Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 258 The decisive battle under the night sky

Mereon and Ikarugo were confused, who was Zeno and who was Germain?

Why did everyone get excited when they heard their names?
Is there anything surprising about them?
Among them, the octopus-like Ikarugo crawled out from the corpse of a chimera ant and looked curiously at the people who seemed to have been given a shot of cardiac stimulant.

It wears a knitted hat and looks like a cute octopus doll.

Ikarugo's Nen ability is "Children who play with corpses", which allows it to parasitize and manipulate fresh corpses.

In addition, it can shoot enemies with air guns at a distance.

Relatively speaking, it is the strongest in long-range combat and the weakest in close combat among all the people present.

If there is a partner around to cover it, it will dare to use the "air gun" to shoot the chimera ants other than the ant king and the three guards in the palace from a long distance.

Unfortunately, the Chimera Ant Extermination Team is now short of manpower, and Nob has withdrawn from the decisive battle. Even if the remaining people are used to deal with the three guards, they may not be enough, and there are very few places where they can play a role.

Without a partner, it can only use the "child playing with corpses" to parasitize a chimera ant corpse, sneak into the enemy camp, and search for Pom's whereabouts.

There is no way around it.

However, things seem to be taking a turn for the better now.

Hearing what Mo Laowu said, there are new helpers. Ikarugo was pleasantly surprised, thinking that maybe these two people could become his partners.

So Icaru asked, "Who is Zeno? Who is Germain?"

Nakulu, with his upper body naked, puffed out his chest in excitement, and his crew cut also trembled.

"Zeno Zoldyck is one of the top assassins in the human world and is acquainted with President Netero. Germain is an acquaintance of ours. Like us, he is a well-trained professional hunter."

"Hahaha, with them here, our operation will surely succeed."

Nakulu said the last sentence and looked at his teammate Merewon, who served as his tactical partner in this decisive battle.

His confidence is not completely aimless, but rather he believes in his own abilities and those of his companions.

Mereon's ability to read minds is "God's alibi". As long as it holds its breath, even "Madoka" cannot sense it.

At the same time, it also has the camouflage and invisible chameleon abilities to blend in with the outside world.

It can share these two abilities with Nakulu by touching his body.

In other words, Nakuru, who has become "God's accomplice", can, with the cooperation of Mereon, sneak up to the three guards or even the Ant King and launch an attack.

Nakulu's "The Heaven Does Not Know That I Am the Only One Who Is Suffering" can be activated by this, causing the enemy to become "bankrupt of mental energy" without knowing it, and then forcing them into a state of "absoluteness", making them unable to use their mental abilities.

In this way, even if only one of the three guards loses his Nen ability and can only rely on the Chimera Ant's own physical ability to fight, it will be a huge weakening of the enemy.

By then, the Chimera Ant Suppression Team will gain the advantage.

From this point of view, Mereon is a versatile support.

However, the effect of Mereon when paired with Mo Laowu, Xiu Tuo, and Ikarugo is not as good as when paired with Nakulu.

For example, in Showto's "Dark Inn", if you want to take away part of the enemy, or put the enemy in a cage as a whole, you need to inflict a corresponding degree of damage.

In the original timeline, he locked Kate, who was made into a puppet, in a cage and beat her until she was covered in bruises in order to achieve his goal.

In order to lock the three guards in the cage, he would have to inflict even more horrific damage, which was extremely difficult to do.

His attack might not even be able to break through the defense of the three guards.

In comparison, the combination of Nakuru and Mereon is the most perfect.

When Ikarugo heard Nakulu say this, he chose to believe it immediately and raised his octopus tentacles.

"If that's the case, can you let one or both of them partner with me? That way, I can also play a certain role."

Na Ku Lu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.

"No. They came with President Netero and they probably have their own missions. Even if we meet them, they won't act with us."

Ikarugo showed a regretful expression, and the octopus tentacles drooped down in disappointment.

"Is that so? If so, I will continue with my original plan and sneak into the basement of the castle to find Pom's whereabouts by taking advantage of the situation."

There are members of the Chimera Ants who side with humans, and there are members of the Humans who side with the Chimera Ants.

Bizefu, the former Minister of State of the Republic of East Goto, was a capitulator on the human side. He served the Chimera Ants and took advantage of the opportunity to gain benefits.

He built a world of lust exclusively for himself in the basement of the castle, and placed those selected human women there, using coercion and inducement to fulfill his desires.

Either become food for the chimera ants or become my woman.

The helpless women were forced to submit.

The Chimera Ant Expedition Team speculated that Pom might be there, or had left clues there.

Nakulu nodded.

"This is the only way. Ikarugo, you better be careful when the time comes."

