69novels Chapter 185 Master Ball!
Chapter 185 Master Ball!
Chapter 185 Master Ball! (Two-in-One)
The golden light, like the radiant energy of Buddha's light, flickers and echoes the deep purple energy, which carries endless evil thoughts and malice.
The positions of good and evil can seemingly be discerned from the energy levels of the two sides.
The Ant King's health and mana bars were unexpectedly thick, and he was not defeated even when facing Netero, who had infinite mana regeneration.
They just seem to be at a disadvantage.
It seems like this is going to be a long battle. Unless the two of them have the ability to defeat each other in one move, they won't be able to end the fight quickly.
And the two of them would stop and chat after a few exchanges...
Looking at Su Wu felt a little strange and unsettling.
He still prefers to beat the other person down, step on their head, and then start chatting.
Compared to the boring battle between these two, what happened on Gon's side seems much more interesting...
"Alice, you stay here and observe. I'll go to the palace to record the behavior of the king's subordinates during this time," Amy, the older brother, said to her younger sister.
After all, what they wanted to observe was the development of an entire race, not the personal development of the Ant King.
Therefore, the actions of the king's subordinates during the war are also valuable to record.
"I understand, brother," Alice nodded, holding the lamb.
Xiao Jie was in a palace within the royal palace, and in the same room with him were two ants and a severely injured human girl.
The man who was also a loan shark was also there.
The white-haired boy nimbly leaped into the room through the window, landing on his toes first.
"You're back. Where's the king?" The golden-haired ant's first reaction upon seeing him was to ask.
This guy's tone makes it sound like we're really familiar?
"Chatting with humans." Su Wu typed silently on her phone.
"...What's wrong with your throat?" Xiao Yapu asked casually, seemingly concerned.
Is this guy a smiling tiger? He seems to exude an unpleasant aura.
Su Wu rolled her eyes, too lazy to pay any attention to the other person.
He's just a blond guy.
Ants with cat ears and tails crouched beside an injured human girl. A puppeteer, manipulating threads in mid-air, was treating the girl, as if performing surgery, with the threads weaving through her injured abdominal cavity.
Xiao Jie sat cross-legged on the ground, exuding an aura of impending storm. He was calm and quiet, as if he had grown up overnight.
Something seemed off, and Su Wu, whose memories were stuck shortly after leaving Greed Island, realized this.
"What are you doing?" Su Wu typed to Xiao Jie.
"Wait until she heals the wound, then talk to her and get to know her better." Xiao Jie said with a somber face, his amber eyes seemingly shrouded in a dark mist.
Understand? Understand what? Did this ant offend Xiao Jie?
Having lost her memory, Su Wu completely forgot the huge accusation she had previously leveled against Neferpitou, and only felt that ants really liked to cause trouble.
"This is too slow. Let me speed things up for you." He reached out and pressed lightly on Xiaomai's abdomen.
[Reversal Technique]
Compared to Nefertiti's painstaking treatment that lasted for half an hour without success, his method was much faster, taking less than a second. He simply pressed lightly on the injured area from a distance, and the wound healed quickly.
Neferbitt broke out in a cold sweat, swallowed hard, and his pupils widened.
Xiao Jie stood up. "This isn't the right place. Come with me."
Neferpitou looked at the human girl on the ground, then at the smiling white-haired boy who seemed to think he had done a great deed, and followed Gon out.
"Come with me," the blond ant said with a sneer to Nakuru.
Their task was to get the three guards away from the king, preventing them from providing support to the king.
Nakuro couldn't refuse the other party's request.
The golden-haired ant's eyes swelled and rotated until only the whites of its eyes were visible. Then, with a bang, it exploded into a pile of dazzling light spots, and countless smaller versions of itself flew out from the gap in the building above.
Naku followed the other person away.
Su Wu waited in place for a moment, then, as if sensing something, stepped out onto the terrace.
Under the bright moonlight, a white tiger came riding the wind.
"My lord!" Before the white tiger could even stop in front of him, the blond figure jumped off the tiger's back.
In addition, there was a figure with long silver hair who jumped down with the other person.
The scene of him jumping down with his long hair, almost as long as the moonlight, looked pretty cool.
Should I grow my hair long too?
But Kate is here too.
"What have you guys been doing all this time?" Su Wu typed.
"Sir? What's wrong? Is your throat injured? Who is it...?" The blond youth anxiously reached out, then withdrew his hand just before touching the boy's neck, speaking hurriedly and resentfully.
Why can't the adults speak? Who is it that's all because of? Damn it.
Hopefully that guy is dead, otherwise...
The blond youth lowered his head, his emerald eyes as deep and dark as moss-covered pools, filled with a sinister and damp malice.
"It's just my ability; I probably can't speak today." Su Wu explained casually as she typed.
"Ants, they taste awful," the white tiger complained, nuzzling against its calf.
Su Wu wasn't with them, and the ingredients were nowhere to be found either. Maro was too lazy to cook, so he had to find food himself every day. Most of the animals in the forest had been eaten by ants, and the only food Kong could find was ants.
