From Hunter x Hunter to Supreme Will

After a while, on a high branch of a tree, a figure stood still, holding the trunk with one hand, looking into the distance.

Then I looked a few miles away and saw the lush trees shaking and making noises like an earthquake, raising a cloud of dust.

You can also hear the roars and screams of monsters.

"Yeah... found it, he's there."

This person is Men Qi.

She pointed in a direction and turned to speak to the teammates behind her.

"Hunting monsters again... The captain's strength is already unimaginable. Looking at the entire hunter world, there shouldn't be anyone who can threaten him, right? Why is he still doing these things... Is he treating it as a warm-up activity?"

Anthony smoothed his flashy hair with both hands and smiled.

"I heard that he seemed to have suffered some injuries in the Kajin Empire some time ago..." Fant said in a deep voice, holding a cigarette in his mouth, "This shows that there are still some powerful people in this world that we can't imagine... Although the captain is powerful, he is not yet at the level of looking down on the entire human world."

"No! The captain is the strongest in my eyes!"

Rita's eyes sparkled with admiration and she shouted excitedly.

"...Hunters...are not...invincible. The Kakin Empire...is so powerful...They may have used...some kind of internationally...banned...large-scale weapons..." Gabwich added stutteringly.

"That is indeed a possibility. Otherwise... apart from the president, I really can't think of anyone else who can hurt him."

Anthony stroked his chin with one hand, took out a comb with the other hand, and continued to fix his hairstyle.

He cares a lot about his crew cut.

After all these years, this team has been transformed. Men Qi is a two-star hunter, and the four of them have long since become one-star hunters.

Moreover, whether it is strength, experience, understanding of the association's situation, or cognition of the entire human world, they are all very different from the beginning.

The appearance of the five people has also changed slightly. Although their personalities remain the same... their capable and mature temperament, as well as their determined eyes, all show that they have become veterans among the hunters.

"gone."

After Men Qi finished speaking, he disappeared on the tree trunk.

The others followed immediately.

After a while, they arrived at the battlefield.

Just look at Long, who is dressed in a suit, sitting on the corpse of a purple-skinned monster that looks like a rhinoceros, but is particularly huge and covered with spikes.

Men Qi was the first to walk out of the shadow of the woods and waved to Long above.

It's just a greeting.

"team leader!"

Rita, who followed closely behind, raised her voice and saluted towards Long.

Fant, who was always calm and composed, nodded.

Gabwich is still so shy...

Anthony was the most active one. He ran forward, looked around the corpse of the monster, and marveled at it.

"How about it?"

After saying goodbye to his teammates, Long didn't say hello. He jumped off the Warcraft with a smile and looked at Men Qi, who was temporarily serving as the captain.

"It's almost the same as you guessed." Men Qi reached out and threw a camera over.

Long reached out to take it, opened it and looked at it.

There are video footage shot by several people.

This is exactly what is happening in the Mitnie Federation right now, but the outside world is still unaware of it.

"Really? Don't we need to report this to the association? This is extremely serious... Those ants are life forms far superior to humans. They are definitely alien species! And they reproduce very quickly... There is probably a large ant nest in the territory, and they reproduce by preying on humans... Not only that, these ants have clear class levels. The higher the class, the more dangerous they are."

"However, we followed your instructions and only conducted some investigations on the edge of their activities. We did not dare to go deeper..."

Men Qi crossed his arms across his chest, leaned on the monster's corpse, and looked at Long.

She didn't even inform Bisiji about this... After growing up over the past few years, she has confirmed her relationship with Long, and they are comrades-in-arms who stand together through thick and thin.

Moreover, Men Qi also understood that when she first appeared and joined the team, Long guessed the reason for her appearance. There must be the shadow of Bisiji involved, but he just didn't expose her.

The growth that Long brought to the few people was real.

Although Long has not led the team in the past one or two years due to personal matters, they would not be where they are today without him helping them lay the foundation.

Men Qi felt that with his previous abilities, becoming a one-star hunter was already his limit.

According to the association's rules, a one-star hunter must have made certain achievements in his professional field, and the requirements for strength are not that great.

But if you want to become a two-star hunter, you must personally train younger generations who can become star hunters...that is, Anthony and others.

Long gave the credit to her, which was a great favor.

Moreover, through Netero's relationship, Oboro was able to get her into the management of the association. Although she could not reach the level of the Twelve Earthly Branches, she still had some power.

This is the normal hunter promotion process.

This does not apply to privileged people like Long.

As for whether to go to the Dark Continent together in the future, Long asked them to think carefully. After a period of decision-making... the five people's answers did not change, and they still followed Long.

