Chapter 420: Battle feast (Mass release 2.0↑)
Using Shadow Shift, Moyu drove his blade through Pakunoda's chest.
Pakunoda had been moving at the time, and Moyu had not wanted to give her time to react.
So—
The instant he swapped places, Moyu chose a straight thrust combined with real-time Conjuration to close the attack distance as quickly as possible.
That decision achieved its intended effect, but it was not without flaws.
Although the thrust had dealt Pakunoda a fatal wound, it had not instantly robbed her of the ability to move.
Now.
Pakunoda's attempt to rush forward and pull herself free of the blade was nothing more than a dying struggle.
Yet Moyu followed up without the slightest hesitation, intending to take her head clean off.
The Black Blade became a streak of light, sweeping straight toward the back of Pakunoda's neck.
Just before the blade reached her, Pakunoda's upper body suddenly pitched forward, as though she had tripped over something.
The Black Blade swept over her head, shearing off a swath of hair.
Pakunoda neither saw the Black Blade passing overhead nor felt her hair being cut, but as she raised her arm...
She knew she had been lucky enough to gain one last chance to make herself useful.
At the end of her life—
A chance to light a flame that would illuminate the path ahead for her companions!
Her resolve already firm, she raised her revolver to her temple before her body hit the ground.
She pulled the trigger!
Bang!
Fire flashed from the muzzle, and a bullet forged from memories sank into Pakunoda's temple.
There was no blood, no bullet hole.
Only a splash-shaped wisp of Nen lingered at her temple.
Her Nen Ability, Memory Exploration, could condense her own memories or those of others into