"Don't trust him! He's a fake! An impostor!" Shouted the random stranger.
Everyone looked around in confusion.
Who is this guy and why is he claiming that Satotsu is an impostor?
"A fake?" Gon asked while looking at Satotsu
"Heh. I don't know what's going on but I want an explanation! Show us some proof if you're the real proctor!" Leorio cracked his knuckles while shouting.
"Here's your proof!" The questionable man dragged a human faced monkey and threw it to the ground.
"This beast right here steals faces from us humans! He most likely stole another examiners face and is going to kill you all!"
"What? that's ridiculous" I whispered to myself. "There is no way someone like Satotsu would be a fake for this exam. I just don't believe it"
I really don't. This sounds like a waste of my time.
"Well what if this is part of the exam Aoi?" Gon stated.
"Is it? It's pretty pointless to be part of the exam" Kurapika said as I nodded my head in agreement.
"Believe me!" the man exclaimed. "This beast attacked me from behind and stole my Hunter license card!"
That is definitely a lie! There is no way in hell does a licensed Hunter would easily get their card stolen.
That's just plain ridiculous.
This guy is obviously playing on everyone and wasting our time.
Even Satotsu himself looked bored.
"Let's play a game" said a voice within the crowd.
Coming out of the crowd was an older man dressed like a clownish joker.
He stood a good distance between Satotsu and the stranger.
"Can you dodge this?" asked the Joker.
He took out a couple of cards from a deck he was holding and threw them at each person.
Satotsu dodged the cards with ease while the other guy was killed in an instant.
I looked at the Joker and he had a smile of a cold blooded killer.
It gave me goosebumps. He showed no empathy towards the impostor he just killed.
"Now we know who the real proctor is. Am I right?" The Joker said as he pointed at Satotsu.
"Indeed I am." Satotsu nodded his head.
"Well why the heck did you have to attack both of them!?" Leorio shouted.
"It makes this silliness end a lot faster. A Hunter would've blocked my attack easily." Joker yawned in boredom.
"I will take that as a compliment" Satotsu said with a bow.
"Just so you know, if you have an act of violence towards me again, I will disqualify from the exam. Do I make myself clear?" Satotsu said with a serious tone.
"I understand" The Joker said as he walked back into the crowd.
I looked around and some people were looking at him in fear.
There is something about this man that doesn't feel right to me. I feel a very strange aura around him.
"Well that was interesting. Right Miss Aoi?" said Killua
"Yeah. It was obvious that Satotsu was the real examiner." I looked at Leorio and he looked confused.
"I don't get it, how was it obvious?" Leorio questioned.
"The moment the stranger said his license was stolen. You're so stupid Leorio" Kurapika sighed.
"You wanna fight!?" Leorio had his fist towards Kurapika.
"No I'm just saying you don't have common sense" Kurapika retorted
Leorio was about to say something but it was interrupted by Satotsu clearing his throat.
Everyone stopped the commotion and looked at him.
"Since we lost some time from that nonsense, we shall continue at a faster speed" With that, Satotsu started running at a faster pace.
"Great, running again" Leorio said
We all started running again but this time at a faster pace.
We were running through the muddy swamp but the thickness of the fog was making it difficult to catch up with Satotsu.
Leorio and Kurapika were running behind again so I started to run slower to stick with them.
I noticed that Killua and Gon were way ahead of us.
Gon turned around and motioned his hand, telling us to keep up.
"This nasty swamp is tiring me out." Leorio said while panting.
"Come on Leorio. Gon is telling us to catch up." I said.
"I'm trying but I'm just too tired." He said
"This fog isn't helping us also" Kurapika said as he looked around our surrounding. "It's almost as if this fog is preventing us from seeing anyone."
Kurapika was right.
Within a few minutes, the fog thickened up to the point where it completely blocked our view of anyone ahead of us.
We're basically stuck in this swamp with no exit.
"Ahh!" Screams were heard around the area.
Many people who disappearing left and right until I finally noticed that it was just three of us and young guy around my age with a bow and arrow.
"Look out!" Kurapika screamed as he pushed Leorio to the side.
There, a bunch of cards flew right past them with one card giving a scratch to Leorio's cheek.
"Cards?" I questioned.
They were familiar. It belonged to the Joker from earlier today.
"Ladies and Gentleman!" The Joker said within a short distance from the fog. "I am the great magician, Hisoka!"
Joker, now known as Hisoka, emerged from the fog as he was waving around more deadly cards.
He had an evil grin on his face. The same grin that sent shivers down the back of my neck.
Never in my life have I ever sensed some sort of fear and this is the first time.
Not even Chrollo scares me. Just Hisoka.
"W-why are you doing this Hisoka? Why you are trying to kill us?" I questioned him. Trying not to let him show the fear on my face.
"I got bored of this exam. So I felt like playing Proctor" With that, Hisoka threw more cards towards us as we all dodged them.
The kid with the bow and arrow kneel down and whispered to us.
"I'm going to send a signal and that will make all of us split up. That way we can get away from him and warn everyone else." He said.
"I agree. This guy is dangerous" Kurapika said with nodded.
"Good plan to me" Leorio agreed.
"When do we split up?" I asked.
"Now!" said the young man.
We all ran separate ways as I turned around to see if Hisoka was following any of us.
Good thing he wasn't.
He was just standing there with that grin still on his face.
As I ran farther and farther away from Hisoka, I had a weird feeling in my gut.
My gut was telling me to turn around and go back to Hisoka.
I don't know why I felt that way but I did.
I swiftly turned around and ran back to where Hisoka was.
