"Now the script has been written and the actors are in position. We're just waiting for the good show to begin." Meruem stood atop a tall building, looking down at the distance with an evil smile.
"King, we have successfully bribed high-level officials from various countries. Now we just need to wait for the plan to be implemented and we can immediately contact the leaders of each nation." The one reporting the situation to Meruem was still the snake in black clothes from the Shadow Guard Twelve. Money? As long as there are people, there will inevitably be those who are greedy for wealth. In his previous life when Meruem was still human, he also liked money. It's just that after becoming a Chimera Ant, such things became completely meaningless. Moreover, having already occupied a country, Meruem had quite a bit of money, at least enough to bribe some officials. Wasn't there a saying? Money makes the devil turn millstones. This is the power of money, although this thing only works among humans.
"Well done." The left corner of Meruem's mouth curved into a wonderful arc, revealing sharp canine teeth.
"Well then, Netero is yours, Jed. You better not disappoint me. Otherwise I will definitely tear you to shreds, although you must die regardless of the outcome." Meruem murmured to himself while feeling the gentle breeze blowing from high above.
"Then let's begin, this script - Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission, hehehe hahaha." Madness flashed in Meruem's eyes. This time he would definitely catch them all in one net.
Heaven's Arena
Although there were quite a few experts inside, most were fighters from around the world. Most of the Nen users were also Enhancement, Transmutation, and Emission types, and most of their Nen abilities were the straightforward kind. So encountering an opponent like Demon who didn't talk and just fought while also having an extremely powerful body was very frustrating. After being enhanced by Jed's grudge ability, although Demon's body and combat talent weren't as good as Chimera Ants, they still far exceeded these mortal bodies.
Especially those guys who hadn't yet formed their own unique Nen abilities were completely suppressed as soon as they resisted. Moreover, they were injected with Jed's blood, which was like a biological virus - once injected, they were controlled. Although it had no contagious properties, it was already very powerful. As time passed bit by bit, floors 200-230 were basically filled with these grudge-controlled people under Jed's control.
However, these guys could only intimidate ordinary people. These controlled individuals couldn't even display fifty percent of their original strength, only becoming more resistant to damage. Everything has its pros and cons.
The ordinary spectators were all concentrated and detained near the main hall, surrounded by members of the Shadow descendants standing guard. Combined with the weapons systems, defense systems, and surveillance systems of the entire building controlled by Shura, absolutely no one could escape. The iron doors around were sealed tight, and there were no powerful Nen users among those spectators, so they properly became hostages. Even more regrettably, unlike the movie version which at least had the existence of two powerful Nen users, Kurapika and Biscuit, who could control the situation, the reality version had nothing. The hostages were truly just hostages and would definitely not turn into fierce beasts.
Because the protagonist Gon was still training in a very distant place, completely unaware of this incident.
Of course, unlike the movie version, as the world's most powerful organization, the Hunter Association had sent quite a few members to infiltrate Heaven's Arena. Of course, the number of experts was still very limited. After all, not every Single Star Hunter had strength like Morel. Moreover, Double Star Hunters weren't necessarily stronger than Single Star Hunters. Among the infiltrators were members of the Zodiac Twelve who had complained about Morel's strength in the original work - Yin Tiger and others.
Although the Zodiac Twelve were composed of members whose strength was acknowledged by Netero, it was really unknown where Yin Tiger got the conclusion that Morel's strength was unsatisfactory and not even half as good as his.
Perhaps Yin Tiger was indeed the strongest existence in the Hunter world! Punching Netero and kicking Meruem! An existence who could kill Nanika with one breath! Actually, his true identity was - the ruler of the Dark Continent!
The above is pure nonsense.
"The Chairman's intention is for us to quietly infiltrate and then rescue the trapped hostages. I think we should..." The speaker was Morel. As someone with very high combat intelligence and very strong abilities, he indeed had the qualifications to take the lead in speaking.
However...
"Don't think you can command me." Yin Tiger unhappily interrupted Morel's words. What qualifications did a mere Single Star Hunter have to boss around him, a member of the Zodiac Twelve? Moreover, Yin Tiger had long found Morel displeasing to the eye. After all, being one of the two great generals who had long followed Netero would always attract some inexplicable hatred, or rather jealousy.
"I have my own plan. You can stay here and strategize slowly." The hot-tempered Treasure Hunter Yin Tiger Kanzai said this and left Morel and the others behind, completely ignoring everyone else's feelings.
"That guy..." A Two Star Bounty Hunter wearing glasses was very displeased with Yin Tiger's attitude. This Two Star Hunter had worked with Morel for a period of time and greatly admired Morel's strength and intellect. Combined with Yin Tiger's arrogant and disdainful attitude, if not for considering the mission, he would have rushed up to teach him a lesson long ago. So what if you're one of the Zodiac Twelve? Whether you're a mule or a horse, let's see what you've got! If you have the ability, face us head-on! Moreover, there was more than one person present with this kind of thinking. Even those who didn't know Morel were very annoyed by Yin Tiger's behavior.
