Meruem vs Netero

Knuckle this time was not invisible, which was a good thing, as Shoot didn't have to endure solo combat anymore, but it was also a bad thing as Youpi tired all three Hunters from the start.

"Gon, if you kill her we'll never get Kaito back." Killua tried to reason with Gon, but a voice came from behind: "Kaito is fine, I saved him that day."

"It's you !" exclaimed Pitou suddenly.

Hearing this, after dispelling his attack, Gon released his black aura, and asked in a calm tone : "Is it true ? I'm not playing Skotadi, why didn't you tell me before if I was ? Don't lie to me if you don't want to die."

"Simple, your conviction would have been shaken and you would not have had this wonderful adventure. But don't direct your anger at me, you know Pitou wanted to turn Kaito into his puppet, and she would have done it if I wasn't intervened. Besides, who knows if she would show any decency if the tables were reversed ?"

After a few seconds of thought, Gon suddenly turned to Pitou, walked forward then reloaded his Jajanken, and exploded not the catwoman's face but Komugi's face.

'Ahh perfect this part of my plan was the most volatile but it went more perfectly than I had originally intended.' Skotadi thought though slightly saddened.

"What have you done ?! I'm going to kill you !! Terpsichora !" Pitou released her massive aura and used her Hatsu instantly.

The already distant King in front of Netero, suddenly felt an uneasiness, not an absolute emptiness covering the memory of Komugi in his mind, he understood as if their two souls were the sides of the same coin, that Komugi had left this world.

Netero felt the part of Meruem's humanity that he had seen earlier when the King had taken care of the young girl, disappear as if the being in front of him had never known that kind of emotion.

'Ohhh was that after all an act ?' The president thought while concentrating on the fight that apparently awaited him.

'We are strong' is what Killua thought when he saw Gon who had just sent Pitou waltz with just one use of Kô.

'But Gon is animated by anger, it made him much stronger.'

"Is this the result you expected ?" Killua questioned nearby Skotadi who was also watching the fight with a smile.

"Absolutely ! It's beautiful ! Anger is a very powerful emotion, look at the result of it, in a month's training and with that emotion, Gon can fight the same Royal Guard that once forced you to fight. flee without hesitation, even if it means abandoning a loved one. Aren't you amazed by this ?"

Killua's gaze cooled and he hit Skotadi angrily.

Skotadi didn't retaliate and let himself be hit, after falling he stood up and said, "I know I shouldn't have used Gon in a moment like this and I sincerely blame myself. If I continued with one "but" you would get enraged for whatever reason so I am not adding anything." and he ran off.

Killua imitated him and went towards Youpi in order to vent his anger at Skotadi and the overall situation.

After leaving Killua and Gon, I flew to observe the situation, then I saw Pouf fly away with Morel's pipe, I was then stunned for a few seconds, not to see this happening, but to see Pouf fly not by beating its wings but by using Nen, not needing this to fly I did not envy him, but I believed at that time, to have improved my understanding of Nen to an unparalleled level, I was wrong.

Pouf had joined Pitou, seeing that she was fighting against Gon, he did nothing but ask a question: "Where is Komugi ?"

The fight stopped, Gon injured and exhausted, observed Pouf and replied, "I killed her, a problem ?"

Indeed, Gon had become powerful but not as much as he would have become by transforming himself, besides his anger had eased somewhat, he had started to enjoy the fight.

Pouf hearing that replied with a pleasant smile: "Human, I forgive you for your insolence and allow you to keep your life, by killing this human, my King will become himself again. Pitou, follow me, we must join the King."

A few minutes earlier.

Meruem felt neither sorrow nor sadness, he only thought that : 'Thank you, whoever you are, I had misleaded myself.'

At the same time, Netero approached, time seemed to slow down, and he saw it.

The only Hatsu possessed by this man, "Hyakushiki Kannon", a gigantic statue of Kannon, the Buddhist goddess of mercy, of a golden color and giving off an inexplicable feeling.

"Palm of One"

The result of this attack was unprecedented. The ground under the King was no more than a very wide crater with a depth of about forty meters. As for Meruem, surprise is written on his face as a very slight crack had formed on his exoskeleton.

Netero took a serious look, thinking, 'This attack hit him hard, he's tough.'

"Palm of Three"

Two hands of Kannon clapped on Meruem. These two hands trembled slightly, the King tried to separate them ; ten seconds later, the hands slowly parted and a dense aura escaped from them.

The King had freed himself, with only a few scratches.

Ren escaped from the King, this time he attacked. With a bound, he propelled himself towards Netero, his hand covered with Kô.

The three Royal Guards had gone in the direction of the King, they had all failed, that's what each of the Hunters gathered in the palace thought, they had neither succeeded in killing a single one nor managed to seriously injure them, their resilience had not been taken into account.

The fight lasted a long time, but it was in fact one-sided.

Meruem had trained and was not born prematurely but his age was only 10 days.

Netero was old, he no longer had sufficient strength to fight the creatures of the Dark Continent but was far too strong to find real thrilling battles in the known world ; having realized this he had not practiced for a long time.

Upon learning of the situation in NGL, he finally expected to fight in a life and death situation, when this kid had transformed him without asking his opinion, he was initially dissatisfied but having realized that he was stronger than 'at his peak and from afar, he became happy, the King would only be a warm-up, a re-fit, then he would move towards this hell which had boiled his blood during his youth.

Maybe he would even allow his son, Beyond, to go with him, after all, he had grown stronger than Maha, by the time the two clashed...