Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

She was not surprised by Diya's off-field appeal for help.

That's how the Hunter Test works, because the format of each stage depends on the examiner's whim.

The examiners, being professional hunters, are usually very individualistic, so they don't consider whether the questions are feasible at all.

This often leads to situations where no matter how smart or capable you are, you cannot pass the assessment.

This is also why there have been calls within the association to reform the hunter test format.

Although she gave Dia a lot of cramming before the exam, Qiduo didn't really expect him to remember much, since he couldn't even remember something he saw at a glance.

"Alright, what's going on?"

Qiduo sat in front of the computer, multitasking, looking at the experimental data in front of her while preparing to listen to Diya's plea for help.

"Here's the thing, the exam venue for this year was announced via a coded message, and the riddle is as follows..."

Dia quickly recounted what he had heard on the radio, unaware that Poxon's gaze beside him was becoming increasingly strange.

"Yes, according to your hint, the riddle should be the band name [RJCCEO] (pronounced RejectCEO). The rest is the encryption method. The riddle setter was quite friendly, even explaining the specific encryption method. In short, the first step is the beginning and end mapping method..."

(Actually, it's Atbash cipher → Caesar cipher → two-line rail fence cipher combined with a Roman numeral table. You're so clever, give it a try!)

Almost the instant Dia finished speaking, Qiduo completed the decryption process in her mind and said without hesitation:

"So the final answer is..."

"【fountain】."

Poxon's voice suddenly rang out.

Diya was taken aback and subconsciously looked over, only to find Poxon tilting his head and looking at him with his big eyes in confusion.

"...Did you hear me clearly?"

Qiduo's voice pulled Dia back to reality, and he quickly said:

"Wait, the signal was bad and I didn't hear you clearly. Say it again."

"...It's a fountain! Did you hear that?"

Qi Duo raised her voice a little, almost shouting it out.

It really is a fountain...

Diya glanced at Poxon, who was still looking confused, then gave him a few perfunctory words and hung up the phone.

beep--

The phone went dead, but Qi Duo frowned and didn't put it down.

Did she just hear a woman's voice?

How come this kid always manages to pull off these kinds of frivolous and unprofessional things every time he goes on a mission?

I think the last time was with Youkexin, when he was on the phone with me, a strange female voice came through, and then that obviously abnormal Prince Kakin appeared...

Qi Duo narrowed her eyes as she recalled the list of examiners for this exam. One of the examiners had run into trouble this year, and a senior hunter had taken his place, whom she happened to know.

With that thought in mind, she dialed a familiar number...

On the other end of the phone, Dia put away her phone, glanced at Poxon with a strange look, and said nothing.

Poxon felt a little uncomfortable under his gaze, subconsciously ran his hand through his hair, and stammered, "..."

"What, what are you doing?"

How did you know the answer to the riddle?

Dia said with great interest, "In my memory, this child shouldn't be very bright."

"It's deciphered! This is just the most basic ciphertext. I learned much more difficult cryptography in military academy..."

Pokson said this with great confidence.

It's a perfect match for my major...

Diya nodded thoughtfully. Although the other party had always given him the impression of being timid and submissive, he was actually quite intelligent.

Then her work ability (value) is very high...

Diya smiled and patted her head with satisfaction, as if she were patting a ripe watermelon.

Without further ado, he pulled up the bewildered Poxon, walked to the street, and began searching the entire city for fountains while asking locals where they were located…

Chapter 268 The Emperor Walking Among Men × Calling Evil People Headless!

"We're almost there... that's the first fountain."

Diya dragged Poxon along, asking questions and running, and finally figured out the distribution of fountains throughout Gramgasland by referring to the map.

If we forcibly consider the city of Gramgasland as a perfect circle, then we can construct an inscribed regular 24-sided polygon within that circle, and an inscribed circle within that polygon. The point of tangency would be a fountain.

At this moment, Dia and her companion were in the northwest corner of Gramgaslan, closest to Fountain No. 11.

So, based on the principle that he could find it by searching one by one, he decisively chose to first explore fountain number 11.

"Slow down, slow down..."

