Hunter: I became stronger even after I died.

Chapter 359 What does the president plan to do?
Chimera ants develop at an astonishing rate.

NGL's militants were no match for the Chimera Ant army, and were quickly wiped out.

The hunter teams that successively enter NGL to conduct biological surveys will inevitably face the ubiquitous chimeric soldier ants.

Even Kate, who is quite famous in the industry, led her team to NGL on a commission.

the other side.

Moro naturally couldn't object to Kurapika's request.

He stood at the entrance to the secret realm, watching Kurapika walk towards the cave exit.

The sack filled with fiery red eyes was still so heavy that it seemed it would crush his shoulders at any moment.

But this time,
Kurapika's steps were light, as if he had just felt relieved.

"The sun in the sky, the green trees on the ground, our bodies are born on the earth, and our souls come from the sky."

"The sun and moon shine on our limbs, the green fields nourish our bodies, and we entrust our bodies to the wind that blows across the earth."

"Thank God for the miracles bestowed upon the land of the Kuruta people. May our hearts be forever safe and sound, may we share joy with all our compatriots, and may we share their sorrows."

May those I cherish be forever free from calamity.

“With my fiery red eyes as proof.”

As he embarked on his final journey home, Kurapika gazed ahead, offering a heartfelt prayer for Moro and his fallen comrades.

He will continue like this for the rest of his life.

After Kurapika left the cave, Moro lowered his eyes and began to plan his next move.

"Since it's a promise, you must keep it, Kurapika."

Moro muttered to himself.

He now has two clear goals.

The first priority is to continue improving our strength until we can compete with Billy Yangde.

Secondly, he accepted Jin's invitations, both overt and covert, and tried to travel to the Dark Continent together.

If you can reach that boundless continent filled with both hope and disaster, you will have the chance to obtain the legendary ultimate longevity food, Nitromomi.

As Moro was deep in thought, a faint glow of spiritual energy suddenly appeared on the surface of the mural.

Two beams of white light detached from the mural and landed lightly.

After the light faded, Bisky and Kurt's figures were revealed.

After emerging from the secret realm, Kurt immediately looked at Moro and asked, "Are we really going to leave the Chimera in the secret realm?"

"It's only temporary."

Moro turned his head to look at the floating spinning top mountain in the mural and said, "I will come back to get it as soon as I find the 'method'."

In fact, he already knew how to bring the chimera back to life.

Just like when it was hatching, all you need to do is let it absorb the energy from the growth rings.

Moro has already confirmed this.

The only difference is that in the initial incubation, the chimera actively absorbed the energy from the growth rings.

Now that the chimera has degenerated into a hard, egg-like shape similar to stone after death, Moro needs to actively transfer the energy of the annual rings into it.

Even though Moro had already injected 11% of the energy from the fourth growth ring into it, the stone egg remained motionless, showing no signs of hatching.

Faced with this situation, Moro had no choice but to give up for the time being.

As long as he continues to collect the energy from the annual rings, he can return to the secret realm at any time to replenish the Chimera's energy again.

Whether the final requirement is 15%, 30%, or even 50%...

Moro will not stop.

However, since this matter involves the secrets of tree rings, we could only gloss over it with the excuse of "finding a way" later.

Upon hearing Moro's words, Cortés nodded.

Although it felt pitiful to leave the Chimera alone in the secret realm, it was something that had no other choice.

Moro looked at Kurt, who seemed to have grown a little taller, and asked, "What about you? Aren't you planning to go home?"

“I’ve already run away from home, why would I go back?”

Kurt stared into Morrow's eyes, his tone suddenly hardening as he questioned, "You're not thinking of sending me back again, are you?"

"No."

Moro shook his head and said calmly, "This time you made the decision to leave home, so naturally you should also decide when to go back."

"Hmph, that's best."

Kurt had just thought of the time when Morrow had sent him home.

At that time, I was thinking of spending more time with Moro outside, but no one considered my thoughts and wishes at all.

Seeing the hint of grievance on Kurt's face, Moro couldn't help but chuckle.

Because she was worried about his condition, she defied Kikyo's orders and ran away from home to find him.

If it weren't for Kurapika's abilities...

Who knows, Kurt might even consider using the "Wishing Machine".

