Chimera Ants

Chimera ants are a fictional species of insect that appear in the Japanese manga series Hunter × Hunter by Yoshihiro Togashi. Chimera ants are extremely dangerous, and are ranked first among insects that should be quarantined.cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 18|year=2008|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=Chapter 187|pages=Pg.193-194|isbn=978-1-4215-1471-0] Also known as the "Gourmet Ant," they have voracious appetites and can consume several times their own weight within a single day. In every nest, one queen chimera ant exists to produce more ants in order to ensure the success of the species. Chimera ant queens possess an entirely unique method of reproduction, known as Phagogenesis (nihongo|摂食交配|Sesshoku Kouhai), a fictional term meaning creation/reproduction through eating. By eating other creatures, a chimera ant queen can impart the characteristics of ingested creatures onto the next generation of chimera ants it gives birth to. To take advantage of the genes of a particular species, chimera ants have been known to feed until the fodder species is driven to extinction in its ecosystem.

A chimera ant colony is organized into a military-like chain of command. [cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 19|year=2008|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=Chapter 194|pages=Pg.108|isbn=978-1-4215-1786-5] At the top of the hierarchy is the queen ant, initially protected by the three Royal Guards. Under them are thirty-six [32 squadron leaders are left after 4 entire squads disappear.
cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 20 |year=2008|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=Chapter 204|pages=Pg.82|isbn=978-1-4215-1787-2] Squadron Leaders, who each command four or five Officers, each of whom in turn are in charge of ten to fifteen Drudges. [cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 20 |year=2008|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=Chapter 204|pages=Pg.81|isbn=978-1-4215-1787-2] The later a chimera ant is born by the queen, the stronger and higher ranking it is in their hive. After enough ants have been produced to form a colony, the queen ant focuses all her efforts on giving birth to a King ant. Upon his birth, the Royal Guards solely follow the commands of the King, who leaves the nest to find various creatures to mate with and impregnate in order to create the next queen ant. [cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 19|year=2008|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=Chapter 194|pages=Pg.109|isbn=978-1-4215-1786-5]

Although normal chimera ants are the size of large insects (with a queen capable of growing to a length of 10 centimeters), the Chimera Ant story arc begins with the introduction of a chimera ant queen over two meters tall. The core conflict of the arc arises when the Queen starts to feed upon humans, after discovering the nutritional value of humans to be far superior to that of other prey. As a secondary effect, the ants born by the Queen also become more intelligent and humanoid shaped, while retaining traits of various animals consumed by the Queen.

Newer generations of chimera ants are capable of using both human speech and a form of telepathy to communicate. In contrast, while the prior generation ants and the Queen may only use telepathy, while the Royal Guards are wholly incapable of telepathy. Chimera ants are also capable of surviving wounds that would be fatal to a human and can regenerate damage to their body within a day if their heads are not destroyed. [cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 19|year=2008|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=Chapter 193|pages=Pg.100|isbn=978-1-4215-1786-5] The later generation of ants produced possess a great degree of individuality, as a result of the Queen's mostly human diet (shown when the ants request permission from the queen to give themselves names. [cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 19|year=2008|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=Chapter 188|pages=Pg.16|isbn=978-1-4215-1786-5] ) Several of these ants also possess memories from the lives of the humans eaten by the queen, in the form of personality or knowledge of language and other subjects.

Royal Family

The Queen

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aux2 = The Chimera Ant Queen is the first chimera ant to be seen in the series. The Queen has the appearance of a human-sized ant, walking upright on two legs and with only four insectoid limbs instead six. The Queen also has a set of human-like teeth in addition to two sets of ant mandibles. It is unknown how the Queen came into being. Though chimera ants were not an unknown species in the Hunter × Hunter world, a normal chimera ant queen grows to only 10 centimeters long.

The Queen first appears in the story when she washes up, injured and missing a hand, on the shores of the autonomous region of Neo Green Life (or simply NGL), a small insular nation located on an island known as the Mitene Union. Driven by her reproductive instincts, the Queen immediately begins to feed on fish and bats in order to give birth to soldier ants, which she uses to gather larger prey in greater amounts. By chance, one of the soldier ants gathers two human children and feeds them to the Queen; She finds this food more delicious and nutritious than any other food and subsequently orders her soldiers to concentrate on gathering humans. Due to NGL being a neo-Luddite nation, forbidding the use of modern technology within its borders, news of the giant chimera ant infestation was slow to reach the outside world. By the time Hunters arrive in NGL to investigate, the Queen has given birth to all the chimera ants seen in the story, with the exception of the Royal Guards and the King.

