The image from the Mechanical Fish had barely filled with crimson when a crash came from inside the Stone Gate.
The camera tumbled, and the signal cut out.
Milluki slapped the terminal twice.
"The device is wrecked. That red thing moves, and I picked up a Nen reaction when I got close."
Bai Zhu raised his Asauchi.
"Can you tell what part of it that was?"
"Give me a device that isn't broken, and I can."
"Just now you said the device cost more than you. How'd it break so easily?"
Milluki looked up and started cursing.
"Something inside the gate broke it! Why are you yelling at me?"
The sea rose again.
The golden monster, driven into the seabed by a Buddha's palm, spread its body wide. Scattered particles converged on its abdomen. Several newly formed tentacles had yet to take shape when Guanyin struck from beneath the clouds.
The first palm struck the monster's shoulder.
The second slammed into the sea, scattering the particles as they gathered again.
A dozen more strikes fell across the harbor and city, targeting the points where the particles joined. Whenever particles climbed onto a building, vehicle, or corpse, a Buddha's palm swept along its edge and broke apart the limb just taking shape.
Netero stood at the airship's hatch, repeatedly bringing his hands together.
Dozens of Guanyin's arms hung in midair. Some held down the sea; the others aimed at the city's drains and streets.
The golden particles had barely formed a leg before a Buddha's palm came down.
The leg broke apart, and its particles rolled down the street.
Before they reached the intersection, a second palm blocked their path.
After watching for a while, Bai Zhu couldn't help looking up.
"Chairman, can you predict where it'll run?"
Netero glanced down