Hunter X Hunter

Rare Beast and Exotic Beast animals.

Treasure, secret treasure.

Demon Realm, Secret Realm.

All this is due to the allure of the word "[unknown]", which makes countless people willingly become its captives.

They are called [Hunter x Hunter].

Whale Island.

The place where it all began.

This is an island whose shape resembles a whale floating on the sea.

This small island was once home to a world-renowned top Hunter x Hunter.

Currently, he is considered one of the world's Five Great Nen Users.

Kim Fuglits.

On a forest lake on an island.

A boy who looked no more than eleven or twelve years old was fishing, his body camouflaged with the surrounding grass.

The water surface broke open with a splash.

The boy used tremendous strength completely out of his age to drag a huge, three-meter-long monster fish up with his fishing rod:

"Haha! They've taken the bait!"

The boy named Gon shouted excitedly.

He returned to the Small Town carrying the fish.

The townspeople passing by all looked at the familiar young man.

"What an amazing child!"

"This must be the King of the Swamp; even five adults working together might not be able to fish it up."

"That's amazing! I thought no one would be able to catch it for at least ten years."

Wow! That's amazing!

Ignoring these comments, Gon threw the fish on the ground and looked at a beautiful woman.

"I've kept my promise and fished up the King of the Swamp, so Aunt Mito must also keep her promise!"

As he spoke, he held up a form in his hand.

The small form is the Hunter Application Form.

In other words, this boy, who is only eleven or twelve years old, is going to participate in one of the most difficult trials in the world.

The woman known as Mito clearly didn't want the boy in front of her to participate in such things and become a Hunter x Hunter.

Even she couldn't refuse the boy's gaze, especially since it was a promise.

He reluctantly signed his name.

Watching the boy run to the mailbox at the port.

"Like father, like son?"

Mito sighed, but she had never told the child that his father was a Hunter x Hunter, and she didn't know where he got the information from.

And the child's name.

It is Jay Fuglits.

His father was Kim.

Nosra Manor.

Men Qi and Buhara stood at the Gate.

Men Qi stood with her hands on her hips, helplessly watching the scene inside.

"After a whole year, you're finally willing to step out of this door."

She had just rushed back, and her purpose in coming back was to go to the Hunter Association with Kevin.

Go and prepare for the Hunter Exam.

That's right, it's already the end of 1998.

The new round of exams will be held on January 7, 1999.

As examiners, they naturally needed to prepare in advance.

"This was planned a long time ago, and it's really unnecessary, so why do we have to go out this door?"

Kevin, who was talking to others in the lobby, turned around and gave a helpless explanation when he heard the complaints at the door.

He really hasn't left the house much this past year, but there's nothing he can do about it.

There is one thing that must be acknowledged.

That is, it is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

Kevin has already been to the Dark Continent. The Dark Continent is full of C-grade Material, and with a little effort, you can get B-Rank materials. If you are willing to take some risks, then A-Rank materials are not impossible.

Having been to such places, he found it very difficult to muster the energy to go hunting again after returning.

There's nothing I can do.

The number of suppliers for Pharmacy has now increased slightly.

The primary suppliers are Men Qi and his companion, followed by Kite, Qiduo also supplies them.

In addition, there is a member of the Twelve Zodiacs who became a [supplier] six months ago and has provided a lot of materials in just six months.

The Gell now Illumi.

This is a poison Hunter x Hunter, and interestingly, she is also a pharmacist, though not like Kevin who uses Nen ability to create potions.

Sometimes Kim would send materials for no apparent reason, but this wasn't out of kindness; it was because he was using Kevin as a testing device.

This means Kevin doesn't actually lack C-rank materials; he has a stable supply channel, and he even cultivates some of the more useful ones himself.

To be honest, this part cost him a huge amount of money.

But it's not a loss.

But this is also where the problem lies: the expansion of the aquaculture business has greatly increased Squala's burden.

As a result, Squala's Nen ability even improved considerably through long hours of labor.

But this person is not particularly talented, and his mindset is that of someone who lives for the mundane.

He spends all his time being affectionate with his girlfriend, and has even started thinking about getting married, buying a house, and having children.

He complained more than once that his workload was becoming increasingly outrageous.

If this continues, he'll be exhausted to death.

The problem is, if there were so many suitable Nen user, he wouldn't be the only one.

In any case, he was actually quite busy during the year he spent at the Manor.

It would take a considerable amount of time just to process the harvest from the Dark Continent into finished products and convert them into power.

Aside from some temporary trivial matters, his behavior this year can be summarized in a few words.

Pharmaceutical manufacturing, memory, and exercise.

If you translate ability into data, Kevin doesn't appear to have increased much.

However, due to his increased proficiency, his skills have improved significantly compared to a year ago.

Because his year-long journey across the Dark Continent had given him so much potential, he didn't even have time to fully absorb and utilize it.

Things have only just begun to stabilize.

After all, both B-rank and A-rank Nen ability Nen ability a long period of training to reach their full potential.

"Alright, let's hurry up and leave now that we're done talking, we might be the last to arrive."

Men Qi urged, as she was not one to be late.

Kevin nodded, then turned to look at the group of people in front of him and said.

"For those of you who aren't Hunter x Hunter yet, these next few days are the last chance to sign up."

However, don't expect me to be of any help as an examiner; the operation of the Manor is in your hands now.

He then waved to the crowd.

Melusina goodbye and left the Manor with Men Qi.

It's not that Kevin didn't want to bring Melusina.

Rather, it's because Melusina herself isn't Hunter x Hunter; she's also one of the people taking the exam this time.

After watching the two leave.

Melusina excitedly pumped her fist.

"The Hunter Exam! I'm going to take it too!"

She was so excited because the Hunter Association has a considerable influence in society, and its members appear in many manga.

