As Zigg's voice fell...
"Bang!"
Another gunshot. The man in black who had warned Eugene he'd been shot was struck in the center of his brow. He didn't even have time to close his eyes before he died instantly.
Sean made a gun gesture, put it to his lips, and blew on it. Then he aimed at Eugene and "pulled the trigger"!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" Bullets infused with "Nen" poured out.
Eugene cursed loudly: "Stupid woman, watch your feet!"
Ignoring the wound on his left shoulder, he brandished his handaxe, Clang! Clang! Clang! and intercepted all the bullets.
"The shadow... he's using the shadow to control you!"
Manda was startled. She glanced down out of the corner of her eye. A shadow rope was bound between her and Sean—it was the true culprit controlling her!
"You cunning villain! This little trick should be enough!"
"You have big boobs, so you're right." After all, she was a first-level limit breaker. Before Manda could burst out with [Ren] and forcibly sever the shadow rope, Sean proactively withdrew the "Shadow-Imitation Jutsu" and, in a backhanded move, kicked her in the chest!
The "Partial Expansion" large foot was heavy as a mountain. Even though she protected her chest by temporarily mobilizing [Ken], Manda was still sent flying by the kick. In mid-air, she visibly transformed from a "C" shape to a pancake. Did it look like it was leaking air?
'Misjudged. It's a fake after all,' Sean muttered. No wonder it didn't feel right on impact. Just as he was thinking...
A strong gust of wind, aimed straight at the top of his head, came chopping down!
"You're dead, kid! Manda's chest cost a full one hundred million Jenny!" Seizing the opening as Sean retracted his foot, Eugene chopped down with his axe!
The handle and blade of the axe were wrapped in fierce "qi"—it was the advanced application of [Ten]: [Shu]!
'Enhancer.' The six-pointed star in his right eye flashed, instantly gathering the types and attributes of Eugene and Manda. Sean sneered and didn't mind offering a critique: "Looking at this power, he's indeed much stronger than that Emitter with the fake breasts."
Eugene was startled. He hadn't expected Sean to judge his and Manda's types with just the naked eye. His movements couldn't help but speed up!
Unfortunately, a touch of crimson welled up in Sean's left eye. The soul-stirring tomoe spun slowly, easily seeing through all of Eugene's attack trajectories.
Sean had his hands in his pockets. He did nothing but slightly tilt his body, and he easily dodged Eugene's axe!
"Kacha!" The handaxe missed, striking the trash heap behind Sean. The nearly ten-meter-high pile of garbage was split in two, carving out a long trench!
Uvogin and Phinks were startled, cursing inwardly: 'What the hell kind of monsters are these?!'
"Sean too. And that guy. One of his shoulders is clearly wrecked, but he can still vigorously swing that axe!"
"Could this be that... 'Nen user' thing that Machi and Chrollo mentioned?"
Big brother Franklin said nothing. He furrowed his brows and suddenly said, "That woman has disappeared."
The little ones widened their eyes and searched everywhere. Aside from Eugene, who was frantically chopping at Sean, Manda's figure was indeed nowhere to be found on the battlefield.
"She didn't just secretly run away, did she?"
"Makes sense. Faced with a freak like Sean, if it were me, I'd run too."
'No.' In the cabin on the back mountain, Netero glanced at a corner of the screen. The woman whose chest had almost been caved in was quietly hiding behind a trash heap, concealing her aura while holding her breath. 'It seems she's planning to use [Zetsu] to block Sean's perception and sneak attack him from behind.'
Zigg took a sip of coffee and chuckled. "These two coordinate quite well. The Enhancer for a close-range assault, the Emitter for long-range sniping. The Ai-yi-yi family really has some skill when it comes to training subordinates."
"Hmph. Trash is trash." Maha turned over, saying dismissively, "What [Zetsu]? In the face of the wind, it's all useless!"
"That's what's so monstrous about a natural characteristic."
Netero and Zigg both nodded in agreement. Zigg glanced at Manda and shook his head: "This girl probably won't realize, even at her death, that for some people, [Zetsu] is a completely optional thing."
As if to verify the old men's words, a light breeze blew past. Sean, who had long since noticed Manda's disappearance, smirked, thinking, 'Found you!'
He dodged another of Eugene's axe swings and looked at him teasingly, "You're trying so hard to lure me over. Aren't you tired?"
"Why don't you just point to a spot, and I'll go over myself?"
Blood had already dyed half of Eugene's shoulder. Eugene retracted his axe, looked at Sean as if he were a dead man, and sneered, "End of the line. This is your grave!"
"Bang!" Another gunshot!
A bullet, traveling at ten times the speed of sound, instantly struck Sean's body!
It penetrated his heart, leaving a terrifying hole!
"'Pressure Pump.' That's Manda's Nen ability. She can apply pressure to the bullet inside the chamber, allowing it to fire instantly at ten times the speed of sound. And that is your cause of death." Tossing aside his axe, Eugene pulled a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one, and took a deep drag. He slowly exhaled, "It's over. 'Shadow'... 'Expansion'? This kid's Nen abilities were really a bit tricky."
"Indeed, it is over." Suddenly, a voice entered Eugene's ear.
The cigarette in his hand trembled. The man only felt a blur in his vision, followed by an empty feeling in his chest, as if he had lost something important.
And the enemy... the youth who was supposed to have been shot through the heart by Manda, was looking at him indifferently, showing a trace of pity.
"Pity? Why are you looking at me like that?"
"My... my heart? I was watching my feet the whole time! Why wasn't it you who was shot? Why was it still me?!"
Thud. His knees buckled, and Eugene pitched forward onto the ground. Before he died, he noticed the youth's crimson eye. It was the aura of blood, a masterpiece of deceit, and the source of the genjutsu. "I see... I fell for this guy's illusion..." Drowsiness washed over him like a tide. Before he breathed his last, Eugene vaguely saw Manda put away her pistol, smile, and jog over to Sean, shouting happily, "Eugene, we finally got him!"
He closed his eyes, unwilling.
The wind was a bit cold now. Facing Manda, "Eugene" revealed a smile. "That wasn't easy, Manda. It really came down to you!"
"Of course! That damn kid... he dared to kick my chest! If I don't flay him alive, I won't be able to vent this anger in my heart!"
Manda walked straight past "Eugene" and kicked "Sean." The body flipped over, revealing Eugene's ashen face.
"Huh? Why are there two Eugenes?" The woman was shocked and instinctively looked back.
"Eugene" also let out a small "huh?" and walked impassively to her side, casually plucking something from her chest.
A beating heart!