When the village marked on the map as the closest to Qiao Lun and the others came into view, a sense of foreboding had already settled over everyone.
Various farming tools lay scattered in the rice paddies, with blood spattered near them.
Some of the houses in the village showed signs of damage, and as they crossed the rice paddies, they heard no sound at all.
Not just human voices-even the sounds of livestock were absent.
The entire village was as silent as the grave!
Various strange claw prints could still be seen in the soft earth of the rice paddies, each kind different, but those tracks were nowhere to be seen in the village. Only a scene of devastation remained.
Yet a careful search revealed that there were no sites of death in the village!
"Everyone was taken away." Qiao Lun voiced the conclusion everyone had reached.
But only Qiao Lun had a rough idea of who might have done all this: Colt, a Squadron Leader utterly loyal to the Chimera Ant Queen, and also a Squadron Leader with real authority who commanded the Flying Species among the Chimera Ants.
His exact strength was unknown, but loyalty and protectiveness were just about the most precious traits his human genes had given him.
There was also a particular individual among Colt's subordinates.
Ramotto, another bird-type Chimera Ant, had received a fair amount of attention in the story, but his greater role had actually been to make Killua realize that Illumi had long since planted a needle in his head.
But now the manga's storyline had changed. Qiao Lun's presence meant that when Gon and Killua left the game, both were stronger than they had been at the same point in the manga.
That was because both had joined Qiao Lun