Chapter 17

Disparate Choice is the Chapter 17 of the Hunter x Hunter manga, written and illustrated by Yoshihiro Togashi.

Summary
Leorio confronts Tonpa after he gave uo his match against Bendot. Tonpa explains his side that he never wishes to become a Hunter in the first place. All he wants to see are people with dreams giving up. He tells the group that starting from there, they will fail.

The prisoners are watching them, very amused. The amount of time the group wastes, will shorten their life sentences. They assure themselves that they will win the next 2 matches. Kurapika tells the group about the prisoners' life sentences. Killua frightens Tonpa by telling him that Bendot would have rip out his throat, and torture him until their time is up.

The next prisoner is Sedokan, a serial bomber. Gon volunteers to fight next, to which nobody complained. The prisoner assures Gon that he is not a fighter, physical attacks are not his kind of thing. Gon tells otherwise, that he prefers attacks rather than using his brain. Sedokan prepared a game that they will both enjoy. They will light a candle, the one whose candle goes off first, loses. However, Gon has to choose whether he will take the long or short candle. He asks the group, which intead relies on his instinct. Without further ado, Gon chose the longer one.

After lighting up their candle at the same time, the match begins. Kurapika deduces that the candle will take 5 or 6 hours to burn. All of the sudden, the fire on Gon's candle becomes stroger, there must be a gunpowder inside it. With this, the candle will burn in less than 2 minutes. Gon places his candle on the floor, saying that a little breeze won't put out the fire. He rushes over to Sedokan and blows on his candle, making Gon the winner.

Characters in order of appearance

 * Tonpa
 * Leorio
 * Killua
 * Kurapika
 * Gon
 * Bendot
 * Lippo
 * Sedokan