Hunter: I became stronger even after I died.

Chapter 299 Hagizo, you bastard!
Question 93.

This is the final progress of the exam paper that Morrow completed.

After he finished writing the answer key, he immediately shared it with the rest of the team.

Everyone looked at Moro with a strange expression, then quickly suppressed their excitement and hurriedly copied down the answers.

Moro waited nearby.

After the rest of the team finished copying the answers, he still had to complete the last question.

While waiting, Moro glanced at Dongba out of the corner of his eye.

Seemingly because of Xiao Jie and the others' unusual reaction, the members of the Dongba team were all filled with doubt and uncertainty.

Moro didn't pay much attention and instead checked on Hisoka's situation.

You can see Hisoka still lingering in front of the bookshelf, pretending to be serious, occasionally pulling out a book and flipping through it casually.

For most test takers, these six hours are a race against time.

For Hisoka, however, it was a rather unbearable and boring time.

Inside the quiet library, only the sound of students diligently writing could be heard.

In the room on the other side.

Kurapika gained a general understanding of the abilities demonstrated by the test takers through a comprehensive monitoring perspective.

However, among the many candidate numbers on the notes, only Morrow's number 502 is checked.

"almost."

As the test was drawing to a close, Kurapika muttered to himself, then put down his notebook and raised his right hand.

His actions immediately attracted the attention of Menqi and others nearby.

wow-

Kurapika casually used his Nen power to conjure up a contract chain out of thin air.

After the Phantom Troupe became history, finding the eyes of his clansmen became Kurapika's most important task.

In order to further improve the efficiency of retrieving the eyes, after some deliberation, he finally decided to abandon the upper limit of the Contract Chain and instead further enhance the upper limit of the Soul-Chasing Chain on the Ring Finger.

Therefore, other abilities such as the binding chain on the middle finger, as well as the potential for further development, all vanished with this decision.

Along with it disappeared the oaths and constraints he had previously established against the Phantom Troupe.

In other words, the upper limit of the contract chain has been locked.

The remaining Soul Chain has been enhanced in many ways. It is no longer restricted to only being effective on Phantom Troupe members, and new abilities and effects can be added to the mechanism framework.

Kurapika raised his arm, and the Soul Chain on his ring finger dangled down, the small metal ball at the end swaying slightly in front of the many screens.

During this test, the test takers will frequently exchange answers on their test papers.

However, the last question on the exam paper involves personal privacy to some extent, so most candidates will leave this question unanswered for the time being.

Only as the test drew to a close did the candidates begin to answer the last question one by one.

One of the abilities Kurapika added to the Chain of Souls is lie detection.

This ability allows him to obtain accurate intelligence without resorting to the torture methods he despises when dealing with those beasts in human skin.

right now,

He intends to use the power of the Soul-Chasing Chain to test whether the examinees will give insincere answers when answering the final question.

Menchi and the others nearby were all watching Kurapika's actions.

They tacitly refrained from asking any questions.

Kurapika maintained the Chain of Souls while controlling the monitoring perspective.

at the same time.

The test is nearing its end.

One by one, the candidates wrote down their answers to the last question on their exam papers.

Throughout the test, they all realized the importance of the prompts, so after noticing the word "truthful" in the question, they didn't need to hide anything and wrote down their honest answers.

As Xiao Jie answered, participating in the test was simply to follow the path that Jin Suo had taken.

Leorio's answer was quite simple: it was purely for the money, to support his dream of studying medicine.

Almost every candidate answered truthfully.

Moro's answer was that it was convenient, and he gave several examples, such as the fact that taking a blimp was free.

With little time left in the test, the Dongba team quickly put the books back in their original positions.

After all, it is common sense to return borrowed books to their original place before leaving the library (when the test ends).

To avoid being eliminated at the last minute due to violations, one cannot be careless.

After the Dongba team put all the books back in their places, the test ended a few minutes later.

For the candidates present, they had done everything they could.

So in the final moments, they could only wait for the "result" to arrive.

The minutes passed quickly.

