At a hospital directly under the Hunter Association.
Moses walked down the clean, bright hospital corridor and soon arrived at Netero's ward.
Knock, knock…
Moses raised his hand and knocked on the door politely.
After a moment, Cheadle's voice came from the room: "Come in."
Upon hearing the voice, Moses immediately opened the door, passed through the entrance and a small turn, and entered the area where the hospital bed was placed.
Looking ahead, Netero was reclining on the bed. His body was in the same condition as it was a few days ago, as withered as a dead tree, but he was obviously in much better spirits.
Beside the bed, Cheadle, dressed in white, sat upright in a chair, holding a document in her hands.
"Moses, you're here."
Seeing Moses coming, Cheadle stood up and a smile appeared on her usually stern expression.
"Yeah."
Moses nodded at Cheadle and said with a smile: "I just finished dealing with the people from the International Convention Organization. Since I had nothing else to do, I thought I'd drop by and check on the old man."
As he said this, he turned his gaze to Netero, who was leaning on the bed, and asked the question that concerned him the most.
"Can he recover to his original state?"
"Hohoho."
Netero chuckled slowly: "This is my original state..."
Moses rolled his eyes when he heard that, too lazy to play along with Netero, and turned his head to look at Cheadle.
Meeting Moses's questioning look, Cheadle nodded and said, "He can recover, but it will take time."
"How long?"
"At least three months."
Cheadle answered without change of expression.
Moses raised his eyebrows slightly, then rested his chin on his hand, and sighed: "Three months, huh… The old man's in for a rough time."
"During the recovery process, his physical condition will gradually improve, so he won't have to stay bedridden the entire time."
Cheadle seemed to have guessed Moses's thoughts and promptly corrected him.
"Ah, got it. I thought he'd be stuck in bed for three whole months."
Moses nodded, then looked at Netero and said seriously: "Old man, I'll be waiting for you at Fiona's martial arts dojo. You must get well soon and give me a chance to beat you up."
After saying that, without giving Netero a chance to retort, Moses turned on his heel and dashed out of the room like a gust of wind.
Netero's mouth opened slightly, but in the end, he could only smile wryly.
However, deep in his sunken eyes, there was a trace of anticipation.
Cheadle also had a reaction that seemed like she wanted to say something but was hesitant.
She stared blankly at the doorway. She originally wanted to talk to Moses about taking up the position of the Zodiacs, but then she realized...
The current Moses is no longer the young boy who used to stay at the temple on top of the mountain. He had grown into a powerful Nen User capable of standing on his own.
'This… isn't so bad.'
A smile appeared on Cheadle's lips.
…
In the hospital's corridor.
Moses took out his phone and logged into the online chatroom Pyon had created earlier.
"System Notification: Isaac is online."
The moment he logged in, he saw prompt popped up in the chat window.
This seems to be a function that Pyon had spent money to activate specifically, to prevent group members from secretly lurking.
"IAmAGenius (Kanzai): Well, well, if it isn't the youngest Triple-Star Hunter and superstar Moses, who also holds the identity of the Zodiacs' member? How come you have time to come online?"
"BunnyBunnySoCute (Pyon): Moses, congrats! Now we can slack off together during meetings, yay!"
"IAmAGenius: ..."
"SuperUltraCuteGirl (Biscuit): Moses, when will you come back?"
"Isaac: Not sure. I'll have to wait until the Zodiac appointment is finalized before I can leave."
"SuperUltraCuteGirl: Got it."
"Isaac: Has anything happened during this time?"
"SuperUltraCuteGirl: Yeah, not long after you left, a bunch of shady characters started showing up at the scenic area. Most likely, your relationship with Hawk got exposed. But we already took care of them. By the way, Shizuku's ability is really handy."
"Isaac: Thank you for your hard work."
"· (Shizuku): It's not hard, and Blinky is happy to help."
"Isaac: Haha."
"BunnyBunnySoCute: Wait, what are you guys talking about? And it's related to my father-in-law?! Why don't I know anything about this!"
"KnifeXKnife (Menchi): Huh? Did Master not tell you? Well, I guess it makes sense not to share this kind of thing with outsiders."
"BunnyBunnySoCute: !!!"
Moses could practically feel the killing intent seeping out of the chat window. Without hesitation, he put his phone away.
However, his eyes gradually turned cold.
'Of all times… right when I was dealing with the Chimera Ant incident...'
If this wasn't Pariston's doing, Moses would eat his hat.
'Let's get with the second Counterpoint Cornerstone first...'
Moses suppressed the killing intent that emerged from the bottom of his heart, thinking of letting the Hunter Association hype up his Triple-Star title and Zodiacs' identity first, to see if he could use the gained fame to condense the second Counterpoint Cornerstone.
As for Pariston…
From a legal standpoint, he wasn't just a licensed Hunter, but also the Vice-Chairman of the Hunter Association.
Due to the Hunter Association's rules and Netero's stance...
Moses couldn't act recklessly.
If he wanted to take action, he can only resort to assassination.
'Oh right, I can consider hiring an assassin from the Zoldyck Family to kill Pariston.'
'But… I have no money...'
He'd already donated his savings to Netero, but he wondered if the Hunter Association will reimburse him.
What's even more unfortunate is that his 'shadow' has disappeared after he was resurrected, otherwise, he could control 3D Hisoka to kill Pariston and let Hisoka take the blame.
'Given Hisoka's personality, he'd probably enjoy being hunted by the Hunter Association.'
'What a pity…'
Moses shook his head slightly.
Suddenly, his phone vibrated.
Moses picked up his phone and saw that it was Hisoka who tagged him in the chat room.
"The Omnipotent Magician (Hisoka): I suddenly felt a chill. Is it because someone broke their promise again, or is it because the calamity in my body is about to get out of control?"
Below this message, there is also a selfie sent by Hisoka.
That is, the selfie he uploaded some time ago showing two red trumpet flowers growing on the sensitive spots of his chest, which is a not-so-subtle reminder to a certain someone.
Moses looked at Hisoka's highly pointed remarks and suddenly felt as if he suddenly remembered something.
"System Notification: Isaac has left the chat room."
"The Omnipotent Magician: ..."
…
In Kakin Empire, a huge Chinese-style courtyard.
A Chimera Ant with an alligator head, wearing a wrestling suit, was looking around in confusion, as if baffled by how he'd ended up here.
Then, a deep, booming voice called out from ahead.
"Hey, are you a Squadron Leader or an Officer among the Chimera Ants?"
Hearing this sudden question, the alligator-headed Chimera Ant was startled.
He immediately looked forward in the direction of the voice, and saw a burly man with a long beard was studying him intently.
'When did he…?!'
The alligator-headed Chimera Ant's heart skipped a beat.
Looking at the alligator-headed Chimera Ant's slow reaction, the burly man was very patient and waited for an answer without any change of expression.
This man, who bore a striking resemblance to Guan Yu in both appearance and attire, is none other than Beyond Netero, Isaac Netero's biological son.