It was good thing though. I can see Leorio and Hisoka fighting.
Why does it always have to be Leorio causing trouble?
"Leorio! What are you doing!?" I yelled.
"I wanted to take him down before he can hurt anyone else!" Leorio said as he kept throwing punches at Hisoka
Hisoka was dodging Leorio's punches easily.
"I see your friend came back to save you. How pitiful" With that, Hisoka picked up Leorio and threw him to the ground hard.
Leorio landed face first to the ground and was knocked out.
"Leorio!" I shouted out to him
Before I could run to him, I see Hisoka running straight at me!
I froze in my spot.
My God, he's fast. What do I do?
Without thinking, I turned around and ran the other direction to get away from him.
I could feel something thrown towards me from behind.
I quickly took out my flute, turned around and blocked them.
That distracted my sight of Hisoka as I furiously looked around for him.
I turned around and there was Hisoka, right in front of me.
"Boo" Hisoka said in a playful tone.
He grabbed my face and looked deep into my eyes.
I couldn't move. My body was trembling in fear.
"L-Let...go!" I yelled as I tried to move away but with no use.
"You have such a cute face" said Hisoka. "Too bad I'm only here under order to find you and bring you back"
My eyes widened.
Chrollo sent this guy? Hisoka? This guy can actually kill me right now if he wants too!
"Y-You? You're t-the o-one?" I said, stuttering.
"Indeed I am. He said I can bring you back. Even if it means I have to force you" His facial expression went from a smile to an evil smirk which send more chills around my body.
I don't know why I feel so scared. I shouldn't even feel fear!
"No...I don't want to go back!" I shouted. "Not yet! I still want to explore!"
I raised my flute and was attack him but got to Hisoka.
A ball like object hit Hisoka's face.
This caused him to go of me as he stumbled a few feet away.
I looked around to see who did that.
It turns out to be Gon and his fishing rod.
"Gon! move away! He's dangerous!" I yelled across the field.
"That was a good shot boy. Using that rod as a weapon. Can I see it?" Hisoka's smile widened even more which made him look extra creepy.
I could tell Gon was scared too because his legs were shaking and he was just standing there, unable to move.
Hisoka was slowly walking towards Gon as I started to run right in front of Gon. I held my arms out to shield him.
"Don't you dare hurt him Hisoka! It's me you want right!?" I looked at Hisoka in bravery.
I don't want any of my friends to get hurt if I'm his only target.
Hisoka stopped walking and looked at my face.
He once again put his hand on my face to examine it. He was pressing his fingers deep into my cheeks which made my face puff out a bit.
"You do have a cute face. I wouldn't want to hurt something like that. Too bad I don't feel like bringing you back right now. Well then you all passed." With that, Hisoka let go of me and walked up to Leorio.
He picked up the unconscious Leorio and started walking away.
"What are you doing to Leorio!?" I asked.
"If you want to continue the exam and catch up with everyone else, then follow me" Hisoka took off while carrying Leorio.
Gon and I looked at each other but we ended up following Hisoka, with extra caution.
I still can't believe Hisoka is the one whom Chrollo sent.
How did Chrollo find someone like Hisoka? Where did he come from?
"Hey Aoi?" Gon said, cutting off the silence.
"Yes Gon?"
"What did Hisoka meant before? He said how he 'doesn't feel like bringing you back now'. Do you know him?" Gon questioned.
"Not really" I said. "It is just some business I have to take care of. Please don't mention this to anyone. Okay Gon?" I begged.
"I'm not good at keeping secrets but if its something you don't want to talk about, then I'll do it." Gon said with concern.
"Thank you Gon." I looked at him and he smiled at me.
This kid sure is interesting. I really appreciate having Gon as a friend.
I don't want anyone to get involved. It'll be too dangerous for them. Plus revealing who I am and where I came from would just cause trouble.
I just hope Hisoka won't cause anymore trouble to us.
After about an hour of running, we managed to catch up with everyone else.
We eventually made it across the mucky swamp and reached to what might be Phase two of the exam.
Gon and I sat at a nearby tree and rested.
"That's it for the first part of the exam." Satotsu started, "The second part will take place inside this building. It seems a significant amount of people has failed. So congratulations to those of you who made it. You can all wait here until noon. I thank you all and goodbye."
Satotsu bowed and started walking away.
I noticed Hisoka leaning against a tree and he pointed towards the opposite tree where Leorio was.
Gon and I ran to him and check on Leorio.
"Leorio are you okay?" asked Gon.
"My face hurts...my body hurts too..what happened?" Leorio asked in confusion.
"Your dumb self tried to fight off Hisoka and you lost" I said a bit annoyed.
He is such an idiot for bringing himself into that sort of danger.
"Aoi!" I turned around to see Kurapika and Killua walking towards us.
"Hey guys!" I was happy to see Kurapika. Good thing he made it here safe.
"Gon I thought you wouldn't come back after you left me." said Killua
"Sorry about that. But I had to save a friend" Gon said while smiling.
"What happened after we split up Aoi?" Kurapika asked
I explained to him everything that happened. Of course I didn't tell him about the reason why Hisoka was here. That would make me seem like a suspicious person.
Gon looked at me when he knew that I didn't mention the conversation he heard.
"So he really is a dangerous person then huh? We need to keep an extra eye on him." Kurapika said while glaring at Hisoka.
"He is but I'm pretty sure he'll leave us alone if we don't mess with him." I said. It is partially true.
We all stood outside of the building waiting for the doors to open.
Eventually, noon strikes and the doors started to open slowly.
What will we do in the second part of the exam?