Chapter 50: Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique
Omokage knew Ronin possessed the Majestic Destroyer Flame, a large-scale fire attack.
However, he believed that inside the church, he was safe.
But the attack didn't come from the ground outside. It came from above.
Crash!
Heavy clay smashed through the church roof, pouring into the sanctuary. It seemed endless.
Does Ronin have another Conjurer ally?
The thought flashed through Omokage's mind for only a second before fire erupted outside the windows.
The glass shattered. The temperature inside spiked instantly. The sticky clay began to harden rapidly in the heat.
Staying inside was suicide.
Dozens of dolls burst through the windows, trying to escape.
But they were coated in clay and roasted by the flames below. By the time they hit the ground, they shattered like brittle pottery.
Omokage's heart bled.
Even though mass-produced dolls were easy to make, they still cost real money and materials. Losing them all before even seeing the enemy made him furious.
But through his rage, a thought crept in. Did I underestimate Ronin?
No.
The Uvogin doll flared its aura. It ripped a heavy pew from the floor and charged at the wall like a battering ram.
BOOM!
The wall exploded outward, smashed by Uvogin's brute strength.
The clay couldn't stick to Uvogin through the debris, and the fire was pushed back by the force of the collapsing wall, creating a path.
Omokage and the remaining elite dolls rushed out behind Uvogin.
But the moment they exited the church, a massive shadow fell over them.
A giant, boar-shaped lid with fangs slammed down from the sky.
Earth Style: Dropping Lid (Otoshi Buta).
Another B-Rank Area-of-Effect Jutsu. Originally used to suppress giant summons, Ronin's Shadow Clone used its remaining Chakra to drop it right on their heads.
CRASH!
The Uvogin doll unleashed a Big Bang Impact. But against the massive weight, its arms shattered instantly.
However, using Uvogin as a shield, the Phinks doll hiding behind him spun its arm rapidly, charging Ripper Cyclotron.
With a punch empowered by the wind-up, Phinks cracked the giant lid.
It crumbled into rubble.
As the lid broke, a volley of Nen bullets shot out from the dust, aiming for the tree where Ronin's Shadow Clone was hiding.
Meanwhile, a streak of lightning flashed. Ronin's main body moved.
Cloaked in electricity, he closed the distance to Omokage in a heartbeat.
Omokage looked up. His empty eye sockets locked onto Ronin's eyes as the ninja charged in Lightning Style Chakra Mode.
But then, Omokage gasped.
"How?!"
Eye contact was established, but the condition for stealing the eyes failed.
The reason was simple: Ronin was wearing sunglasses.
The aura projected from Omokage's empty sockets hit the dark lenses instead of connecting with Ronin's Sharingan.
A Sharingan user having to avoid eye contact—it was a new experience for Ronin.
But he had discovered this weakness during the Shadow Clone's scouting mission. Omokage's ability had a flaw: physical barriers blocked the connection.
Ronin straightened his fingers into a spear hand. Lightning Chakra coated his arm.
Hell Stab: Four-Finger Nukite.
With a single strike, Ronin severed Omokage's body at the waist.
Blood sprayed. But Ronin's sense of danger didn't fade.
His Sharingan saw the truth. Although the severed body bled, its internal structure was that of a doll.
A decoy!
The doll had been shrouded in enough Nen to fool even the Sharingan's insight. This must be the same trick Omokage used to fake his death in the movie.
As the realization hit, Ronin saw Nen threads tightening around him.
Machi's ability.
At the church entrance, another figure appeared. It was the real Omokage.
Behind him stood three spectral figures: Machi, Nobunaga, and a scarred middle-aged man Ronin didn't recognize.
This confirmed it. The "Omokage" Ronin just cut was a doll using Franklin's abilities (emission/manipulation of the decoy).
The real Omokage possessed the ability Doll Catcher, fusing three dolls into himself to use their powers.
Ronin stopped moving as the lightning faded from his body.
His sunglasses were gone—snatched away by the suction of the decoy doll's eye technique as he passed it.
Now, Ronin's crimson Three-Tomoe Sharingan stared directly into Omokage's eyes.
Both moved instantly.
Omokage twitched his fingers. The Nen threads tightened, intending to slice Ronin into pieces, while an eyeless doll was pulled in front of him as a shield.
But Omokage froze mid-action.
The world around him dissolved. Ronin was still there, but suddenly, massive, rusted spikes slammed into Omokage's limbs, pinning him in place.
Genjutsu: Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique.
A giant Sharingan hung in the sky like a blood-red moon, slowly rotating.
Pain crashed over him like waves.
Ronin felt his Chakra draining rapidly to maintain the Genjutsu.
In reality, Omokage stood paralyzed.
A kunai appeared in Ronin's hand. He wove a one-handed seal with the other.
Wind Nature Chakra infused the blade, coating it in a sharp layer of blue energy.
Wind Style: Vacuum Blade.
Ronin threw the kunai straight at Omokage's heart.
At the same moment, Ronin's Chakra ran out, and the Genjutsu broke.
Thwack!
The kunai pierced Omokage's chest perfectly.
Omokage, just waking up from the phantom pain of the spikes, felt a sharp, real agony in his heart.
He looked down in disbelief. The wind-enhanced blade had pierced right through his protective Ken.
"I... lost?" Omokage's eyes widened in shock.
He was the hard counter to Ronin. He should have won. Why did he lose?
Blood gushed from the wound and his mouth.
The spectral figures behind him faded. The dolls around the church collapsed like puppets with cut strings.
Maybe... I shouldn't have come.
That was Omokage's last thought before darkness took him.
Ronin gasped for air, sweat dripping down his face. When he threw that kunai, he was terrified Omokage would wake up in time to dodge.
But the Wind Chakra did its job, piercing the defense and ending the fight.
Ronin steadied his breathing and walked into the ruined church.
The fire was out, but the heat remained.
He went upstairs and found the Pairo doll, half-buried in hardened clay.
The doll was frozen in a running pose. Ronin, no longer in Sharingan mode but using Ko on his hand, easily smashed the clay casing.
He reached in and plucked the two Scarlet Eyes from the doll's sockets.
Even though they were dirty, Ronin felt the familiar warmth radiating from them.
In that moment, a heavy weight finally lifted from his shoulders.
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