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"Is there something you need?"
Julius looked at the two people standing in the meditation room. He had already sensed Illumi and King Bradley landing in his backyard.
His senses were inherently stronger than ordinary people, especially after cultivating Nen.
"Just came to see your ability."
"Let's go."
Illumi replied, turning to leave. Now that he had seen Julius's ability, there was no need to waste time staying here.
Julius watched the two leave the room. The door was closed by a shadow, and he closed his eyes again, sitting cross-legged on the ground, continuing his focused cultivation.
"He is indeed an ascetic."
Stepping out of the villa, Illumi sensed Julius continuing his cultivation in the meditation room and chuckled softly.
"Then I'll take you to see the others' abilities."
King Bradley said that everyone else was at the company headquarters, so there was no need to run around.
"Kaiser and Eric stay in the training base for long periods, while Riley always stays in her room at the headquarters."
"Alvin is currently serving as the company's general manager. He doesn't need a special cultivation spot and usually cultivates in his office."
Illumi listened to King Bradley speak, while a large amount of shadows burst out from under his feet to form a giant eagle. The two simultaneously leaped onto the eagle's back.
The giant eagle's wings vibrated, and with a "boom," it flapped its wings and soared high, flying towards the Umbrella Corporation headquarters at extreme speed.
"Let's go see Kaiser and Eric first."
Illumi said, these two were both at the training base, which was convenient for seeing both at once.
After about three minutes, Illumi and King Bradley appeared at the entrance of the training base. The giant eagle's full-speed flight was extremely fast. Based on Illumi's aura consumption rate, its speed reached seven hundred to one thousand kilometers per hour, comparable to a large jet aircraft.
"Bang, bang, bang…"
When Illumi and King Bradley arrived at the training base's practice room, Kaiser and Eric were sparring.
The cadets in the training base had all left the headquarters at this time, following Illumi's arrangement. They were to head to the Chaotic Triangle Area to clear out pirates, as their graduation test.
"Where's Greed?"
Illumi frowned and sensed around, discovering that Greed was no longer in the training base. Not only that, but he couldn't sense his presence anywhere in the entire industrial park.
"That guy Greed went out with the cadets."
No sooner had Illumi finished speaking than Kaiser and Eric ended their spar, dripping with sweat, and came before Illumi and King Bradley. They each took a bottle of mineral water from the vending machine outside the training room and gulped it down.
Two full bottles of mineral water were emptied in an instant.
"Beep…"
His phone vibrated. Illumi answered the call and held it to his ear.
"Boss, this is Ahmed…"
Just then, Ahmed called to inform Illumi that Greed had actually followed them, intending to go to the Chaotic Triangle Area with them.
His reason was: "I've been in the company too long, my bones have gotten soft, it's time to go out and get some exercise."
Illumi slightly frowned. Greed's personality was indeed not one that could stay in one place for long. The position of head of the security department seemed unsuitable for him.
"Tell Pride to return to the company."
Illumi said to Ahmed on the other end of the phone, instructing him to notify Pride to return to the company headquarters to oversee things.
"Mr. Pride has already returned. When Greed followed, he already went back to the company headquarters on his own."
But Ahmed replied thus, and Illumi's expression froze. Pride was indeed more suitable to be the security director than Greed.
Thinking about it, his personality and abilities were more suitable for overseeing the headquarters.
Moreover, as the ace combatant among the Seven Nen Beasts, Pride was naturally more stable guarding the company headquarters, especially during this period when the Inmena Bio-Tech Company had issued a high bounty.
It was entirely possible that some hunters might have found them through some means or abilities and infiltrated their company.
Pride's abilities and skills could be used for both offense and defense, and he also possessed reconnaissance capabilities. After losing the weakness of shadows, his abilities could be said to be perfect.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, Illumi sensed a familiar aura appearing. It suddenly appeared thirty kilometers away from him and was rapidly approaching.
Its speed was so fast that it almost matched his giant eagle's full-speed flight.
At this moment, at the main gate of the Umbrella Industrial Park.
Four guards patrolled back and forth at the main entrance, while the young guard in the guardroom was much more relaxed, but his eyes were constantly fixed on the surrounding surveillance footage in the guardroom.