The worst part is that ants taste quite unpleasant.
"Where is this..." Kate quietly began to observe her surroundings as soon as she landed.
The building was clearly attacked, with holes in all four sides, and there was a human girl with blood-stained clothes, as well as lingering traces of something else.
"Ants live here," Kate analyzed.
So, were those attack marks made by humans?
"This is the Ant King's palace. Speaking of which, there are humans fighting with ants outside," Su Wu typed slowly to Kate.
He doesn't know much else either; let's be understanding of someone with amnesia.
However, so far, no one has noticed that he has amnesia.
The forest outside the palace.
"Where's Kate? Where is he? Give him back to me." Little Jack asked Neferpitou with a blank expression.
Kate? "Who is that?" Neferpitou's look of confusion was genuine.
"The man who was with us that day," Xiao Jie said in a somber voice.
Neferpitou thought back for a moment and remembered that figure.
She felt a little sorry for the silver-haired toy after playing with it until it was completely broken, and planned to use her abilities to fix it.
Then... before that, she was drawn to the commotion nearby and ran to investigate, only to be stopped by the two non-human siblings, turned into a sheep, and taken back to the queen's lair...
After that, she went back to look for the toy parts she wanted, but she couldn't find them anymore.
"I just killed him. I don't know where he is. His body disappeared. It's true. I'm not lying to you." Seemingly sensing something was wrong, Neferpitou explained to Gon.
Little Jie stared at Neferpitou, seemingly trying to determine if the other was lying.
The result was...no.
However, it was Hill who told him that Kate had been turned into a puppet by Neferpitou.
Isn't the other person in the palace? We can just go and ask.
Thinking this, Xiao Jie turned back the way he came.
Neferpitou followed behind the other person with trepidation, not knowing what the other person was going to do.
They looked almost the same as when they first met, but their strength was worlds apart.
The pace of progress is so fast... Is this what humanity is all about?
After hearing that humans were fighting with ants nearby, Kate immediately rushed over.
Shortly after he left, Xiao Jie returned with another ant.
"Why did you two come back together?" Su Wu typed, full of doubt.
Since they said they had something to find out, shouldn't someone die?
"Tell me the truth, is Kate still alive?" Xiao Jie walked step by step to Su Wu, looked up at him, and spoke without giving an inch.
What kind of question is this? If Kate is dead, was what I just saw a ghost?
Hmm? Asking this question implies that Xiao Jie previously believed Kate was dead, and the other party's statement about having something to resolve with the ant behind her means that Xiao Jie believes the ant killed Kate.
So the question is, why did Xiao Jie ask him this? After thinking about it, there's only one answer...
Could I have lied to Xiao Jie and said that Kate was killed by that ant...?
It feels like something I would do, because just thinking about it is quite interesting!
While brainstorming and figuring everything out, Su Wu was contemplating whether to continue lying to Xiao Jie or to tell him directly that Kate was still alive.
If he continued to lie, he would have to rewrite the story. Although he had analyzed the beginning and end of the matter, he couldn't recall the specific details and couldn't fabricate a lie that would be believable.
"Kate is alive and well. She was just here a moment ago. She just left. She's probably fighting with the ants outside now," Su Wu typed slowly.
The dangerous aura emanating from Xiao Jie vanished instantly.
"Really? Kate is alive?!" His eyes, which had seemed shrouded in a dark mist, regained their brightness, and his gloomy aura brightened.
"Really, I lied to you before just to motivate you to become stronger. Looking at your current strength, my good intentions have not been in vain." Su Wu continued typing, proclaiming her good intentions without changing her expression.
How could I possibly lie just for fun? Of course, it's to motivate the other person to become stronger!
Even if he doesn't remember what he did before, it doesn't affect his ability to cover up the lie.
"Oh, that's great!" Xiao Jie seemed relieved, lowered his head, then raised it again with a bright smile.
Kate is alright, that's wonderful!
"That human... is he still alive?" Neferpitou asked, his expression one of shock.
She clearly... killed the other person.
She even took off his head, how could he still be alive?
"..." Su Wu looked at the other person and fell into deep thought.
Ah, so what he lied to Gon back then wasn't entirely a lie, was it? This ant did indeed seriously injure Kite, or rather, kill him once.
As for why Kate is still alive... is it related to the other party's Nen ability? Or is it related to herself?
My own reversal technique can't bring the dead back to life, can it...?
It's a bit odd.
"So where is Kate now?" Xiao Jie asked.
At this moment, the desire to see Kate was incredibly strong.
He wanted to make sure the other person was truly safe and sound, and not just another lie to deceive him.
"..." Su Wu didn't speak, but casually pointed in the direction Kate had left.
After Xiao Jie left, Su Wu squinted and examined the ants in front of her.
Hmm, a catgirl, not human, can fight and heal, although not particularly strong, but enough to be a pet, I want to raise her.
Although Neferpitou had no idea what the other was thinking, it couldn't help but prick up its ears and tail nervously when stared at by those red eyes. Its usually lively tail even stopped wagging.
