SCARLET BLACK: The Red Eyed Spider (ON-HOLD)

X Chapter X Ten X

Chapter 10 : Catching x The x Light

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The elevator door opened instantly after it reached 100th, stopping these two idiots.

Goodness gracious, I nearly had the urge to slam their heads on each other. Gon sighed in relief.

We stepped outside the elevator towards the seemingly underground tunnel. To think that there is this such deep ground for a resto, so creepy though.

There, a hundred or more applicants greeted us with intense gazes. I can say that the atmosphere here can be very suffocating if I can't handle the tension.

Gon tried to be friendly until he realized the pressure. Suddenly, a man in suit, looking like a green bean, approached us and handed us badges with a number on it. An applicant's number identity I guess?

"Kindly put this in your chest, and be sure to keep it all the time."

Leorio has 403, Kurapika has 404 and Gon has 405, while I got 406.

So, this is it, huh?

I clutched the badge as I put it on my chest underneath the cloak.

"Haven't seen you before, must be first timers?" A moment after, a chubby man in blue shirt appears to be pertaining to us.

"I'm Tonpa! This is my 35th attempt in hunter exam, so I guess you can call me a veteran." I don't know what to say. He's bragging about something that he shouldn't be proud of.

The others just laughed off the awkwardness. "I'm Gon! And this is Kurapika, Leorio and Rou," we just nodded in acknowledgement.

Then they started a conversation. Or more likely an introduction of other applicants who appeared to be taking the exam for another time, brought to you by Tonpa.

I wasn't a bit of interested but I'm keeping the information in mind. It may become handy in some other time.

As I was scanning the entirety, a sudden scream filled the tunnel, coming from a man whose loosing his whole arms in the air. It's kinda strange how it turned into red petals similar to a flower imprinted in a game card--

Wait. What?

"Bumping into someone requires apology, so better be careful~" a familiar sinister voice comes from a red head jester.

'Just as I was about to smell something fishy.'

I slightly massaged my forehead.

Just what the heck that man doing here?! I don't get it!

Is he following me? But why?

"We'll definitely meet again anyways..." Tf? He really meant that?

I bet this will be more dangerous. But I shrugged it off. I gotta trust my comrades now.

I know Gon has potential with the look in his eyes. Leorio can also be reliable at times. And Kurapika, for sure.

I got to worry less.

But if things might go worst, I've got to do something.

"Anyways, here! Let's toast for a new acquaintance!" Tonpa handed each one of us an orange canned juice.

"So nice of you! I'm actually thirsty," Gon and his bright smile.

I examined the juice and I think it's fine. What's not fine for me is accepting something from a stranger. If I think the world can be harsh, then humans can be dangerous.

But here it goes again. My contradicting contemplation.

Tonpa might be strange but at least he tried to be friendly. Or so I thought.