Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 299 The New Year Arrives Silently

The year 1999 arrived silently. If it weren't for the things happening in the six continents, no one would have realized that it was already New Year's Eve.

This is also because during this period, they often used the Dark Continent calendar, or the New World calendar, in the tribe, which led to some errors in the concept of time.

However, no matter what, the theoretical first year of the Hunter x Hunter story has begun.

A relatively large team left the moose-centaur tribe and headed towards the ancient labyrinth.

"The professional hunter exam is about to begin, right?"

On the way back to the ancient maze, Men Qi couldn't help but touch the "fire element patterns" on her two swords, revealing an almost doting expression.

She mentioned this casually while playing with her new "enchanted" sword.

Buhala touched his big belly, which was shaking as if he was carrying a heavy object. He responded to his partner.

"It's time to start... At about this time last year, we were still trying to become examiners for this year's Professional Hunter Exam, but now we're here. It's incredible."

Men Qi reluctantly put the two swords back into the leather bag and slung them across his slender waist.

"Buhala, this is what they call 'the world is unpredictable'. Being an examiner for the professional hunter exam is indeed worthwhile, but right now, the Dark Continent is still more attractive."

She seemed to remember something and turned her head with five braids to the side.

"Gin, Biscuit, Sambika, have you ever been an examiner for the Professional Hunter Exam? How was your experience? Tell us about it."

Jin, wearing a fur hat given by the Moose Centaur Tribe, waved his hand.

"President Netero did ask me to be an examiner, but I refused. I might as well do something else instead of dealing with those brats."

In fact, the examiners of the professional hunter exam also include examiners who teach those who pass the exam their Nen abilities. That is the last stage of the professional hunter exam.

However, Kate was a disciple dug out from the slums by Jin, and he had already learned the ability of Nen before taking the professional hunter exam.

In this way, Jin has never really been an examiner for the professional hunter exam, and he personally doesn't like such troublesome things.

This was an expected answer, and no one was surprised at Jin's answer.

Biscuit, whose blond hair had grown a little longer, snorted twice.

"You are wrong, Jin. As a senior hunter, selecting the right people to become future hunters is one of the goals of the Hunter Association."

"Becoming an examiner for the professional hunter exam is also one of the '100 things a professional hunter must do in his lifetime'."

"I have already completed these one hundred things, including becoming an examiner for the Professional Hunter Exam... Speaking of which, I still miss it a little. I really want to be one again."

"Yes, yes." Jin tilted his head and dug his ear with his pinky finger. "We all know that you are old and experienced. You have been through everything."

Biscuit's face darkened and he walked towards Jin with eagerness.

"Huh? Jin, is this your last words?"

Jin noticed that Biscuit was coming towards him, so he held down his hat and ran away.

"Hey, hey, hey, wait, you come again!"

"I'm coming! Let you feel the fist of a woman who's 'older, more experienced, and has been through it all'!"

Menqi and Buhala watched Bisiji chasing the fleeing Jin, completely unmoved, and then looked at Sambika together.

This is a daily routine, and everything will be fine in the end.

Being stared at by the two men, Sambika lowered his head like a quail, playing with his fingers, as if he didn't hear the conversation of the crowd.

This is probably because Sambika, who suffers from social phobia that cannot be cured by "cure-all herbs", avoids talking to others as much as possible.

Even though she was very familiar with Menqi, Buhala and others, she would still do this. Talking less made her feel more comfortable.

Men Qi didn't force it, but looking at her expression, you could tell that she had probably never been an examiner.

That's right, with her personality, it would be too difficult for her to be an examiner. An exam would probably take a long time to finish.

No, maybe it will end in an instant, or maybe...

Afterwards, Men Qi's gaze passed over Xiaodi, who was not a professional hunter at all, and stopped on German.

German only became a professional hunter last year, so naturally he could not have been an examiner. However, Menqi turned her gaze to him because she remembered something else.

"By the way, Germain, I remember that you have a disciple named Kurapika, right? Will he take part in the Professional Hunter Exam this year?"

Germann, wearing a tricorn hat and wrapped in a black robe, was watching the moose troops running back and forth and scouting on both sides of the path not far away.

Hearing Men Qi's question, he turned his head.

"Kurapika? I remember he said he would take part. He's probably on his way to the exam now."

Men Qi nodded with satisfaction.

"It's time for him to take the exam. However, as a disciple of the famous 'German', he may be under a lot of pressure."

