In the span of a few breaths, it intruded into the vision of Gon, Kurapika, Leorio, and the other candidates!
"Not good! What the hell are you still looking at?! Run!"
"Crazy... That instructor is going crazy again... Screw this Hunter Exam! The most dangerous thing isn't the examiners, it's the damn candidates!"
Leorio punched Gon. "Idiot, why are you spacing out! Let's go!"
His briefcase swung high as Leorio grabbed Gon by the collar and bolted. Unfortunately...
"Too late."
Scarlet Eyes shining, Kurapika's eyes widened as he looked ahead—the cold ice surged like a tidal wave, its speed surpassing the limit of what the naked eye could capture!
Even those as strong as Hisoka and Illumi, Nen users who had broken through their limits twice over, couldn't dodge it despite moving at speeds exceeding mach speeds. Crack, crack. Following in the footsteps of Ginna and Banna, they were instantly frozen into ice sculptures!
"Oh ho ho ho—" The clown's eerie, terrifying laughter cut off with a snap!
Just before being frozen, he unleashed his Nen ability—"Bungee Gum"—attempting to use the "elastic" property to soften the ice and disintegrate it from the inside!
But a clown is a clown after all; he was far from comparable to the Four Emperor Whitebeard, let alone borrowing the counter-shock force of the "Tremor-Tremor Fruit" to break open Aokiji's "Partisan".
'And with just this, he still wants to challenge that bastard?'
'He can't even withstand a casual move from one of his clones... Sigh~ Not to be rude, but he should just wash up and go to sleep.'
Noticing Hisoka's movements, Illumi's distinct black and white cat-like eyes flashed with a touch of mockery before the ice froze his expression in place.
Subsequently, Hanzo, Cherry, Bourbon... Gon, Kurapika, Leorio—every single one of them, whether a step slow or a step fast, was caught by the frost and turned into an ice sculpture!
"Sean, he is my son after all. Showing no mercy at all, isn't that a bit unkind?"
On the Thousand Sunny, Ging tipped his hat and glanced at the screen. Seeing the brat being dragged backward by his collar by Leorio, mouth wide open and screaming as he was frozen... the look was stupid enough to be somewhat cute!
'To still have the leisure to say "Wow" at a time like this... I have to say, that brat's one-track mind takes after him!'
"Mercy? What is that?"
The sky and sea merged into one color as Sean exhaled a breath of cold air, instantly freezing the surroundings.
The three-meter-tall young man stood with his back to the great sun, turning his head to glance at Ging. His shadow alone engulfed the Two-Star Ruins Hunter.
He spoke indifferently, "Cut the crap. I don't believe you can't tell that they are fine."
Freezing someone's movements and freezing their physical body were two completely different concepts. The moment Ging sensed something odd about Sean, he had used Gyo, so he saw it clearly... The candidates, including Gon, as well as the two examiners Ginna and Banna, had their blood flowing smoothly within their bodies, no different from normal people. It was just their hands and feet that were sealed by the ice!
This was also why Netero remained indifferent, saying right in front of Maha that Sean's character wasn't bad and that he wouldn't attack others arbitrarily.
Even so... "But wanting to completely freeze and kill them would also be a matter of a single thought for you, right?" Ging narrowed his eyes. Through the cold air escaping from Sean's body surface, he could see it taking on different shapes according to the young man's will. Let alone a simple "seal", even piercing through someone's body surface into their vitals wouldn't be a difficult task.
It could only be said, worthy of the surname Freecss... this eyesight was extraordinary!
Sean gave a noncommittal hum, neither admitting nor denying it, and reached out to snap his fingers. Snap~
Time seemed to flow backward in that instant. Ripples appeared on the screen standing before the two men.
The ice receded. Warship Island, which had been frozen along with the people, seemed to regain its vitality in an instant. Accompanied by a series of cracking sounds... just as Ging had said, with a single thought from Sean, the thaw began!
Whoosh~
The ice and snow melted; it came fast and went fast.
The "Wow~" that had been frozen in Gon's throat finally had the chance to be shouted out.
He moved his limbs and reached out to grab Leorio, who was falling toward the ground due to inertia. The sunglasses hanging on Leorio's face fell to the ground with a clack, timely "waking" him up!
"I'm not dead?"
"Haha~ I'm not dead!"
"Sorry~ Pietro, I might have to wait a while longer before I can go find you!"
Dancing with joy wasn't enough to describe the delight of "surviving a disaster". Once he regained his senses, Leorio remembered Sean.
Together with the crowd of candidates and the two examiners, Ginna and Banna, they looked toward No. 2. However, not a single person dared to go up and trouble No. 2; they only dared to use their eyes to express their dissatisfaction.
"Oh ho ho ho~ A bunch of rotten apples. So rotten I want to vomit... If you have the skill, then attack~"
"Well said. Why don't you go up then?"
Illumi patted away the residual ice shards on his clothes and glanced indifferently at Hisoka. The crazed magician seemed to have had his "craze" frozen off, leaving only a crazed smile.
Hisoka: "..."
Unknown from where, he produced another playing card. Licking the edge of the card, he narrowed his eyes at Illumi. "How about I start with you first?"
Illumi, disguised as Gittarackur, had a face full of pins. Creak~ Creak~ As his body swayed slightly, he didn't look much less terrifying than a certain clown.
"Two perverts!"
"Aren't they just the same kind of cowards?"
Whoosh~
Stepping on his skateboard, he shot toward Sean like electricity. Killua, hands in his pockets, rolled his eyes at Illumi and Hisoka before charging headfirst at No. 2, becoming the first one daring to "make things difficult" for Sean. "Big Brother, you're going too far!"
"Freezing even me... I'm telling Great-Grandfather when I get back!"
When the white-haired stinky little brother acted spoiled, it was lethal. Unfortunately... Sean didn't buy it at all. He reached out and pressed down on Killua's small head, casting a meaningful glance at the mottled mast standing on the deck, and smiled. "No need for you to tattle. The old thing has already seen it."
The camera embedded at the top of the mast flickered with a faint electronic arc. Thanks to the ice only reaching zero degrees, otherwise, the moment Sean comprehended "Awakening", it should have been destroyed.
"Ho ho~ Did you hear that, old man? Your precious grandson is cursing you right to your face~"
In the Hunter Association office, Netero stroked his beard and sneered as he met No. 2's half-smiling gaze through the screen. Maha, who was lying back on the sofa patting his belly, twitched the corner of his mouth. He pretended to be hard of hearing, hearing nothing, and simply closed his eyes to feign sleep.
That brat... giving his grandfather no face at all while outside. He'd have to scold him properly when he got back!
As they say, people of the same family enter the same door. As if telepathic, No. 2 waved his hand at the camera immediately after, disappearing with a poof.
Now, it was Netero's turn to be dumbfounded on the spot!
For Maha's sake... "What does that kid Sean mean? Not even leaving a clone behind? Does he not intend to participate in the rest of the exam?"
The Chairman tore out a hair from his beard. Ouch!