Chapter 288 End of the Year

Hunter x Hunter is a relatively slow story in the early stages.

Starting from the protagonist Gon leaving Whale Island, to encountering Leorio and Kurapika on the road, to the trio taking a boat to the hunter assessment site, and establishing a certain friendship after encountering a storm.

On the way to the assessment site, a bus driver arranged by the Hunter Association deliberately took them on a long detour.

There was an old woman in a strange abandoned village who showed the examinees a dead end road full of monsters and beasts.

There was also a deceptive monster couple who misled the group.

Overall, these plots are quite interesting, with a battle of wits and courage throughout, but it just

gave fans a feeling of wanting more.

Isn't this a battle comic?

Why.

So far, the protagonist Gon hasn't even appeared in a decent battle?

Although, the old woman in the abandoned city's two-choice answer and the man who wanted to trick them died in the hands of the beast were quite cool, but the protagonist has not shown much, which does feel awkward.

However, when the comic was serialized to the sixth episode, the Hunter Exam that fans had been waiting for finally began.

Take a boat, take a bus, fly with a monster, and then take an elevator to the depths of the underground.

The plot of the first six episodes of Hunter is constantly changing scenes.

As for the sixth episode.

Hundreds of people who passed the previous tests came to the test site.

Perverted Hisoka, Toba, Ninja Hanzo, gloomy boy Killua

Then, the first stage of the Hunter Exam, it turned out that a large group of people, led by the examiner, collectively ran a marathon?

"Finally, it's the Hunter Exam. I feel like this manga has entered the main storyline."

"It's really slow to enter the main storyline after being serialized for a month and a half."

"I think it's pretty good. The early exams are quite interesting."

"Among the three main characters, only Kurapika has intelligence. Leorio is just a character with strong limbs and a simple mind."

"But the new character Hisoka is quite interesting. I like this kind of pervert."

"That Toba is also quite interesting. He took the Hunter Exam to harm the candidates? I don't understand, what good is this kind of thing that hurts others and does not benefit himself?"

"I feel that this work is different in style from all of Lao Zei's previous works."

"I have this feeling too. The character design of this work is obviously much better. In Lao Zei's previous works, there are few eye-catching supporting roles, and the story basically revolves around the protagonist. But Hunter x Hunter is completely different. On the contrary, I am not particularly interested in how Xiaojie performs. I prefer to watch the plot of Leorio and Kurapika."

"I like real villains like Toba. He is really funny.

"Actually, I like Hisoka. This character is as perverted as me. Master Mo Ran's painting skills are really suitable for such perverted characters. "

"But it seems that Lao Zei's comic should be very long. I don't know how long this hunter exam will be serialized? I really want to wait until this plot is serialized and then read it all in one go."

"Forget it, don't mention such unrealistic things. Unless you don't buy the Beimanhua magazine. Otherwise, the first page of this magazine is the comic chapter of Hunter x Hunter. I don't believe you can bear it. "

"Alas, Lao Zei is really annoying! Why does he create so many works at the same time and can't focus all his energy on Hunter x Hunter and update three chapters a week? "

"What you said is right. It takes a year to build a house. If you increase the manpower three times, it can be built in four months? ”

“That’s true.”

After the serialization of the sixth episode of Hunter x Hunter, the first major chapter of this work has begun.

The discussion topics of fans of this comic on the Internet have also changed from the slowness of the previous weeks, feeling that there is no main line and boring, to the discussion of the personality of each character appearing in this chapter.

During the release of Cyberpunk 2077 BD, Xia Yan has been paying attention to the online public opinion of Hunter x Hunter all the time.

Xia Yan himself knows very well that Hunter x Hunter, as a boy’s fighting comic, has a little slow progress in the early plot.

But in fact, if you look at the whole work, you can find that Yoshihiro Togashi has cleverly set the early plot of this work.

For example, Kurapika’s eyes will turn red when he sees a spider, which is obviously a reflection of the Phantom Troupe.

Why does Leorio like money? The answer will soon be revealed in Dragon Country.

The most important thing is that in the sixth episode of the comic, Xiaojie asked the two why they wanted to participate in the Hunter Assessment. For hunters.

Leorio said that he wanted to become a hunter for money, and wanted to become a treasure hunter to make a lot of money and live a good life.

But Kurapika said that the reason he wanted to become a hunter was because this profession was the greatest profession in the world, which could benefit mankind and promote social progress.

