"First of all, please prepare the dish I designate," Buhara said happily. On the one hand, some of the candidates present were able to understand food hunters, and on the other hand, he could finally eat something to fill his stomach.
"Only those who pass Buhara's test will be qualified to move on to the dish I designate," Menchi continued. "That means as long as both of us find it delicious, you will have successfully passed the second test."
No one spoke, but the dissatisfaction in their hearts continued to grow. After all, whether something was delicious or not was entirely subjective. Moreover, many of the candidates present were terrible at cooking.
"To put it simply," Menchi added, "as long as both of us think it tastes good, you pass. And this exam will end once we're full."
"The man looks like he can eat a lot, but the woman doesn't seem to eat much. It looks like this round will eliminate quite a few people," Hanzo muttered as he looked around, analyzing the situation while talking nonstop.
"So that's how it is. It really is cooking," kurta Kurapika thought calmly.
Meanwhile, leorio beside him looked utterly miserable.
"Tch, Uncle Ben has never cooked anything," leorio said gloomily. Although his life had been hard, he had never actually cooked for himself, which made this especially troublesome.
Cooking had nothing to do with strength. Even Nen ability wouldn't be of much help here.
"I didn't expect this round either," Killua raised an eyebrow. He hadn't expected the exam to really test cooking. His family had only taught him how to kill, not how to cook.
Illumi, who came from the same place as him, also tilted his head slightly.
"I've cooked before! The egg rice bowl I made was delicious!" gon said happily.
"Even Aunt Mito said my egg rice bowl tasted great!"
"Egg… egg rice bowl?" leorio replied weakly. "Alright, I get it. If we ever get the chance, you can make it for us."
Cooking really wasn't his strong suit, so he was feeling extremely worried.
"Seriously, how can there be such a strange question in the Hunter Exam?" leorio muttered. "If we knew the examiners' preferences and tastes, it might be possible, but how could we know that… wait a second!"
leorio suddenly trembled, and his dull eyes burst with light.
He immediately turned to look at Roy.
"Roy, can you find out information about those two food hunter examiners? It doesn't have to be much—just their tastes and preferences!"
leorio looked at Roy as if he had found a savior.
kurta Kurapika and Killua, who had been joking with gon, also brightened and looked at Roy expectantly.
Roy smiled and wrapped Ki around his fingers, causing them to emit a faint golden glow.
"Oh! Amazing! Is this also that Nen ability?" someone exclaimed.
The candidates seeing this for the first time stared with shining eyes.
No. 18 saw Roy activating his flashy mode again and couldn't help but pout.
Some nearby candidates also noticed the abnormality and turned to look.
"Look! That guy's fingers are glowing!"
"Seriously, what a strange person!"
"First flying, now glowing fingers. We'd better stay away from someone that weird."
Buhara, who was about to announce the test topic, and Menchi both froze and exchanged glances.
"A Nen ability?"
Outside the gate, on the branches, Satotz, who was secretly observing, narrowed his eyes slightly.
"After the flying ability, now glowing fingers? This candidate really is interesting. Things are getting more and more exciting."
Inside the room, after his fingers lit up, Roy glanced around and then focused his gaze on Buhara.
"Buhara. Twenty-seven years old. Born in the country of Baya. A one-star food hunter. Gentle and easygoing personality. Loves food, extremely gluttonous, with a huge appetite. His heavy body grants him strong defense and attack power. He has hunted many dangerous beast ingredients and possesses considerable strength. Am I right, Mr. Buhara?"
The examination room fell silent. All the candidates turned to look at Buhara, waiting for his response.
"Uh… that's right. You're absolutely right," Buhara said after a brief pause, clearly surprised.
"I didn't expect you to know my information, but it's useless. If you want to pass the test, you still need to make satisfactory food."
At the moment, Buhara was completely focused on eating and didn't think too deeply about how Roy knew all this.
"Alright, the second round of the Hunter Exam. The first test topic is—"
"I'm not finished yet, Mr. Buhara," Roy interrupted.
"Huh?"
"Mr. Buhara, you especially like barbecue, particularly roasted whole pig, which is also your favorite food. So the topic you're about to give us should be roasted whole pig, right?"
Buhara: "…"
He stared at Roy with a constipated expression.
This guy had even guessed his test question exactly.