Hunter x Hunter: From Obtaining the World to Beyond Heaven

"Yes, at 2:17 AM this morning, the Military Commission received a call reporting that His Highness the Twelfth Prince had been assassinated by an unknown assassin..."

The chief of staff was taken aback, straightened up, and said seriously:

"what happened?"

Just days after the incident at the Royal Palace, a prince was assassinated in the capital.

What's been going on these past few days?

"...Eleven minutes later, Lieutenant Colonel Wu of our Military Commission arrived at the Twelfth Prince's palace. He did not see the Twelfth Prince himself, but he should not have been injured. The person who received him was Sergeant Pokson, the captain of the Twelfth Prince's private army. The assassin was tortured to death on the spot, and there were no survivors."

"Five minutes later, Lieutenant Colonel Wu sent a distress signal to headquarters, and a 21-man medical unit was urgently mobilized to the Twelfth Prince's palace."

Medical Unit...

The chief of staff clutched his forehead in anguish, realizing the extent of the problem.

The deployment of medical units suggests the possible presence of biological or poison gas weapons.

This is the capital city! This is troublesome...

And then even more troublesome things were yet to come.

The Commander of the Central Military Commission's voice remained calm and composed, yet the content of his words pierced everyone's consciousness like a cold, sharp knife:

"According to the investigation and DNA matching, the two soldiers who assassinated the twelfth prince that night were the private soldiers of the first prince Benjamin, and Titibah and Likkohu, students of the first class of the King's Military Academy."

"The medical unit found what appears to be the latest research product from the First Military Medical University's Virology Research Institute—the Type II Hebola virus—on Ditibah."

"Prince Benjamin's side claims that the two resigned long ago and had nothing to do with him..."

There's even a power struggle between princes?

And Prince Benjamin actually denied it...

That must be true!

The advisors immediately considered resigning.

In Kakin, getting involved in the struggle between princes is like digging your own grave.

Losing means death, winning means death!

The chief of staff began a frantic brainstorming session, trying to figure out how to resolve the situation.

First of all, it's definitely not acceptable to not conduct an investigation.

Developing biological weapons in the capital involves the leakage of top-secret military information. This is reckless behavior that goes against the red line and cannot be ignored.

But if something is actually found out, it will be a troublesome matter.

The eldest prince currently enjoys high prestige within the royal army, and investigating him could easily demoralize the troops.

"Hmm... how is the eldest prince doing these days?"

The chief of staff asked tentatively.

"It's not very good. I heard they're afraid of light and heat, so they moved to another underground military base. We don't know their specific whereabouts."

The Chairman of the Central Military Commission gave a meaningful response.

That's good……

The chief of staff breathed a sigh of relief.

If the person cannot be found, there can be no interrogation, no conviction, and certainly no arrest.

All we need to do now is have someone investigate the leak at the First Military Medical University, and then make sure the eldest prince doesn't appear in New Delhi for a while.

Let time do the rest.

"Understood, I will have someone follow up with the investigation."

After saying that, the chief of staff casually hung up the phone, tossed it to the soldier beside him, and gave him some instructions:

"Go find Lieutenant General Xianpei and tell him that the General Staff wants to transfer [Chaoyin]. No matter what mission he is currently on, stop and report to me. Do you understand?"

"Report, understood!"

The soldier roused himself, shouted a report, saluted, and then turned and rushed out of the tent.

The troublesome matter seemed to have a solution. The chief of staff tugged at his collar and calmly said:

"Let's get back to the topic, the next hunter."

"..."

"The third hunter is named Potterbe Gigant, a three-star terrorist hunter, one of the Zodiacs, a prosecutor, and a military analyst..."

"He has mediated multiple wars involving firearms on his own on more than one occasion, has over 20 years of experience fighting terrorists, and has thwarted numerous attacks by international terrorists against the capitals and leaders of other countries. He enjoys a very high reputation among the public and internationally. Leaders of Interpol have described him as having 'extremely strong combat capabilities and extremely strong personal charisma'."

A domineering face appeared on the screen; it was none other than Potter, the representative of force among the Zodiacs!

The chief of staff pondered for a moment and said:

"Then let's choose..."

Chapter 374 The Gay Head Four × She Died

In early March, Chao Yin received a big mission.

"The First Military Medical University, I've never been here before."

Chao Yin looked up at the unassuming university gate and muttered to himself.

Standing next to him was a young female military officer wearing glasses, who spoke nonchalantly:

"It's not a great place either. The level isn't even as high as the medical department of the Royal Military Academy. Only the virus research institute is worth mentioning."

