Chapter 1: The Arrival of Kurapika
On the sea, the dark sea is stirred up by the wind. Thunder and rain are entangled and torn, and a ship is like duckweed navigating through it.
"Kao, why are you still standing stupid?! Come and help lower the sails," a seasoned sailor shouted to a dazed-looking Kao.
"Yes." Kao heard the cry and hurried to it. Kao ran up to the sailor and looked at him blankly, "I...... What should I do? β
"Hold on to the sail rope like I did!" The old sailor almost roared.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Kao nodded hurriedly, holding the sail rope.
"Come, let's work hard, one, two, three, pull! One, two, three, pull! The old sailor commanded the sailors around him in a loud voice. Eventually, with the efforts of the sailors, the sails slowly began to fold.
Kao was about to breathe a sigh of relief as he watched the sails slowly fold, when a mast suddenly snapped. The center of gravity of the whole ship shifted suddenly, and at the same time, a huge wave broke the railing, hitting the hull, and the whole ship tilted completely.
The sudden change slammed Kao into the deck, blood splattered, and then the whole person bounced and floated in the air, rushing towards the gap in the deck.
"Not good!" The sailors around looked at Kao and exclaimed.
Kao looked at the pitch-black sea behind him that seemed to be able to swallow everything, and his heart was extremely unwilling and angry: "Why is this like this, am I not destined to survive?" In the midst of this resentment, Kao was unaware of the subtle changes in his eyes......
Just two days ago, Kao had taken a boat to Sanya with a few friends on his own, but unfortunately encountered a storm and the entire ship sank into the sea. Kao himself was not spared, and just when he thought he was going to sleep in the sea, he found himself crossing over to this ship and becoming a sailor, while everyone around him called him Kao.
Although this change made Kao unable to adapt for a while, the fact that he survived was enough to make Kao thankful.
"Hey...... That day, it seems, it was the same. Kao's slightly hollow eyes stared at the sky, the intense cold and darkness nearly engulfing him.
The physical injuries and psychological pressure caused Kao's consciousness to almost disappear, and he could only vaguely see a figure with the light of salvation appear above him at the end, and then his entire consciousness fell into darkness......
In a room inside the ship. Kao leaned on the bed with one hand and sat up against the wall with difficulty: "Hmm...... My head hurts. β
"I remember......" Kao cupped his forehead and began to think about how he had ended up in pain in bed.
"I felt like someone was pulling me when I was about to fall...... That's right! That's right!! That man was Xiaojie!! I'll just tell you why I always thought the captain looked so familiar. Kao sat up hurriedly.
"It turns out that I traveled to the hunter world, so this should be the first point of the hunter test?" Kao thought frantically.
"If I come to the hunter world and happen to come to the first hunter research point, then do I also have a chance to become a hunter? I have to hurry to the captain, and I don't know if they have already disembarked. Despite his physical pain, Kao made his way to the door.
Just as Kao was about to open the door, a man pushed it open and walked in. "How's your injury?" The man had short blond hair and wore a blue head-piercing cloak that covered the front and back of his body with only the arms left behind.
"Cool...... You're wearing what a cool outfit! Kao hurriedly changed his words, and Kao looked at the person in front of him, it was Kurapika. You're not the first time you've seen this costume, are you? Kurapika asked, staring at Kao.
"Is that just the way you notice my difference?" Kao wondered.
"It's not the first time." Kao replied cautiously.
"Sure enough, are you also from the Kuluta clan?" Kurapika's tone was slightly delighted.
"What do you mean?" Kao hurriedly took two steps back and looked at Kurapika in confusion.
"Don't worry, I'm from the Kuluta clan too, my name is Kurapika." Kurapika's eyes slowly turned from brown to fiery red. "This is the fiery red eye peculiar to our clan, and the mere thought of the destruction of the Kuluta clan makes my eyes red with anger." Kurapika explained.
"My name is Kao, but what does that have to do with me?" Kao was still puzzled.
"Why should you hide it from your kindred, I can see it clearly that your eyes were red with your anger before you fell into the sea. It must have been the anger of not being able to avenge my countrymen, and it was great that there were other people besides me surviving. Kurapika stepped forward and shook Kao's hand.
"Fiery red eyes? Could it be that this body itself is also a Guluta clan? Kao thought about it, because Kao had been trying to keep others from doubting his identity for the past two days, so he didn't pay too much attention to these issues, and he didn't even know what he looked like, but he probably learned through others that he was a child of about fifteen years old, and was taken in by the captain on the ship.
"I'm sorry, I don't know myself, I don't have that memory." Kao said slightly apologetically to Kurapika.
"It's okay, maybe it's because it's so painful that your body forgets that memory......" Kurapika said with a little disappointment.
"By the way, how long do you have to get to Port DorΓ©?" Kao asked. "Almost." Kurapika replied.
"Not good! I'll need to hurry up and get to the captain, we'll talk later, I'll have to qualify for this hunter test. Kao bypassed Kurapika and rushed out, this time the captain had to get his approval as the first inspector.
Kao circled the ship, and finally found the captain at the bow of the ship, who was teaching Jay to steer. Kao walked up, "Captain." β
The captain looked over, and then said to Xiao Jie: "Not far ahead is Port Dolei, rely on what I just taught you to continue to steer." Xiaojie's clear eyes looked ahead: "Okay!" β
"What's wrong? Kao. The captain walked over to Kao. Captain, I want to be a hunter! β
"Hahaha!" The captain took a sip of the spirits. "Every year there are crew members who want to be hunters, so why are you quite hunters?"
"Because I yearn for the world of hunters, watching batches of hunter assessors get on and off the ship, I wonder why so many people want to become hunters." Kao replied.
"Oh? So why didn't you want to be a hunter a few years ago? The captain asked.
"Because none of the people who took the hunter exam in the past few years made me feel excellent, and I was not at all curious about the profession that such people aspired to."
"But this year, with the straightforward and unpretentious Leoli, the Kurapika with a strong sense of justice, and most importantly, the brave and pure Xiaojie who saved my life, I want to know what the hunter profession they seek is like." Kao looked directly at the captain.
"Yes, that's good, I'm satisfied with this answer, and I'll report your name to the review committee with the three of them." The captain patted Kao on the shoulder.
"Thank you, Captain!" Kao clenched his fists. In the words just now, there is actually a mixture of fiction and reality, and the most important thing is because of Kao's curiosity about the hunter world, how can he not want to become a hunter and explore this world?
With the captain's approval, Kao walked over to Jay at the helm.
"The growth of these three people, it's up to you to take a look at it for me." The captain looked at Kao and Jay and thought to himself.