The Silent Hunter: Hunter x Hunter x Male reader

Chapter 9 - Confusion X Shadows

Y'all I'm not gonna lie, I'm close to just skipping a few parts of the Hunter Exam but, no, no matter no boring it is. I am gonna write it.

Dialouge won't be 100% accurate!
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As (M/n) was walking to back to his cooking table, he heard a loud stampede of footsteps not too far behind.

He paid no mind to it and began to check the temperature of his fire before spin roasting his pig.

He didn't want the pig to burn.

(M/n) was ashamed to admit it but he is very skilled in cooking. Since he had problems with his dad and he killed his mom, he learned to cook for himself.

Mostly, he served his dishes to Coco, who was a very stingy bird.

It wasn't the biggest audience but, (M/n) prided himself on making them happy. Seeing them happy and pleased, makes him happy.

"Gourmet Hunters, right? So they wouldn't settle for a simple dish. But they also wouldn't settle for one with too much creativity. I think I know what I have to do."

By the time (M/n) finished talking to himself, Todo already finished and served it to the examiners.

"Now, eat the pig and send me to the next phase."

"Okay, time to judge. Taste testing..."

Buhara wasted no time to dig into the food the man served, but Menchi wasn't the same.

Buhara chuckled happily as he voted for Todo to pass. Menchi on the other hand didn't eat the food and only denied that he should pass.

"The pork's overcooked. It's way too tough. It totally ruins the flavor."

"Come on! You haven't even tried it!"

"I don't have to! It's obvious."

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Then, it was Hanzo.

"There, I hope you enjoy it."

Again it was the same result.

Hanzo gasped, "But why?"

"Charred and dry on the outside, raw on the inside. You fire was way too hot."

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Person after person walked up only to fail the phase.

"Seriously? Can't anyone out there make something that'll satisfy my taste buds."

Leorio finally went up to try.

"D-did he? Is it me, or did he put a flag on his pig?"

Coco nodded.

"Tell me how much you love it."

"Is this supposed to be a kid's meal?" Menchi yelled, throwing the dish in the air. Buhara grabbed the pig from out the air so he could eat it.

"Okay, mine is next." Gon stated, his hands on his hips.

Gon's pig had beautiful flowers and bow decorations, but that didn't matter as Menchi threw it away.

"It's just like the first one!"

And just like the first one, Buhara grabbed the pig to eat it.

Kurapika was next. His was good-looking I'll give it to him.

"The next entry's mine, ready to be judged."

"Well, finally, something that resembles an actual dish. "

Menchi finally pick up her fork and took a bite of Kurapika's dish.

"Gross!" Menchi yelled, throwing Kurapika's dish away.

"Well, at least you made history for a little while Kurapika." I muttered, putting the finishing touches on the dish.

"Presentation is important, but not at the expense if the flavor. You're basically no better that Number 403."

"I'm finally finish-"

"That was so much food. I couldn't take another bite."

"Excuse me." (M/n)'s eye twitched.

"Yeah, I'm pretty stuffed, myself. So, none of you have passed to the next phase. Exam's over!"

"Um, excuse me? What about mine?" (M/n) asked.

"Well, you took too long, so you failed as well."

"Really?" (M/n)'s eye twitches again as his left one turn black and his iris glowed purple.

"Well, Fuck Me then!" (M/n) laughed, as he threw his dish over Menchi's head at amazing speeds. The bones of the previous pigs being thrown everywhere.

Everyone was shocked for a moment as the whole crowd went silent. That was until someone brought back up the major subject.

"Nobody passed?"

"Seriously?"

"Does she really mean that?"

"Wait, so the exam's over?"

"You gotta be kidding!"

Todo smashed his table in a rage,"This is unacceptable. Do ya hear me? I will not accept this!"

"Say what you want, but you still failed."

"Shut the hell up! You asked for pork and we gave it to you. We risked our lives-"

"Your challenge was to prepare a pork dish that both examiners would find delicious, and none of you even came close to succeeding. You all did pretty much the exact same thing. I mean, it's like you didn't even try to figure it out. And when it looked like you had tried, it was just fancy plating with no flavor to back it up it's clear none of you took this seriously."

"I don't think you're eligible to make that claim, Menchi." Her attention was directed to the boy who threw his dish at her, (M/n).

"How do you know that I didn't try? You didn't give my dish a peak at all."

"If you would've tried hard enough, you've would've made it on time. I'd rather die than eat what you've created."

In that moment, both of (M/n)'s irises turned purple as the rest turned black.

"Oh, really?" He smiled.

As (M/n) clothes slowly turned a mixture of black and purple, Coco instantly flew to Gon.

Gon already saw (M/n)'s transformation and he didn't like it, but he couldn't stop it. There was this pressure that stopped him or anyone else from moving.

"If I tried hard enough? You look like you haven't tried hard at all in your life."

Many people around found (M/n) as a sore loser for failing the exam and didn't see why he was acting this way.

But it wasn't the exam phase being failed.

He's emotionally unstable and has only a small amount of happy things in his life, and she just disrespect one of those things.

"I wonder how you'll look crucified on that stage you're sitting on."

(M/n)'s aura grew thick as shadow hands form.