As she chewed slowly, Menchi's hands moved up, gently cradling her cheeks.
"So delicious!!"
Her large eyes gradually turned into crescent moons.
"So delicious!!"
She repeated "so delicious" three times, but lacked any other suitable adjectives to describe the taste. This made Buhara feel something was off.
"Menchi?!"
He looked at Menchi with some confusion. For an excellent chef and gourmet hunter, such a perfunctory and shallow evaluation was absolutely unacceptable.
"It's not her fault."
As if seeing through Buhara's concern, Morin smiled and said, "After all, the only sensation she can feel now is 'deliciousness.'"
"Huh?!"
Hearing Morin's words, Buhara immediately turned his head.
"What did you do to Menchi?"
His tone gradually calmed down. If Morin had used some tool or strange item to harm Menchi, he would not allow it, even if he knew he wasn't a match for Morin.
As a gourmet hunter and test examiner, he wouldn't stand by and do nothing for his partner.
"Don't worry, I wouldn't do anything to her. After all, attacking an examiner would get me disqualified!"
Morin's face was very amicable. "I currently have no intention of being eliminated."
Compared to Menchi, who was lost in her own world, Morin seemed harmless.
"She wanted to use 'deliciousness' to win, to achieve that so-called 'taste,' so I just fulfilled her wish."
Morin said this with a smile, but there was no hint of amusement in his eyes.
"Since she made a choice, she has to pay a certain price for it."
"Especially when, as an examiner, she acts so recklessly and even threatens candidates."
"If she weren't a hunter test examiner, I would have taught her a lesson long ago."
"The Hunter Test Review Committee has granted you the qualification to be examiners, and given you the power to set your own questions and judge qualifications."
"So you should faithfully fulfill your duties and complete your tasks seriously."
"Even if you have other thoughts or little schemes, using your power for personal gain, it should be based on properly conducting the hunter test."
"Otherwise, it's a bit too much, isn't it?"
Morin's face was full of righteousness, like a walking embodiment of justice.
Buhara fell silent upon hearing this.
As a gourmet hunter, he was more aware than anyone of Menchi's bad habits. And knowing this, he didn't stop her, but let her do as she pleased. Strictly speaking, he was also an unqualified examiner.
He had seen Menchi extorting Killua earlier and hadn't stopped it. If things got worse, he could even be considered an accomplice.
"Of course, saying all this isn't about maintaining the integrity of the hunter test or anything so noble."
Morin crossed his arms. The atmosphere had been tense a moment ago, but now he smiled.
The so-called aura of justice around him vanished completely.
"I said earlier, I'm just here to have fun, to find some amusement."
"I'm simply doing this for myself, because I find her annoying, and I'm curious to see what she's like when she's lost in her 'deliciousness.'"
Morin glanced at Menchi, who was still lost in the sensation of "deliciousness."
"Oh dear, it seems things have gotten a bit out of hand."
Outside, Satotz couldn't help but stroke his small mustache.
"I thought with Menchi's tricky and eccentric personality, encountering candidate 406 would definitely lead to unexpected results."
"Now it seems, that's exactly what happened."
He shook his head. He had seen everything earlier and knew it was all caused by Menchi's capriciousness. It could be said she brought it upon herself.
However~~~
"As a dignified hunter test examiner, being toyed with by a candidate is not a good look for the Hunter Association."
He took out his phone and started dialing a number.
Inside the warehouse~
"So now, have you seen Menchi's predicament?"
Buhara said in a deep voice.
"Shouldn't you let go now?!"
"Of course... not."
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With Buhara's increasingly serious expression, Morin waved his hand towards the candidates behind him.
"There are still so many candidates who haven't passed the test. Their sushi needs to become delicious, to meet this lady examiner's standard of 'deliciousness'!"
"And the most crucial part?"
Morin spread his hands.
"My fun has just begun."
"I haven't had enough yet, and I don't want to end it prematurely and ruin my mood."
"Of course, I believe I haven't disrespected you examiners. I've been following your requirements, and everything is within the rules of the test."
"But if you think there's something wrong and plan to stop me..."
Morin smiled as he looked at Buhara. "You're welcome to try~"
In the Hunter Association's headquarters building, Room 1209, the Chairman's Office.
"Chairman! There's a problem with the Hunter Test!"
The bean-faced man, having just finished a phone call, furrowed his small brows and spoke with a peculiar expression to Chairman Netero beside him.
His expression was a mix of worry, relief, inevitability, and helplessness.
At this moment, Netero was sitting on one foot, with the other foot holding a tray with a glass of iced lemonade. A long straw was inserted into the lemonade, with the other end in Netero's mouth.
"It's the test with Menchi that's having issues, right?"
He took a couple of sips, then looked up at the bean-faced man.
The bean-faced man was startled. "Chairman, how did you know...?"
"With Menchi's capricious personality, it would be strange if nothing happened."
Netero answered without a second thought. Clearly, he had some understanding of Menchi.
"Then why did you appoint Menchi as an examiner for this Hunter Test?"
The bean-faced man asked, both helpless and puzzled.
"This was decided by the Hunter Association's Review Committee, not just by me."
Netero lifted his foot and set the iced lemonade down.
"Menchi and Buhara were recommended, and they had no objections. Besides, you can't reject someone based on unreasonable reasons like personality."
"In the past, there have been even more eccentric hunters serving as examiners. Didn't one examiner get beaten half to death last year?"
"By the way, that dangerous candidate who injured the examiner is participating in the Hunter Test again this year, right?"
"Yes," the bean-faced man nodded. "His name is Hisoka."
"But Chairman," the bean-faced man said worriedly, "the situation is special this year. Mr. Morin is also participating in this Hunter Test..."
"The Hunter Association has never changed its internal rules for a single candidate."
Netero stroked his beard and smiled at the bean-faced man.
"That's what Pariston said in the Review Committee."
"He also said: No matter how formidable the candidate, the Hunter Association will never change itself to accommodate them. This precedent cannot be set."
"But..."
The bean-faced man looked as if he wanted to say more but stopped.
Clearly, many things could be handled as special cases, and many situations within the association were dealt with this way. If Chairman Netero spoke up, it could also be treated as a special case... Huh?!
The bean-faced man realized something was amiss.
"Chairman, if you exercise your authority as chairman, you could treat this as a special event!"
The bean-faced man looked at Netero's smiling face, and an absurd thought gradually formed in his mind.
"You wouldn't be doing this on purpose, would you?!"
"Ho ho ho!"
Netero laughed three times but didn't answer.
But that was already the best answer.
"That Morin kid, according to the age on his ID, isn't much different from Menchi."
"They're both young people. Maybe they'll have some interesting exchanges and sparks of creativity."
"After all, they've both achieved remarkable things in their respective fields. Such a collision would surely be interesting, right?"
He wore a smile that seemed to be for the good of the Hunter Association.
No, it seems you're just interested in Menchi's tricky and eccentric personality and want to watch the show, which is why you didn't stop it, thought the bean-faced man, who had been by Netero's side for many years.
And that was pretty much the correct answer.
Moreover...
The bean-faced man had a thought, and with some difficulty, he asked:
"In the Hunter Test Review Committee, the person who suggested Menchi and Buhara as examiners wouldn't happen to be..."
"Ah, that?"