Chapter 11 : The first X Trial X Begin

"Haven't seen you guys around before."

"Huh" the four of them turned around and saw a short fat man wearing a blue v-neck shirt over a matching pair of light blue-gray sweat pants carrying a satchel.

Seeing that he get their attention, he put on a kind smile and waved his right hand at them "Yo."

Gon looked at him and asked, " you can tell we're new?"

"more or less."

He jumped from the pipe on the side of the wall skilfully and walked toward them while saying: "After all, this will be my thirty-five attempt."

"Thirty-five times!" X 3

The three of Gon, Kurapika, and Leorio almost thought they heard it wrong.

'Rookie crusher, Tonpa.' Shinji took a close look at Tonpa and saw nothing unusual about him. He had heard in his past life that Tonpa is the strongest person in the hunter world and that he can easily crush the post-rose ant king Meruem! Shinji couldn't tell if what they said was reliable or sarcastic.

"Well, you could say I'm an exam veteran." He said proudly.

"This isn't something to be proud of!" Leorio said in a low voice.

"Indeed." On a rare occasion, Kurapika had to agree with Leorio.

"Don't underestimate him; the fact that he survived the hunter exam's deadly trials 35 times demonstrates that he is not an ordinary person at all." Shinji said to the three of them from the side.

"Shinji is correct; just the determination to take the hunter exam 35 times is commendable." Kurapika believes Shinji is correct.

"If you have any questions, feel free to ask me." Tonpa said with a kind smile. those who don't know him will think he is a good uncle.

"Thank you!" said Gon as he stretched his hand to handshake Tonpa, the latter did the same and said

"My name is Tonpa."

"My name is Gon!"

Then Gon introduced them.

"These are Kurapika and Leorio and brother Shinji."

"Are you the legendary Rookie Crusher, Tonpa-Sama!" Shinji looked at Tonpa with a Shocked expression on his face.

'Rookie crusher?' Kurapika frowned, he thought of something and looked at Tonpa warily.

"Brother Shinji do you know Tonpa-san" Gon looked at Shinji and asked him how he knows Tonpa.

"Huh?" Tonpa was caught off guard by the unexpected words of Shinji.

'How he knows me!' Tonpa looked at Shinji hard trying to remember if he had seen him in previous hunter exams but to no avail.

'I'm sure he must be a rookie!'

Shinji got closer to Tonpa, he held his hands and looked at him ast if he saw an idol.

"Of course, I know Tonpa-sama, I'm his fan!" Shinji said excitedly, Tonpa become even more confused.

"My fan? Ha ha ha, you made me embarrassed! I don't deserve to have fans" Tonpa pretend to be embraced, he didn't trust a word of Shinji, who can be a fan to someone like him who crush newcomers? He knows himself well, he is a nasty person who enjoys making people fail into despair.

But little did Tonpa knows that he had a lot of Fans in Shinji's previous world.

"Of course, Tonpa-sama is a well-known person, Tonpa-sama is the teacher of all hunter exam rookies, the lessons he teaches are, The harshness of reality, Despair, Don't trust anyone, and don't eat what a strange person give you! Especially Juice! These are his core lessons." He looked at Tonpa and smiled.

Hearing Shinji's words, even the naive Gon understood there is something wrong with this guy called Tonpa.

They become wary and tense, they are ready to fight at any time.

"Gon, Leorio, this guy called Tonpa must be one of those veterans who like to bully newcomers like us, don't get tricked by him, be ready to help Shinji if anything happens!" Kurapika quickly analyzed the situation and said to Gon and Leorio.

Each one of them took his weapon and stared at Tonpa warily.

"Tonpa-sama I wonder what lesson are you preparing for us?"

Suddenly, Shinji's eyes turned cold: " We are excited to learn from you!"

Tonpa looked at the cold eyes of Shinji, and the ready-to-attack Group behind him, sweat oozed from his forehead.

'Damn damn damn! What the hell is going on with the newcomers of this year!'

