Conan's winery play house

Chapter 176 Hunter Exam

Kurapika hurriedly injected Leorio with the serum.

Peng Si also went up and carefully dragged Xiaojie's body back to a safe area, and also began to inject the other person with serum.

I don't know how much time passed, but both Xiaojie and Leorio woke up.

Leorio thanked Gon and Kurapika, and Gon thanked Pence for taking care of him.

The white-haired boy sat aside with Dafu and Cookie, not participating in them, as if he was in a world of his own.

"The exam time is coming soon. If we can't get out, we will fail the exam." Kurapika said as he looked at the cave entrance.

There are still countless venomous snakes there.

"Peng Si, you still have sleeping gas, let's make an exchange." Xiaojie looked at Peng Si aside, and suddenly took out a number plate.

That was Scar Peng's number plate. When he got the serum, he also got the opponent's number plate.

Important things are always kept together.

"This is the number plate you want. Use it in exchange for your sleeping gas to hypnotize all the poisonous snakes here." Xiaojie said.

"But once the sleeping gas is used, we will also be unconscious, and everyone will still be trapped here." Peng Si frowned.

"How long does the sleeping gas last?" Xiaojie asked.

"...About five minutes." Peng Si was stunned for a moment and answered.

"The longest time I have held my breath is nine minutes and forty-four seconds." Xiaojie said confidently.

"Believe me." His eyes were firm.

"But you are not well yet..." Peng Si was still hesitating.

"It's okay, I believe Xiaojie." Leorio suddenly said.

"I also think Xiaojie can do it." Kurapika also said.

Peng Si looked at the white-haired boy beside him who hadn't spoken much, feeling that he might be the only sober person.

So she quickly asked: "What about you? Do you agree to do this?"

"Xiaojie, just do it if you want to." The white-haired boy answered more casually.

At any rate, others believed that Xiaojie could do it, but he said that they could do it if they wanted to.

"...Okay." Peng Si lowered his head helplessly and took out the sleeping gas.

"You can release it when I make gestures." Xiaojie said, opening his mouth wide and inhaling, then puffing up his cheeks and starting to hold his breath, giving a thumbs up to Peng Si beside him.

Pence turned on the sleeping gas.

White gas suddenly filled the entire cave.

Cookie stuck out his tongue and fell to the ground without saying a word.

Pence, Kurapika, and Leorio also fell to the ground one after another.

Only Xiaojie, who had already begun to hold his breath, remained conscious.

Aito stood up holding the cookies and walked towards the exit of the cave with Dafu.

"We're leaving first, come on, Xiaojie." When passing by Xiaojie, the white-haired boy could still encourage him.

Xiaojie puffed up his cheeks and widened his eyes.

Why doesn't Aito need to hold his breath in a space filled with sleeping gas?

All the snakes at the cave exit also fell into coma.

Gon stacked up Leorio, Kurapika, and Pence, carried them on his back, and ran towards the exit.

…

"Cookie is really acting coquettishly with me." Aito looked at the dazed Shiba Inu and touched the dog's head. Cookie opened his eyes and rubbed his face with his mouth enthusiastically.

"The Hunter Association's spaceship is about to arrive. The exam is about to end. We can go and wait at the entrance." He took a look at the sky while receiving the enthusiastic kiss from the cookie.

The Hunter Association's spaceship is about to appear.

When Aito arrived near the exit and found a tree to sit on, the spaceship flew right over the island.

Then there was the sound of the radio.

"This exam is over. Candidates are asked to arrive at the exit within one hour. Changing number plates after arriving at the exit will not count. Candidates please abide by the rules."

The sound of the broadcast was loud enough to spread throughout the island, so the candidates who heard the broadcast and had received their number plates were all rushing here, while those who had not received their number plates began their final struggle.

"Xiaojie should be very happy now, Dafu." Aito sat on a branch, his legs hanging in the air, swinging gently.

"Um." Dafu nodded calmly.

"Gon is friends with Kurapika and Leorio, so he wants to show off in front of them, just like I want to show off in front of my family..." Aito said as he smoothed the cookies.

Open your mouth thoughtfully.

"After you express yourself, you will be very happy." He nodded confidently.

