Anything's fine! No matter what you say, I'll do it!
Originally, Gon was looking at this scene and was still guessing that Neferpitou was harming the human girl.
As a result, Neferpitou's various appearances finally made him make another discovery.
"Are you healing her?"
Gon looked up at the giant doll: "Is this your healing ability? Are you unable to use En (Circle) and need to concentrate all your energy to activate it?"
Seeing Gon recognize the situation in the field, Neferpitou's body trembled again.
"Anything's fine! No matter what you say, I'll do it!!"
Neferpitou had never felt this kind of anxiety and sense of crisis before.
And it wasn't for herself but for this human girl, the one whom their king cared deeply for!
"So... Please wait a little longer, I..."
Neferpitou gritted its teeth.
"No matter what, I must save this human!"
Hearing this, Gon also stopped in his tracks.
The way Neferpitou spoke and that desperate expression really did seem like she was healing her.
And Gon, who always cared deeply about life and about the pleas of others, truly hesitated.
Seeing Neferpitou like this, the innocence he had when facing Genthru before came back to him.
Yes, it was at that time when he was dealing with Genthru.
He raised his hand and said he wanted to surrender; he asked Gon to let go of this one card and leave it to him.
Gon really believed it foolishly and went to Genthru's side to check his Book to find out which card it was.
As a result, he was chopped in the throat by Genthru's backhand knife.
If Gon hadn't reacted in time and protected his throat with his aura, he might have died directly.
It has to be said that his silly innocence always brings him all kinds of things, just like now.
"Why do you have to save her?"
Gon also asked such a question out of curiosity.
"Because she is... Someone cherished by the one I care about most..."
Faced with the current situation, Neferpitou honestly explained, not daring to hide a thing.
Truthfully and openly, all in hopes of earning Gon's trust.
Especially since Gon really did seem to be wavering.
"It's because of this human that our king became our king. That's how important she is."
"So... as long as I can save her, that's enough..."
Neferpitou said in a low voice: "So after that, whatever you want to do to me, I'll accept it."
As expected!
Killua, behind them, thought to himself that this wasn't any different from what he imagined.
Except…
"Is this girl really that important to the Ant King?"
Neferpitou said it was because of this girl that their king existed as he was.
Then... without her, what would become of their king...?
That thought surged into Killua's mind, and his palms even subconsciously rubbed together.
Fortunately, those were just old instincts from his days as an assassin.
Now, Killua could completely control such impulses.
He immediately pushed that dangerous thought out of his head.
Not to mention, it was an innocent life.
There was no reason to put that kind of pressure on her.
And even further, if they really tried to act, with Neferpitou protecting her,
Neferpitou would likely go all-out, fighting them to the death.
Even though they'd made great progress in strength, they still weren't strong enough to match Neferpitou, especially if she went berserk.
That would lead to an unacceptable outcome.
Not to mention…
"Gon... He wouldn't do something like that."
Killua looked at Gon, who had also slowly relaxed his battle stance.
He wouldn't even think of doing something like that.
At most, Gon was just thinking about fighting the royal guards.
"How long will it take you to heal her?"
"Roughly three to four hours."
Neferpitou replied quickly, seeing Gon about to relent.
"If you think I might try anything after the treatment..."
Neferpitou added immediately.
"I can break my own arms and legs."
"If it doesn't affect the healing process, you can attack me however you want, I won't resist."
"But please... Let me save her life!!"
Neferpitou's tone couldn't even be more sincere.
And that sincerity successfully moved Gon's heart.
Gon had always been the type to show mercy when someone surrendered or begged.
Even back in the original timeline, when he was furious about Kite,
After Neferpitou made such a plea, he still held back his tears, unable to vent his emotions.
He even cried out at Neferpitou: "Why were you only kind to her, but so cruel to Kite!!"
Just like when he was captured by the Phantom Troupe and saw Nobunaga weep over Uvogin, he said: "So even you cry for your comrades..."
"Then why can't you share even a little of that feeling with all the innocent people you've killed?!!"
In Gon's eyes, even cruel groups like the Phantom Troupe had emotions.
So, back then, he mistakenly believed Neferpitou had some humanity.
Seeing her trying so hard to protect the human girl, Gon couldn't bring himself to attack; he could only wait for the treatment to finish.
But what he never realized… was that Neferpitou had no humanity at all.
Everything she did was purely to follow the Ant King's orders from the king's perspective.
If the king said he no longer needed Komugi, Neferpitou would kill her without hesitation.
If the king ordered Neferpitou to die by Gon's hand, Neferpitou would leap into death like a moth to flame…
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