Kurapika arrived as promised, bringing with him a chilling aura, and stepped into the library.

The Bean Man in a suit followed closely behind Kurapika.

Upon their arrival, all the candidates present immediately turned to look at them.

Kurapika didn't say anything, but Beanman walked straight to the examinees and collected their exam papers one by one.

After the Beanman collected the last exam paper, Kurapika finally spoke, "You all followed the library rules very well, so..."

At this point, Kurapika paused, his gaze sweeping over each of the examinees present.

Upon hearing the first half of Kurapika's sentence, almost all the test takers felt a stirring in their hearts, vaguely sensing that it might be good news.

Just as they expected, Kurapika then said something that excited them: "The fourth test will only eliminate the candidates with the lowest scores."

Upon hearing this, most of the test takers could not hide their joy.

Even seasoned hunters like Dongba, who had never held out any hope of getting a hunter's license, couldn't help but clench their fists tightly, their faces showing excitement.

Only one candidate will be eliminated, which means that the chances of passing the test are extremely high.

Do not,
It's almost certain that it will pass.

because--

In this test, there is bound to be someone who comes in last place.

That's right,

That's Hisoka, the one who never teamed up with anyone.

Not only Dongba, but many test takers also noticed Hisoka's lone wolf behavior in this test.

In their view, although Hisoka had been working hard for the past six hours, it was impossible for him to achieve good results on his own.

And just then, the examiner for the fourth test decided to eliminate only one candidate.

"I don't want to be a rookie killer anymore... As long as I pass the final test, I can get my Hunter License."

As if anticipating what was about to happen, Dongba's cheeks trembled with excitement.

He had been worried about Moro's situation, but those concerns vanished completely with Kurapika's announcement.

The students who worked with him initially felt that something was wrong, but now they are all relieved.

For a moment, most of the candidates present looked at Kurapika with expectant eyes.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Kurapika took the exam paper from Beanman and began grading it.

Because he personally set the questions, and most of the answers could be found directly in the standard solutions in books, his grading efficiency was extremely high.

Kurapika quickly finished grading all the papers and announced the results in descending order of scores:
"First place, 502."

Hearing Morrow's number, Gon and his group were not surprised.

"Second place, number 473."

This is Xiao Jie's candidate number.

Upon hearing this result, Gon's eyes lit up, and he looked at Killua with a big smile.

Perhaps still caught up in the library rules, Gon didn't directly tell Killua, "I won." But even without words, Killua could read that meaning in Gon's bright smile, and he immediately clicked his tongue in frustration.

"Third place, number 472; fourth place, number 246..."

Kurapika announced the candidates' numbers one by one in a calm tone.

Each time a number is called out, it means that a candidate has passed and advanced to the next stage.

"Eleventh place, number 80; twelfth place, number 444..."

When Kurapika read out Hisoka's exam number, many examinees, including Tonpa, were taken aback.

Hisoka is ranked twelfth??

how can that be!

Dongba and the other candidates could hardly believe their ears.

Meanwhile, the candidates whose numbers had not yet been called felt a sense of crisis rising in their hearts.

They thought Hisoka was definitely going to be at the bottom...

The result was surprisingly twelfth place.

This means that those whose numbers haven't been called yet could all be the ones eliminated.

"Nineteenth place, number 103."

When the snake charmer, Scarface, heard his number, he couldn't help but relax.

The only people whose numbers hadn't been called yet were Dongba and Baudelaire.

"How is this possible... I shouldn't be ranked so low?"

The Dongba's excitement had completely faded, replaced by tension and bewilderment.

After clearing the mines in Morrow, he quickly took the lead in uniting the candidates, including the three Amory brothers, to improve the overall completion rate of the exam.

Not only that, he also kept a little trick up his sleeve to ensure that he had a slight advantage over the other partners by one or two more question types.

So even if Moro's people take up the top spots, his ranking shouldn't be this low.

Baudelaire clenched his fist quietly, extremely nervous, and glanced at Dongba, who was also starting to sweat.

Next second,
Kurapika announced in his usual calm tone, "Twentieth place, number 191."

