Chapter 3: Challenge x Sushi x What s next?

After many hours of running, you finally arrived in a field. Suddenly, some guy came out of the nearby forest. He was carrying a dead monkey creature.

That s not the real examiner! he shouted, pointing at the guy with no mouth. I am! He s actually a creature in disguise.

Everyone started arguing after that. No one could decide who the real examiner was. Suddenly, two playing cards flew at the two possible examiners. The guy with no mouth caught the one aimed at him. The other guy wasn t so fortunate. He fell to the ground dead.

Problem solved. said the clown guy, Hisoka. You had heard about him earlier. He was supposedly insane and really dangerous. The real examiner would be harder to kill, so that proves it.

I am the real examiner. spoke up the guy with no mouth.

You thought of something. Hey, I have a question.

Yes, what is it? the examiner said.

If I kill you, can I become the examiner?

No, it doesn t work that way. Killing an examiner will get you disqualified.

What about killing non-examiners? Will that get me disqualified?

No, but I generally don t approve of killing the other participants unless it s part of the exam.

He started running through the forest. Everyone immediately followed him. You were about to start running but then a card flew at you. You caught it easily. More cards were thrown at you. You caught all of them.

Stop throwing cards at me! you told Hisoka.

He smiled creepily at you. I m just testing you.

Do I win anything if I pass? you asked, throwing the cards back at him.

He caught them. The chance to fight me.

I m already fighting you. You aimed a punch at him. He dodged it and threw a punch at you. You started a kick, but instead punched him in the jaw. He was caught off guard for a second but then he grabbed your wrist and tossed you .

You flew through the air. You managed to land on your feet. Hisoka seemed impressed.

You pass. I look forward to our next fight. He ran off into the forest.

You were about to follow him but Gon stopped you.

You are really strong! he said.

You hadn t noticed that anyone was watching. Gon and Killua looked impressed. Leorio looked scared. You couldn t tell what Kurapika thought.

We should go after the examiner. he said. We don t want to fail.

You thought he didn t care about the fight. But as you were running, he told you that he was also impressed that you landed a punch. That made you feel happy even though you hated him.

Finally, you were out of the forest. Two new examiners introduced themselves. The girl, Menchi, told you that the next exam was cooking.

Of course, this made everyone panic. No one expected that cooking would be part of the Hunter exam. Once the panic wore off, the other guy examiner said that he wanted roast pig.

So everyone ran back to the forest. Finding a pig was easy. Killing it was pretty easy too. The others succeeded too. Everyone passed.

Now for my dish. said Menchi. I want sushi. The supplies are in front of you. You may make as many as you want.

You had no idea how to make sushi. By the looks of it, nobody else did either. There was a lot of rice in front of you. You suddenly realized how hungry you were. Since you didn t know how to make sushi, you figured you d make some rice balls and watch the others in case someone figured it out.

For a while you ate and watched others get rejected. Then some guy blurted the recipe and Menchi got really mad.

You just ruined the exam! She suddenly looked your way. You re not even trying! she yelled at you.

You shrugged. I was hungry.

That s it! Everyone fails!

There were protests from everyone.

You can t fail everyone! yelled some random guy. Others agreed with him. It was chaos until finally the head of the exam showed up. He talked to Menchi until she agreed to give another exam.

Fine. This time I ll give you something easier. Boiled eggs. Everyone sighed in relief. From the spider eagle. You ll have to jump off a cliff to get them.

Only a few people made the jump. But you passed and so did your friends. The head of the exam showed up again. This time with a blimp.

You ll be taking the blimp to the next place. Also, there will be a dance. You must attend and dress formally.

Everyone was confused. But there are barely any girls here. protested Leorio.

You don t need to bring dates. Unless you want to. Let s get going. With that he entered the blimp along with everyone else.