"What?" "Intruders?" "Dispose of them." "I'm busy right now." "Don't bother me with reports I don't need to hear!" "Carry on now." "Date x With x Palm" "I don't know which nation sent you. you must now die painful deaths." "Your Majesty..." "I needn't even strain my eyes to sense it." "This is a rare human." "An appetizing treat." "This is it..." "This is the flavor I sought!" "I feel it." "I feel it!" "I feel it!" "This is it!" "I can feel power surging through my body!" "Nyow I understand..." "This is the King's power." "He can take aura from rare humans he consumes. the stronger he will grow." "Hmm?" "Who are you people?" "Guards!" "What are you incompetents doing?" "Worthless." "I can't sense anything." "Insolent thugs!" "Do you know who I am? a king among kings..." "I am Masador Diego!" "Why does that scum claim to be the king?" "it is a common phenomenon." "Humans without intelligence or talent end up in positions of power due to bloodline or connections." "That defies all logic... power brings nothing but ruin." "This could only be the work of imbeciles." "We must provide proper guidance." "Absolutely. and they are a self-renewing resource." "They are an easy food source." "The non-rare humans can be used to feed our soldiers." "I shall use my godly power to deal divine punishment!" "Leave at once—" "Allow me to dispose of this." "I can use it to control other humans." "Do as you like." "P-Please!" "S-Spare our lives." "We beg you..." "These humans are idiots." "Think as hard as those weak brains of yours can manage." "Have you ever spared a pig or a cow as it begged for its life?" "The view is excellent." "And there is plenty of space." "I dub this place the Meat Plantation." "It will be used for processing humans." "As you command." "Gon and Killua return to the inn where Palm waits." "I have to protect Gon from Palm." "You must take responsibility." "What?" "!" "You promised to take me to NGL..." "You said you'd swallow a thousand needles if you broke that promise." "I'm sorry." "I don't want an apology..." "But there's no point in having you swallow a thousand needles." "Yeah." "So what can I do to make up for it?" "Let's see..." "You must... do any one thing I say." "Hey!" "do you know how Gon feels—" "I agree!" "Go out with me." "Eh?" "Okay." "Huh?" "Do you have any idea what you're doing?" "!" "but I did say I'd do anything." "And you have no problem playing dirty like this?" "!" "This is none of your business." "It's our problem." "It's up to the two of us." "Gon." "Don't interrupt us!" "This is something the two of us must decide alone." "You just want an excuse to say that!" "Just be quiet." "We're going out now..." "There's somewhere I really want to go." "sorry." "I can't go out today." "Eh?" "I have to train with Killua." "I know!" "Palm!" "Huh?" "What are you talking about?" "Didn't you say we'd go out?" "Uh-huh." "why is he tagging along?" "And why would we train?" "Are you toying with me?" "This will be a date..." "Our first date!" "The first date for us!" "The!" "First!" "Date!" "But it isn't a date." "Huh?" "!" "We can have a proper date later." "like you said." "Wow..." "The word "date" keeps popping up." "too." "Prepare?" "Prepare for what?" "That's... a secret." "You get to find out tomorrow." "Oh... it's fine." "Really..." "I wouldn't have been so angry." "Sorry about that." "to surprise you!" "You wanted to surprise me?" "Gosh... in front of the bulletin board." "I'll be there!" "you're amazing!" "Huh?" "What do you mean?" "you seemed used to this stuff." "Really?" "I was wondering..." "Hmm?" "Have you been on a date before?" "I have." "most of them were with Mito-san." "that makes sense... who else was there?" "some of the fishing boats some of whom only liked younger men..." "So I took them around the village and had them teach me things." "T-Teach him things?" "Th-That means..." "He's a grown-up!" "Women like that were called fanatics." "Killua?" "No!" "Of course not..." "I spent all my time training as an assassin." "I've been with you." "yeah." "Right!" "And I really don't want that to change... you'll leave Gon behind to die." "I'm about ready to give in..." "And this was my own decision..." "Hello?" "It's Knuckle." "We've located and secured Kite." "Really?" "Kite's okay?" "Knuckle?" "I believe that Kite's being controlled by the enemy." "So I wouldn't say that he's okay." "That's fine." "There must be a way to bring him back! so watch out for any soldier ants." "imitating the king." "Got it." "Yes!" "I knew that Kite was alive!" "That's great." "All that's left is to protect you for a month." "Wow!" "Look over here!" "I've found a new feeding ground." "There we go." "What's that for?" "It's a present for Palm." "Are you sure about this?" "won't she freak out?" "probably..." "Whatever..." "Let's get back to town." "Yeah. we'll be in serious trouble." "the risk of encountering ants looking for humans is high." "we can escape." "Gon can't currently use his Nen..." "So I must protect him." "Even if it means sacrificing everything else!" "Let's hurry. and lie down on the ground!" "we will open fire." "Three..." "Two..." "One!" "Ready..." "Fire!" "He disappeared?" "Ow!" "These guys are so slow..." "This is no fun." "On to the next story. an unidentified creature killed seven people in Pata City. before escaping into the Miera Mountains. the creature moved at speeds exceeding two hundred kilometers per hour. which means it could be a new species of Magical Beast." "An evacuation has been ordered for all area residents." "Pata City and the Miera Mountains... 1)}NGL Republic of Autonomous Rokario Region" "1)}Inninge City Miera Mountains Pata City Qwen City Dory City with the Miera Mountains on the opposite side." "We should be okay... and the Association has accepted." "we have the weather." "Killua!" "we're both on our own." "I'll be training all day in the gym." "right." "I can't ditch Gon when he's essentially defenseless... over here." "Hmm?" "I didn't recognize you!" "Who are you?" "!" "Do I look strange?" "you look really pretty!" "stop it..." "You're too loud." "You're embarrassing me..." "What?" "I'm just telling the truth." "That's enough." "Let's go." "Quickly." "Damn..." "What am I doing?" "Now I look like the stalker!" "don't let it get to me." "I have to protect Gon!" "There's no telling when the enemy will show up." "How far are they going to go?" "Something's there." "This aura is probably from a soldier ant. either." "There are faint aura traces around." "Did it already pass through the area?" "Or were they brought here by the wind?" "there's a high risk our paths will cross!" "Should I warn them?" "We're here." "Eh?" "It's beautiful... there's no point in telling them." "Gon can't use his Nen." "he's finished." "she'll definitely go nuts if I interrupt her date." "Use this chair." "the nearby ants will notice us." "I'm fine." "I can't let them know..." "I'll take care of this myself!" "I thought I smelled a human..." "That's..." "I remember you." "You're one of those kids from before!" "Looks like your luck's run out." "You're about to get a taste of hell." "But it won't last forever." "I moved upwind to catch his attention and draw him away from them." "I've done what I had to." "But..." "Where's the other kid?" "I'll give you an easy death." "he can't be that far away... right?" "it doesn't matter if you talk or not." "I'll just walk around making lots of noise and swinging your severed head." "Then he'll come to me himself." "Isn't that how humans are?" "He's right. or it's all over!" "I'll do whatever it takes to protect Gon!" "Next time:" "Friend x And x Journey." "Going back to Whale Island with Killua..." "Looking up at the stars with Gon." "We're going on a journey!"