Among the many Squadron Leader Chimera Ants in the original story, only a few stood out.
One of them was the cheetah Chimera Ant, Cheetu, who died by Moses's blade.
And this scorpion-tailed female Chimera Ant before him was another.
'Then let's start with you.'
Moses looked at the scorpion-tailed Chimera Ant from afar with calm eyes.
Although he has some impression of this Chimera Ant, he couldn't recall her name at all.
[Black Sword]
As his Aura surged, a black sword without a sheath conjured in his hand.
Moses's eyes swept over the dozen or so Chimera Ants following behind the Squadron Leader.
Judging by their Manifested Aura, they were likely Officers.
The Chimera Ants had a strictly hierarchical society.
What was interesting was...
When Chimera Ants awakened Nen Abilities, their strength was directly tied to their social class.
Even if the lowest-ranking Peons awakened Nen, they would still remain Peons.
Officers were weaker than Squadron Leaders.
It seemed that before laying eggs, the Queen had already filtered the genes in detail.
So, for these Chimera Ants, some things were predetermined from birth.
After scanning the Chimera Ant Officers, Moses recognized a few.
For example, the spider Chimera Ant that led the team to ambush Pokkle's team in the original work, and the one that shot Ponzu dead before devouring her remains.
And then there was...
The Ultraman Chimera Ant.
Without paying too much attention to it, Moses withdrew his gaze and threw the black sword in his hand to the shadow clone that had just conjured.
'The Queen should already be dead… I wonder if Kite survived as a Chimera Ant like in the original story...'
Moses lowered his head slightly in thought, while controlling his shadow clone to go in the direction of the scorpion-tailed Chimera Ant.
In the forest.
The scantily clad scorpion-tailed Chimera Ant walked at the front of the group.
"Although there is plenty of human food available, there are also some that are good and some that are bad."
The scorpion-tailed Chimera Ant had a smile on her face, her eyes filled with expectations for the future.
"As for me... Of course, I want only the best. So I must choose the perfect territory."
Looking at the gradually opening forest ahead, the smile on the scorpion-tailed Chimera Ant's face became brighter.
With the Queen dead, these Squadron Leaders can now move freely and choose territories to reproduce...
For them, who have inherited most of the human genes, breaking free from the constraints of their species and acting independently was nothing short of bliss.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, the smile on the scorpion-tailed Chimera Ant's face faded a little, and she stopped and looked at the open plain in front of her.
There stood a human holding a black sword.
The person who came was none other than the shadow clone that Moses had sent earlier.
"Zazan-sama, it's that human!!!"
A Chimera Ant Officer also spotted the sudden appearance of Moses's shadow clone and immediately approached the scorpion-tailed Chimera Ant, whispering in alarm.
The scorpion-tailed Chimera Ant, who was called Zazan-sama, suddenly lashed out with her tail and hit the fearful Officer across the face.
Bang!
A dull impact echoed through the area!
The Officer was sent flying, crashing heavily against a nearby tree.
Fortunately, Zazan hadn't intended to kill him, otherwise, even if this blow failed to kill that Chimera Ant Officer, that strike would have sent him hundreds of meters away.
"What are you afraid of? It's just one human."
Zazan glanced at the Chimera Ant Officer with cold eyes.
After saying that, she no longer looked at the Chimera Ant Officer, but instead adjusted her gaze to look at Moses's shadow clone standing motionless on the flat ground.
Then, her gaze moved slightly downwards, settling on the black blade in the shadow clone's hand.
Half a day ago, Cheetu, who was also a Squadron Leader, died under this black sword.
Despite this, Zazan didn't think there was anything scary about this human.
After all...
Humans simply couldn't muster as much life force as Chimera Ants.
So as long as she guarded against sneak attacks, she was practically invincible!
Zazan raised her right arm and pointed at Moses in front of him.
Seeing this, the surrounding Chimera Ant Officers immediately began flanking from both sides, preparing to encircle and kill him.
Now that there is no need to prepare food for the Queen, they might finally have a chance to taste of special human flesh.
When they thought of this, the fear of the Chimera Ant Officers was reduced a lot.
Moses's shadow clone watched expressionlessly at the Chimera Ant Officers that were gradually approaching, showing no intention of attacking first.
The Chimera Ant Officers looked at each other and immediately launched an attack, attacking Moses's shadow clone from all directions.
Outside the battlefield.
Zazan crossed her arms and sneered at Moses's shadow clone, who was surrounded.
At this moment, a shadow in sludge-like form slithered silently behind her.
[Mimicry: Shadow Clone]
The shadow instantly took on the shape of a shadow clone, and then gathered a large amount of Aura on its palm, and stabbed it fiercely at the back of Zazan's head.
A sharp gust of wind erupted…
Zazan narrowed her eyes slightly, and the thick scorpion tail behind her suddenly lashed out like a viper, breaking the shadow clone's arm with great momentum.
Then, the scorpion's tail quickly adjusted its angle and pierced the shadow clone's chest again.
"Do you think I'm an idiot like Cheetu?"
Still crossing her arms, Zazan didn't even bother turning around, and sneered: "You want to launch a sneak attack with such obvious intentions... huh?"
Halfway through his words, Zazan's pupils shrank sharply.
In front of her, another Moses suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
She was originally confident of victory, but before she could react, she felt a sharp pain in her mouth.
It was Moses who drove the black sword into her mouth, which had not yet closed, and then stabbed it diagonally into her brain.
"Maybe it was obvious. But luckily, you're no different from Cheetu."
Moses maintained the posture of drawing the sword, with a calm look in his eyes.
Sometimes, an obvious sneak attack was meant to be noticed.
Only in this way can he silently throw the wooden board engraved with the teleportation Divine Script between Zazan's legs, so that he can teleport over, and instantly conjure the black sword to kill her with one blow.
Zazan looked at Moses, who was so close to him, with a look of surprise, unable to comprehend what had just happened.
…
One minute earlier. Republic of Rokario.
This is a country adjacent to the NGL Autonomous Region.
After Netero left, Knov and the others regrouped with Palm, Knuckle, Shoot, and the others in a remote town.
Given the rapidly evolving situation, the Chimera Ant extermination team urgently needed reinforcements to swiftly eliminate the remaining threats in the nest.
So, Knov and the others now required the assistance of Palm, Knuckle, Shoot, and even Gon and Killua, who could contribute in their own ways.
"Palm, use your Merman Clairvoyance to check on Moses's situation."
Inside the Four-Dimensional Apartment, Knov looked at a woman with disheveled hair, who looked like Sadako.
Afterwards, everyone saw the process of Moses killing the enemy with one strike through the real-time image transmission of Palm's Nen Ability.
"…!!!"
The entire Four-Dimensional Apartment suddenly became quiet.