"It's already very good. After all, it's the best university that ordinary people can get into. I was just one point short of the unified exam back then, and I had no choice but to go to the Polytechnic University of New Delhi to study hydraulic engineering..."

Chao Yin curled her lip, not blindly agreeing with what the noble lady next to her said.

Although he is only a sergeant now, with his education from one of the three major military academies and his aristocratic background, he will be promoted to a high rank in the future with ease.

It's just a way to gain experience at the grassroots level now.

"Sovie, put on your protective suit before you go in."

With practiced ease, Chao Yin pulled out two white protective suits from the carriage behind him and handed one to the noble lady.

Sovie casually took the leash and put it on, then waved her arm towards the university gate, shouting excitedly:

"Charge! Sir! Arrest those lawbreakers!"

"Shut up, we're just here to investigate, keep a low profile..."

Chao Yin walked ahead helplessly, not knowing who his superior was.

The two quickly traversed the teaching area and arrived at a spherical building, their destination: the Virus Research Institute. It was said to have been built based on the shape of a certain virus.

Its construction dates back 30 years, after the Kakin military reforms, when King Naspi ordered the establishment of a biological force specifically for the research and development of biological weapons.

This unit later gained notoriety for extracting the terrifying Blackbola virus from the brains of patients who died from the plague.

However, the biological warfare unit was disbanded after violating international conventions, but its outstanding research results remain impressive.

Before the two arrived at the research lab, the virus research institute was bustling with activity.

"Hurry! Faster! The King's army could arrive any second now, destroy that batch of viruses immediately!"

Inside the lab, two or three lab technicians in protective suits were working up a sweat, constantly moving transparent bottles and jars, while a leader was anxiously directing them.

"Director! There's one last sample!"

A lab technician, holding a cryopreservation tube, hurried up to the director and said:

"The high-pressure steam chamber and other equipment are all operational. The Phase II Ebola virus previously given to the eldest prince has been completely destroyed, but the Phase III Ebola virus is a newly developed, highly potent strain. It lacks a self-destruct mechanism and takes longer to destroy than ordinary viruses. It's estimated that this time the machine will need to operate for 40 minutes to perform the final destruction. If they arrive before then, then we..."

His voice was filled with fear.

The development of this new virus was not ordered by the King's Army, but rather by the supporters of Prince Benjamin, who were acting on his orders.

The goal is to exploit information asymmetry to allow the eldest prince to circumvent the constitution and use illegal biological weapons.

"Don't panic. We don't need to worry about those that are already being destroyed. Once the machines are running, they can't be stopped. Even the Royal Army can't afford to be guilty of deliberately leaking biological viruses. Unless actual samples are found on the spot, no one can convict us!"

The director quickly reassured his men. As they were doing illegal work for Prince Benjamin, they received considerable protection; as long as they weren't caught on the spot, there was room for maneuver.

However, he also knew that the student's concerns were understandable, since being caught doing something like this was not just a minor matter of being expelled or even going to jail.

That's someone who should be shot!

After reading books for so many years, this is the first time I've felt death so close to me.

Even the director, who held a high position, felt his heart pounding wildly, and cold sweat poured down his body like a faucet.

He didn't want to die, he really didn't!

"As for the tube you have..."

The director gritted his teeth:

"Let's mix them into the non-toxic bacteria culture tanks next to us first. We can always disinfect the whole lab later if necessary!"

"what?"

The young lab technician stared wide-eyed, unable to believe what he was hearing:

"Won't this lead to a restructuring?"

"What nonsense are you talking about! What kind of virology did you study? Don't you know how low the probability of mixed strains mutating and recombinizing is?"

The director gave a slightly guilty reprimand, but he himself knew how unconvinced he was of his words.

After all, the core principle of biosafety is to block the transmission route. Even if the probability of recombination is one in ten billion, if it happens, it could be a disaster for the laboratory and the surrounding area.

Moreover, modern culture tanks contain a large number of live cells. If the virus is directly put into them, it is equivalent to providing the virus with receptor cells, suitable temperature, and sufficient nutrition, allowing the virus to replicate at high frequency in live cells, and the probability of recombination will be increased by an unknown amount.

In his routine management of the virus research institute, he always regarded "strictly prohibiting the mixing of live viruses with unrelated viruses" as an ironclad rule, and did not allow anyone to violate the rules.

Now he actually wants the students to do this kind of thing themselves, which shows that the director has lost his mind.

But there was nothing we could do about it. After all, not doing it meant losing our heads. Who told those damned royal troops to be so ruthless!