Rustle-
Various faint sounds mixed together.
The shadow clone passed through two narrow grass blades expressionlessly.
Just as its foot touched the ground, the grass leaves that were swaying and leaning to the sides silently split in two.
Then, without any visible movement, the shadow clone standing between the two large grass blades was suddenly struck, as if an invisible, sharp blade had slashed at its neck.
But this time, Moses reacted quickly and immediately mobilized more Aura to gather on the neck of the shadow clone.
His mastery of Ryu came into play at this moment, preventing the attacker's strike from cleanly decapitating the clone as it had before.
But after this attack, a gruesome gash appeared on the shadow clone's neck, cutting through about a third of it.
Hisoka, who was standing behind him, saw this and his pupils contracted sharply.
'It was indeed as Moses had said, the attacker didn't reveal even a hint of killing intent when striking.'
'Moreover, their body is in a translucent state, and their attack speed is so fast that it is difficult to detect their movements with the naked eye.'
'If I had been in the Nen Clone's position, I would have been decapitated.'
'But it doesn't matter…'
Bungee Gum!
Hisoka suppressed his shock and activated the retracting ability of his Bungee Gum.
The pink sticky string that had been pre-attached to the shadow clone's neck suddenly yanked the unknown attacker, who had been preparing to retreat, toward him.
"Screech..."
A sharp, piercing cry echoed through the giant grass.
The cry carried a clear sense of panic.
Hisoka narrowed his eyes and his gaze was instantly fixed onto the shadow clone.
To be more precise, he was focused on the pink sticky string attached to the clone's neck, which extended forward into empty space.
But soon, as the pink sticky string on the shadow clone's neck began to retract, the air in front of it distorted and blurred, revealing a small, dwarf-like humanoid creature.
The creature's body was semi-transparent, like gelatin, with green and blue veins crisscrossing its body and a fist-sized green heart beating in its chest.
Its head was disproportionately large, creating a stark contrast with its otherwise humanoid, diminutive frame.
On the gelatinous, semi-transparent face, there was a pair of large eyes that took up a third of its face.
However, the large eyes were entirely emerald green, making it difficult to discern any structures like pupils.
After dwarf-like humanoid creature was pulled back by Bungee Gum, it exited its transparent state and let out a series of sharp screeches.
There was an arm blade as thin as a cicada's wing on its elbow. At the moment when it was pulled towards the shadow clone by the pink sticky thread and its body was exposed, it bent its elbow and slashed at the shadow clone's chest with its arm blade.
Sshh-!
The arm blade, which is as thin as a cicada's wing, effortlessly sliced through the shadow clone's chest.
With this strike, the shadow clone, which had already been severely damaged, was on the verge of collapsing.
But at this moment, Moses used Shadow Shift to exchange positions with his severely injured shadow clone, and appeared right in front of the dwarf-like humanoid creature.
The creature had never encountered such a situation before. In what felt like a frozen moment, its emerald-green eyes revealed a mix of confusion and shock that no one else could see.
In the next instant-
Moses, who had swapped with his shadow clone, swung the black sword in his hand and cleanly severed the right arm of the dwarf-like humanoid creature.
Green blood splattered as the gelatinous arm flipped through the air.
Moses didn't stop there. Taking advantage of the creature's panic, he swung his sword again.
Ssshh!
Green blood sprayed as the creature's other arm was severed and sent flying.
With the two slashes, Moses had disarmed the creature of its most threatening weapons. He then stopped and quickly retreated, putting distance between himself and the creature, moving back to where Hisoka stood.
"Screech-!"
The dwarf-like humanoid creature seemed to finally react, letting out a particularly agonized wail, its emerald-green eyes bulging almost out of their sockets.
Moses watched the creature, which remained rooted in place, screaming in pain. He raised his black sword horizontally in front of him with calm expression.
In his vision, he could see black tendrils spreading from the creature's severed arms.
Hisoka came to Moses's side and casually threw a sticky pink line at the ankle of the dwarf-like humanoid creature. He then glanced at Moses and asked, "Aren't you going to kill him◇?"
Hisoka, who was standing on the side, saw the two slashes clearly and knew that Moses had held back intentionally.
Otherwise, with Moses's skill, a single strike during that opening would have been enough to finish off this bizarre dwarf-like humanoid creature.
"It's more valuable alive."
Moses stared at the black tendrils on the creature's body.
If Kyoka Suigetsu doesn't work on this creature, Moses will definitely finish it off right away.
On the other hand, keeping it alive might prove to have some value.
Hisoka couldn't see the black tendrils and wasn't aware of Kyoka Suigetsu's ability, so he didn't quite agree with Moses's decision.
From his perspective, this bizarre creature clearly belonged to a highly feral type. Not to mention taming it, even 'communication' would be impossible.
But he didn't voice any objections. In order to eliminate any chance of this dwarf-like humanoid creature escaping, he even thoughtfully attached a strand of Bungee Gum to its ankle.
His spontaneous action of throwing the pink sticky line directly won Moses's appreciation.
"Hisoka, good job."
Moses sincerely praised him.
Speaking of which, this was the first time Moses had truly worked together with Hisoka.
Using the shadow clone as bait, combined with Hisoka's Bungee Gum, which was concealed with 'In', created a double-layered trap.
It was this coordinated effort that so easily restricted the dwarf-like humanoid creature's speed and its near-transparent invisibility.
After that, with Moses's teleportation, it took less than three seconds to subdue this highly troublesome creature.
Hearing Moses's praise, Hisoka raised an eyebrow in surprise.
Moses quickly glanced at the dwarf-like humanoid creature, which showed no intention of fleeing and instead stood wailing in place, and calmly said: "This creature is the perfect assassin. If not for..."
He stopped mid-sentence.
Moses suddenly turned sideways and stabbed Hisoka with the black sword.
Faced with Moses's unexpected attack, Hisoka's eyes flickered slightly, but it was too late for him to react.
If this stab hits the target, he will definitely die on the spot.
Yet, in this life-or-death moment, Hisoka remained completely calm, giving off an air of indifference toward life and death.
Pssttt!
The black sword, as fast as lightning, pierced straight into the flesh. The sound of the sharp blade entering the body and the slight sound of blood spilling on the ground echoed through the air.
Hisoka's body didn't move, and his expression remained completely unperturbed.
The black sword had passed by his face, piercing through the forehead of another dwarf-like humanoid creature that had leaped into the air.
There were two of these creatures in this 'territory'!
"Did you think I was going to kill you just now?"
Moses pulled back his sword and looked at Hisoka with a hint of amusement.
The corner of Hisoka's mouth rose slightly, and he said with a half-smile: "If that were the case, it would have been wonderful♡"
"Hisoka, you are really perverted."
Moses shook his head slightly.
Hisoka didn't mind at all, "Thank you for the compliment♡."
"…"