A Little Gift

She turned to Lan again: "From their appearance, it seems they already know the rules and questions?"

"Ah, I told them, by the way." Lan stood aside: "But I didn't tell them the real answer. You can ask them again, granny."

"Is this really okay? What if they get the answer wrong?"

"Didn't I choose a wrong answer last year and still reach the final destination?"

"Is that so? That's it."

The Quizzing Lady understood what Lan meant: "The three little guys are lucky to have met an old applicant like you."

"But…"

She glanced at Lan again, her remaining teeth pursed her lips; it could also be unfortunate.

These words rose in her heart and quickly dissipated.

The Quizzing Lady turned around and faced the trio.

"So, even if you already know the rules and questions, they still have to follow the procedures, and they still have to give me an answer."

The Quizzing Lady's tone returned to calm: "If your son and daughter were captured by bad guys, who would you choose to save? 1. Son, 2. Daughter, give me your answers."

None of the three people answered.

Even Leorio, the most irritable, chose to keep silent at this moment.

Although he sneered at these questions, he wisely chose not to say much when Lan came forward.

Whoever wants to answer these weird questions can answer them.

Anyway, Leorio will not open his mouth.

Kurapika, who had just seen all of Matthew's performances, gradually understood something in his heart.

The real answer to the questions in this test…

"Five, four, three, two, one..."

Seeing that the three people were silent, the corner of the Quizzing Lady's mouth slowly curled: "Time is up."

"Hehe, I don't know if you are really lucky or you really understand the correct answer…"

The Quizzing Lady chuckled and looked at the reactions and expressions of the three people.

Gon seemed to be waiting for something, Kurapika was calm, and Leorio revealed a muddy stupidity.

"Well, it seems that it is both."

The Quizzing Lady granny's mouth moved, and then she smiled at the few people: "You all passed."

"Passed?!"

Leorio, who had originally prepared to let Lan take them on a complicated road, now turned into a dotted eye.

"Sure enough."

Kurapika laughed: "Silence, is the correct answer?"

"Silence?!"

"Yes, just like you said, how can there be any correct answer to such a question?"

Kurapika stepped forward: "Because there is no correct answer, and the correct answer is not answering."

"Eh, is that so?!"

Leorio was still thinking about Kurapika's words.

The latter looked at Lan again: "If it's just a question of this degree, I think, last year, Lan, you have no reason to answer wrong…"

"Ah, he just picked an answer at random at that time."

The Quizzing Lady smiled and said: "Last year, he had already found the right path."

"But he said that he would leave the right path for this year, so he just picked a wrong answer at random."

Squeak.

When the Quizzing Lady finished speaking, the group of people beside her also opened the gate on one side.

"Last year, you said you wanted to see the lush green scenery along the way and didn't go through here."

"Then this year..."

"Of course, I have to choose the fastest route this year."

Lan snapped his fingers, looked at the red blind box condensed next to the dark gate with a grin.

Sure enough, in the Quizzing Lady's Q&A, there should still be a blind box!!

"It turns out that Lan had found the right path last year!"

Gon immediately looked at Lan with admiration and then looked at the Quizzing Lady.

"Then, granny, if the situation you asked really happens, what do you think you should do?"

"Me?"

Seeing Gon's clear and serious eyes, the Quizzing Lady smiled: "I am already an old woman, and these questions are meaningless to me."

"Is that so..."

Gon was a little disappointed.

Seeing this, the Quizzing Lady changed the subject: "But I can tell you an answer I heard last year."

"Last year's answer?"

Gon raised his head while Kurapika and Leorio subconsciously looked at Lan.

"Ah, he said that if you encounter such cruelty and accidents, you must be prepared."

The wrinkles on the face of the Quizzing Lady were covered with a smile: "Make yourself stronger, strong enough to protect the people you care about."

Become stronger?

Kurapika and Leorio were silent again.

"If I can be strong enough to protect my clan…"

Kurapika clenched his palms tightly.

"If I had strong enough medical skills at that time or made so much money, Pietro would not have died.."

Leorio pushed the small round glass on his face.

The word strong is very broad, but both of them can draw a deep understanding based on their own experiences.

"And, if anyone gives such a difficult question again, just solve the person who asked the question."

The Quizzing Lady added this sentence.

Solve the problem…

"Is that so?"

Gon scratched his head and said he didn't understand.

But…

"Maybe when I become more stronger, I can find my father!!"

Gon also has his own understanding of this answer.

So far, this exciting two-choice quiz is officially over.

"Follow the road in this corridor and walk for about two hours to reach the top of the mountain. There are a couple of guides living there. If you pass, they will take you to the official venue of the hunter exam."

The Quizzing Lady gave the last instructions and then smiled at Lan: "Well, with Lan here, I believe you can still successfully reach Zaban City."

"Thank you, granny."

Gon and Kurapika thanked the Quizzing Lady one after another.

Lan stepped forward and took out a hat.

"We are leaving soon. We may never see each other again. This is a little gift from me. Please accept it." 

He smiled and handed the hat to the Quizzing Lady.

Squeak.

As the iron door of the corridor slowly closed, the place became quiet again.

"Will there be no chance to meet again in the future?" The Quizzing Lady murmured and then stroked the hat that Lan gave her before leaving.

Granny V-Mei's magic hat was exactly what Lan got from the white blind box here last year.

It was just right to leave it to the Quizzing Lady.

At this time, in that passage.

The four people walked on this empty, dark road.

Lan also put away the red blind box.

Sure enough, it was only by being with the protagonists that he could have such gains and get higher-level blind boxes.

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