Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

She could have continued to be comfortably protected by Dia.

But she steeled herself and stepped forward anyway.

Because weakness is, but not a reason for, cowardice.

Whether it's self-esteem, arrogance, or just being crazy.

Anyway, Poxon just wouldn't agree!

She was unwilling to continue hiding behind him, even if it meant being killed on the spot...

"..."

Hisoka, watching Poxon's hands tremble with fear yet he still kept his gun pointed at him, suddenly laughed:

"You have a lot of courage..."

"You are very courageous."

Dia suddenly stepped forward, patted Poxen on the shoulder with her right hand, and calmly spoke to Hisoka.

Although Poxen's courage surprised him a bit, Hisoka was definitely not someone a novice like her could handle.

It still has to be him.

Hisoka looked at Dia's calm eyes. At this moment, they were less than three meters apart, but there was no wariness in Dia's eyes.

It was as if I were looking at a walking corpse.

Hisoka had met confident people before, but Dia's confidence still felt incredibly strange to him.

A strong sense of unease suddenly arose, like an elephant in a house, utterly out of place.

"I'd like to ask a question."

Hisoka suddenly asked:

"If I were to start a war with you right now, what would my chances of winning be?"

"zero."

"now what?"

As he spoke, Hisoka unleashed his full power with his [Training] technique, and the powerful shockwave shook the entire room.

All the onlookers stared in horror at the awe-inspiring power, a sense of powerlessness welling up within them.

How could such monsters appear in this Hunter Exam, and there seems to be more than one...?

Looking at Dia, who remained calm, they couldn't help but feel a sense of absurdity.

Dia remained unmoved and said nonchalantly:

"Still zero. No need to ask anymore. You have great talent, but I'm much stronger than before. In my eyes, you're like a green apple, too young."

If Hisoka were given enough time, he might eventually reach the level of Silva, but even then, for Dia, it would just be a time stop.

By then, he might be able to pause time indefinitely.

When the apple was first described as unripe, the old fruit farmer Xisuo, who had held his head high all his life, finally collapsed.

A monstrous intuition told him that Dia wasn't bluffing, so he truly had no chance of defeating her.

But why...?

Hisoka silently withdrew his aura, found a corner, hugged his knees, and squatted down, becoming withdrawn.

'...That's it?'

While Poxen was still holding the pistol in a daze, she felt Dia ruffle her hair and say to her:

"It's good to have courage, keep it up."

He didn't ask why she stood up; it was a pointless question, and he didn't want to ask it.

Anyway, she's protecting me, and that's enough.

Upon hearing this, Pokson stiffly put away his pistol, lowered his head, and stood behind Dia, seemingly lost in thought...

The onlookers, having recovered from the suffocating atmosphere, exchanged glances and turned away, avoiding looking at the red-haired clown and the tall man who seemed even stronger than him.

Those are people from a different world; you absolutely cannot offend them, and you can't even befriend them. Staying away is the best solution.

"Cough cough..."

Suddenly, a sound test came from the ceiling of the room:

"Time's almost up. So, all of you candidates, by reaching this point, you've already passed the first round of assessment. Congratulations..."

As they were speaking, a burst of applause and cheers from a sitcom came over the loudspeaker...

"Well then, without further ado, the examiners for the second round will soon give you each a unique number and announce the content of the second round of the exam. Please wait patiently... Sister Bisky, it's your turn. Go on!"

The hunter on the loudspeaker called out to the next examiner, and a female voice replied "Okay," before the broadcast abruptly stopped...

Inside the examination room, everyone was silent, patiently waiting for the second round of examiners to arrive.

Apart from……

Diya had an expression that said, "I've forgotten how to smile."

How could it be that strong old woman, Bisky?!

Shouldn't the examiner for the second round be that clown examiner who throws knives, and then he'd be severely injured by Hisoka who released Pacific Ocean water?

This isn't going according to plan, bro!

Dia suddenly realized that if the examiner became Bisky, she might not be able to pass this round of assessments.

After all, Bisky and he had a minor grudge...

Recalling the time she spent bored in the airship and the experience of manipulating Bisky, Dia covered her eyes in anguish.

The boomerang came so suddenly, and in an instant I was at their mercy...

No, we have to save ourselves!

Dia thought for a moment, then looked at the reclusive Hisoka in the corner, appearing thoughtful...

A few minutes later.

boom!

Suddenly, the iron door on the north wall of the room was kicked open, and a blonde little girl in a red dress walked in nonchalantly, carrying a basket of number tags.

"Come over and take one yourself. Anyone who takes more than one will be eliminated on the spot. You have ten minutes to take them all, or you'll all be eliminated!"

Bisky shouted, threw the basket on the ground, and then began to admire her fingernails while looking at the candidates.

After a very brief silence, the room erupted in excitement as people rushed forward to grab their number plates.

Those who had received their number plates didn't hesitate and quickly moved back to make room for others.

In less than ten minutes, everyone had tacitly divided up all the number plates in the basket.

"Hmm...not bad."

Bisky frowned and nodded, a sense of doubt beginning to creep into her mind.

She had been observing the candidates who came to collect their number plates, and no one took more or less than the required number.

This means that everyone in the room has already been seen by her.

but……

'Didn't Qiduo say that kid Dia was here too? Why don't I see him...'

Bisky narrowed her eyes quietly. She had been asked by Kido to keep an eye on Dia and make him focus on the exam.

At the same time, she had always wanted to teach this arrogant brat a lesson.

But she didn't expect that the other party had hidden himself through some means. She remembered that the boy shouldn't have the ability to change his appearance, right?

Does he have other accomplices?

In the crowd, Dia, who had changed her appearance by relying on Hisoka's ability [Lightweight Illusion], breathed a sigh of relief and successfully slipped past Bisky.

Behind him, the transformed Poxon and Hisoka exchanged bewildered glances, looking at the uncharacteristically strange Dia with eerie eyes.

They couldn't understand what Dia was trying to do.

"...Alright, let's do this: I'll announce the passing criteria for the second round."

Bisky scanned the crowd for a while, unable to discern anything, then impatiently tossed her blonde twin tails and said:

"There are two ways to pass. The first way is to find a man named Dia in this city to pass the level. He looks something like this."

As she spoke, Bisky pulled out a cell phone and showed everyone a close-up photo of Dia!

Everyone instinctively looked at the photo, and after seeing it clearly, they all fell into a deathly silence.

Cold sweat trickled down the faces of the test takers.

The shrewd test-takers all reacted in unison—pretending to be stupid!

Their realistically bewildered eyes all stared at Bisky on the stage, like hungry ducklings, not daring to even glance back...

Chapter 272 Three People Team Up × Second Method to Clear the Level

Facing someone who is clearly strong enough to kill you with ease.

If you have the chance to trick him once, he will definitely know that it was you who tricked him.

what will you do?

You're smart enough to figure it out—do nothing!

The risks and rewards are completely disproportionate; only an utterly stupid person would do something like that.

Which of these candidates who have made it this far is an idiot?

Even secretly finding an opportunity to tell the examiner is a bad idea.

The examiner only said to find this man named Dia, but he didn't say to eliminate him. What if you betrayed him and managed to advance, only to find him perfectly fine and entering the third round of the exam with you in the next round?