Especially urban romance comics.

It often features a male or female protagonist, or both of them, who are Hunter x Hunter.

After a moment of excitement, she glanced at Nion beside her and asked regretfully.

Are you really not going?

Nion shook her head decisively.

"No way! Hunter x Hunter are so boring. I've looked it up online, there are all sorts of exams, some of them are really disgusting."

As she spoke, Nion waved her hand dismissively.

After all, the questions for each exam are set by the examiners themselves, and they often come up with some strange questions that ordinary people would not think of.

That's why there's a saying that even Nen user can't pass the Hunter x Hunter Exam if their professional skills aren't up to par or they're unlucky.

Furthermore, combat is unavoidable during exams, and Nion is a kind child who cannot bring herself to harm others.

Otherwise, she wouldn't possess such a Nen ability, one that is purely for the sake of others.

Kurapika looked at everyone and said, "It should be confirmed that it's these few, right? Squala, aren't you interested?"

Standing to the side, Squala, who was cuddling with his girlfriend, shook his head decisively upon hearing this.

Even his girlfriend couldn't help but hug him tightly.

Basho, who was standing next to him, slapped him on the head.

"You spineless coward! You're Nen user! Even if your Nen ability isn't very useful in combat, it's still stronger than an ordinary person's. Why are you being so cowardly?"

"You're not allowed to bully him! You rotten banana head!"

Squala's girlfriend was furious and punched Basho in the arm.

Looking closely at her, I could even see she was using Nen Aura.

That's right.

Almost everyone at the Nosra Manor is Nen user, from maids to security guards.

Their ability to become Nen user was naturally due to the drugs Kevin used.

Kevin cannot guarantee that every one of these people is trustworthy, but he can guarantee that they will at least not harm them without endangering their lives.

This is already a very good level of Loyalty.

These maids and servants, including security personnel, have been working at the Nosra Manor for many years.

There is no problem with basic trust.

Naturally, everyone started to think.

However, their employment contracts were also renewed for another ten years.

But after all, they are just ordinary people, people with no particular talent.

Even with the opening of mindfulness, very few people have been able to properly cultivate the Four Major Principles over the past year.

Squala's girlfriend already has a bit of talent; she even developed her own Nen ability some time ago.

Although his Nen ability is quite ordinary.

With so many experimental samples, Kevin, after teaching them basic Nen ability knowledge, did not interfere with their Nen ability development beyond simple training.

Then it was discovered that these Nen user, who could be equated with ordinary people, had Nen ability that were almost all related to their hobbies and work.

For example, Squala's girlfriend is Nion's personal maid, someone who has been working for her for almost ten years.

They are the type of person who can be absolutely trusted.

Her Nen ability is [Maid's Ritual].

You can tell what it is just by its name.

Unleashing one's Nen ability grants the ability to have several invisible hands, a degree of autonomy, and proficiency in various household chores and caring for others.

For example, right now.

A cup of black tea floated brightly in the sky and landed in front of Nion, as if used to it, took it and drank it.

That's right, these hands are [hidden]. Even though she wasn't taught any skills in this area, her Nen ability just happens to include this thing.

Despite having only so much talent, he still expended a small portion of his potential to imbue his Nen ability with [Invisibility].

After communicating with her, it was discovered that she simply thought that seeing hands would frighten the guests and make the people she was taking care of uncomfortable.

The idea of an object acting out of thin air is actually easier to accept.

At this moment, Squala continued to shake his head and explain in response to the two men's words.

"I'm preparing to marry Alisa. I work in animal husbandry, and I've saved enough money to have a stable job. I don't want to risk more danger for a so-called Hunter License."

Although Squala isn't particularly strong, he is a Nen user, so fighting isn't difficult for him.

He had even experienced life-or-death battles, and more than once.

But it was precisely because he had experienced this life-or-death battle that he understood that kind of experience.

If he had just arrived at the Nosra Manor, he would never have refused such an opportunity.

After all, there were so many familiar and powerful individuals taking the exam together, and the examiners were all people they knew.

Even if the examiner doesn't go easy on you, your chances of passing will increase dramatically.

This can be seen by looking at Basho and Goreinu.

Those two guys only got in easily because they latched onto Kevin and Kite's coattails.

If I go to take the exam this time, I'll be going to be paired with top-tier players.

Even so, there are still risks.

He had fallen completely in love with Alisa and was preparing to get married; he had even made many plans for their future life together.

I don't want to take unnecessary risks.

Unless it's Kevin's request.

If Kevin needed him to become Hunter x Hunter, he would naturally agree immediately. But since Kevin had given him the freedom to choose, he was naturally unwilling to take unnecessary risks.

Alisa strongly agreed with this.

"Cut."

Basho pouted in dissatisfaction.

"Then it's definitely me, Pairo, Sister Melusina, and Shalnark."

The reason why Shalnark will participate is very simple.

Hunter License is readily available.

And it was a good experience overall.

Kurapika made the final confirmation, picked up the registration form, and went outside.

"Auntie, aren't you going too?"

"Nion asked, holding Rosana's arm."

Rosana smiled and shook her head.

"No need. I don't need to go out, and I don't need those so-called conveniences if I stay in the Manor, right?"

Because of her Nen ability, Rosana needs to stay at the Manor for extended periods.

Gradually, she became the person in charge of various tasks within the Manor.

She was in charge of everything: bodyguards, maids, cooks, and the construction and maintenance of the Manor buildings.

She enjoys this kind of life and naturally has no need for Hunter License.

"I wonder what kind of exam Kevin will set?"

Melusina lay on the sofa, lost in thought, muttering to herself.

Upon hearing this, those around him couldn't help but start to think.

Given Kevin's personality and the purpose of his trip, what would be the purpose of the test he set up?