"This is Hisoka's personal channel. We can see that Hisoka, the fruit farmer, is pruning the branches of the trees around him..." Su Wu narrated as he recorded, carrying out the whole sequence of actions with practiced ease.
Suddenly, as if he'd thought of something important, he stopped recording.
"Ah, are those examiners still alive?" His expression turned strange.
Hisoka had been slaughtering people all the way here. The life energy of the few individuals still around seemed... pretty weak.
There was no way to tell which ones were examiners by their strength anymore—they all seemed so weak.
But there were still people alive at the place where the examiners had judged the food...
He hadn't passed the Hunter Exam yet, had he? If those examiners were dead, then he'd failed too.
So this trip had been a waste... Well, not entirely.
At least he'd checked in with one of the Hunter World's famous sights—Hisoka. Though it wasn't during one of Hisoka's iconic scenes, like when he was fresh out of the bath.
The real thing was even more twisted than he'd seemed in the anime.
He'd gotten to enjoy the thrill of collecting convention stamps in another world. Pretty nice.
"Well, I'll get going." Su Wu left Hisoka in his confused state and vanished in a flash.
At this point, Hisoka attacked anything that came near him. Su Wu had no idea how long this would last, and was a little curious about Hisoka's reaction once he came to his senses. Too bad he wouldn't get to see it.
The examiners, whose lives were still uncertain, were more important.
Along the way, Su Wu saw quite a few dead examinees. Most had died the same way, with playing cards stuck in them.
Some were still breathing, but they were so badly injured that they'd probably die without treatment.
Su Wu ignored them and focused entirely on finding the examiners.
At last, he found three people in one spot—or rather, one examiner who was barely alive, with only a breath left, and two corpses.
This was bad. Only one was left.
Su Wu hurried over to Hutori, who had only one last breath in him. He rummaged through his backpack for medicine and poured it into Hutori's mouth, all the while cheering him on.
"Come on, hang in there. Don't die so soon."
"At least wait until you've announced that I passed before you kick the bucket."
"The treasure I found has to be worth the most, right?" Su Wu pried Hutori's eyelids open so he could see the treasure he'd brought.
He'd collected all the treasure chests beside the bodies he'd seen along the way. And with no other examinees left to compete with him, who else could come first if not him?
"Say something, Examiner." He shook Hutori's head, urging him to answer.
"If you keep shaking him, he really will die." A man leaped down from a nearby tree.
He wore a long-sleeved hooded sweatshirt and a cap. His face was utterly ordinary, the kind you'd forget as soon as you saw it, and he barely had any presence.
"So how did the exam go? I took it seriously, you know. You can't make me come all this way for nothing because someone caused an accident." Su Wu wasn't surprised to see him. He spoke listlessly.
This guy had been following him ever since the exam began. And it wasn't just him—someone had been following Hisoka, as well as the two nonhumans.
Probably one of the examiner team, assigned to keep an eye on dangerous examinees... Wait.
What did that have to do with him? He wasn't dangerous.
Su Wu thought it over carefully and decided he was harmless, friendly, and not the sort of person who needed to be watched.
Then it had to be because he was so outstanding that they'd put him under close observation.
"If I don't pass, I'll be angry." The white-haired boy sat cross-legged beside Hutori, resting his chin on one hand as he spoke with drooping eyelids and a lazy air.
The dangerous aura surrounding him was the complete opposite of his relaxed, calm demeanor.
Redy Yuno, one of the auxiliary examiners for the 286th Hunter Exam, couldn't help breaking into a cold sweat.
Facing a boy like this, he couldn't help feeling afraid.
He'd seen the boy fight Hisoka with his own eyes. Even Hisoka had been forced to keep his distance, dodging the boy's attacks by constantly changing positions.
He should never have taken the job as an auxiliary examiner for that little reward... This was practically blood money.
Most of the other auxiliary examiners were dead. He was the only one still alive, having followed the white-haired boy from the start.
That was probably because the boy hadn't bothered with him.
"Well, everyone saw how you performed. The footage has already been sent to the Hunter Association." Redy cautiously took two steps back before explaining.
"I see." Su Wu stood up and stopped paying attention to Examiner Hutori.
Seeing this, Redy silently backed away several more steps, even praying that the boy would pass.
Otherwise, if he came back next year...
"Relax. If I wanted to kill you, you'd already be dead." The white-haired, blue-eyed boy glanced at him and said with a snort.
For some reason, hearing this actually reassured Redy. At least it meant the boy didn't want to kill him.
"I think I forgot something..." Su Wu stood still and thought for a moment.
What had he forgotten?
"Congratulations, you passed." After taking a call and replying to the other person with a serious expression, Redy turned to Su Wu and said this.
"Ah, I remember now. The monkey's gone." Su Wu suddenly realized at the same time.
"Is anyone still alive?" Redy couldn't help asking.
"Yeah. Probably about... twenty or thirty." Su Wu answered calmly.
That number included the monkey, Tonpa, and the two nonhumans, as well as a few people who were dying but hadn't died yet.
"I'm going to find someone. Wait here." As soon as the white-haired boy finished speaking, he disappeared.
"So there are still thirty-odd people alive..." Redy murmured thoughtfully.
He'd get someone to take the surviving examinees away.
Three minutes later, Su Wu found Maro near the coast.
He'd told Maro to run farther away, and Maro had really gone quite a distance.
"Sir!" Maro was leaning against a tree, his expression vacant. When he saw the white-haired boy appear, he hurried over excitedly.
"What do we do now?" He didn't ask who'd won the fight or offer any other opinions. He only asked what they should do next.
"Ah, Hisoka killed a pile of examinees, and most of the examiners are dead too. The survivors can't move either. Unless something unexpected happens, we're the only two who passed this exam." Su Wu yawned, grabbed Maro by the collar, and used Cang to carry him away at high speed.
Redy was sensible enough to stay where he was and wait for them to return.
Su Wu let go, and Maro shook his head, still dazed.
"When do we get our Hunter Licenses?" Su Wu asked.
"You'll need to take an airship to the final venue. The Hunter Licenses are issued after the interview." Redy spoke as soon as he saw them return.
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