Chapter 484 Illumi, Save Me!!!

The dense mist spread around like a giant mouth, swallowing up all the examinees.

With a blanket of white mist in every direction, visibility plummeted to almost nothing. The sudden shift in weather conditions provided the unique beasts of Swindler's Swamp with the perfect natural cover, allowing them to lie in wait for unsuspecting prey to step into their traps.

The fog itself seemed alive with the silent menace of animalistic intent. But Hisoka's killing intent was in stark contrast, radiating out freely and without restraint.

Satotz, who was running at the front of the group, naturally also sensed Hisoka's killing intent, but he considered it none of his business.

After all-

As far as the test content was concerned, even if Hisoka killed every single examinee, it wouldn't technically break any rules.

With millions of people applying for the Hunter Exam each year, the process was inherently a ruthless competition. Both examiners and the Review Committee overseeing the exam wouldn't interfere with examinees sabotaging each other, or even fighting to the death, as long as it remained within the scope of the rules.

The fewer examinees remaining, the higher the success rate for those left standing… it's a simple reality.

Within the mist, Hisoka held a few playing cards between his fingers, licking his lips as he savored the killing intent he emanated.

The first phase's exam content seemed utterly dull to him, so he might as well take it upon himself to 'help' with the selection process.

"Starting with..."

In a flash, Hisoka took a step forward, his figure darting through the mist like an arrow, stirring up the mist in a swirling cloud around him.

In the next instant, Hisoka sped past two examinees trailing behind the group. Without even a noticeable motion, blood sprayed from the sides of their necks, painting the mist with a bright, red color.

"Ugh ugh…"

The sudden attack left the two examinees stunned. Even in death, they couldn't comprehend who had slashed their throats.

After killing the two examinees casually, Hisoka kept his gaze on the dense mist ahead, the curve of his mouth becoming more and more obvious.

Whoosh- whoosh- whoosh-

He suddenly flicked his wrists, and eight playing cards flew into the thick mist, each one hitting a running examinee in the back with pinpoint precision.

"Ahhh…!"

Suddenly, a chorus of screams was heard in the thick mist.

Hisoka continued moving forward without slowing down.

In less than five seconds, he had casually taken down ten examinees.

But Hisoka wasn't the only threat in the mist. The swamp's bizarre and deadly creatures began to attack the examinees as well.

Many of examinees, who only knew little about Swindler's Swamp, were caught off guard by the elaborate traps and varied hunting styles of these unique beasts.

The previously long line of examinees quickly fractured, breaking into smaller segments. Every second, more examinees were swallowed whole by creatures with all manner of strange forms.

In this thick mist, even something as innocuous as a butterfly possessed hypnotic powers, enough to lure an examinee into becoming a meal for its larvae.

"What the hell is this!"

"Help me, someone, please, ah..."

Shortly after they began their journey through the Swindler's Swamp, the examinees' shrill and frequent screams became the only sound in the thick fog.

The examinees at the front of the group, who are closer to Satotz, are relatively safe, but those toward the middle and back faced even greater dangers.

Tonpa, for one, had started off slowly, and his pace wasn't exactly swift.

It's not that his physical fitness is not good, but-

"What's going on… My stomach… hurts so bad..."

Tonpa trudged forward with difficulty, clutching his stomach with one hand, his brows tightly furrowed, and he felt the urge to go for a bathroom break.

"I haven't even eaten anything weird in the last two days…"

This abrupt, painful symptom made Tonpa secretly feel that something was wrong.

When Tonpa emerged from the underground passage, he initially felt only mild discomfort in his stomach, so he didn't pay it much attention.

However, after running a bit further, the symptoms suddenly worsened.

"Pfft… pfft-"

Tonpa's facial features were slightly distorted. He was running in this weird posture with one hand covering his stomach and the other hand covering his backside.

There were other examinees running around, and they seemed to have heard Tonpa's continuous farting sounds, and they immediately looked back with wary glances.

However, the fog was so thick that from a distance, so only hazy figures could be seen.

In order to confirm the true identity of the sound behind them, several examinees remained vigilant and deliberately slowed down their steps.

Moments later-

Tonpa, who was running in a strange posture, came into their view.

"Tonpa?!"

These examinees were also veterans and recognized Tonpa immediately.

"What… what are you doing?"

They glanced at Tonpa's strange running movements in confusion.

Tonpa's lips moved, but he ultimately said nothing.

No way could he admit he had to go to the bathroom.

"Pfft… pfft-"

Tonpa tried to keep quiet, but his body was very active at the moment, releasing a series of farts like a machine gun, and the sound sounded… suspiciously damp.

It seems like-

A bit had leaked out.

The other examinees noticed the odd noise and wore expressions of shock.

Tonpa, suffering silently, was desperate to find somewhere to relieve himself, but with dangers lurking everywhere, there was nowhere he could safely do his business.

He pretended not to notice the reactions of the examinees, and kept running forward, gritting his teeth as he held in the urge with all his might.

"Tonpa, what are you..."

The examinees were filled with shock and kept looking back at Tonpa.

Suddenly-

The ground ahead swelled up.

Several examinees who had just retracted their gaze didn't react in time and were launched into the air as the ground below them rose up.

"Huh?"

As they were flung upward, they glanced down in horror to see the ground split open into a massive, gaping mouth.

"Ahhh!"

Accompanied by screams, the examinees fell freely into the big mouth that suddenly appeared.

As the big mouth suddenly closed, the screaming stopped abruptly.

This sudden scene happening before his eyes startled Tonpa so much that he stopped subconsciously.

"Pfft-"

The abrupt halt caused Tonpa's long-held bowel pressure to burst forth uncontrollably, spilling into his pants.

Tonpa felt a surge of despair in his heart, but he had no time to care about the mess in his pants.

He looked up to see the giant toad that had just devoured the examinees, its body covered in yellow warts.

The toad's eyes turned and looked at Tonpa, the only one still standing in the field.

The toad's hunting instinct overrode any distaste for Tonpa's foul smell.

Tonpa gulped nervously and immediately ran away.

At this time, he no longer cared if his pants could hold the filth that kept gushing out of his body. He simply ran as fast as he could, desperately evacuating as he went.

But the giant toad wasn't about to let him go so easily. It leaped after him, closing the distance with its powerful jumps.

Tonpa's face contorted with terror, and his heart is pounding rapidly.

Suddenly…

He saw a figure gradually becoming clearer in the mist.

The figure was wearing Netero's mask and seemed to be observing something, as he just stood still.

It was none other than Moses.

When Tonpa saw Moses, he grabbed at a straw like a drowning man, and shouted with all his strength:

"Illumi, save me!"

The desperation in his voice carried far, resonating through the dense fog and reaching the ears of other examinees. When they heard the name 'Ilumi', each reacted differently.

"?"

Moyou, who was closest to the cry, turned around and saw Tonpa running while shitting, with the massive toad bounding after him.

'What a wonderful sight...'

'But sorry, Tonpa- I'm definitely not helping you. Please, if you can, die quietly.'

Moses thought to himself.

However, Tonpa didn't care in the slightest. Without hesitation, he charged straight toward Moses.

'I'll just lead this monster to Ilumi!'

Tonpa thought to himself.