Hunter: Tonight, Germain joins the hunt

Jie Nuo said the words of surrender, then opened his eyes and put his hands behind his back.

It’s hard to imagine that such a stooped, thin, sixty-year-old body had just exploded with such powerful energy.

"Are you having fun?"

Jie Nuo's question made German obviously stunned for a moment.

"Hahaha... You actually reacted like this... I just think you are having fun. Come on, let's go up."

Jie Nuo twirled his white beard that was almost at a right angle like shrimp claws with his fingers, turned around happily, and walked steadily towards the top of the basin.

He walked on the sloping earth wall as if he were walking on flat ground, without any slippage on his feet or any instability in his center of gravity.

Germain, clad in black robes, followed like a shadow.

The two climbed up outside the basin in silence, and the boundaries Nitro had originally drawn had long been destroyed and blurred by their fierce struggle.

Siba walked over with a calm expression and quickly accepted the fact that her father had also surrendered to Germain.

Perhaps for other people who have high self-esteem and arrogance, admitting defeat is humiliating, but their father and son do not have this psychological burden.

"Great fight."

This is what Sheba said.

Germain's answer was a concise "thank you". He was still immersed in the rhythm of the instant fighting and could not completely break away.

The blood boiling and desire to kill during that period made Germain wonder whether it was the influence of bloodthirsty traits or whether it was due to his nature.

After a while, he really calmed down.

Jie Nuo glanced at him, thought of something, and slowly turned around to face him.

"Germain, what Nitro said at the dinner yesterday was very interesting, and it reminded me of a question."

"What's the problem?" German looked at Xie Nuo, curious.

A playful smile appeared on Jie Nuo's wrinkled face.

"Most of the chimera ants that appeared this time have memories of the human period. Their bodies are mixed with human genes. They can talk to humans and make the same judgments and actions as humans."

"They are just like humans, with different personalities: cunning, greedy, curious, kind, intelligent, stupid, pedantic, clever..."

"Even this time, they occupied the Republic of East Kota, launched a massacre of human beings, and tried to transform the 'inferior races' into being as noble as they are."

"It can be said that apart from their appearance, they are no different from members of authoritarian governments that implement bloody rule in other parts of the six continents."

"So why do we go to so much trouble to target them while turning a blind eye to other tyrannical governments around the world? Is there any difference between them?"

Not a bad question.

Germain took out the three-cornered hat from his arms and put it on his head, a shadow covering half of his face.

He wanted to answer that he came here to prevent Nitro from dying with the Ant King as much as possible.

But he knew that this was not the answer Xie Nuo wanted.

"Because they are just like humans, but not human, and will not commit suicide or sign a surrender agreement due to defeat."

"They eat humans, humans are on their diet, and even humans are the most delicious food for them. They will continue to eat as long as they live, and the hunting will never stop."

"Humans don't eat a certain kind of meat purely because it's unpalatable, poisonous, or there are better alternatives, not because it's dangerous. The same goes for chimera ants."

"They are chimera ants, an invasive alien species that evolves very quickly. If they are not eliminated in time, it will be the end of us humans."

Germain is not an alarmist.

In a timeline that only he knew, Netero finally used the explosion of the Poor Rose to eliminate the ant king Meruem.

However, after the explosion, Ant King Meruem was actually reborn.

The reborn ant king has acquired a very terrifying teleportation ability. As long as its circle can cover the range, it can reach it in the blink of an eye.

After its rebirth, its circle range is the entire East Kota Republic.

In other words, if the reborn Ant King and the Poor Man's Rose explode in front of his eyes, he can teleport to a safe place immediately and remain unscathed.

In the face of such an ant king, all human thermal weapons will be meaningless.

Moreover, the ant king's intelligence is also constantly improving, and it will be very difficult to deceive it into a trap again.

It can even be said that if it were not for Mai, the Ant King would not necessarily take the initiative to leave Nitro and start a one-on-one decisive battle.

The reason why Nitro, V5 and the Hunter Association chose to use the Poor Man's Rose was because they hoped that its toxins would eliminate all subsequent possibilities.

Facts have proved that this choice is extremely correct.

Jie Nuo laughed a few times.

"Germain, don't you have compassion for this group of species that have intelligence similar to ours?"

Germain shook his head.

"I will feel pity for stray cats and stray dogs because they do not pose a threat to me when I can see them with my naked eyes."

"I pity them because it can satisfy my spiritual needs, give me the pleasure of being able to control everything about them, and allow me to enjoy social and family status that I cannot enjoy elsewhere."

"Chimera ants cannot be pitied, they have self-respect, and their species endowments are far above ours."

"Our advantage is the evolved and mature human social system. Individually speaking, most humans are no match for them."

"They can completely replace humans and become the new rulers of the six continents, becoming the top of the food chain."