Before the operation, Netero had personally specified that everyone should follow Morel's arrangements. What are you trying to pull now? You have to know that Netero's prestige in the Hunter Association had reached worship levels. In the entire Hunter Association, except for Pariston, who didn't show respect for Netero? Even in the original work, Pariston said he was very sad about Netero's death. Although it was unclear whether this was true or false, achieving this level showed that Netero was very successful as a Chairman.
"Forget it, let's go rescue the hostages first." Morel calmed the emotions of the hunters. For this mission, the Hunter Association had dispatched a total of five hunters, six including Netero. Although the Hunter Association was very large, there weren't many idle hunters available. Besides Yin Tiger and Morel, the other three hunters were the aforementioned Two Star Bounty Hunter with glasses, a Single Star Gourmet Hunter with headphones and colorful hair like he'd gotten a haircut at the neighbor village's Master Wang's unconventional salon, and finally a muscular Single Star Crime Hunter.
Two Two Star Hunters plus three Single Star Hunters and Chairman Netero - this lineup was already very powerful.
Unfortunately, their opponents weren't weak either.
"I really don't know what that old man Netero is thinking, not letting me, a dignified member of the Zodiac Twelve, be the team leader but instead having that Single Star Hunter command. What use is a guy whose strength isn't even half of mine?" Yin Tiger complained while climbing the stairs to the highest floor of Heaven's Arena. The elevators were now completely under Shura's surveillance due to his infiltration. Yin Tiger was just hot-tempered and arrogant, but his actual strength and intelligence were decent, otherwise he wouldn't have been acknowledged by Netero. Yin Tiger felt that rather than going to rescue those burdensome hostages, it would be safer to deal with the Nen users other than the biggest boss Jed. As long as they dealt with the opponent's strong fighters, the rest would just be minor characters. Moreover, Yin Tiger had a file on the so-called experts led by Jed. Honestly, Yin Tiger didn't take the strength of the three - Shura, Demon, and Purgatory - seriously. After all, he was someone of upper-middle caliber among the Zodiac Twelve. If he couldn't even handle these small fries, how could he be called one of the Hunter Association's Zodiac Twelve?
Unfortunately, Yin Tiger's files didn't contain information about the three Chimera Ant Division Commanders.
Since Heaven's Arena was occupied, for unknown reasons all the lighting systems had become intermittent, giving off a haunted house feeling.
"? Such strong Nen! Is there someone of this level among that guy Jed's subordinates? But is it really okay to expose it so openly like this? Or is this a provocation toward me? Don't look down on people." Yin Tiger sensed a very powerful opponent at the front of the corridor, and also felt a trace of danger. The opponent's strength was not simple. At this time, Yin Tiger had already left Morel and the others dozens of floors behind and reached a position above the 220th floor.
"Tch, I thought some incredible person had come, but it's just another shorty." The person at the end of the corridor who made Yin Tiger feel dangerous was exactly the scorpion woman Zazan. However, Yin Tiger was about the same height as Feitan, and Zazan had suffered a major defeat at Feitan's hands, so her tone was very poor.
"You neither-human-nor-ghost thing, what are you supposed to be? How dare you speak to this great master like that. Do you want to die?" Yin Tiger on this side also had a hot temper.
Honestly, neither side looked like normal humans. Setting aside Zazan's pale purple skin and scorpion tail, just Yin Tiger's inexplicable tiger markings on his face and the tiger tail behind him that was unclear whether it was decoration or real. If he wasn't a severe case of eighth-grader syndrome, then he might not be an ordinary human either. Moreover, if that tail wasn't real, could it be like those fox tails sold on Taobao that were inserted in the chrysanthemum? That would really be heavy taste.
"You actually dare to say I'm neither human nor ghost? Very good, shorty, I'm going to torture you to death slowly!" Zazan's aura became fierce as murderous intent was released without restraint, clearly targeting Yin Tiger of the Zodiac Twelve.
"Very frightening killing intent, very strong Nen. Although I don't want to admit it, it looks like this will be a tough battle. But this great master cannot possibly lose here." Cold sweat appeared at his temples, but Yin Tiger had experienced many battles. Although Zazan might be the strongest opponent Yin Tiger had encountered so far, assessing opponents' strength was something every qualified hunter must possess. Although Yin Tiger was essentially a brute, that didn't mean he was stupid.
The enhanced Zazan was very strong. The potential of Division Commanders was all quite good, so Zazan's true strength after developing her potential was definitely above Yin Tiger's.
At the same time, under the escort of Shadow descendant guards, Netero also arrived at the rooftop area of Heaven's Arena, where Jed was waiting for him.
(End of Chapter)
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