Although it was still within the scope of the human world, it was also relatively close to the Dark Continent. It belonged to the edge of the human world.
The waters between Lake Mobius, where the human continent was located, and the Dark Continent, had some deserted islands, which weren't large.
The Association had received news that there might be species from the Dark Continent that had sneaked onto an island from the other side of the land. If they weren't stopped, it might bring a fatal disaster once they entered the human world.
What they had to go to was the tenth island on the third route.
However, what Oboro's team had to complete was just an investigation. There were no other instructions... After all, the news might not be accurate, and might not be true.
If they really discovered a creature from the Dark Continent, the team didn't need to solve it. They just needed to return as soon as possible.
So, the mission had been raised to three stars because it involved the Dark Continent, but there was no need to mobilize two Zodiacs.
In Oboro's opinion, the reason why they had done this might be entirely due to the Zodiacs' own wishes.
Ging Freecss's purpose had been achieved!
The Zodiacs had focused their attention on Oboro... It was still impossible to determine whether Pariston was playing tricks in this.
Pariston was the Vice Chairman, and his power was higher than the others in the Zodiacs. It was very easy for him to make some arrangements.
Back then, when the V5 went to the Dark Continent, there were a total of several routes. Including the Chairman's two trips to the Dark Continent, they had also gone according to specific routes... The direction of each journey wasn't the same either.
It was worth mentioning that humans had only been exploring the edge of the Dark Continent all along. Including the five great calamities they had brought back, they were all things from the very edges of the Dark Continent.
Even if we were to go further back, the information that humans had about the Dark Continent was only limited to what had been recorded in ancient books, and had been passed down by word of mouth.
They had never truly entered the Dark Continent, and had never stepped through that door...
It was equivalent to wandering outside the forest...
Even so, the price was quite high.
A week later, the group of eight, led by Oboro, first applied to the Immigration Bureau, and reported to the V5. Then, they boarded the official ship that had been designated, and followed the third route to the island to investigate.
"It would be great if the news was fake... In that case, we wouldn't have to put in any effort. We would just run errands, and complete a three-star mission."
Inside the cabin, Anthony crossed his legs, held a tabloid magazine in his hand, and fantasized.
Sitting across from him was Gel, who was also holding a book related to pharmacology, and was reading.
The woman didn't raise her head, and said directly, "The authenticity of the news is still very high... This mission was directly issued by the V5, which shows that it's not unfounded. Moreover, the confidentiality is very high. Besides the people related to the mission and the higher-ups of the Association, others don't know about it."
Without her emphasizing it, everyone understood what the Dark Continent meant.
A taboo.
"I heard that the Kakin Empire has also sent people..." Standing on the side, Oboro raised an eyebrow.
When he said this, he glanced at Saiyu without making a sound.
"Is that so? How come I don't know?" Gel was a bit shocked, and put down her book.
"The Kakin Empire once released a commission to investigate new types of organisms. Oh... Right, the time was when Pariston was elected as Vice Chairman." Oboro said with a smile.
"They're messing around so much?"
Gel's tone turned cold. After Oboro reminded her, she remembered that there was indeed such a thing.
The Kakin Empire had changed its system and name about 30 years ago due to a revolution, and had then withdrawn from the V5 treaty, and had evolved into the current national conditions.
The Kakin Empire was considered to be very influential and powerful among the countries of the Six Continents, and didn't have to look at the V5's face at all... And the V5 couldn't do much about it.
The so-called investigation of new types of organisms referred to species that had never appeared in the human world, and the spearhead was directed at... Naturally, the Dark Continent.
This country seemed to have a sign of breaking the agreement of 'not invading the Dark Continent'.
It was an uncertain hidden danger.
Their team only needed to carry out an investigation, but if the people from Kakin landed on the island, caused some changes, or brought back unknown species...
"Don't worry. Since I know, the V5 must have received the information a long time ago, and will send people to stop them... But they won't entrust our people to do it." Seeing her expression, Oboro spoke to ease the atmosphere.
