


Rantaro is either put in also as punishment or alternatively as a warden (alternate title, Ultimate Warden) to watch over the killing game, like a mastermind who was never hiding to begin with. The 15 ultimates run for a while but end up surrendering to Rantaro and the ultimate hunt, and as punishment for their failure they are all put into a killing game with their memories wiped. At the head of the ultimate hunt was Rantaro, and ultimate himself who felt the same guilt as the rest and decided to track down everyone involved in project gopher and capture them before also turning himself in. The outside world became a wasteland, and the remaining public blamed them and wanted vengeance against them for their failure, starting the ultimate hunt. In short: the other 15 ultimates grouped together to save the world from the incoming apocalypse (project gopher) but failed. I have a somewhat elaborate endgame theory relating to this.

And I do mean this as Human hunter, not animals. Ultimate (bounty) hunter: THIS is what I actually think Rantaro’s talent is.
