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Chapter 50: Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique
Omokage knew Ronin had large-scale fire attacks like Majestic Destroyer Flame.
He thought being inside the church would protect him.
He didn't expect the first attack to come from the sky, not the ground!
Clay smashed through the roof, filling the church. Endless clay!
Does Ronin have a Conjurer ally?
The thought flashed through his mind as flames roared outside.
Windows shattered. The temperature inside skyrocketed. The falling clay began to harden.
He couldn't stay inside.
Dozens of dolls broke through windows, only to shatter upon landing.
Omokage's heart bled.
Ordinary dolls were easy to make, but they still cost money and effort.
Losing them before even seeing the enemy made him furious.
Amidst the anger, a thought arose: Did I underestimate Ronin?
No.
The Uvogin doll exploded with aura. It ripped a pew from the floor and charged at the wall.
BOOM!
The wall collapsed under the truck-like impact of the Uvogin doll.
Shielded by the debris, the doll avoided the clay and pushed through the fire, clearing a path.
Omokage led the remaining dolls close behind the Uvogin doll.
But just as they stepped out of the church, a massive lid shaped like a boar's head with tusks slammed down from the sky.
Earth Style: Dropping Lid!
Another B-Rank AOE Jutsu, originally used to trap giant summons.
Ronin's Shadow Clone used his remaining Chakra to cast it, waiting for this exact moment.
BOOM!
The Uvogin doll unleashed a Big Bang Impact, but its arms shattered instantly.
However, behind Uvogin, the Phinks doll acted. It wound up its arm—Ripper Cyclotron—and unleashed a powerful strike.
Cracks appeared on the boar lid, and it shattered.
As the lid broke, a barrage of Nen bullets shot out from underneath, aiming for the tree where Ronin's clone stood.
Franklin's ability.
But on the other side, lightning flashed. Ronin, a streak of electricity, appeared near Omokage in an instant.
Omokage looked up just in time. His empty eye sockets met Ronin's eyes while Ronin was in Lightning Release Chakra Mode.
"How?!" Omokage cried out.
Eye contact was made, but the condition to steal eyes wasn't met.
The reason was a pair of sunglasses Ronin wore.
The eye-stealing ability didn't connect with Ronin's Sharingan; it was blocked by the shades.
A Sharingan user needing to avoid eye contact... a new experience for Ronin.
But Omokage's ability had a flaw, one the Shadow Clone had tested earlier!
Ronin's hand, rigid as a knife and coated in Lightning Chakra, struck Omokage in a flash.
Hell Stab: Four-Finger Nukite!
Omokage was sliced in half at the waist by the lightning.
Blood sprayed, but Ronin's sense of danger didn't fade.
Through the Sharingan, he saw that although the severed Omokage bled, its internal structure was that of a doll.
The dense Nen covering the "Omokage" doll had deceived even the Sharingan!
Is this the puppet he used to fake his death in the movie?
As he thought this, the Sharingan picked up tightening Nen threads ahead!
Machi's ability.
A figure appeared near the church—another Omokage.
Behind this Omokage stood three figures: Machi, Nobunaga, and a middle-aged man with a scar Ronin didn't recognize (Isri).
So, the previous Omokage doll had Franklin's ability appearance but was a decoy.
This one, with three shadows behind him, was the real Omokage.
The lightning faded from Ronin's body. He stopped before the threads.
His sunglasses were gone, snatched by the aura burst from the Omokage doll's eyes as he passed it.
Now, Ronin's scarlet Three-Tomoe Sharingan looked directly into Omokage's eyes.
In that instant, both moved.
Omokage twitched his fingers. Threads pulled an eyeless doll in front of him and tightened the lines around Ronin, intending to dismember him.
But Omokage froze.
He still saw Ronin in front of him, but massive, rusty spikes were driving into his limbs.
Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique.
A giant Sharingan hung in the sky like a moon, slowly spinning.
Pain washed over him like waves.
Ronin felt his Chakra draining rapidly to sustain the Genjutsu.
But Omokage was paralyzed. A kunai appeared in Ronin's hand.
His other hand formed a seal. Wind Chakra coated the kunai, forming a blade of blue energy.
He threw the kunai straight at Omokage's heart.
Simultaneously, Ronin couldn't hold the Genjutsu any longer. The illusion broke!
Thwack!
The kunai pierced Omokage's chest accurately. Omokage, just waking from the phantom pain of the spikes, felt real agony in his heart.
He looked down in disbelief. The kunai had pierced his protective Nen and buried itself in his heart.
"I... lost here?" Omokage's eyes were full of disbelief.
I was his hard counter. Why did I lose?
Blood poured from his heart and mouth.
The shadows behind him vanished. The dolls around him fell like cut wheat, lifeless.
Maybe I shouldn't have come. This was Omokage's last thought.
Too late.
Ronin gasped for air. He had been sweating when he threw the kunai.
He feared Omokage would dodge after breaking the Genjutsu.
But the Wind-infused kunai pierced the defense and killed him.
Stabilizing his breathing, Ronin walked into the church.
The fire was out, but it was still hot.
Ronin went upstairs and found the Pairo doll encased in clay.
It was frozen in a running posture. Ronin had exited the Sharingan state, but with Nen coating his hands, he tore open the clay.
He reached in and plucked the two Scarlet Eyes from the doll's sockets.
Even covered in dirt, Ronin felt the warmth radiating from them.
Finally, he felt a weight lift off his shoulders.
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