He can let those snakes bite him and poison all the snakes to death, and in this way he can also bring others out.

But Xiaojie seemed to want to express himself, or... wanted to show his own value, so Aito gave the stage to him.

Because Leorio and Kurapika are not friends or family, Aito has no idea of expressing himself in front of them. If it were Mr. Magician, he would still be willing to express it.

An hour later, all the passed candidates boarded the Hunter Association's ship.

On the boat, everyone gathered together again.

"Hey, you did a good job, Gon, but you must have gotten the other three number plates to pass, right?" Killua and Gon high-fived each other, and then said.

"Actually..." Xiaojie looked a little embarrassed.

"Look at this." He took out a number plate.

Killua was shocked when he saw it.

"You actually grabbed Hisoka's number plate? How did you do it? As expected of you!" Killua patted Gon's shoulder excitedly.

"He gave it to me himself." Xiaojie said awkwardly.

Killua was stunned.

Hisoka himself gave his number plate to Gon? Is that Hisoka the Hisoka he knows?

but……

"Are you okay? If you don't want to talk, I won't ask." He noticed something wrong with Xiaojie's face and asked worriedly.

"There's nothing to say." Xiaojie shook his head.

"The committee requires us to gather in the candidates' lounge now." Kurapika came over and informed them.

"Then let's go quickly." Xiaojie ran quickly as if to escape.

"Wait a minute..." Killua immediately followed after seeing this.

As soon as they entered the lounge, they saw a famous candidate standing inside.

Among them, the figure hugged by a 1.8-meter stuffed bear is particularly conspicuous.

The other person was holding a Shiba Inu in his arms and looked very peaceful sleeping.

But when the president of the Hunter Association and the examiners walked in one after another, the sleeping figure instantly sat upright in the arms of the stuffed bear.

President Nitro of the Hunter Association, as well as the examiners they had seen in the four exams, all appeared in front of them.

"Excellent candidates, thank you for your hard work. The ten candidates here have all passed several tests, but I didn't expect that seven of them are novices. This year is really a bumper harvest." President Nitro stood in front of them and announced.

Talking.

"The final test will be held in the hotel rented by the Hunter Association in three days. During this period, all candidates should be prepared to recharge their batteries." President Nitro left after saying this.

"Well, what is the final test?" the bald ninja asked.

"Well... everyone, please stay tuned." President Nitro smiled and did not answer, but left the candidates' lounge.

"What..." The examinee who was left behind showed a speechless expression.

Qualified candidates are divided into three camps.

The seven of them, including Kurapika, Gon, Leorio, Killua, Bakura, Botero, and Hanzo, sat in a circle and exchanged their guesses about the final test.

"People with experience must understand it very well." They said this and looked at Bakuer.

"I was eliminated in the fourth level last time..." Baku raised his hands and waved wildly, speaking in an awkward tone.

"Then this old gentleman..." Everyone's eyes moved to Botero again.

"I was eliminated in the first level last time." Botero said with a smile.

As a result, everyone present lost their expressions.

The white-haired boy wearing sunglasses was sitting opposite Hisoka, both of them building a card tower.

"Mr. Magician has experienced it, right? What will the final exam be about?" Aito looked at the red-haired magician.

The others also pricked up their ears when they heard this.

"Sa, this is a secret~" the red-haired magician said with a smile.

Aito stared at him for a moment and nodded.

Mr. Magic doesn't know either.

Mr. Nail sitting next to him hugged his knees, as if in a daze.

Botero, who seemed to be the eldest among all the candidates, began to analyze the contents of the final exam.

At that moment, the other party seemed to be possessed by a detective and found clues from the content of the previous exam.

Finally he expressed his reasoning.

"The final test is a written test." He vowed.

The two card towers fell almost simultaneously.

Aito and Hisoka both had blank expressions on their faces.

"Huh?" The two people looked at Botero who gave the analysis and made meaningless sounds.

"written examination……"

"I see……"

"There seems to be a library on the ship. Let's go there quickly."

The others believed his analysis and rushed out in an instant.

Only Botero was left in the original circle.

"I just want to show off my reasoning ability...Actually, I'm not sure either..." Botero murmured, looking at the empty place beside him.

"Ah..." Hisoka made a light sound.