"All hunters in the professional hunter exam will be keeping an eye on him, and since he has learned the ability of Nen, he should be able to sense the gazes coming at him." "Under such excessive attention, I wonder how much of his normal level he can still perform?"

Kurapika's performance was affected by excessive stress?
German, however, did not have such worries. After several months of getting along with each other, he knew very well that Kurapika was one of the few people who had a big heart in big occasions.

"He'll be fine."

"Wow..." Men Qi looked at Germain in surprise, "You are very confident in your own disciples... That's great, Buhala, do you think we should also accept a disciple?"

Buhala touched the back of his head naively.

"Menqi, you can give it a try. Forget about me. I guess I'll just take my disciples around to eat and drink, and there's no way they can become anything..."

"Then I'll let it go. I know my own personality. I'm easily irritable, and I can't be patient enough to teach a disciple. However, to become a two-star hunter, it's better to have a disciple... It's really troublesome..."

"Hmm? Menqi, are you mocking Guanxi, the Tiger, one of the Twelve Zodiac Signs?"

As a professional hunter, everyone knows that Guanxi has a bad temper, lacks common sense and has no patience, and Menqi can never be as bad as Guanxi.

"No, no, how could I say such a thing?" Men Qi smiled and blinked her right eye at Buhala, revealing her true thoughts.

While Menqi was chatting with Buhala, Sambika was playing with his fingers, and Bisgi was chasing Jin, German's eyes met with Xiaodi next to him.

Since that day, it has been difficult for them to find time to be alone together. There is no other way as there are simply too many people around them.

Now we can only communicate like we are using radio waves, and for now we will continue to maintain the status quo.

It's just that Xiaodi is always staring at me. If she keeps staring at me like this, Biscuit will find out sooner or later.

At this time, Scela came over from the periphery of the team on all fours.

He and Chikhorshi agreed to Jin's deal that day, so their weapons were enchanted with "alchemical plants".

Scel'a's spear is engraved with the "wind element pattern" and upgraded to the "Spiral Spear of the Wind".

Qikhorshi's scimitar is engraved with the "Water Element Pattern" and upgraded to the "Flowing Water and Crescent Moon Blood Sacrifice Sword".

The brothers, feeling very satisfied, fulfilled their agreement and prepared a group of people for Germain, Jin and others to go to the ancient labyrinth to help build the castle.

However, one of the two brothers had to stay with the tribe to prevent external attacks, so Qi Holxi stayed in the tribe and did not follow.

This time, Scela brought fourteen moose centaurs, all of whom were young and strong. Including him, there were fifteen in total, which was definitely more than enough to build the castle.

By the way, with the old chief's nod, they can start bartering with German and Jin.

Now, among the fifteen moose warriors, five of them carried a batch of food and herbs as a preliminary attempt.

At the same time, they must also be familiar with the current route. In order to ensure the completion of barter transactions in the future, they must ensure the safety of the route.

Scela and other moose soldiers are used to this.

Their tribe is not isolated from the outside world, and they will trade with other sub-human tribes when necessary, so they have done this many times.

Scela ran to Germain and then slowed down.

"Mr. German, the fifth wave of outer reconnaissance has concluded that it is safe. We can move forward smoothly."

"Okay. Thank you for your help."

"It's okay. This is what we should do."

After a while, Scela showed hesitation again, but finally spoke out.

"Mr. German, you own the Holy Moonlight, do you really not want faith?"

faith?

This is not the first time that Scela and others have persuaded Germain to believe in their tribe's "moon", "holy moon", "blood moon" and "red moon".

In fact, they are all different images of the same symbol.

Germain didn't have much thought about believing in God, so he rejected the missionary efforts of Scela and others several times, and this time was no exception.

Scela couldn't help showing a disappointed expression, but he didn't force Germain to believe in the "Moon Goddess", and then let it go.

This kind of missionary work began when German himself asked about the beliefs of the moose-horse tribe.

He wanted to know, besides the "Red Moon", what other beliefs were there on the Dark Continent?
The old chief said that "Red Moon" is the only god, but under him there are indeed four "Hands of God", and under the "Hands of God" there are many "believers before God".

However, compared to the "Red Moon", all other powers of "God's Hand" and "believers before God" are false, because the power of all life in the world comes from Him.

It is said that the ancient labyrinth was the palace and residence of one of the "believers before God".

The old chief had no idea about anything beyond that.

This was only the old chief's one-sided statement. German did not believe it completely but just kept it in mind.

(End of this chapter)