Piyou and List were indeed swamped in the control center.
They hurried between the beeping electronic instruments, answering and making phone calls, and pounding away at their keyboards.
When they saw Gelman and Shizuku come in, they nodded in greeting, then went straight back to work.
Gelman and Shizuku weren't in a hurry either.
Gelman stood in front of the surveillance screens, checking on the various areas inside the fortress, while Shizuku started eating the chips and crackers Piyou had left on the table.
Gelman looked over the surveillance footage.
He saw Ging in the Defense Zone, Sacho in the Inspection Zone, Gido in the Casualty Zone, Geru in the Morgue Zone, and Koukou in the Warehouse Zone.
Later, there would also be footage of Menchi in the Catering Zone and Knuckle and the others from the Patrol Team, who were still receiving treatment.
The fortress was still maintaining a degree of order.
Gelman's gaze shifted to the last area—the Supervision Zone.
It was where they were keeping the survivors whom Sacho, Kurapika, and the others had identified as potentially at risk of mutation.
They all had close ties to the bloodline of the Kakin Royal Family.
But perhaps Melody's flute had helped soothe them; so far, there had been no new cases of mutation.
In the footage, Gelman saw not only Biscuit, Izunabi, and Melody stationed in the Supervision Zone, but also some people he hadn't expected, yet whose presence made perfect sense.
Princess Oito and Shutaner were there too.
Having survived the disaster, they weren't acting high and mighty. Seeing the fortress in a state of frantic activity, they weren't about to stand by and watch.
They wanted to help however they could. After hearing about the Supervision Zone, they'd asked the Hunter Association for permission and then