"In other words, humans are not special. Other species can also evolve and rule the world. This is what humans fear most."

“As a ‘stray cat’ and a ‘stray dog’, I will not pity ‘human beings’.”

"Even if the ant king is a charitable monarch and does not want humans to become extinct after winning, this emotion is only temporary... because it and other chimera ants will soon feel the same fear."

"They will worry about how they will dominate humans one day. After humans gain new evolution, they will in turn dominate them."

"From the beginning, there was no other way but to cut the grass and root out the problem."

"Knowing clearly that when they grow up, they can destroy human society, eat humans to extinction, and replace humans, and yet worry about their future is either stupid or arrogant."

After hearing this, Jie Nuo couldn't help but laugh a few more times. He heard an answer that satisfied him.

"It seems that President Netero asked you to come here not only because of your fighting prowess...but also your sobriety."

"Okay, our 'playing' is over. Let's go to the airship and wait for President Nitro to come back. I already have a hunch that he will definitely laugh at me severely if he knows the result."

However, Nitro did not return that night and left no message for them.

Everyone waited calmly, not impatiently.

It wasn't until November 13 that Nitro suddenly returned to the airship, looking as contented as he had never left here.

As Jie Nuo expected, after learning the results of the martial arts competition, he unceremoniously made fun of Jie Nuo.

And Xeno couldn't even be angry because President Netero was much older than him.

Later, Nitro told Germain, Xeno and Sheba three things.

The first thing was that the Three Guards began a large-scale selection and transformation of the people in the East Kota Republic.

This group of people will spend their second life as a chimera ant army.

Once humans, especially telekinesis users, are transformed into chimera ants, their own abilities will be increased, and an ordinary telekinesis user is likely to suddenly increase their combat power.

Such centralized selection and transformation is dangerous.

The second thing is that the final time for the Chimera Ant Crusade has been determined, which is at 0:00 on November 23rd.

Nitro has already communicated with Mo Laowu, Nobu, Nakulu and Xiuto.

At that point, no matter what happens, everyone will attack the palace where the Ant King and the three guards are.

The third thing is that Nitro told everyone that if he loses to the Ant King in the decisive battle, he will use the last resort - the Poor Man's Rose bomb to perish together with the Ant King.

This was a decision made by a combat conference in the rear area far away from the Republic of East Kota.

Jeno's mission has been updated.

In addition to preventing the three guards from hindering the decisive battle between Nitro and the Ant King, he also used his telekinesis ability to send Nitro and the Ant King to the wilderness above the underground war weapons testing site some distance away from the palace.

This wilderness is open, with only a few mountains and no residential buildings around it, making it a good place to fight.

Nitro was away for several days, undergoing surgery to insert Poor Man's Rose into his body and set the detonator to connect to the beating of his heart.

Once his heart stops beating for more than two seconds, the detonator will detonate the Poor Man's Rose embedded in his body.

This kind of extremely small bomb can erupt with terrifying power in an instant, enough to cover the entire underground war weapons testing site and swallow him and the ant king together.

The reason why the Poverty Rose was not exploded directly in the palace was because there were many humans still alive in the palace.

People at the operational meeting were unwilling to take responsibility for the aftermath.

In addition, Nitro wants to fight against the Ant King, so it's just a matter of time and let Nitro take the responsibility alone.

This way it should be foolproof.

Jie Nuo was silent for a moment and then agreed.

Nitro stopped what German might have said with his eyes.

"I know why Lin Nie asked you to come over, but if you don't have a better way, then there is no need to say anything more."

"It's meaningless to just raise questions without providing methods...and I have a precise task that I want to entrust to your hands."

"Theoretically, the explosion and toxin from the Poor Rose are enough to kill the ant king. However, given that this ant king is the most special one among the ant kings that have appeared in the past, it needs to be treated differently."

Nitro stroked the short beard on his chin and looked at the night scene outside the airship window.

"According to the intelligence, Nephibit, one of the three guards, has awakened telekinesis ability, which has the effect of repairing and transforming limbs..."

"Although the possibility is very low, it may be able to repair the fragmented body of the ant king and eliminate the toxins of the Poor Rose, thus allowing the ant king to survive."

"No matter how low the possibility is, it must be completely eradicated."

Nitro's tone became serious and unquestionable.

"Germain, your target is Nephibit. You can either prevent it from reaching the ant king before it is confirmed to be dead, or kill it and get it over with."

"If you can't do it, then there's no need to think about unnecessary things."

Germain was not an emotional person, so he agreed without hesitation for long.

Because what Nitro said was not random speculation.

If the ant king eats two of the three guards, he will have the same abnormal abilities after rebirth. What if he eats all three guards?

The next day, Nitro offered to start a martial arts competition with Germain.

Jeno and Sheba came to watch the battle.