Inside the airship, the scattered groups of people stared blankly at Dio and the other two playing off one another, sinking deep into thought.
Captain Fengbo turned toward the crowd and said with a chuckle, "Everything I just said was nonsense I made up. Of course the Hunter Association will take responsibility for getting everyone back to the ground. Naturally, that will have to be delayed for a while."
He then stopped paying attention to the bewildered crowd. Honestly, these people had neither strength nor intelligence, so it was very hard for him to care much about them.
"Mr. Dio, are you here today to... inspect things?"
Fengbo walked over to Dio, discreetly glancing at Bokushin beside him.
A cute-looking girl? There were signs of training, but it was very rough.
Hmm... understood.
A girl who wanted to become a professional Hunter, hanging around a man who was the Hunter Association's former Vice-Chairman. Anyone could guess their relationship without even using their brain.
Speaking of which, did Vice-Chairman Cheadle know about this? Should I report it?
After all, a professional Hunter helping a candidate along really did skirt the rules...
But Dio's answer derailed his entire train of thought. "No, I'm here to take the exam. I'm not a professional Hunter yet."
"Huh?" ×2
Fengbo and Yoke exclaimed in shock at the same time, then exchanged looks, each seeing disbelief in the other's eyes.
Dio certainly had no reason to tell such an easily exposed lie. So, working backward, he had not even been a professional Hunter when he became Vice-Chairman?
Something this absurd was as ridiculous as the **kage of **ha Village being a genin...
"Ahem, all right... then shouldn't you hurry up and parachute down now, Mr. Dio? You should be able to tell this is part of