Chapter 301 Kurapika's Strange Exam Journey

Early January 1999.

"Music hunter" Melody and "amateur hunter" Kurapika team up to the town where this year's professional hunter exam will be held - Port Dore.

Melody is short and fat, with most of the long hair on his head bald, revealing a smooth scalp, and two buck teeth like hamster incisors protruding from his lips.

She definitely has nothing to do with "beauty", but she does have a voice that can be called "beautiful".

If you close your eyes and just listen to the voice, you will definitely think that she is a mature, charming and beautiful lady.

"Kurapika." Melody pointed to the hotel not far away and said softly, "I will stay here and wait for you while you take the exam."

At this time, Kurapika no longer wore the traditional clothing of the Kuruta tribe, but wore an ordinary white shirt. He looked like a tourist coming to Port Dore.

He glanced at the hotel, then looked at Melody and nodded.

"I don't know how many days this professional hunter exam will last. Please wait for me here."

Melody shook her head and smiled.

"It's nothing...Besides, it might end soon...after all, you are the disciple of 'Mr. Germain'."

Germain passed last year's professional hunter exam in just a few days and was the only candidate to pass that session.

Melody said this as a joke. As Germain's disciple, Kurapika might be able to pass the professional hunter exam soon.

Before, Germain had told Kurapika that Melody could be invited to Greed Island together.

Since the teacher said so, Kurapika revealed his relationship with the teacher to Melody and conveyed the teacher's wishes at the same time.

To be honest, Melody was surprised when she heard that Kurapika was actually the disciple of Germain, who had become famous in the past year.

That Germain has now entered the "Twelve Branches", the center of power of the Hunter Association, due to his achievements in defeating the chimera ants.

With his high position and amazing strength, no matter what he is, Melody is amazed.

And the beautiful blond boy in front of him who has been partnering with him for a while is actually the disciple of Mr. Germain. It is really unbelievable!

However, Melody finally believed Kurapika because she could hear the "heart melody" of others, thus confirming that Kurapika was not lying.

Melody hesitated for a moment before agreeing to Germain's invitation.

That Germain probably wanted to see him and express his kindness for the sake of taking care of Kurapika.

This is actually a good thing for the melody.

She also really wanted to meet the rumored Germain and hear how his "heart melody" was different from ordinary hunters and how he could perform so well.

So she agreed.

However, before that, Kurapika had to take the professional hunter exam. Melody accompanied him, and this led to the current conversation.

Because Melody is a professional hunter, through her channels, Kurapika knew many things that happened to Mr. Germain recently.

Therefore, after hearing Melody's teasing, he was actually happy from the bottom of his heart, but also a little worried.

If I fail the professional hunter exam, will it embarrass Mr. Germain?

Melody didn't know whether she saw or heard Kurapika's thoughts, and smiled and said: "Kurapika, you are just too cautious."

"Don't worry. Maybe spending a long time with me on missions will give you the illusion that you are surrounded by scary telepathic people."

"But, in fact, there are not many people with telekinesis in the world, and there are even fewer people who have not yet taken the professional hunter exam."

"If you take the professional hunter exam now, you will be like a tiger in the forest being thrown into the flock of sheep. Don't worry, you will definitely pass."

"Go take the exam, I'm waiting for your good news here."

"Okay." Kurapika felt that this was indeed the case, "Then I'll set off."

"Go ahead." Melody waved to him with a smile on her face.

With a little trepidation, Kurapika embarked on the journey to take the professional hunter exam, and successfully passed the "Leader" test.

The "leader" seemed to have asked him accidentally as he was taking him to the examination room for the first level.

"Your name is Kurapika, right?"

Kurapika glanced at him suspiciously and replied, "You know me?"

"I don't know him." The "Leader" smiled, then pressed a button, and walked out of the room. He waved to the confused Kurapika, "I know him now."

Clang——

After the "Leader" pressed the room button, the entire room went down. Only then did Kurapika realize that the entire room was an elevator.

Until the elevator stopped, Kurapika couldn't figure out what the "leader" meant.

After stepping out of the elevator, Kurapika was stared at by many eyes for a while, and then they all moved away.

These eyes belong to candidates who came to take the exam like him.

Kurapika looked around, looking at this group of candidates with different appearances, observing silently for a while, and then he slowly and uncontrollably breathed a sigh of relief.

If my judgment is correct, it seems that there is only one powerful telepathic person... unless there is another powerful telepathic person who has been well hidden from beginning to end.

Melody is right, most of my competitors are not strong... No, no, no, I can't think like that, I must not let my guard down.

It's a small matter that I failed the professional hunter exam. If it also makes Mr. Germain embarrassed, this is a big deal. I must not make a low-level mistake.

At this time, a green head suddenly appeared in front of me.

"I am the bean-faced man, responsible for the logistics of this exam." He was like a pea in a suit, and stretched out his hand to Kurapika, "You must be Kurapika."

Kurapika did not shake hands with the bean-faced man, but frowned and asked: "How do you know me too?"

"Ah..." The bean-faced man realized that he had let the cat out of the bag, and quickly covered his mouth with both hands, then hurriedly took out a number plate and handed it to Kurapika, "This is your exam number, you must keep it safe!"

The bean-faced man simply reminded him twice, and actually ran away and slipped into the crowd of candidates.

Huh?

Just ran away like this?

It's getting weirder and weirder...

After that, Kurapika met a hedgehog-headed boy named Gon who approached him to chat, and an "uncle" named Leorio who carried a suitcase.

Gon and Leorio were both very enthusiastic and talkative, and they established a good relationship with Kurapika.

In addition, there was a suspicious person named Toba, who, like Gon and Leorio, took the initiative to approach him.

However, unlike Gon and Leorio, Toba wanted to give them a few cans of drinks.

Kurapika refused on the spot. Gon took a sip and found the taste a bit strange, so he spit it out, and Leorio followed suit.

So none of the three drank Toba's drink.

Toba muttered a few words in a low voice, and then left in a huff.

Then, Kurapika and the other two met a white-haired boy named Killua, and the four of them started the first test together - the tunnel run.

Kurapika chatted with Gon, Killua, and Leorio while looking ahead carefully.

He was able to do two things at once, but his breath was always stable, which made Killua next to him look at Kurapika a few more times.

In front of them, the tall man in green clothes who was identified by Kurapika as a "powerful Nen candidate" and a "dangerous person" had needles stuck in his face, and he ran like a mechanical doll that was not fully lubricated.

My biggest competitor should be him. Kurapika thought.

The next few levels did prove that Kurapika's judgment was correct. This man with needles stuck in his face was the most terrifying opponent.

However, fortunately, this was a professional hunter exam, and Kurapika didn't have to fight this man unless necessary.

He kept passing the levels smoothly, and two unexpected things happened during the period.

The first thing was that Kurapika noticed that no matter where he was, there were eyes staring at him from time to time, but they were often not malicious, more like... curiosity?

Since I took this exam, I have been receiving excessive attention from the Hunter Exam officials... These people seem to know me...

Kurapika thought about it for a while and slowly got a clue. At this point, with so many strange situations, this is the only possibility...

The second thing is that Gon, Killua and Leorio, like him, have all passed all the levels and reached the nominal "last level".

Unexpectedly, the three people who first approached him all had good qualifications.

As for the sneaky Dongba, he failed at the middle level and went home.

Kurapika has a good impression of Gon and the others, and sincerely hopes that they can pass this year's professional hunter exam.

However, before that, he must first ensure that he successfully passes.