Chapter 3

"The Ultimate Choice" (究極の選択 "Kyūkyoku no Sentaku") is the Chapter 3 of Hunter x Hunter manga.

Summary
At Dole's port, the three are finding a way to get to Zaban City. The captain told Gon to head for the tree on the mountain. Leorio thinks the best way to get to Zaban City is riding a bus, but Gon wants to head to the tree. Kurapika decides to follow Gon, saying that he interests him. Leorio overhears a conversation that the bus to Zaban City doesn't go there at all. He runs after Gon and Kurapika.

They pass through an abandoned village, with no other people around. After a while, a group of people with an old lady appeared. She said if the three of them want to go to the tree, then they need to answer a question. If they fail, then they are not allowed to enter the exam. A man suddenly appears, stating that he will answer the question. The old lady asks the first question: ''Your mother and girlfriend are both captives of a demon. You can only save one. Your mother: 1, or your girlfriend: 2. ''Kurapika thinks such question does not exist. They can only try guessing the old lady wants to hear. But the man answers one and the old lady lets him pass.

Leorio thinks the game is messed up and will try to take another path. The old lady tells him it's too late, because if he leaves then he will be disqualified. Kurapika accepts the quiz and is asked by another question: ''Your son and daughter have been kidnapped. You can only save one. Which one do you choose? The daughter: 1, or the son: 2. ''The old lady starts to count up to five. Leorio tried to attack her using a wood but Kurapika stop him, saying that they already passed. The right answer is silence. Nobody told the man before that he was correct, instead they just let him pass. Leorio apologizes to the old lady, and she she wanted to meet people like them that's why she accepted the job. Then, she showed them the real way to the tree.

Characters in order of appearance

 * Leorio
 * Kurapika
 * Gon
 * The Captain
 * Old Lady
 * The man