Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 247: Monsters Gathering

"Bam—"

As if he was treating the rock as pig iron and his fist as a hammer, Netero punched the ground again and again, and the training suit embroidered with the word "heart" fluttered.

"Bam—"

He was concentrating on "forging iron" and didn't even look at Germann, but Germann knew that he must have noticed his approach a long time ago.

"Bam—"

After watching for a while, German turned around and looked into the depths of the jungle with a calm look in his eyes, without saying a word.

You've been looking at me for so long, isn't it time for you to come out?
"What a sensitive kid."

A weathered old man's voice came from the dense forest, but two figures came out, one tall and one short.

Zeno Zoldyck had his hands behind his back, with the words "Career Active" written on his hunched chest, and he had a wolf-like smile on his face.

"You have already noticed our presence, right? The flow of mind energy cannot deceive anyone. As assassins, we hate people who are always on guard. This will increase our workload."

Germann answered Zeno's question with his usual silence.

Zeno was not angry either, he just chuckled twice and shook his head.

Silva Zoldyck had long silver hair and strong arms hanging naturally on the sides of his thighs. He looked at Germain coldly.

Compared to the last time I met him a few months ago, both his body and temperament have become stronger, and the improvement is extremely terrifying...

What on earth happened to him in these few months?
What an incredible man.

Shiba did not go to the trouble to tell his father about his discovery, because he knew that with his father's experience, he must have seen more than he did.

Although Zeno is old and has retired from the position of head of the family, there are still many things that Shiba can learn from him.

German was not surprised to see the father and son of the Zoldyck family here. Even though President Netero did not mention it at all, he knew that the father and son would come.

Same as in the original timeline.

President Netero paid a large price, and with his friendship with Maha and Jaeger, he was able to call Zeno and Silva over.

However, the mission of this father and son is not to defeat and eliminate the Chimera Ants. If it were this mission, they would not accept it even if President Netero was very familiar with the Zoldyck family.

This is not a question of money, but whether it is worth it. They are like those big families with a long history. They always put the family first before doing anything and will not take excessive risks.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as Killua who would do almost anything for Gon after he pulled out the mind needle from Illumi.

Back to Zeno and Silva.

What Zeno needs to do is to force back the three guards, then send Netero and Meruem to the designated battlefield, and then he can escape safely.

Silba came to pick up Zeno and get rid of some blind chimera ants.

They won't do anything unnecessary, such as challenging the three guards or the stronger Meruem.

Germain pointed to Netero below the basin.

"What is the president doing?"

Geno twirled his white beard, which was like long shrimp claws, and laughed.

"Of course, it's to regain the strength of my youth... The previous battles with the 'division commanders', 'army commanders', and 'soldiers' among the Chimera Ants were at best just 'warm-ups'."

Zeno suddenly stopped smiling and pursed his lips.

"I didn't expect Netero to call you. I thought he would be stubborn and would never let any young people from the Hunter Association get involved in this crusade."

Germain raised his hand and pressed the brim of his cocked hat.

"Aren't there many young people in the Chimera Ant Suppression Team? Mo Laowu, Nobu, and their disciples."

"Well... I mean, of course, other than them. Before the Ant King was born, even Netero underestimated the 'King' to a certain extent, so did you make any team additions?"

Maybe this was the intention, maybe not. Even Germain himself did not fully understand Netero's thoughts.

How did Granny Lin Nie convince him, and why did he change his mind and specifically ask Germain to come over?
Over the next period of time, German should gradually figure it out.

As for the punishment from the Inspection Department and the Assistant Hunters for Germann skipping their consultation meeting and joining without permission, Germann didn't care at all and let them go to hell.

Things like the Hunter Association's procedures had never been within his consideration.

If he was the kind of person who followed the rules, he would not have explored the Dark Continent in the first place. It should be said that the rules trap those who follow the rules, while those who do not follow the rules are more likely to benefit.

At the same time, German also thought about the situation of Jin, Biscuit and Menqi in the Dark Continent.

Before he and Xiaodi returned to Greedy Island, he explained to Jin, Biscuit and Menqi that they would wait until the alchemical plants were fully researched and developed before returning.

No later than the end of this year.

This is also the reason why Grandma Lin Nie asked him to "do his best". Over at Lake Mobius, there is a group of people waiting for support from Germain and others.

At this moment, the sound of ground bombardment not far away suddenly stopped.