How could Morrow bear to send Kurt home again?

Although he knew that keeping Kurt around might cause some trouble...

Without wasting time thinking about the consequences, Moro turned his gaze to Bisky.

Meeting Morrow's questioning gaze, Bisky put her hands on her hips and shook her head, saying:
"I won't be going to the Hunter Association. Although Chairman Netero always gives people the feeling of being unreliable and has a lot of bad intentions, he is never ambiguous when it comes to serious matters. I don't think anyone can get the better of him."

She had already learned about Byand from Morrow.

But she has 100% confidence in Chairman Netero.

Seeing that Bisky refused to go to Schwadani with him, Moreau, unwilling to give up, had no choice but to use his trump card.

"A cute and beautiful girl like you..."

"Stop!"

Bisky crossed her arms, almost touching Moro's forehead, and said irritably, "If someone else said these things, I might consider it, but as for you... give it a rest."

"Ok."

Moro nodded, then looked at Kurt with expectant eyes.

Kurt paused for a moment, then instantly understood what Morrow meant.

Seeing this, Bisky understood that Morrow wanted Kurt to take on the task of persuading her, and couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Under their gazes, Kurt tried to utter those flattering words against his will, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't open his mouth, and his eyebrows furrowed together.

"Sigh, look at you, you insist on making things difficult for a child like this."

Bisky wasn't angry. She shook her head at Morrow and then turned and walked decisively toward the cave exit.

"gone."

With her back to the two of them, Bisky waved and said without turning her head, "If there's anything I can do to help, there's no need for you to mediate. Chairman Netero will invite me over himself."

Upon hearing this, Moro sighed softly and could only let Bisky leave.

This unwavering trust in Netero might be one of the reasons why Bisky went to the Mitnet Federation to help Killua and Gon train, but didn't participate in the battle.

"It's time for us to set off too."

Moro withdrew his gaze and looked at Kurt beside him.

Kurt saw Morrow's sigh and hesitated, saying, "If I had said those things to Bisky just now..."

"It's no use. No matter what Bisky says, it's useless if she doesn't want to do something."

Moro smiled.

Kurt nodded and smiled.

Afterwards, the two left the Petrus Dead Eye Crater, where the secret realm was located, and headed to Schwadani City, where the Hunter Association was located. Now that the Chimera was gone, it would be hard to get used to traveling anytime soon.

For example, if Chimera were here, she could quickly carry them out of this demonic realm.

Even if the two of them were to run and sprint to get there, they would still be unable to pick up speed due to the obstacles that were everywhere.

After leaving the Demon Realm, we need to go to the nearest airport and take an airship that will take us directly to Schwadani City.

Time passes day by day.

It was the fifth day when Morrow and Kurt arrived in Schwadani.

After leaving the airport, the two rushed to the Hunter Association building.

Knowing that Pariston was Byron's mole planted in the Hunter Association, Morrow used his "Biomutation" ability to change his appearance and body shape before he arrived.

Even now, he doesn't know how BYD reacted to the outcome after escaping that day.

To be on the safe side, it's best to avoid trouble.

Moreover, Netero knew about his disguise ability, so it wasn't a big problem.

Upon arriving near the Hunter Association building, Morrow told Kurt to wait nearby, then went inside alone.

He has already arranged a meeting time with the Bean Man.

After entering the building, the journey was smooth and unimpeded. With the help of the bean-faced man, they soon arrived at a tea room.

The tea room is decorated in a Japanese style. At the back is a raised tatami mat with a low table and two futons on it.

Netero was sitting on one of the futons when he saw Moro's appearance and a strange look flashed in his eyes.

He was somewhat surprised by Moro's sudden request to see him.

Seeing that Moro was even disguising himself, he immediately sensed something was wrong.

In fact, the Bean Man was also puzzled by Moro's disguise, but he didn't dare to ask and could only keep his doubts to himself.

After bringing Moro to the tea room, the Bean Man left.

Only Morro and Nitero remained in the tea room.

Netero stroked his beard with one hand and pointed to the futon opposite him with the other, saying, "Sit."

Instead of immediately stepping forward, Moro carefully surveyed the tea room.

