Truth be told…
Moses really wasn't interested in Hisoka right now.
Even though the trip to the Dark Continent had significantly strengthened Hisoka, he wasn't the only one who had gained something.
In terms of pure strength, Moses is indeed not interested in this duel.
However, he hadn't considered backing out of it.
Words spoken are like water spilled, and they can't be taken back. Not like he planned to take them back anyway.
Moreover, since Hisoka agreed to accompany him to the Dark Continent 'without hesitation', based on this 'loyalty' alone, Moses had to seriously respond to Hisoka's expectations.
"I already said, I'm not running away."
Moses glanced at his vibrating phone again, shook his head slightly, declined the call with practiced ease, and then sent a message casually setting a time and place for their duel, which is a location he vaguely remembered.
After sending the message, Hisoka finally quieted down.
Moses put away his phone and looked at the computer on the desk by the window, which hadn't been used in a long time.
"It's been so long since I last used it. I wonder if it's broken."
Moses felt a slight stir in his heart, stood up, walked over, and sat down at the desk, turning on the computer.
A moment later.
The computer booted up successfully, slowly loading the desktop interface.
"Good quality."
Moses moved the mouse and clicked on the browser.
He planned to visit a Hunter-exclusive website and take a deeper look into the bounty Chrollo had posted in the underground world.
"Hmm?"
Moses raised an eyebrow. It had been a long time since he clicked the browser, but the browser didn't respond at all.
"Is it because it has not been used for a long time?"
Muttering to himself, Moses moved the mouse again and found that even the mouse had frozen.
Before he could figure out what was going on, the computer screen suddenly went dark and shut down on its own...
Moses was stunned when he saw this. He tried turning the computer on again, but the same thing happened… it froze and then suddenly shut down.
"Could it be... a virus?!"
Moses stared at the black computer screen and fell into deep thought for a moment.
Meanwhile…
In his room, Hawk, who had been playing with Rat Jewel, suddenly sneezed.
As we all know, computers are prone to break down if they aren't used for a long time.
…
Two days later.
Early morning.
Moses was doing his morning exercises in the courtyard and didn't stop until the sun was high in the sky.
"When are Menchi and Shizuku arriving?"
Hawk leaned against a pillar in the corridor and asked Moses, who had just finished his morning routine.
Moses retracted his Aura and replied somewhat helplessly, "From last night until now, you've asked this at least ten times."
"Heh, I just really want to eat Menchi's cooking as soon as possible."
Hawkraised his hand and scratched the back of his head.
Moses shook his head slightly, took off his sweat-soaked shirt, and said, "Menchi might arrive first, either this evening or tomorrow morning. As for Shizuku, the earliest she'll get here is the day after tomorrow."
After saying this, Moses didn't wait to see Hawk's reaction and walked toward the bathroom with his shirt in hand.
A while later.
Moses came out of the bathroom after his shower. Just as he picked up his phone, he received a group chat invitation notification from Pyon.
This seemed to be a new chat room feature that had recently been launched.
Moses didn't think much about it and clicked to accept the invitation.
The phone interface immediately switched to a rather simple chat box. On the far right of the chat box was a row of IDs, arranged from top to bottom.
The top ID in the chat room was called BunnyBunnySoCute.
No need to guess, it was definitely Pyon.
The second ID was called SuperUltraCuteGirl.
"…"
Moses fell silent for a moment. Even without a profile picture or description, he knew this had to be Auntie.
The third ID was called IAmAGenius.
"…"
When Moses saw the third ID, he couldn't help but fall silent again.
Even though there was no profile picture or introduction information for reference, he was certain that the person who named himself 'IAmAGenius' had to be Kanzai.
The fourth ID was a character drawing of two kitchen knives, which is undoubtedly Menchi.
The fifth ID was Sanbica.
Using her real name as the chat room ID was very much in line with Sanbica's style.
The sixth ID was just a small black dot, which had to be Shizuku.
The seventh chat room ID was called The Omnipotent Magician. No one but Hisoka would choose such a name.
As for Moses's own ID, it was blank. This seemed to be a default setting for the chat room, as new members didn't have an ID when they first joined.
"KnifeXKnife: Master, master, you finally come in!"
"BunnyBunnySoCute: Hubby, change your ID first."
"KnifeXKnife:???"
"IAmAGenius:???"
"·:?"
"BunnyBunnySoCute: Hubby, how about 'LovesBunnyTheMost' as your ID?"
"Blank:… "
"IAmAGenius: How about changing it to 'BunnyIsTheDumbest'? It's easier to remember."
"System Notification: IAmAGenius has been kicked out of the chat room."
"System Notification: IAmAGenius has joined the chat room "
"System Notification: IAmAGenius has changed their name to IAmAnIdiot"
"BunnyBunnySoCute: Yeah, it's much more pleasing to the eye."
"IAmAnIdiot:???"
Moses couldn't help but chuckle as he watched the activity in the chat room. He casually changed his ID to 'Isaac' and was about to go offline and close the chat room.
But then he noticed three videos Kanzai had posted in the chat room, one of which was somewhat related to him.
The protagonist in the video is Saiyu, the Monkey of the Hunter Association's Zodiacs. The video was only six seconds long and showed Saiyu looking utterly defeated, saying he didn't deserve to live and was wasting resources, before committing suicide.
The video ended abruptly at that point.
The second video showcased the corpse of a deformed monster that had been fished out of the sea.
The monster was as large as a door panel and looked like a hybrid of a crab, a bat, and a fish, appearing both bizarre and terrifying.
After watching the video of the deformed monster, Moses's expression shifted slightly.
He noticed that the monster's limbs had three-fingered claws, which he remembered was a unique characteristic of Chimera Ants.
'Chimera Ants…?'
Moses wasn't sure when the Chimera Ant incident had started in the original work.
'But roughly estimating, it was possible that it was happening around this time.'
'If that was the case-'
'The Ant Queen had already arrived on the Six Continents and had begun reproducing worker ants, leading to mass feeding?'
Considering this possibility, Moses didn't bother checking the third video. He logged out of the chat room and quickly scrolled through his contacts to find Netero's number.
He needed to make Netero aware of the severity of this situation as soon as possible.