A white shockwave tore across the pitch-black sky of the Dark Continent.
It was the expedition airship Morel was piloting.
At that moment, the airship felt ready to fall apart at any second.
Its enormous metal hull creaked and groaned under the tearing winds.
What blasted from the engine exhaust ports was nothing like ordinary exhaust.
It was a blinding column of blue light.
Morel was shirtless.
A large pipe hung from his mouth.
Both his hands gripped the control stick for dear life.
Beads of sweat the size of soybeans rolled down his forehead.
"This power source is fucking insane!"
Morel roared.
"The second that blue stone went in..."
"The power core nearly blew up."
"We're going five whole times faster than the design limit!!!"
The custom-built airship.
At a speed that defied all reason.
Was tearing across the boundary's fog-shrouded sea, riddled with spatial distortions.
In the cabin at the rear of the airship.
Every member of the Zodiacs clung tightly to a fixed handhold.
The crushing acceleration left them unable even to stand steady.
Kurapika sat in a corner.
His eyes were fixed on the clouds outside the window.
He wished he could sprout wings right then and fly straight there.
But in the spacious central area of the cabin.
The scene was completely different.
Luo Ye sat on a broad leather sofa.
A rectangular metal table stood before him.
Shizuku held up her Blinky.
And kept having it spit things onto the table.
Cases of purified water.
A small mountain of compressed biscuits.
And boxes of emergency medical kits.
Luo Ye held a pen.
And attached freshly printed price tags to the supplies one by one.
Gon leaned over for a look.
His golden eyes filled with question marks.
"Luo Ye."
Gon pointed at a perfectly