I'm Really Not A Nen Exorcist (HxH Fanfic)

'That boy in military uniform was smashed into several pieces by my iron ball.'

'But why...'

'Why were the surrounding soldiers grinning with excitement?'

'Shouldn't they be even more terrified and frightened when the Nen User who was supposed to be able to compete with me fell like this?'

A sudden, eerie sensation crept over Ainbo, as if something intangible was now haunting him.

It felt as if-

The world he lived in suddenly became incompatible with him at this moment.

"What are you all so excited about?"

He noticed that all the soldiers were focusing their excited gazes on one particular spot.

And that spot...

Was where the remains of Moses' bloodied, fragmented body lay, after being smashed by his iron ball.

'Why, why…'

'That guy is already dead, isn't he?!'

Ainbo frowned deeply, feeling more and more uneasy.

Everything he saw and heard seemed off, giving him a strong sense of dissonance.

The thrill he had felt when slaughtering the soldiers earlier was now tainted by this eerie feeling.

'This isn't right…!'

Several blue veins suddenly appeared on Ainbo's bloodied forehead, and a wave of powerful Nen surged from his massive body.

Clang!

The chains he held rattled ominously.

[Big Iron Ball: Storm]

Ainbo gripped the lower end of the chain with one hand and swung the iron ball with the other hand, charging towards the surrounding soldiers like an enraged bull.

Under the immense centrifugal force, the iron ball whipped through the air, creating afterimages as it crushed every soldier in its path.

In front of this [Big Iron Ball: Storm], the once-strong soldiers shattered like fragile tofu, crumbling to pieces with every strike.

He doesn't know how much time has passed-

Ainbo eventually stopped swinging the iron ball, breathing heavily. He looked around, but there wasn't a single soldier left standing.

All that remained was a sea of sticky, red flesh, so thick that even the pouring rain couldn't wash it away.

"Who else!!!"

Ainbo roared as he stared at the blood and flesh all over the ground with wide eyes. Veins were throbbing on his forehead and even in the corners of his eyes.

But in the next instant——

The violent murderous intent on his face solidified.

Because his eyes locked onto something unbelievable. Among the shredded mass of blood and flesh, it looked as though a giant worm was wriggling and squirming, slowly taking shape.

Within seconds, that mass of flesh reformed into Moses's body.

"Well, it's me."

Moses said calmly as his figure regenerated in front of Ainbo in an eerie, grotesque manner.

And Ainbo's eyes slowly widened. He looked Moses who had been resurrected by condensing flesh and blood in disbelief.

'What is going on?'

Ainbo was utterly confused at this moment.

Moses looked at Ainbo's reaction with a smile on his face.

[Kyoka Suigetsu: Ouroboros]

The tendrils that had parasitized Ainbo's wounds had now taken root, sprouting and blossoming within him.

In no time, they had woven a closed-loop illusion, trapping Ainbo inside.

This was the first time Moses used [Kyoka Suigetsu].

In order to verify various possibilities, Moses had also deliberately allowed Ainbo to notice the oddities and inconsistencies.

Moses wanted to observe Ainbo's reactions through this process.

And the results of his experiment confirmed that...

Even if Einbo, who was under Kyoka Suigetsu's influence, noticed something unusual, he wouldn't easily close his Aura Nodes.

After all, Nen is the foundation that Nen Users rely on.

Therefore, the more bizarre and dangerous the situation is, the less likely it is for a Nen User to voluntarily abandon their source of power.

This is a mental trap.

Thus-

The mechanism to break free using Zetsu, which is the weakest limitation of Kyoka Suigetsu, is also the most terrifying Vow of and it.

Pitter-patter...

The dense raindrops hitting the nearby tents created a continuous sound.

Amid the pouring rain, the chain and iron ball that had previously crushed so many soldiers had fallen to the ground at some point.

However, the blood and flesh stains on the iron ball had already been washed away by the rain.

On the ground beside the iron ball, however, lay a thick severed arm.

It was Ainbo's arm, which fell to the ground along with the chain and iron ball.

Yet Ainbo himself had no idea of such thing happening, and could not even feel any pain.

But the look of disbelief he gave Moses seemed like he was unable to accept the reality because his arm was cut off by Moses.

At least in the eyes of the surrounding soldiers, Ainbo was indeed injured by Moses's series of attacks, and then his arm was directly cut off by Moses.

That's why he showed the kind of reaction that he couldn't accept the reality.

Anyway, to the surrounding soldiers, Moses's arrival was like a divine intervention, effortlessly forcing Ainbo into defeat.

This turn of events undoubtedly allowed the surrounding soldiers to regain their lost morale in an instant.

The monster wielding the giant iron ball was so strong that they felt the suffocation personally.

The giant iron-ball-wielding monster had overwhelmed them with a suffocating fear, but now, there was an even stronger 'monster' on their side.

This unexpected reversal thrilled the soldiers.

Every soldier looked at Moses with awe and reverence.

There may be no concept of 'respecting the strong' in the military, but it took Moses less than a minute to win over this group of soldiers.

'Let's keep observing a bit more.'

Ignoring the admiring looks coming from all directions, Moses smiled as he watched Ainbo trapped in the Ouroboros Illusion.

He could see the tendrils growing on Ainbo's body, thickening and extending from the wounds on his head and waist, entangling together like the mythical Ouroboros Snake.

And at the center of these wounds, where the tendrils converged, a glowing eye had quietly grown.

This eye was the source of the illusion ability, much like the Eye of Sight that once unleashed countless black tendrils in the Swardani City.

Moses's [Kyoka Suigetsu] originates from this, and thus inherited some of its core mechanisms.

To make this phenomenon of the tendrils sprouting eyes invisible to others, Moses had even used up one of his Vow Effects.

This would reduce the likelihood of Ainbo being rescued by his companions.

After all, if no one could see the growing tendrils and eyes feeding off the target's emotions, it is naturally difficult for others to realize that the target is actually under the influence of Nen Ability.

'Now, as long as I wanted to, I can kill this Enhancer at any time...'

Moses's eyes swept across the two diagonal wounds on Ainbo's waist.

Creating wounds on the target's body is the condition for the tendril's parasitism.

As more and more wounds are created, the number of tendrils will increase.

As the number of tendrils increases, their growth speed will also accelerate.

This is the activation condition of Kyoka Suigetsu.

Additionally, the target's heightened emotional state can also hasten the growth of the tendrils.

Striking the same area repeatedly can further speed up the ability's activation.

'Being able to take down an Enhancer, whose defense is tough to crack, with minimal effort is exactly what makes Kyoka Suigetsu so valuable.'

Moses was pleased with the success of his new ability in its first battle.

Usually, as long as the 'information about the method to remove the ability' is not exposed, Moses can rely on Kyoka Suigetsu to counter any Enhancer he encountered in the future.

Looking at Ainbo, who still hadn't made another move, Moses pondered for a moment, then raised his foot and kicked Ainbo's massive body into the air.

He wasn't in a hurry to kill Ainbo. Instead, he wanted to use this opportunity to lure out the rest of the Erimo Bandit Group's members.