As Tonpa made his way through the crowd towards Moses, he was about to greet him directly when suddenly, there was a commotion behind him.
Hearing the unexpected noise, Tonpa instinctively stopped in his tracks and turned back to see what was happening.
He saw a parachute slowly descending from above.
Under the parachute, there is a thin man with pale skin and a pair of thick dark circles on his face.
'Examiner?!'
Seeing the man with dark circles who parachuted in, the numerous examinees present speculated about his identity.
Among the crowd, a small group of Nen Users looked at the man with dark circles.
They could clearly see the Aura surrounding him, confirming that he was likely the examiner for the first phase of the exam.
'He's finally here.'
Among this small group of Nen users was a blond young man with a baby face.
The arrival of the man with the black eye bags caused this young man with the baby face to put away his phone, which was in the shape of a red little bat.
'It's my fault that I didn't think well enough and come too early.'
There was a hint of resentment in the blue eyes of the baby-faced young man.
If ones solve the clue too early, they will end up waiting here for a long time.
Had he known this earlier, he would have come at the last moment.
'Anyway, it's better to take this exam seriously. After all, the 'operation' afterwards requires a lot of intelligence gathering. Having a Hunter License would make it much easier to collect information.'
The resentment in the young man's eyes faded away as he raised his hand to stroke his chin.
If Moses was nearby, he might be able to recognize this baby-faced young man as Shalnark of the Phantom Troupe through the red little bat-shaped phone just now.
About two hundred meters away from Shalnark's location, three men were gathered together.
The Aura around them was naturally dissipating.
Based on this phenomenon, it could be inferred that these three men were ordinary people.
But in fact, these three men are all Nen Users.
The state of natural dissipation of the Aura around them was a disguise.
"Damn it, how can there be such a coincidence in the world!"
Among the three, the oldest-looking man with a stubble cursed angrily in a low voice.
"So what's the date today?"
"January 7, 1995. By the way, January 7th is the starting date for the Hunter Exam every year."
A young man with a cold demeanor and handsome features said indifferently.
The stubble-faced man's cheek twitched several times, and he angrily muttered: "Who the hell decided to come here to 'dig' today?"
"It's you."
"Boss, it's your decision."
The cold-looking man and another man with a large flat-top haircut and several scars resembling centipedes on his face almost simultaneously answered the stubble-faced man's question.
"…"
The stubble-faced man suddenly fell silent.
The cold-looking man asked: "What should we do now?"
"We wait."
The stubble-faced man raised his hand and rubbed his beard with a bit of force, appearing somewhat irritable.
The cold-looking man and the flat-top scarred man exchanged glances and said nothing more.
After finally finding their way here following the treasure map, they happened to stumble upon the location of first phase of the Hunter Exam.
Initially, upon seeing so many people in such a remote place, their first reaction was that there was a 'leak' in their team. They never expected that this group of people came here to participate in the Hunter Exam.
Then, they received their number plates from Bean in a state of confusion and became examinees themselves.
In the venue.
Under countless gazes, the parachute slowly descended towards the ground, soon forming a human silhouette on the ground.
"Listen up, everyone."
A seemingly weak and feeble voice came from under the parachute, yet it managed to drown out the noisy scene and reach everyone's ears clearly.
This strange phenomenon gradually quieted down most of the examinees.
'Emitter.'
Just based on this phenomenon, Moses tentatively judged that the man with the black eye bags was an Emitter.
Unfortunately, Moses couldn't see the man with the black eye bags from his position, otherwise, he could further confirm the judgment based on the Nen fluctuations around the man.
"I am Harriman Agee, the examiner for the first phase."
The voice continued to reach everyone's ears.
The man with the black eye bags, or Harriman, as he was now called, spoke while removing the parachute draped over him.
"I'll spare you the boring opening remarks that waste life and time. To make a long story short, from now on, you have to climb the mountain in front of you within six hours. Success means passing the first phase of the exam."
After informing everyone of the task, the examiner Harriman yawned and said nothing more.
"…"
The venue fell into a brief silence.
After a few seconds, cries of astonishment rang out one after another.
"Climb to the top in six hours?!"
"Hey hey, this mountain is over six thousand meters high. Climbing to the top in six hours is simply not something humans can do!"
"Idiot, the test has already started. Every second counts now!"
"Hahaha, you guys don't understand the importance of 'preparing for a rainy day'! As soon as I found out this was the location for the first phase of the test, I specifically prepared climbing tools and warm clothes."
In the crowd, a frenzied voice sounded out.
"Opportunities are only reserved for those who are prepared, ha... Aarrggghhh!!"
The man's laughter abruptly stopped, replaced by a chilling scream.
It was evident that the surrounding examinees had directly attacked the person to seize his climbing tools.
Harriman raised his hand to cover his yawning mouth and casually glanced towards the place where the scream came from.
'Being able to prepare in advance the tools that may be used for the test is an excellent sign.'
'It's a pity that in this cruel atmosphere full of competition, it was inevitable for someone to become a target.'
'As expected, it's a time-limited mountain climbing, six hours... Hmm, quite plenty of time.'
Ignoring the noise in the venue, Moses looked up at the towering Aragas Mountain, thinking that if he could reach the summit quickly, he could squeeze in some time for his daily ten thousand sword swings.
"Let's go, let's climb up as fast as we can."
With his back to Menchi, Moses said and quickly walked towards Aragas Mountain.
"Um."
Menchi responded and followed closely behind Moses.
Soon-
Many examinees gathered at the foot of the mountain saw Moses and Menchi running on the steep rocks as if they were on flat ground.
Just one glance is enough to make them stand out from the crowd.
"Haa?!"
The examinees, who were unaware of Nen, were dumbfounded.
Harriman looked at Moses and Menchi, who seemed to be in a hurry.
'Their Aura was quite solid…'
'It seemed they have a good foundation.'
'More importantly, they were still young. I hope they can pass this year's exam.'
Harriman secretly nodded to himself.