Moreover, although he really liked the CP of Ant King and Komugi in his previous life, and in the original work the Ant King and Komugi eventually died together, they could be considered happy. But if it were himself, or rather, Komugi would definitely not be the type he would choose. He could appreciate Komugi's personality but would definitely not fall in love with her. However, in this life Meruem had found Komugi's home and provided a lot of help, which could be considered some compensation for her. Even someone as powerful as Meruem had no way to deal with matters of the heart.
I'm sorry Komugi, I can't give you love.
"King, according to the replies from those three Division Commanders, Jed has already reached Heaven's Arena. Also, following your orders, we have already killed that man called Goreinu." One of the Shadow Guard Twelve, the snake, knelt on one knee before Meruem and reported.
"Very good, well done." Meruem showed a slight smile. The chess piece was finally about to start moving. Make a scene, make a scene, only when you make the bigger scene can I carry out my plan. As for killing Goreinu? As Meruem who already considered the cat girl Pitou as his possession, he couldn't tolerate even a grain of sand in his eyes. Even if that plot wasn't from the original work, even if that was just a cough cough.
"Forgive my directness, King, but why put so much effort into finding a guy with no power?" As time passed, the Shadow Guard Twelve who were very trusted by Meruem gradually became less restrained when facing Meruem.
Or rather, Meruem himself wasn't a serious person.
Actually I'm quite easygoing personally, as long as you don't go against my will. Meruem had said this in front of people more than once.
"You don't need to worry about that, I have my own methods." Regarding the question of spending large amounts of manpower to find Goreinu in the vast sea of people and kill him, Meruem didn't want to get entangled. Anyway, he just found Goreinu unpleasant, okay, it was indeed related to that book called Goreinu's Cat Girl Training.
"Yes."
Heaven's Arena is located within the Padokea Republic and is a paradise for fighting fans, the largest fighting arena in the Hunter world.
Heaven's Arena has 251 floors and is 991 meters tall, making it the fourth tallest building in the world. The tower is entirely filled with fighting arenas. Throughout Heaven's Arena up to the 200th floor, every ten floors constitute one level, and only victors can advance to higher levels. Audiences from around the world exceed one billion annually, and more than four thousand challengers queue at the registration desk daily.
This is a place that's a good money-making spot for the strong, but a nightmare for the weak. In the original work, Gon and Killua had farmed money here.
Floors 1-99: All participants must test their strength on the first floor, so the first floor is filled with one fighting ring after another. Judges will decide within three minutes based on the performance in matches which floor each participant should be assigned to. Of course, the better the strength, the higher the assigned floor. Of course, the money earned from victories here is also the least, probably enough to buy a bottle of soda or a candy.
Floors 100-199: You can get a single room, and this is also the best place to farm gold coins. From floor 200 onwards, it's basically where Nen users exist. Although there aren't many masters, they are indeed skilled Nen users. Most importantly, there are no prize money from floor 200 onwards, supposedly fighting for honor.
Floors 220-250: Each floor has a Floor Master, theoretically the strongest existences in Heaven's Arena. However, this 250 always feels like FJ old thief is insulting readers, though it might be an illusion.
Back then, the battle between Hisoka and Kastro was only a 200th floor struggle, although Hisoka possessed strength far exceeding Floor Masters, according to the movie's classification of Floor Master strength. Incidentally, analyzing according to the old TV series plot plus the movie, the strongest person in Heaven's Arena should be that elevator lady.
These are all tangential matters. In any case, Heaven's Arena is a place with enough fame, much external attention, many Floor Masters with sufficient strength, and many Nen users inside.
So it's not unreasonable for this place to become Jed's target, provided he's strong enough.
After parting with Meruem, Jed spent several days healing himself and his three subordinates' injuries, then spent a few more days rescuing the descendants of Shadow organization members who had been imprisoned everywhere. Although not as massive as before, there were still several hundred people. Jed used some of his own blood to transform them all. However, because these descendants were all ordinary people in terms of aptitude, their degree of strengthening was very limited. Moreover, Jed didn't really consider them as main combat forces.
Unlike the movie version, Heaven's Arena at this time didn't have the giant biennial fighting tournament. Much less would there be a total of 30 incredibly strong Floor Masters from floors 220-250.
