One very important point was that no matter what kind of forces the Fourth Prince had under him, his personal strength right now was still garbage.
So when necessary, killing him instantly was also an extremely good option.
At least for Ronin, who knew just how monstrous the Fourth Prince's talent was, if he could kill the man outright, then strangling him in the cradle early would be the most correct choice.
"No matter what, I'll try to launch an attack on the Fourth Prince," Ronin said directly, making his intentions clear.
Kurapika nodded in agreement as well.
"If we can simply kill him and take back the Scarlet Eyes that way, I support it. But we have to be careful. There's something strange about this country from top to bottom."
Ronin's expression also became rather solemn.
The off-road vehicle continued driving toward the capital at a steady, unhurried pace. Aside from Ronin, who was driving, everyone in the car had entered a resting state.
At the same time, deep inside the Mahawi Ruins of the Kingdom of Aite, Muherr led his team out from underground.
Behind them was the huge iron box carried by Golem.
When the team emerged from the ruins, quite a few people noticed them, but no one dared step forward to ask anything.
And the moment the team came out, another group was already waiting outside the ruins to receive them.
This group had been created entirely by V5's Dangerous Creatures Quarantine Bureau, and it included quite a few professional Hunters.
Their purpose was to transport the confirmed dangerous species from the Dark Continent to a quarantine zone for isolation and observation.
Inside the iron box was a living giant tree, though it had been shrunk through a special Nen ability and placed into the world inside the box.
In addition, that world also contained some primitive-type Chimera Ants and spider monsters.
Those things had all been found in the underground city as well. However, since the underground city had no outside creatures at all, the Chimera Ants that had somehow entered the place had never managed to develop.
The main thing being transported this time was precisely that batch of highly dangerous Chimera Ants.
As for the giant tree and the spiders, they weren't considered much of a threat.
After all, what was truly dangerous on the giant tree was the giant serpent living in symbiosis with it, while the spiders' threat lay in their extremely powerful reproductive ability.
You could say this batch of spiders was being transported away mainly to supplement the giant tree's food source.
The V5 experts took possession of the iron box. At the same time, a member Muherr had never seen before stepped out from his mercenary team.
She had long pink hair, and her whole demeanor seemed refined and gentle. Even the way she spoke was soft.
However, she possessed a professional Hunter license. She was a genuine Association temp, and she was also the person Pariston had assigned here to assist with the transport.
Muherr wasn't particularly familiar with the pink-haired woman.
But he knew she hadn't joined the team because of money or anything like that. She had joined out of admiration for Beyond.
Muherr didn't really understand that.
Although Beyond did indeed have a certain charisma, in Muherr's view, that sort of thing was nowhere near as direct or convincing as money.
Vanessa looked at the iron box being transported away, and a bad feeling lingered in her heart.
"Can that cargo really make it safely to the quarantine zone?"
Just as Muherr was preparing to lead the team back into the ruins, she spoke in a quiet voice.
"I don't know. But our mission has already been completed perfectly. Whether any problems happen afterward is V5's responsibility," Muherr replied.
Vanessa still wanted to say something, but after opening her mouth, she didn't know exactly what to say.
Mascher patted her on the shoulder.
"Don't worry about things you can't control. I know what you're thinking, but he's already waited for decades. And if it really came down to the final moment, he'd make a move himself. He wouldn't do what you're imagining."
"I hope so." Vanessa didn't trust Beyond all that much.
Everyone invited to join the team knew about Beyond's ambitions, and they also knew he was currently restrained.
Only after Chairman Netero died would Beyond be freed from those restraints and be able to head to the Dark Continent again.
Under those circumstances, whether Beyond might use extreme measures to kill Chairman Netero was a question worth thinking about deeply.
Especially after witnessing Ronin's battle against the Chimera Ant King inside the cavern, Vanessa clearly understood just how much potential the Chimera Ant species had.
If they were given a fertile land and enough time to develop, then the Ant King born from that would absolutely be stronger than the one Ronin had encountered.
If Beyond was planning to use an Ant King to kill Chairman Netero, then it was impossible to calculate how much slaughter would happen in the process.
It was even possible that his plan could backfire and cause a catastrophe.
Vanessa hoped Beyond wouldn't do that. She also hoped Beyond would be exactly as Mascher had said—that at the critical moment, he would rather face Chairman Netero himself than choose a method that was clearly capable of causing a tragedy.
Muherr stopped walking.
"Mascher is right. Beyond may be extremely calculating, and he may be a thorough, ruthless hero of his own age, but I don't believe he would do something that cruel and immoral."
Hearing Muherr say the same thing, Vanessa felt much more at ease.
And afterward, she never heard any news about something going wrong with the transport ship, which finally allowed her to put down the worry she had been carrying.
But what Vanessa didn't know was that the pink-haired woman had already taken the box to Kakin and met Beyond.
The box opened.
Inside was only a single giant Chimera Ant Queen, standing over two meters tall.
And if Ronin had been there, he would definitely have been able to recognize through certain details that this was the very Chimera Ant Queen who would later drift into the NGL Autonomous Region of the Mitene Union in the manga.
"Everything else has already been handed over. As for the Queen Ant I kept behind, no one noticed," Izumi Aya said, her blazing gaze fixed on Beyond.
She knew exactly why Beyond was doing this. She even knew just how much destruction would be caused if this Chimera Ant Queen was released.
But she didn't mind.
In Izumi Aya's eyes, aside from herself, everything else in this world was something that could die at any time.
Even Beyond, the powerful man she admired so much standing before her, was also someone who could die at any time.
It was just that she might shed a few tears for Beyond's death.
As for everyone else?
What did they have to do with her?
It was the same as if she died. To those people, her death wouldn't matter either.
So when Beyond first found her and asked her to help bring the Chimera Ant Queen over, the only thing she felt, apart from a sense of happiness at finding someone like herself, was nothing at all.
"Good. Keep it alive for now. It isn't time yet." Beyond's gaze only lingered briefly on the Chimera Ant.
This was not exactly a respectable choice.
But in his eyes, it was an extremely cost-effective one.
He had already prepared for far too long to return to the Dark Continent.
As for his father's expectations—
Hmph.
When that old man chose to stand in his way, he should have known that Beyond would never let him have things his way either.
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