A while ago…
Wright had set his sights on a member of the Erimo Bandit Group and took action.
However, after making his move on the target, several more members of the group unexpectedly appeared.
With enemies on all sides, Wright was gravely injured and narrowly escaped with his life.
Speaking of which-
The fact that he was able to escape in that situation was partly due to Ainbo's iron ball attack, which sent Wright flying far away after being hit.
Yet, that same strike had nearly knocked Wright unconscious.
Though he managed to survive afterward, the impact had caused him to fall into a temporary coma.
Had Wright not been an Enhancer, he might have died in that encirclement.
After waking from his coma, Wright saw Moses's message and immediately called him.
But no matter what Wright imagined, he couldn't have expected that Moses was in the middle of a fight with Ainbo of the Erimo Bandit Group, and...
Ainbo was about to die?!
But what's more unbelievable to him is...
How could Moses be answering the phone in the middle of a fight?
In Wright's mind, the image of Moses holding his phone in one hand, with the other hand in his trouser pocket, coldly looking down at Ainbo, who was lying on the ground, suddenly formed.
'This… this...'
'Could that be possible?'
Wright was left speechless, filled with mixed emotions.
In the military camp.
Moses looked calmly at Ainbo, who lay motionless on the ground.
As Wright went silent on the other end of the call, Moses also said nothing more. But he still maintained his phone-holding posture while steadily walking toward Ainbo step by step.
This posture, undeniably brimming with confidence, displayed his utter disregard for Ainbo, who was lying on the ground. Meanwhile, to those observing from the outside, it created an illusion of carelessness.
Moses had yet to detect the presence of other Erimo Bandit Group's members, but that didn't stop him from continuing to lay traps.
Even if those traps ultimately caught nothing but air, it didn't matter.
'It seems that this is not enough...'
Moses stared at Ainbo lying on the ground, and a thought stirred in his mind.
Suddenly-
Ainbo violently sprang to his feet, with bright Nen surging all over his body, and he pounced towards Moses with a ferocious face.
Despite having lost an arm and his iron ball, Ainbo's fighting spirit remained undiminished.
His massive body was like a giant projectile, hurtling directly toward Moses.
Faced with Ainbo's sudden onslaught, Moses pretended to be caught off guard, hastily dodging to the right, barely avoiding Ainbo's charge.
However-
Although Ainbo was fat, he moved with an agility that defied expectations. After passing Moses, he abruptly stopped, twisted his body, and swung his arm, striking Moses hard in the side.
Bang!
A muffled impact echoed as a jellyfish-shaped mist burst from Moses' side, and he was sent flying, crashing through a curtain of rain.
In the shadows-
Kargis's eyes lit up, and a surge of Aura quickly covered his body.
'Chance!'
With a powerful push off the ground, Kargis's sleek, cheetah-like body sliced through the dense rain, moving as fast as a shooting star, straight toward Moses's exposed back.
Ainbo's sudden assault had created a perfect opportunity for Kargis to launch a sneak attack, so he attacked without hesitation.
However…
The moment Kargis released his Nen, Moses's shadow hidden in the dark immediately discovered his movements.
'Perfect.'
Receiving the visual feed from his shared vision with the shadow, Moses silently adjusted his stance, landing steadily on the waterlogged ground, his feet slicing through the water in two distinct trails.
By the time he had dispersed the impact and came to a halt, Ainbo had already charged towards him again.
The surrounding soldiers finally reacted, aiming their weapons at Ainbo and pulling the triggers.
Amidst the deafening sound of gunfire, a hail of bullets tore through the air, striking Ainbo's massive body, only to produce brief bursts of sparks.
Just like before, the barrage of bullets seemed to hit a solid steel wall.
No matter how much firepower was unleashed, it couldn't shake Ainbo's imposing figure.
This wasn't simply the advantage of being an Enhancer, as it was also due to Ainbo's sheer strength.
Only with solid Nen mastery and physical toughness far above average could one withstand concentrated gunfire with such ease.
Ignoring the bullets peppering his body, Ainbo once again charged at Moses like a derailed train, crashing into him with immense force.
Bang-
A visible shockwave erupted, stirring up dense clouds of mist.
Unable to withstand Ainbo's ferocious momentum, Moses was once again knocked into the air, skidding across the waterlogged ground, kicking up sprays of water as he slid backward.
At that moment, Kargis, who came like a meteor, landed behind Moses.
Codename: Cheetah, moving as swift as lightning.
'This is the price of arrogance!'
Kargis's eyes flashed with murderous intent as the dagger in his right hand sliced through the air, aiming directly at the back of Moses's head.
As long as he struck at just the right moment, it would be effortless to plunge the dagger into his target's skull.
The same technique, the same scenario...
Kargis had completed this maneuver countless times.
And this time, with the opportunity created by Ainbo's desperate charge, there will be no accidents.
The dagger, filled with cold murderous intent, had its tip against the back of Moses's head in the next instant.
But just as time moved forward, Moses's body quivered ever so slightly.
[Shadow Shift]
Before the dagger could pierce through, Moses swapped places with his shadow clone.
Thud!
The dagger, which was covered with condensed Nen, plunged straight into the back of the shadow clone's head.
This strike instantly shattered the shadow clone's head into fragments.
It's not that the shadow clone is not strong enough, but because Moses had deliberately reduced the Nen Defense around the head.
Therefore, when Kargis stabbed down, the shadow clone's head couldn't withstand the attack and shattered like tofu in an instant.
At the same time, the sudden pain was fed back into Moses's nerves.
But Moses, already accustomed to enduring pain, wasted no time and once again used his Shadow Shift.
Whoosh-
In the blink of an eye, Moses swapped places with the headless shadow clone and reappeared in front of Kargis.
Kargis's pupils contracted sharply. After all, the scene he saw was that Moses's head was shattered and returned to its original state in the next moment.
The speed of Shadow Shift was so fast that it gave the illusion that nothing had changed.
However, there was still one noticeable 'difference', that is, Moses, who seemed to have suddenly returned to normal, now held a phone in his hand.
Or rather-
Before his head shattered, the phone had also disappeared for a split second...
'What the hell...?'
Kargis vaguely sensed something was wrong, but before he could think deeply about it, he saw a black sword was conjured in Moses's hand and he swung it toward him.
"Huh!?"
Kargis's heart skipped a beat, and he reacted quickly and suddenly retreated backwards.
However, it was all too sudden, so he couldn't completely evade this eerie slash.
Slash!
As Kargis retreated backwards, a horizontal gash appeared across his chest. With the help of the floodlight, a conspicuous bloodstain could be seen on his skin.
'That was close…'
Kargis looked at Moses with lingering fear.
Had his reaction been slower, that blade might have sliced him in two.
Now, it was just a superficial cut that oozed a little blood. The impact was not big, and it could even be said to be negligible.