Attack Range +95 meters, Life Steal 100%!
That's enough!
Another half a month later, after calculating the time, Oboro was very satisfied with the stats displayed on the system panel.
Redemption's skill effect, Life Steal, had long reached its maximum value. The only subsequent increase was in Attack Range…
Critical Damage was also 100%.
From the hunting during this period, Oboro judged that the ants killed by their hands accounted for at least a quarter of the entire ant nest…
In the latter half of the plan, the division chiefs became significantly more cautious, no longer attacking proactively, and even their subordinate soldier ants' hunting routes became quite concealed.
Large-scale hunting was no longer possible…
Even though Chimera Ants are a warlike species, those division chiefs are not fools.
In the face of absolute power, they understand the need to make choices.
He believed that the current division chiefs had reached the peak of their curiosity and desire to explore Nen!
Oboro's objective had been achieved… Next, it was the Hunter Association's turn to appear.
The only attributes Oboro needed to improve were Attack Range, Armor, and Magic Power, which had almost no upper limit.
In other words, Life Steal and Critical Hit had also reached their limits.
The stronger one becomes, the exponentially more difficult it is to advance further, even though Oboro had painstakingly reached this point.
The core elements that truly had no ceiling for him were actually Attack Range, Magic Power, and Armor – these three aspects.
In addition to the effects of Redemption, his Nen rating on the panel had also increased by another level, rising to 6th.
Today is May 6th. Their team's hunting period lasted for more than a month, exceeding Oboro's expectations…
He had originally thought Kite and the Association would arrive in NGL around mid-April, but the reality was slower than he anticipated.
This was even with him having Menchi relay the intelligence in advance.
The timeline for Killua and Gon leaving Greed Island was definitely delayed, which also triggered a butterfly effect, affecting Kite… If it were any later, there might be major trouble.
Because once the Ant King was born and didn't leave NGL, the Hunter Association would have to face not only the Ant King and his three Royal Guards, but also…
"Let's go… we don't need to worry about what happens next."
Immediately, Oboro took Anthony and Fante and hid in a relatively secluded spot within the ants' territory.
Ceasing the extermination of Chimera Ants.
"Captain… the ants definitely know about us now. Not to mention that Colt has been let go. So, if anyone contacts the ants, they will still know about our existence…
If this information reaches Pariston… even if it gets back to the Association, the management will realize that we knew about this crisis long ago but didn't report it in advance."
Along the way, Anthony thought of this point.
"It's fine… Those who know won't leave alive…"
"By the time the news gets out, neither Netero nor the Association will have the energy to focus on us."
Oboro replied casually.
Anthony seemed to understand but not fully.
...
Hunter Association Headquarters.
Pariston sat in his small office.
He looked at the document in his hand with a smile.
It was about the Chimera Ants… This report originated from Kite's investigation team.
But the problem was, from his understanding, Kite and his team, along with Ging's son and the Zoldyck brat, after completing their month-long investigation in Kakin, went to Nantoka, just finished their trip, and were heading to the Mitne Federation.
This means… Kite had never been to NGL, so how would he know that the Chimera Ants' nest was there?
The report didn't contain much information about the Chimera Ants, only confirming the location of the nest and highlighting the species' dangerousness…
Now, the Association had issued a mission, sending some professional hunters. Although the document had raised the danger level of the Chimera Ants, these people still didn't take the threat of this species seriously. Only after they went and suffered heavy casualties would their perspective change.
At this moment, Pariston's phone rang. After answering and conversing briefly, he hung up.
Oboro was already in NGL!
Pariston trusted his intuition. However, the person on the other end of the phone said that Oboro's team might have gone to the 'transfer station.'
The so-called transfer station was an island within the extreme range of human reach in the sea between the human continent and the Dark Continent, serving as a 'checkpoint'…
It could also be seen as the outermost edge of the human world, not the hypothetical new continent mentioned by Kakin. The hypothetical new continent was closer to the Dark Continent and had already escaped human control.
The informant reported that traces of Oboro's team had been found…
This made Pariston's guess waver.
Was he preparing to go to the Dark Continent?
Oboro's plan was to take advantage of the Chimera Ants distracting the Association and tying up the Chairman, thus seizing the opportunity at this moment to achieve his long-held goal?!
If that were the case, Pariston felt he had been tricked!
What Oboro coveted was not the Chimera Ants themselves, but their role and value in this situation… creating an opening for him to break through Netero's blockade.
His and Beyond's game had inadvertently paved the way for Oboro.
This didn't seem like a diversion… The Chairman's seat, the Chimera Ants, Netero – perhaps Oboro never cared about them from the beginning, deliberately feigning desire to create a false impression!
His schemes ran too deep… that man.
The Dark Continent had always been Oboro's ultimate goal. Pariston had reason to believe Oboro would act preemptively and head to that unknown world.
He thought for a moment, reopened his phone, and dialed a number.
There was no waiting tone for the connection, just a busy signal, no signal.
No signal… NGL and the transfer station were both possibilities.
Was it the Chimera Ants, or the Dark Continent?
Pariston felt the pressure… The battle of wits between them depended on who understood whom better.
Just like how he and Beyond joined forces to target the Chairman and planned the ants.
The problem was… both choices were misleading, making it impossible to judge.
Imperceptibly, Pariston felt as if Oboro himself was standing before him, staring with a mocking expression.
"Tell the Chairman? Let him stop Oboro…"
"But this would drag out the time… Not only for the Chairman, but even for V5, the severity of Oboro illegally entering the Dark Continent would be no less than the Chimera Ants themselves. Perhaps the Chairman would be given an important task, freeing him from the ant issue. In that case, his carefully prepared plan for the Chairman would be useless… V5 might personally eliminate the ants, and the Chairman would survive…"
Pariston's mind raced.
Oboro was forcing him to choose between Netero and himself.
Would the old man die, or would Oboro perish?
Oboro had not kept his promise and went to the Dark Continent. Netero would go to stop him, and a major battle would surely erupt between them.
Oboro had violated a taboo, and Netero would likely not hold back… This was a matter of humanity's ultimate boundary, concerning the entire human world.
"He's really… too difficult to deal with…"
Pariston's eyes turned somber. Although he was smiling, his murmuring tone sent a chill down one's spine.
His original plan was good: if Oboro interfered with the Chimera Ants, he would surely leave clues, which he could then expose. After Netero's death, when Oboro smoothly became Chairman, he would reveal the scandal.
He would point out that Oboro had known about the Chimera Ants all along but concealed it, indirectly blaming Oboro for Netero's death.
Although Oboro had considerable prestige within the Association… it was still no match for the Chairman.
Moreover, Pariston was not just making the entire Association an enemy of Oboro, but also V5 behind the scenes… He knew Oboro's background was the underworld. The Fiers family, through some operations, had managed to contain V5… but this balance was only temporary.
Pariston was 100% certain that several V5 leaders had always been wary and hostile towards Oboro.
This incident could be the last straw that tipped the scales, causing the V5 leadership to resolve to eliminate Oboro at all costs. Even if the plan failed, the blow to the Fiers family would be immense.
But now, he had to make a choice… Should he fully commit to NGL, confident that Oboro was there, and witness Netero's downfall?
Or should he monitor the transfer station, find and confirm concrete evidence of Oboro's crimes!
Oboro was different from Beyond… Beyond's fangs were always hidden, and V5 didn't see them.
But Oboro's fangs had already been revealed… Therefore, if Oboro committed a taboo, he would have no escape.
Unlike Beyond, who would be confined to a corner.
A fifty-fifty chance.
"Need to be flexible…"
Pariston murmured.
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