In The Care Of Ants

__________ POV Ashton__________

Unfortunately, I don't have enough time to develop this small Chimera Ant. The attack on the King is in around two days.

I need to meet up with Netero and his friend. Who he still hasn't told me much about. But I need to find a caretaker for this little ant.

I can't have it running around and meeting random people. Who knows how they will influence it. I could also just throw it back into the rift in space.

But that would mean that I will have to wait even more for it to grow up. And I don't really feel like it.

So I decided to bother Netero once more. Who told me not to call him again and to tell Smokey and Glasses about my discovery.

Apparently, they took some ants with them that didn't want to fight and they were all living together in a villa.

Oh well, I'm not one to complain. This is rather convenient. Strange how much the two of them managed to do after running away from me... Did I spend more time than I realised in that stalemate with Netero?

That might be it. Otherwise, this wouldn't have been possible. And we do have the habit of getting lost in fights.

It doesn't matter anyway. All three of the Royal Guards could've fought against Smokey and Glasses. If they weren't disobedient rats that is.

I ended up calling Smokey with the number Netero gave me.

"Smokey! It's been a while. Remember the body of the ant Queen I took with me~" I explained the situation to him before he even had the time to respond to my greeting.

"Why are you calling in the middle of the night?" That was all the response I got. I guess Smokey is a bit tired. I don't care though.

"Just tell me where that dammed villa is..." I said, my patience somewhat disappearing as my tone became threatening.

After that, he told me the location and, presumably, went back to sleep. He did sound like a wreck. I guess the hunters are all somewhat stressed out.

I didn't even realise that it was midnight in my excitement. I really need to temper it properly. Time spent by myself certainly doesn't help with my lack of social awareness...

I now need to make my way to a villa in the middle of a random forest. Great, I put the little ant back into the rift and started leaving the hotel again.

I took a cab to the beginning of the forest road and left it. The driver was really tense by the end of the drive.

I guess it is a bit shady. I may look harmless, but my musing can sometimes look creepy from the outside.

The fact that we were driving in the middle of nowhere didn't help in any way. He looked like he was sweating bullets when I told him where to stop.

After I left the car I could hear his sigh of relief as he sped away almost instantly. I still had quite a bit of walking to do. But I don't plan on spending all night here.

So I just used Ken, surrounding my body in aura, creating a powerful armour. It protected me greatly due to the amount of Nen I possess.

I quickly started blasting myself forward by exploding the ground underneath my feet. The first explosion sent me flying upwards into the air.

I spun around a bit in midair, facing the direction the villa is in. And propelled myself forward with great speed.

As for how I did that. My clothes are imbued with enough of my 'Parasitic Explosion' to the point where I can call myself a human nuke. But detonating myself like that would be quite dangerous.

My body quickly turned into an arrow, breaking the sound barrier and creating shockwaves when hitting the wind.

Any normal person would be crushed by this speed. But I can manage due to my disgusting amount of Nen.

It perfectly protected me against both the temperature and the blast of the explosion. Making the blast of the explosions only give me momentum.

This speed was great. Even greater than Netero's Hatsu. I never use it fully in battle. It is almost impossible to properly manoeuvre in a fight.

Both Netero and I can go over the speed of sound with our Hatsu. Well, his attacks can, his body is stationary most times.

Even with my speed, it still took me a bit to reach the villa. It was quite deep into the mountains. Camouflaged by trees.

I kept blasting myself in that general direction until I could see the villa. The ants should be awake by now. Explosions aren't exactly known to be quiet.

When I eventually reached its vicinity, I spun around in the air, breaking some of my momentum. And let off another explosion to completely bring me to a stop.

I landed safely on the ground, about 100 meters away from the villa door. Using Gyo, I could see that the ants were gathered around the door. There were around 5 of them.

They seemed to be somewhat panicked. Rightfully so, but It doesn't really matter much. I reached the door and knocked on it politely.

Figured showing some manners would calm down their nerves to some extent. It didn't work well. They all tensed up when hearing someone at the door.

They'll calm down eventually. There are only two Ants I recognize in this group. One was the bird fellow with a human-ish face. His name was Colt, I think.

The other one was a purple bear in a suit. Someone I can consider Classy. His name was Koala, I only remember him because I like his style(similar to mine).

Colt was the one to approach the door. The others got into fighting positions. Really? What do they think? Does someone just randomly attack them? Since when are they so important?

Colt opened the door and was immediately surprised when seeing me.

"Well, hello there Colt." I said calmly.

"Mister Ashton! It's been a while. I didn't think you'd be the one to visit..." The other ants immediately relaxed when seeing me. They all recognize me from the nest.

Big mistake for them to let their guards down like this. But whatever. I need them for something now.

"Hey, remember the Queen's body?~" I started explaining the situation to Colt, as Koala and the others listened intently.

Colt was extremely excited when seeing me take out the small Chimera Ant. The fact that I just ripped a hole in space with my bare hands seemed to fly over his head completely...

The others did react a bit. But it was nothing major... I guess they don't yet know enough about Nen to understand how difficult that is.

I just left the little ant in their care. It seemed completely confused too, something that I find strange.

Considering that a child shouldn't even get too accustomed to his surroundings as quickly as he did.

A new-born wouldn't be able to realize they basically just got teleported. This little Ant is looking more and more interesting. It's almost making me forget that the king even exists... Almost.

After that, I just bid them farewell and left the villa. I'll go to sleep tonight and prepare to meet with Netero and his friend tomorrow.

I'll figure something out for my entertainment when I meet Pitou again...

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Hope you enjoyed the chapter!

I had some fun writing it.

Fyi, Ashton can reach Detonation Velocity. Which usually depends on the strength of the explosion.

For convenience sake, we'll say that in this chapter he was reaching around 3000 m/s.

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