Meryem

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The chimera ant King, Meryem (メルエム　"Meruemu") is the most powerful offspring of the chimera ant Queen. Meryem is first seen when he violently rips through the womb of the chimera ant Queen from the inside, ready to emerge into the world and unwilling to wait for a natural birth. Shortly after his birth, Meryem leaves the hive and NGL with the Royal Guards, in search of a place to start his kingdom. He descends on the Republic of East Gorteau and takes over over the country by killing its dictator, Ming Jol-ik. Meryem then uses Jol-ik's corpse as a puppet to order East Gorteau's population of approximately five million [cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 22|year=2005|publisher=Shueisha|chapter=Chapter 230|pages=Pg.110|isbn=978-4-08-873792-8] to gather simultaneously in the capital city for a national rally. This however, is a ruse, designed to create a situation where entire towns and villages could be secretly abducted for a "selection", the forcible awakening of nen [cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 21|year=2008|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=Chapter 223|pages=Pg.187|isbn=978-1-4215-1788-9] , without their disappearance being noticed. [cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 22|year=2005|publisher=Shueisha|chapter=Chapter 230|pages=Pg.109|isbn=978-4-08-873792-8]

Meryem's eventual plan was to take the one percent [cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 21|year=2008|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=Chapter 223|pages=Pg.188|isbn=978-1-4215-1788-9] of the population that would survive such an awakening and turn them into soldiers for an army he will use to conquer the world.cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 24|year=2007|publisher=Shueisha|chapter=Chapter 251|pages=Pg.56|isbn=978-4-08-874453-7] This plan is temporarily disrupted by Killua, who assassinates a number of "selectors", but a backup plan is soon implemented; East Gorteau is put under martial law, and the population undergo selection in their own homes, though this slows down the process considerably, and only 500,000 people are processed, with 5,000 predicted survivors. Soon after this occurs, the Hunters Netero, Morel, Knuckle, Shoot, Killua, and Gon attack the palace, with the intention of separating the Royal Guards from Meryem and assassinating him.

Meryem's initial personality, when he his first shown in the story, is that of arrogance. The Queen's intention to give birth to a perfect offspring is reflected in Meryem's mentality. He considered himself superior to all other forms of life and felt no concern for his dying mother after his "birth." Meryem was also merciless, instantly killing any chimera ant he considered disrespectful. Meryem was seen killing and eating other chimera ants, something no other chimera ant had ever done.

After reaching East Gorteau and putting his plans into motion, Meryem took an interest in various board games, and gathered various champion-level players to his palace. Simply by reading the rule books, Meryem was able to master any game in under ten matches, simultaneously learning from his opponents while disrupting the "flow" of their play style. After defeating the best player for each game, Meryem proceeded to kill them, as they were of no further use to him.

The final game Meryem learns is Gung-Gi, a fictional shogi-like board game invented by East Gorteau. The world champion for the game is Komugi, a seemingly dimwitted blind girl; However, as Meryem played against her, he found himself unable to disrupt her flow, while at the same time, the challenge of playing against Meryem caused Komugi's skills to increase. Much to the shock of the Royal Guards, Meryem even starts show respect for Komugi and concern for Komugi's well being. In one instance Meryem rips his left arm off, as an apology to Komugi for asking her to bet her left arm on a game, to which she replied that she always bet her life. In another instance, after watching Komugi's nen suddenly awaken, and realizing she would grow exponentially stronger, but only in terms of Gung-gi, Meryem momentarily decides that his power of "violence" was the strongest type of strength, and ultimately Komugi's abilities are meaningless; Yet, moments after this decision, Meryem finds Komugi under attack by a large bird of prey, and is unable to bring himself to do anything except protect her, ultimately unable to understand his own emotions toward Komugi. This leaves Meryem in a contemplative state, wondering about the purpose for his existence in the world.

In the latest issues of the manga, Meryem is preparing to battle Netero, who attacked his castle in order to assassinate him. Before the battle, Komugi is gravely injured by a nen ability meant to cause confusion within the palace, and Meryem orders Neferpitou to save her life. The way Meryem is drawn in this scene suggests he has learned what it means to have concern for someone else's well being.

*Nen Ability
Meryem has the ability to absorb the raw aura of nen-users he has killed. By devouring their brain, he adds their aura to his own--further increasing his power. [cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 21|year=2008|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=Chapter 217|pages=Pg.87-88|isbn=978-1-4215-1788-9] His fighting ability is such that even Netero, chairman of the Hunter committee, expresses doubt that he could defeat him.

