__________ POV Ashton__________
I stood in front of a young ant with long red hair wearing mostly leather clothes. Its large purple eyes were looking at me questioningly.
"So... What do you want?" Straight to the point heh. I guess Kite is a straight forward person.
"Well... I am quite curious about how exactly you retained your life. However, I am well aware our relationship is nowhere near good enough for you to disclose such information..."
I don't know how much I will be able to learn from this conversation, but I can only hope that Kite doesn't hold a grudge for the fact that I left him for dead...
I don't fear any type of retaliation, I just want to know exactly how he managed to bring himself back to life, or how he was brought back.
Without any information from him, I'd have to do a guessing game until I get the right answers. And that is very irritating.
"You are right to assume that I won't tell you everything... However, some pieces of information can be bought..." Great, at least I won't have to leave empty-handed.
Negotiation means that I still can get the information I want, I just need to present something that attracts Kite... But what would that be?
"I need... A book, every detail possible, everything you can find out about Chimera Ants and their reproduction... I want to know more as well, I will tell you most of what I know..." His cold expression and tone really accommodate the situation.
It seems that most of the people in this house have recovered some of their memories from their past lives. Even if only snippets.
So, it seems that a Chimera Ant is a lot more interesting than I first thought... Kite regained his memories after a few minutes of being taken out of the queen's torso.
He said that he can't remember anything in between, it felt a lot like he just woke up as a baby ant at some point.
But the most important part, and what seems to be the common point with everyone that has recovered memories.
They all had a strong desire to keep on living, one way or another. That desire gave birth to determination, and the line becomes blurry from there.
Is every determined individual that turns into an ant going to recover their memories at some point? Or is it purely coincidental? Kite seems more curious as to how his body was formed exactly.
Modern doctors can't really answer his questions without speculating a lot, and he doesn't seem too keen on being disected alive. So he decided to strike a deal with me instead of just turning me away.
In a way, this is him showing me trust. But he's likely not being truthful in everything he said. Or at least left some things out.
After all, from what he explained, regaining your memories at birth is highly unusual, at least going by already observed individuals.
Regardless, I don't see any reason to kill him, no actual advantage to it. So I will keep my end of the deal, partially. I won't disclose everything either.
After all, this the best way to go in such a situation. But, unfortunately for him, this matter will have to wait for quite some time.
"Very well, I will take some DNA samples from you. Nothing major, some blood, hair, urine if possible." Kite just nodded, it's nice that he's being cooperative.
"But I will be heading on a mission soon, so I won't be able to come back to you in a short time span." This one seemed to throw him off a bit. I guess not knowing what exactly you are is quite annoying to him.
"I promise that I will get back to you when the research is finished. I will still take the samples now if possible." He just sighed and ripped out a few strands of his own hair, handing them to me.
I ripped space open and took out a few sterilised Ziploc bags, along with a syringe. Kite just sighed and rolled up his sleeve.
Although I could tell my 'storage' Hatsu surprised him a bit. But he's seen it before when he was a baby, so he was able to suppress his curiosity and not pry into my abilities.
Though I could see that he wanted to know some stuff, his eyes can be quite expressive when in conversation.
"Just get this over with..." And so I did, quick and painless, also applied a bandage so he wouldn't bleed much.
"Well, I believe we are done here. I hope to hear from you sooner than later..." Kite said, ending our meeting quite quickly, but it's not like we're friends or something.
"Of course, I can't wait to look more deeply into this matter myself. Rebirth doesn't happen all that often after all." After that, I took my leave.
The other ants weren't there to say goodbye, but I didn't feel like meeting them anyway. So it doesn't matter.
I am satisfied with how this situation has turned out, I also managed to find quite a few interesting things.
My deal with Kite was a bit unexpected, but it's a good outcome for me... Now to prepare a bit more for my expedition...
__________ POV Narration__________
Only after making sure that the mad scientist had left could the newborn Kite relax.
A frustrated sigh came from his lips, as he pondered on his exchange with the old monster.
He wanted to know more about Chimera Ants, the world barely had anything written about them, and the scientist was the only one holding anything important from their race.
The queen's body was the key to researching the ants. And the old scientist had it, blocking the others from making any significant breakthrough.
The others were stuck on just disected regular Chimera Ants and hoping for the best.
Kite knew what he was doing was dangerous.
But he didn't believe that outright refusing the scientist was a good choice. He didn't know if he would've reacted violently to that.
He played things safe and decided that this was his best bet for surviving, and if he could eventually find out more about his new species, then he would be pleased enough.
Revenge was not really on Kite's mind. Besides, it didn't even look attainable to the newly reborn hunter.
All he could do now was to wait, train and wait. His current body was more talented than his last, so he had more opportunities now...
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