Conan's winery play house

Chapter 177 Hunter Exam
Kurapika hastily injected the serum into Leorio.

Peng Si also went up and carefully dragged Xiaojie's body back to a safe area, and also began to inject serum into him.

I don't know how long it has passed, but both Xiaojie and Leorio woke up.

Leori thanked Jay and Kurapika, and Jay thanked Pence for taking care of him.

The white-haired boy sat beside Dafu and Cookie, not joining them, as if he had his own world.

"The time for the exam is approaching. If we can't go out, we will fail the exam." Kurapika said, looking at the entrance of the cave.

There are still countless poisonous snakes there.

"Peng Si, you still have hypnosis gas, let's exchange it." Xiaojie looked at Peng Si who was on the side, and suddenly took out a number plate.

That was Ba Peng's number plate. When he got the serum, he also got the opponent's number plate.

Important things are always put together.

"This is the number plate you want, exchange it for your hypnotic gas, and hypnotize all the poisonous snakes here." Xiaojie said.

"But once the hypnotic gas is used, we will also be unconscious, and everyone will still be trapped here." Peng Si frowned.

"How long does the hypnosis gas last?" Xiaojie asked.

"...About 5 minutes." Peng Si replied after a moment of silence.

"The longest time I can hold my breath is 44 minutes and [-] seconds." Xiaojie said confidently.

"Trust me." He said firmly.

"But you're not in good health yet..." Peng Si was still hesitating.

"It's okay, I trust Xiaojie." Leorio said suddenly.

"I also think Jay can do it." Kurapika said the same.

Peng Si looked at the white-haired boy who hadn't spoken much, and felt that he might be the only one who was sober.

So she quickly asked: "What about you? Do you agree to do this too?"

"Xiaojie can do it if he wants to." The white-haired boy replied more casually.

Others believe Xiaojie can do it anyway, but he said that the other party can do it if they want.

"...Okay." Peng Si lowered her head helplessly, and took out the hypnosis gas.

"I can release it when I make gestures." Xiaojie said so, opened his mouth wide to inhale, then began to hold his breath with puffed cheeks, and gave a thumbs up to Peng Si who was beside him.

Burns turned on the hypnotic gas.

White gas immediately filled the entire cave.

Without saying a word, Cookie stuck out his tongue and fell to the ground.

Pence, Kurapika, and Leorio also fell to the ground one after another.

Only Xiaojie, who had already started to hold his breath, remained awake.

Aito stood up holding the cookie, and walked towards the exit of the cave with Daifuku.

"Let's go first, Xiaojie, come on." When passing by Xiaojie, the white-haired boy was still able to encourage him.

Xiaojie puffed his cheeks and widened his eyes.

Why doesn't Ato need to hold his breath in a space filled with hypnotic gas?
The snakes at the exit of the cave also fell into a coma.

Xiaojie stacked Leorio, Kurapika, and Peng Si on his back, and ran towards the exit.

……

"Cookie is really acting like a spoiled child to me." Aituo looked at the dazed Shiba Inu, stroked the dog's head, and Cookie opened his eyes, rubbing his mouth enthusiastically on his face.

"The spaceship of the Hunter Association is coming, and the exam is coming to an end. We can go to the entrance and wait." He took a look at the sky while bearing the cookie's enthusiastic post.

The spaceship of the Hunter Association is about to appear.

When Ato arrived near the exit and found a tree to sit in, the spaceship flew right over the island.

Then came the sound of the radio.

"This exam is over. Candidates are requested to arrive at the exit within one hour. The replacement of the number plate after arriving at the exit will not count. Candidates are requested to abide by the rules."

The broadcast was loud enough to spread throughout the island, so the candidates who heard the broadcast and those who had already got their number plates were all rushing here, while those who did not get their number plates began their final struggle.

"Xiaojie should be very happy now, Dafu." Aituo sat on the branch, with his legs hanging in the air, swinging gently.

"Wum." Dafu nodded calmly.

"Xiaojie is friends with Kurapika and Leorio, so I want to show off in front of them, just like I want to show off in front of my family..." Aito smoothed the cookie, while Open your mouth thoughtfully.

"After expressing myself, I will be very happy." He nodded confidently.

He can let those snakes bite himself, poison all the snakes to death, so that he can also bring other people out.

But Xiaojie seemed to really want to express himself, or... really wanted to show his own value, so Aituo handed over the stage to him.