"it is good!"

Upon hearing his number, Baudelaire excitedly clenched his fist.

On the other hand, Dongba stared blankly for a moment, his mouth agape, gradually revealing an expression of disbelief.

"How could I be last?!"

He snapped out of his daze, suddenly looked at Kurapika's face, and exclaimed with wide eyes, "I've definitely checked! I answered more questions than Baudelaire and Scarface!!!"

"..."

Kurapika's face remained expressionless; he simply held the exam paper corresponding to number 18 in his hand, facing everyone.

Everyone looked at the exam papers, but only saw one...

Blank paper!

Everyone turned to look at Dongba, their eyes filled with a strange expression.

"How can this be?!"

Dongba could hardly believe his eyes, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

He didn't submit a blank paper!
But the number on the exam paper was indeed his, number 18.

What is going on here?

To prevent candidates from communicating by writing on the answer sheet, the examiners not only limited the blank space for answering questions, but also provided ballpoint pens to all candidates.

Once an answer is written down, it can never be erased.

So the only explanation is that the exam papers were switched...

But how did they manage to do that?!

Dongba's thoughts became chaotic in an instant. The thought of missing out on the only chance in his life was heart-wrenching, like countless heavy punches pounding on his nerves.

"Something must be wrong. I didn't hand in a blank paper; this is definitely not my test paper!!!"

Dongba, who had previously taken a more relaxed, carefree attitude towards life, lost control of his emotions at this moment.

In an instant, he became the chubby boy who was eliminated in the first round, unwilling to face or accept his defeat.

The opportunity was right in front of us.

Why give him hope...?

And then cruelly destroyed it.

Dongba's eyes turned slightly red.

The candidates, including the Amori brothers who collaborated with Tonpa in this test, all witnessed Tonpa writing furiously on the exam paper.

Therefore, they knew that the Dongba had not submitted a blank paper, and there must be something wrong with it.

however,
No one stepped forward; they simply watched in silence as Dongba reacted with a startled and distraught expression.

Once it's confirmed that Dongba has been eliminated, it means that everyone else has qualified.

Under such circumstances, how could they possibly fight for so-called fairness for the Dongba?

Just minutes before, they were close partners working together...

But that's just human nature.

Faced with Tonpa's accusations, Kurapika remained calm and said indifferently, "The number cannot be faked. Unfortunately, you are the only one eliminated in this test."

"...!"

Realizing there was no way to salvage the situation, Tonpa collapsed to his knees, powerless, when suddenly Hisoka's image flashed through his mind.

Could it be this guy...?

Thinking of this possibility, Dongba suddenly looked up again.

however--

Thinking of Hisoka's terrifying power, Tonpa's straightened back suddenly slumped down again.

He thought about how he had given up his dream of becoming a professional hunter a long time ago, and instead became a rookie killer who destroyed other people's dreams.

Unexpectedly, this year's test reignited his dream of obtaining the Hunter License.

He thought he was almost there, but like those other new candidates whose mental fortitude he had personally crushed, he watched helplessly as his hopes were dashed...

Dongba gave a silent, bitter laugh.

Among the candidates,

Moro glanced at Tonpa, who had been hit by the boomerang, and then looked at Hisoka, who remained calm.

It's just a facade of lightness.

Haquiso, you bastard...

Moro had already guessed that Hisoka was behind it, and shook his head slightly without leaving a trace.

Being able to shatter the Daoist heart of an old-timer like Dongba is quite an achievement.

but,

Judging from the current lineup of test takers, if the final test is still like the one in the original story, then...

The chances of Dongba passing the final test are extremely high.

Unfortunately, there is no such thing.

If Tonpa still had the will to participate in the Hunter Exams, even if he died and never got a Hunter License, he would at least have a chance to compete for the record for the most Hunter Exams participated in.

This can be considered an achievement, albeit reluctantly.

In the monitoring room.

Netero looked at the twenty candidates who had passed the test on the screen, a thoughtful look appearing in his old eyes.

How can we arrange the final test to make it fun?

(End of this chapter)