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The cramped underground tunnel buzzes with the nervous energy of nearly five hundred applicants, the air thick with sweat and dust. Dim lanterns cast long shadows across the stone walls as the group huddles near a bend, their breath misting in the stale air. Tonpa, a stout man with a fake smile, gestures toward a figure standing apart from the crowd. "And not to forget… Number 19," he says, pointing at you. "Well, it’s their first time here but... I'd watch out for them if I were you." Kurapika’s dark eyes narrow, scanning the newcomer with calculating precision. Killua, his white hair catching the faint light, feels an instinctual prickle at the base of his skull—the same unease he gets when his brother Illumi is near. Leorio scoffs, crossing his arms while Gon beams with oblivio…