A Hunter Chronicle – 11

"Nice tower!"

Naruto said, looking around while Killua whispered into the blond ear.

"I thought you already qualified as a hunter? You did get the ball after all… and make that huge hole in the side of the ship."

Killua said as Naruto shrugged.

The spikey blond and silver haired boys looked at the retreating form of the hunter association air ship.

It wasn't moving in a straight line since there was a huge hole to its side.

It was more like limping away.

Isaac Netero, current chairman of the Hunter Association, was looking at the diminished form of the tower that housed the third exam.

He was rubbing his abdomen in mild discomfort as there were several bruises under his shirt.

There was also a footprint across his one of his cheek.

'That kid is scary.'

Netero thought before starting to rub the bruised area on his face.

"Dynamic Entry!"

Naruto shouted, landing a flying kick at Netero's face as the ball fell out of his hand and onto Naruto's.

The veteran Hunter was stunned.

He had managed to dodge the blond boy strikes for the first time, only for it to rock the entire ship and created a rather large hole in the wall.

Because of the shock, he was kicked in the face by a rather mock technique.

'Scary, he will be a frightening Hunter.'

Netero repeated.

He had used Nen to protect his gut, but it wasn't that effective against the boy's fist, showing the boy's overwhelming power behind his punches.

The strikes had pained him greatly after a while, so he tried a different tactic: Avoid them all together.

That was a mistake, since the wall wasn't as strong as his body.

'The repair bill will be huge.'

Netero thought, stroking his white beard.

Like he had promised at the start of the game.

Naruto was now a Hunter, but the boy decided to participate in the exam anyway…

"Thanks jiji, but I want to complete the exam, I don't like doing thing half way."

Naruto said, helping the old man up while Killua and Gon jawed dropped at the destruction caused by their friend.

Naruto rubbed his arm a bit as he did try his best to get the ball after realizing the chairman of Hunter Association wasn't just an empty title.

Killua and Gon tried to get the ball off Naruto afterward after the blond offer to give the title to them if they manage to get the ball of him.

"I wanted to have fun."

Naruto said with a childish smile as Killua just put his palm up in defeat.

The rule of this round was simple.

They just need to get to the ground floor within 72 hours.

Killua rode his skateboard around the edges of the tower while Gon and Kurama looked around.

'I could just walk vertically down or just jump off. I don't think the fall will kill me. I might break my legs though and spend some time healing it.'

Naruto thought as he walked around and realized some people had disappeared from sight.

A mountain climber decided to climb down the tower on the side only to be attacked by several mutated man-size birds.

Naruto just shrugged and ran toward the edge to jump off, but he didn't make it as the floor seem to collapse on his step and he felled through, disappearing from the top of the tower.

"I don't think going down the wall is a good idea."

Leorio point out the obvious as Kurapika checked everyone else.

"Where did Naruto go?"

Kurapika asked.

Gon, Killua and Kurama immediately looked around to find the blond.

"He's actually close by, probably inside the tower."

Kurama said, sensing the idiot through their connection.

"There must be several hidden doors here, I've noticed the number of contestants has decreased."

Kurapika speculated while the group went to look for the hidden doors.

They realized many tiles on the floor looked the same. And designed to fit one person.

In a small room, Naruto got up and brushed his hair back.

There were a board with this world language on it and three rings on a pedestal.

He couldn't read the instruction; instead, he picked up the ring, juggling them for about half an hour before calling out.

"What do I do? I can't read this."

Naruto called out, pointing at the board while looking at a small camera in the corner of the room.

"No.406 is it, Naruto… it said here you already qualified, why are you still doing the exam?"

"Is there any rule that say a Hunter can't do an exam again?"

Naruto asked the speaker.

There was a moment of silent before the person on other side laughed.

"No, there isn't. The room you are in needed three people. It's a party path through the dungeon, since there is some puzzle that need three people to solve. You will have to wait until two more join you. I will check again once the system notified me there are three people in the room."

"Okay."

Naruto acknowledged before lying down and started to sleep, snoozing away.

The voice chuckled at the carefree blond.

Hours went by, no one dropped in the same room as the sleeping boy.

"This group is interesting."

Lippo, a blacklist hunter as well as the third examiner said while biting down a biscuit.

He was watching a five-man team heading through the labyrinth of the trick tower.

"So, this is where you can monitor us."

A voice behind him called out as Lippo jumped up and turned around.

It was the blond twelve years old, who was looking at the monitor with interest.

"How did you get here…"

Lippo shouted but stopped when looking up a little.

His eyes bulged out.

There was a squared cut in the ceiling.

The black list hunter immediately ran under it and looked up.

Lippo's jaw dropped as he noticed there was a square cut on very single level all the way to the top.

Some people were staring back at him from their level with a weird look on their face, wondering why there was a hole in the floor.

"You… you cut through the floor?"

Lippo turned and looked at Naruto, who was now sitting in his chair and eating his biscuits.

"Yeah, I assumed no one left on top that will come in the room, so I decided to make my own exit."

Naruto said, watching Sedokan, a petite man with long, brown hair that covers his left eye in a lazy manner getting outsmarted by Gon in a simple candle fight.

Lippo just sighed and got another chair nearby, and sat down, watching the screen.

"Couldn't you break through the door of the room you were in?"

Lippo asked as Naruto froze up.

"Didn't think of that, but my way is a lot faster! Dattebayo!"

Naruto said after a moment as Lippo sweat dropped.

They continued watching the screen for a moment before Lippo decided to speak up.

"Shall we make a bet, Naruto?"

Lippo offered.

He knew the blond from record, after the chairman had told him about the boy, who had managed to pass the Hunter exam by stealing a ball off Netero.

Only the examiners had access to such information, but the fact that blond boy did what no one could do before was nothing short of amazing.

"What kind of bet? What do I get if I win?"