Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 302: The Final Result of the Professional Hunter Exam Has Changed

The 287th Professional Hunter Exam, nominally the final stage, was presided over by a man in strange clothes but with a serious look.

The bowler hat he wore and the high-collared jacket he wore had the same black and white stripes as a cow, and his hat even had a pair of bull horns as a decoration.

Everyone had a feeling... this was a weirdo.

However, none of the candidates who made it all the way to the final stage dared to look down on the man in front of them just because of his appearance.

Because the fools who judge people by their appearance were screened out in the first few rounds.

"My name is Mitsai Istrom." "Ugly Ox" took an open report folder, looked down, and began to introduce himself.

"I am the vice president of the Hunter Association and the examiner of the final stage of the 287th Professional Hunter Examination."

Only then did everyone realize that his identity and position were so high.

When Michai Storm said this, his thoughts couldn't help but drift back to a month ago.

After the celebration banquet for the Chimera Ant subjugation war, President Netero disappeared without a trace, then suddenly reappeared and used his "President's power" to make the appointment.

Qiduo and Micai Storm serve as vice presidents of the Hunter Association, and jointly preside over many affairs of the Hunter Association.

Afterwards, President Netero disappeared again, this time taking Mo Laowu, Nob and other members of the Chimera Ant Subjugation Team with him, and no one knew where they went.

However, it is not uncommon for a non-governmental organization to have one president and multiple vice presidents.

In addition, both Kituo and Micaiah Storm were people of high reputation and reliable work, so they did not encounter much resistance when they took office.

The core figures of the "separation from the president faction" - Tradin Newtoral, Psidora Ambisius and Lupe Highland - did raise objections.

They believe that since the former vice president of Palliston resigned for personal reasons, President Netero has monopolized power.

Now, President Netero is placing members loyal to him in important positions such as vice president, transforming the Hunter Association into a private industry.

In fact, Kito and Micaistrom are not as obedient to President Netero as they say, but that is relative.

From the perspective of the "departure from the president faction", the fact is that anyone who does not try to get rid of the influence of President Netero to the greatest extent possible is a "president faction".

This is obviously contrary to their purpose of "breaking away from the president's faction" and refusing blind worship of President Netero.

However, appointing the vice president is one of the "powers of the president", and that's how President Netero pushed Pariston to the position against all odds.

Now that he does this, no one can say anything.

The three core members of the "Leaving the President Faction" could only protest verbally. Without Pariston, who had an ambiguous attitude, they were helpless against President Netero.

The delicate balance within the Hunter Association has been completely broken.

Micah Istrom noticed that President Netero now began to make every effort to demonstrate his influence.

The three core members of the "Leaving the President's Faction" faction were indeed correct in saying that President Netero was trying to gain greater control over the Hunter Association.

The previous President Netero would not have done what he is doing now, or would not have done it so resolutely, decisively, and thoroughly.

Although President Netero seems to be indifferent to the affairs now, he has delegated power to Kito and Micaistrom.

But everyone knew that Kitado and Mizrahistro would listen to him on many things.

The president always pops up to express his opinions on certain matters.

For example, the content of the last stage of the professional hunter exam was designed by President Netero himself.

He first asked Micaistrom to ask the candidates about who they most wanted to fight against and who they least wanted to fight against.

After obtaining this information, President Netero formulated this plan, which he sent to Mitsui Storm's email last night.

What else can Michai Storm do? The "President's Power" also includes setting the content of the professional hunter exam.

He had no choice but to silently tear up the exam plan he had originally designed and use President Netero's plan.

Looking at this plan, Michai Storm frowned at first, then understood President Netero's intention, and finally chose to believe President Netero.

Judging from President Netero's nickname "The Wind-Earing Ear", he must have been aware of the excellent performance of the candidates in the previous rounds, and combined with their own wishes, he came up with such a plan.

This is a rather strange-looking exam plan.

First, the candidates are asked to compete one-on-one in a fixed order.

Next comes the prohibition of killing, otherwise the killer will be disqualified.

In order to win, you must make your opponent surrender.

Theoretically, if everything goes well, only one person will be eliminated in the end, and the rest can pass this year's professional hunter exam.

When Micah Istrom read out this exam plan that seemed to have been thought up by President Netero on a whim, it immediately caused an uproar among the candidates.

However, the candidates finally accepted this examination plan. They had no choice but to accept it, as it would be tantamount to giving up directly.

The sunk costs are too high, and everyone who has reached the last step is unwilling to give up.

