Chapter 49: Ninjutsu Combo
Omokage waited quietly in the church.
He knew Ronin would come.
He had placed the bait in the most conspicuous place. As long as Ronin investigated the Nobunaga doll's tracks, he would inevitably find this church.
And then, the Pairo doll would be Ronin's death sentence.
Based on Uvogin's description, Ronin—a Kurta with Scarlet Eyes—would definitely walk into this trap, even knowing it was a trap, because of the eyes being used as bait.
The only surprise was how quickly Ronin had decapitated the Nobunaga doll.
It happened in an instant. From the moment the doll was attacked to the moment its head vanished, the nearby surveillance dolls failed to relay any useful combat data.
If only he could find the Nobunaga doll's head, even without the eyes, it would be useful.
But according to his senses, the dolls dispatched to the scene found only scorched earth. The head had likely been burned to ash after the eyes were taken.
Omokage's phone buzzed with a text message.
It was from Shalnark. The other members were already en route to Mordin City.
This time, the group included Chrollo, Pakunoda, and Shizuku.
That meant in two days, there would be at least 7 Spiders (excluding the crippled Uvogin) hunting Ronin in Mordin City.
Omokage frowned. Ronin, don't disappoint me. Come before they do.
Less than a kilometer from the church, Ronin sat in the parked car. He took out the crystal ball and activated the Telescope Technique.
Using the faint trace of Omokage's Nen he had memorized, he injected Chakra into the crystal. The image stabilized and zoomed in on the church.
When the church came into view, the boy sitting on the steeple became clear.
"Pairo!" Kurapika recognized him instantly.
That was his best friend. The partner he would give his life for.
Kurapika never expected to see him again, let alone sitting unharmed atop a church.
Rational thought vanished. Kurapika opened the car door, ready to sprint toward the church.
That's Pairo!
But he barely took a few steps before a hand grabbed him.
"Kurapika, calm down! Pairo is dead. I saw it with my own eyes. The Phantom Troupe cut off his head!" Ronin shouted the cruel reality at him.
"But..." Kurapika's eyes glowed scarlet.
But as he spoke, tears betrayed him, streaming down his face again. He crouched down, sobbing.
Because deep down, he knew.
That wasn't Pairo on the steeple. It was a doll created by Omokage in Pairo's likeness, fitted with Scarlet Eyes.
Damn it!
Bang!
Kurapika smashed his fist into the ground, indifferent to the blood staining his knuckles.
When he looked up, his eyes held only a silent plea.
Ronin sighed and patted Kurapika's shoulder. "Leave it to me."
Back in the car, Ronin reactivated the Telescope Technique. He shifted the view away from the steeple and peered inside the church.
Omokage appeared clearly in the crystal ball.
He was busy crafting a doll, oblivious to being watched.
Ronin zoomed out. Following the unique signature of the Nen, he located every single doll hiding in the church.
The Third Hokage's peeping jutsu was even more useful than Ronin imagined.
"It would be best to force him out of the church," Kurapika muttered, counting the dolls.
Ronin agreed. Omokage had prepared over twenty dolls inside.
Many were familiar faces from the Troupe: Machi, Uvogin, Phinks, Franklin.
Even if these dolls couldn't use half the power of the originals, Omokage could fuse them into himself. Fighting that many Nen users in a confined space was suicide.
But since they were all packed inside the church... Ronin had the perfect Jutsu combo in mind.
He put away the crystal ball and adjusted his condition. Once he was ready, he formed a cross seal.
Shadow Clone Jutsu.
He then entered Zetsu to recover stamina quickly.
When he opened his eyes again, he and his clone moved toward the church under the cover of darkness.
Kurapika stayed behind in the car with the oblivious Neon.
The B-Rank Earth Style: Light-Weight Rock Technique wasn't enough to fly, but the A-Rank Ultralight-Weight Rock Technique (improved by Ohnoki) allowed flight.
However, after testing it, Ronin found the Chakra cost too high for combat.
He approached on foot.
A hundred meters from the church, Ronin stopped and climbed a large tree. His Shadow Clone did the same nearby.
Connected by shared intent, they began weaving seals simultaneously.
The main body wove the full 44 Hand Signs to maximize power.
This time, Ronin selected: Earth Style: Sticky Earth Drop (Ame no Subaru).
As the massive Chakra gathered and the final seal locked, a spatial rift opened above the church.
Tons of sticky clay poured down from the sky.
The Pairo doll on the steeple was the first to be buried.
Ronin didn't care.
Because as the clay blanketed the church, his Shadow Clone unleashed its prepared Jutsu.
A small fireball shot from the clone's mouth, hitting the ground in front of the church.
Whoosh!
The condensed Chakra exploded, expanding instantly into a raging inferno that engulfed the entire front of the building.
Fire Style: Intelligent Hard Work (Zukokku).
(Note: This is Kakuzu's mask combo technique).
The falling clay, when hit by the intense flames, hardened instantly into ceramic-like rock while trapping everything beneath it. The heat was suffocating.
Boom! Boom!
Explosions rocked the church as the superheated clay hardened and crushed the structure.
Figures leaped out of the high windows—dolls trying to escape.
But the moment they jumped, they were coated in falling clay and roasted by the fire below. By the time they hit the ground, they were broken, half-baked statues.
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