Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Chapter 372: The Strategic Significance of Colonial Voyages

At the long wooden table shared by the library, Kita kept on expressing her dissatisfaction with President Netero's concealment of the inside information, while sniffing her dog's nose out of habit.

Just like a puppy, really.

"As one of the two vice presidents of the Hunter Association, I was able to learn the secrets of the Dark Continent only after the exploration was completely finalized. It's unbelievable!"

"When I questioned President Netero, he smiled and told me that this was a 'surprise' for me, and asked me if I didn't like this gift?"

Even though several months had passed, Qiduo still felt furious when he recalled that scene. His little chest rose and fell rapidly, like a bellows blowing out air.

Germain was really afraid that she would explode on the spot.

However, she then changed the subject and spoke highly of the contributions and achievements of German and others.

"Herbs that cure all diseases, alchemical plant Metarion, unmanned stone, monster remains, archives and materials..."

"Everything you have collected will not only give the Hunter Association's exploration team a head start and a huge advantage, but will also greatly change the entire human world in the future."

"For me, the herb that cures all diseases is particularly important. You can't imagine its significance to the medical community."

"For us, it's like we found a mathematical formula that can be applied to hundreds of different math problems! Incredible!"

The "Difficult Case Hunter" and doctor, Kito, stared at Germain with sharp eyes.

“There are two paths before us now.”

"The first is the path that Gugu has already achieved success in, which is to plant and cultivate herbs that can cure all diseases on Greed Island."

"The second path is the path that I, Sambika, Ge'er and others will take, which is to study the pharmacology of herbs that can cure all diseases."

"If we can find out how it works on the human body, how it radiates and cures hundreds of diseases..."

“By then, we will no longer be limited to the cure-all herb itself, or even limited to curing only a few hundred diseases.”

"Sambika is ahead of us for now, but after reading the information she left behind, I know she is blocked..."

"This is because our existing conditions are not yet fully mature, and the corresponding science and technology have not yet caught up."

"If we're putting together a puzzle, then the herb of cure-all is the biggest piece."

"What we have to do now is to gather all those small pieces of the puzzle together and put it together."

As the vice president of the Hunter Association, Qiduo is quite enthusiastic and optimistic, and her eyes are always on the present and the future.

This is what hope means.

Michel Estrom, the "ugly bull", was the second person Germain met.

He was also surprised by the shocking secret hidden on Greed Island, but he was much calmer than Qido in front of Germain.

He, who was wearing a color scheme that was completely cow-striped, explained the reason why President Netero had not yet told them the secrets of the "Twelve Zodiac Signs" Greed Island.

"I think, in addition to the fact that the overall situation has been determined, this is also related to the internal investigation report I submitted earlier."

"Among the previous 'Twelve Zodiacs', Pariston and Xiyou were both on Biyangde's side. Although they left on their own initiative, there is no guarantee that there will be other accomplices."

"So, President Netero asked me to start investigating the past backgrounds of the remaining "Twelve Branches" except you and Jin."

"After all, with a half-century gap, everything is possible."

"He asked me to investigate Qiduo, Mo Laowu, Piyou and Lugu first, and then the others. Now I finally know why he started with these four people."

"In short, I submitted one investigation report after another to President Netero, and finally came to the conclusion that the existing "Twelve Branches" are all safe."

German began to understand how the Hunter Association's current management structure worked.

President Netero is in the highest position, in charge of the overall situation and controlling the direction of the Hunter Association.

Qiduo is responsible for the busiest work. She has to sort out and arrange the tasks of various departments of the Hunter Association. She is the person who actually does the work.

Micaistrom is outside the structure and has the power to secretly investigate and supervise all members of the Hunter Association, including Qido. He is a sword of Damocles.

The "Twelve Zodiac Signs", the Review Department, the Examination Committee and other major departments and their members must obey Kito's management and be careful of Micaistrom's supervision.

However, all of them must obey the highest position, President Netero.

Of course, there are exceptions, such as German and King, who are the typical examples of the "Twelve Members" who only follow orders but not instructions.

German heard the "highlight" from it:
"Since Qiduo was one of the four people whose backgrounds you initially investigated and confirmed to be safe, why did she learn the secret of Greed Island so late?"

Micah Istrom shrugged his shoulders:

"It is very likely that President Netero really intends to give Kitaro a 'surprise' when he grows up. After all, he didn't tell me anything about this place. Anyway, I am quite 'surprised'." Then, the topic shifted from the Hunter Association and Greed Island to the Meteor Street on the Uluvia continent.

