Chapter 220: Shadow Clone Jutsu Shows Its Power x Late Life Energy Drain
Followed by bullets split in half!
Ring—
A sharp sword cry...
Snow-Walker seemed to feel Roy's mood. The snow-white blade showed an angry red... Even without Roy's deliberate instruction, it always timely cut every bullet flying towards him, as if the blade grew eyes.
Not far away, hiding behind a tree watching silently, Lotus's beautiful eyes narrowed involuntarily.
"Such formidable swordsmanship!"
"Found out? What's his exact background?"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh...
Bullets were sliced open, the cut surface smooth as a mirror. Occasionally, a few stray ones almost hit the peeping people nearby, startling them.
Lotus glanced sideways, instantly recognizing a few people. A man with deep-set eyes and a hooked nose sharp enough to stab someone to death, dressed in a dark suit, unsmiling, coldly and indifferently glancing at Lotus. Nicknamed [Executioner], he was the top general under the Fourth Elder [Human Collector] George Wood... Mark Wayne...
A woman with long red wavy hair falling to her waist, large breasts and plump buttocks ready to burst out, displaying an enchanting S-curve. Yet her face, charming and dripping with desire, added a touch of purity. Seeing Lotus looking, the woman pouted, blew a kiss, and smiled charmingly... Lotus frowned, thinking: Eve Valentine. Didn't expect even this slut to come...
"Yo... Lotus, how is the Bishop lately?" Before her brow smoothed, a sudden chuckle sounded behind her. Then... on the thick trunk of the big tree, another person appeared at some point... About fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing geta, a kimono, a shimenawa tied around his waist, dressed as a ronin but without a sword... Arms dangling loosely, squatting casually beside Lotus... Lotus's pupils constricted abruptly, calling out his name with a solemn face... "Ohtsuka Yu!"
Quietly putting some distance between them, "Whether he's well or not, go ask him yourself and you'll know."
The young ronin smiled silently, just casually glancing at the suit man and the big-breasted woman. Mark Wayne and Eve Valentine both bowed to him. Unexpected that as a member of the Council of Elders, he would personally come to the North Sector to investigate!
"Amazing..." Ohtsuka Yu watched Roy strolling amidst the hail of bullets, relying on Snow-Walker's enhancement, unhurriedly approaching Guzman's mansion. As if not hearing the coldness in Lotus's words, he smiled and asked her, "I'm just short of a sword. What do you think of the one in his hand?"
The ronin pointed at Snow-Walker in Roy's hand. Suddenly a sword light flashed. Intentionally or not, it hit the big tree squarely, slicing it in two from the middle. Crack, it fell!
"Guh-huh-huh... Priest, just joking, no need to be so serious."
The ronin landed lightly, putting his hands in his clothes, squinting at Roy. The boy turned his back to the crowd, stroking Snow-Walker, comforting it, "No need to be angry. I promise you'll chop him sooner or later."
Ring— Another sword cry, Bankai!
Snow-Walker turned red, ignited, then burst into towering flames. Grabbed tightly by Roy, a light slash forward!
A pitch-black fine line devouring light and heat suddenly formed, flashing past the guards in front of the door, cutting them, men and guns alike, cleanly!
Thud thud thud... Dozens of heads flew up, then rolled on the ground. What was chilling was that although the men were still standing, life withered in the blink of an eye. Not even a trace of blood spurted. The wounds were scorched instantly, forcibly stopping the bleeding. The extremely high temperature... was evident!
[Notification: Life Energy +5+7+4+10+12+15...]
The panel notification played an elegy of blood...
The sound of gasping echoed in every dark corner...
Ohtsuka Yu's smile vanished, Mark Wayne frowned. The surprised Eve Valentine patted her chest fearfully, exhaling to Lotus, "Darling, come comfort me."
Lotus lightly dodged Eve Valentine's plump body forcefully leaning in. Looking at Ohtsuka Yu again, a cold sneer curled her beautiful lips.
"Bolton and Ilya weren't trash. If they can die, certain people... can die too!"
"Shh... can't let Guzman hear that, otherwise... he'll be unhappy." The ronin played dumb, signaling Lotus to be quiet.
Lotus, veiled, turned her face away in disgust, casting her beautiful eyes forward...