Longguo fans who only saw the sixth episode of this comic, at this time, did not feel that there was anything wrong with the two people's answers?

But Xia Yan, who knew the later plot, was actually full of emotion when he drew the storyboard draft of this plot.

Did Togashi Yoshihiro lay the groundwork here in the early days of this comic?

Because in the later part of the comic, Kurapika failed to become a hunter who benefited mankind and contributed to promoting social progress.

Because of hatred, he became a treasure hunter, served as a bodyguard for some wealthy people, and helped them find treasures.

On the contrary, Leorio became a doctor.

The two lived each other's ideal.

The Hunter is a work that you won’t feel deeply when you read it for the first time, but when you read it for the second time, many of the characters’ early words and choices will make you feel inexplicably distressed.

November is over.

December is coming.

The weather in the Magic City area has turned cold sharply, and Xia Yan, Mo Ran, Song Lingjun and Tang Yin have all changed into winter clothes.

Xia Yan and Song Lingjun are classmates, and they are both juniors.

Besides, they are still literature majors, and basically there are fewer courses in school at this time, compared to sophomores, the number of courses is reduced by half.

So there were no classes for two consecutive days. As for Mo Ran, as a senior sister, she had no classes long ago, and basically only needed to spend a certain amount of time to deal with the graduation thesis.

Moreover, Mo Ran is different from her classmates. In the past one or two years of cooperation with Xia Yan, Xia Yan has made hundreds of millions, and she has also made tens of millions. She doesn’t have to worry about her job and is obsessed with comic creation all day long.

Unlike Xia Yan, who is distracted by too many works, Mo Ran is very focused and enjoys creating comics.

In the morning, the four of them sat at the dining table for dinner.

"Speaking of which, Xia Yan, for the comic book Hunter x Hunter, are you not going to introduce any superpower elements in the later stage? Just let the protagonist fight with physical strength?" Mo Ran asked while eating bread in small bites.

"Well, there will be later, but it will take more than ten or twenty episodes to be reflected. At this stage, the protagonist's battle mainly relies on the brain." Xia Yan picked up a piece of fish with chopsticks and said with a smile.

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After all, the few people present can be said to be his only three friends in the world, and one of them is his girlfriend. He is not shy about discussing these topics and is not worried about them being leaked.

"But Song Lingjun, you have to relax a little. You are making drafts while eating." At this time, Tang Yin next to him said to Song Lingjun who was writing something with her head down.

"Thank you, but don't worry about me. I'm competing with "Crimson Abyss" for the second place in the journal ranking. The plot serialized in this month is crucial and must be considered repeatedly." Song Lingjun's face was slightly pale. Her new novel Absolute World has been serialized for more than a year, and her popularity has accumulated, but because she squeezed her sleep time to write novels for two consecutive months, her complexion looked a little weak. "Maintaining rankings must also be done while paying attention to physical health." Tang Yin and Song Lingjun have known each other for several years. Although there is an age gap between the two, they are definitely good girlfriends. At this time, she also felt distressed to speak. "That's the way of the loser." Song Lingjun looked at Tang Yin and then at Xia Yan. "The author of Crimson Abyss is also the leading light novel genius in Longguo at that time. If I want to defeat him, in addition to competing with him in talent, I have to compete in hard work. If I want to win, I have to sacrifice something to a certain extent." Song Lingjun said softly. After Xia Yan and Tang Yin looked at each other, he wanted to say something, but he hesitated. Considering Song Lingjun's age, she is only 20 years old, and it is already an exaggeration to be able to maintain the third place in the Liuli Journal for a long time.

But the reason why she is so persistent in wanting to go further is of course very simple.

Among the three popular works in Liuli Journal, Xia Yan's "Sword Art Online" is the most popular, followed by "Crimson Abyss" and Song Lingjun's "Absolute World".

If Song Lingjun wants to challenge Xia Yan as a target, at least she has to make her work reach the second place in the journal.

Xia Yan and Tang Yin both noticed her thoughts, so it was difficult to say anything.

Tell her not to work so hard? Xia Yan is a cheater, why bother?

If this kind of words are said, it is estimated that with Song Lingjun's personality, she will ignore the two for at least a month, because it is obviously looking down on her.

"Why do you two feel weird recently?" At this time, Mo Ran, who was eating oranges next to her, looked at Xia Yan and Tang Yin with interesting eyes.

"Hey, what's weird?" Tang Yin's heart skipped a beat and she clenched her fingers.