Because Leorio and Kurapika are neither friends nor family members, Aito has no intention of expressing himself in front of them. If it was Mr. Magician, he would still be willing to express himself.

An hour later, all the candidates who passed boarded the ship of the Hunter Association.

On board, everyone was together again.

"Hey, you did a good job, Xiaojie, but you must have passed the other three number plates, right?" Qi Ya and Xiaojie clapped their hands together, and then said.

"Actually..." Xiaojie had a troubled expression on his face.

"Look at this." He took out a number plate.

Qi Ya was shocked when he saw it.

"You actually snatched Hisoka's number plate? How did you do it? As expected of you!" Qi Ya patted Xiaojie on the shoulder excitedly.

"He gave it to me." Xiaojie said with some embarrassment.

Qi Ya was stunned.

Hisoka gave Xiaojie his own number plate?Was that Hisoka the Hisoka he knew?

but……

"Are you okay? I won't ask if you don't want to talk." He noticed Xiaojie's expression was wrong, and asked worriedly.

"There's nothing to say." Xiaojie shook his head.

"The committee asked us to gather in the candidates' lounge now." Kurapika walked over to inform them.

"Then let's go quickly." As if escaping, Xiaojie ran quickly.

"Wait a minute..." Seeing this, Qi Ya followed immediately.

As soon as they entered the lounge, they saw a candidate standing in the room.

Among them, the figure hugged by a 1.8-meter teddy bear is particularly conspicuous.

The other party held a Shiba Inu in his arms, and his sleeping appearance looked very peaceful.

But when the president of the Hunter Association and the examiner walked in one by one, the sleeping figure instantly sat up straight in the teddy bear's arms.

President Nitro of the Hunter Association, as well as the examiners they had met in the four exams, all appeared in front of them.

"Every candidate has worked hard. The ten candidates here have passed several tests, but I didn't expect that seven of them are novices. This year is really a bumper harvest." President Nitro stood in front of them and announced talking.

"The final test will be held in the hotel rented by the Hunter Association in three days. During this period, all candidates, please prepare to recharge your batteries." President Nitro was about to leave after saying this.

"Well, what is the final test?" the bald ninja asked.

"Well... everyone, please look forward to it." President Nitero smiled and did not answer, but left the examinee lounge.

"What..." The candidate who was left behind showed a speechless expression.

Qualified candidates are divided into three camps.

Kurapika, Xiaojie, Leorio, Kira, Bokuer, Bottero, Hanzo, the seven sat in a circle, exchanging their guesses about the last experiment.

"Experienced people must understand it very well." They said so, looking at Bao Ku'er.

"I was eliminated in the fourth round last time..." Bao Kuer raised his hands and waved wildly, his tone awkward.

"Then this old gentleman..." Everyone's eyes moved to Botero again.

"I was eliminated in the first level last time." Botero said with a smile.

As a result, all the people present lost their expressions.

The white-haired boy wearing sunglasses is sitting opposite Hisoka at the moment, and both of them are building a card tower.

"Mr. Magician has also experienced it, what will be the final exam?" Aito looked at the red-haired magician.

The rest of the people also pricked up their ears when they heard this.

"Sa, this is a secret~" the red-haired magician said with a smile.

Ato stared at him for a moment, then nodded.

Mr. Magician doesn't know either.

Mr. Nail beside him sat with his knees folded, as if he was in a daze.

Botero, who seemed to be the oldest among all the candidates, began to analyze the content of the final exam.

At that moment, the other party seemed to be possessed by a detective, and found clues from the content of the previous exam.

Finally he spoke his reasoning.

"The final exam is a written exam." He vowed.

The two card towers fell almost simultaneously.

Both Aito and Hisoka had blank expressions on their faces.

"Huh?" The two looked at Botero who said the analysis, and made meaningless voices.

"written examination……"

"I see……"

"There seems to be a library on board, let's go quickly."

The rest believed his analysis and rushed out in an instant.

Only Botero was left in the original circle.

"I just want to show my reasoning ability...Actually, I'm not sure..." Botero murmured, looking at the empty side.

"Ah..." Hisoka let out a fluttering sound.

"In this case, I'm going to work hard for the final exam. I'll see you in three days, Mr. Magician." Aito stood up after speaking, and walked towards the library with Daifuku and Cookie.

The red-haired man lowered his eyes and looked at the cards scattered on the ground, wondering what he was thinking.

