"Hisoka, the ones over there are the people who beat up the prey of the enemy family. You can't touch them before I make a move. I promise I'll help you with all my strength and facilitate the duel between you and your group leader~"
"Although these apples look sweeter, it is the ripeness of Chrollo that fascinates me even more!"
As if something interesting had come to mind, the fruit farmer Hisoka let out a "ho-ho" laugh.
...
Satotz turned his head to look at Roy and his group.
"Although I don't know where you obtained my information, if you read it out loud in public again and leak my personal details, I reserve the right to pursue this as a violation of privacy."
"Alright." Roy didn't pay attention to it at all. Privacy? Whether in the world before he arrived or in the Hunter x Hunter world now, it was nothing but a joke.
Satotz could naturally sense Roy's perfunctory attitude, but he was still shocked deep down.
"This candidate… every piece of information he stated about me was correct. Could his Nen ability be related to information gathering? Or does he have other abilities? And he even knows the robber's details. Heh, it seems this year's Hunter Exam will be quite lively~"
Satotz's information had naturally come from official Hunter records before Roy crossed over.As for the robber's information—
Well, no one would pay special attention to a bandit who had been dead for a long time, right?
Next, the group crossed the Lost Melo Wetland.
When Roy and No. 18 stepped onto the land again, all the fighting among the beasts immediately stopped. One by one, they trembled and retreated back into their nests.
This surprised Roy a little. He had expected those fierce beasts to fight recklessly for dominance and interfere with the candidates, but he hadn't expected them to be so intimidated.
At first, Satotz was somewhat puzzled, but when he smelled the blood in the air, he immediately understood. Something unknown had clearly happened in the Lost Melo Wetland.
This scent of blood was not only noticed by Satotz. Even Gon and the others sensed it, and they all raised their vigilance, closely following Satotz.
If Gon could smell it, then Hisoka naturally could as well. At this moment, his eyes were influenced by that aura, revealing a strong desire to kill.
"Ahhh—!"
A scream marked the beginning of the slaughter.
After the ferocious beasts retreated, it was naturally the examinees themselves who posed the greatest threat.
The three of Gon's group did not separate as they had in the original story. After obtaining Nen, they stayed close to Satotz the entire time and never fell behind.
The candidate walking behind with Hisoka met a miserable fate.
By the time Roy and the others arrived at the site of the second test, it was already the end of the day, and Hisoka arrived late.
The number of candidates had dropped significantly compared to before. Naturally, all those missing were the ones who had never shown their faces again.
In the original exam, 149 people passed the first test. Looking at the current situation, there were only about one hundred left.
"Everyone, gather here."
Satotz didn't care about the life or death of the other candidates. When he saw that most of them had arrived, he gestured for the remaining candidates to stand together.
"Well, I would like to congratulate you all once again. Everyone standing here has passed the first test. I hope you will also pass the second test. I wish you all good luck."
Satotz congratulated the candidates in a flat tone.
After announcing the results, he didn't linger. He turned around and walked straight into the forest, disappearing from sight.
"That's great!" Gon said happily.
"Yes, a successful step forward," Leorio said confidently.
Meanwhile, deep in the forest where the candidates couldn't see—
"There are 103 people who passed the first test. Due to the situation in the Melo Wetland, it seems the second test will eliminate at least half of them again. Since the examiners are Menchi and Buhara, I'm afraid only forty or fifty will pass this round. Depending on the difficulty, there might even be fewer than ten left in the end. However, a few of them shouldn't have any problems at all. Especially the two candidates who can fly—this is the first time I've seen such a Nen ability. It should be very interesting. I'll observe for a while before leaving."
Originally, there were 149 candidates, but here, 46 had been eliminated because of Hisoka.
Satotz's curiosity was strong. Combined with the fact that the chief examiner of the next test was Menchi, whom he believed would make things entertaining, he decided to observe the situation further—especially the strange Nen abilities displayed by the two flying candidates.
He casually found a tree, took out a handkerchief, wiped his hands, and carefully watched the next developments.
Click. Click.
In front of the candidates, the appointed time arrived. The massive door with a clock mounted above it began to move, announcing the start of the second test.
After the first round, some candidates had relaxed slightly. Upon hearing the sound, they immediately tensed up again.
The huge, heavy gate slowly opened, revealing the scene inside bit by bit.
The first thing to catch the candidates' eyes was a beautiful girl wearing revealing clothes and sporting distinctive pink hair.
She was petite and delicate, yet had an exceptionally attractive figure.
After enduring exhausting running and the constant tension of the wetland, many candidates couldn't help but react similarly when they saw Menchi.