"Anyway, the atmosphere is weird. Like the eye contact before, it always feels quite intimate." Mo Ran said thoughtfully.

Song Lingjun, who was writing something on her notebook, also raised her head and looked at the two of them in confusion.

"You think too much about this." Tang Yin's smile froze.

"Xia Yan and I meet every day in the company. It's normal to have a little tacit understanding. After all, animation production takes a lot of time to communicate."

Tang Yin and Xia Yan's relationship has not been explained to Song Lingjun and Mo Ran. At first, they thought that it would be awkward for the four of them to get along after the announcement.

Now, it was not announced at the beginning, and later they didn't want to take the initiative to announce it.

"Oh, so that's it!" After Mo Ran and Song Lingjun looked at Xia Yan and Tang Yin for a few more times, they also dispelled their doubts in their minds.

After all, these two people have never been in love, and their imagination is not very rich. After Tang Yin said this, the two believed it.

After breakfast, Song Lingjun and Mo Ran stayed at home to create their works. As for Xia Yan, he drove to the company with Tang Yin.

In the car

"I think we feel like we are having an affair. We are just in a normal relationship, but we are still worried about being discovered." Tang Yin leaned her head against the car window, her voice slightly speechless.

"Then tell them about our relationship!" Xia Yan laughed while driving.

"What? I guess they will move out of the house immediately after telling you. They don't want to be the light bulbs of us two." Tang Yin looked at Xia Yan with her pupils.

"But it's only a matter of time before they find out." Xia Yan thought for a while and said.

"We'll talk about it later." Tang Yin looked out the car window.

"And" Tang Yin hesitated.

"And what?" Xia Yan waited for a long time, but didn't hear the next words.

"Xia Yan, do you really not feel anything at all?" Tang Yin turned her head and looked at Xia Yan.

"Feel what?" Xia Yan was puzzled.

"You... If you have half the emotional intelligence of the male characters you write, you will understand everything." Tang Yin sighed.

"Really?" Xia Yan thought about it, and if he couldn't figure it out, he didn't think about it.

He has this kind of personality.

After arriving at the company, he had initial negotiations with some manufacturers who wanted to cooperate with the company to distribute Lelouch peripherals, such as the share ratio.

Now the Lelouch animation has only been produced for a month, but in fact, its major section partners have already flocked to it.

Xia Yan's Madoka Magica and Cyberpunk Edgewalker have both earned huge profits in the Dragon Country animation industry.

Xia Yan alone earns hundreds of millions or even billions of yuan. Those cooperative manufacturers who don't cooperate with Xia Yan will make a lot of money.

Several manufacturers who have a good relationship with Xia Tang Animation Company have also earned hundreds of millions of Longguo currency in the past few years by distributing the peripheral products of Xia Yan's works. Basically, in Longguo, a series of IP copyright development industries related to Xia Yan's works have formed a chain.

So although Xia Tang Animation Production Company has no animated works broadcast now, even the release of the animation of the second part of 2077 does not require Xia Yan to spend any effort.

But coming to the company every day to negotiate with these partners and sign contracts also takes up a lot of Xia Yan's experience.

At the end of early December, it snowed in the Magic City area.

The whole city was covered in silver.

Under such circumstances, the seventh episode of the full-time Hunter comic was serialized.

The serialized plot of this episode has significantly improved the rating and public opinion of this comic.

On the Jiuxiao Forum, the rating of full-time Hunter rose from 9.2 to 9.4 overnight.

The plot of this episode is the continuation of the Hunter Exam in the previous episode.

After the team led by the examiner started the ultra-long-distance high-speed underground cave marathon, all the participants were also caught in various dangers of the Hunter Exam.

Compared with the endless beasts in the exam process, the most dangerous thing in the Hunter Exam is the human heart.

Dongba, this fat uncle with a simple face, participates in the Hunter Exam every year for the purpose of harming newcomers.

Deliberately brought the protagonists Xiaojie, Kurapika and Leorio to a fork in the cave passage that releases an illusion aroma.

Both Leorio and Kurapika fell into an illusion.

Kurapika's illusion was not shown, but the person was almost crazy, but Leorio's illusion was shown in detail, and through his illusion, the audience knew for the first time why he liked money.

And why he wanted to become a hunter.

The reason why the plot of this episode of Hunter x Hunter touched the readers of the comics and led to an increase in the rating of the work is because of Leorio's memories.