Life at Hunter x Hunter

1963 6 Month 18 Day.

A high-level meeting was held at the Sky Arena.

All 200-level referees also participated.

On the podium in the conference room.

"Unconsciously, I have been working here for 15 years..."

The retired chief referee is named Harrington Maleditz, a master of the Yufeng Sword Style.

He first reminisced about the past, and then explained the method of selecting the chief referee.

The chief referee is usually selected by the outgoing chief referee, and the more common method is direct combat competition.

"Let's not go through so much trouble this time. Let's use a secret ballot." Harrington said this method with a smile.

As soon as this selection method was announced, the faces of several chief judges immediately turned unhappy.

The same is true for Lucci's adoptive father, Barn.

Even Lucci frowned.

According to the usual selection methods, Lucci can be said to have won overwhelmingly.

But if this method is used, Lucci's winning rate is the lowest.

Lucci was absorbed in his training and did not pay much attention to his interpersonal relationships, nor was he particularly familiar with other referees.

It may be difficult to get them to support me.

"Let's put it in three days."

Fortunately, the voting is not taking place right now, otherwise Lucci would have lost the election.

Only the chief judge and judges above the 200th floor can participate in the voting.

The chief referee's vote counts as 10 votes, and the ordinary referee's vote counts as 1 vote.

After the meeting, Barn approached Lucci.

"That Harrington guy probably wants to keep the position of chief referee in their Yufeng Sword School."

Where there are people, there will be the world and human relationships.

As the benefits of the Sky Arena increase, many martial arts schools will naturally not be far away from seeing the benefits of the Sky Arena fall into the hands of others.

Some martial arts schools have begun to contact each other and help each other, just to expand their rights in the sky arena.

There is also a bit of class solidification, which means not giving opportunities to later independent martial artists.

"The chief judge has 200 votes in total. If you include me, Barron, and Lambert, you can only get 30 votes at most."

"There are 200 judges on the 197th floor. How many votes do you think you can get?" Barn asked.

But thinking about his son's daily life, he probably doesn't have many votes.

Among the judges on the 200th floor, there are less than thirty judges who are independent martial artists.

Even if we win all the votes, it will only be around thirty votes.

Since that guy Harrington proposed this selection method, he must have chosen the candidates in advance and canvassed the votes long ago.

It is basically impossible for others to compete with him.

Barn didn't really want Lucci to be the chief referee, but he was quite dissatisfied with the selection method, if it would be the same in the future.

Doesn't that mean the position of chief referee has been directly appointed?

"I guess there won't be many votes." Lu Qi thought about some referees he knew, and they might not vote for him.

"Looks like you'll have to wait until next time." Barn felt sorry for Lucci.

As for the next time, Barn is now 55 years old and not far from 60. Of course, there are also referees who are close to 60 years old.

Most of them become chief referees when they are fifty years old, and at that time, strength is the basis.

I didn't expect such a sudden change to happen this time. I'm afraid everyone will follow suit in the future.

What worries Barn even more is that if Harrington chooses a young referee, the referee will probably have to serve as the chief referee for a long time.

"What do they think of the Sky Arena, a holy place of martial arts?" Barn vented his dissatisfaction.

Lucci didn't like this approach either.

This can happen the first time or the second time.

It must be stopped, so what method should be used?

"Father, I think it's time to change the referee mechanism. I think we should hold a discussion meeting." Lu Qi immediately proposed.

"Change the chief referee mechanism? Hold a discussion meeting?" I don't understand what Lucci is thinking.

Lucci has always wanted to make some changes to the Sky Arena, at least to further "modernize" the interior and make changes according to his ideas, but unfortunately he has no say in the matter.

Even though his adoptive father was the chief judge, he never thought of letting his adoptive father carry out his plan.

I wanted to wait and come in person, but it seems I need to come earlier.

But what we have to worry about now is whether the suggestions put forward can be adopted by the "directors".

"Please tell me in detail!"

"I think the development of the Sky Arena has reached a bottleneck. Although more people come to the Sky Arena now, it is mainly because of more convenient transportation. Some of the facilities and mechanisms of the Sky Arena have not changed much..."

The chief referee said that it was to maintain the operation and development of the Sky Arena, but now it has basically become a place for retirement.

In other words, being a referee may require some strength, otherwise the position would have been squeezed out by relevant personnel long ago.

But other places have become the private preserves of some people.

The arrogance of some staff members and the "corruption" of various commercial facilities in the Sky Arena are the most serious problems.

Lu Qi didn't even need to investigate to discover the problem, which meant it was already "serious" to a certain extent.

Hearing what Lucci said, Barn's brows furrowed even deeper.

"I'm afraid even if you say what you said, it won't change anything."

After all, those "directors" themselves are members of martial arts schools.

"This Sky Arena was originally built under the leadership of Master. I will inform Master of the problems with the Sky Arena. I believe he will support me."

Only then did Barn remember that Lucci was a disciple of the Heart Source School and also a disciple of Netero.

There is no need to say much about the reputation of the Heart Source School. If it gets the support of Netero, even if others disagree, it probably won't change anything.

After all, this is a world where strength speaks.

Moreover, Netero has been invincible for too long, which has caused many martial artists to develop a fear of his invincibility.

All the preparations are far less refreshing than just clinging to someone powerful.

"Then you should contact President Netero first. I will also inform the others first."

Anyway, it won’t be long before I retire, so it doesn’t matter if I don’t become the chief referee.

Baines didn't care at all.

Lucci made a phone call and informed Netero of the situation.

Netero said he knew about it, and told Lucci that he would send someone to deal with it.

Soon on the day of voting for the chief referees, all the chief referees received the news of a "board meeting".

Of course the voting is not over yet.

In the end, the referee who was elected was indeed a member of the Yufeng Kendo School.