"Huh!?"
Suddenly, the young guard sat up straight. He saw a black shadow flash across the screen in the surveillance footage. Immediately after, black shadows also flashed across other surveillance screens.
"Damn it, what was that!?"
The young guard immediately became vigilant, standing up to notify the other guards at the gate.
"Swish!"
A black stream of light flashed past the guardroom door, and the gust of wind it created even shook off patches of snow from the trees along the roadside, causing the young guard's eyes to go blank for a moment.
"Warning, unknown object has intruded…"
"No need to issue a warning, it's one of our own."
Just as the young guard was about to issue a warning notification to the other guards, a familiar voice came through the walkie-talkie, causing him to immediately quiet down.
"Yes!"
At this moment, on a bus forty kilometers away, Greed leaned against the window, holding a military walkie-talkie, looking at the snowy scenery outside, and grinned.
"Are you kidding me? It's only been three minutes, and he's already back at headquarters?"
"This is forty kilometers from headquarters, doesn't that mean that guy's speed reached eight hundred kilometers per hour?"
"What in the world is going on, to have such incredible speed?"
Next to Greed, Ahmed listened to his mutterings, appearing calm on the surface, but inwardly feeling astonished.
Eight hundred kilometers per hour?
That would be three times faster than the Aersu Cheetahs of the Khan Republic!
Ahmed glanced at Greed beside him, thinking, what kind of monsters are you all?
Not to mention Pride, even Greed himself was categorized as a monster by him.
Ahmed had tested Greed's strongest shield. Even when he bombarded it with single-person missiles, the opponent's body was completely unharmed, except for damaged clothes.
"Could it be that those few gathered around Boss are all monsters of this caliber?"
Ahmed recalled the woman who suddenly appeared beside Boss, and King Bradley, who had never made a move but always exuded a sense of pressure whenever he stood before him.
Inside the training base, Illumi and King Bradley were silently sensing Pride's aura. Eric and Kaiser were resting on a long bench.
"His speed is fast, he's here!"
King Bradley suddenly opened his eyes and looked at the training base's main gate.
"Swish!"
A black stream of light flashed past the gate, followed by a gust of wind, and a black beastly shadow appeared before everyone.
"This is… an Aersu Cheetah?"
King Bradley frowned. He recognized this fierce beast. It was an Aersu Cheetah, a very fast feline that lived on the grasslands within the Khan Republic.
"Thump…"
Pride leaped down from the black Aersu Cheetah, looked up at Illumi, and said calmly.
"This is an animal I saw in a tree. I thought it would be suitable as a mount for traveling, so I transformed into it."
Illumi looked up at the black fierce beast in front of him, surprised. He didn't expect that not only he but also Pride had thought of this form transformation for their abilities.
"This was inspired by Nen abilities."
Seemingly sensing Illumi's inner surprise, Pride tilted his small head slightly, a smile playing on his lips, and chuckled.
"The six major systems of Nen are essentially aura, full of flexibility and the unexpected."
"So I thought, if we give our abilities various transformations, then our abilities should become even stronger and more convenient."
Illumi narrowed his eyes upon hearing this. It seemed Pride's learning ability was very strong, not weaker than King Bradley's. He had only been born for a year, and he was already researching the essence of abilities.
Now, Pride and King Bradley were already like humans, learning and acquiring various knowledge and theories, growing rapidly every day.
Illumi looked forward to it, what would they become over time?
"From today onwards, Pride, you are the company's security director, based at headquarters."
Illumi declared directly. As for that scoundrel Greed, he would be notified upon his return.
Illumi had actually already arranged Greed's future responsibilities, which was to let him lead external affairs, as he liked to move around anyway.
"No problem."
Pride nodded, having no objection to any of Illumi's arrangements.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…"
The black cheetah behind Pride transformed into a large amount of shadows and was absorbed into Pride's body.
Illumi also nodded with satisfaction, then turned to Eric and Kaiser, who looked astonished, and said.
"Well, you two should be rested enough. Let me see your abilities."
