"Well, it's mainly because when I passed by here before, these little guys gave me a good idea, which advanced the progress of a certain project of mine."
Ging Freecss casually touched the forehead of a nearby Two-headed Wolf.
"So, I wanted to do them a favor, too."
Repaying kindness, never forgetting a debt, even if it's to a wolf, was Ging Freecss's code of conduct.
And the Two-headed Wolf, being petted, didn't shy away from Ging Freecss at all.
Far from being wary, it even looked quite content and was enjoying it. Clearly, it already had a pretty good relationship with Ging.
"Just helping out as a way of repaying them?"
Luke nodded, accepting the reasoning.
If it had been anyone else, such a thing would never have happened. But with Ging Freecss, Luke felt it was entirely within reason.
"Well then, have you thought of any solutions to their reproduction problem?"
Luke also approached, examining this unique and endangered creature with some curiosity.
The Two-headed Wolf immediately grew alert when they saw a stranger approaching.
Unlike with Ging Freecss, they bared their fangs at Luke.
But after Ging Freecss patted their heads…
"Not yet."
The Two-headed Wolf fell silent and continued to lower its head.
Ging Freecss continued to pat one of the wolf heads.
"But after thinking about it, I've come up with some ideas."
"That is..."
Ging Freecss said seriously: "To solve their reproduction problem, they have to start with themselves."
"They have two heads, each with different thoughts, and these thoughts often clash."
"From what to eat, where to live, to which side faces the sun, and so on, the two heads have different thoughts and experiences."
"Naturally, when it comes to reproduction, the issue is even more critical."
"If the two heads' thoughts and decisions aren't aligned, then no matter how much effort we put in, no matter how much we try to promote it, we can't make the two heads agree on a shared action for their one body."
This was the insight Ging Freecss had gained after arriving here.
He didn't hold anything back; he simply shared it openly with Luke and Ginta.
Clearly, his true purpose was to help the Two-headed Wolf reproduce.
As for the reputation and benefits he would gain by solving their reproduction problem, and whether his insights and ideas would be stolen… to Ging Freecss, none of this mattered.
All he cared about was resolving the Two-headed Wolf's problem, nothing more.
"Well, ideas like yours have been mentioned by experts and scholars over the past two hundred years."
When it came to professional knowledge, Ginta put aside his prejudices and proactively engaged in a discussion with Ging Freecss: "But in their view, balancing the thoughts of the Two-headed Wolf is extremely difficult, even practically impossible."
"Because in order to balance their thoughts, you first need to know what each of the two heads is actually thinking and comprehend their intentions."
"But the Two-headed Wolf's behavior doesn't align at all with what we know."
Ginta explained, trying his best to use the words Luke could understand: "For example, among us humans, nodding represents agreement and approval."
"But for a Two-headed Wolf, one head might think it's a fight, while the other might think it's about time to groom fur."
"So it's very hard to unify them."
"And the most troublesome thing is..."
Ginta said, almost losing his composure. "In the Two-headed Wolf's mind, this perception isn't static."
"For example, today they may think meat tastes good, so they're unmistakably carnivores."
"But five minutes later, they might suddenly decide that grass is more to their liking, and they will revert to being herbivores."
"Experts speculate that this might be because they have two heads, with two different mindsets, causing their body's habits to change constantly."
"This, in turn, makes investigating them extremely difficult."
This is also the main reason why their reproduction problem has remained unsolved for two hundred years.
"But during these two hundred years, there have been some gains..."
Ginta's face twitched more and more as he continued: "Once, in the Hunter Association, there was a Beast Hunter."
"His Nen ability was to understand the language of animals."
"At that time, he sought out the Two-headed Wolf specifically to solve their reproduction problem and used his Nen ability on them..."
"Are you talking about the famous beast whisperer?"
Ging Freecss suddenly interrupted him.
"Yes, that's him."
Ginta nodded weakly. "According to the records in the book, this senior went to great lengths to communicate with the Two-headed Wolf."
"But the end result..."
Ginta took a deep breath. "It wasn't quite what we expected."
"What? Even that didn't work?"
Luke, who had been listening, was a little surprised.
"If they can already communicate, how could he still not solve their problem?"
If that were the case, then even with three heads, they should still be able to talk to each other... Right?
But reality proved that Luke had underestimated the peculiarity of the Two-headed Wolf.
"At first, that senior thought so too, but..."
Ginta sighed: "Only after they actually started talking did he discover a serious problem."
"The two heads of the Two-headed Wolf speak completely different languages!!"
"Even within their respective languages, there are many contradictions and incompatibilities!!"
Ginta said this, feeling somewhat speechless about the Two-headed Wolf beside him.
"And what was even more frustrating was that, because they grew on the same body, their language systems could actually transfer to each other."
"Yes, they couldn't understand each other's meaning, but they could swap language systems."
"It might be that one moment you're communicating with one head in its language, but the very next moment…"
"The language shifts, and suddenly everything you just said becomes meaningless."
"And what drove that senior to despair was that he couldn't even tell when the wolves switched language."
"It might happen three minutes, five minutes, ten minutes into a conversation, without warning."
"As a result, all his efforts failed again and again."
"In the end, even that senior gave up in frustration."
Even a Nen user, fluent in animal language, gave up on communicating with the Two-headed Wolf.
You can imagine how difficult and daunting it is to solve their problems.