Four figures swept through the dense branches like swallows. Other than the rushing wind, not a sound could be heard.
Gelman, Ging, Biscuit, and Shizuku weaved through the forest with near-perfect fluidity, each following a separate, nonintersecting trajectory.
"Chairman Netero and the others are up ahead." Gelman's black robe fluttered as he pointed. "They've noticed us approaching, too."
Ging nodded. "I see them... Following the directions we were given and the Hunter Association Double X Marks they left behind, we finally found them."
He took off his felt hat and tied back his spiky hair with a yellow-brown headband, making him look at least five or six years younger.
Biscuit, her golden hair tied in a bun, said nothing, but couldn't help showing her delight. It had been a long time since she'd last seen Chairman Netero.
Shizuku quietly followed behind the others.
Through the control center, Gelman had informed the fortress's core members of Pam's intel. He then decided to set out at once to find Chairman Netero and the others.
The team he assembled was naturally the four-person group with the best rapport.
As for the duties Ging, Biscuit, and Shizuku had been handling in the fortress, Kite and the others could take over.
To truly resolve the "disaster" unfolding on this continent, they would have to eliminate its "source."
Gelman realized that Chairman Netero and the others would have come to the same conclusion. They had most likely gone after the "source of the disaster."
Finding them was as good as finding the source of everything.
Soon, the Chimera Ant Nest came into view, a mound of earth and stone piled up like a rocky spire. Six figures stood beneath its shadow.
Chairman Netero, Micenei Strome, Morel, Potbelly, Kansai, and Ginta watched the four-person team rush toward