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[Start of the chapter]
"Yeah, that should be right."
"Yoshi, it's decided. Let's head for the official Hunter Exam venue this way!"
"Mm!"
Just like that, the trio immediately set off down the pitch-black road, full of confidence.
Roy, meanwhile, smiled calmly, but then suddenly shivered. As if sensing something, he turned his head and discovered that his own wife, Android 18, was staring fixedly at him.
Roy instantly had a very bad feeling about this.
"Say, if one day our son and daughter were both kidnapped by bad guys at the same time, what would you do?"
Roy: "..."
As expected. I knew it.
What am I supposed to do?!
Can someone tell me what the correct answer to this question is?!
Why did that accursed Quizzing Lady have to come up with such a terrible question?!
If a married couple happened to come here together to take the Hunter Exam, wouldn't that just ruin their family harmony?!
At that moment, Roy's heart was overflowing with resentment toward that Quizzing Lady outside the gate.
And right then, Android 18 kept her blazing gaze fixed on Roy. "So? Which one would you choose to save?"
Ahead of them, Kurapika and Leorio had already stopped when they heard the commotion. After Android 18 asked the question, both of them twitched in perfect unison, exchanged a look, and revealed deeply meaningful expressions.
Gon, on the other hand, was completely baffled by all of this, his head practically full of question marks.
…
A bit of sweat had already formed on Roy's forehead. This was indeed a trap-filled question that was very hard to answer.
At that moment, Android 18 spoke again. "All right, then let's change the question…"
Roy immediately let out a sigh of relief.
"If I and our child were kidnapped by bad guys at the same time, which one would you choose to save?"
Roy: "...Cough, cough!"
Damn it, he'd been relieved too soon. He almost failed to catch his breath.
After coughing, Roy understood that if he didn't produce a model answer now, he could forget about having any peace today.
So he immediately put on a solemn expression and said, "Those kinds of situations would never happen! If anyone wanted to take you away, they'd have to step over my corpse first. I'd fight for you until my very last breath! If they want to capture you, it'll only be after I'm dead!"
Those words made him sound every bit lofty and dependable.
When Android 18 heard Roy say that, an extremely beautiful curve rose at the corner of her lips, and she laughed softly. "Idiot~"
Clearly, she was very satisfied with that answer.
Roy naturally noticed that too, and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Up ahead, Kurapika and Leorio exchanged another look, then immediately turned their heads away as if nothing at all had happened.
Gon: "…???"
…
After that, things became much simpler. Since Gon and the others were releasing Nen as they trained along the way, the Kiriko family, with their keen senses, naturally noticed it.
And so, naturally, none of the tests from the original storyline took place. The whole group directly obtained the qualifications to head to the final venue.
During that time, Gon easily identified the male and female members of the Kiriko family, and as a result, earned their friendship.
"All right, we'll take you to Zaban City next. Get ready to depart," said the Kiriko father.
"But there are four of you, and my daughter and son are rather frail. They can't support the weight of a grown adult, so transporting all of you will take two trips. Which of you will stay here and wait first—"
"No need."
Roy directly interrupted the Kiriko's words, then took out his "Gold Finger."
As usual, he symbolically made a burst of golden light flash from his fingertip, then tapped it against his forehead. The light immediately dimmed, while Roy himself steadily rose into the air.
"Hm?" The Kiriko father's eyes widened at once.
Not just him—every other Kiriko was staring in disbelief, and even Gon and the others were left open-mouthed.
"So Roy, your… your ability can even let you fly?!"
"My Gold Finger doesn't just have the ability to record information, you know~"
Roy waved the finger that was still giving off a faint glow and continued to bluff with a perfectly serious expression.
Gon and the others immediately reacted, then started filling in the blanks on their own, all of them looking up at Roy in the sky with astonishment on their faces.
The Kiriko father also gave Roy a long, deep look. "I've been serving as an examiner for decades. I've met quite a few Nen users and seen many strange and unusual Nen abilities, but I've never once seen an ability that allows flight."
"It's not that special~ Besides, is a flight ability really that rare?"
"Hm?"
The Kiriko family froze for a moment.
Then in the very next second, their eyes bulged so wide they almost popped out.
Android 18, who had been silent the whole time, merely shrugged. Then her feet slowly left the ground, and she too floated into the air and began to fly.
…
The Kiriko family fell silent, while Gon and the others immediately cried out in amazement.
"That's amazing! So Android 18 can fly too!"
Bright little stars practically shone in Gon's eyes. He looked like he had completely turned into a devoted admirer.
Kurapika and Leorio said nothing, but from the burning intensity in their eyes, it was clear that their hearts were far from calm.
Nen really was an incredible power.
"Let's go."
Even the Kiriko family felt sincere envy toward the kind of Nen Roy and Android 18 possessed—the kind that let them fly directly through the air without needing wings.
(End of Chapter)
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