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Chapter 12 - ハンター 試験 | パート9

Last time...
"You guys are close to be done! There are only two or three questions left, I think! What is one thing that all wise men regardless of their religion or politics agree is between heaven and earth?" The mysterious man asked
Now...

Kotono POV
"AND!!" @sasukira24 (Good job to her for finding out the answer to this riddle! As I promised, a quick shoutout!), also known as I, replied after a few failed attempts...

~flashback a few seconds ago~

"The sky?" I offered this answer to Hanzo, as my sister was sleeping soundly on the floor

"No, take example on the Greeks, they thought there was only one place where the dead went, and it was deep in the center of Earth or something like that," he rejected my idea.

I carefully placed my butt on the floor while I thought about this. Between Earth and Heaven... Earth and Heaven...

~end of very short flashback~

"That's the good answer! Now for the next riddle! Five hundred begins it five hundred ends it. Five in the middle is seen; First of all figures the first of all letters Take up their stations between. Join all together and then you will bring Before you the name of an eminent king," he explained the next riddle

"Now what the fudge?" I asked out loud

"I do not have the mental capacity to remember all of that," Baldy mentioned, and I could only agree to his statement.

"Haven't you noticed there's a simplified version of the riddle on your watches? You just have to click the button on the right," Mr. Speaker told us, "and click again to see the next part."

"You could've told us sooner!!" I yelled

Realizing that my little sister was trying to sleep, I looked over to her and let out a sigh of relief as I saw she was still sleeping. It's a good thing she's a hard sleeper.

I pressed the magical button the examiner was telling us about and looked at the information again. The first part was about having 500 in the beginning and in the end. The second talked about five in the middle, the third said 'the first of all letters and the first of all figures'. The final one mentioned it being the name of a king.

"Five hundred, the first of all letters must be 'A', five, the first of all figures which I have no idea what it's talking about and five hundred..." I put this into words

"Well, if in the end it has to be a word, this must use roman numerals," Baldy clarified

I swear my sister's nickname habit is falling on me!

"True! You're a genius! So, D is for five hundred and V is for five," I spoke up, excited, "D, A, V, I still have no idea, and D."

"D, A, V, blank, D?" Hanzo asked, "must be David in that case," he guessed

"It is the right answer!" Mr. Speaker joyfully said, "now for the last question, or the second last if you use the bonus you have: A man has Ten Horses and nine stables as shown here."

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"The man wants to fit Ten Horses into nine stables. How can he fit Ten horses into nine stables?"

"We put two in the same stable?" Hanzo said more like a question

"I don't know... that's Hiroe's style of question..." I replied, regretting the fact that she was asleep

"Want to go with that?" Baldy asked

I shrugged, "sure, we put two horses in one stable,"

"That's sadly the wrong answer..." Mr. Speaker said, "want to know the answer to this riddle?"