'Eight...'
Moses took in the situation at the scene at a glance.
There are five familiar current members of the Phantom Troupe, and the other three are new faces who replaced Shalnark and the others, characters who have never appeared in the original work.
But since they were recruited into the Troupe by Chrollo, their baseline strength was probably nothing to scoff at.
Ratatatatata…
At this moment, familiar gunshots echoed through the venue.
After Franklin gave up on Hisoka, he decisively shifted his firepower to Moses.
Diamond-shaped Nen Bullets spurted out from the muzzles on his fingers, slicing through the air as they headed for Moses, who stood on the arena.
However, how could Moses ignore his old acquaintance, Franklin...
When he chopped Wapol away and went to see the situation on the venue clearly, he had already directed another shadow to target Franklin.
Originally, Moses had not expected this shadow to survive until this moment.
After all, the most likely outcome was that it would be destroyed by other members of the Phantom Troupe after he emerged from his Nen Space, much like the shadow earlier obliterated by Feitan's decisive sword strike.
But, this shadow was luckier than the one struck down by Feitan. It had a 'friend' named Hisoka, who shared the same hardships with it, and thanks to Hisoka's 'selfless dedication', it was lucky enough to survive.
It seems that the thumbs up it gave to Hisoka a few minutes ago wasn't in vain.
At this time, the shadow maneuvered out of Franklin's firepower range and waited for an opportunity to move.
However, just as Moses is very familiar with Franklin's firepower, Franklin is also very familiar with Moses's tactics.
Before the shadow could approach unnoticed, Franklin gave up the long-range attack and turned the muzzle without hesitation, directing the firepower onto the creeping shadow.
Seeing that Franklin used Gyo to see through the In on the shadow clone, Moses controlled the shadow clone to minimize its hitbox, and then maneuvered to dodge the incoming barrage of Nen Bullets.
Though the ambush was foiled, Moses remained unbothered.
Being able to divert the opponent's firepower to another place can be considered as making full use of the value of the shadow clone.
'He's modified his shoulder where he lost his arm…'
Moses's gaze landed on the mechanical structure on Franklin's shoulder, and he speculated in his heart.
'Judging by its sleek, sci-fi-inspired design, it might be some sort of laser cannon.'
In fact, after severing his own fingers, Franklin had already incorporated mechanical enhancements on his body.
So, it's not surprising that the shoulder of his missing arm was reconstructed this time.
Still, it was something worth noting.
Feitan and the others had already launched their attacks, while Pakunoda, Kokai and Machi were also not idle.
They stepped into the area below the arena in one fell swoop.
Machi silently pulled out a thin thread between her hands.
However, before she could use her Nen Ability on Moses, a glob of pink slime came hurtling toward her back.
The pink slime was none other than Hisoka's Bungee Gum.
Machi's sharp reflexes kicked in the moment she sensed Hisoka's attack.
She suddenly turned sideways and stepped on the ground, pushing her body backwards.
Strips of pink slime passed in front of her and stuck to the wall below the arena.
Thud-
With a slight sound, the pink slime tore a door-sized slab of stone from the wall.
Then, under an extremely strong contraction force, the stone slab was yanked back and smashed towards Machi, who was retreating.
Originally, judging from the retraction trajectory of the pink slime, even if the stone slab was about the size of a door panel, it would not be able to cover Machi's retreat path.
However, Hisoka, who shot out the pink slime, was not a wooden man who could not move. With a slight adjustment in position, he ensured the slab's return path would intersect with Machi's retreat.
Seeing the stone slab hurtling toward her, Machi didn't rashly attempt to break it. Instead, she leaned her upper body backward toward the ground.
As her body nearly touched the floor, the slab passed just above her.
At the same time, Machi leaned her upper body back and threw a sewing needle with a Nen Thread tied to it towards Hisoka.
Hisoka's narrow eyes narrowed further and he immediately released the Bungee Gum binding the stone slab.
The stone slab, having lost its extremely strong pulling force, suddenly fell diagonally toward the ground, just in time to pin the sewing needle thrown by Machi to the ground.
Boom!
The slab hit the ground with a thunderous crash, shattering into countless fragments and raising a thin veil of dust.
"Hisoka…"
Machi straightened her posture, looked at Hisoka with murderous gaze, and said coldly: "Stop getting in the way!"
"Are you begging me♡?"
With his left hand resting on his waist and his right flipping a playing card, Hisoka's lips curled into a faint smile.
Machi's murderous Aura intensified, coiling like a storm between her brows and eyes.
The more intense her reaction was, the more obvious the curve of Hisoka's mouth became.
…
At the same time.
Pakunoda conjured a revolver and pointed it at Moses, who had reached the edge of the arena.
Bang! Bang!
Flames burst from the muzzle, and scorching bullets sped toward Moses.
Moses glanced at her sideways, and his face quickly moved left and right a few times. With his extremely precise swinging rhythm, he made the six flying bullets all miss the target.
But at this time, the mechanical body controlled by Kokai pounced on Moses from the other side.
Pakunoda's shots just now were not aimed at killing, but to help create an opening for Kokai's assault.
The black-suited robot with sunglasses fearlessly charged at Moses.
However, its mobility was relatively weak, and before it could land a blow, Moses had already reacted.
Moses tilted his head back to evade the robot's punch, then swiftly closed his fingers and thrust them toward its chest.
Under the arena.
When Kokai saw this scene, a glimmer of light flashed across the depths of his eyes.
'Perfect…'
'Destroy the shell of the 'Trojan Horse' just like that!'
Kokai anticipated the critical moment with bated breath.
However-
Moses abruptly changed his approach. His fingers bent without warning, and he changed from stabbing to grabbing. He grabbed the chest of the robot and hurled it at Pakunoda on the other side.
Bang!
Pakunoda was immediately knocked away by the black-suited robot.
When Kokai saw this scene, his expression changed.
'Why did he suddenly hold back...'
'Could it be that he detected the 'Trojan Horse' hidden inside the robot?'
'How is this possible!'
Kokai was shocked and simply couldn't understand Moses's motive for suddenly changing his approach.
Moses looked down at Kokai and said calmly, "What are you so surprised about? Or did you think I wouldn't know your ability?"
"!"
Kokai's pupils constricted sharply, and his face is filled with a mixture of shock and disbelief.
His ability is a secret within the Phantom Troupe, so there is no possibility of his information being leaked by Hisoka.
'But how could this man know?'
'Was he able to deduce it from so little information? Impossible!'
"You... It's impossible. Before the outer shell is destroyed, the 'Trojan Horse' lurking inside cannot be discovered!"
"Oh?"
Moses raised his eyebrows slightly.
"So it's a Trojan Horse... Thank you for kindly confirming my guess with even more details."
"???"
Kokai was stunned and instantly regretted his loose tongue.
Meanwhile, Pakunoda, who had been knocked away by the robot, quickly regained her footing. She looked up at Moses, who is standing at the edge of the arena, with furrowed brows.
After Moses made his move, his presence was so strong that Pakunoda couldn't help but feel an inexplicable sense of sadness.
'What exactly happened during the few minutes that Uvogin and Love entered the Nen Space?'
'Did Chrollo's plan fail?'
'Who was killed by Moses?'
'This operation...'
'Was it really worth it?'
Pakunoda's eyes trembled, and she had too many questions in her heart that she wanted to know urgently.