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Chapter 49: Ninjutsu Combination
Omokage waited quietly in the church.
He knew Ronin would come.
He had placed the bait in the most conspicuous place. As long as Ronin investigated the Nobunaga doll's tracks, he would find the church.
The Pairo doll would be Ronin's death warrant.
Based on Uvogin's description, Ronin would jump into the trap for the Scarlet Eyes, even knowing it was a trap.
Especially since he was a Kurta survivor.
The only thing that surprised Omokage was how quickly Ronin took Nobunaga's head.
It happened in an instant. From the attack to the disappearance of the head, the hidden surveillance dolls failed to send back any useful info.
If he could find the head, even without the eyes, it would be useful.
But according to his senses, the doll he sent to the site found only scorched earth.
The head must have been burned by Ronin after taking the eyes.
Omokage's phone received a text.
It was from Isri, Phantom Troupe Member #8. The members were moving toward Mordin City.
This time, besides the ones who fooled around with Uvogin, the group included Chrollo, Pakunoda, and Isri.
In two days, there would be 8 Spiders in Mordin City—no, 7, excluding the invalid Uvogin—to hunt Ronin.
Omokage frowned. Ronin, don't disappoint me!
The car stopped less than a kilometer from the church. Ronin didn't get out. He used the crystal ball and activated the Telescope Technique.
Using his faint sense of Omokage's Nen, he injected Chakra. The image stabilized and moved toward the church.
When the church appeared in the crystal ball, the boy sitting on the roof became clear!
"Pairo!" Kurapika recognized him instantly.
It was his best friend, the partner he would give his life for!
Kurapika never expected to see him again, sitting perfectly intact on top of a church.
Without thinking, Kurapika opened the door and bolted toward the church.
That's Pairo!
But he only took a few steps before someone grabbed him.
"Calm down, Kurapika! Pairo is dead. I saw it with my own eyes. The Phantom Troupe cut off his head!" Ronin shouted the cruel reality at him.
"But..." Kurapika's eyes were bright scarlet.
As he spoke, tears flowed uncontrollably again. He squatted down.
He knew. That thing on the roof wasn't Pairo.
It was a doll made by Omokage in Pairo's image, equipped with Scarlet Eyes!
Damn it!
Bam!
Kurapika punched the ground, blood staining the dirt, but he felt no pain.
He looked up at Ronin, his eyes filled with pleading.
Ronin sighed and patted Kurapika's shoulder. "Leave it to me."
Back in the car, Ronin reactivated the Telescope Technique. The image moved away from the roof and into the church.
Omokage appeared clearly in the crystal ball.
He didn't know he was being watched, busy making dolls.
Zooming out, following the Nen signatures, hidden dolls appeared one by one in the crystal ball.
The Third Hokage's surveillance Jutsu was even better than Ronin imagined.
"It's best to force him out of the church," Kurapika said, counting the dolls. He felt the difficulty.
Ronin felt the same. Omokage had prepared over twenty dolls inside.
Many were familiar faces.
Machi, Uvogin, Phinks, Franklin... all Spiders.
Even if they couldn't exert half their original power, Omokage could merge them.
But with them all inside, Ronin thought of a perfect Ninjutsu combo.
Putting away the crystal ball, Ronin adjusted his condition. When he was ready, he formed the cross seal for the Shadow Clone Jutsu.
Then he entered Zetsu to recover quickly.
Opening his eyes, he and the clone approached the church.
Leaving the worried Kurapika and the indifferent Neon in the car.
B-Rank Earth Style: Light-Weight Rock Technique wasn't enough to fly, but the A-Rank Ultralight-Weight Rock Technique (Onoki's improved version) allowed flight.
Ronin tried it, but the Chakra consumption was too high.
It wasn't suitable for the upcoming battle.
Besides, Omokage had pulled the dolls inside, leaving the outside sparse.
Stopping a hundred meters from the church, Ronin climbed a large tree.
The clone did the same nearby.
Connected by mind, they began forming seals simultaneously.
The main body formed seals faster, weaving the full 44 seals.
To maximize the power.
The Jutsu Ronin chose was Earth Style: Clay Fall.
As Chakra gathered and seals completed, a portal opened in the sky above the church!
Massive amounts of sticky clay poured down.
The first to be hit was Pairo on the roof.
But Ronin didn't care.
As the clay covered the main church building, the Shadow Clone released his prepared Jutsu.
A small fireball shot from the clone's mouth, hitting the ground in front of the church.
BOOM!
The compressed Chakra exploded, expanding instantly into a raging inferno.
The fire spread, engulfing the entire front of the church.
Fire Style: Searing Migraine!
The falling clay hardened rapidly under the intense heat. The combination of heat and heavy clay caused explosions to ring out from the church structure.
Figures leaped from the upper windows—dolls.
But the moment they broke out, they were coated in clay and baked by the flames below. They hit the ground and shattered into pieces.
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