It turned out to be so. Netero was no fool. He nodded and waited to see how things developed.
After that, Uchiha Hiko never returned. Instead, he personally flew toward Pir's location.
It seemed to be in the planet's central-eastern region. Sure enough, it was the perfect place for filth and corruption to fester.
The moment he secretly caught sight of Pir, Uchiha Hiko sensed an extremely Evil Aura.
Such an aura was highly abnormal. For a time, Uchiha Hiko had almost believed that this guy was a terrifying monster whose heart was so twisted that he had reached the utmost calm.
When Netero had first told Uchiha Hiko the name of the person he had chosen, Uchiha Hiko had suddenly recalled those events.
After the Pincer Ant Queen devoured Pir, she incorporated his territory into her development base. She herself hid deep in the mountains, while the outside world became paradise for her monstrous offspring.
Naturally, everything descended into chaos after Meruem was born. The squad leaders beneath the Royal Guard split apart and each declared themselves king. Meruem turned a blind eye to it all, because those creatures were nothing more than ants to him.
Perhaps in his eyes, aside from the guards who were his servants, everything else fell into only two categories: food and enemies. Had the unexpected blind girl Komugi not appeared in the end, there probably would not have been any other outcome.
Even ordinarily, Pir was exceptionally inhuman. Human trafficking, drugs, even arms dealing—he seemed to be the most powerful man in the entire underworld, because he was the only one who truly held complete control over a country.
Moreover, Pir's nature of never trusting anyone was quite unique. Even when he slept, he would enter a secret location.
There, he possessed the