"In this case, I have to work hard for the final exam. See you in three days, Mr. Magician." After finishing speaking, Aito stood up and walked towards the library with Dafu and Cookie.

The red-haired man lowered his eyes and looked at the cards scattered on the ground, wondering what he was thinking.

There are only three figures in the library.

The bald ninja Hanzo, the hat-wearing Bakura, and Leorio.

At this moment, the three of them are sitting at the desk, with a stack of books on the table at hand.

Leorio even had a band tied around his head and was writing furiously, looking very hard.

Aito looked at the small note on the other person's body and the content written on the small note that was the same as in the book, and his eyes gradually became thoughtful.

Is this what Morohoshi and the others call cheating?

Write the answers on a piece of paper in advance and take it out secretly during the exam.

It is indeed a good method, but it is easy to be discovered.

Dafu stood by the bookshelf holding the boy in his arms. Aito took out a book from the bookshelf and flipped through it quickly.

There are probably tens of thousands of books in the entire library. Even if he reads and records quickly, he cannot read all the books in three days.

"It would be great if I could open the field..." He murmured while flipping through the book.

Then he suddenly reacted.

"What do I mean by the field I just mentioned?" He shook his head, trying to come up with something more useful.

But nothing came out.

Cookie also imitated his head-shaking action and shook his head together.

Aito/Cookie: Empty mind.

Dafu touched the white-haired boy's hair, and then touched Cookie's dog's head equally.

So Aito continued to lower his head and started reading.

If you can't remember, don't think about it. The most important thing now is to pass the exam.

One after another.

The sound of turning over the book attracted three other people to watch.

"Can he really remember it like this? If you haven't read the book, you haven't read it!" Bakkuer complained.

Hanzo's expression changed again and again, and there was an extremely tired look in his eyes. Suddenly he stood up and walked towards the door.

"If there is an exam, I will definitely prepare the test questions in advance. I will go to the president's office now to see if I can steal them." He resolutely prepared to go to the president's office to steal the test papers.

However, Bakuru and Leorio swarmed in and pinned him down.

"You're not allowed to go, I can't let you get the upper hand -" Bakuo and Leorio said while suppressing him.

"Let me go, let me go -" Hanzo, who was pressed by two people, made a struggling sound.

It wasn't until the radio sounded that the entanglement between the three people stopped.

"Candidates who have reported their names are invited to come to the president's office for the interview." The radio broadcast said.

"Interview..." Aito thought about the so-called interview mentioned in the book.

It is also an exam, but whether you can pass the interview usually depends on the examiner's opinion.

Aito recalled his performance since taking the exam and nodded.

He didn't do anything bad.

"Candidate No. 44 Hisoka please go to the president's office."

The first person called was Hisoka.

Aito walked towards the president's room and met several other candidates on the way.

When everyone arrived, Hisoka happened to come out.

"Do you want to ask?"

"Who's going?"

"You go, you go..."

A group of people pushed and pushed carefully.

In the end, he pushed Bakura in front of Hisoka.

"Excuse me, what is the content of the interview?" Bakuer asked reluctantly with a smile on his face.

"I won't tell you~" Hisoka said with a smile in his voice without hesitation.

After saying that, he turned around and left.

Only a group of people were left standing there with eyes as if they were dead.

"Please ask candidate No. 401 Aito to go to the president's office."

It was Aito's second turn.

So he opened the office door without hesitation, closed the door after entering, and then sat cross-legged in front of the president who was waiting inside.

There are photos of candidates one after another on the low table.

These are all photos of candidates who have passed the final exam.

"Among these people, who do you care about most?" President Nitro asked.

"It's Mr. Magician." The white-haired boy wearing sunglasses chose the red-haired magician without hesitation.

After all, it feels like the most family-like existence.

"Who do you want to fight the most and the person you don't want to fight the least?" President Nitro continued to ask.

"No, I can fight no matter who I am." Aito shook his head.

"Why did you come to take the hunter exam?" the president continued to ask.

"Because my uncle wants me to get a hunter's license." Aito explained seriously.

Uncle System's mission must be completed properly.

"Okay, you can go out." The president nodded.

"Can you let me see your photo?" the white-haired boy asked curiously.