Secret X Technique X #2

{P.o.V Killua}

After seeing one of the mob members recoil for a moment, I focused on him just as his body began to jerkily move. Taking the opportunity to confirm my observations I peered at the man's neck, specifically at the bat-shaped pin that landed in his neck just now. If I traced the general trajectory of the dart I could find the Hatsu user.

Staring up at the second floor of a nearby building I looked at the shattered window and shut-off lights that were becoming all too normal around here, however, the slight silhouette of a person standing just behind a panel of mostly intact glass wasn't. Darting over to the side of the building I ran through the shattered remains of the glass walls and began searching for a staircase to advance to the next level. Then, like many times before when working on missions, I quietly crept through the doorway of the stairwell and silenced myself as I entered a state of Zetsu to erase my presence.

Creeping through the office building I made sure to keep a lookout for any signs of a threat as I made my way toward the location I spotted the Hatsu user earlier. Though as I got closer I could hear the faint sounds of tapping and electronic beeping that were masked by the gunfire and destruction happening in the city. Taking a turn around a cubicle I finally spotted my target whose face was illuminated by a phone, he had a childish almost innocent face that was quite contrary to his actions or muscular build. Being one not to judge, I began to slowly circle him so I was able to approach from a compromising angle to hopefully take his life in a clean manner.

Leveling a stare at him, I gauged his apparent readiness before I moved to take his life. Eventually, I leaped at him as I calculated my jump so my shoulders were roughly level with his neck. Then in the same fluid movement, I tightened the muscles in my hand and forearm as I silently slashed my hand where at his jugular without so much as disturbing the air as I moved. All the while, I exited a state of Zetsu as I began to use Ren to coat my body, had I been sure of a difference of strength I may have used Gyo on my hand but I wished to still have a layer of defense to fall back on.

*woosh* Yet, even with my preparation and ambush my target was able to swiftly shift his body out of the way and avoid my attack. A surprise to be sure, but not an impossibility considering my target is a member of the Phantom Troupe. Springing off the ground In the direction of the window I tucked in my limbs as I twisted in the air as I came closer to the ground.

*tumble* rolling on the sidewalk a bit I came to a stop before I pulled back to the far side of the street where I spotted Gon earlier before I attacked the Spider. Staring back into the building I saw him standing at the mouth of the window as he stared down at us with his hands at his sides holding a Phone or Pin in each hand.

"Killua are you alright?" walking over to me while keeping his body facing our enemy we began to converse under our breaths so as to keep our communication hidden.

"I am fine, I tried to take him out immediately but he was able to dodge my ambush. He seems to be quite strong physically to pull off that feat… So he isn't solely relying on controlling others to fight for him if we corner him."

{P.o.V Change + Short Time Skip?}

Turning onto the street of my destination I began to look ahead while assessing the situation, while I trusted in the boys' talents I wasn't expecting them to come out clean in these situations on their own. Hopefully, they will be able to hold out on their own and haven't taken any grave injuries.

'Though I should have stuck around for a descriptor to see who it was exactly I am fighting…' making my way down the street I made sure to avoid the various fires and look out for my coat as I already managed to let the tail of the coat get burnt a few times while rushing. Everything was a mess out here, the few survivors who were hiding behind any cover they could manage were a bit jumpy, it pissed me off when one of them tried to light me up with a machine gun he was carrying. Not that I took any damage with my Hatsu…

When I came closer to the fight I could no longer fault these survivors for their actions seeing as how they had to watch on as their comrades were turned into puppets and forced to fire on each other or risk being killed later for deserting… hiding probably was the best alternative they could come up with, to be honest.

'Well, at least I know who I am fighting now… not that I remembered his name. Didn't it rhyme with Shark? Maybe…' pondering only the most urgent and important questions I continued on ahead as I watched Gon and Killua fight off what equated to zombies while trying to contend with… Shark, who is an experienced Nen fighter who is constantly bringing in new people with his pins while using the few at a time under his thrall as meat shields to get him out of tight spots or create an advantageous scenario.

'I am almost envious of his multitasking abilities' closing in the last distance towards him I peered at the phone in his right hand for a moment. He was using his Hatsu to control the various people without peering at the screen while in Nen combat with two others soon to be three.

*Bang* launching off the pavement using a bit of residual energy from being shot at earlier I sailed towards my opponent who had my back towards me at the moment while dealing with the boys. Positioning my knife I darted toward his midsection as I choreographed a large slash horizontally across his mid-back.

Turning around in a near instant as I had predicted, the Spider glimpsed at me as he immediately started to lean his whole upper body backward to dodge the knife strike. However, what he did not account for was my use of controlled bursts from my Hatsu I covered my knife in to redirect my attack in an instant towards his hand holding the phone that was reaching up and outwards as a counterbalance to him leaning back.

*crack* unfortunately my attack didn't exactly reach my target, as he managed to jump off the ground despite his weird posture and flipped back into a standing position to ready himself to dodge Gon and Killua's joint attack.

'Damn, now it's the backup plan… I'll buy time by monologuing to explain what just happened again. It's like I-Frames in a fighting game for Shounen side characters, I can't be harmed while doing it! You see, I predicted he would spin around when Gon's eyes widened when he saw me giving away my surprise attack so I instead used a feint last minute… I was inspired by Nobunaga and George Lucas, cut off hands for everyone and all that.' slowly inching backward to ready myself for the next round of combat everyone began to readjust themselves to the new situation.