"Excuse me I have something to do!" he smiled bitterly and kept his kind smile facade, then turned and slipped away.

the smile on his face disappeared the moment he turned around, he cursed: "tsk…this bandaged bastard, how did he know about me?…well it's not important…"

He smiled wickedly: "no matter if you know me or not…I will crush you to death with that arrogant brat, number 187, Nicolas!"

He remembered the other person who also discovered his identity, just remembering him made him even more pissed off. Before he meets Shinji, the first person on his list to crush was that Fat boy, but now Shinji become his first target.

'Dare to make fool of me! I swear I will send you to your appropriate place, Mummy!"

"Shinji-san who is this guy?" Kurapika asked the question that intrigued the three of them.

Shinji looked at them and said: " do you remember the friend I told you before, he was the one who told me about this guy, Tonpa."

He going to use his omniscient nonexistent friend again.

"He is a veteran hunter candidate, unlike us who want to pass the hunter exam, he is simply here to crush Rookies like us, this is his hobby, this is what he lives for."

"You guys better don't trust him and avoid contacting him, he will try every possible way to destroy you!"

"Damn, if it weren't for Shinji I wouldn't doubt him at all! Sure enough, the hunter exam can't be underestimated!" Leorio nodded his head, at the same time told himself not to trust anyone except his friends in this hunter exam.

"Nah, brother Shinji. did your friend tell you about any other veteran applicants ?" Gon asked curiously, he is excited to discover new people.

"Right, he told me several people who we should avoid at any cost!" Shinji nodded his head.

" You see that red-haired magician behind us?" Shinji made a quick glance at Hisoka who was just dozens of steps behind them.

Gon, kurapika and leorio also glanced at him secretly. But the naive Gon's eyes stayed a little bit longer on Hisoka, it was the first time he saw someone dressed weirdly like this.

"Stupid! Don't kept look at him if you don't want to die!" Shinji hurried to stop Gon from keeping looking at Hisoka.

Gon was embraced, his curiosity overwhelmed his instinct, this mistake he won't do it usually because he knows that wild animals can feel if someone is staring at them, the same applies to those strong humans, even he himself can notice if someone is looking at him in secret.

"I'm really sorry, guys!" Gon apologized, he felt his action may put his team into troubles

'Hum?' their secret gaze didn't go unnoticed by the pervert magician, he turned his head, and traced the source of the gaze, He saw the four of Shinji.

He licked his lips and thought: 'it seems today is my lucky day, four green apples at the same time…Ahh…Beautiful!'

He glanced at them Without hiding his lustful gaze.

The four of them felt a chill run down their spines the moment his eyes landed on them, as if they were being watched by a predator.

they froze in their place not daring to look straight into Hisoka's eyes.

'This oppression...as if we were being watched by a terrifying monster...this guy should be avoided at all costs!" Kurapika's forehead was filled with sweets.

"Damn, that jerk is staring at us like we're beautiful women! Hateful!" Although he was frightened by Hisoka, Leorio can't stand his lustful gaze as a man.

"Just ignore him guys, the more you acted though in front of him, the more he will harass you." Shinji calmed them down.

"Big brother Shinji, who is this guy?" Gon was scared, but Shinji can still hear some excitement in his tone.

'Sure enough, all the Freecss are crazy!' Shinji looked at the excited Gon, then replied.

"Number 44 is called Hisoka, the magician. According to my veteran friend, the last year he also participated in the Hunter exam, everyone thought he is sure to pass the Exam, but for some reason, he killed an examiner and was disqualified. He is a crazy man that you should run away as fast as you can if he appeared in front of you. For him, killing humans is no different from crushing ants. He is one of the most dangerous people here!"

"K-Killed an examiner! Why did the hunter association allow this maniac to retake the test again?" Leorio was scared, he can't understand how the Hunter association thinks at all.

"The hunter association doesn't care about who will take the Hunter exam, Criminals, Killers, Mafia members, even terrorists, as long as they pass the Hunter exam then they will become 'noble' hunters. This is the truth of this world, no matter where, the strong will always be respected."

"Moreover, each year the examiners and the content of the exam change, so as long as the examiner deemed you are qualified then even the devil himself could pass!" Shinji shamelessly used Tonpa's words.