Netero, being an old and shrewd man, saw through Moro's thoughts at a glance and chuckled, "Don't worry, there are no surveillance cameras here, and no one can hear us through the walls."

"..."

Moro paused for a moment, but ultimately believed Netero's explanation and did not go through the trouble of using the "Circle" to investigate.

Biological mutation, withdraw.

With a slight thought, Moro returned to his original appearance and size, then took off his shoes, stepped onto the tatami mat, and sat opposite Netero.

"About two weeks ago, I met a man named Byonde."

After sitting down, Moro got straight to the point and mentioned Byron's name.

Upon hearing this, Netero immediately stopped stroking his beard and looked surprised.

He didn't press further, but simply looked at Moro, waiting for him to continue.

Moro and Netero exchanged glances, without mentioning the so-called father-son relationship or any of the aforementioned groundwork, and stated directly: "He planted two spies in the Hunter Association, one is Pariston, and the other is Shenhou Xiyou."

"Oh?"

Netero narrowed his eyes slightly, a hint of surprise flashing across his face, yet also a sense of expected understanding.

Regarding Pariston...

He had indeed sensed it long ago.

But Shenhou's journey to the West is actually more than Yang De's?

This was beyond his expectations.

Or rather, it was hidden very well.

So how did Moreau know these secrets?
Given Yang De's cautious approach, he shouldn't have leaked the news so easily.

Netero was curious, but ultimately did not ask Morrow about the source of the information. He simply stroked his beard and said, "Thank you for coming all this way to tell me this."

Seeing Netero's composure, Moreau frowned slightly and asked, "You already knew that Pariston and Journey to the West were Bi Yangde's men?"

"I can only roughly guess Pariston's identity."

Netero looked into Moro's eyes and smiled, "But the Journey to the West... did surprise me somewhat."

"Now that we already know about this..."

Moro stared into Netero's eyes and calmly asked, "What does the Chairman intend to do?"

"Hoo ho."

A hint of amusement flashed in Netero's eyes as he countered, "So what do you want me to do?"

In this situation, a normal person would typically only ask, "What do you think I should do?"

But when it came to Netero, he simply asked others what to do.

However, Moro seemed to have anticipated Netero's ill-intentioned question and answered without hesitation:
"Start weakening Pariston's influence in the association immediately. As for Shenhou, investigate him thoroughly in your own way, and then find a way to kick him out of the Twelve Earthly Branches."

There was another half-sentence that Moro didn't say.

After Journey to the West loses its identity as one of the Twelve Earthly Branches, he will decide, depending on the situation, whether or not to secretly plunder this guy's experience points.

Seeing that Moro's reaction was also unusual, Netero was surprised again and vaguely realized that Moro seemed to have taken a fancy to the positions of the twelve earthly branches.

Thinking about this, Netero fell into a rare moment of deep thought.

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside the tea room.

Both Moro and Nitero glanced slightly at the closed tea room door.

With their hearing, they could easily tell that it was the footsteps of the bean-faced people.

Wow!

The sliding door to the tea room was suddenly pushed open.

The man with the bean flour mask came running in, panting.

It was rare for him to lose his composure like this, so Netero knew at a glance that something serious might have happened.

"Oh no, President!"

Beads of sweat covered Doumian's forehead as he said urgently, "We just received an emergency contact from Kate's team. A Class A biological disaster has occurred in the NGL Autonomous Country. There are... there are giant chimera ants that eat people!"

"Oh?"

Chimera ants are a first-level designated isolated species, which Nitero was naturally aware of, and he raised an eyebrow in surprise.

Across from him, Moro's expression changed slightly.

So fast? !

Moro subtly furrowed his brow.

The original idea was to have Netero weaken Pariston's influence and voice within the association, so that no matter what Netero faced later, he wouldn't be hampered by Pariston.

So, has the chimeric ant event already begun...?

During the time he was unconscious?
If that's the case, we'll have to change our plans temporarily and try to persuade Netero to let him join the expedition team.

………………

Let's rewind to two days ago.

In the forest, more than a dozen black-bellied bumblebees wandered around, making a buzzing sound.

In a dense thicket of bushes.

Peng Si trembled violently, her face filled with fear and panic.

"W-Why, why are there such terrifying creatures...!"

(End of this chapter)