Eric and Kaiser nodded, standing up simultaneously with serious expressions. First, it was Eric.
"My ability is [Soul Judgment]."
"Anyone I deem guilty will be devoured by my ability."
"And those who are devoured will be reborn as Nen Beasts, becoming my weapons."
"Of course, the reborn Nen Beasts have no self-awareness, can only obey my simple commands, and there is a limit to their number."
Eric's ability matched his personality, as he liked to judge the good and evil of others based on his own perceptions. In this regard, he was similar to Andres.
Illumi listened to his explanation of the ability, then turned his gaze to Kaiser.
"What about yours?"
Kaiser put down his mineral water bottle, stroked his chin with his right hand, looked at Illumi, and chuckled.
"My ability is [Spy's Interrogation]."
"As long as I talk to someone, or ask them a question, I can read their brainwaves and decipher their current thoughts."
"Of course, the premise is that they react to my words."
As Kaiser spoke, he looked at Illumi, puzzled.
"Observation Haki, what is that?"
Illumi was startled and immediately cleared his mind.
Kaiser was momentarily stunned. He could no longer sense Illumi's brainwaves, because Illumi had emptied his mind and no longer reacted to his words.
"As expected of Boss, he can adapt so quickly."
Kaiser chuckled. The reason he told Illumi about his ability's characteristics was simply due to his loyalty and trust in Illumi.
A moment later, Illumi looked at Kaiser, his expression solemn.
Kaiser's ability was truly unexpected. If one didn't know its characteristics, probably no one would fall for it.
This ability was indeed like Eneru's Observation Haki in One Piece, allowing him to understand the other person's thoughts through their brainwaves, just like a true god.
The difference was that Eneru could know the other person's thoughts at any time, while Kaiser needed the other person to react to his words to know.
And at this moment, because Kaiser had not asked him any questions or engaged in conversation, Kaiser could not know Illumi's thoughts.
"As expected of a spy who infiltrated an enemy country for twenty years."
Illumi expressed his surprise at Kaiser's ability. This ability was simply a divine skill for a spy.
Anyone unaware of its characteristics would likely unwittingly leak information to Kaiser.
This sparked many thoughts in Illumi's mind. He might be able to send Kaiser to infiltrate certain organizations or corporations, or even the V5 organization, to obtain various relevant intelligence.
"Let's go see Riley."
Illumi said to King Bradley.
They already knew Eric and Kaiser's abilities. Now, only Riley Gates, the computer genius, remained.
"Beep…"
Suddenly, King Bradley's phone rang. He took out his phone, looked at it, and said.
"Iksanpe's call."
He then pressed the answer button and put it on speaker. Everyone here was a core member, so there was no need to hide anything.
"King, our negotiations with Hannibal Bane have failed. The other party is demanding five billion Jenny to exchange for Kipsil Aguilar."
Iksanpe's grim voice came through the phone, making Illumi and King Bradley both frown.
Five billion Jenny. They couldn't produce that much money right now.
"Does he have any other conditions?" King Bradley asked.
"No, that person only wants money, and he seems to be dead set on us needing Kipsil, sticking firmly to five billion Jenny."
"Well, Boss, it's your turn now."
Iksanpe's tone shifted. He knew Illumi was on site. In fact, the entire Umbrella Corporation headquarters was under his surveillance.
"Has the location of that prison been found?"
Illumi looked at King Bradley's phone and asked Iksanpe on the other end.
"It's been found. Hannibal's private prison is a cargo ship, drifting along the coast of the Khan Republic."
Iksanpe replied. He had found the opponent's location with a little effort.
"Avoiding the stormy waters of 30° North latitude, and also close to the Khan Republic."
"International waters, calm seas, very close to land, allowing for easy resupply."
"A prison drifting at sea makes it impossible for prisoners to know their location, and even harder to hope for escape. It is indeed a good prison."
As Iksanpe mentioned the name Hannibal, Kaiser's expression changed slightly, and he provided additional information.
"I investigated this prison before. Many drug lords and criminals were sent there."
"The prisoners held in that prison all have one characteristic: they are all extremely wealthy. They were once the bosses of some company, drug cartel, or organization."
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