69novels Chapter 173 Sheep Transformation x Nob x Morales 5
Chapter 173 Sheep Transformation x Nob x Morales 5
Chapter 173 Sheep Transformation x Nob x Morrow
Will Neferpitou come back?
It's probably possible.
However, they probably won't be coming anytime soon.
Su Wu glanced into the distance, then looked away, thinking to herself.
Because that cat-like ant started fighting with the two siblings again, and it was quite belligerent.
He can fight with anyone.
Judging from its appearance and strength, that ant should be one of the more prominent characters in the original Chimera Ant arc, right? After all, a minor character like cannon fodder shouldn't look like that.
Instead, they should look like—
Su Wu caught a glimpse of a passerby's pig-headed ant out of the corner of her eye and killed it without saying a word.
A pig walking upright, that's really an eyesore, okay?
The ant with cat ears and a tail, or simply the cat ant, can be analyzed based on its personality, strength, and allegiances...
Is he the one who stirs up hatred? The one who criticizes villains? The second-in-command among the Chimera Ants?
At least for now, I haven't sensed a second ant that's stronger than the other.
The only one should be the King Ant.
The Ant King and the strongest human... well, I'll reluctantly give this flashy title to Netero; these two are destined to fight each other.
Cat Ant and the other ants should be dealt with by other hunters. Judging from Cat Ant's character, she might be a match for Xiao Jie and his group.
After all, the protagonist needs to be given an opponent; someone too strong won't do, and someone too weak won't do either.
If it were a regular anime, Su Wu would believe it if they said the main characters would fight the Ant King.
But Hunters... Gon and Killua, who were only there for less than ten minutes before being brutally awakened by reality, had just fled in panic not long ago. No matter what, they wouldn't just send the protagonist to his death to fight the Chimera Ant King, would they?
Even if there are constraints and oaths, to gain the strength to defeat the Ant King in a short time... you'd have to die, right?
Trading death for the ability to defeat the Ant King, or something like that—one life for another.
Ah, their current strength is far behind that of the cat ants.
As for Chairman Netero...
Su Wu recalled the feeling he had when he first met the other person.
Although he is much stronger than most people, he is old after all, and probably hasn't fought seriously in a long time. The Ant King is only a few years old, and he is young and strong.
There's a saying that goes, "Even a novice can defeat a master with a flurry of punches," and that's the idea behind it.
No matter how you look at it, based on individual strength alone, humanity has no chance of winning.
However, the ending will definitely be a victory for humans, otherwise it wouldn't pass censorship... Hmm, Japanese anime should be the same.
Kate didn't seem to be with them; she chose to act alone.
His back view was menacing, as if he was about to kill a chimera ant with a single blow.
"Let's go too." Su Wu stopped the various thoughts wandering in her mind and left with Kong.
……
"Are you two going to be our enemies?" Neferpitou looked at the two mysterious and strange men in front of him. His smile was obvious, but it was not friendly at all. Instead, it made people feel cold.
Despite always remaining an observer by the Queen's side, she never offered any assistance and even just now prevented her from chasing the tiger.
Although I don't know why the Queen kept them both alive in the first place, they were really not likable.
"We're not good at fighting," Aimei shook her head.
They just didn't want the other side to hurt Kong. The battle between humans and ants had nothing to do with bystanders like them.
Kong was just an observer, like them.
Neferpitou clearly wasn't going to listen to their excuses; she showed no mercy to anyone who stood in her way, except for the King.
The cat-like claws swept past the two siblings in the blink of an eye; all that was caught was a fleeting afterimage.
By the time Neferpitou realized it, it had already retracted its claws.
"...Brother." Alice saw the little lamb in her arms suddenly jump to the ground and rush towards Neferpitou.
Alice then swiftly grabbed Neferpitou's hand, and in the next instant, Neferpitou transformed into a white lamb in her grasp, docile and harmless.
"I'm fine." Amy's tone was calm, even though Neferpitou had severed both of her hands. Not a drop of blood flowed from her wounds.
The two hands that had fallen to the ground, along with the fabric of their clothes, transformed into a mass of black, flowing matter that crawled back onto his body and merged back into him.
His arms grew back in an instant, and even his clothes were completely intact.
"Send her back," Amy said, without holding any grudge against Neferpitou for what he had done.
Amy picked up the lamb Neferpitou had transformed into and casually fed it a handful of grass seeds. Neferpitou, now a sheep, seemed to genuinely believe it was a sheep and showed no resistance to the grass seeds in front of it.
Inside the ant's nest.
Watching the two familiar creatures go from leaving with one sheep to returning with two sheep in their arms, the ants left behind in the nest looked around curiously, unable to tell which one was the extra one.