Losing brain control, the dozens of headless guards finally seemed to remember they had no heads. As Roy strolled through them holding his sword, Thump... thump... thump... they crashed to the ground one after another, like wheat bent by severe heat...
"Kastro,"
"Here,"
"Guard the door. No one out, no one in."
"Yes!"
Kastro watched Roy step into the mansion. He turned around, white hair fluttering. Facing a group of spies peering around, like a rock, he stood at the mansion door, surrounded by dozens of headless corpses, directly blocking Mark Wayne, Eve Valentine, and Ohtsuka Yu outside. Whoosh~ A gust of wind blew, lifting the boy's bangs, while also... suppressing the restless, peering hearts...
"So domineering,"
"But I like it."
Ohtsuka Yu shook his wide kimono sleeves. "Children, time to eat..."
Rustle rustle...
Suddenly, tens of thousands of flying insects flew out of his sleeves, turning into dozens of pitch-black insect fogs, surging towards the dozens of headless corpses under Kastro's feet... The ronin smiled at Kastro who was looking over. "Don't misunderstand, I don't think you have any use for the corpses, might as well give them to my children."
The flying insects rushed over, raising long mouthparts, diving down...
Kastro frowned, keenly detecting a trace of "Nen" from these tiny flying insects. His right hand formed a fist, releasing Ten, ready to strike. [Ohtsuka Yu, suspected "Manipulator" Nen user. Nen ability [Parasite]. As the name suggests... can manipulate mosquito-like Nen flying insects to root in the host, draining Nen from their bodies to strengthen himself.]
Republic of Padokea, Zoldyck family compound, Kukuroo Mountain. The intelligence collected by Tsubone was casually tossed on Silva's desk by Roy. The pages lay open messily, revealing a corner with a photo of the young ronin smilingly playing with flying insects.
Below the photo, a detailed note of what this Lord [Parasite] once said to his subordinates: "The bugs are me, I am the bugs. Humans are nothing but objects hosting and being hosted by parasites..."
Pfft~ Mouthparts pierced skin, entering flesh and blood, starting to suck...
Meteor City, North Sector, outside Guzman's mansion. Kastro remained vigilant, silently watching this scene. At some point, he discovered a bizarre scene on these tiny flying insects—
No "medium" flowed into their slender mouthparts. Not a drop of blood, not a piece of minced meat, not even a trace of "Aura" hidden deep in the human body could be extracted. Making Ohtsuka Yu, who was sharper than Kastro, stare blankly!
"Empty... my bugs actually came up empty... these people's flesh and blood energy is all gone!"
Sure enough, tens of thousands of flying insects, failing to capture prey, fell into deep confusion... confusion leading to faint dissipation...
They didn't understand why there was no trace of Life Energy in the corpses. While buzzing and circling chaotically, Ohtsuka Yu reached out and collected them back into his sleeves!
"That [Priest], so ruthless... he drained all these people... dry!" The smiling calmness on his face vanished, replaced by gloom...
Ohtsuka Yu's face darkened. His gaze bypassed Kastro, looking at Roy who had already walked into the mansion alone. Along with Lotus and Mark Wayne, they tacitly released En to capture the interior of the mansion. Buzz... Spherical Nen domes spread out. Sensing the Nen fluctuations, Eve Valentine, who hadn't mastered En, stomped her foot angrily, her curves bouncing alluringly.
Tap... tap...
Fire burning, sword crying. After instructing Kastro, Roy strolled through the mansion's spacious hall with sword in hand. At a glance, he saw the green-haired boy leaning casually against a leather sofa, watching him calmly—[Mental Morphine] Guzman!
"You're here..."
"You shouldn't have come..."
"I didn't call you, this counts as... uninvited, right..."
Guzman dropped his leisurely act, poured himself a glass of red wine, and stared coldly at the approaching swordsman through the bright red liquid. Narrowing his eyes, he said, "Priest-sama, we just parted, and you already miss me?"
"Or... you miss my candy."
Nen surging, from Guzman's palm, Clatter, pieces of candy emerged, scattering on the floor...
