"Swish!"
But, just as Razor threw down his Nen Bullet, a white light flashed abruptly in mid-air.
Thus, to Razor's utter astonishment, the thick white light collided abruptly with the Nen Bullet that had left his hand.
The instant the two attacks collided, a semi-circle emitting an intensely dazzling white light continuously expanded outwards, engulfing both Razor, who was in mid-air, and Alpha Squad, who were on the ground with their energy shields activated.
"Buzz~!"
An invisible shockwave spread out in all directions. The shockwave swept over the castle, causing fine cracks to appear on the walls, making a "click-clack" sound.
"Knuckle!"
Inside the castle, Leorio burst open the door to Knuckle's room with a "bang" and shouted.
"Ah~?"
Inside the room, Knuckle was playing a video game with a PS controller. Hearing the door open, he turned to look at Leorio, a lollipop still in his mouth.
Blinking his beady eyes, he looked at the panting Leorio and leisurely asked, "What's wrong with you? Did you get so bored that you went for a run?"
"Ahahaha~ I'm just kidding."
But before Leorio could speak, Knuckle put down his game controller, scratched his head, and chuckled. Flakes of dandruff scattered with his scratching motion.
"How's the situation outside? Razor and Gon should be able to handle it, right?"
The next moment, Knuckle put away his leisurely expression, slowly stood up, and asked with a grave look.
Although it was a question, Knuckle's tone was filled with certainty regarding Razor's and Gon's strength.
"Now..."
Leorio also nodded with a solemn expression.
"Rumble~!"
But just as he spoke, a violent explosion, like a bolt from the blue, immediately rang out from outside. It was accompanied by a powerful, earthquake-like tremor.
"Wh-what's going on? Was that an earthquake?"
"No! It's an earthquake caused by the battle outside!"
Knuckle and Leorio instantly lost their balance due to the strong tremor, their feet constantly shaking, and they fell to the ground in a scramble.
"Crash..."
Inside the room, piles of garbage that filled the entire room rolled around due to the tremor. Bags of packaged food waste pressed down on Leorio and Knuckle, who had fallen to the ground.
A moment later.
"Pfft!"
A small, clean hand emerged from the pile of garbage. Immediately after, a blond figure leaped out of the garbage pile, hugged his knees, and landed steadily after a seven-hundred-and-twenty-degree flip in mid-air.
Immediately after, another arm reached out, "Crash" a garbage bag pressing on it, and slowly stood up.
"Ah~ seriously, what a mess this room is."
Knuckle scratched his head, scattering flakes of dandruff onto the floor.
"Boom!"
But before they could catch their breath, another "rumble" sounded from outside the castle. The next moment, the castle windows "smashed" and shattered, and the entire castle shook violently.
"Click, click..."
Leorio heard faint strange noises. He looked down at the ground, where tiny cracks were spreading inwards from outside.
When the tremors stopped, the two quickly rushed out of the room and onto the second-floor balcony of the castle.
"This..."
The two came to the balcony, looked outside, and their expressions immediately changed dramatically, their faces filled with shock.
"What... what on earth happened?"
"In this short time, less than a minute..."
They saw that the open ground outside the castle was now enveloped in a cloud of dust and gravel. However, with their vision, they could vaguely make out a ten-meter-diameter circular crater in the center of the dust cloud.
And in that crater lay thirteen figures.
Looking closely, those thirteen figures were precisely the twelve members of Alpha Squad and Razor.
"Razor!"
Leorio and Knuckle exclaimed in shock.
"Ugh..."
Perhaps hearing Leorio's and Knuckle's voices, Razor, lying in the crater, frowned and his fingers twitched.
Immediately after, he opened his eyes, gritted his teeth, his body regained sensation. He supported himself with his hands, laboriously pushed himself up, and scanned his surroundings.
At this moment, Razor's clothes were torn, his hair was disheveled, blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, and there were numerous injuries on his arms, legs, and face. He looked utterly disheveled.
Especially his right hand, which he had used to throw the Nen Bullet, was continuously bleeding. The blood flowed down his arm, gathered at his fingertips, and dripped onto the ground.
"Thump..."
Suddenly, a heavy thud sounded in his ear.
"Crash..."
He saw that the Power Armors, which had been scattered haphazardly around him, now stood up one by one, raised their Gauss Rifles, and locked onto him.
Compared to him, these Power Armors were equally disheveled.
All twelve Power Armors were covered in dense scrapes and scratches. The black coating on their armor was also constantly scratched, revealing white marks from various sand particles.
These Power Armors, which were supposedly on their first day of service, now looked battered and broken, as if they hadn't been maintained in ten years.
"I underestimated you..."
Razor held his injured right arm, a smirk playing on his lips. He looked up at the mid-air above.
"Buzz, buzz, buzz..."
Alpha Squad's Night Raven Aircraft was currently hovering above the castle. The two concentrated energy cannons at the front of the aircraft were firmly locked onto Gon Freecss at the top of the castle.
It turned out that the white light that struck him the instant he threw his Nen Bullet was precisely from the concentrated energy cannons on the Night Raven Aircraft.
When the concentrated energy cannons collided with his Nen Bullet, he was the closest to the impact. Therefore, he was the most severely injured person on the field.
As for Alpha Squad's members, due to the premature detonation of the Nen Bullet and the protection of their Power Armors, they suffered no damage.
"Don't shoot, I surrender."
Gon Freecss raised his hands with a "scared" expression, as if pleading not to be shot. But anyone with eyes could see his composure and nonchalant attitude.
"You are indeed very strong. Even among thousands of Nen users, you are among those who stand at the pinnacle."
Ahmed's deep, steady voice echoed above the castle through the Night Raven Aircraft's loudspeaker. White air currents continuously sprayed out, kicking up dust and smoke around them.
"But the strength of an individual has its limits."
"Whether it's Hunters, the V5, or other organizations and groups."
"On the path of Nen, your vision is too narrow."
Everyone present stopped their actions and quietly listened to Ahmed's speech.
"Nen, this thing, has never existed solely for the strength of the individual."
"It should be born from civilization, exist within civilization, develop through civilization, and be strengthened by civilization, develop through civilization."
"Gon Freecss, hand over the creator of the spell cards."
At the front of the aircraft, the muzzles of the two concentrated energy cannons began to gather energy. As the energy in the muzzles became more concentrated, a sense of danger rose in Gon Freecss's heart.
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