"Is that extra food you caught?" some ants asked bluntly.
But this is too small. It needs to be raised to a bigger size before it can be eaten. For now, it's just enough to whet its appetite.
"No, it's Neferpitou." Amy casually placed the lamb on the ground and took a few steps back.
Alice stepped forward, reached out and touched the lamb on the ground, then disappeared into the nest with Amy.
The original little sheep transformed back into Neferpitou.
The ants who had just asked if this was food: ...
Oh no, it's Lord Neferpitou!
Neferpitou, now back in her original form, clearly remembered her transformation into a sheep. She flashed a smile brimming with boundless curiosity, her face contorted with rage.
……
At dawn, white fog spread through the forest, growing thicker and thicker until visibility was zero.
The ant army, out hunting, got lost in the thick fog and soon lost sight of their companions.
There was only one place where there was no fog.
The white fog was blocked by the tent, but only those within fifty meters inside the tent could see what was happening; everything outside was obscured by the thick fog.
To the average person, fog in the forest is a perfectly normal occurrence, but to Su Wu…
"Dense fog? Human Nen ability, huh? If it's this strong, then the Hunter Association has arrived."
Besides the inexplicably thick fog, what we should be paying more attention to are those figures that suddenly disappeared.
Two Nen abilities? One uses mist to conceal the situation, and the other uses a teleportation-like ability to send ants away?
Where was it sent? Or was it disposed of directly?
An alternate-dimensional black hole? That looks pretty cool.
If he steps out of the tent, will he be snatched away by the black hole?
Thinking this, Su Wu fearlessly walked out of the tent the next second. She waited for a long time, but the black hole under her feet, like the other vanished ants, never appeared.
"Racial discrimination?" He pondered for a moment, then placed a huge accusation on the ability.
In the original world, this would involve certain unspeakable truths.
"Kong, come here." Su Wu directed Kong to step forward.
Discrimination against humans, huh? Warcraft should probably be shut down by now.
On a distant mountain, two humans are observing the fog-shrouded forest below from their elevated position.
"...There are humans in the forest." The man, dressed in a suit, wearing glasses, with smooth black hair, and clearly an elite, spoke in a strange tone.
A forest teeming with ants, yet there are still living humans?
Another white-haired man with a broad face and wearing sunglasses made a "whoosh" sound but didn't say anything.
Su Wu waited for a long time but the black hole did not appear under his or Kong's feet. He endured it again and again, but finally decided not to endure it anymore.
"Whose power is that extradimensional black hole?"
Norbu and Mo Laowu on the mountain suddenly looked up and saw a figure appear above them—
A white-haired boy with black tattoos on his face.
The other person looked very unhappy at this moment, and the people who made them unhappy... seemed to be the two of them?
Wait, the extradimensional black hole, is that referring to Nob's ability?
Mo Laowu looked at the black-haired man with glasses standing to the side.
"It's my ability, but it's not called an extradimensional black hole. What do you need?" Nob put down the book in his hand, adjusted his glasses, and asked with a confident and calm demeanor.
"Why didn't you pull me in?" the white-haired boy asked unhappily, his brows furrowed.
Huh? What's wrong with this person?
Mo Laowu and Norbu were taken aback.
This is the first time I've encountered someone asking why I don't use my abilities on him.
That's just... insane.
"Hurry, pull me, pull me! Let me experience it! I'm so curious about what would happen if I fell into that black hole..."
"Is it the ability to teleport? Will you fall down and appear in another place? Or will you die if you fall down?" The white-haired boy asked with great interest, offering various guesses.
He sounded like he was really looking forward to this situation.
Although what he said wasn't entirely wrong.
Falling down will indeed take you to another place, and it will indeed result in a death ending, but why does it always feel like something is wrong?
"Instead of that, why don't you tell me why you're in the forest?" Nob countered.
"...Because I am an ant." Su Wu thought for a moment and said without hesitation.
It's perfectly reasonable for ants to stay near their nest, right?
I'm already an ant, can't you just use your abilities on me already?
"...We're not blind," Mo Laowu chuckled.
Can't they tell the difference between humans and ants?
Even the ants that hatch after eating humans don't actually look like humans; rather, they resemble hybrids of many species.
The ears, tail, wings, and other parts all have non-human features.
Of course, facial markings are also common on ants, but tattoos are not uncommon among humans either.
In short, this white-haired boy is a human being, a purebred one.
"Seriously, you're from the Hunter Association, right? Where's Chairman Netero?" Su Wu pouted, asking impatiently.
These two aren't as fun as the old man. Let's see how the old man is prepared. Can he go up and box with the Ant King right now?
