Six-Eyed Sukuna, starting from Hunter x Hunter

Chapter 102 White Hair Shadow

January 7, 1999.

Su Wu and Maro arrived in Saba City, where the exam venue was located. The venue was underground, while Su Wu and the others sat in an airship in the sky, looking at the information of this year's candidates and matching the people in the information with the people at the scene through videos taken by hidden cameras.

Hundreds of candidates from all over the world have gathered in the underground labyrinth of Saba.

As a seasoned veteran who had taken the exam many times, Dongba quietly observed this year's candidates.

Many of the faces looked familiar; I had seen them in previous years, but they hadn't made it through due to various unforeseen circumstances.

The most ruthless one this year is probably the magician Hisoka. He went on a killing spree in the previous year and was therefore disqualified from the exam.

As for the others...

Dongba's gaze fell on a few of them.

Completely unfamiliar faces, absolute newcomers.

And some of them were surprisingly young.

His gaze froze in horror as he swept over a white-haired figure. After a closer look, he realized that the person did not have black tattoos on their face and that their eyes and features were different. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

I almost thought it was some jinx from the previous year, thankfully it wasn't.

However, he looks about the same age as that infamous figure from back then, so at first glance you might mistake him for someone else.

However, that troublemaker from the previous year has already passed the exam, so he definitely won't be participating again.

The sight of the new kid's dazzling white hair annoyed Dongba, but he ignored him and looked back at the boy with black hair, a spiky hairstyle, and a green outfit.

The other person had a bright smile on their face, and their eyes revealed the naivety and foolishness of a newcomer. That's right, this was their target this year.

Newbie, let me, as your senior, teach you what the Hunter Exam is all about.

"Hey, hello everyone, I'm Dongba." Dongba jumped down from the wall and greeted the newbies enthusiastically.

When faced with the unexpected enthusiasm of Dongba, Xiao Jie and the others, who were being silently observed by the other veteran examinees, extended their hands in a friendly response.

The examiner, dressed in a suit, descended gracefully from above, closed his pocket watch, and announced the deadline for offline registration.

This year's number of participants was 404.

The first test has officially begun.

In the long race, some people fall behind, while others try to take shortcuts.

"Mr. Dongba must know these test takers very well, right?" Xiao Jie asked curiously.

It's always good to know your opponent.

"Of course, I know most of them, and some of them are people whose strength I need to pay special attention to." Dongba didn't hide anything and began to introduce the candidates to a few people.

"...Magician Hisoka, number 44, was a candidate from the previous year. He was qualified, but he lost his eligibility because he injured an examiner and several candidates died indirectly at his hands..."

"However, two people qualified last year, and they were both newcomers."

"There are only two people?" Xiao Jie asked, his voice full of surprise.

"That's already incredible. On average, only one newcomer passes the Hunter Exam every three years," Kurapika added.

A white figure darted in front of the group on a skateboard.

When Dongba saw the white hair, he instinctively turned his head away, shut his mouth, and stopped talking.

Later, when Leorio and another examinee were exhausted, he pretended to be kind and led them to an area with cedar trees.

The juice secreted from these bewitching shirts exudes a sweet fragrance.

But those who smell this odor will be trapped in hallucinations.

"I still quite like the title of 'newcomer killer'," he said, leaving the two immobilized individuals behind.

He failed to take action against the newcomers in the previous competition because they were not easy to deal with.

This year's...

Apart from that white-haired brat, the other newcomers are still worth trying out.

Forget about the white-haired brat; Dongba doesn't even want to see him.

While he was focused on avoiding the white-haired brat, he was stopped by the other party after he had finished fooling and deceiving Gon and Kurapika.

A mask of pain appeared on the face of the white-haired, blue-eyed Dongba.

He really didn't want to see the white-haired guy!

Moreover, this kid's voice sounds a lot like the previous generation's nemesis!

Even when threatened by the bratty newbie, he didn't say a word. Instead, he silently walked around the other person and pressed himself against the wall, pretending that he didn't exist.

His experience from the previous year taught him to avoid messing with the white-haired kid who seemed arrogant.

This thought reached its peak when, after the newcomers successfully escaped the bewitching cedar forest area, he handed juice to Xiao Jie and the others, only to have it casually accepted by the white-haired brat.

That nonchalant, disdainful expression and smile instantly transported him back to the exam a year ago.

In order to survive, he had to pretend to be dead and shuffle away.

Dongba instinctively shivered.

"It seems... Mr. Tonpa is quite afraid of Killua." Gon looked at Tonpa, and his animalistic intuition led him to this conclusion.

"I think so too. Tonpa never says anything when he sees Killua." Kurapika nodded in agreement.

"Killua, do you know him?" Gon asked, looking at the white-haired boy.

"I don't know him." The boy, who had crushed the soda can with one hand, spoke frankly.

"Hahaha...haha..." Dongba suddenly burst into awkward laughter.

An idea popped into his head.

Could this white-haired kid in front of me be the brother of that guy from the previous year?!

"It's just because he looks a lot like someone I know," Dongba explained with a forced smile.

"Do you have any brothers? Someone with white hair and blue eyes like you, but with a different kind of blue, and black tattoos on their body?" he asked Killua somewhat nervously.

If they really are brothers...

Will he be come after him?

"...No." Killua paused for a moment, carefully recalling his brothers, and confirmed that he indeed did not have any brothers with the same white hair.

Of all the children in the family, he was the only one with white hair; the others all had black hair.

This sometimes made him feel... a little regretful.

"Strange... They look so alike, and their voices are exactly the same..." Dongba murmured, completely baffled.

How can unrelated people look so alike? And he happened to run into them all; what a coincidence!

"Someone looks a lot like me?" Killua seemed to have developed a certain curiosity about the person who resembled him and was mistaken for his brother.

Not far away, a strange man covered in nails was clicking his head as he turned it.

Someone who looks a lot like Killua...

He had encountered this before; it had once been his target.

Thinking of this, the nail monster silently watched the red-haired figure holding playing cards.

The other person's smile seemed to reveal a certain desire and hunger, as if they would transform into a mindless beast at any moment.

"They're at least 80 percent similar. The one I'm talking about is one of only two qualified candidates from last year," Tonpa answered Killua's question.

"The other candidate is his underling; he wouldn't have passed the exam without him." His words were full of disdain for the other qualified candidate.

I, Dongba, have no respect for those guys who pass exams by sucking up to powerful figures!

"It sounds like that examinee who looks a lot like you, Killua, is really strong. He even managed to help someone else pass the exam." Gon's eyes widened, his face full of admiration, and he excitedly spoke to Killua.

"...Is that so?" Killua said casually, twirling his skateboard with one hand.

Given the current difficulty of the exam, he didn't think his opponent was that strong.

But the fact that she looks so much like him is really intriguing.

(End of this chapter)