Could the needle pierce through?
There was no need to worry about that. The syringe was made of Seastone and was exceptionally sharp. Let alone the current Vinsmoke Ichiji—even if it were ten-odd years later and he had a Battle Suit on, this needle would still pierce straight through his heart!
Besides, Mousse only needed to penetrate that layer of chitinous exoskeleton to achieve his goal. That made things even easier.
Mousse had no killing intent, but Vinsmoke Ichiji did not know that. Even though fear had been erased from him before birth, his body still reacted instinctively—he detonated his flame energy outright, willing to take Mousse down with him!
Yet before those flames could even emerge, they were instantly extinguished by the "Formless" Mousse had prepared at his side. Ultra-low temperatures approaching absolute zero could halt all chemical reactions, let alone a mere bit of flame energy.
As a result, the explosion that should have seriously injured Mousse merely let out a soft pfft, as faint as a fart.
Even Vinsmoke Ichiji, calm and self-controlled as he was, showed shock and embarrassment on his face for the first time in his life after hearing that faint sound!
Vinsmoke Ichiji's desperate ultimate move had achieved nothing, so Reiju's poison was even more useless. It did not even touch Mousse; the "Xuanhuang" he had released beforehand had eliminated the danger midway.
However, the little girl had a sharp mind. Feeling the temperature plummet, she realized Mousse had likely put out the fire using some kind of freezing ability. Yet Vinsmoke Ichiji had not been frozen into an ice statue. While marveling at Mousse's precise control over his power, she also guessed that he bore them no ill will—at least, he did not intend to kill the siblings.
Thus, eight-year-old Vinsmoke Reiju