How could this be? That look... that emotionless gaze as it examines a toy...
She knew the other person wouldn't have looked at her like that before.
The one being stared at like that by this guy was clearly...
Neferpitou suddenly realized something.
For the past few weeks, this guy has been staring at the king with that same look in his eyes!
Su Wu was pondering this question—
Why hasn't this guy become your pet yet?
Based on my understanding of myself, I have a personality that suggests I'll definitely get what I'm interested in...
This guy should have been my pet a long time ago, unless... I'm not interested in this guy, but in someone else who's more attractive.
The only ant more attractive than its opponent... comes to mind as the King Ant who fought Netero.
Oh, the king of a non-human race, powerful and strong, is indeed the type he's interested in.
Su Wu looked away, while Neferpitou lowered his head and breathed heavily.
She was so startled by the other person's gaze that she forgot to breathe.
"You stay here and guard her. After all, it's the king's order, isn't it?" Su Wu casually pointed at Xiaomai, typing on her phone with one hand, and reminded her with a smile.
The only way to imagine that ants could heal humans is by order of the ant queen.
Neferpitou glanced at Wheat, who was still asleep, then squatted back down beside him and said nothing more.
When Su Wu returned to the location where Netero fought the Ant King, the Ant King was already on the verge of defeat.
Netero also had many injuries.
Although the card buff effect is very strong, it doesn't seem to provide any defensive buffs to the opponent; it just focuses on increasing strength.
It's clear that I had been hoping the fight between the two would be even more bloody and intense.
"Born of darkness, darker than black, cleansing away all filth and defilement," he murmured to himself, his fingers twitching slightly.
A semi-transparent, dark gray canopy enveloped the Ant King, limiting his movements to a radius of eight meters.
At the same time, as the tent fell, Su Wu threw a small cube around the Ant King.
Now both the ant king and the little cube are trapped inside the tent.
The ant king sensed something was wrong and tried to escape from where it was standing, but instead crashed into an invisible wall.
No matter which direction you leave from, you will hit that wall, even underground.
This is a circular tent.
The smaller the area, the stronger the intensity, and the harder the tent is to break.
"President, you played really well! I knew you'd win. You're still going strong..." He typed a string of words praising Netero, then silently thought to himself:
"Prison Gate—Open the gate."
Suddenly, the small cube on the ground opened many pairs of red eyes, expanded and split into several pieces, and red, tentacle-like wristbands emerged from them at the same time, grabbing the ant king's body.
"I choose you, Master Ball." Su Wu smiled with satisfaction as she watched this scene.
"Prison gates—close them," he continued to chant silently in his mind.
No matter how much the Ant King resisted, it was grabbed by the red tentacles and pulled inside. The prison gates closed, and it turned back into a small cube.
Only the eyes that were open on top had turned purple, like the eyes of the Ant King.
The conditions for using Prison Gate are a bit complicated. First, there are restrictions on its range, and second, there is a pre-cast time, so it cannot be used under normal circumstances.
However, in situations like the one just described, this would be a perfect solution.
"Does the Ant King have a name or code name, Chairman?" Su Wu typed a question to Netero, who was standing next to her.
If there isn't one, he'll give the other one a name himself. After all, it's a pet, and he can't just call it "Ant King"—that's too formal and inappropriate.
We'll all be family from now on.
"The Ant King does indeed have a name, given to him by the late Queen on her deathbed—Meruem," Netero replied.
"Meruem..." Su Wu analyzed the name.
In the Hunter x Hunter world's language, the name Meruem means "the light that illuminates everything."
Well, it has nothing to do with what the Ant King did before. Of course, he did show some humanity afterward.
But that's all; he doesn't need pets that are too human-like.
"Did you hear that? Your name is Meruem," he slowly asked the Ant King in his mind.
After all, he can't speak right now.
The purple eyes on the prison gate opened and closed.
"What is this...?" Netero looked at the small cube in Su Wu's hand.
"From now on, he'll be my pet, just like Kong." Su Wu held the prison gate in one hand and typed on her phone with the other.
"Aww?" The white tiger beside him tilted its head, its face full of shock.
"Think about it again! He doesn't even have any hair! He's not cute at all! He's definitely not as high-ranking as me, is he?!" Kong shouted.
"Well...that's true." Su Wu nodded silently.
Kong is indeed the pet that best suits his aesthetic.
After all, it matches his own color scheme.
"Don't worry, he usually won't be released," Su Wu typed casually, trying to reassure him.
He just wanted it, so he did it; he hadn't thought about how to treat the Ant King afterwards.
There's no rush. We can think about it again once he regains his memory.
Golden-haired ants and purple ants flew over from the sky. Su Wu casually put away the Prison Gate, and watched as the two ants landed and anxiously searched for traces of the Ant King.
"Where is the king!" The golden-haired ant looked around and couldn't help but ask in fear.
"Ah, probably dead, who knows?" Su Wu shrugged, lazily holding up her phone to show them the words she had typed.
"King—!!!" The ants' wailing echoed in everyone's ears.
(End of this chapter)