Royal Guards

Neferpitou

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Neferpitou (ネフェルピトー "Neferupitō") is a cat-humanoid Chimera ant and the first born of the King's three royal guards. Neferpitou's 'En' is irregularly shaped; rather than a sphere, it takes the form of spiky tendrils of nen, a single one of which can be extended up to two miles. He also has an ability called "Doctor Blythe", which has no use whatsoever outside of healing. Doctor Blythe cannot move from the position which it is initially summoned and it is connected to Pitou's tail, which limits Pitou's radius of movement to 20 meters while it is active. Neferpitou killed Kite and had later revived him as a puppet using his abilities--repairing human body parts and puppeteering. Neferpitou gets distracted easily and loves to play a lot. He is the most naive, or rather simple-minded of the three Royal Guards.

Despite his cheerful and seemingly naive manner, he has been shown to have terrifying power and have a level of extreme sadism. Kite, Gon, Killua, and other hunters have commented that his power is unlike anything they've ever sensed before. Even the Hunter Association President Netero, who in his younger days was considered the world's strongest nen user, wondered aloud whether Pitou might be stronger than him. [Netero's comments when first seeing Pitou's aura from a distance. "Hunter x Hunter", manga Volume 20 Chapter 201.]

Due to Neferpitou's very feminine appearance, as well a reference to his stance being 'mother-like' when healing Komugi, there is some confusion as to Pitou's gender. However, in the official Hunter's Guide, Neferpitou is confirmed as being male. [cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Hunter's Guide|year=2004|publisher=Shueisha|pages=Pg.150|isbn=978-4-08-872788-2]

*Nen Ability: Corpse Puppeteer
*Nen Ability: Terpsichora
*Nen Ability: Doctor Blythe

haiapouf

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Shaiapouf (シャウアプフ "Shauapufu") is a butterfly-humanoid chimera ant, and one of the King's royal guards. Shaiapouf appears to be the most calm and intelligent of the three guards, relying on logic and reason more than his emotions. In reality, Pouf is the most emotional of the three guards, often experiencing mood swings relating to his idealization and idolization of the Chimera Ant King.

Having wholeheartedly devoted his entire being to the protection of the King and the eventual domination of the world by the King, Pouf's temperament is grossly disturbed by the King's obsession with the "insignificant" human, Komugi. The King is unable to defeat the girl at the game of Gung-Gi, and even seems care about her well being. Pouf views Komugi as a threat to the King, as his obsession with a mere human could undermine the King's rightful domination of the world as the most perfect form of life. Pouf considers killing Komugi, but upon the realization that killing the girl would forever deny the King any victory over her, bursts into tears and swears to end his own life after helping the King attain complete dominion.

Pouf's state of mind is even further distressed during the attack on the King's palace by the Chimera Ant Extermination Team, when he dashes to the King's room and finds it empty. Pouf not only realizes that the King must be in Komugi's room, but that he had known in his heart the King would be with Komugi in her room and rushed to the King's room anyway.

*Nen Ability: Spiritual MessageShaiapouf's ability is called Spiritual Message. Using his scales as a specialized En, he can read his opponent's emotions through their aura. Another ability is a hypnotic moth dust he disperses with his wings.

Menthuthuyoupi

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Menthuthuyoupi (モントゥトゥユピー "Montutuyupī") is the third member of the King's royal guard. Menthuthuyoupi has the appearance of a heavily muscled human male with no obvious features that mark him as a chimera ant, except his irregularly shaped ears, his legs, and his razor sharp teeth, but he is the largest of the Royal Guards, easily over seven feet tall. Youpi is the only royal guard that is a demon beast hybrid, and as a result, is a shape shifter. He has been shown to have the ability to grow wings, extra arms, and extra eyes. He has the most straightforward personality of the royal guards, and possesses a strength that comes from complete selflessness and devotion to the King's safety.

In recent issues of the manga, Knuckle estimates the size of Youpi's aura to be at least 10 times greater than Morel's, or at least 700,000.

quadron Leaders

Brovūda

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Brovūda (ブロヴーダ) is a Crayfish squadron leader. His nen ability is that of firing energy blasts from his claws.