Icarugo raised his octopus tentacle to indicate that it was okay.

Germain?

After being silent for a long time, Nob adjusted his glasses and his thoughts went back to half a year ago.

He and his disciple Pom first met Germain in the hospital. He was ordered to help Germain and others transfer. At that time, Germain had just dealt with two members of the Phantom Troupe, and the rest of the members were searching for his whereabouts.

At that time, he was still at a disadvantage in the battle with the Phantom Troupe.

However, a few months later, two more members of the Phantom Troupe died at the hands of German.

Since then, the remaining members of the Phantom Troupe have disappeared.

Everyone is aware that the Phantom Troupe has been defeated by German and forced into secrecy.

And now, that German has changed his original role and has become the one who came to reinforce them, and he was personally named by President Netero.

There is a reason why among so many Nen users who wanted to help President Netero, he only chose Zeno and Germain.

Germain may have received the approval of President Netero.

Nob lowered his eyes, the lenses of his glasses reflecting in the lantern light, making it impossible to see his expression at this moment.

He raised his hand and covered his chest, as if there was a dull pain there.

My companions are about to fight a bloody battle, my disciples are in danger of life and death, the people I admire have no blame for me, and the people I helped are now helping me in return...

Nob, are you really going to hide here and do nothing?
He stood there quietly, as if time had stopped for him.

Mo Laowu glanced at the time, grabbed his big pipe and stood up.

"There are 10 minutes left before the battle plan begins. Everyone, get ready."
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In the Republic of East Gothia, the palace of Marshal Digo seemed unusually quiet in the night.

Neferpitou, one of the three guards, squatted on top of a royal castle like a gargoyle.

It lies in wait here, guarding against possible attacks.

This is indeed possible.

Although they had never fought directly, it knew that several experts had come from the human camp and had been continuously killing the Chimera Ants' manpower.

It always feels that sooner or later, something big will happen on the human side.

Most humans are weak, but there are strong ones among them, and Neferpitou will never look down on them.

The other two third guards did the same.

Yupi, one of the three guards, was standing guard at the stairs that led to and from the palace where the "king" lived.

It turned out that it was right to guard here. Some time ago, they discovered and captured a woman who tried to break in.

After dissecting and manipulating the woman's brain, Neferpitou learned that her name was Pom, and she was part of a group of professional hunters who were against them.

Her goal is to sneak in and see the Ant King or the three guards, and then she can use her mind ability "Lonely Deep Sea Fish" to remotely spy on the interior of the palace.

Unfortunately, Pom has always acted alone, and she has no memory of the other hunters' battle plans.

Perhaps considering that Pom would be captured, the professional hunters did not tell her the details of the plan. Now it seems that this approach has indeed worked.

Neferpitou was unable to obtain more information from Pom, so he had her undergo the Chimera Ant transformation as well, and then threw the eggs that contained her deep within the palace.

The same eggs that wrapped Pomb now hung on the treetops all over the palace, densely packed like white fruits, waiting to break out of their cocoons and become butterflies.

The "King" needs a partner, that is, the "Queen Ant". The reincarnated Pom might be favored by the "King"... or maybe not. In any case, just treat it as a casual move.

In any case, the "Queen Ant" cannot be human.

The last of the three guards, Owl Yapfu, has always been quite resentful about this and is always nagging at the other two guards.

It believes that the "King" pays too much attention to a human named "Xiaomi". Ever since he was defeated by Xiaomai repeatedly in military chess, the "King" has become obsessed with him.

Military chess is supposed to be a pastime, but the "king" takes it very seriously. He starts to care for Xiaomai as well.

Originally, wheat should have become their meal long ago.

Although Owl Yapfu's idea was absurd and incredible, the three guards did not mind extinguishing such a tiny possibility.

However, they later realized that the "king" was still in high spirits and even chose to hurt himself in order to defeat Wheat.

Neferpitou healed the King.

However, the three guards all realized that they could not kill Xiaomai now, otherwise Xiaomai would become an unsurpassed figure in the King's mind.

Owl Yapfu was dissatisfied with this, but for the sake of the "king", he chose to endure it.

The people of the Republic of East Gurdjieff gathered outside the palace at the order of General Digo, the "corpse puppet" controlled by Neferpitou, and were then collectively hypnotized by Owl Yapov.

This group of humans will be selected, some of them will be transformed and reincarnated into Chimera Ants to form the "King's" army, and the rest will be stored as food and fodder for future expansion.

Everything is ready.

Only that group of hunters are the variables.

What will they do?

Suddenly, Neferpitou sensed something and raised his head involuntarily.

Above the high clouds that it could not see, a strange bird tamed by the Zoldyck family flew by, and three figures fell from the sky.

(End of this chapter)