"Regarding the investigation released by the Kakin Empire, what do you know about the so-called new organisms...?"
Oboro asked knowingly.
"New organisms? It's been a while, right... During this time, the investigation missions and teams entrusted in the Association seem to have increased sharply... Could it be related to our mission this time?" Before Gel could answer, Menchi, who was sitting on the sofa on the side, couldn't help but frown.
"There should be a little... It's precisely because of the appearance of new species that the V5 is so vigilant about foreign objects sneaking into the human world." Oboro nodded slightly.
"What do you know?"
The Association hadn't investigated the matter of the new organisms clearly yet.
But looking at Oboro's expression, it was as if he knew some inside information.
Gel looked over.
"I don't know... I'm just guessing. If the new organisms really originate from the Dark Continent, then the subsequent situation might be quite serious." Oboro shook his head.
Okay, I will provide a direct translation of the text, remembering to replace "Rodman" with "Rod" throughout and "Botswana tribe" with "Gyudondond Tribe".
He didn't want to tell the truth.
The new organisms were the Chimera Ants.
The ants had already begun to breed in the human world a long time ago, but they were located in the Balsha Archipelago, within the borders of the Mitene Federal NGL Autonomous Region. The NGL Autonomous Region had the reputation of being the 'most difficult nature reserve to enter'.
Wanting to enter it was even more difficult than East Gorteau.
Speaking of NGL, one had to mention Zakuro.
He was the hero who founded the NGL Autonomous Region. Because of his growth environment and some experiences, he had felt the malice of this world towards him since he was a child.
Therefore, Zakuro's purpose in creating NGL was to vent his evil on all mankind, a kind of revenge!
Drugs, arms, and medicines, all contraband flowed out of this country to the outside world... All of them were products that could threaten human life.
NGL had always been a headache for V5.
NGL was more difficult to interfere with or enter than East Gorteau. It was said to be a country, but it was more like a large criminal organization... The scale of a country was far beyond the relatively scattered mafia.
Because it was difficult to be interfered with by external factors, and the situation was special, V5 had no solution, and could only let NGL wreak havoc.
It was also not difficult to see that Zakuro already had strategies and ideas to deal with V5 when he created NGL.
Therefore, the progress of this new organism investigation was very slow.
The outside world knew nothing about everything that happened in its country.
Of course, the slow progress, which led to the crazy hatching of ants... There was also another reason, which was that Pariston was interfering.
This guy was targeting Netero... He wanted to do something with the ants, and had been planning it for a long time.
The purpose was to break the old man's rules, which prohibited going to the Dark Continent. This was only one of them! The second was that Pariston admired Netero very much, so much so that his twisted personality wanted to destroy...
There was another person's shadow in this matter, Beyond...
And the reason why Oboro had never interfered with the ant incident was that the large-scale breeding of Chimera Ants was also beneficial to him... If hunting magical beasts could obtain souls and black mist, what about Chimera Ants?
The amplification effect he would get would be even greater... Another point was that the Chairman's abdication was also a part of his plan.
However, now because he was around, Oboro might try to save the old man, but the hope wasn't great...
It wouldn't be long before the old man and Ant King Meruem fought... During this time, the improvement he could get to intervene in that level of battle wouldn't be easy.
Mainly, putting aside the Poor Man's Rose, the old man himself actually hadn't brought much pressure to the Ant King... Let alone him.
The Ant Queen had arrived on the human land even longer ago. At that time, he had even less room and space to intervene... And didn't have the energy to care about this matter.
Not to mention the Association, he was still cultivating in the deep mountains or had just arrived at the Heavens Arena.
It could only be said that Netero's downfall was ordained by fate... And Oboro couldn't reverse it.
Oboro's arrival as a transmigrator would indeed cause some 'butterfly effects', such as Biscuit and Wing, the Troupe, and Hisoka... But there were some things that even he couldn't do.
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