Bihorn

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Colt

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Colt (コルト "Koruto") is avian chimera ant with angel-like wings on his back. He was among the first chimera ants to be born by the Queen following her change to an all-human diet. Colt is first seen in the manga leading his squad on a food-gathering attack on a human farming settlement. Throughout his appearances, Colt projects a very strict and formal attitude. Colt is seen pressuring other squadron leaders to become better organized, and also seen monitoring the work of the others. He is extremely devoted both to the Queen and his work, and was the only squadron leader that always gave "all" the humans he killed to the Queen as food. When the Queen was grievously injured as a result of the King's birth, Colt was the ant that decided to surrender contacted the Hunters in order to secure medical attention for her, and even offered his own organs to save her life.

Colt's loyalty and desire to protect is a trait inherited from the first human eaten by the Queen, a young boy trying to protect his sister Reina. Colt was partly born of the boy's genetic material, and had residual memories of Reina, even mentioning her name without realizing it. After the Queen's death he cursed his inability to protect her and Reina, but soon noticed a tiny infant, no larger than a finger, among the Queen's remains and vowed to protect and raise it. Following this emotional scene, a tearful Morel declared he himself would protect Colt and his ward from harm if they could learn not to eat humans.

Leol

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Leol (レオル "Reoru") is a chimera ant resembling an anthropomorphic lion, formerly known as Hagya. He is one of the squadron leaders under the queen, and among the first to defect from her orders. Following the death of the chimera ant queen, he changes his name from Hagya for unknown reasons. Leol's memories of his previous life are not that of a human's, but those of a lion. [Leol's interior monologue. "Hunter x Hunter", manga Volume 19 Chapter 197.] During Morel and Knov’s primary infiltration of the King's palace in East Gorteau, Leol faces Morel in combat. He assumes to be victorious after submerging Morel in an underground church using a stolen ability, but dies by asphyxiation due to a cunning strategy put into plan by Morel.

*Nen Ability: Rental Pod (レンタルポッド 「謝債発行機」), "lit." "Favor Issuing Machine"cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 24|year=2007|publisher=Shueisha|chapter=Chapter 248|pages=Pg.16|isbn=978-4-08-874453-7] Leol's Hatsu allows him to temporarily borrow the nen abilities of other people. Leol must fulfill two conditions for each ability he wants to borrow; First, he first know the name of the ability or have seen it being used, and second, he must do the owner of the ability a favor, and confirm a debt with a question along the lines of "You owe me, ok?" Once Leol fulfills the conditions, the name of the owner, the name of the ability, and the number of times it can be used (once per favor done for the owner) automatically recorded in Leol's issuing machine, a small device resembling an iPod. If an ability owner dies, their information is automatically erased from the machine and their ability can no longer be used. To access an ability, Leol uses the device to print out and tear up a receipt, which grants him use of the ability for one hour. [cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 24|year=2007|publisher=Shueisha|chapter=Chapter 253|pages=Pg.92|isbn=978-4-08-874453-7] During this time, the ability cannot be used by its original owner.

*Nen Ability: Inamura　(イナムラ　「TUBE」)cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 24|year=2007|publisher=Shueisha|chapter=Chapter 253|pages=Pg.93|isbn=978-4-08-874453-7] A borrowed nen ability Leol uses during his fight against Morel, named after Inamura Point, a popular location for surfing in Japan. The ability is owned by an friend of Morel's named Gura-chan, and can only be used on a rainy day. A surfing board and a trident harpoon are conjured by the user, as huge waves of water appear, seemingly from nowhere. Both the surfing board and trident are razor sharp and are used as weapons.

While this ability is active, Leol can use a technique called Tornave (トルナイヴ 「渦波」), [cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 24|year=2007|publisher=Shueisha|chapter=Chapter 253|pages=Pg.98|isbn=978-4-08-874453-7] "lit." "Spiral Wave", by spinning the surfboard in place horizontally, creating a vortex of water that sucks anything nearby to the center, becoming an easy target for a harpoon attack. Leol can also use a technique called Big Wall (ビックウォール 「大波」), [cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 24|year=2007|publisher=Shueisha|chapter=Chapter 254|pages=Pg.106|isbn=978-4-08-874453-7] "lit." "Big Wave", causing the water underneath him to swell up into a gigantic tidal wave and crash down on anything or anyone in front of it.

Meleoron

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aux2 =A pacifistic chameleon-like ant, Meleoron's defining ability is to make himself invisible. He is an eccentric among chimera ants, as he dislikes fighting killing. Even though Meleoron has the rank of a squadron leader, he himself admits his fighting strength is only on par with a common soldier ant. Meleoron dresses in a hooded sweatshirt ands sweatpants, and is often seen smoking. His original name was Jail.

