Chapter 47: Lightning Style Chakra Mode
The Shadow Clone began a rapid sweep of the area.
Simultaneously, Ronin's main body wasn't idle.
His mastery of En (Circle) wasn't advanced enough to serve as a reliable radar. Currently, his En barely extended two or three meters.
He hadn't prioritized training it.
While a large En usually indicates a powerful user, a small En doesn't necessarily mean weakness. However, for scouting, Ronin needed something better.
Fortunately, Ninjutsu offered several sensory techniques.
For Ronin, the most practical one right now was simply the Sharingan.
Yes, the Sharingan. Most other sensory Jutsu required high-level mastery or specific genetic traits.
The Third Hokage's Telescope Technique was A-Rank.
Pain's Rain Tiger at Will Technique was also A-Rank.
Karin's Mind's Eye of the Kagura and the Byakugan were Kekkei Genkai he couldn't use.
Negative Emotion Sensing was exclusive to the Nine-Tails mode.
The Aburame bugs, Inuzuka dogs, and Gaara's sand eye all required specific mediums or companions he didn't have.
So, it all came back to his eyes.
The dolls all possessed Nen. With the Sharingan active, he could see their aura signatures clearly within a certain range. The Sharingan's insight was second only to the Byakugan, far surpassing normal human vision.
Using this insight, the Shadow Clone located the hidden enemies.
As expected, the Nobunaga doll wasn't alone. Numerous generic dolls—faceless, uniform, like mass-produced mannequins—lurked in the shadows.
Back in the hotel room, Ronin marked every doll location discovered by the clone on a map. He also plotted the Nobunaga doll's patrol route.
Kurapika stared intensely at the map, cross-referencing Ronin's intel on Omokage.
"Here. He's barely even hiding," Kurapika pointed decisively at the church on the outskirts of the city.
"It's a trap," Ronin agreed solemnly. Then his tone shifted. "Trap or not, the priority is to seize the Scarlet Eyes carried by the Nobunaga doll."
"Are you confident?" Kurapika worried.
The prophecy hung over their heads like the Sword of Damocles.
"Yes," Ronin gave a simple answer and left the room.
The Shadow Clone's target was the hidden ambushers. The main body's target was the Nobunaga doll.
In a long alleyway, a tall, thin doll lurking behind the Nobunaga doll prepared for combat.
Suddenly, a streak of lightning crashed down from above.
Lightning Oppression Horizontal Chop.
Using the Raikage's signature move, Ronin's Shadow Clone severed the doll's neck in a single strike before it could even turn its head.
As the eyeless head flew through the air, multiple fireballs followed up, incinerating it before it hit the ground.
Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu.
However, as the doll fell, dozens more rushed toward the clone's position.
Perched on a nearby rooftop, the real Ronin activated his Sharingan. He scanned the surroundings, checked the drop, and stepped off the ledge, free-falling five stories.
Five stories was nothing to him now.
He landed at the entrance of the alley where the Nobunaga doll—sporting the glowing Scarlet Eyes—was walking slowly.
Without a word, arcs of electricity began to dance around Ronin's body.
Omokage controlled more dolls than Ronin expected.
Through the Shadow Clone's "death" experiences, Ronin learned that most generic dolls were barely stronger than an average human.
But they all shared one lethal trait: Eye Contact Steal.
If a target made eye contact with a doll at close range, their eyes were stolen instantly.
Specialist abilities were truly unreasonable.
However, now that he understood the mechanic, Ronin had a simple solution: Speed.
If he moved fast enough, the hidden dolls couldn't catch him, and they certainly couldn't establish eye contact.
Lightning Style Chakra Mode!
Ronin formed the seal, and his internal Chakra converted rapidly into Lightning nature.
This was the secret technique of Kumogakure. The Third Raikage used it to wrestle the Eight-Tails to a draw. The Fourth Raikage used it to move at speeds second only to the Flying Raijin.
Only the Fifth Raikage (Darui) couldn't master it due to insufficient Chakra.
Ronin had the Chakra, but his body couldn't sustain it for long.
One minute.
That was the safe limit he had calculated through trial and error. After one minute, he would deactivate the mode to avoid burnout and reserve some Chakra for escape.
But in Lightning Mode, one minute was an eternity.
This was the "Ultimate Lightning Armor."
The moment Ronin hit the ground, the Nobunaga doll sensed danger. It lowered its stance, mimicking Nobunaga's Iai draw.
But a split second later, the lightning-cloaked figure at the alley entrance vanished.
Without En to sense the attack, the doll was imperfect. It couldn't track Ronin.
To Ronin, the doll's movements were agonizingly slow.
His hand, wrapped in crackling electricity, reached out and grabbed the doll's head.
Rip.
With a flash of light, Ronin tore the head off the Nobunaga doll effortlessly.
The Lightning Style Chakra Mode didn't just boost speed; by stimulating the nervous system and muscles with electricity, it drastically enhanced physical strength and reaction time.
The doll was like paper in his hands.
Ronin didn't stop. He flashed to the deep end of the alley.
Only then did the headless body of the doll complete its sword swing, slashing at empty air where Ronin had been.
Thud.
The headless body collapsed. Ronin glanced back once, then vanished again in a streak of lightning.
On the nearby rooftops, dozens of dolls emerged. Seeing their target gone and the Nobunaga doll destroyed, they froze in place, like machines that had crashed.
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