The Zodiacs were one of the Hunter Association's representatives and symbols.
Frankly speaking, becoming a Professional Hunter among the Zodiacs was equivalent to having one foot planted on the summit of the Hunter Association.
Most of them were Two-Star or Three-Star Hunters, and even the lowest-ranked among them were One-Star Hunters.
But—
Star ratings did not necessarily correspond to strength. Rather, they represented a Professional Hunter's achievements within their respective fields.
For example, Cheadle was a Three-Star Hunter, but her focus and abilities lay in medicine and law.
Those professional fields basically had nothing to do with combat, so Cheadle had been defined in the original work as someone lacking in martial strength.
That was indeed the case. Cheadle's abilities and skills had nothing to do with combat, and since she devoted most of her time and energy to her profession, she naturally had few opportunities to hone her practical combat abilities.
Moreover, someone like Biscuit, who wasted Nen Capacity on non-combat Nen Abilities yet still possessed powerful frontal combat strength, could be said to be exceedingly rare in this world.
Then there was Kanzai, also one of the Zodiacs. Although he was only a One-Star Hunter, his profession involved bodyguard work and treasure hunting, so he came into contact with combat most of the time. Over time, he naturally leaned more toward the fighting type.
In terms of frontal combat strength alone, Kanzai, despite being merely a One-Star Hunter, could absolutely defeat the Three-Star Cheadle.
Therefore, star ratings did not necessarily correspond to strength, but the professions pursued by the Zodiacs largely determined the strength they possessed.
Among all the Zodiacs, the most typical example was Botobai Gigante, a Three-Star Terrorist Hunter.
Achieving Three-Star status in such a professional field was enough to demonstrate Botobai's strength.
That was why