chapter 29 : last phase X unlucky Pokkle (2)

"The first match is, Hanzo versus Pokkle, please step forward."

One of the guards begin to serve as a refere, he called for the two applicants to step forward.

The two of Hanzo and Pokkle stood a few meters in front of each other.

Hanzo stood calmely in his place, while pokkle starts making distance and took the bow and arrows from his back, his strength lies in his archery, he can't waste his advantage on close combat, not to mention the opponent is a professional trained ninja like hanzo.

The refere stood betwen them, lifted his hand, ready to announce the starts of the battle.

"Wait a second!"

Hanzo suddenly interupted the refere.

The refere looked at Hanzo and said : "Mr. Hanzo, is there is anything you want to say?"

Hanzo with a straight face told his doubts : "if the opponent is knocked out unconscious, would this be counted as a direct win?"

The refere nodded his head, the question of hanzo was reasonable, everyone looked at the refere waiting for his answer.

"Tsk!" Pokkle looked at Hanzo with dissatisfaction written on his face, he understood that Hanzo was looking down on him.

"The condition to win the battle is to make the opponent admit defeat using any mean."

The referee answer was short and precise, but it contain a lot of information.

"making the opponent surrender is the goal, right?" Hanzo nodded his head as he solved his doubt.

"It seems that our combat effectiveness isn't the only criteria to pass this test, a strong and unyielding will to endure everything in order to reach your goal, this is the core of this test!" Kurapika put his hand on his chin and said while analayzing the current information.

"You're right, Kurapika, this test focus on an important quality that a true hunter should have, which is the will to sacrifice everything in the pursuit of your target!" Shinji smilled and said his opinion on the test.

his eyes unconsciously landed on Gon and he couldn't help but to think that Gon seems to be a true hunter seedling.

through all the anime it was shown that Gon once he put something in his mind, then he won't give up until he achieve it, be it passing the hunter exam, or taking Killua back from his family, helping Kurapika deal with phantom troupe, clearing greed island in order to find Ging, Sacrificing all of his potential in order to avenge kite in the chimera arc, etc…All Show the strong will of Gon to achieve anything he puts his eyes on.

Shinji believes that if Gon was in a Xianxia novel then becoming a strong immortal cultivator will be possible, as that kind of path require an iron-like will.

Returning to the battle, the refere dropped his hand and shouted

"the battle starts!"

*Swish*

Pokkle who was prepared fired an arrow immediately, at the same time another arrow was ready to shoot at the place where Hanzo will avoid the previous one.

'No matter where you go, at least one of this arrows will hit you, I don't need it to injure you, as long as it scratch your body, then the poison will kick in.'

Pokkle smilled confidently, he felt his plan is very good, but…

"I already saw through your plan…"

Suddenly a voice appeared behind him.

Pokkle's eyes opened wide from shock and surprise.

He can't understand, how in the world, Hanzo quickly disappeared in front of him and appeared behind him instantaneously, as if he got teleported.

Pokkle looked bellow, he saw the a small blade on his throat, Hanzo just need to make a little movement to end his life!

'So fast! This isn't a human at all! Monster!'

Pokkle felt the shadow of death envloping him, he always thought he is a genuis, always believed that his strength is enough for him to pass this hunter exam, but it seems in front of monsters like Hanzo, his genuineness is nothing at all!

Hanzo ignored Pokkle psycological state and continued his words : "I'm a ninja, and what ninja are best known for is there speed! Your arrows in my eyes look as slow as snails! So no matter how much you shoot I can easily dodge them."

Then his eyes become cold and said in a deep voice : "I think you should have already understood the gap between us, so be smart and admit defeat, you still have other opportunities to win the next battles."

His words contain both reason and threat, and Pokkle already decided what to do before even Hanzo say his words.

"I give up!"

The battle ended quickly, some didn't expect Hanzo's strength to be this great, his speed was something Shinji had to acknowledge that he can't keep with it even if he use his leopard devil fruit ability.

'Unless I surprised him with a sneak attack from the black ghost, then I stand no chance against him! Damn, are the people of this world monsters or what!'

