Back in the nest, Colt has successfully enlisted Morel and Knov's help to give the Queen medical assistance. The King explains how he knows, and also commends Pitou for surviving his attack. Neferpitou offers some more advice, to which the King hits them with his tail for Pitou's mockery. Meruem feeds on the surrounding humans but remains unsatisfied. The King and his Royal Guards fly over the fields and come upon a small farm. Pitou identifies them as the 'rares' and grants the King's demand.

The King, finding the food bland, demands to eat the same delicious food the Queen ate. His Guards follow suit, Shaiapouf flying and Menthuthuyoupi copying Pouf's wings.

Meruem punches a hole in the wall and climbs to the top. Ignoring Colt, Pitou explains that the King's meal is outside. However, Pitou refuses, since they needed Kite and the Queen means nothing to the Royal Guards, now that the King is born. Colt runs after the Guards and begs for Pitou to heal the Queen with the same ability they used to heal Kite. The King follows his Guards, leaving the Queen writhing in pain. After the newly born King Meruem kills some of his subordinates, the three Guards appear and introduce themselves to him. Shaiapouf and Neferpitou immediately identify it as the birth of the King. Sometime in between, the youngest of the Guards, Menthuthuyoupi, is already born. Moreover, they say that the Royal Guard will defend the nest. Colt and Peggy ask Pitou for advice, but Pitou allows them to handle everything outside the nest. In the next few days, more and more squadrons mysteriously disappear. He introduces himself as Shaiapouf, and tells Pitou that Menthuthuyoupi will also awaken soon. While Pitou contemplates their actions about them, a second Royal Guard suggests that they wait and see. Morel Mackernasey uses his smoke to create bunnies that can determine how many Ants are present in the nest. Д¬hairman Netero's team arrives near the nest, but they cannot go further due to Neferpitou's vast, irregular En. Once back in the nest, Pitou's desire to battle once again with Kite manifests in their Nen ability, Doctor Blythe. The next morning, Pitou orders for the Ants to create a freezer to preserve Kite's corpse, while Kite's head is resting on their lap. During the initiation of the Squadron Leaders, Pitou senses Kite's aura and leaves the nest to battle him. Pitou also participates, revealing them to be a Specialist.

Under Pitou's supervision, Rammot takes the Water Divination test. They start rummaging through Pokkle's brain in search of answers about the 'gifts', which they consequently learn as 'Nen'. However, Neferpitou senses Pokkle's presence and has him killed. Neferpitou asks Rammot about 'gifts', to which Rammot is happy to explain to them. Their sinister aura is immediately recognized by their fellow Ants, such as Rammot and Peggy. The eldest of the Guards, Neferpitou, awakens during Pokkle's confinement within the nest. After giving her consent, the Queen goes to where the eggs of the Royal Guards and amusedly decides to name the Guards herself. Turtle asks the Queen if they might have names and explains their meaning to the Queen. One day, she summons all her Squadron Leaders and demands them to deliver her 50 humans a day. Plot Chimera Ant arcДЄmid the Chimera Ant Queen's founding of her NGL nest, she conceives the three Royal Guards. Despite their loyalty to the biological project of domination laid out by the Chimera Ant Queen, they have no use for her person or interest in her well-being whatsoever after the birth of the King, leaving her to die despite having the power to save her. They are supposed to fight the Ant King's enemies and fulfill his every wish. As a result, dozens of other Chimera Ants refer to them as 'special beings', because of the power they possess. Their genetic destiny gave the Royal Guards more strength, aura, and talent in Nen than their subordinates. The Chimera Ant Queen in NGL devoured hundreds of normal and Nen-using humans, and gave birth to Ants far stronger than average ones. The Royal Guards are designed to protect and serve their King, and to enforce this, they require more power than common Ants. Like other Chimera Ants, the Royal Guards are born through phagogenesis, but are genetically stronger than any other soldier Ant due to their position on the Chimera Ant hierarchy, and hatch with the ability to use Nen.

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