Chapter 236 Crucial Decisions
The Phantom Troupe is a criminal group whose behavior is very different from the norm.
They commit many crimes, kill people like crazy, and lack the most basic respect for death. Therefore, an almost paranoid one-on-one culture prevails within the group.
Members are often overconfident and would rather fight alone than work together.
From Wojin's single-handed fight against several Yin beasts, and the brigade's return to Meteor Street to fight against those chimera ants, this almost arrogant style of behavior is vividly demonstrated.
But among the brigade, there is a pair of partners who can unleash a combat power that far exceeds that of an individual in coordinated operations.
These two people are Wo Jin and Nobunaga.
As an enhancement type, Wo Jin has a wild and unruly personality. He has always been keen on facing the enemy alone, just to enjoy the pure power showdown. However, even Wo Jin himself did not realize that he can only fully unleash the advantages of both offense and defense of the enhancement type when protecting his companions.
Whenever there are teammates around him, Wojin will always unconsciously adjust his fighting style, changing from a pure attacker to a barrier with both offense and defense.
His power is no longer only used to destroy enemies, but can also become the strongest backing for his companions.
The direction of Nobunaga's ability is to use "circle" to cover a radius of four meters, grasp the wind and grass within the range, and then cooperate with the ultimate "week" to kill with one blow with Iai Slash.
This strategy is very suitable for one-on-one combat, but it also has a fatal flaw.
When he draws his sword, he will be in a defenseless state. If he cannot kill the enemy with one blow, he may be in danger.
So as long as Wojin is present, Nobunaga can use his full strength without any scruples.
Because of this, the combination of this pair can be called the most complementary combat power in the brigade, and they can form a chemical reaction that is not insignificant when they join forces.
Their complementarity is due to the tacit understanding between companions, but it is more of a natural fit in fighting styles.
Originally -
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After Wojin made the decision to kill Kurapika first, if he insists on fighting Kurapika in a one-on-one fight, what awaits him
h will only be the ending of being killed at first sight by being bound by the middle finger chain.
After all, most enhancement types like to run rampant, not to mention Wo Jin is the leader among them.
Hence, without knowing the ability to bind the middle finger chain, even if Kurapika has not learned it for a long time, he can easily punish Wojin.
Unfortunately——
Nobunaga, who is also a reinforcement type, has a relatively delicate mind.
So much so that when he slashed at Kurapika's chain with his sword in mid-air, he was keenly aware that something was wrong.
Although he did not focus all his energy on the sword at that time, the extension of the chain also meant a decrease in strength.
There is no reason to keep cutting.
Based on this, Nobunaga gave up his strong desire to kill Moro with his own hands, but out of the importance he paid to his companions,
Chance chose to stay and fight with Wo Jin.
His decision not only saved Wojin in a sense, but also improved the team's error tolerance rate in this encirclement and suppression operation.
Faced with the combination of Wojin and Nobunaga, Kurapika had no chance to use the special attack effect of the middle finger chain.
Because Nobunaga completely gave up on defense and focused all his energy on the sword, his attack power was enough to cut off the chains that Kurapika could attack from any angle.
You must know that the offensive and defensive strength of telekinesis with the same attributes is extremely fair.
The value of 100 is always higher than 99.
Hence, if Kurapika wants to defend against Nobunaga's all-out slashing attack, he needs to gather the same strength of manifestation energy at the point where the chain is hit.
With the trait increase of the flaming eyes, Kurapika does have the ability to increase the strength of his telekinesis to a level comparable to that of Nobunaga. He can even rely on the characteristics of the "binding middle finger chain" to find opportunities to counter Nobunaga after the defense is successful.
But the problem is that the existence of a nest of gold prevents Nobunaga from taking this risk.
In this anxious battle, the two sides fought fiercely back and forth countless times.
Nobunaga can always swing his sword without any scruples to cut off the threats from the contract chains, and attempts to break through Kurapika's defense line.
When Kurapika wants to defend and counterattack, Wojin can always intervene immediately and use his violent power to interrupt Kurapika's follow-up actions.
This kind of tacit understanding of "Division of Offense and Defense" makes it difficult for Kurapika to find a breakthrough when the two of them join forces, even if he has the amplification of the flaming eyes and the targeted ability of the chain.
