Then × and × After

On Whale Island a postman delivers a letter to Mito while her grandmother watches in the back. She looks at the letter and begins reading it. In the letter, Gon asks her how she is doing, saying he is doing fine. Meanwhile, we see her and her grandmother in their house reading the letter while drinking some hot cocoa. She is very excited to learn that Gon has passed the Hunter Exam but she is surprised to learn that he is not happy about that due to what happened at the final exam. We then see a flashback of Hanzo fighting Gon in the finals and eventually forfeiting the match, making Gon win his Hunter License. When Gon disagrees with winning this way, Hanzo knocks him unconscious. As he wakes up, Satotz told him what had happened afterward.