Hunter x Hunter: Card Master, the Strongest in the World.

boom--

The sound resounded through the sky.

Fierce waves of snow cascaded down the hillside, accompanied by a biting wind, and beneath them lay countless fleeing examinees.

"That guy is absolutely insane!" The eldest brother, Amos, ran to the side, occasionally glancing at Doris out of the corner of his eye.

He couldn't understand how anyone could not only not run away from an avalanche, but even pretend not to see it and rush forward.

How is this different from suicide?

"Big brother, if the examiner dies, can the Hunter Exam still continue?" the youngest brother, Imos, asked worriedly from behind.

It doesn't matter if the examiner dies, as long as it's not them who die.

They were more concerned about whether this would interrupt their exams, which would mean they had made a wasted trip.

"How would I know about this! What bad luck to have run into a crazy examiner!" The eldest brother, Amos, spat, feeling extremely annoyed.

Who knows what will happen next? The most important thing right now is to avoid the avalanche. After that... maybe the Hunter Association will just arrange for them to pass the test and enter the second round?

Although the three brothers had taken the Hunter Exam many times, they had never seen an examiner "commit suicide" like this before.

Looking down from the sky, above them were rapidly swirling waves of snow. On the hillside in the middle, the examinees were divided into two groups, fleeing in two different directions, one to the left and one to the right, perpendicular to the direction of the snow waves.

At the foot of the mountain, some were candidates who had run down the mountain and decided to give up the exam, while others were candidates from the third group who had fallen behind earlier.

They no longer needed to keep up with the main force; they had no chance against the avalanche.

After the avalanche fully arrived, it swept through the area faster than expected.

Before long, a massive wave of snow rushed straight toward Doris.

In an instant, Doris disappeared into the snow.

The avalanche didn't stop because of her alone; it continued to rage downwards like a ferocious beast, swallowing up some of the examinees who couldn't escape in time, until it piled up at the foot of the mountain, at which point the avalanche gradually subsided.

The uneven snowfield has disappeared, replaced by large, almost smooth snow slopes...perfect for skiing.

"This is really... a thrilling test," Dongba exclaimed, peeking out from behind a giant rock.

Besides him, several other candidates were also hiding behind this, including the Amos brothers.

The avalanche was quite powerful, but because everyone took timely precautions, not many candidates were actually swallowed up. Most of them escaped down the mountain and gave up the exam.

"Hey! What's that?!" Amos exclaimed, pointing to a spot on the mountain.

A black dot suddenly appeared on the snow-white ground and was still rapidly advancing towards the mountaintop. Not far behind her was a huge, red-haired leader pig.

The black dot represents Doris, while Lynn and Chopper are riding on the back of the red-haired pig.

The examiner is still alive?

Is this a person?

And... what's that red-haired pig doing? Is it chasing the examiner?

Because of the distance, they couldn't see anyone on the red-haired boar's back; only a few people who were near Lynn knew what had happened.

The students on the mountain were incredulous, but they quickly realized that the exam was not over, so they had no choice but to run towards the top of the mountain with all their might... Those on the bottom of the mountain were out of the question.

mountain top.

Doris was the first to arrive. She stretched and felt refreshed. She only had a few snowflakes on her body and was not injured at all.

She feels very happy every time she completes a challenge.

Boom!

The leader, Red Pig, followed closely behind to the top of the mountain. Lynn jumped down with Chopper in his arms and waved for Red Pig to go back to where he came from.

"Roar!" Upon receiving the order, the red-haired pig couldn't wait to run down the mountain.

It was truly afraid to stay near Lynn.

Lynn was the most terrifying "beast" it had ever seen since it was born.

70 points... Doris narrowed her eyes, secretly sizing up Lynn, and gave him the score.

It's incredibly easy for Nen users to detect each other: just look for any emanating life energy above their heads. If there is, they're likely ordinary people, because ordinary people can't use [Entanglement].

Of course, this is not absolute. It cannot be ruled out that a few Lao Lius will deliberately not use [Entanglement] and pretend to be ordinary people to disguise themselves.

However, this approach is too dangerous. Not using "Entanglement" means that there is no protective energy on the body surface, making one almost indistinguishable from an ordinary person.

If someone were to attack him from the shadows, he would be caught off guard and wouldn't have time to activate his spiritual energy for defense; his body would be as fragile as paper.

So from the moment she stepped into the warehouse, she noticed two people who seemed to be shining in the dark... Lynn and Hisoka.

She gave Lynn a score of 70.

The scoring rules are the same as before Avalanche; due to her innate beast instincts, she can score anything that might pose a threat to her.

A score under 60 is a bit exciting, but it won't harm her.

She might get injured if she scores 60 to 80 points, but she'll likely survive.

As for scores above 80... the probability of death increases significantly.

This scoring rule will change as her skill level improves.

In those few moments of stunned silence, another figure arrived at the mountaintop.

slam-la-

Playing cards tumbled through the air and then vanished as if by magic, leaving only three cards in the right hand.

The King, the Little King, and the King.

With a faint smile, Hisoka swayed and walked to the rock, leaning against it with his arms crossed. His long, narrow eyes sometimes stared at Doris, and sometimes at Lynn on the other side.

The three people were positioned in three corners.

An icy wind blew by.

A dead silence.

90 points... Doris took a deep breath to calm her racing heart and quickly started doing leg stretches to distract herself.

This is the score she gave Hisoka. 90 points means that if she really faced this terrifying examinee, she would most likely die!

However, she couldn't help but want to try it.

People are naturally drawn to thrills. The most common example is when standing on the roof of a tall building, many people feel the urge to jump down... Doris just enjoys this thrill more than most people. The more she knows something is dangerous and exciting, the harder it is for her to control herself.

Even so, she still had to endure it.

Doris closed her eyes, trying to clear her mind of all distractions, and recalled the words of Izenabi, the master who had led her onto the path of "thought".

"Hunters rarely meet a good end, because they all have a goal they yearn for and fight for it as if it were prey."

"But the fact that it can become prey means that it is difficult to catch, so if the hunter is not careful, he may become the prey."

"Hunters in different fields have different prey. Relic hunters yearn to explore more relics, gourmet hunters crave to encounter and obtain more ingredients and delicacies... A hunter's desires are a bottomless pit; when he catches one prey, he craves the next, even bigger one!"

"If this continues, the risks faced by hunters will gradually accumulate, until they die in their favorite territory, and only then will they finally stop."

"Doris, the thrill you crave is a terrible prey. If you don't learn to control your emotions, you will soon be devoured by this prey."

"Yes, Master!"

……

Since then, she has learned to use her intuition to rate various stimuli and to suppress her emotions in extreme situations.

If your score is below 60, go for it without hesitation; if it's below 80, think it over carefully; if it's above 80... just bear with it!

Until the day she could no longer bear it, that would be her last dance!