“Why am I so beat up?”

“Huh?”

“I can’t remember clearly, this is so weird.”

After looking at the confused Leorio, the three of them exchanged look.

“We should probably not tell him.”

“Yeah...”

Velena and Gon agreed whole heartedly with Kurapika.

“Gon! Velena!”

“Killua!/Kil!”

The two of them made their way toward the white haired boy.

“I thought you were not going to make it.”

Teased Killua not really meaning it.

“Yeah...like that would ever happen...”

Velena rolled her eyes at him.

“I just had to follow the trail of Leorio’s cologn.”

Gon said in passing.

“You tracked his scent?! Gon you’re weird arn’t you?”

Velena gave him a look.

“And you are talking about someone being weird?”

Killua rubbed his head with an unconfortable smile.

“I think the three of us can’t really talk about people being weird.”

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The laugher was interupted by Setotz.

“Congratulation everyone, the first faze is over, I shall leave you here, good luck!”

And with that he was gone, they turned around just in time to see the giant gate opening, to reveal a courtyard with several kitchen sinks, a women with green hair relaxing on a couch. Behind her was a giant drooling.

“All those who passed the first faze please enter!”

She waited for them to come near before resuming her speech.

“Welcome, I'm Menchi, your examiner for the second phase.”

“And likewise, I am Buhara.”

The examinee waited for them to continue, but instead of a speech, they were presented with a growling stomache...or was it a growling tiger? The sound wasn’t that far away....

“Sounds like you are getting hungry Buhara.”

“I’m starving Menchi.”

Menchi stood up.

“There you have it, the second phase will be...”

She let the tension get higher before dropping the bomb.

“Cooking!”

A pose, then people were getting skeptical.

“Why do we have to cook? We came here to become hunters!”

Said someone, not understanding the point.

“Don’t you get it? You have to cook a meal that can satisfy our pallets, because we are gourmet hunters!!”

Everyone started laughing and ridiculing them.

But there was someone who was feeling dread, and that person was Killua.

Killua turned around to look at a star eyed Velena. Seeing how excited she was, he wanted to face palm.

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The group was now searching for pigs with the four guys trailing behind an excited Velena.

Killua signaled for them to get close, so Velena couldn’t hear.

“Guys no matter what happens, don’t get close to what Velena cooks!”

“Huh, why?!”

“Shhhh!!”

Killua shushed a loud Leorio before elaborating.

“Velena has a gift for cooking.”

He said with a straight face.

“Isn’t that good?”

Asked Kurapika, not getting what is the problem.

“Yes! she has a gifted for cooking, everything she cooks becomes poison!!”

They looked at him in disbelief, he let out a sigh.

“Listen guys, am not joking! I myself is immune to poison but still nearly died I don’t know how many times and my brother who was once a as fat as pig, eating all day long has now got a serious case of eating disorder thanks to her!”

Seeing a blue faced Killua, the other three were creeped out. Looking at the happy loli walking in front of them, they started feeling fear all over again.

“Here they are!”

Looking at the place where Velena was pointing...

“Aren’t they a little too big?”

“Should we run?”

“Yeah...”

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Velena was sitting atop a dead pig enjoying the show as everyone was running away from the pigs, it only needed a punch from her to kill her pig, everyone else was not having it that easy.

It was a while later that Gon discovered the weakness on the forehead and for everyone else to copy him.

After that everyone started cooking, Killua and the others made sure to stay away from Velena who after finishing didn’t notice the other candidates crumbling around her face green and breathing with difficutly.

When she presented her dish to the examiners...

“Rejected!!!”

Cried Menchi with a tick mark.

“Why?!”

Velena was shocked.

“Why?! Perhaps, it’s the purple color! Or perhaps it’s the poison fume!!!”

By the way, Buhara was still holding a ‘you pass’ plate and drooling.

“Stop it Buhara!! You can’t eat this!! You will die!!”

“But Menchi, it looks delicious!”

“Where does it look delicious! I don’t even know if it is cooking at all!!”

Velena made it to Killua and Gon’s side hanging her head down with clouds overhead.

“It’s ok we also didn’t make it.”

“Yeah, cheer up Velena!”

Killua patted her head while Gon patted her back trying to comfort her with wry smiles.