"Little Asia, long time no see."
On the Hunter Association's airship, at ten o'clock in the morning, when the sky was just beginning to light up, the door to Althea's room was pushed open.
Well, this is actually not her room, and the person who opened the door was not an outsider, but the owner of this room.
"Oh, President, have you finally remembered to come back and sleep?" Althea looked at the sky outside the window. It was already the next morning. "It's not good for the elderly to stay up late all the time."
"Oh ho ho ho, it's rare for me to have so much fun playing with my children. It doesn't matter if I stay up late every once in a while." Nitro, the president of the Hunter Association, walked in slowly, grabbing his beard. "Besides, the elderly are always willful, aren't they?"
"But..." Nitro walked to the table and sat down, and said slowly, "What should you call me?"
Althea sighed and said resignedly, "Master."
"No, no, no, that's not it." Nitro looked kindly and smiled very kindly, "That's what you called me when you asked me to accept you as my apprentice. What's your name? Oops, I can't remember it because I'm old. ”
Althea:......
Althea sighed again, resigned to her fate and said with some shame, "Master..."
That's right, when she was still young, she was lucky enough to meet Nitro, the president of the Hunter Association and the strongest telepathic user in the history of mankind, because of a temporary mission of the association. Then she shamelessly begged the other party to accept her as her disciple... The past is really too painful to look back on, so it's okay not to mention it, but this old man is sinister, and he will hear her call her "Master" every now and then.
"Good disciple, oh ho ho ho~" Nitro's old face suddenly burst into laughter.
Althea:......
"I am already twenty-eight, not a child anymore."
It's really too shameful to call me 'Master' again. Aisia tried to find reasons for herself.
"Even if you are eighty-two, you are still a child in my eyes."
Nitro stroked his beard and dismissed the young apprentice's lame excuses in a slow and logical manner.
Althea:......
Okay, who knows how old this old man is.
The president of the Hunter Association and the top person in charge of the hunter test. Even at the age of 120, even though his strength has been reduced by half from its peak, he is still the world's top telepathic user, which shows how strong he is.
Although Althea has been involved in this world for ten years and is no longer what she used to be, there is no guarantee that she will be able to defeat her master, President Netero.
Because that old man was not only powerful, but also shady... his more than a hundred years of combat experience was not comparable to a fledgling child like her.
Although Hunter World relies on strength, combat experience is also an important part of strength. Having strong telekinesis ability alone is not enough.
Althea knew this from early on. It can be said that she is actually very talented in this area.
Back then, she was able to impress the 110-year-old President Netero to make an exception and accept him as a disciple. It was not really because of her cute saying "Master", but because of her understanding of power.
'I feel that the ability to read is always just a boost, and a person's own strength is the real strength. Hunters should not pursue and rely too much on telekinesis abilities, as that is very dangerous. '
Of course, a large part of this is because she has super dangerous abilities that can backfire on her, so she can see through the essence without being confused by various dazzling telekinesis abilities.
Abilities are easy to use, like shortcuts. There is no need to exercise hard, practice hard every moment, or repeat boring basic exercises. It can make an ordinary person become seemingly incompetent in an instant. Can't. If you just develop your abilities and neglect your own practice, you will harm yourself one day.
In short, no matter what, it was because of her words that Nitro decided to accept this closed disciple.
And he was not wrong. Although Althea was lazy, she worked very hard. In just ten years, she had successfully started her career and became a very powerful hunter.
This is actually not a contradiction, because the lazier the person, the more she will work hard to achieve the highest efficiency when she is determined to do something, because she does not want to do any more useless work.
In other words, if you want to do something, you have to do your best to be worthy of the precious time and energy she devotes.
"So you, the old man, stayed up late to play with other children and asked me to wait here all night." Unable to defeat the old man, Althea decided to take a preemptive strike.
"Oh, I thought you slept all night, little Althea." Nitro chuckled.
"I fell asleep while waiting," Althea corrected.
"Okay, okay, it's my fault. But since my little apprentice grew up, he no longer wants to play with me." Nitro had a sad expression on his face, shook his head and sighed.
Every time I play with you, I get tricked by you every time. I am stupid to play with a bad old man like you.
Althea cursed in her heart, but she said cheerfully on her face, "Birds always leave their nests when they grow up. Isn't this what Master said?"