Everyone turned around and saw Netero climbing up the earth wall steadily, step by step, and coming in front of them. He looked aggressive when he came over, but when he stopped and stroked his fuzzy white beard, he turned into a cheerful and kind old man.

The change was so fast, as if two different people had switched places in the blink of an eye.

"Now that Germain is here, it will be easy to talk about it."

Netero had no intention of reminiscing about the past and went straight to the point.

"V5 and the Hunter Association are urgently formulating a new battle plan based on the new situation. However, I can't just do nothing, so you are the helpers I invited."

Zeno pointed at Germain.

"He is also your 'invited helper'? Isn't that an order? He is obviously a junior of the Hunter Association, so he is under your management, right?"

Netero nodded first, then shook his head.

"I'm not asking him to come and help as the president of the Hunter Association, but as an old man. This is different."

Zeno understood and couldn't help but let out a sly smile.

"That is to say, the Hunter Association doesn't know that Germain has joined yet, right?"

"Yes, he is not even a member of the Chimera Ant Suppression Team. In a sense, his current status is similar to yours."

"Haha, as expected of the Hunter Association's president, you are very skilled at playing word games."

Netero laughed for a while, then walked to the bushes next to him, and took out a suitcase from there like a magic trick, and then opened it to reveal the documents inside.

"This is the information known to the Chimera Ants. You can all take a look at it first."

Germain, Geno and Silba did not hesitate and went straight over, took out the document, divided it into three parts, and started reading it.

In German's hand was the danger assessment of the Chimera Ants. He compared them with the gold and silver ingots and the immortality disease in his memory.

"Overall evaluation: Chimera Ant B/Gold and Silver Ingot B+/Immortality Disease B+"

"Violence: Chimera Ant C~B (some are A-)/Gold and Silver Ingot B (some are A-)/Immortality Disease C- (some are A-)"

"Quantity: Chimera Ant B/Gold and Silver Ingots C/Immortality Disease E"

"Reproductive ability: Chimera Ant B-1/Gold and Silver Ingot B-2/Immortality Disease B-2"

"Destructive power: Chimera Ant A/Gold and Silver Ingot A-/Immortality Disease B-"

It can be seen intuitively that except for "brutality", the chimera ants are superior to gold and silver ingots and immortal disease in other aspects, but the comprehensive index is lower than them.

The main reason is that the Chimera Ants have been defeated by humans too many times in history. If it weren’t for Meruem and the three guards being somewhat special this time, humans would have a mature plan to deal with them.

Relatively speaking, gold and silver ingots and the undead disease rarely appear in the Dark Continent and the Six Continents. Apart from Dong Fulisi and the German team, no one can solve these "disasters".

Therefore, gold and silver ingots and immortality disease are valued higher than chimera ants.

After reading this data, which he had actually seen many times in the "New Century Chronicle Eastern Fragments", German exchanged the documents in his hands with Silba and started reading.

What was exchanged was the information on the currently active division commanders, army commanders, and soldiers of the Chimera Ants.

Some of this information was obtained by other professional hunters after fighting with them, and some was given by the Chimera Ants to the human faction.

German saw some familiar names, such as Zaylo.

It is the only chimera ant that has directly broken away from the queen ant's rule from the very beginning by its own will. As a human being, its previous life was the founder of the NGL autonomous region.

Now, Zaylo's whereabouts are unknown.

However, German didn't care too much because the main enemies he faced were not the Chimera Ants on this list.

The only thing worth noting is that many of these division commanders and army commanders have awakened their Nen abilities, because some of the hunters who fought against them fell into their hands.

There is no way around this kind of thing, it's just a matter of sooner or later.

The Chimera Ants are greedily expanding outward, so someone must come to investigate or stop them. Ordinary humans cannot do it, so only a Nen user can do it.

The result is that those who have the ability of Nen either become food for the queen ant or the king ant, or become puppets transformed by Neferpitou to provide knowledge and act as punching bags.

After taking a quick look, Germain exchanged intelligence documents with Zeno again. This time, the information in his hands was about Meruem and the three guards.

Meruem, the "Ant King".

"One of the Three Guards" Meng Tu Tu You Pi.

"One of the three guards" Xiao Yapufu.

Neferpitou, one of the "Three Guardians".

There is very little information about these four people. We only know that they are at the top of the combat power pyramid of this group of Chimera Ants, and that the gap in strength between the three guards and the division commander is very large.

Any one of the three guards could crush the division commander, not to mention the army commanders and soldiers below them.

The owners of these four names are the ones they have to face.

(End of this chapter)