In the corner of the living room, hearing the noise, a few "zombies" suddenly walked out. Emaciated, hunched over, clearly not looking human, yet the moment they saw the candy, a rare glimmer of light flashed in their hollow eyes. Crawling, rolling, scrambling to pounce on the candy, like dogs seeing bones, groaning and shouting, "Mine... all mine... I want candy, give it to me!"
Crawling and rolling, picking up candy and stuffing it into their mouths. The aura naturally manifesting from their crowns became visibly thinner... thinner... and thinner... Until a little boy, failing to grab any, was knocked down by a man pouncing from behind. His head hit the corner of the coffee table, splattering blood!
His body convulsed uncontrollably. As the Nen on his head dissipated, his life... withered...
"Pity... why are you in such a hurry?" Guzman sat on the sofa in front of the little boy, staring at Roy, smiling... He slowly stood up. While the zombies scrambled for candy, stuffing it madly into their mouths, he accidentally crushed the little boy's head. Smiling, taking a sip of red wine, he said to Roy, "Summer is coming, Priest, aren't you hot?"
Raging flames swept out centered on Roy... The Bankai Snow-Walker shed its snow-white, dyed with a touch of crimson... redder than the Red Nichirin Sword!
"Hot?"
Roy pointed the sword tip diagonally down. Sizzle~ The luxurious marble floor instantly... was burned into a hole.
He looked calmly at Guzman. "Wait a moment, you won't be hot soon."
With that, he raised his hand, unleashing a flying flame slash, trailing a long tail of fire, aiming straight at Guzman's heart!
The green-haired boy elegantly drank red wine, like drinking human blood, chuckling Heh heh heh with shaking shoulders. Looking up, pointing at Roy from afar, "Freeze!"
Whoosh— A roll of zip ties suddenly shot out from his fingertips. Looking again, it wrapped around Roy's right hand, binding him, person and sword, to the spot!
[Stainless Steel Zip Tie]: "Conjuration" Nen ability. Zip ties stamped from stainless steel, possessing extremely strong binding power.
This was also a Nen ability "contributed" by a zombie at Guzman's feet years ago!
"[Demon Shadow], hurry up, you know what to do."
The zip ties, infused with Ken, firmly bound Roy. But... facing that [Fire], that [High Temperature], Guzman noticed his Nen consumption evaporating at a terrifying speed. He frowned for the first time. Didn't expect he still underestimated... the raging fire erupting from Roy's right hand via Snow-Walker!
"Leave it to me, Guzman-sama..."
Firelight illuminated Guzman, casting a diagonally spread shadow on the ground...
As a faint, hoarse voice drifted out, the moment Guzman bound Roy, a shadow suddenly drilled out of Guzman's shadow. Spreading rapidly along the ground to Roy's feet, halfway, picking up a piece of candy on the ground. Reappearing... it abruptly drilled out of Roy's shadow, turning into an emaciated Nen user in a black robe. Grabbing his neck, trying to pry open his mouth this way to stuff the candy in. However, what Guzman and the shadow didn't expect was... Bang! Without either of them doing anything else, and before the shadow could pry open Roy's mouth.
Roy himself, exploded directly!
The shadow was stunned, not yet understanding what happened.
Then he heard Guzman shout sharply, "Idiot, dodge!"
Immediately, he felt a chill in his heart. Looking down... staring blankly at a bright sword tip piercing his heart, from his back, through to his chest, instantly giving him a chilling thrust!
"You..."
"I..."
Demon Shadow bled from the corner of his mouth, turning stiffly to meet Roy's calm eyes. Vaguely seeing a touch of scarlet, with three ink-black tomoe creeping up... Head tilted, he lost all signs of life.
Tick tock... tick tock... The dim revolving lantern of life emerged in the withering...
In the final moment before losing consciousness, he heard the boy's whisper, suddenly understanding everything.
Roy flicked his sword, throwing Demon Shadow away like garbage. Looking up at Guzman, he dropped a faint sentence: "Shadow? Sorry... I also know a little bit about [Shadow Clone Jutsu]."
Shadow Clone Jutsu... So... your shadow is a real shadow, mine... isn't...
[Notification: Life Energy +37]
Thump~ Another corpse fell...
The boy's shoulder-length black hair swayed in the wind. The sword tip made a half-circle, pointing straight at Guzman. "Your turn."
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