Six-Eyed Sukuna, starting from Hunter x Hunter

Chapter 40 Don't Overthink It (Please Read On)

Breakfast time is over.

The test takers continued their search for the treasure.

It seems that, in order to incite them to compete, the examiners will only unanimously calculate the value of the items found on the seventh day.

Before that, everyone guarded the treasures they found themselves.

Therefore, protecting what you find is also within the scope of the exam.

Of course, besides the group of people who were eager to search for treasure throughout the forest, there was also a group of people with ulterior motives.

Maro never expected that simply cooking a grilled fish would lead to him being targeted by a group of people. Looking at the examinees with distorted smiles approaching, he took a deep breath for three seconds, turned around, and ran away.

"Don't let that kid get away!"

"Grab him!"

"Whether we pass the exam or not depends on this kid."

Maro shouted as he ran, without turning his head, "I won't do anything for you!"

He would never work for a jerk who tries to threaten, coerce, or bully him.

A knife flew from behind, and a certain instinct made Maro immediately roll on the ground, and the knife stuck straight into a tree trunk not far away.

Maro, covered in grass clippings and mud, glanced at it but didn't dare linger and continued running deeper into the forest.

He recalled that yesterday, while searching for treasure, he had stumbled upon a place with huge footprints and animal droppings.

There must be a large-scale monster event nearby; once you get to that area...

The guys behind him lost interest in chasing him.

Of course, he himself would also be in some danger.

But when it comes to escaping, he's quite adept.

There were so many examinees following behind him, but once the monster was full, it wouldn't bother with him anymore.

The success rate of doing this is 80%, so it's worth the risk.

The remaining 20% ​​is because the monster is in a restless state and is not in a hurry to eat; it only wants to kill everyone it sees.

Faster, faster!

The blond boy ran headlong, pursued relentlessly by a group of people.

Above everyone else, Su Wu was quietly watching the performance unfolding below.

According to the Six Eyes, if Maluo continues running forward, he will encounter three magical beasts with enough life energy to easily defeat ten of them in three minutes.

Judging from their clear and purposeful route, it seems like they did it on purpose.

Three minutes later, the group encountered the three-headed monster.

Those were three brown bears, each five meters tall, equivalent to a two-story building. Unlike ordinary brown bears, they had a sharp horn on their foreheads.

Let's call it the Unicorn Bear for now.

The group of students chasing the blond boy immediately stopped when they saw the three-headed unicorn bear.

"Look here—" Maro pulled a stone from his pocket and threw it at one of the unicorn bears.

It doesn't cause much harm, but it's extremely insulting.

Seeing this, the one-horned bear felt humiliated by the small, thin two-legged creature and angrily raised its paw to slam it down.

Maro, who had provoked them, ran away at an extremely fast speed, almost ahead of everyone else, making it seem as if the others were still chasing him.

But in reality... everyone was just trying to escape.

"This guy is definitely two-faced." Su Wu's tone was full of expectation as she witnessed this scene.

When he saw how weak the other party was, yet managed to make it all the way to the airship, he guessed that the other party was not as simple as he seemed.

It seems that although they are weak in strength, they are quite quick-witted.

You should know that strength can be improved, but being stupid is, barring any unforeseen circumstances, a lifelong problem.

But Marlowe miscalculated one thing, and that was—

The unicorn bear has an unusually strong sense of revenge and smell.

Although the unicorn bear indirectly killed several examinees during its pursuit of Maro, the examinees scattered and fled when they realized that the unicorn bear had a very clear target and was only targeting Maro.

Maro, on the other hand, was chased for two hours.

For those two hours, the unicorn bear always gave him a little leeway, as if it were deliberately toying with him.

He continued until he was completely exhausted, his legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground with a thud, his vision blurred with dizziness.

"Drip—" A foul-smelling liquid dripped onto his face.

As soon as he regained his sight, all he saw was a beast's mouth, with a long tongue and sharp teeth, and saliva dripping down like a long waterfall.

I'm going to be...eaten?!

The unicorn bear licked his face with its tongue, but instead of starting to bite him from the head, it pressed him firmly to the ground with one paw.

As if deliberately trying to torture him, they started eating from the bottom up.

In this way, the person being eaten will watch themselves being eaten alive.

It is an inhumane form of torture, both physically and psychologically.

The unicorn bear's slightly pointed snout was slightly open, as if it wanted to slowly and carefully savor the bite, and it took a small bite of Maro's right leg.

"Ah—" he cried out in pain.

As the unicorn bear moved, a large chunk of flesh was missing from its leg, revealing the white bone underneath.

it hurts--!

Ouch, that hurts!!!

"Help me—"

"Help!"

Faced with the monsters devouring him, the blond boy could no longer remain calm and cried out for help.

No one will save him.

Just like when he was beaten up by his so-called brothers and sisters, not a single person came out to stop it.

He will be eaten by monsters and become just another skeleton in the forest.

not reconciled...

The blond boy lay on the ground, his eyes, dulled by pain, staring blankly at the sky.

A figure stood in the empty sky.

"Do you need to ask me for help?" The seemingly carefree boy, crouching in mid-air, asked casually, his eyes and hair almost blending into the sky behind him.

From the moment the other party spoke, the unicorn bear, which was gnawing on its food, stopped eating and cautiously observed the situation.

Maro's lifeless eyes suddenly lit up, their brilliance surpassing anything he had seen before.

"Help...help me..." He reached out his hand, trying to grab the floating clouds in the sky.

The white-haired boy landed gracefully.

"Then let's consider this a good deed for the day." As he said this, dark blue energy covered his right hand.

The unicorn bear also raised its paw and slammed it down.

Su Wu blocked the unicorn bear's paw with her left hand, and slammed her right fist into the bear's abdomen.

An impact invisible to the average person is generated between the fist and the abdomen.

The unicorn bear was sent flying three meters before crashing to the ground.

He withdrew his fist, walked to Maro's side, and stood to the side, looking down at his opponent.

"How pathetic." Those pale blue eyes coldly scrutinized the other person's right leg, which was missing a portion of its flesh, and then looked at the other person's face, which still bore traces of tears.

"Without sufficient strength, any plan could lead to my death."

"You're still far from good enough," he said coldly.

"Lord Hill..." Maro struggled to get up.

"It's so good to see you..." he said with a smile, his eyes filled with tears.

"After breakfast, I was planning to go see you, but with all this happening, I thought I wouldn't be able to..." He seemed to have so much to say, and kept pouring out his thoughts.

"Looking for me?" Su Wu raised an eyebrow.

"Please allow me to follow you!" The blond figure knelt on the ground, his upper body prostrate, his head bowed low, in the posture of a scholar sitting down, his tone respectful.

His body trembled slightly, and his breathing was heavy, as if he was in extreme pain, or as if he was afraid of being rejected.

"I can wash your clothes, cook for you, and clean your residence. Please let me stay by your side." He lowered his head and tried his best to promote himself.

The injured leg bled profusely from the series of movements.

"Oh, I see." Su Wu's tone was somewhat subtle.

It's really true.

In that case, his act of deliberately waiting for the other person to be bitten by the bear before making his move, just to let the other person experience the terror of death and be grateful to him for saving them, and to make them willingly work for him, would be quite unnecessary, wouldn't it?

Well, in the end Maro didn't die, and he was willing to work for him.

Regardless of the process, at least the ending is correct.

"I understand." Su Wu said casually, taking a bag of medicine from her backpack and tossing it in front of the other person.

"I'll use it. I don't want to be followed by a cripple," he said casually.

Su Wu, Xie.

(End of this chapter)