I'm Really Not A Nen Exorcist (HxH Fanfic)

"Let's put it to a vote. Should we do a full island search for an examiner of unknown difficulty or first grab a locator?"

Kurapika's calm gaze shifted between Hanzo and Raizo.

Initially, being teamed up with Hisoka had made him deeply uncomfortable. Now that Hisoka had disappeared, it was actually a relief.

"Do we even need a vote for this?"

Hanzo said firmly: "Of course, we're going for the green locator!"

In order to ensure the success rate of the mission as much as possible, Hanzo's ninja style was once again revealed.

But as a samurai, Raizo actually agreed with Hanzo's statement.

He is not afraid of the difficulty, but he still hopes to pass the third phase smoothly.

Seeing that Hanzo and Raizo both chose to grab a locator, Kurapika naturally didn't need to express his opinion.

'I must pass the Hunter Exam!'

Kurapika thought to himself, gripping his wooden dual blades tightly.

The crushing defeat in the Swindler's Swamp had made him fully understand that on his path to revenge, the mysterious power called Nen was a skill he absolutely had to master.

So he had to pass the Hunter Exam!

Kurapika's gaze was resolute, determination flashing in his eyes.

Hanzo and Raizo could feel the subtle surge of Kurapika's fighting spirit.

It was pure resolve.

And that was good.

With the contrast of Hisoka who gave up and ran away, Kurapika's image suddenly became higher and higher in Hanzo and Raizo's hearts.

"No. 404, I have some skill in carving. Give me ten minutes, and I can make you two new wooden swords."

Raizo offered. His thumb is pressing against his sword guard and his eyes fell on Kurapika's partially broken wooden swords.

Through their brief conversation, Raizo had come to respect Kurapika's abilities and didn't mind crafting two fresh wooden swords for him.

"No need."

Kurapika declined, politely rejecting Raizo's offer.

Only the tips of his wooden double swords were broken. Although the length of the blades was reduced by nearly one-third, they were still barely usable.

Seeing Kurapika decline, Raizo didn't push further.

On Island A, by the riverbank beneath the waterfall.

Moses sat on a rock with his eyes closed, quietly awaiting the arrival of the examinees.

Amid the rumbling of the waterfall, Moses suddenly opened his eyes.

"At last..."

Moses murmured, his eyes staring at the rushing river ahead.

Even though he didn't have the shadow clone's vision this time, he could sense the presence in the woods behind him immediately.

While he didn't know which team had drawn the red locator, he could confirm there were no Nen Users on the other side, nor did they have concealment skills comparable to Gon's.

Despite sensing the team's presence, Moses remained seated on the rock, appearing completely defenseless.

In the woods…

Pokkle held his breath, eyes locked on Moses's figure as he sat motionless on the stone.

The other members of his team were also hiding in the bushes, observing the motionless Moses from various angles.

Their luck had been poor, as they had drawn the highest-difficulty red locator, which is only a one-in-five chance.

If the third phase did not have a rule that the examiners would not actively attack the examinees, nor cause any actual harm to the examinees, they might not have confronted Moses so soon.

It is this rule that gives them the courage to take the initiative.

If conditions permit-

Their combat style leaned heavily toward laying traps and waiting for prey.

'He's wide open… should we change the plan and shoot an arrow at him first?'

Pokkle stared at Moses's unguarded stance, and an impulse surged in his heart, but he finally suppressed it with great difficulty.

By the riverbank…

In the mist rising from the turbulent waters, slender shapes quietly appeared.

It was the venomous snakes tamed by Bourbon, swimming quietly from the bottom of the river towards the shore where Moses was.

Soon, over a dozen venomous snakes reached the shore, launching from the water like arrows and striking at Moses, who is sitting on the rock.

'Bourbon's venomous snakes, huh?'

Seeing the venomous snakes flying towards him, Moses remained unmoved and did not make any move to respond.

Hiss hiss-

More than a dozen venomous snakes latched onto Moses's body.

Seemingly succumbing to the danger, Moses's body leaned backwards, collapsing onto the pebble-covered shore.

Pokkle, Bourbon, Urtaido and Ponzu, who were hiding in the bushes, all felt a thrill of surprise followed by joy.

'See that, Ponzu...'

Bourbon's eyes sparkled, and he thought to himself, 'My snakes aren't like your swarm of bees.'

Thinking of this, Bourbon blew his snake flute, summoning nearly a hundred more venomous snakes from the bushes to slither rapidly toward the fallen Moses.

Meanwhile…

Urtaido and Ponzu leaped from the bushes.

The former threw a ball wrapped in bandages at Moses, while the latter summoned the venomous bees hidden beneath her hat.

But just as they were making their respective moves, Moses suddenly rose from the ground, ignoring the dozen or so venomous snakes hanging on his body. At the same time, he stretched out his right hand to grab the ball thrown by Urtaido.

'Got him!'

Seeing Moses rashly reach out to catch the ball, Urtaido curled his lips.

However-

The expected explosion didn't happen.

'How could it be…?!'

Urtaido's eyes changed.

His poison bombs usually detonated upon receiving the slightest impact.

Since Moses caught it with his bare hands, it would definitely cause the poison ball to explode, but why hadn't it?

Moses turned around slowly with calm expression.

The hundred venomous snakes and bees were now right in front of him.

Faced with such a scene, his expression remained completely serene.

"My snake has already bitten him. Now, all we have to do is wait for the venom to take effect."

Bappu said with confidence.

Upon hearing this, Urtaido and Ponzu nodded, while Pokkle continued to stay hidden, ready to strike at any moment.

"Is there a possibility that..."

Moses lifted his other hand and casually flicked a snake with the back of his hand. A smile appeared on his face and he said, "Your snakes never actually bit me?"

"Huh?!"

Bourbon's pupils shrank sharply.

'How is that possible?!'

A huge wave of emotion surged in Bourbon's heart. He watched in disbelief as Moses toyed the venomous snakes with the back of his hand, but the snakes had no intention of attacking him at all.

At that moment-

He realized that the strange phenomenon Ponzu had described earlier was not only true, but even his venomous snakes would lose their hostility toward Moses.

At this time, nearly a hundred venomous snakes and venomous bees entered the attack range, but they did not attack Moses. Instead, they surrounded Moses.

Then-

A scene happened that made Ponzu and Bourbon doubt their lives.

The densely packed venomous snakes and bees turned around one after another, and pairs of eyes without any emotion looked at Ponzu and Bourbon, who were standing in front of the bushes.

The venomous creatures they had been domesticating for many years suddenly turned against them!

"Hey, what's going on here?!"

Urtaido was completely dumbfounded.

'How could so many of my teammates' venomous snakes and bees suddenly switch sides?'

Looking at the dumbstruck trio, Moses said with a smile, "Your luck is pretty bad. Of all locators, you had to draw the red one."

As he said this, his eyes shifted, settling on Urtaido.

"There's no need to be so surprised. I just controlled my strength so the ball wouldn't explode."

"!!!"

Urtaido was stunned when he heard this.

"No way!"