"Although I don't fear them, it would still be quite troublesome to deal with them one by one." These were Jed's original words. Unlike the movie version's unreasonable phenomenon where Floor Masters were all weaklings, this was reality. Although Jed's strength was definitely above these 30 Floor Masters, they certainly wouldn't be weak either. It would really take Jed some effort to deal with them, and he might even get injured, which would be very unnecessary. So choosing a time that wasn't the biennial fighting tournament was also very necessary. After all, not every Floor Master was bored enough to stay at Heaven's Arena 24 hours a day. Everyone was a fighting master, and continuous training was the right path. During normal times, among the 30 Floor Masters, only about five or even fewer Floor Masters were permanent residents of Heaven's Arena. Because there were challengers, there were definitely Floor Masters present.
However, five Floor Masters were nothing for Jed who had the help of three Chimera Ant Division Commanders.
Each Division Commander would deal with one Floor Master, and Jed himself would handle two. The remaining fighters on other floors would be handled by Purgatory, Shura, and Demon. After defeating opponents, they would inject them with their own blood to control them. As long as they weren't the type who would rather die than submit, they would all comply obediently.
It took only two hours to clear Heaven's Arena.
The plot began developing in the direction of the movie version.
Now only Netero was needed.
"What? Heaven's Arena has been controlled by a group of unidentified terrorists? Demanding that Chairman Netero come alone using the lives of all audiences inside as leverage?" The news of Heaven's Arena being captured quickly reached the Hunter Association.
No, it should be said it reached the entire local country. The local military also prepared to launch an attack on Jed and others, but you have to know that if the opponents aren't Nen users, excluding large-scale destructive weapons, there's no way to cause any substantial harm to powerful Nen users.
So, the local Self-Defense Forces were completely annihilated.
"Yo, long time no see, does Netero still remember who I am?" Using Shura's powerful mechanical control skills to instantly hack into all televisions, Jed appeared so brazenly directly in the public's view.
"If you want everyone in this arena to be safe, then please enter the arena alone. I'll be waiting for you on the top floor. Let me repeat, I'm giving you ten hours to consider. If you want this..."
"This is... Jed!" With Jed making such a big commotion, Netero couldn't help but know about it. The research plan on how to kill Meruem was temporarily set aside, and Netero also gloomily took out a coin that was only half complete from his chest. This was perhaps the only debt of his lifetime.
"Netero, it looks like you still have some unfinished business." The speaker was a little old man who looked like ET. The strongest existence of the world's strongest assassin family, Maha Zoldyck. A super expert with the same strength as Netero.
"Hehe, this person seems to be the guy I helped you deal with back then. Called Jed, right? That was decades ago, really brings back memories. This guy's strength back then was not much weaker than yours." Maha said while holding a teacup.
"How about it? Do you want me to help you this time..."
"No need, old friend. This time I want to resolve it myself. This is what I owe him. I didn't expect him to resurrect again. And in such a neither-human-nor-ghost form." Netero's expression was somewhat dejected, an expression that hadn't appeared even when facing the extremely powerful Meruem.
"Well, he's already gone astray. The current him is no match for you, so finish it quickly." After saying this, Maha disappeared from his previous seat. Maha Zoldyck's ability to judge people was very accurate. As the world's top assassin, evaluating a person's strength was the most basic ability, especially since Maha had fought with Jed before.
Maha Zoldyck had once attempted to assassinate Chairman Netero. Netero was also the only person who fought with Maha Zoldyck but lived, but actually the two had always known each other. Due to certain circumstances, their relationship could be considered both enemies and friends. In the original Chimera Ant arc, when Netero attacked the Ant King's palace, the helper he invited was Maha Zoldyck's grandson, Zeno Zoldyck.
"Chairman, please let me go with you! It's too dangerous for you alone, and your new arm still can't fully adapt, right? Knov has already disappeared, I don't want you to also..." When Netero in white clothes came to the front of Heaven's Arena, a man wearing sunglasses with a huge pipe on his shoulder said. Single Star Sea Hunter - Morel. Netero's right side, where his right hand should have been broken by Meruem, had a hand there again, but the color and muscles were somewhat uncoordinated. That's right, that wasn't Netero's original arm, but another arm. Although Nen abilities were diverse and strange, abilities that could make Netero regrow an arm weren't nonexistent. It's just that it would take a very long time to become like before, and before that it basically couldn't help much in battle. So to quickly recover combat ability, Netero could only choose to replace it with another arm. Although this arm wasn't as strong as before, at least there were no major problems in battle, just occasional feelings of unfamiliarity.
"No need to say more. Jed's target is me, and I still have a score to settle with him." Chairman Netero's eyes were no longer as gentle as usual but like a treasured sword about to be unsheathed. "Moreover, your mission is to rescue the hostages with the Zodiac Twelve. As for that man Jed, you're not his match yet."
"Sigh... Yes, sir."
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