In addition to Meleoron's natural ability to turn invisible, he also has two secret nen abilities unknown to other chimera ants.

*Nen Ability: Perfect PlanWhile holding his breath, Meleoron can use an advanced form of his invisibility, becoming not only invisible, but also becoming completely undetectable by scent, contact, or En. By using his normal invisibility, Meleoron can lull others into believing he can be detected by non-visual means, and is therefore only a minor threat. Under battle conditions, Meleoron is able to hold his breath for approximately one minute.

*Nen Ability: God's AccompliceMeleoron's Perfect Plan can in turn be used on any person he is in physical contact with. Meleoron planned to use this ability to defeat the Chimera Ant King, by finding a partner who is able to strike a fatal blow at the Chimera Ant King while they are hidden.

Peggy

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aux2 = A chimera ant officer resembling a macaroni penguin. In his human life, Peggy was the foster parent of Meleoron. Peggy is immediately killed by the chimera ant King after worrying about saving the queen's life. His sudden death causes Meleoron to regain some fragments of memory of his human life and turn traitor in order to avenge Peggy's death.Meleoron's conversation with Gon. "Hunter x Hunter", manga Volume 21]

Werefin

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A humanoid chimera ant resembling a wolf. Werefin (ウェルフィン "Uerufin"), a drudge at the bottom of the chimera ant hierarchy, is secretly aiming to reach the top of the kingdom by trying to gain favor with the King. Gaining better relations with the kingdom's secretary, Bizef, Werefin reports anything out of the ordinary that he notices. He has an exceptional sense of smell, and is among the few figuring out exactly who the intruders into the King's palace are. He is striving to be the "Shadow King". He is extremely paranoid, shown by his hatsu, and is constantly suspecting everyone around him.

*Nen Ability: MissilemanWerefin's nen ability takes the form of a semi-sentient missile pack on his back.

Yunju

Yunju is a centaur-like chimera ant that Gon, Killua, and Kite meet in a narcotics factory in the N.G.L., deployed there along with two officers in order to prevent the trio from getting closer to the ants' nest. He is killed by Kite, while the officers are killed by Gon and Killua in one on one combat.

Zazan

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aux2 =A scorpion-like ant, Zazan has the an upper-body of an attractive woman and a tail that can stun her prey or transform it into an ant subservient to herself (the Queen Shot). Zazan is first introduced when she subdues Pokkle with her stinger, saving her doting subordinate Pike from Pokkle's attacks. After the actual Queen's death she proclaims herself to be a queen, taking over a colony near Meteor City and turning a large number of humans there into subservient minions with her stinging ability.

Zazan is extremely vain and gets furious if anything damages her beauty. Her ultimate ability is to transform herself into a hideous monster with even greater strength and super-hard skin, which she uses as a last resort against Feitan. It does her little good though, as Feitan ends up incinerating her with his Pain Packer ability.

*Nen Ability: Queen Shot: "Sexy Stinger of Rebirth"

Cheetu

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Personality wise, Cheetu is very simpleminded. He is commonly very impressed with his own speed. Unlike some other chimera ants, Cheetu has no greater plans, and is simply content with being the fastest. Cheetu also enjoys fighting only as a way of boasting and showing off his abilities; He does not seek the "thrill of the kill". In confrontation against a group police officers, Cheetu waited until the last possible moment to dodge a barrage of bullets fired at him, then dismembered the fingers of all his attackers, before asking them to "bring some faster guys tomorrow". When fighting Morel, Morel openly declares the reason he was able to win is because Cheetu is stupid.

Cheetu is first introduced along with the other recurring squadron leaders early in the Chimera Ant story arc. After the birth of Meryem and the death of the Queen, he leaves NGL and starts heading East, along the way causing an incident in nearby Pata City, at which point Morel and Knuckle are called to confront him. Neither side is able to declare victory, with Cheetu unable to damage the two Hunters and the two Hunters unable to land any serious hits on Cheetu. This causes Cheetu to realize he needs a power greater than pure speed, eventually seeking Shaiapouf for help in developing his own Hatsu in exchange for servitude. With his new power, he confronts Morel again, but is defeated by psychological attacks. Cheetu escapes, and later is seen boasting about yet another ability. He finally meets his end during the attack on Meryem's palace; Cheetu is crushed to death by Silva Zoldyck from above while attempting to pick a fight with Zeno, all the while boasting of his magnificent new technique.