There are only three figures in the library.

The bald ninja Hanzo, the hatted Bakure, and Leorio.

At this moment, all three of them were sitting in front of the desk, with a stack of books on the desk at hand.

Leori even had a strap tied around his head, and he was writing furiously, looking very hardworking.

Ai Tuo looked at the small note on the opponent's body, and the content written on the small note was the same as that in the book, his eyes gradually became thoughtful.

Is this what Zhuxing and the others said about cheating?

Write the answers on a slip of paper in advance, and secretly take it out during the exam.

It is indeed a good method, but it is easy to be discovered.

Dafu was standing by the bookshelf with the boy in his arms, and Aituo took out a book from the shelf and flipped through it quickly.

There are probably tens of thousands of books in the entire library. Even if he reads and records quickly, he can't read all the books in three days.

"It would be great if I could open the domain..." He murmured while flipping through the book.

Then he reacted suddenly.

"What do I mean by the field...?" He shook his head, trying to throw out something more useful.

But nothing came out.

Cookie also imitated his head shaking and shook his head together.

Aito/Cookie: Empty head.

Dafu stroked the white-haired boy's hair, and then stroked Cookie's dog's head equally.

So Aito continued to lower his head and began to read.

Don't think about it if you can't remember it. The most important thing right now is to pass the exam.

One after another.

The movement of flipping the book attracted three other people to watch.

"He's like this... Can he really remember it? It's not a book that he has read!" Bao Kuer complained.

Hanzo's expression changed again and again, and a look of extreme fatigue appeared in his eyes. Suddenly he stood up and walked towards the door.

"If there is an exam, I will definitely prepare the exam questions in advance. I will go to the chairman's room now to see if I can steal it." He resolutely prepared to go to the chairman's room to steal the test papers.

However, he was swarmed up by Bao Kuer and Leorie and was firmly suppressed.

"Don't go, it's impossible for you to be the first—" Bao Kuer and Leorie said while suppressing him.

"Let go of me, let me go—" Hanzo, who was pressed down by two people, made a struggling voice.

It wasn't until the broadcast sounded that the entanglement between the three stopped.

"Candidates whose names are registered, please come to the president's room to participate in the interview." The broadcast said.

"Interview..." Aito thought about the so-called interview mentioned in the book.

It is also an exam, but whether the interview can pass or not usually depends on the examiner's thoughts.

Aito recalled his performance since taking the exam, and nodded.

He did nothing bad.

"Please invite Candidate No. 44 Hisoka to the president's room."

No.1 was called Hisoka.

Ai Tuo walked towards the chairman's room, and met several other candidates on the way.

When everyone arrived, Hisoka just came out from inside.

"Do you want to ask?"

"Who's going?"

"You go, you go..."

A group of people shoved cautiously.

In the end, Bokuer was pushed in front of Hisoka.

"Excuse me, what is the content of the interview?" Bao Kuer reluctantly asked with a smile on his face.

"I won't tell you~" Hisoka said without hesitation with a smile in his voice.

After saying that, he turned and left.

Only a group of people were left standing there, their eyes seemed to be dead.

"Please ask Candidate No. 401, Aito, to go to the president's room."

It was Ato's second turn.

So he pushed open the office door without hesitation, closed the door after entering, and then sat cross-legged in front of the president who was waiting inside.

There are pictures of candidates one after another on the low table.

These are photos of candidates who have entered the final exam.

"Among these people, who do you care about most?" President Netero asked.

"Mr. Magician." The white-haired boy wearing sunglasses chose the red-haired magician without hesitation.

After all, it feels like the existence of family most.

"Who are the people who want to fight the most and who don't want to fight the most?" President Nitro continued to ask.

"No, no matter who I fight with." Aito shook his head.

"Why did you come to take the hunter exam?" the president continued to ask.

"Because my uncle wants me to get a hunter's license." Aituo explained seriously.

Uncle System's task must be done well.

"Okay, you can go out." The president nodded.

"Can I see your own photo?" the white-haired boy asked curiously.

He didn't see his own in the picture on the table.

Maybe that's the case, and I don't show myself pictures of myself.

"No problem." The president released a photo that had been put away.

The picture shows a white-haired boy wearing sunglasses sitting on a tree branch.

"Thank you very much." Ai Tuo finished looking at his photos, thanked the other party, and then got up and left satisfied.

(End of this chapter)