Baise shivered involuntarily. 'Who is that old man? He's even suppressing Loki!' Balda and the others, blown away by the wind, crashed to th
Baise shivered involuntarily.
'Who is that old man? He's even suppressing Loki!'
Balda and the others, blown away by the wind, crashed to the ground, dazed and disoriented. Even standing up took considerable effort.
"What happened? Why was there such a terrifying gust of wind?" Ponzu asked, holding her head and blinking.
Balda winced in pain; even with Nen defense, the fall had been brutal.
They looked up, then froze.
Loki slowly raised his head, his eyes narrowed on the newcomer. If he was surprised to see this person, he was even more surprised after their brief exchange.
But he wasn't afraid. A familiar smile spread across his face.
"As expected of the Chairman! What incredible power."
Crack crack crack! The ground behind Loki instantly caved in, radiating outwards in a fan shape, extending seven or eight meters.
The cracked ground collapsed, sending up a cloud of dust.
Netero opened his eyes, his expression calm, but his gaze, sharp as lightning, pierced Loki's face.
"Long time no see, little Loki!" Netero said, his voice slightly hoarse.
Loki sensed anger—intense anger—in Netero's tone. He didn't know if it was due to his previous defeat or something else, but it didn't matter.
The current Chairman was far more formidable than before.
And while Loki was stronger than before, he still felt the pressure from Netero.
He wondered how Netero had become so powerful.
"Heh heh!!" Netero slowly retracted his fist, looking at Loki.
"So, even you have moments of fear?"
Netero chuckled, watching the sweat on Loki's forehead.
A strange power seemed to prevent anyone from moving. This was the absolute suppression of overwhelming strength.
Loki felt pressure, but the others were completely frozen.
Under Netero's aura, Hisoka felt sweat drenching his body.
He tried to discreetly produce his cards, but a voice whispered in his ear.
"Youngster, I haven't got time for you. Don't come looking for trouble."
Hisoka froze, realizing that time had seemingly stopped.
A sense of detachment from his surroundings made his hair stand on end.
He didn't know if it was Netero, but he abandoned his attack.
Loki gently moved his fingers. 'Heavy!' he thought. 'That punch was almost too much to handle.
The Chairman used about one-fifth of his Nen, I estimate.' Loki used his Byakugan to observe Netero's Nen flow.
Netero narrowed his eyes, noticing Loki's strange gaze.
'I sensed something was off about that kid's eyes, but I wasn't sure,' he thought. 'Now I can clearly feel a strange power emanating from them.'
Netero was surprised. 'It's probably due to a special constitution like the Kurta Clan,' he thought.
'He might possess unique abilities. I have to be careful. I can't let this kid pull any tricks!'
Just as Netero was thinking, Buzz!! A surge of Nen enveloped Loki, Netero, Hisoka, and the others.
Within that Nen, he sensed a terrifying will, filled with killing intent. It was astonishing!
Netero and Loki immediately turned towards the source of the Nen. Their gazes pierced the darkness, directly towards the source of that immense Nen.
In the ant nest, the newly born Neferpitou's smile vanished. She turned sharply towards Loki and Netero.
Even at his peak, Netero was surprised by Neferpitou's Nen.
He hadn't expected such a powerful Nen user here.
Of course, Netero wasn't afraid, just surprised to find someone of this caliber.
He smelled the burning flesh in the air. Netero turned to Loki.
"So, you weren't just hiding. Those… were your companions, weren't they?"
The moment he attacked Loki, other Nen users released a powerful aura, investigating the situation.
Netero deduced that Loki's companions had sensed the commotion and released their Nen.
He frowned, looking at the charred corpses on the ground.
Their faces were unrecognizable, but their outlines suggested they were human.
Chimera Ants had human genes; after being burned, only the outlines of limbs and heads remained.
This structure was unique to humans.
No wonder Netero concluded they were human without closer inspection.
The numerous human corpses made Netero uncomfortable. He hadn't understood why Loki would attack ordinary people, but now he seemed to grasp it.
From Neferpitou's Nen, he sensed a wild, beast-like aura.
With such companions, Loki might have been led down a different path, leading him to kill indiscriminately, even ordinary people.
"I personally taught you Nen. Now you've become this… I have to kill you, little Loki," Netero said, his eyes blazing with killing intent—an intensity Loki had never seen before.
"You killed the people in the factory, didn't you?" Netero asked abruptly.
Loki shook his head slightly. "No."
"And those villagers? Why did you kill them?"
"I didn't."
"Then what about the bodies? What did you do with them?"
"I told you, I didn't."
Seeing Loki's denial, Netero hesitated. But the charred bodies were irrefutable evidence, as were the burn marks in the factory.
Netero slowly closed his eyes. 'Am I too soft-hearted? Even seeing this, I still hesitate.'
He exhaled, reopening his eyes, his gaze sharp as blades.
'I can't wait. Before my resolve wavers, I have to kill Loki.'
Boom!!! Nen erupted from Netero.
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