They had been walking for 20 minutes and Killua become increasingly annoyed with the extra pair of footsteps he heard behind him.

"That guy...If you want to do a good job of following someone at least try harder," muttered Killua under his breath.

"Well can't blame him, I'm sure he's trying his best," replied Kiri with a small smile. She felt slightly sorry for their stalker (who she was sure was the previous guy making a loud ruckus on the coach, his footsteps were clumsy and heavy she had noted," to be up against two professional assassins. Luckily for him, Kiri was not the type to kill on a whim or without much thought. On the other hand, he may have tested his luck with Killua once too many times.

"How about we walk a little faster to get him off track?" suggested Killua. "I can almost feel him breathing down my neck."

Kiri shook her head and pointed ahead a little. "We're pretty much there."

They had spent about 20 minutes walking through a thick forest of trees. The trees grew so close together that the sunlight was blocked and they were walking in semi-darkness. Their stalker seemed to have difficulty with coping with the change in light and could be heard on several occasions, stumbling and crashing into trees.

They stepped out of the forest and entered a clearing, where in the middle, was a large deep blue lake, glittering in the sun. Just beyond the lake was a patch of soil, where Kiri could spot twenty or so red Zomatos.

Just as they started to head towards the Zomatos they heard a rustling noise from behind and a dark shadow shot past. It was the man on the coach who had previously tried to scam the other contestants as Kiri had known.

"So he finally shows himself," smirked Killua, and began manipulating his hand, making his nails sharp.

"Wait," said Kiri as she grabbed hold of his wrist. "There's no point chasing after him. We might as well let him do as he wishes."

Killua looked at the figure that had now reached the Zomatos and was piling a load into his arms. "I guess you have a point, no point wasting my energy. He won't be a worthy opponent anyways" Kiri released her grip and he drew back his hand. "But what on Earth is he doing?"

The scam man now had about twenty Zomato in his arms and had his head bent at a weird angle. He then lifted his head up and look left, then right, then began running down the pathway on the right side.

Kiri and Killua reached where the Zomatos were and saw that in front of the patch of Zomatos, was a signpost with strange writing on.

"What language is this written in? Does the examiners expect Hunters to know every language under the sun?!" complained Killua. "They must be having a laugh."

Kiri laughed at Killua's reaction. "Look carefully, and you'll see what this is."

Killua studied the signpost hard and then clicked. He turned his head sideways and realised the signpost just had Hunter language written on it up-side-down.

"Read it," said Kiri,

"Which….Way….Am I?" read Killua. "What is that supposed to mean, it's not any way is it?"

"I think the answer to this will tell us which path to go down," Kiri replied, pointing at the two pathways to their left and right.

"That dude just now went down the right pathway, should we just go down there and see what happens?" suggested Killua. "If it's wrong we can just come back up and go down the other one."

"I don't think that is a good idea," Kiri put her thumb to her chin and began thinking. "I think it's safe to assume that the examiners are always watching us. If we pick the wrong path way, come back up and pick the other one, we'll probably be immediately disqualified."

"How annoying, they have to pull little tricks like this." Killua kicked at the signpost. "Couldn't they have at least written on it the right way?"

"What did you say?"

"I said couldn't they have written it on the right way, are you okay Kiri?" Killua looked at Kiri with concern as he saw his older sister's eyes lit up.

Kiri clapped her hands together delightedly. "Of course! It's precisely as you said Killua."

"Huh? Are you alright Kiri; did the scent of Zomatos make you lose it?"

"Killua," she went over to the signpost, "If this is the wrong way up that makes it not the right way up. That means it's not the right way it's the…"

"..Left way!" finished Killua. "That was actually easier than I thought it would be."

"Although I did most of the work."

"Sh"

They proceed with their journey and walked down the left pathway. As they drew near to foot of a mountain where the pathway lead them, Killua suddenly had a thought. "Hey, we didn't need to bring Zomatos with us did we? I mean, that guy just now had a load in his arms."

A familiar voice which did not belong to Kiri answered his question. "No you do not. It never said in the riddle to bring Zomatos did it? Where did you get that idea from?"

Detuo appeared from behind some large rocks by where they were standing.

"Congratulations on finding your way here. You are the 4th and the 5th out of your group to have arrived," Detuo bowed slightly. "I will now guide you to the next stage. Detuo clicked his fingers and a door at the side of the mountain slowly began to rise upwards until it revealed a dark passageway. "Follow me please."

Kiri and Killua exchanged looks and followed after the examiner.

"Just now, another contestant went down the other pathway," began Killua. "Where did that lead to?"

"Oh, I didn't think anyone would actually go down that way, the clue in the signpost was pretty significant to me," replied Detuo who continued walking at a steady pace ahead without even looking back to face Killua. "There's a den at the end of that path where a pack of wolves reside. They live off on Zomatos. If you go down there carrying the scent of Zomatos, you'll be done in a matter of minutes. They're usually quite friendly, until them -Zomatos that is."

"And he was carrying an armful of them too," said Kiri, raising her eyebrows to Killua.

The torches lining the walls suddenly lit up, igniting their way, although Kiri could see pretty well without them anyways. Detuo stopped walking and clicked his fingers yet again. Another wall in front of him began to move up, showing a pitch black room.

"Kiri-sama, Killua-sama, we have now arrived. Please step into this elevator and it will take you to your destination. I wish you good luck with the rest of this exam."

Kiri and Killua stepped in the small room but before they could utter another word to Detuo, the doors dropped shut and they were plunged into darkness.

"Well, it was nice of him to—"but Kiri's sentence was cut short as the 'elevator' began moving violently, throwing both of them from side to side, and poor Killua was being crushed beneath Kiri with each throw.

The door suddenly opened up again and Kiri and Killua were thrown outwards onto the cold rocky floor in a pile, with Killua flattened on the ground beneath Kiri.

"Let's hope we don't have to go through that at each stage," said Kiri, clutching her head painfully whilst standing up.

"It was me who bore the brunt of it though," Killua stood up and brushed himself down. "You almost killed me."

"You won't die that easily," said Kiri, pinching Killua's cheeks playfully. "Now let's see what's next."

They spotted a steel door on the opposite wall. Beyond it was the room where the contestants who had passed were sitting and waiting for the next instructions. "Well whatever it is," said Killua, "it better not be like that elevator ride."