Chapter 319: Comprehensive Anime Pokémon: Starting from Hunter x Hunter Chapter 171

They mimic Satotz's voice, weaving lie after lie to lure those of low intelligence into traps they prepared in advance.

However.

While these creatures hunt people, other creatures are secretly hunting them.

In the mist.

A dark shadow swept past.

Gengar suddenly leaped from the shadows, striking casually and knocking down the Mist Turtwig.

The heavy thud of its fall kicked up a huge cloud of dust, the commotion startling countless examinees into detouring around this spot to flee.

Immediately after, Gengar pulled a Poké Ball from its mouth, captured the Mist Turtwig inside, and then ran off to catch another creature.

To ordinary people, the creatures within the Numere Wetlands are extremely perilous; one careless step leads to eternal damnation.

But to Luo Ge, these creatures were nothing, hardly worth a glance.

He was only doing this casually, driven by the notion of "completing the Pokédex."

Thus, more and more examinees witnessed strange occurrences.

Purple-black ghostly shadows darted everywhere; wherever a shadow appeared, the creatures there vanished without a trace.

Even Gengar hadn't expected that its legend as the "Mysterious Ghost Shadow" would return to the world once again.

Before Gengar, these creatures were beings that could be defeated with a single casual strike.

Therefore, the capture task was completed with incredible speed.

Even so.

The 367 examinees who had passed through the underground tunnel were still decreasing at a rapid pace.

One person after another was left far behind within the Numere Wetlands!

Passing through these Numere Wetlands might not be the exam with the highest elimination rate.

But it is certainly the exam with the highest mortality rate!

Here, falling behind means death!

……

Biscani Forest Park.

As the official venue for the second exam, the park stands at the finish line, reachable only by crossing the Numere Wetlands.

Outside the park stands a Western-style wall built in a circle, with a simple, unadorned large iron gate at its center.

After Satotz arrived here and traversed a winding, twisting path, the number of examinees gradually gathering here began to increase.

It was still evident that the number of examinees had plummeted!

First came the super-long marathon through the underground tunnel, followed by advancing through the Nest of Swindlers, fraught with danger.

Under nearly continuous, high-tension mental strain, the examinees who managed to hold on until here collapsed to the ground one after another.

Only a handful of "abnormal" individuals could stand on the ground as if nothing were wrong.

The Hunter Exam also seemed to consider the aspect of physical exhaustion, so the second exam arranged immediately after had little to do with endurance.

This also indirectly gave people some time to recover their spent stamina.

By now, the number of examinees who had arrived here had decreased significantly.

Many of them had died in the Numere Wetlands just moments ago!

If not for Gengar's influence.

Which indirectly saved many lives.

Fearfully, even fewer people would remain here.

Seeing that the time had arrived, Satotz, standing before the large iron gate, stroked his curly beard and spoke calmly:

"Everyone has worked hard; next is the second exam, so I will accompany you only up to this point."

Satotz nodded slightly to Luo Ge beside him.

Then, he once again adopted that "swaggering" walking posture and stepped into the depths of the forest.

Other examinees thought Satotz had simply left like that.

But in reality, Satotz would hide somewhere in the trees within the forest to observe the second exam.

Perhaps he purely wanted to join in the fun, which was why he didn't depart directly?

Just as Lin Ke expected, after walking a short distance into the forest, Satotz leaped up and landed on the branch of a certain tree.

Then, he pulled out a pair of binoculars he had prepared in advance from his waist, secretly observing everyone from the shadows, while muttering to himself:

"The examiner for the next round is that Luo Ge~"

"Speaking of which, there are many legends about this person, but their personality and attitude are hard to gauge."

Satotz recalled Luo Ge's actions during the earlier stages of the exam, finding himself somewhat unable to fathom them for a moment.

This 【World's Strongest】 serving as an examiner.

Would they be exceptionally strict?

Or particularly easygoing?

Or perhaps well-balanced?

He was quite curious.

Just a while after Satotz departed.

The large iron gate before everyone slowly opened to both sides, revealing the layout inside without any obstruction.

As the great gate swung open, the strings in the hearts of all the examinees tightened once again.

Having made it this far, how could they relax!

Only now had they barely reached the second exam.

The first thing to catch everyone's eyes was the arena within the park.

But what was puzzling was that not a single person was there.

Had their second examiner disappeared?

"Hey, hey, where did our examiner go?"

"Could it be that finding the examiner is part of the exam itself?"

Leorio struck his palm with his fist, his mind suddenly clearing.

"I see!"

"So they actually want us to find the examiner?"

"What kind of exam is this, where you have to find the examiner yourself?"

As the crowd chattered, Luo Ge stepped out from among them and walked onto the platform.

"Welcome to the second exam."

"I am the examiner—Luo Ge."

Silence instantly fell over the arena.

Everyone's faces showed astonishment; they opened their mouths but could not speak.

Luo Ge is the examiner?!