He was still looking forward to seeing the two of them fight.
"The president isn't here," Nob replied casually.
If a stranger asks where the president is, of course you shouldn't tell them.
"Tsk." The white-haired boy clicked his tongue lightly, and both Nobu and Mo Laowu heard that irritated voice.
"You're lying to me." He stared at Nob with his pale blue eyes.
"Do I look like someone who's easy to fool?" he asked with a bright smile, but his eyes were icy cold.
A suffocating feeling of cold, dampness instantly overwhelmed all his senses; Norb's pupils contracted, and cold sweat soaked his shirt.
Fear, racing heart, difficulty breathing...
He clutched his heart, knelt on the ground, and could no longer meet the other person's gaze.
Sinking, sinking and sinking, as if sinking into the bottom of the sea where there is no sun. Under the intense water pressure, even the internal organs were squeezed and deformed.
"...Enough." Upon seeing this, Mo Laowu immediately stopped the culprit who had caused all of this.
Norb is an important member of their plan, and it would be terrible if something went wrong.
"Is this guy's ability to withstand pressure a little too weak? Is he faking it?" Su Wu narrowed her eyes slightly as she looked at Nob, feeling that the other party didn't seem to be acting.
Is this for real...?
If this is unbearable, what would happen if this guy went to the front lines to face the Ant King head-on... He'd probably mess things up in no time, right?
No? That's it? The people the Hunter Association sent? This is their skill level?
Su Wu was greatly shocked and took two steps back, like a passerby walking on the side of the road afraid of being extorted by an elderly person who suddenly falls down.
I wasn't really trying to scare the other person, was I? At most, there was just a tiny bit of murderous intent and malice... well, maybe half at most.
Dude, you dressed up so smartly, and you were so calm before, like a hidden master, but it turns out you're all show and no substance.
"I will not take responsibility for this," Su Wu stated first.
This guy is too weak. The other person next to him is fine, so why is he the only one in trouble? It's fake; he's definitely trying to scam someone.
"Wake up." Mo Laowu pressed his hands on Norb's shoulders and shook him vigorously.
Seemingly awakened from a dark and hopeless nightmare, Nob shivered, his eyes glazed.
You should know that for people of their skill level, they wouldn't feel cold even if they practiced boxing shirtless in freezing weather.
But at that moment, he felt incredibly cold.
"Your mental fortitude is really terrible, even worse than an elementary school student's. You need to practice some more," the white-haired boy said with a grin, putting a hand on his shoulder.
It was as if the person who had deliberately threatened Nob not long ago was someone else.
Nob wanted to slap the hand off his shoulder, but for some reason, he didn't dare to do so.
It seemed as if the other party had scared away all their courage.
"..." Su Wu chuckled and withdrew her hand, even shaking it off in disgust, having already lost interest in Norbu.
How weak! No matter how capable or how great their potential, this kind of person is still just a weakling.
He has a cowardly and incompetent soul.
"Hey, where is the chairman? If you don't tell me, I'm going to go play with the Ant King." He pouted and couldn't help but urge him on.
If someone were to overturn the table at the slightest disagreement and preemptively kill the Ant King, would that affect the original storyline?
But even if it has an impact, what does it have to do with him?
Ants are so resilient that even if they are beaten half to death, they will recover in no time, right?
"...If you go and win, all the hunters will be happy, and we will cheer for you," Mo Laowu couldn't help but say.
They even wished the other party would hurry up and genuinely hoped that the other party would win.
Even if he felt the hope was slim.
After all, the Ant King's strength... no matter what, is not something that can be easily defeated.
Su Wu twitched the corner of her mouth.
I won, and then you guys went and had a victory party?
Am I some kind of traitor? Do I seem to enjoy sacrificing for humanity?
Suddenly I don't want to go anymore.
"What is your purpose in catching those ants?" Su Wu changed her question.
He had figured it out: given Nob's mental fortitude, it was impossible for him to possess such a massively destructive capability.
The idea of killing something instantly upon sucking it into a black hole is simply impossible; this guy looks like he's just a logistics guy.
So it's an auxiliary ability similar to storage space and item transfer?
So, what was the purpose of the other party moving the ants? For research? Or...?
Send the ants to someone who can deal with them?
But these are just small fry.
"The chairman is making preparations for the battle against the Ant King," Mo Laowu replied.
"Oh~" Su Wu nodded in sudden realization.
Having not competed for years, he urgently underwent recovery training to ensure he was in top form. Just like a guy who slacks off in class but starts cramming the night before the exam, even the president needs to cram at the last minute.
(End of this chapter)