"Hm? I can't sense any souls at all... could these so-called Artificial Humans be—!" The instant Nagato faltered in surprise, Delta spun around and slashed at him with her blade!!
At this distance, with the blade moving that fast, even if Nagato avoided decapitation with his Sharingan's help, he would still lose an arm!
But—"Asura Path!"
Crack! Nagato urgently summoned the Mechanical Armor on his right shoulder, and its mechanical hand caught Delta's blade-bearing wrist with pinpoint accuracy!!!
At the same time...!!!
Shhk, shhk, shhk, shhk, shhk, shhk, shhk!! More than a dozen Mechanical Cables emerged from the armor's gaps, wrapping around Delta's limbs and torso like an Octopus!
What a stunning reversal!
It was Delta's turn to pale in shock again. "Technology Armor! Are you an Artificial Human like me?!!"
"Just a basic maneuver. No need to make a fuss." Nagato calmly lifted the palm resting on Delta's back and grasped the wrist bearing her Claw Blade instead.
That freed the mechanical hand to clamp firmly around Delta's throat.
Crack! Then... the mechanical hand split at the wrist. The hand itself kept its tight grip on her throat, while numerous precision mechanical components sprang from the severed wrist. With metallic clinks, the components began assembling, then rotating!
"Click, whirr..." A Mechanical Hand Cannon finished assembling as it rotated, its muzzle aimed at Delta's horrified face.
"Bzzzzzz...!" Accompanied by a high-frequency pulsing sound, dark purple laser energy gathered at the muzzle!
That terrifying energy reaction left Delta utterly paralyzed with fear!!
Nagato said, "This attack can pierce the core of Chibaku Tensei in a single shot. Destroying your head should be no trouble. Take it..."
Amado's roar came through her earpiece. "Delta!!!!! That's a chakra energy cannon!!!! Absorb it with your Mechanical Eye, now!!!!"
**"So that's it!!! When I saw