However, the catch is that there are many hidden doors, each one can be only used once and only one person can fit through a door, which means they have to split up. Later, Kurapika finds that more than half of the candidates have discovered hidden doors to go inside the tower, which Gon finds one as well. An experienced rock climber candidate tries to climb down but is eaten by some flying monsters. The candidates are told that to pass Phase 3, they have to climb down from the top to the base of the tower. The airship reaches Trick Tower, the Phase Three site, which is a tall featureless pillar built on an equally high platform. Netoros allows Menchi to stay on as examiner, and she gives the candidates a retest: boil eggs laid by spider eagles on Mt. Netoros arrives to correct Menchi's habit of getting biased whenever it's related to cooking.

Knowing the candidates will riot, Satotz informs Chairman Netoros of the Hunter Selection Committee to make an appearance.

Upon tasting the candidates' cooking, Buhara gives a pass but Menchi fails all of them. Thanks to Gon, they discover the pigs' weakness and they manage to each get one for their cooking. However, the pigs living inside the forest are carnivorous and tear through the candidates. The test requires pork, so the candidates are sent to find pigs in the forest. The examiners declare the next phase is to test their cooking skills, much to the candidates' disbelief.

Satotz leads what remains of the candidates to meet the second phase examiners, named Menchi and Buhara. Gon and Kurapika reunite with Leorio and Killua at the Phase Two site.

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