"Shinji-san, besides Hisoka, are there any other dangerous people we should pay attention to?" Kurapika felt that Shinji seems to know a lot, so he didn't hesitate to ask questions. if they got to know those dangerous competitors, their chance of surviving will increase.

"The second dangerous person I believe who isn't inferior to Hisoka at all is number 301! That guy covered in needles, he isn't a veteran but he is super strong, my guts tell me to stay as far as possible from him."

The four of them learned from their mistake and didn't look at the needle man as how they did with Hisoka.

As long as they know his number then they can recognize him later, moreover, his appearance is very distinctive and can be easily spotted.

"Besides Them, there is that bald ninja guy over there, number 294, don't get fooled by his stupid appearance, but he is really strong, the four of us together have no chance to win against him!"

"Is it your intuition again?" Leorio asked Shinji, he felt that Shinji's intuition is simply exaggerated. This is just like those psychic abilities he heard about.

"Yes, trust me, my intuition had never gone wrong!" Shinji said shamelessly without blushing.

"Well, I think better to believe Big brother Shinji's words than to regret later." Gon said he chose to believe in Shinji.

"Of course, we trust you Shinji-san!" Kurapika also expressed his trust.

"I hate to say it, but Through all those previous tests, Shinji was never wrong!" Leorio also admired Shinji's predictions.

"Ok, those three I just mentioned be sure to avoid provoking them." Just as Shinji finished his sentence, a scream sounded through the tunnel.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh" a hapless man bumped at Hisoka accidentally, but now he is kneeling on the ground, his both arms start disappearing and turning into flower petals.

All the applicants were scared by this scene, they stood far away in fear they receive the same treatment from Hisoka.

Hisoka stood in front of him and said mockingly: "oh, how peculiar…his arms seem to have become flower petals."

He lifted his both hands in the air and said like a magician, no! he is a real magician: "no smoke and mirrors are here."

"Do take care…when you bump into someone you really should apologize." Then he walked forward slowly, just like a lion between a herd of sheep, the applicants hurriedly separated to make way for him.

"Did you see what I told you!" Shinji didn't forget to seize this opportunity to let his friend know how dangerous Hisoka is. Especially for Gon!

The three of them nodded.

*ring**ring**ring**ring**ring**ring*

The sound came from the other closed direction of the tunnel.

Everyone was attracted by it, they looked at its source and waited for it to appear.

*rumble*

The gate slowly raised, revealing its source.

A man with pale lavender hair which curls at the end with a thin curly mustache and seemingly lacking a mouth, wearing a purple suit adorned with a red tie.

He was holding a weird alarm that look like a green face and making weird sounds from its mouth as if laughing.

He clicked on a red button on its forehead to stop it.

With his left hand behind his back and the weird alarm on his right hand, he said to the applicants

"I apologize for the wait." His tone was calm and polite, like a high-ranking person.

"The entry period for the hunter applicants has ended."

The crowd listened to him carefully. They know this weird-looking man must be the examiner.

"The hunter exam will now begin!" he said aloud that his voice spread through the tunnel.

The applicant's blood boiled, they have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Their patience already reached the limit.

"Are you ready, my brothers?" Shinji screamed in excitement as he looked at his friends who had accompanied him throughout the journey; no, they aren't just his friends, but also his brothers!

"I was born ready!" Leorio said confidently with his suitcase on his shoulders.

"Yes!" both Kurapika and Gon nodded their head.

"A final caution…if you are short on luck or ability, you could very well end up seriously injured or even dead."

"Those who accept the risks, please follow me. Otherwise, please exit via the elevator behind you.'

His voice was slow, they heard every word clearly. but no one was intimidated by his words, they have spent great effort to reach this place, how can they be willing to give up and waste their hard work with just a few words from this man.

Seeing the determined eyes of the applicants, He said: "very well, all the 405 applicants will participate in phase One."

Because of the hapless man who lost his arms due to Hisoka, the previously 406 applicants become 405.

He turned around and started marching with a weird walking poster, Just like a robot.

Everyone starts following him.

The hunter exam's first phase has officially begun!

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