My Researching Journ Chapter 123: Last Words?

Chapter 123: Last Words?

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Chapter 123: Last Words?

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"I can't beco any stronger, in fact, I'm becoming weaker and weaker and no amount of training was enough to counter this... I'm just too old... Knowing the dark continent will never beco anything but survival to

and that the surviving will only beco harder the more ti passes isn't a good feeling you know..."

"There might be so thod to stop this out there but it's just not for ... I don't think I will ever find a challenge that'll get rid of that feeling within ... Makes sense? Do you think I gave up too early?"

Calmness is all that could be seen on Netero's face as he perford a smile punching motion with the golden statue behind him doing the sa sending ruem away yet no damage could be seen on the latter's body.

All of this was happening while he uttered those tranquil words expressionlessly.

He likes challenges, ones that could lead to his death even but that doesn't an he likes losing, he wants to face a challenge then against all the odds.

He wants to step on that challenge in triumph yet he couldn't against Yasuo and he knows he'll never be able to do so and now he faces another challenge.

Yet the challenge before him seems so far... So foreign like an untouchable bird flying endlessly through the sky getting stronger and stronger while he in contrast to the flying bird before him is but a Mayfly...

The sun rises as the egg hatches, not long after the immature form called nymph show itself only to turn into what's called an imago not long after as the mayfly spread its relatively small wings flying around.

But... no matter how much it flew, the mayfly knows it will never catch up to the bird.

And ti isn't on its side as the mayfly's lifespan is no longer than 24 hours so how can it face the bird? The situation here however is a bit different but that should give an accurate description of how Netero feels.

The king is a bird that was born... well, a bird and a grown one at that... while he was born a mayfly and he had to work himself up.

But even with that, he was never able to beco a bird even though he was born 24 hours before the bird yet the bird in those few minutes beca and was already sothing he can't touch.

And so he experienced such a thing in the last minutes of his life, the minutes where his body started deteriorating as he beca weaker and weaker increasing the distance between him and the king even more.

As for the distance between him and Yasuo... He doesn't know the latter's full power so he really can't judge.

There is however sothing the King didn't take into account... There are too many mayflies and they'll only continue to reproduce in bulks.

A never-ending stream of mayflies can even consu a bird no matter how big it is especially considering the mayflies we're talking about are intelligent and curious creatures... Humans.

We can think... We are curious and creatures with desires and emotions and goals so we thought and asked ourselves repeatedly... How can we be better?

How can we make sothing or doing sothing more convenient? How can we live through deadly diseases and sicknesses? How can we heal ourselves faster and safer?

And how can we cause more damage?

Our thinking process brought us so far and one of its results is the deadly device within Netero's stomach waiting to engulf the whole surroundings in its embrace... waiting to consu everything its clutches can reach... and waiting to reap all the souls within and paint a beautiful yet a horrifying picture...

And among humans, there are anomalies that are rare and few in between that can beco more than just a re mayfly, and among the few anomalies, there is one that stands out.

The human that spoke the following words, "No... It doesn't make any sense to

but I understand other people think differently than ..." That is all Yasuo had to say as he just waited for the man to make his decision.

Netero let out a small smile hearing that as he narrowed his eyes saying, "I really thought you'd want

dead, after all, you do want to go to the dark continent and

being alive is a barrier for that happening unless you want to go alone..."

Yasuo just shook his head without any change in his expression, "It doesn't matter much to , I can make that happen without the need for you to die, and it's actually not that hard. By this ti, a lot of people still owe

even after my latest request..."

A casual chat in such a situation in their mysterious language, their words were a bit vague but they understood each other perfectly though that's mostly due to Netero already knowing of Yasuo's latest course of action.

Actions which showed just how horrifying his influence over the known world is, a simple word coming out of his mouth and everyone that ever owed him will deliver.

In contrast to what he told Pitou however, they'll deliver not because of his conjuration ability forcing them to do so as that is simply a lie he told.

No, it's out of fear, the fear of what happens to those who went back on their word as beneath that harmless exterior of his, there is a being that has no compassion for human life whatsoever except the select few he deems important.

"You're right, that you can do... But I think I reached my end, I stalled for too long so it's ti to let the younger generation explore what's beyond. Beyond, Hopefully, he succeeds in what I couldn't.

Hee is much more optimistic than

and much much more stubborn than

so If you can help him a bit, I'll appreciate it and gladly welco you in hell if you ever die... Good luck."

A serene smile surfaced on the old man's face saying that, a smile hiding what's beneath, the darkness within the human heart that he knows too well.

And the fact that he already decided what he wants to do long ago, this current situation is just a convenient one for him suiting his goal though he hoped the fight would be more enjoyable than it is now as even the King doesn't seem to be enjoying it.

Netero stated his last words to Yasuo in what could be noted to be a satisfied tone as if his hidden goal will soon be achieved.

"I hope you deliver on your end of the bargain, the paynt for this job should be delivering at the mont as per my instructions, just make sure no Ant that'll endanger humanity is left alive."

"I'm not sure if it's really needed but I gave so advice to the V5 about you which will make things much easier as even though they wouldn't have been able to do anything significant to stop your plan, they will still make it harder as they don't want your organization to beco stronger than it already is."

"And just so you know, the hunter association will no longer operate on the Island which ans any hunters that were here will leave after this so the whole Island will be under your complete control, and good luck on whatever it is you want to do... But for now, give

so ti to try a few more things."

Yasuo nodded before disappearing as across the entire conversation, his expression didn't change making what he is really thinking a mystery...

Only then did Netero state sothing completely different than what he said earlier as his expression changed into a stern one.

"He's troubleso, isn't he? While what I said earlier wasn't a lie, the most important reason is quite simple, if I lose the fight, I die if I win, I live so please humor my next attack."

ruem seem to get out of his daze, he wasn't at all offended by their casual chat in front of him, in fact, he was completely focused on himself as he started the process called visualization.

An ability is being created and creatures such as Chira Ants, they find creating ability much easier than humans and that's especially easier for the king as he stands atop Chira Ants but that also depends on the ability one wants to create.

The one he has in mind is quite simple as he wants to create it to solve the problem before him and possibly any problem he might face in the future.

Only Netero didn't give him much ti as the mont he finished talking, he activated his most dangerous ability... 'Zero Hand' Then before ruem can react, a golden statue seems to ignore the laws of space appearing behind him.

The massive golden statue whose hands started moving with what appeared to be a slow speed which in reality was a speed fast enough to not allow ruem to do anything as the statue held ruem gently in its hand.

The statue opened its mouth which is but a black hole facing ruem who is inside its hand unable to resist, the black hole that seed to want to devour everything around except that's not its purpose as the next scene testifies to that.

The scene of every last ounce of Netero's aura focused in the statue's mouth before rcilessly firing it as an enormous flare of unparalleled destructive power...