey, now barely flinging ping-pong–sized aura blobs, had a long way to go.
But he'd carved out the path. He'd chosen his systems.
Gold Experience, Specialist-type healing and utility, powered by a dangerous third-party source.
Killer Queen, augmented by Emission support techniques.
A future Nen beast to house and quarantine power he couldn't trust.
He was ready.
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