"Hmph! Kids are kids. So naive."
"My carefully prepared dish, even better than a professional chef’s, still failed. You think you’ll pass with such a simple dish? Too unrealistic."
"Kids your age probably don’t even know how to use kitchen tools."
Ignoring them, Loki watches nchi, who’s nearly driven mad by the examinees. Seeing Loki’s dish, she finally smiles. Buhara is also surprised.
A small, elegant porcelain plate. A palm-sized piece of at. Spotlessly clean cutlery. Though the presentation is simple, it’s neat and clean.
"Finally, soone decent!"
nchi looks at Loki. ’Not bad, kid!’
"nchi, let try first!"
Buhara cuts off a small piece, puts it on his fork, and eats it quickly.
"Delicious!"
nchi doesn’t expect much from Buhara’s palate. Loki is the only examinee who didn’t use fire, but if the taste doesn’t et her standards, he’ll fail.
She cuts a piece, puts it in her mouth, chews, and stops. She looks at Loki.
"Why this cooking thod?"
The examinees quiet down. This is the first ti nchi has asked a question instead of rejecting a dish. So examinees sense sothing’s up. Loki thinks he might pass.
Loki calmly says, "I’m not skilled in cooking. This is the only way I could think of to preserve the flavor."
"Hmm. I understand."
nchi nods, looking at Buhara, who eats the rest and raises the ’pass’ sign.
"You’ll accept anything, no matter how bad it tastes!" nchi says. Turning to Loki, "Do you know how your dish tastes?"
Loki shakes his head. "I didn’t try it. Whatever the taste, it’s my best effort."
nchi looks at Loki. "Your dish was terrible!"
"See? A kid couldn’t make a passing dish." The examinees laugh.
"You pass."
The laughter stops.
"A terrible dish passes? What’s going on? Are you making fun of us?"
"Are you kidding? You said it was terrible, why did he pass?"
"I’ve had enough of this test..."
"Silence!"
nchi roars, silencing them. She pulls out two knives and slams them on the table, putting a foot on the table, hands on her hips. "Anyone who speaks again is disqualified!"
The examinees are stunned. When they’re quiet, nchi sits down.
"Hmph! The exam continues." She looks at Loki. "You pass, barely. Your dish was terrible, but not because of your cooking, but the ingredient’s flavor."
"I’m a Gourt Hunter. The cooking is fine. You preserved the ingredient’s original flavor perfectly, making it terrible. But tastes vary. You preserved the original flavor, eting a Gourt Hunter’s standards. You pass."
Loki nods and leaves. nchi looks at the others. "This dish won’t pass a second ti. Don’t copy him."
"Why?"
The examinees stop copying Loki and start arguing again.
Loki focuses on the system. The mont he passed, the system announced:
’Reward: One B-rank item lottery.’
’Drawing...’
’Congratulations, host! You’ve won three Senzu Beans from the Dragon Ball world!’
Loki sees the item appear in his inventory.
"Senzu Beans. Good. These are lifesavers."
"Gon, failed again?" Loki asks, seeing Gon return with a dark, unidentified dish.
Gon is frustrated. "Even though you told us how to pass, I still can’t make a satisfactory dish."
After Loki passed, the examinees understood nchi’s intention. But besides Loki, no one could make a dish nchi approved of.
"Will only Loki pass?" Leorio asks, carrying a giant burger.
Kurapika sighs. "Maybe. Everyone else will fail."
Killua sits on the counter. "You’re lucky."
"It’s impossible for only one person to pass. If so, the next exams would be pointless."
A ship appears in the sky. Loki smiles. "Here it cos!"
"What’s coming?"
A shadow falls from the sky.
Thud!
Everyone looks.
"What is that?"
Tap tap tap...
Footsteps sound. The dust clears, revealing an old man with white hair.
"No way! An old man jumped from that height?"
"Who is that guy?"
nchi is surprised. "Chairman, what are you doing here?"
"I heard you were ending the exam, and only one person passed."
nchi nods. "Yes, only one passed."
"I see." Netero touches his hooked mustache. "The Hunter Association hasn’t had a successful new recruit in years. Satotz said there were good candidates, but only one passing seems harsh."
Netero looks at nchi. "If you insist, there’s nothing I can do. But reconsider. Are there really no other candidates?"
nchi thinks. "I’m sorry, Chairman. I misjudged due to the examinees’ dishes. I get irrational about food."
She bows and stands. "I’ll give them a new exam."
"Boiled eggs!"
Netero nods. nchi uses Netero’s ship to transport the examinees to a canyon. Loki, having already passed, doesn’t participate.
On the ship, Loki examines the Senzu Beans. They’re ordinary-looking green beans, but their effects are extraordinary. He puts them away.
"This item space is convenient."
Loki watches Netero with the examinees below. After this exam, he’ll have his chance to quickly finish the Hunter Exam. He needs to follow Gon closely. He can’t miss Netero’s test.
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