In contrast, Kurapika can also rely on the automatic enemy defense mechanism of the Soul Chasing Chain to defend against every counterattack by Wojin and Nobunaga at critical moments.
Wokjin and Nobunaga were particularly troubled by the tenacity shown by Kurapika.
This is the first time they have encountered an opponent like Kurapika who can exert the entire nen system to its extreme.
The battle between the two sides has reached a stalemate.
But Kurapika knew it very well.
In this team battle with fewer enemies and more enemies, he could only pass the joint offensive of Wo Jin and Nobunaga as soon as possible in order to return the advantage to Moro.
Even so, Kurapika has not been affected by the so-called anxiety that affects his fighting mentality, and can even calmly handle various decisions and ideas between offense and defense during the battle.
He has done well enough.
It’s just the complementary cooperation between Wojin and Nobunaga that really stretched their upper limit.
If there are no accidents, this deadlock will continue.
Until new variables emerge to affect the direction of this duel.
Hence, the two sides passed the trial stage and entered the process of all-out fighting.
The first "variable" appeared.
Kurapika noticed that when Wo Jin and Nobunaga made certain movements, their bodies would stagnate briefly, and there was always a hint of unnatural stiffness between offense and defense.
This discovery made him realize that Wojin and Nobunaga seemed to have injuries on their bodies.
That’s right...
The injuries that Hisoka left on Wojin and Nobunaga before his death played a subtle role at this moment.
· With that kind of injury, even if Wojin and Nobunaga were of the enhanced type, it would be difficult for them to recover within more than ten days.
But under normal circumstances, after more than ten days of recuperation, it would not greatly affect Wo Jin and Nobunaga's performance in battle.
The more important reason is that the frontal suppressive power displayed by Kurapika inadvertently amplified the impact of injury factors.
After discovering this variable, Kurapika seemed to see an opportunity and decisively shifted the focus of the attack to Nobunaga's injured left waist and abdomen.
"You are really underestimated."
In the fierce offensive and defensive battle, Nobunaga was naturally able to understand Kurapika's intentions.
· If you want to use his and Wojin's injuries to find a breakthrough·
· Just dream.
Even if the wound bursts, no matter how much blood flows out.
He and Wo Jin will fight until the last moment, even if they die, they will drag their opponents into hell together.
This is the consciousness of the special attack team.
Nobunaga and Wojin did not need to communicate at all, and responded to Kurapika's changes in a coherent manner.
Especially Wojin, he was able to suppress his strong desire to attack when fighting together, just to help Nobunaga solve the flaw that was exposed at that moment.
This approach makes him less likely to make mistakes.
But even if Wo Jin and Nobunaga consciously adjusted their response, they could not completely solve the impact of the injury.
Hence the high-frequency confrontation, Kurapika's attack finally began to bear fruit.
Although he still couldn't send the binding middle finger chain to Wojin or Nobunaga, under the enemy-defending effect of the soul-chasing chain and the strength blessing brought by the flaming eyes, he began to cause harm to Wojin and Nobunaga.
"As long as I don't make mistakes, I can defeat them!"
Kurapika relies on his amazing willpower to always maintain a stable state of flaming red eyes.
Although the price was burning his life, it was his burst of strength that was able to slightly suppress the joint efforts of Wo Jin and Nobunaga.
If nothing unexpected happens, when the damage accumulates to a certain extent, he can rely on the characteristics of the middle finger chain to find an opportunity to strangle one of them.
However, just after Kurapika gained the advantage, the second "variable" appeared.
That is the intervention of Chrollo.
In this encirclement and suppression operation against Moro, the brigade has actually made two wrong moves.
This gave Moreau a chance to counterattack despite being at a disadvantage.
If time could be turned back, maybe Chrollo would no longer pursue the method of gathering all the conditions just to deal with the enemy safely.
After all, Moro is not Hisoka.
But it is precisely because of Chrollo's approach that he can still have enough energy to pay attention to the situation on Wo Jin and Nobunaga's side during the concentrated and high-intensity duel.
In comparison, Moro's pressure against the enemy has almost reached its highest peak, and he has no energy to pay attention to other places. He can only unreservedly believe that Kurapika can deal with Wojin and Nobunaga alone.
This difference allowed Chrollo to make the decision to help Wojin and Nobunaga break the deadlock after being knocked away by the shock wave of Yuanna's Sheath.
