Killua: Been a while since I flipped my switch on.
( Neck cracks )
♪
Gon: Scissors!
Rammot: Hey, there, Colt.
Check this out.
It almost feels like i’ve been reborn!
♪
( Singing in Japanese )
♪
( Fly buzzing )
Narrator: The hunter association has learned of the chimera ants
from the biological survey team.
They are now awaiting the world leaders’ decision
on how to handle them.
♪
Politician: We’re counting on you.
You have only one mission to carry out,
the immediate execution of all of these dangerous creatures.
Netero: There have already been many casualties.
We will proceed using any means necessary.
Will that be acceptable to you?
Politician: Well, yes, of course.
We wouldn’t dream of telling the experts how to proceed.
All we desire now is for those dangerous creatures
to be eradicated as swiftly and humanely as possible.
Netero: Yes, of course. I understand.
So their goal is to eradicate the ants,
leaving the hunter association
to take the blame for the fallout.
I get it.
( Keyboard clacking )
Lin: Th-the hierarchy inside of a chimera ant colony
has f-five total ranks, with the queen at the very top.
♪
( Both grunt )
Stick: There’s the queen.
Right under her is the royal guard
and then the squadron leaders.
Spin: And directly underneath them are all the officers.
They oversee the foot soldiers as well as the other grunts.
Lin: T-that’s correct. A-and after the king is born,
th-the hierarchy will shift just like this.
Banana: The royal guard that followed the queen
would switch and enter the king’s service.
Lin: And a-afterwards, all the squadron leaders
will report directly to the queen,
and she would then shift her focus
to directing the soldiers.
Stick: The queen remains in the castle,
periodically giving birth to more kings.
Banana: Then the kings travel
and mate with different organisms,
all for the purpose of breeding new queens.
( Spin groans ) No wonder they spread so fast.
Banana: The only way to prevent proliferation
is to kill the queen before she can give birth to a king,
but first there are the soldiers.
All of the ones that guard her will have to be defeated.
Stick: That’s a tall order.
( Cell phone buzzing )
Spin: Mm-hmm.
Mm.
All right. We’ll be waiting.
The first extermination team is coming.
Stick: "Extermination"?
Banana: I wonder who they’re sending.
Stick: Yeah, considering they’ll be facing
those vicious chimera ants.
They must be strong.
Banana: They’d better be.
I’m worried about kite and the kids.
Spin: They’ll arrive in three days.
( Wind blowing )
( Nen whooshes )
( Rammot laughing )
( Colt gasps ) How?
Rammot: Look at this! Ha ha!
Isn’t it just incredible?
Colt: Why does he have so much life energy?
There must have been some sort of trigger.
A trigger.
♪
( Gon yells )
Jan Ken...
Rock!
( Rammot gags )
( Groans ) It hurts!
Colt: I wonder. What if their attacks were the catalyst?
( Rammot roars )
I can feel the power filling me!
Colt: Peggy...
Peggy: Uh-huh.
Colt: Remember when I said
we’re capable of anything humans are?
Peggy: Including this bizarre power?
But--but this is...
Colt: Rammot, hit me while you have that power.
Peggy: Wait. Colt, what are you doing?
♪
Rammot: You’ve really been pissing me off lately,
so I won’t hold back.
Colt: It may need to be quite hard to take effect.
( Rammot sighs )
Fine. Then I guess I don’t have to go easy on you.
Colt: Bring it.
( Rammot yells )
( Colt gulps )
( Rammot yells )
( Peggy gasps )
Colt!
♪
Hagya: This is a message from hagya.
This is a message from hagya.
Some prime prey is hiding in or around the factory.
Capture them.
Capture them...
Dead or alive.
Capture them!
Flutter: Lord hagya.
Hagya: What is it?
Flutter: Do you believe that they will succeed?
Hagya: I believe that an entire group of officers
should put up a pretty good fight.
Flutter: "Pretty good fight," huh?
I hope so.
Hina: I’d like to agree,
but I really doubt they’re gonna be much help.
Hagya: I’m fine with that.
Hina: You are? Why’s that?
Hagya: Because they’ll buy a little time
until we can get there.
Hina: Oh. I see.
Flutter: Well, if that’s the case,
then the rares will be ours for the taking.
( Hagya sighs ) Exactly.
♪
( Wolf ant pants )
( Boys gasp )
Kite: We’re surrounded.
And by a lot of ’em, too.
♪
( Whoosh )
( Gon gasps )
( Grunts )
( Whoosh )
Frog ant: All right, then.
Shall we decide how we kill you and in what order?
You guys have three choices.
I would pick wisely if I were you.
One, choose the order you want to fight.
Two, you can try to escape.
Three, surrender and let us capture you.
Pick the first option, you will be able to fight us
one-on-one in direct combat. You may even survive.
I don’t recommend the second option.
If that is the choice you make, you will only anger us,
and you will suffer far more as a result.
Option three is the worst choice you could make.
That is the one that would anger us
even more than option two.
( Chimera ant laughs )
Frog ant: Now then, what will you do?
Gon: Kite.
Kite: We couldn’t have asked for a better deal.
( Boys grunt )
Kite: One-on-one with their officers.
Whoever is ready for a fight will go first.
Killua: I’ll go.
Gon: No, I will!
( Boys grunt )
Show me rock!
Rock-paper-scissors!
( Killua groans )
Gon: Okay. I’m going first.
Kite: They’re exhibiting human personality quirks
at the expense of their characteristic ant teamwork.
I only hope that we’ll be able
to take full advantage of that.
Dog ant: Okay, let’s figure out which of us goes first.
( Can rattles )
Number six.
It’s six! Who has it?
( Armadillo ant laughs )
Lucky me.