Nitro touched his head and smiled, pretending not to hear, and changed the topic directly, "How was the hunter test this time? Is there a lot of good ideas? Especially those two little babies, oh ho ho ho~"
Althea:......
After so many years, her master's ability to change topics was still so blunt, with no improvement at all.
But Althea still followed the words and replied, "Yes, are you saying that No. 44 Hisoka and No. 301 Jitala are suffering? These two are indeed very powerful."
I forgot to mention that this No. 301 Jita Laku is the false identity of Yirmi Da Di Ke Yi Rong, which is also the secret in the deal she made with Killua before.
But the other party is also a talent, a handsome guy with long hair who is obviously very good-looking, but he has to disguise himself as a weirdo with nails on his face. Doesn’t it mean that all killers should disguise themselves as ordinary people? ! Fortunately for him, he made it so ugly that it is eye-catching and impressive. It can only be said that this may be the confidence of the number one assassin family.
But when Althea finished speaking, she suddenly found that her cheap master's expression was a little strange.
"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" She tilted her head and asked a puzzled question.
"Ahem..." Nitro raised his hand to get a glass of water from the table and took a sip, "I mean No. 99 and No. 405."
Killua No. 99: Beat the enemy, and No. 405: Jay Fulis.
Althea instantly called up the information of the two people in her mind. Killua was naturally the one she met last night, and Gon No. 405 was the one who hit Hisoka No. 44 on the head with a fishing rod. Then he took pictures of the poor little boy in green clothes.
Coincidentally, both of them are just twelve years old this year and have become good friends and partners in the hunter test.
So Nitro was referring to these two people, not Hisoka and Ilmi as she understood.
Althea, who finally understood why her master had such a strange expression, twitched the corner of her mouth and defended herself by saying, "You said it, even an eighty-two-year-old is still a child in your eyes."
The implication is that Hisoka and Ilmi are only in their twenties, so they are also little babies. She has no problem understanding them!
"Well, well, those two are indeed outstanding." Nitro pretended to be calm and took another sip of water, "But now I am more looking forward to these two little babies who have not yet learned to read. I want to see them. Their future. I want to see what the future of the new generation of hunters will look like. Just thinking about it makes my blood boil."
"So is this the reason why you stayed up all night?
Althea has probably guessed that her master must have played a ball game with Killua and Gon last night. She remembered that when she met Killua, in a room not far behind him, there was the sound of a ball hitting the ground. In addition, her master had played this game with her before, so she combined so many details. , and instantly thought of what happened.
"By the way, do you already think those two boys will successfully pass the hunter test?" Athea asked again.
Nitro: "Without a doubt."
Althea: "Then what."
Nitro: "Are you interested in them?"
Althea: "You mean..."
"That's right, little Asia." Nitro's still energetic eyes suddenly flashed with light, "Time flies so fast, and you are already qualified to be a leader."
Althea was surprised for a moment, and then responded very solemnly, "I understand, Master."
"Oh ho ho ho~ It's getting late, it seems it's almost here." Nitro said and looked out the window.
Althea also subconsciously followed the opponent's line of sight and looked into the distance. The towering trap tower where the third test was located had already stood on the horizon at some point.
"Then I won't disturb your rest, old man."
Althea looked at the time and turned to leave. When the door was about to be closed, Nitro's voice came from behind again.
"By the way, I always forget things as I get older. Is your ability still easy to control?"
"Well, don't worry, I can still handle it."
"Don't bear the burden of anything, little Asia."
"I know~ You are so long-winded, old man~"
…
Seventy-two hours later, on the bottom floor of the Trap Tower Prison, the third test ended.
In the final result, a total of twenty-five candidates successfully arrived at the bottom level and passed the test within the specified time.
In the conference room on the Hunter Association airship, the assistant examiners gathered together again.
Examiner Ma Shitai: "Have you all watched the video of the trap tower test?"
As soon as this sentence was asked, the atmosphere in the entire conference room suddenly became solemn. Without him, several people died in this test, not only the candidates, but also the examiners.
Yes, he is an examiner, but strictly speaking he is not an examiner.
Because that person was the examiner who was seriously injured by No. 44 last year, and this year he is an avenger. Libo, the examiner of this test, sympathized with his experience and gave him a chance to take revenge on the opponent in the trap tower.
Unfortunately, the 'Four Sword Style' he practiced hard for more than half a year after recovering from a serious injury could not help him succeed in revenge, but instead fell into a deeper abyss.
