While Conrad was in the hotel room, his phone rang.
He looked at the screen and smiled.
"Mizaistom," he said.
"Conrad, sorry to bother you."
"I want to ask you something."
"Are you free?"
Conrad stopped for a moment and could not help but think that if he is not going to ask it on the phone, it must be something important.
"What is it?"
Mizaistom then said.
"It is about Cradle City and Heart Ice; I heard you were there."
Conrad smirked.
"Shit..."
"I can only hope that they would not care about it," he thought and then spoke.
"Yes, I was there for personal reasons."
Mizaistom, inside of his room, nodded.
"So, it is true," he thought.
"I heard from the hunter there that you know about that other place?"
Conrad knew that there was no need to hide something like that.
"Yes, I do."
"Is that a problem?"
Mizaistom said.
"Oh."
"The knowledge itself is not a problem at all."
"As long as you do not try to make it your goal to go there, there is no problem."
Conrad laughed.
"I understand."
"Is this the thing you wanted to ask?"
Conrad said.
Mizaistom kept his silence a moment or two and then said it.
"Actually."
"There is something that I may need help of yours."
"It is about hunters and their status."
Conrad thought for a moment and then understood that Mizaistom needed help from him.
He remembered the event that Mizaistom was speaking about.
When Netero died and a new chairman needed to be selected, the Zodiacs grouped up to discuss how things would go according to the will of Netero.
At that point, Mizaistom said to Pariston, the vice chairman, that when he was given the position of vice chairman by Netero, the missing hunter numbers increased a lot.
Maybe those missing statistics come to him around this time, and he starts to look into it.
"Tell me more."
Conrad said.
"It is just that I cannot speak these things on the phone."
"Where are you?"
Conrad answered.
"I am Yorknew City, Hotel Beitacle."
Mizaistom nodded.
"I will be there in ten hours of time."
Conrad knew that he was not that good when it comes to searching for hunters and finding missing people.
Not to mention, Pariston and his actions should not be taken lightly; right now Conrad does not want Pariston to be his enemy.
If he becomes enemies with Pariston, it is more than likely that he would have problems with Beyond Netero and his team that he prepared for the succession war and dark continent voyage.
At this stage, Conrad was not scared of most of the individual battles, but he knew that he was not untouchable, and if he got on the wrong side of too many powerful nen users at the same time, it would not be unexpected to get cursed by Beyond via some means of nen that he did not have enough time to focus on.
But listening is still okay; at the same time, Mizaistom deserves such a level of recognition, as he gave Leorio to him when he just asked about it, no question asked.
"Okay."
"Text me when you arrive." Conrad said and then closed the phone.
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At night, Conrad sat down at the bar of the Hotel Beitacle, and Mizaistom arrived alone.
He sat on his side.
"What do you drink?" Conrad asked.
Mizaistom looked at the bartender and then said it.
"I would like a vodka white."
Conrad nodded and looked at the bartender and said.
"Gin and Tonic for me."
Conrad then turned to Mizaistom.
"So."
"I am going to be direct."
"This matter of missing hunters is something big and dangerous."
"I have my reasons to believe who is responsible, but I have no real evidence."
"Truth to be told, I have no evidence of wrongdoing against that person."
Conrad nodded, and the bartender placed the drinks on the table.
"I guess."
"Is it somebody from the Hunter Association and one of the higher-ups?"
Mizaistom nodded.
He was not shocked or finding it weird that Conrad was able to tell.
Any hunter at the level of Conrad and capability can easily tell something like this without any problem at all.
"It is, but it is not good for me to give a name to you."
Conrad nodded.
"I can understand that."
"But I need to know what you want me to do about it."
Mizaistom took a deep breath and then took a sip from his drink.
"Nothing big."
"I need you to keep your eyes open about the hunters; I will give you the list."
"Right now, there are twelve hunters missing."
"I will give you the names and how they look to you, and if you find any of them while you do what you want to do, just give me information."
Conrad nodded.
Mizaistom also added.
"It is not much, but for every hunter you give information about, alive or dead, it does not matter; the Hunter Association will give you merit and a one hundred million jenny reward in return."
Conrad laughed.
"That is great to hear and good motivation."
Mizaistom smiled.
"Also..."
"This is your new hunter license, different than what you got."
Conrad took it and then nodded.
"Thank you."
Mizaistom then finished his drink and left the bar without saying anything more.
Conrad kept on staying at the bar and drinking.
"It seems like the more I get powerful, the more I need to get involved with big shots." Conrad thought.
The power of him increased greatly in such a short time; one must know that other nen users that he is getting involved with, despite not understanding everything greatly, are still smart and powerful nen users themselves.
People such as Mizaistom can understand that his nen capability and potential are off the limits.
Also, his actions of taking down dangerous organizations by forming plans showed that he was a capable individual; it did make sense to form connections with such a nen user.
"If I want to, I can become a Zodiac with not much of a problem at all."
"But why would I need responsibilities of a zodiac?" Conrad thought.
At the same time, he smiled.
"I wonder how my team members are doing with their creational conditions."