The first round is a duel between Xiaojie and a ninja named Hanzo.

Although the battle was one-sided in Hanzo's favor, Xiaojie was unwilling to admit defeat.

His spirit of fearlessness and lack of hatred moved Hanzo.

Finally, Hanzo gave up.

Although Xiaojie fainted, he won and passed the professional hunter exam. While Xiaojie was sent for treatment, the exam continued in an orderly manner.

Kurapika is the second to go on stage, and his opponent is Killua.

Killua was full of confidence at the start.

He had noticed that Kurapika was particularly special among the candidates, and had long wanted to fight with Kurapika to determine the winner.

However, he was soon defeated by Kurapika for unknown reasons.

That scene was so powerless that it even reminded him of how he lost to the man named German a few months ago.

Kurapika was not very happy, after all, he became a Nen user under the guidance of teacher Germain.

As long as he is not careless, he will not lose to Killua who does not know the ability of Nen.

Just like what Melody said, if he were to take the professional hunter exam now, it would be like a hungry tiger entering a herd of fat sheep, which was a dimensionality reduction attack.

But no matter what, he passed the professional hunter exam, which made him feel relieved. At least he did not lose face for teacher German.

As for Killua, Kurapika did not rush over to comfort him.

He could see that this defeat was a big blow to Killua, and he had a good impression of Killua.

However, no matter what he said now, it would be the condescending pity of the winner to the loser, which would be a humiliation for Killua.

Therefore, Kurapika chose to remain silent.

Afterwards, Hanzo successfully forced an archer named Bakuro to surrender in a duel and passed the exam.

Killua came on next, seemingly to vent his anger for losing to Kurapika, and from the very beginning he used all his strength against his opponent, the "martial artist" Boudreau.

Bao Delu originally wanted to be as stubborn as Xiaojie.

But when Killua revealed his ruthless killer nature, he finally broke Boudreau's spirit.

Killua also passed the exam, but he still looked at Kurapika somewhat unwillingly.

He wanted to know how Kurapika, who was only a few years older than him, had acquired such strength that far exceeded his.

The exam is still ongoing.

Not long after, the man with needles all over his face appeared on the stage and faced Bakuer, winning easily.

Leorio appeared after that, and met Boudreau, who was severely injured both physically and mentally by Killua. It was a victory by chance.

The last battle was between Baokuer and Boudreau, and Boudreau ended up losing every battle.

After going around in circles like this, in the end, the only one who was eliminated appeared, and that was Boudreau, whose mind had completely collapsed.

However, Kurapika felt that this was actually a good thing for Boudreau.

Because now, all the candidates who pass the exam, as long as they do not have the ability to read Nen, will face the "real last hurdle" - learning the ability to read Nen.

Boudreau is already quite old, and it is not difficult for him to start learning Nen at this time, but there is a high probability that he will not have much room for growth afterwards.

If a person like him rashly steps into the dangerous world of Nen users, he will soon die at the hands of one of them.

Just as Kurapika was thinking this, another accident occurred at the scene of issuing hunter licenses.

The man who had been pricked by acupuncture suddenly pulled out the needles on his face, undoing the "disguise technique" and restoring his appearance.

Kurapika recognized him. It was Illumi who had worked with the Phantom Troupe to attack Teacher Germain on the train that day!

And this time, Illumi's target of attack became Killua.

Killua didn't even put up much of a resistance and was completely defeated by Illumi's mental intimidation.

Kurapika and Leorio wanted to help Killua, but were stopped by Illumi's words.

"This is a matter between us brothers. I hope you won't interfere."

Kurapika and Leorio then realized that Killua was Illumi's younger brother.

Illumi's dark eyes stared at Kurapika.

"Especially you... If you attack me, things will become very troublesome... Because if I kill you, your teacher will definitely come looking for me..."

"To be honest, I don't want to mess with that guy, otherwise I will probably have no peace from now on."

"I don't want to hide like Kuroro...my family won't let me get close to him either."

"Don't worry, I won't do anything to Killua, I'm just here to take him home."

Killua also told Kurapika and Leorio not to take action, and then he left the scene in a daze.

Ilmi followed closely behind.

Of course, both brothers took their hunting licenses with them.

Kurapika also understood that he was probably no match for Illumi at the moment, and since Killua's life was not in danger, he gave up.

Leorio was indignant, but he was more concerned about the unconscious Gon, so he didn't take any follow-up action.

(End of this chapter)