Hunter x Hunter: Tonight, Gelman Joins the Hunt
Chapter 420

Beneath the Veil as It Slowly Lifted: An Exchange of Interests

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Gelman crouched beside the headless bloodthirsty monster's corpse. "Knowledge" unfolded in his mind.

"A person who absorbed Grudge until they couldn't stop, and became a Fierce Beast as a result."

He turned to look at the "blood bags" the bloodthirsty monster had dragged along with its long, fleshy blood vessels.

One monster identical to the bloodthirsty one, several people who had died horribly, and one Demi-human monster.

He could tell the monsters apart because he had gained "knowledge" about the Demi-human monster as well.

"An ant of the Voracious Mating species. It likes to eat other species to extinction, but to survive in the long term, it also raises livestock and stores meat."

Chimera Ants... It had been a while since he'd heard of them. There were Chimera Ants here?

Gelman fell into thought.

The Chimera Ants from the first few generations still had ant-like features. Later generations, having mixed in genes from other species, displayed an astonishing variety of traits.

In other words, Chimera Ants from later generations were not only vastly different from the first generation, but also varied greatly from one another within the same generation.

It was difficult to identify individual Chimera Ants by appearance alone.

Only when a group of bizarre-looking creatures appeared might an observer realize they were Chimera Ants.

Gelman had identified this individual as a Chimera Ant only through "knowledge."

But why were there Chimera Ants here?

Not far away, Kurapika had regained his composure.

His Hokage Eye dimmed. He ate the rice ball Gelman had handed him while watching Gelman's back.

After only a few bites, Kurapika noticed something strange about his body.

Unlike the others who had tried Nitoromi, Kurapika's life force had been depleted, so he could better feel the miraculous effects of Nitoromi.

Especially after activating his Hokage

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