Pokson's eyes were glazed over, and he wailed helplessly. He was almost lifted into the air, and his feet were practically being dragged along the ground.

She was too slow, not even as fast as Dia's spirit beast.

If it weren't for the fog being so conspicuous in the city, Diya would have preferred to have her ride on a spirit beast to travel. Unfortunately, he could only drag her along for dozens of streets.

Dia moved with lightning speed, her legs swinging like wheels of fire, and in the blink of an eye, she arrived at the fountain.

This is a rustic, porcelain-gray fountain with a central jet of water resembling a goddess holding a jug. Several trees surround it, and it is quite quiet with very few pedestrians.

After casually straightening and setting Poxson down, Dia glanced around but found nothing unusual, not even the passersby...

Swish!

An old man dressed in a colorful, long robe with disheveled hair suddenly entered Dia's field of vision.

Suddenly, he knelt down with a thud, shouting with fanaticism in his eyes:

"You've come! I knew this was the destined moment!"

"?"

Dia thought she had encountered a beggar and was about to take out her wallet to pay him when she heard the old man shout again:

"Please let me do your divination, you great one!"

You are great...

What does this mean?

Pokson stared blankly at the old man who had suddenly jumped out, then looked at Dia with a questioning gaze—"Is this someone you know?"

Dia didn't pay attention to the strange title. He just frowned and looked at the strange old man who had suddenly appeared, a sense of vigilance rising in his heart.

Divination?

Is it a Nen ability similar to "Angel's Auto Notes," or some kind of ability with strange activation conditions?

Indeed, Dia, who was exceptionally experienced in sudden attacks, immediately suspected the old man of being an enemy upon seeing him!

"Step back!"

Diya stood in front of Poxon with one hand, watching the kneeling old man warily, without answering a single word from him.

"Are you doubting that I am an assassin? Please believe me, all my skills are for this very moment, to perform divination for you—"

Seeing this, the old man immediately looked up into Dia's eyes, trying to make him feel his sincerity, but the next moment after seeing Dia's eyes, he froze:

"How...how could this be...how could this lifeline show that you were already dead..."

He was instantly thrown into a daze and intense self-doubt. Could it be that what he had learned was just a boring trick of a charlatan, and that he had no real divination ability at all?

Life and death are both certain facts, so the only possible explanation for such a paradox is that his divination was wrong!

Could it be that the skill I've painstakingly learned for forty years was just a scam?

Unlike the old man who was caught in self-doubt, Dia was startled by what the other person said and began to believe him.

There was absolutely no sign of the old man in front of them having cultivated any spiritual abilities.

If what he said about looking at life force is true, then from the appearance of this body, one can only see signs that "Dia" is already dead.

Because this body is currently inhabited by a soul from another world that has usurped its place...

"Hey, what's your name? And you said you'd do a divination for me, how did you do it?"

Diya suddenly interrupted the old man's self-doubt in a soft voice.

A surge of curiosity welled up in his heart: was this so-called divination real or fake?

At the same time, he narrowed his eyes and stared intently at the old man. If the old man made any unreasonable moves, he would immediately use his ability to kill him.

Behind him, Poxen glanced at Dia with concern, wondering why Dia would suddenly ask such a question.

Did he actually believe this old man in front of him, who looked like a conman at first glance?

"I... I'm called Gypsy. Would you like me to do your divination?"

Upon hearing Dia's question, the Gypsy immediately snapped out of his reverie, asked with delight, and produced the disc from his robes, saying:

"This is my divination tool. Usually, I can begin as soon as the client touches it, but you don't need to do anything. Someone as distinguished as you will have it shatter when you touch it..."

As he spoke, a fanaticism surged in the Gypsy's eyes again, as if he were a mad believer who had seen a god descend to earth. He muttered some incomprehensible words while frantically rubbing the disc in his hand.

Sizzle, sizzle...

The thick calluses on the Gypsies' hands rubbed against the disc, producing a strange hissing sound.

After a short while, his movements slowly stopped, and a look of contentment, as if he had no regrets about dying, appeared on his face.

"Have you finished your divination?"

Diya asked tentatively, having no idea what the other person had done. Was this considered divination?

"The emperor who walks among mortals..."