Frog ant: Baro, is it?
Gon: How do we know it’s over?
Baro: Huh? It’s obvious, isn’t it?
Whoever dies loses.
Gon: Wait. So we can’t surrender?
Baro: What?!
( Chimera ants gasping )
Baro: Are you crazy, kid?
If you lose, then we’re just gonna feed you to the queen.
There’s only one way you’re getting out of this alive,
and that’s if you defeat me.
Gon: Fine. I can agree to that, but you don’t have to die
if you’re the one who ends up losing this.
If I win, i’m not gonna eat you.
( Baro growling )
Gon: If you surrender, i’ll let you live.
But if you lose, you have to promise me
that you’ll never eat another human being,
not for as long as you’re alive.
( Boar ant laughs )
I don’t think he knows who he’s dealing with.
Wolf ant #2: He’s got a lot more spunk
than any prey i’ve ever seen.
Chimera ant #2: Yeah, lucky you, baro!
Baro: You’re dead!
♪
Damn it! You dodged that one.
All right, fine!
Then how about this?!
Killua: The same attack?
( Gon gags )
Killua: Gon!
Kite: He changed direction.
Gon: I’m okay.
( Baro laughs )
How the hell are you so tough?
Come on! Every one of the other humans
puked their guts out.
Whatever. I could keep this up all day long,
but you’ll never be able to dodge my homing attacks.
♪
Kite: He’s right. He only has to change his course
to match the direction gon dodges.
Well, gon, what will you do?
Baro: Listen up.
There’s something you should know before you die.
The main reason that we kill humans
isn’t so we can eat them ourselves
or even so we can feed them to the queen.
Gon: So why do it?
Baro: Because it’s fun, of course!
( Gon grunts )
Baro: I love the sound it makes
when you humans puke out your guts with a plop.
( Imitates gagging, laughs )
It almost sounds like a bad case of the runs!
Gon: That isn’t funny at all.
( Baro yells )
I’m gonna make you vomit
your own organs with a plop, too!
( Gon yells )
( Grunting )
( Yelling )
( Baro gasps )
Wolf ant #2: He didn’t dodge.
Boar ant: Yeah, he stopped him.
( Baro grunting )
Gon: Compared to razor’s spikes,
this is actually a piece of cake!
( Crash )
( Shell cracks )
( Chimera ants murmuring )
Killua: All right. We’re kind of in a hurry, so...
♪
Who’s my opponent?
Frog ant: Who’s next?
( Can rattling )
Dog ant: Number three.
Number three’s up!
Rhino ant: Settle down.
You’re too cocky for your own good.
I’m about to show you what hell looks like.
Got that? Don’t lump me in with trash like him.
- Gon: Trash? - Rhino ant: Yeah.
I call ’em like I see ’em. Got a problem with that?
( Gon grunts )
Rhino ant: Come on.
I’m at least ten times stronger than that guy.
Killua: Okay. So not much, then.
Rhino ant: What did you just say?
Kite: When they enter combat mode,
their aura becomes much stronger than usual.
They’re suited for this.
Gon’s slow start does make me a bit anxious...
But we can still make it.
We’ll reach the queen before she can give birth to the king.
But why?
I have a bad feeling.
It’s like i’m missing something.
♪
There’s a gnawing anxiety that won’t go away.
Rammot: Check this out, Peggy!
( Chuckles )
I can control it now.
This energy is mine to command!
This is incredible!
( Laughs )
Peggy: We should conduct more research.
Rammot: Hang on. What?
Peggy: If we learn the proper way
to wield this power, then perhaps we can synchronize it
with our own abilities and make an even stronger weapon.
Rammot: Heh. You’re such a stiff...
- ( Slap ) - You know that? Gimme a break.
Colt: Zazan...
( Gasping )
A few days ago, she told me that she had captured a rare.
If we’re lucky, he might still be in the storeroom.
Find it, and secure it.
♪
( Rhino ant laughs )
Sorry, but my entire body is covered with hardened skin.
Keep it up. I can take as many of those attacks as you’ve got.
Killua: Oh, really?
( Rhino ant groaning )
( Gags )
( Chimera ants murmur )
Killua: Is there anyone here
ten times stronger than this guy?
Kite: What a pleasant surprise.
Their officers can be dispatched easily.
Maybe i’m worrying over nothing.
Let’s find out.
Frog ant: That’s enough.
It’s my turn!
( Crazy slots babbles )
Two!
( Frog ant gasps )
♪
Kite: Two, huh? Not a good spin.
Gon: Hey, killua.
Killua: Mm.
That scythe, it’s bad news.
Kite: Gon, killua,
in three seconds, jump.
( Both gasp )
Frog ant: W-what is this? Why do I feel so scared?
Yes, that’s right!
I think i’ve experienced this sensation before!
I remember now.
This is death.
This is what it’s like
to be dominated by a superior creature.
( Queen bites )
( Gon gasps )
Kite: Disappear.
Unfortunately, this is the only technique
I can use with the scythe,
and it won’t disappear until i’ve used it.
( Sighs )
It’s so annoying.
Killua: Yeah, so why did you make it that way?
♪
Kite: Be careful as we advance.
Like I told you before, they’re still alive for a little while.
You okay?
Because it’s only going to get worse from here on.
If you’re thinking about the enemy,
you won’t be able to last mentally.
Gon: I’m all right.
I don’t have any sympathy for guys like him
who call each other trash.
Kite: That’s the problem.
Would you act differently
if one of those bugs cared for its friends?
Narrator: Kite, gon, and killua
head toward the chimera ant queen’s fortress
with one singular mission on their minds,
preventing the birth of the king.
( Hagya grunts )
♪
( Singing in Japanese )