Chapter 5: Choice and the Beast
At this moment, a gate was suddenly pushed open, and a group of people wearing white robes, with a mask on their faces, and hair of different colors, walked out of the gate, and these people were all pulling a wooden cart, on which there was only one person without a mask, an old lady who looked like she might die at any moment, and her teeth were almost completely gone.
"What, what's the situation? These people ......" Leoli's eyes widened in disbelief as he looked at the guy who had blocked the entire road.
"Heartbeat, heartbeat......"
As if in response to Leoli's question, the old lady suddenly opened her eyes, her eyes were wide and round, and her eyeballs seemed to be ready to pop out at any moment, coupled with the old and ugly face, which gave people a feeling of horror.
"Heartbeat either-or, start now!" The white-clothed men in masks around them also cooperated very well to take out gongs, horns and other things that were very loud and were musical instruments, making a harsh sound. Everyone, even Ryan, looked at these guys in a daze, these guys, it was just too unexpected.
"What! Choose one of two heartbeat problems? I thought there was going to be a fight! Leoli, who had been in a cold sweat on his forehead before, let out a big breath after hearing the old lady's words.
"You all want to pass through here and reach the huge cedar tree on the top of the mountain! In that case, only by answering the correct questions will I make way for you and let you through. And after the question is asked, you only have five seconds to think about it. The old lady stared at her chin with both hands, a little squinting, and did not seem to have much energy.
"Now ask the question, if your girlfriend and mother both fall into the river at the same time, you can only save one person. You choose who to save. Mother, still girlfriend! The old lady's question doesn't seem to be cumbersome, but this one is very tangled, and I don't know what to say.
At this moment, the guy who was on Leoli's back suddenly jumped off Leoli's back: "I'm not in the same group as them, so their answer doesn't mean that it's my answer." ”
"What, you, you guy!" "You're all right?" "You've gone too far, you've lied to us!"
Xiaojie and the three didn't expect this guy to jump out at this time. And he directly drew a line with them, and couldn't help but look at this guy angrily, especially Leoli, who couldn't wait for that guy to swallow it directly into his stomach, because he had come all the way. But he was carrying this guy on his back, tired himself like a dead dog. But I don't want people to lie to themselves.
"Hmph. A bunch of idiots. My choice, of course, is my mother! After all, my mother gave birth to me and worked hard to raise me, and there is only one mother, and if I lose it, there will be no more. And the words of the girlfriend. Although it is also important, after losing it, you can find another one after a while. So, I chose to save my mother. ”
The answer that this guy said was completely opposite to what he thought, but he felt that the other party was an old lady who should accept such an answer, and his answer could be regarded as his favor. So he looked confident, and at the same time glanced at Ryan with disdain.
When Leoli saw the look in this guy's eyes, he wanted to rush forward and teach this hateful thing a hard lesson, but he was stopped by the calm Kurapika.
"How? Is my answer correct? The man shouted confidently at the old lady.
The old lady didn't speak, and directly got out of the way behind her, and when the man saw this, he looked back triumphantly and despised Ryan and them, and thought about the way for the old lady to get out of the way.
"Wait!" Ryan spoke suddenly.
"Huh? What do you want to do? The exam glanced back at Ryan with a sneer on his face. He didn't take Ryan seriously, and even if Ryan had the strength, what if he did? Can you still make a move in front of the examiner? Otherwise, this guy doesn't know Ryan at all.
"I just wanted to say, good luck!" Ryan stepped forward and gently patted the guy on the shoulder, then took a step back and said with a smirk.
"Hmph, pretending to be a ghost!" The man's scalp tingled a little from Ryan's smiling eyes, but the thought that he was going to leave here and get them into the test site before he did. Mentally he put Ryan aside, and walked quickly past the old lady with some eagerness.
"Hey, what's the problem? Do you always judge the answer based on your own preferences? You must know that everyone's situation is different, the answer is different, there is no right answer at all, you guy is too hateful, in this case, I don't want to go through you, I will find another way. Leoli roared loudly, he was very angry about this situation, but these shows that this guy is still more principled, and would rather choose other paths than choose to echo the old lady's answer.
Ryan and Kurapika on the side couldn't help but realize that after hearing Leoli's casual words, they knew how to answer this question, that is, they didn't choose either, there was no right answer, no matter which one they chose, it was wrong.
Just when Kurapika wanted to say the right choice, the old lady seemed to find out that Curai Pickup and Ryan had come up with the correct answer, and hurriedly added a restriction: "From now on, it is forbidden to talk, otherwise you will lose the qualification to take the exam!" ”
At this time, Kurapika has no choice, and he doesn't know how to help Leoli, so he can only pray, praying that Leoli will guess the answer as soon as possible, after all, this answer, from a certain point of view, is still very simple.
"Five, four, three, two, one, over!" The old lady was counting down the numbers, and the time decreased little by little, and the pressure on Leoli became greater and greater, and Leoli was already sweating profusely at this time, but the annoyed look in his eyes became more and more obvious.
"You damn thing, there's no right answer to this, and you're still there counting the numbers leisurely." Leoli picked up a stick leaning against the wall from the side as the old lady said the word closing, and then clenched it with both hands. With a roar, he jumped up high, thinking fiercely about smashing the old lady's head.
