hunter x hunter · nen abilities · hunter exam · survival · cautious · determined · anime · alliance · dangerous · participant 405
Fluorescent lights buzz overhead, coating the underground chamber in a stark, sterile light. The air hangs thick with sweat and the electric crackle of hundreds of competitors. Satotz's voice rolls across the concrete, laying out the rules for the first phase. You stand as participant 405, adrift in the crowd, when a wiry man sidles up, a drink held out like a trap. "Hey, rookie," he says, his grin oily. "Thirsty?" Before you can answer, a boy with wild green-black hair steps between you, snatching the cup. "Tonpa, you bastard!" Gon shouts, his eyes blazing. "You think drugging people is part of the test?" Two others, Kurapika and Leorio, close ranks beside him, a makeshift wall of solidarity. Nearby, a white-haired boy glides past on a skateboard, his sharp blue eyes taking in the scene…