Leaving everyone in the dust

The Hunter Exam was the only way to obtain a Professional Hunter's license, and hundreds of thousands, sometimes even millions, of applicants signed up every year.

But usually, fewer than one in ten managed to reach the site of the first phase.

Tonpa was a veteran applicant. He had started taking the Hunter Exam at ten years old and had participated thirty times so far.

This year would be his thirty-first Hunter Exam.

When he first took the Hunter Exam, Tonpa had been just like the other applicants, hoping to obtain a Hunter License.

But after repeated failures, some things had naturally begun to change.

Gradually, Tonpa stopped yearning for a Hunter License.

Now, his favorite thing to do during the Hunter Exam was personally push those spirited young people into a hell called despair.

That was the real reason he had persisted through thirty Hunter Exams.

Because he frequently sabotaged rookie applicants during the Hunter Exam, Tonpa had earned himself a reputation among the veterans, acquiring nicknames like "Rookie Terminator" and "Rookie Crusher."

"Those two unfamiliar faces should be the last batch..."

Blending into the crowd, Tonpa quietly studied Moyu and Menchi, who had just arrived.

They both looked about sixteen or seventeen.

The boy was slender and looked calm and composed, with a long sword in a black sheath hanging at his waist.

Judging by the slightly sharp edge to his presence, he was undoubtedly skilled.

Ignoring Moyu's envy-inducing face, Tonpa formed a rough assessment of his abilities from his initial observations.

As for the girl...

To him, she was simply a young girl swept up in the novelty of it all. She had barely arrived before she started looking around curiously, practically announcing that she was a rookie.

In any case, lively youngsters like these stirred his