Vol 9 Chapter 27: One less person

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The next day...
Dawn, like a sharp sword, opened the silent night and ushered in the rising sun.
At this moment, the flying ship that has been continually sailing now reaches the destination, and is slowly landing from high altitude.
The third test is about to kick off.
Inside the flying ship, the sound of broadcast sounded.
"good morning everyone."
"I'm sorry to have waited so long for the candidates. At present, the flying boat has arrived over the third test venue, and I now ask you to prepare to disembark."
Candidates gathered in the living room of the flying boat, whether they wake up long ago or just woke up, all went to the window.
Standing by the window, his eyes were carefully examined, the third test site.
The purpose of the candidates is very obvious. They just want to get as much information as possible for themselves and increase the success rate of passing the third test.
However, before the candidates got favorable information, the door of the flying ship's living room was pushed open.
The sound of opening the door immediately attracted the attention of the candidates.
Seeing that the candidates looked over, the person who just opened the door and walked into the living room immediately said the purpose of this place, without the candidates asking.
"The flying ship has successfully landed at your destination. Please pack up your belongings as soon as possible."
After hearing the words of the coming people, the candidates knew that they were about to disembark.
As a result, they all quickly picked up their belongings, and then returned to the person in front of them to gather, waiting for the person to lead himself and others off the boat.
Did not let the person wait for too long, the candidates in the flying ship's living room gathered in front of him.
Seeing that the people were all together, the person in charge of leading them off the boat did not say any more nonsense, but only motioned them to follow them.
Soon, under the leadership of the person in charge, the candidates all got off the flying boat and stepped into the third test site.
The bean-faced people who have been waiting here have a slight cough to attract the candidates' attention.
"Cough!"
When the candidates' eyes gather, they are told where they are and how they can pass the test.
"You candidates, the starting point of the third hunter experiment is here."
"Here, the world is called the top of the cheap trap tower."
"Eligible conditions, that is alive from the top of the tower to the ground, the limit time is 72 hours."
"Next, the third trial now officially begins."
"Here, I wish you all a smooth passage."
After all this was said, the bean-faced people did not give the candidates the opportunity to respond and ask questions, turned around and boarded the flying boat.
When many of the candidates, some of them reacted, the flying boat had already risen into the sky.
Watching the flying ships go away one by one, they finally looked back helplessly and began to observe how to go from here.
Qi Zhi standing next to Xiao Jie doesn't seem to be observing how to go down, but is looking for something in the candidates.
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Xiaojie found this, and asked the exit directly.
"Qi Yun, what are you looking for?"
"Don't you find that there seems to be one less person here."
His eyes moved across the candidates' faces, and Qi Yun responded to Xiaojie with some uncertainty.
After hearing this, Xiaojie also started to notice other candidates, helping Qi Zhi to find the one who might be less.
The content of the conversation between the two, Kurapika and Leo Li, who were also standing beside them, also heard clearly. They involuntarily counted the number of candidates.
In just a few moments, Kurapika counted the number of people here, but the result made him frown.
"There are only 42 people here, and there is indeed one less person."
"God, I just counted to 22, and you count too fast."
Leo Li froze for a moment, and looked at Kurapika next to him with incredible eyes.
Thinking of a possibility, he went on.
"Did you count too fast, so it was wrong?"
"Kurapika is right, there are really only 42 candidates here."
Kurapika opened her mouth slightly, and before the voice could come out of her mouth, Xiaojie gave a certain voice first.
Even Qi Zhi around him nodded his head slightly.
Seeing that both Xiaojie and Qizhi were determined, Leo Li began to wonder who was missing.
"Is it possible, then, that the missing one has already taken the first step?"
If you think about it carefully, Xiaojie, Qizhi, and Kurapika found that it might really be like Leo Li said, which is very likely.
And at this time...
"The younger one is No. 444. He has never disembarked the flying boat from beginning to end."
The in-ear words made Xiaojie's four-person group hear the prestige.
The eyes of the four of them ended up on Sisso playing cards.
Before waiting for the four people to ask, Sisso didn't look at them, and continued to speak.
"He is one of the targets that I am concerned about, and I am quite sure that he did not get off the flying boat."
"Regardless of the reason, I think you should still think about the current experiment, not care about others."
After speaking, he walked towards the man with nails all over.
It is clear that a dangerous person in Sisuo had already seen the danger of him before reaching the second test venue, so none of them made a noise to stop him.
At the same time, after this reminder by Siso.
Qi Yun and Xiao Jie both turned their heads and looked at each other, remembering what happened last night.
In an instant, their faces turned pale, and the whole person shivered involuntarily.
Found that the two were in a different situation, Kurapika thought they were uncomfortable.
Only when he opened his mouth to ask, Xiaojie and Qizhi just shook their heads, and they didn't say what happened.