In the surveillance video, his best effort was to slash the shoulder of candidate No. 44, and then his head flew up full of unwillingness and fear.
Hisoka would never show mercy to those who wanted to kill him, and he easily defeated his opponent, but it left a heavy shadow on the hearts of the assistant examiners.
"So now it is confirmed that there are a total of twenty-four candidates who will participate in the fourth test. Let's take a look at how to draw lots?" Masta said, "I suggest that they be divided into two groups, day and night. That is, at least forty-eight people are needed, day and night. Follow alternately.”
"Wait a minute, didn't it say that twenty-five candidates passed the Trap Tower?" someone suddenly asked.
"I just received news from the association." Masta explained, "Another candidate died due to serious injuries, so now there are twenty-four."
"Okay, let's start smoking, just as you say."
five minutes later……
When the results of the lottery came out, some people were happy and some were sad.
"Hahaha, my hands are finally red!!" Matos raised the piece of paper he drew in surprise. It said 'No. 80, White', which means following candidate No. 80 during the day. "I remember she was a blonde beauty, hahaha. I knew you couldn't be unlucky twice in a row."
As he spoke, he excitedly asked Althea next to him, "What about you? Who is this time?"
Althea sighed, realizing that her luck in drawing lots was really not good, and she was afraid that someone would come. "Number 301, Shiro."
"Is that the guy with the nails?" Matos asked strangely, "There's nothing special about this guy. Why do you have such a sad face? Isn't that pretty good?"
"Hey, it's so ugly." Aisiya said. She wouldn't go so far as to say that the other party is actually the killer of the enemy Hakka, the one who killed you before.
Although the other party came to take the test because he needed a hunter's license for the next mission and would never take the initiative to cause trouble, Althea didn't want the other party to recognize that she and Matos were the people that night. Otherwise, according to normal people's personalities, They all have to find out why the person they killed suddenly came back to life.
If this is the case, it will be very troublesome.
"Damn, I'm actually number 44!" Someone suddenly wailed.
"Stop talking, brother, I am also number 44." Another person also said with a sad face.
"Both of us are not much better..." Two more big men cried as they spoke, "My brother and I are both number ninety-nine."
Originally, everyone didn't pay much attention to the kid No. 99. Even if he beat up the enemy's Hakka kid, he was still a twelve-year-old kid who couldn't read. But after the twelve-year-old boy in the trap tower took out the heart of the convicted felon in the tower with his bare hands, no one dared to look down upon him.
"That boy, that look in his eyes is really scary. No one can be normal if he beats an enemy Hakka!"
"That's someone who only exists in the dark world."
"I'll switch with you." Althea suddenly said, "How about changing number 301 to number 99, or daytime to daytime?"
"Ah, why do you want to change?" the other party asked in confusion.
"It's too ugly, I'm scared." Althea used that excuse again.
Everyone:...
In the end, of course, Althea changed to the number she wanted.
[Althea: Killua, I've got it all done here, don't forget our agreement/sympathy]
[Killua: Why are you talking as disgusting as Hisoka? Got it, I'll try it, but there's no guarantee it will work. 】
Althea, who was disgusted by the two enemy and guest brothers who were beaten in succession:...
Well, she thought about it for a second, and it was all her fault that the guy called the Magician had pickled her up.
Wait... Listen to Killua, does No. 44 sound similar to her cheap partner? ?
Forget it, it doesn't matter... because at this moment, her cheap partner sent her another message.
[Magician: Dear little one, I accidentally got hurt, it hurts so much~~/Poor/Please comfort me]
Althea was immediately disgusted and had goosebumps all over her body. She felt that No. 44 was definitely not as disgusting as the magician! No one is more disgusting than him! ! !
So she immediately replied: [Hey, hey, hey: Baby, what’s wrong with you? Is the Magician Level Exam so dangerous? So pitiful... Where was the injury? It won’t hurt if you kiss me, be good~~/kiss/kiss]
The other party quickly replied to the message: [Magician: Dear little baby, I am so touched~~ I was accidentally scratched by a magic prop/love/love]
[Hey hey hey: Great! Take a photo and show it to me! 】
[Hey, hey, hey: Ahem...no...I mean, show me the wounds on your body, are they serious or not? I'm so worried/worried/worried]
【magician:-_-】
