Chapter 687 If You're Late, I Won't Wait

In this world, no one would question Netero's abilities.

As a transmigrator, Moses, with his 'God's perspective', had even less reason to doubt Netero's capability to handle the Chimera Ant incident.

In fact, Netero had indeed carried out the decapitation operation against the Chimera Ant King.

But the cost was his life.

That's why Moses had told Netero, 'I'm afraid you'll die.'

Of course, Netero didn't understand the deeper meaning behind Moses's words. At the moment, he simply found it utterly baffling.

Netero had explicitly forbidden Pro Hunters in the Hunter Association from going to the Dark Continent. However, Moses had not only violated the rules, but also dragged along two of the Zodiacs, as well as Sanbica, a model worker who is a role model of professionalism in the Hunter Association.

That would have been fine, but the first thing Moses did upon returning from the Dark Continent was to come and undermine him.

While Netero thought this way, he knew that Moses was not the kind of person who would act without any reason.

"Hohoho…"

Netero stroked his beard and said meaningfully, "It seems you have a good understanding of the danger level of these 'ants'."

"More or less."

Moses brushed it off perfunctory and got straight to the point: "Old man, just tell me… do you agree to let me join or not?"

"I'll think about it."

Netero also replied perfunctory.

In fact, he did not expect Moses to come back at this time, and was already on his way to join him without consulting to him first.

Although he was inclined to accept Moses's initiative, based on Moses's dismissive remark just now, he didn't mind teasing Moses for a while.

On the other end of the phone, Moses's forehead twitched slightly.

There was no helping it-

After all, there is an 'inspection department' in the Hunter Association, so before executing a certain commission, proper procedures had to be followed.

For example, this mission to deal with the Chimera Ants incident.

The Hunter Association's members participating in it had been screened and discussed beforehand. In fact, the Inspection Department and some members of the Zodiacs had disagreed with Netero's choices of bringing only Morel and Knov.

But in the end, they couldn't go against Netero's decision, especially since the calamities brought through the Ancient Pipelines had left the Hunter Association in a state of chaos, so they didn't waste too much effort on the matter of 'selecting people'.

The main reason was that they were well aware of one thing...

That is, once Netero made a decision on something, no matter how much they tried, they couldn't change his mind.

Given all this, even if Moses wanted to participate in the Chimera Ant extermination mission, he would at least need Netero's approval to gain the official status to join the operation.

But Moses was already on his way to NGL before getting that 'approval'.

It did have a bit of a 'act first, report later' vibe, but no matter how you looked at it, Moses's participation would undoubtedly be beneficial.

"With my 'combat level', do you really need to think about it? Old man, I seriously suspect you're holding a personal grudge."

This was not the first day that Moses knew Netero. He simply ignored the formalities between a member and the Chairman, and spoke bluntly.

Hearing Moses's words, Netero, who was on the other end of the phone, raised his finger and helplessly scratched his forehead.

"I'll be waiting for you in NGL. Hurry up and get here. If you're late, I won't wait."

After saying this, without giving Moses any chance to respond, Netero decisively hung up the phone and put his phone away.

At this moment, he was sitting in the back of a transport truck heading to NGL.

Besides him, there were Morel, Knov, and several members of Kite's Wildlife Exploration Team in the truck.

The members of Kite's team lacked combat power, so they are responsible for receiving the incoming reinforcements outside NGL.

At this moment, everyone, including Morel and Knov, was looking at Netero, who had just put away his phone.

The call hadn't been private, and the phone's volume hadn't been lowered, so everyone crammed in the truck could vaguely hear the content of the conversation.

Hearing someone speak to Netero in such a tone over the phone, they were momentarily stunned.

However, the reactions of Morel and Knov were relatively normal.

"Is that the famous Double-Star Blacklist Hunter from a few years ago?"

Knov habitually pushed his glasses up with his middle finger and commented, "He sure doesn't hold back his words."

"Hohoho..."

Netero also habitually stroked his beard, but unlike Knov's sharp response, he seemed completely unfazed.

Morel had interacted with Moses before, so when he heard Knov's pointed remark, he couldn't find the right words to respond and simply rubbed his nose.

As for the other members of Kite's team, they could only remain silent like ostriches.

"Chairman, we will arrive at NGL's border by evening. If this famous Double-Star Blacklist Hunter doesn't make it in time, should we wait for him at the entry point?"

Knov asked, his tone implying something.

Netero pondered for a moment when he heard this.

The members of Kate's team, who were sitting on the side, exchanged glances, seemingly wanting to say something but hesitating.

Given the characteristics of the Chimera Ants, bypassing their defenses to directly target the Queen was no easy task.

But they also had to resolve the situation before the Queen gave birth to the King, meaning they had to act quickly...

If they delayed for the sake of waiting for one person, not only could the severity of the situation increase, but Kite and the others, who were already deep in enemy territory gathering intelligence, might also be affected.

Just as the members of Kite's biological investigation team were about to speak up and make a suggestion, Netero made the decision first.

"We won't wait."

Although experts from all sides concluded that it would take another two months for the Chimera Ant King to be born, Netero wasn't going to waste any time.

So, regardless of what Knov's intentions were when he brought it up, Netero only became more focused on the mission.

Seeing that Netero had no intention of waiting for Moses at the border, Knov adjusted his glasses again and said nothing more.

The members of Kite's team also breathed a sigh of relief.

They were deeply concerned about the safety of Kite, Gon, and Killua.

For them, getting reinforcements to the team as quickly as possible was the best outcome.