Ponzu's poison bees were no harmless little honeybees. They were hornets carrying venom.
Normally, only a few hornets needed to sting a target at the same time to trigger a severe allergic reaction.
The general process began with swelling and redness at the sting sites, which gradually spread throughout the body before the victim finally went into shock and died in excruciating pain.
That was what made her precious hornets so terrifying.
Although they were not as aggressive and violent as murderous bees, they would not normally approach strangers so easily either.
Therefore, whether it was the examinee whose entire body had swollen red from stings yet acted as if nothing had happened, or the man before her surrounded by so many hornets, both dealt Ponzu's understanding of the world a blow like being rammed by a dragon.
"Who exactly are you...?!"
Facing Ponzu's emotionally charged question, Moyu casually tossed aside the Ball-Headed Needle that had lost its Nen attachment and thought for a moment.
A few breaths later, he lowered his gaze toward Ponzu, whose face was filled with disbelief, and calmly said, "An examiner passing by."
"What?!"
Ponzu froze and instinctively glanced at the number tag on Moyu's chest. A string of question marks abruptly surfaced in her mind.
An examiner?
How could that be?!
Leaving aside the fact that each individual test only had one examiner, before the exam ended, neither the Examination Committee nor the examiners would intervene regardless of whether examinees encountered accidents or emergencies.
Rescue operations like the one carried out by this man wearing a silicone mask would usually only begin after a stage of the exam had ended.
This was something most examinees knew before registering for the Hunter Exam.
Ponzu understood that perfectly well too.
But—
Her gaze moved from the