After Elaine, or perhaps Hisoka, threw out that question, it seemed she didn't want an answer from Machi's group of four, straightforwardly using the discovered traps as an attack method.
Corpses flew towards Machi's group of four, weaving into a basket-like barrier mid-flight, completely blocking their view.
Seeing the sticky human wall attack, Uvogin forgot his supposed duty. His right foot stomped forward forcefully.
Boom!
The ground cracked. Uvogin's robust body immediately charged at the human wall.
"Scram!"
Profuse Nen exploded on Uvogin, wastefully pouring out in all directions. Then, in a brief instant, the surging Nen converged onto his fist, large as a sand pot.
Releasing and gathering happened in an instant.
A fist gathering considerable Nen blasted the human wall, instantly shattering it. Bones and flesh mixed, flying back with the same momentum.
Uvogin maintained his punching posture. That punch poured over ninety percent of his body's strength, but he didn't forget subsequent defense.
As he defended, the resurrected, female-transformed Hisoka arrived before him after the human wall shattered.
However, current Uvogin had long developed his own technique in Aura Gathering and Release. The remaining ten percent strength became a fuse, quickly gathering his body's strength again.
"Been waiting for you!"
Uvogin's eyes widened angrily… his large fist, with later momentum, smashed towards Hisoka's head.
Yet, this prepared punch missed.
Hisoka's true target seemed not the seemingly exhausted Uvogin. Underfoot, pink Nen twisted, storing force, then burst with strong thrust, dodging Uvogin's punch, heading towards Machi.
The pulled human wall was a misdirection, and the feint attack on Uvogin was also a misdirection.
The real target was Machi, behind Uvogin and Nobunaga.
However, if Hisoka passed Uvogin, Nobunaga remained behind.
The moment Uvogin ignored advice and charged, Nobunaga had already prepared.
He had always been like this… accustomed to Uvogin's action patterns, accustomed to dealing with consequences Uvogin caused, or cleaning up after him.
[Domain!]
This was his ability, same name as Law's Domain, but completely different in nature.
Nobunaga's Domain primarily emphasized one word: fast.
First, release a four-meter radius En, creating an absolute domain for capturing movements.
When an enemy entered the domain, he'd quickly retract the En outside his body, then rapidly gather the retracted Aura onto his right wrist and longsword.
Then, a quick-draw slash incorporating Enhancement and Emission traits!
'This time, won't slash off target!'
Cold glints flashed in Nobunaga's eyes. After receiving feedback from his Domain, he drew his sword for the second slash!
Slice!
A blade flash vanished instantly. Hisoka, launching the assault, remained expressionless, while his newly restored right arm was severed by Nobunaga again.
Just said wouldn't slash off target, instantly proven wrong.
Moreover, this right arm was actually given by Hisoka, though Nobunaga didn't know.
'You like my right arm so much? Then another for you.'
Hisoka passed Nobunaga, heading towards Machi without looking back.
In less than two seconds, he successively passed the defense line formed by Uvogin and Nobunaga.
"Damn."
The two could only hastily look back as Hisoka headed towards Machi and Salin, immediately trying to assist, but judging from the situation, clearly couldn't catch up to Hisoka.
"Still targeting me?"
Facing Hisoka's quite powerful momentum, Machi's Aura and even breathing remained chillingly calm.
Hisoka repeatedly targeted her, treating her as a weakling to bully.
Even so, Machi's emotions were unperturbed.
Hisoka closed in, completely ignoring blood spraying from his right shoulder, another arm gathering force, attacking Machi's face.
Machi's eyes turned cold. She ducked, dodging Hisoka's incoming punch, then pulled a Nen Thread between her hands, wrapping around Hisoka's extended left arm.
At that precise node, Machi's hands shook out a dazzling phantom, instantly wrapping the Nen Thread several times around Hisoka's left arm. Then, bending her knees, she pulled down forcefully, disrupting Hisoka's balance.
"Such nostalgia, this method, this scent."
Pulled forward, staggering, Hisoka showed no trace of panic.
Machi frowned slightly, as he currently had no time to think much. In her view, Hisoka lost his right arm to Nobunaga, and now she restrained his left arm. Once Uvogin and Nobunaga arrived, they could directly finish off Hisoka.
Simultaneously, Uvogin and Nobunaga, seeing Machi lock Hisoka's left arm with special Nen thread winding, inwardly praised, then rushed over at top speed.
Suddenly, a gust of wind came from behind them.
"Huh?"
The two immediately became alert. When they saw the wind's source, their expressions changed.
'It was the severed right arm from earlier…!'
Nobunaga reacted extremely fast. Without releasing Domain, the unique glint of Nen flashed in his eyes, then saw pink threads hidden in the air.
Then, he lightning-fast slashed at the threads, trying to intercept the severed arm.
However, whether coincidence or everything within Hisoka's calculations…
Machi continuously applied force to Hisoka's lower body, making him stagger forward several steps while his upper body was pulled, bending down.
Precisely this action altered the severed arm's flight trajectory, then coincidentally avoided Nobunaga's intercepting slash.
Thus, Nobunaga and Uvogin watched helplessly as the severed arm flew towards Hisoka's side… where Machi and Salin also were.
From the start… turning traps into a cover-style attack, to being slashed by Nobunaga in the same spot, losing another right arm.
Seizing this timing, after passing Nobunaga, pulling thin threads placed somewhere onto the severed arm, becoming this attack.
The severed hand flew towards Machi's face. If she didn't allocate some Aura to protect her face, taking a direct hit would certainly cause brief dizziness. By then, Hisoka could break free and launch a fatal attack on her.
If she allocated some Aura to protect her face, Hisoka could break free while her strength was divided.
Judging both outcomes, obviously the latter was safer.
If Machi were alone, she'd choose the latter without hesitation. But currently, she had teammates.
Thud!
An extremely dull sound, like thunder hidden in clouds.
…
Law, observing military-perpetrator fights, heard that sound and couldn't help but look towards its direction.