In his opinion, as long as he is a variable involved, Kurapika can be eliminated in one fell swoop, thereby freeing Wojin and Nobunaga to deal with Moro together.
And his actions against Kurapika can also affect Moro to a certain extent.
Unless Moro doesn't care about Kurapika's life or death at all.
It can be said that Chrollo's decision was like a scalpel, accurately and coldly cutting on the key points of the entire battle.
If the "unknown intelligence" and Kurapika's identity as the last survivor of the Kuruta clan, which is filled with extreme hatred, are not taken into account in this decision, the final victory of the brigade can indeed be guaranteed.
Chrollo held the poisoned dagger in his hand and used superb physical skills to dodge behind Kurapika.
There were no unnecessary movements, just in conjunction with the same superb flow, he stabbed the dagger condensed with telekinesis into Kurapika's back.
At this time, Kurapika's restraining middle finger chain was cut off by Nobunaga's full blow, and the soul-chasing chain, which should have been used to attack instead of defend, was also blocked by Wo Jin with his fist.
Controlling two chains at the same time and looking for opportunities to achieve killing results is already the limit of what Kurapika can do in a battle with fewer enemies and more enemies.
Chulolo's sneak attack timing is simply too cunning.
It just happened to be on top of Kurapika's decline.
The poisoned dagger penetrated into the skin of Kurapika's back without any hindrance.
And Kurapika's usual hard training also played a key role at this moment.
With an astonishing speed of manifestation, the restraining middle finger chain that had just been cut off by Nobunaga suddenly appeared in Kurapika's hand.
But the chain that was re-materialized was like a bent seedling, hitting Kurapika's waist and abdomen.
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When Chrollo's poisoned dagger stabbed a blood flower on Kurapika's back, the force from the chain caused Kurapika to fly away.
So much so that the dagger could not penetrate Kurapika's heart smoothly and only made a gap in Kurapika's back.
Kokulolo's offensive is not over yet.
He looked sideways and raised his hand to throw it very decisively.
The dagger in his hand suddenly flew out, chasing Kurapika as he flew out like a bolt of lightning.
锵!
Kurapika's Soul Chasing Chain automatically locked onto the dagger and knocked it down accurately.
But at this moment, Nobunaga quickly caught up with Kurapika, who had not yet landed, with a dragonfly-like footwork, and then suddenly threw out his hand with great force.
I saw a chain connected to the end of the long knife, and it was held by Nobunaga.
This chain not only extends the attack distance of Nobunaga's sword, but also continuously transmits Nobunaga's telekinesis, thus ensuring the strength of the telekinesis attached to the sword at all times.
Facing Nobunaga's insidious killing move, Kurapika's soul-chasing chain once again performed well, blocking the flying long knife.
Just the enemy-defending effect of the Soul Chasing Chain has its limits.
· Blocking two attacks in succession at high speed, a gap inevitably appeared.
· Wojin seized this fleeting opportunity and landed in advance on the path of Kurapika flying across with amazing explosive power.
While the soul-chasing chain collided with the long knife, his huge fist condensed with red light, and he punched Kurapika hard on the body.
kha!
The crisp sound of fractures sounded.
Kurapika's body was blown away by this punch, violently colliding and rolling along the ground.
When his body stopped, his mouth and chest were stained red with blood.
Wo Jin's punch severely injured him.
If "Absolute Time" hadn't given him 100% enhanced attack and defense power, this punch would have been enough to kill him.
「咳、咳咳———.」
酷拉皮卡挣扎着起身，发觉后背开始麻痹。
Kurapika did not panic, endured the severe pain, and quickly materialized the chain of healing.
· When he first developed this healing ability, which also relied on the loss of lifespan as a prerequisite, he carefully considered "cleaning up toxins"
· .
The healing chain shimmered green, healing Kurapika's injuries at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The other side.
Morrow certainly couldn't turn a blind eye when he noticed that Chrollo turned to deal with Kurapika.
Hence itself, having Kurapika face off against Nobunaga Wojin alone can be said to have pushed Kurapika's potential to the limit.
Now let Chrollo intervene. With Kurapika's current strength, it is impossible to stop him.
Morrow wanted to support him, but Madge blocked him desperately.
The two battle circles,
both ushered in a crucial moment.