A few days later.
At a safe house on the outskirts of Yorknew City.
Sunlight streamed into the room through the blinds.
The table was piled with intricate test reports and maps.
Kite held a satellite phone.
His expression was grave as he listened to the report on the other end.
The call ended.
Kite spread several documents across the table.
Gon and Killua immediately moved closer.
Luo Ye lay on a long sofa in the corner of the room.
He was dozing with his eyes closed.
Shizuku sat on the carpet.
She was absorbed in assembling a complicated jigsaw puzzle.
"The test results match the Hunter Association's intelligence."
Kite pointed to a string of data on the report.
"The remains we sampled that night."
"There was a particular trace mineral in the contents of its stomach."
"At present, that mineral is known to exist in only one place."
Kite planted his finger firmly on a section of the map.
"The NGL Autonomous Region."
Killua glanced at the map.
His brows furrowed slightly.
"What kind of place is that?"
"I've been to so many countries."
"But I've never even heard of it."
Kite braced both hands on the table.
"It's a country completely cut off from the outside world."
"They call it nature's cradle."
Kite's voice was low.
"They reject all modern technology."
"No internet."
"No communications towers."
"No modern medicine or transportation."
"The people there live the same primitive lives people did centuries ago."
Gon's eyes widened.
"How can a place like that defend itself against Chimera Ants?"
Kite sighed.
"That's the worst part."
"According to the scraps of information from the informants the Association planted along its borders."
"There have been severe, large-scale disappearances inside NGL over the past few months."
"Many villages have been emptied overnight."
Kite