The Hunter Exam was brutally cruel.
As long as the rules allowed it, the examiners would not intervene even if the applicants slaughtered one another.
Usually, anyone who followed the rules and completed the examiner's task could pass—even a demon.
Hisoka, who had taken the Hunter Exam the previous year, understood this well. That was why he had dared to go on a killing spree during the first phase.
After all, as long as he broke no rules, he would not be disqualified.
If an examiner changed the rules on the spot and intervened, that was fine too.
Hisoka would simply cripple that examiner, then return to take the exam again next year.
So, in theory, Illumi's plan was viable.
For this phase, Buhara's task was to bring him a whole roasted pig within three hours and satisfy him with it.
In other words—
Anyone who failed to present a whole roasted pig within three hours would lose the right to advance to the next phase.
And Illumi—no, all the applicants—could interfere with others as competitors while completing the task.
There was actually no need to kill them. Knocking the other applicants unconscious would be a gentler approach.
But Illumi clearly had no concept of gentleness. He preferred killing the other applicants, or using Needle People to make the process more efficient.
"Using Needle People would be faster."
Illumi stepped into the forest. To obtain his Hunter License quickly and make Killua return home, he had decided to kill the other applicants during this phase.
The moment he thought of it, he acted.
That was how Illumi operated.
He entered the forest and began searching for targets.
Two applicants traveling together were wandering along the forest's edge, only to catch the eye of Illumi as he entered.
Whoosh, whoosh—
Faint