Then the next battle was between Hisoka and Kurapika.

Like in the original, Hisoka Wishpered something to Kurapika, the latter's eyes shone for a moment with crismon light then returned to normal, then Hisoka gave up which made Kurapika win the match.

After that came the fight between Pokkle and Gon.

Gon who already saw the strategy of Pokklr in the previous test and battle, immediately starts running in an astnoshing speed randomly to avoid being hit by the arrows.

Pokkle stood helplessly in his place, Gon Sized the chance and kicked the latter in his stomach at the same time taking his weapon away, Pokkle who lost his weapon and experienced the powerful kick of Gon can only admit defeat.

Then the next match was between Shinji and Hisoka.

Hisoka chuckled as he saw Shinji standing in front of him, he said : "it seems that we are destined to each other, my little kitten."

'God! what sin did I made in my previous life to keep meeting this pervert?'

Hisoka squinted his eyes and said in a rarely serious tone : "I don't plan on giving up, so chose, either fight, or surrender now, you have ten seconds to decide."

Shinji emotional side tell him go fuck this pervert and use every mean to beat him even if his immortality is discovered, but he supressed this urge with his rationality.

"I give up!"

He doesn't want to risk revealing his secrett for something he already won.

"The battle end, The winner is Hisoka-sama!" the referee announced the result.

The next fight was betwen Killua and Pokkle.

This time luck was in Pokkle's side, because…

"I don't feel interested in fighting someone as weak as you, so I give up."

With his hands behind his head, Killua said casually and returned to his place.

It doesn't matter to him wether to win or to losethiss exam, he already got the promise from Netero himself he will give them the hunter license latter, so it would be better to give the opportunity to someone else, but even so he doesn't plan to quit directly, he wants to enjoy his fight with the next opponent who doesn't seem weak, that needle man is hidding his strength very deep, it's the right moment to see his true colors.

The above are the thoughts of Killua, but if he knows the real face of the needle man, he will be scared to think like that.

"Shinji-sama, Leorio-sama, please steep forward."

Shinji smiled, he stood in his place and said: "I give up!"

He did what they planned before, if the three of them, He and Gon and Killua encounter either Kurapika or Leorio, they will give up.

The referee directly anounced the result.

"Leorio-sama win!"

"Thank you shinji!" Leorio put his hand around Shinji and thanked him excitedly, after all, Shinji helped him realize his goal easily, how he can't be grateful.

"No need, after all we are friends!" Shinji casually said.

"Next match between, Gitarackur-sama, and Killua-sama, please steep forwrd!"

The next fight is about to begin, Shinji and the other three looked at the back of Killua who is heading toward the arena.

Shinji stood in his place and sighed, he really wants to tell Killua the one he is going to face now is his scary big brother, Illumi, but not to mention he doesn't have any lie to cover the source of this information, he is also afraid that illumi will do something bad to Gon and others in order to force Killua back to home.

So the best option is to let the water flow in its original path.

'Moreover, this incident is very benifical to Gon and others, so there is no reason to cut their chance to improve their strength.'

In order to reunite with killua, the trio of Gon went to the Zoldyck family place, and there, they trained with the guardian for a while in order to be able to open the zoldyck family testing gate.

This training improved their strength a lot, even Leorio after that become able to push the second gate which weight 8 tons!

All in all, Shinji doesn't want to be a thorn in their road of getting stronger.

"Begin!"

Killua walked toward Gitarackur cautiously closing the distance, his nails already grow longer and sharper, ready to shot like a poisonous snake.

"It's been too long, Kill"

Hearing this seemingly familliar words, Killua froze in his place.

Then under the shocking gaze of everyone, Gitarackur starts removing the needles on his body.

His face starts deforming and reshaping, his hair changed it color to black and become longer.

After such a disgusting scene, the real shape of Gitarackur appeared in front the eyes of everyone.

A handsome expressionless young man with a very long black hair stood there under the watchful eyes of examiners and applicants.

Killua's eyes looked at the figure in front of him with shock and disbelief, he can't understand why this man is here.

"B-Brother…" Killua voice was trembling, no! His whole body is shaking from fear.

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