For this reason, except for Men Qi, everyone else chose their majors based on the knowledge they would need to prepare for their future trip to the Dark Continent.

Feelings are feelings, bonds are bonds...the growth they gain by following Long is visible to the naked eye.

The camera was playing a bloody scene of ants gnawing on human remains, as well as images of humans fleeing and screaming... Long watched for a while and then turned it off.

“It doesn’t seem like that much…”

Hazy smiled.

"If we follow the timeline you mentioned, this number is already terrifying. And according to my investigation, as their group becomes more complete, their reproduction rate will increase exponentially over time. It may take less than half a year for the number to increase several times... Don't forget, they only had one queen at the beginning."

Men Qi said.

"why?"

After that, Men Qi added a question.

Staring at Long seriously.

Although she chose to stand on Long's side and conceal the matter.

But as a hunter, she still has a sense of responsibility in her heart... The sooner the authorities realize the danger of the situation, the easier it will be to handle.

Otherwise, more people will be sacrificed.

Several other people also looked over.

She needed Long to give a reasonable explanation.

"The Chimera Ant incident was a conspiracy between Pariston and another person... Their goal was to get the president out of office, which coincides with my plan because I want to become the president of the Hunter Association. In addition, although I now have the ability to bypass V5 and the Ferry Office and take you to the Dark Continent privately, that is not a formal method after all... Because we will always come back. It is simply a foolish dream to want to explore the Dark Continent once and for all and gain a foothold there."

Long did not hide anything. He looked at his teammates and said frankly, "You know, over the years, looking at the entire history of mankind, generation after generation of strong men, including the military forces of various kingdoms, have only been able to wander around the outermost area of ​​that continent. If we go there, we will need time to adapt first and understand the food chain and rules there... Just adapting will take at least a few years, or even decades... And that's still to put it in a good light."

As Long spoke, he led a few people away.

"Just look at Netero... When he was young, he went to the Dark Continent, and now he is over a hundred years old."

"what?"

Gabwich was confused. "According to...Captain...what you said, even if...we can...come back alive, we don't have that much life to waste..."

"Can we... survive until... that time?"

"Human life energy dissipates little by little over time. The time limit for maintaining the peak is not long... If it takes too long, the strength is bound to decline."

Men Qi also echoed.

"No... there is one person who did it. He should still be alive and should have passed through the 'gate' and entered the core area of ​​the Dark Continent."

"That's the guy you mentioned before, Captain... Dong Fulishi, right?"

Anthony raised his eyebrows.

"Ah."

"How many hundreds of years old? Do humans have that kind of lifespan?"

Fant couldn't help but speak.

"It's impossible under normal circumstances, but the Dark Continent is very special. That land is filled with unimaginable sources of power that breed all kinds of life... Among them is a plant called Longevity Rice. After eating it, you can be full of vitality and increase your lifespan... In other words, as long as you have enough ability to digest this rice, you can live forever. Isn't it amazing?" Long described it like telling a story: "The five major disasters that humans have encountered from the Dark Continent are actually tied to the five major hopes. Longevity Rice is one of them... V5 knows all these secrets, but has not announced them to the public, fearing that some countries will be ready to move, causing the treaties they have concluded to lose their binding force. Human greed cannot be underestimated."

"Shh... so magical."

Anthony exclaimed.

Since they had decided to go to the Dark Continent together, Long also told everyone what he knew about the Dark Continent.

"Able to digest?"

Men Qi realized that there was a premise in Long's words that was easily overlooked.

"Yes."

Long put his hands in his pockets and walked under the shade of the trees. "Why do the conditions for going to the Dark Continent include ability? In short, it's the energy mismatch... The Dark Continent is a higher order existence compared to the human world. Humans are born and grow up in this world with poor source energy. The energy of individuals is already limited by nature and is very small... just like fireflies. The life forms in the Dark Continent are super-elemental matter. Don't underestimate it as just a small grain of rice. The nutrients, that is, energy... may not be digested by ordinary human bodies."

"So, if you want to go to the Dark Continent, you need to experience... In this barren land, you must strive to be the strongest, have a ticket to become the bottom of the food chain in the Dark Continent, and join their game. Because of the inconsistency of energy, each other's life forms are also different... Don't use your common sense to judge. The energy size and degree of danger of some unknown things on that continent cannot be judged by appearance..."

"Anyway, when you go there, you will understand..."

Talk eloquently.

"How do you know all this?"

Men Qi asked curiously.

"Captain, I feel like... you've been to the Dark Continent."

Anthony also swallowed.

"No... There's no way I've been there. I just know more information than you."

Hazy chuckled softly.

"What's going on with the Kajin Empire?"

Men Qi changed the subject.