*Nen Ability: "Tag"The nen ability Cheetu uses against Morel is never official named, however, it resembles a game of Tag. Cheetu activates the ability by making physical contact with his target, at which point they are both enclosed in an artificial Nen-space resembling a savanna. the approximate size of a baseball field, [cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink=Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter × Hunter, Volume 23|year=2006|publisher=Shueisha|chapter=Chapter245|pages=Pg.157|isbn=978-4-08-873882-6] The space is isolated from the real world by a dome painted with images of the sky, and is approximately the size of a baseball field. Both Cheetu and his target are stuck inside this area. To leave, the victim of the ability must touch Cheetu before a time limit of eight hours (represented by a giant hourglass standing in the middle of the area) runs out. The consequence of not accomplishing this is never revealed, as Cheetu is caught by Morel, and as a condition of the ability, is never able to use it again.

*Nen Ability: CrossbowIn the middle of Cheetu's game of Tag with Morel, when it is obvious he is about to be caught, Cheetu's desperation causes him to develop a new ability on the spot; he conjures a miniature crossbow attached to his arm. This proves to be a futile gesture, as the crossbow is much slower than Cheetu himself, and only causes Morel to call Cheetu "stupid."

*Nen Ability: Monroe WalkOnly the name of this ability is known, as Cheetu was killed by Silva before he could demonstrate it.-

Officers

Baro

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Baro was an armadillo chimera ant in Hagya's Squad. His method of attack was tucking into a hard ball rolling full speed into an opponent, while using his tail to change direction at any time so the attack could not be dodged. He was killed by Gon who simply took then attack head on, then crushed Baro to death with his bare hands.

Flutter

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*Nen Ability: Super-Eye [Ability name thought bubble while observing Killua. "Hunter x Hunter", manga Volume 23 Chapter 237.]

Hina

A female Chimera Ant and member of Leol's troop, originally named Hirin. Hina has the ability to remove nen, which is stored in her belly. She dresses in cutesy clothes, and worries about the effect her ability has on her figure.

Ikarugo

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*Nen Ability: Fleadom [Ability name thought bubble while shooting Killua. "Hunter × Hunter", manga Volume 23 Chapter 236.]

*Nen Ability: Living Dead Dolls

Oroso Siblings

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*Nen Ability: Darts de Darts [Ability name thought bubble when throwing darts. "Hunter x Hunter", manga Volume 23 Chapter 239.]

Pike

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Pike is a spider-like chimera ant officer in Zazan's squad. He is shown to be simple-minded and poor in tactics. He shoots sticky webs from his anus. He is killed by Shizuku.

*Nen Ability: Love Shower: Deluge D'Amour

Rammot

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Rammot (ラモット "Ramotto") is an officer in Colt's squad. He attacked Gon and Killua but was defeated by their Nen abilities, although they were unable to kill him before he fled. As a result of this confrontation, Rammot's aura nodes were opened and he became the first chimera ant to be able to control Nen. This in turn allowed Rammot to forcibly awaken the Nen of other chimera ants. Rammot eventually sought revenge on Gon and Killua, but in doing so caused Killua to discover and remove a needle planted in his head by his older brother Illumi which caused Killua to flee from any opponent he was not 100% sure of defeating. Following this, Rammot was quickly decapitated by Killua.

Other

Gyro

Gyro (ジャイロ "Jairo") is the founder and former king of the Neo Green Life autonomous region.cite book|last=Togashi|first=Yoshihiro|authorlink = Yoshihiro Togashi|title=Hunter x Hunter, Volume 20|year=2008|publisher=Viz Media|chapter=Chapter 204|pages=Pg.78-79|isbn=978-1-4215-1787-2] As a human, he suffered an abusive childhood at the hands of an alcoholic father. His ambition is to spread evil throughout the world. Gyro's tenacity and pride as a former king allowed him to keep all of his human memories and break free of the chimera ant Queen's control, vacating her domain. Gyro was also in NGL at the same time as Gon and Killua, though they never met.

Bizef

The Secretary of State of East Gorteau. He is left alive by the Chimera Ants after they take control of the government to run the bureaucratic system.

Komugi

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Komugi is a blind girl who is a genius at Gung-gi, a fictional board game of Hunter x Hunter. She is introduced during the Chimera Ant arc and frequently plays Meryem, the Chimera Ant King, in Gung-Gi games. Meryem seems to be developing some feelings towards her, despite her being a human. As of chapter 267, she is severely injured in her midsection, probably as a result of the Diving Dragons attack of Zeno, which he used when both he and Netero stormed Meryem's castle.

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