"Bang!" The sticks shattered, and the sawdust fell to the ground, but it was Kurapika who appeared directly in front of the old lady, and then crossed the two sticks in his hand to block Leoli's attack.
"Leoli, you've got it right." Kurapika was afraid that Leoli was doing something impulsively, and hurriedly said.
"What?" Leoli was stunned.
"There is no right answer to this question, so the correct answer is to choose neither." Kurapika quickly explained.
"Really?" Leoli's eyes widened. The face is incredible.
"Well, yes, so congratulations, you answered correctly." The old lady spoke indifferently at this time, from beginning to end. There was not the slightest hint of panic on her face, obviously. She's also a strong guy. In the face of Leoli's attack, it is impossible to hurt her at all.
"Ahhhh I misunderstood you. Leoli scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.
"Hehehe. It doesn't matter, it's been a long time since I've seen such an interesting young man as you. The old lady didn't care.
Then the old lady opened Ryan to make way for another passage, which was completely different from the one he had taken before, so that it could be seen. The path that the person took before was not the right one at all.
"Ah, what a trouble! I still haven't figured out what to choose! At this time, Xiao Jie, who had been pondering, suddenly scratched his head with some annoyance and said.
After listening to Xiaojie's words, the others were stunned, how long had it been before this guy reacted.
"Xiaojie, we have answered the question correctly, that is, neither answer is chosen." Kurapika said to Xiaojie with a smile.
"However, even if we don't choose now, we are still likely to encounter similar problems in the future, and what should we do when the time comes?" Xiaojie blinked and said with some trouble.
However, Xiaojie's words made everyone present stunned. Even Ryan is like this, what should he do when faced with such a problem in the future? However, Ryan was only stunned for a moment, and he already had the answer, that is, to become stronger, to become stronger, to be strong enough that he could not choose this kind of problem, and that he could save two people at the same time.
At this moment, a particularly miserable and sharp scream suddenly came from afar, as if someone had suddenly exploded a chrysanthemum, and that direction was clearly the direction in which the person before was going. Xiaojie and the others were stunned, but the old lady and Kurapika looked at Ryan thoughtfully, and happened to see the sneer that flashed on the corner of Ryan's mouth.
Just before Ryan gently patted the person on the shoulder, he was already secretly energetic, although there was no sign on the spot, but after a while, the muscles of the person's whole body would turn into meat sauce, and then the bones would turn into powder. The scream was the same as Ryan's dark energy that had been left on that man's body was activated.
"Alright, let's get inside! From here, you will reach the cedar tree at the top of the mountain. The old lady said, pointing to the passageway.
After Ryan and his party passed the so-called heartbeat test of choosing one of the two, they finally reached the top of the mountain under the cedar tree, under which there was a wooden house, and the so-called shortcut should be the owner of this house, who could send them to the test site in Saba City through some method.
However, before entering this cabin, Ryan raised his eyebrows, revealing a meaningful smile, although he had not seen the situation inside, but Ryan vaguely sensed that there were three fierce beasts inside, and as for the breath of people, there was no trace of it inside.
In this case, it can only show that the people who originally lived in it have been eaten by the beast and occupy the house. Second, the Hunters Association originally arranged that it was only fierce beasts, not humans waiting for their candidates here. And the first choice, Ryan instantly ruled out, because in the beast breath inside, although it was a little violent, it was already very peaceful, and there was no smell of blood. Then, there is only the second answer left, that is, the fierce beasts inside, which are the guides arranged by the Hunter Association for the candidates.
At this time, Xiaojie and the others had already pushed open the door and walked in, but the scene that happened inside made Xiaojie and their faces shocked and angry, because there was a fierce beast inside, it seemed that the two men and women of the owner of this house, the man was injured and fell to the ground, while the woman was caught by the fierce beast in her hands, and then jumped out of the window directly.
"Damn, Leoli, take care of the man, let's go catch up!" Xiaojie said, and jumped out of the window with Kurapika, and quickly ran towards the fierce beast that grabbed the so-called hostess, while Leoli squatted down very directly, opened the box, and then took out medical equipment and began to treat the so-called man's injuries. Only Ryan clasped his hands on his shoulders and looked at all this with a smile, although this guy looked exactly like a human, but there were more strange patterns on his face that seemed to be written with colored bars, but Ryan could keenly perceive from his breath that this man was not a human at all, but a fierce beast, and the breath of the fierce beast that held the hostess hostage was exactly the same. It should be the same kind of beast.
Leoli was busy and carefully bandaged all the wounds on the man's body, only to find that Ryan was standing aside, looking at him with a playful look, and he couldn't help but be annoyed in his heart.
"What are you doing here? Don't you see, there are fierce beasts here, you are so powerful, why don't you go and help Xiaojie and them? If it weren't for Ryan's strength being too strong, Leoli might have rushed forward at this time and taught Ryan a hard lesson, letting Ryan know that he was powerful.
"Help Xiaojie? How can it help? Help a beast? Or two, or even three, ferocious beasts? Ryan said, looking at the half-seated guy who had just been bandaged by Leoli.
"What nonsense are you talking about......"
"How did you find out who we were?" Leoli's words were interrupted before he could finish speaking, and it was the man Leoli had treated before that person who had been treated by Leoli (to be continued......)
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