"Go with them!" Crow told me with a persuasive voice.

'I don't want to go with them just because you like them. They will slow me down.' I didn't want to take a load that will slow me down. If there is worse than a strong enemy, it is a weak teammate. 'How do you even want to communicate with them? They can't hear you!'

"But they can hear you, and you can hear me, and I can hear them. Do a favor to Brother."

'Fine! I will go with them. Why do you always put me in the though situations?' I mumbled to myself and started to walk those four. We were at the top of the cylinder mountain. When we first dropped here, some applicants tried to climb down, but they were eaten alive by huge birds living around the mountain.

Crow told me about this part of the exam, and I knew that I had to find a secret door to take me inside of some kind of sub exam. I could either chose somewhere I can finish it alone, or I could choose to go with that four protagonists. And because Crow was a fangirl, he wanted me to go with those four.

Even before we arrived at this mountain, he asked me to keep an eye on those four. I really wanted to get over with it and return to the outside world so I could create my Nen. But because Crow played Brother card again, I followed them in the mist. Crow told me they would fight with Hisoka in the mist, and since Hisoka was female in this World, she may actually kill those brats. Thus I followed them. But as it happened in the original series, they didn't die. Hisoka just injured them a little bit, which I was okay with it.

After the mist, the second phase of the exam began. One sexy female and the other one fat male two Gourmet Hunter asked us to cook for them. The main ingredient was pork, and the valley not far away was filled with them. I cut one of their head easily and cooked on fire with my 'master skills'. But they didn't like it. I wasn't disappointed because Crow already told me everybody would fail to pass doesn't matter how they do it.

Later, because nobody passed the exam, the president of the Hunter Asociacion came to take over the exam. We were taken slot canyon where big birds lay their egg to the slot. It was a test for the timing, where the hunter has to jump down to the slot just before wind carries them up. If you jumped early, you would fall down and die. If you jumped down late, you would be carried with wind before you get the egg. But these were unnecessary for me. I marked the ground and jumped down to the slot.

Everybody looked at me as I was crazy, but I didn't care. I grabbed one of the eggs and flashed back to the top of the canyon. I could also fly, but I didn't want to show all my tricks to everyone. I already used flash with the Phantom Troupe, and they didn't know I could fly. After I flashed, I just followed the instructions and got over with it. I just wanted to get my license as soon as possible.

When everybody finished their gourmet test, we were taken to the airship to fly to our next destination. The cylindric mountain.

I followed those four and fell to the same room with them. Four of them took the watch like the remote allowing applicant to vote every next decision we had to make. They were waiting for the fifth to arrive. When I arrived, the voice sounded in all room to tell us, we had to follow the way with voting. For example, if there was a door on the right and left, the door majority voted would open and we had to follow that way.

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Since four of them knew each other I had to follow them. After I arrived, I introduced myself as Hitomi. They also introduced themselves. I wonder what Kurapika would think if he knew I was one of the Troupe he was looking for.

We walked to the square fighting ground after some time. We passed through some door to reach here by voting to all of them. There were five convicts had to fight with us. Their aim was to stall as long as they can. Because every hour they delay would reduce 10 years from their imprisonment time. The first convict was a robust man with a bald head. He walked to the square and asked us to send one as well.

I walked to the stage and waited. Crow told me this man would aim my throat, and sit on me for hours to prevent me admit defeat. And after countdown reached to zero, he would kill me. So, when he jumped on me I cut off his head with my Sword Ki and bare hands. It was easy to fight against such a weak opponent.

After me, Gon and Killua also won and we got three wins from five and we could pass through. After that, we went to another room where we could fight each other and pass through the door where only two people could pass but it was only 10 minutes away from the final destination. Or the other door where all five could pass but 10 hours away from the final destination. I wanted to take the short route, but I had to convince others.

I showed them my flashing few times and told two of them to go ahead with carrying my seal. When they passed through the door opening the short route, I flashed twice with remeaning two. After that, we arrived in an extensive room.

We still had to wait 40 hours, so I decided to start to train Ten while waiting. Then I dropped that idea because there were too many people. I created a clone for sit in the room, while I flashed away to the previous room to train on Ten.

After 40 hours I returned to the room, where everybody was waiting and Crow told me to memorize everybody's badge number because one of this would be my pair in the next phase of the exam. There weren't too many people, so I memorize them quickly and we left the room.

A ship dropped us to an island for the next phase of the exam. Everybody draw a lot and the number we drew would be our pair. If I wanted to pass this phase, I had to find the badge, I drew from the lot. I already memorized everybody's badge numbers so I mark my target and started to wait.

After they let us to the island, I started to run around and when I made sure everybody released to the island I flashed to my target and knocked him unconscious with a single hit, and took his badge. It was easy. After that, I walked around to the island and worked on the second form of Nen, Zetsu.

While Ten allowed a user to keep aura from leaking away from their body, Zetsu would stop the flow of aura inside their body altogether. Zetsu meant Suppress. By suppressing the aura inside of the body, one could hide their presence. Preventing others to find them, by sensing them. I already had experience as Anbu, and I was adept in following and erasing my presence. So, it wasn't so hard for me to erase my presence.

Zetsu had its disadvantages as well. By suppressing the aura, one would be defenseless against to Nen attacks. Also, it wasn't insurmountable. People with keen senses and battle experience would feel the presence, even when they can't be sure or can't locate the pursuer.

After I mastered Zetsu, I wanted to train Ren, the third form of Nen, but it would make my presence like a sun in the dark. Even the non-Nen users could feel my presence. So, I gave up that idea and started to walk to the ship. I had still time before I could clear this stage, but waiting close to the ship was better than staying in the forest.