Cordis ate as he watched the television screen.
Unsurprisingly, that so-called Supreme Leader Digo was wrapped from head to toe in something resembling threads, which were controlled by a doll-like figure with enormous eyes.
He manipulated the threads with all ten fingers. Every twitch of a finger made Supreme Leader Digo's body move in turn.
He was just like Kite. Unless Cordis was mistaken, this supreme leader had probably died at Meruem's hands long ago and ended up just like Kite.
Stitched together into a puppet by Neferpitou.
Cordis soon looked away. He took out a handkerchief, wiped his hands, and remarked, "Looks like they're planning to conduct a [selection] at the rally."
At that, even the normally impassive Knov's voice grew grave. "Although we don't know how they'll carry out this selection..."
"What we do know is that ninety-nine percent of the humans there will die."
As he spoke, Knov seemed to feel the gravity of the situation himself. Millions upon millions of people were waiting for them to save them. If they failed, once those ants absorbed this entire nation's population...
What would they become?
Knov couldn't even imagine it.
This concerned not only the lives of this country's people, but the safety of the human race itself.
"We have to stop them before that happens."
"We have ten days."
As soon as he finished, Cordis asked worriedly, "What about the chairman? How is he doing?"
Knov pushed up his glasses, his expression just as grim. "The chairman said he'd infiltrated East Gorteau, but we haven't heard anything from him since."
"He said that if we still hadn't heard from him today, we should consider him dead and begin the operation ahead of schedule."
He had barely finished when his phone beeped twice. Knov took it out and