"Zaiyi Luo's forces have been completely eliminated." Mi Cai Ishistrom pressed the brim of his cow hat, "However, Meteor Street has also been severely damaged."

"Originally, at this time, it should be the major countries, regions, and organizations that come out to divide up the fruits of victory."

"But, firstly, there is not much money to be made in Meteor Street, which is in need of reconstruction, and secondly, they are all attracted by more important events."

"The Kajin Empire announced its plans for a colonization voyage, V6 was born, and the ships are about to sail to the imaginary dark continent... all of these have attracted a lot of attention."

"From what I've observed, the thirteen existing mafia forces in the world are all ready to make a move. They can't wait to get a piece of the pie in this colonial voyage."

The thirteen existing mafia gangs in the world refer to the previous "Ten Old Men" plus the three major mafia families of the Kakin Empire.

At this time, Micai Istrom couldn't help but pursed his lips.

Germain noticed this and asked, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"

"Nothing..." Mi Cai Ishistrom hesitated for a moment, but still answered, "I just feel that even the gangs are flocking to it, but the original V5 still can't see the current situation clearly."

"The Kajin Empire's colonial voyage this time has a legitimate reason. Even if they don't actually reach the Dark Continent, it's no longer important."

"As long as the Kajin Empire can gain a foothold in the hypothetical Dark Continent, future history books will naturally make it a part of the Dark Continent."

"More importantly, if the Ka Jin Empire occupies the only way for the six continents to the "Gatekeeper", all those who want to explore the Dark Continent will have to pass through there and have to look to the Ka Jin Empire for approval."

"Without the support of the Kajin Empire in the imaginary dark continent, it will be more difficult to explore the dark continent in the future."

"The original V5 was so defeated by the countless defeats in the past that they dared not open their eyes. If it weren't for President Netero's insistence, they might not have been willing to send five ships to follow the Kajin Empire's BW1."

"Indeed, in the short term, the original V5 can gain huge profits from the colonization and exploration of the Kajin Empire without investing a lot of resources."

"However, they will lose their strategic future. As long as the Kajin Empire is truly successful, the original V5 will no longer be able to compete with it."

"I understand a little bit why the Kajin Empire was able to rise so quickly. Although it is an empire, it does not have any ideological baggage or shackles on its actions."

Micaistrom coughed a few times, apparently realizing that he had said too much. He didn't want to talk more about these things, so he abruptly changed the topic back to Meteor Street.

"A few months ago, I went to Meteor Street and reached a private cooperation agreement with the three existing "elders" there - Xiake, Machi and Paknoda."

Xiake, Machi and Paknotta became the three elders of Meteor Street, and Sheila was the messenger and bridge between them and Greed Island.

"There are a large number of Meteor Street people scattered throughout the mafia and even the entire dark world. They can provide us with a lot of intelligence."

"We will try to secretly fund the reconstruction of Meteor Street, and their way of repaying is to provide valuable intelligence."

“Only by leveraging each other can we achieve pleasant cooperation,” Mitzaistrom said in conclusion.

In fact, Greed Island also cooperated with Meteor Street in this way.

Then, Germain approached Piu, hoping to get the latest progress in deciphering the Western fragments from her.

"Bunny Girl" Piyou completely lacks the liveliness and energy that a cute girl should have. Instead, she lies dejectedly on the cushion, watching videos on her phone in her hand.

Hearing Germanman's question, she looked up and glanced at him, then turned over, turned her back to Germanman, continued to watch the video, and complained.

"It's so troublesome, so troublesome... How can I decipher something like that? Do you think I'm Sherlock Holmes?"

"Besides, 'Dancing Man' is at least encrypted in English, but I'm facing a completely unfamiliar text."

"Everyone keeps coming over to ask me, ask, ask, ask your mom. It's so annoying."

Germain said to the slightly irritable Piyou, "You know I can hear you, right?"

Piyou had no choice but to turn over and lie on his side, but he did not put down his phone or stop scrolling through the videos.

"The work of deciphering the Western Fragments has come to a halt, but I have started another project - I have reproduced the "enchanted text" you brought back last time."

"'Enchanted text'?" Germain thought for a moment before realizing that she was referring to the "enchanted text" that Dong Fulisi left on the moose centaur warriors.

Piyou's eyes still didn't move away from the lit screen of his phone.

"I found that I don't need to understand the meaning of this text. As long as certain conditions are met, I can replicate its effect. Of course, this effect is much weaker."

"In other words, we can also use the alchemical plant Metarion to imprint their elemental power on our instruments."

"It's just that the loss of materials and time will be huge, it's not as good as the original version from the Moose Centaur Tribe."

(End of this chapter)