There were plenty of shipping containers around Nobunaga and Hisoka, and those containers had now become Hisoka's ideal hiding places.
Nobunaga's En extended only five meters. The moment his hand settled on his sword hilt, he had already spread it out.
Those five meters covered precisely the doorway into and out of the warehouse behind him.
With him standing there, not a single person would be able to leave the warehouse!
At the same time, that five-meter En was a limitation he had placed on himself, as well as the farthest his Longsword could reach!
Like Joey setting Weather Report's range within his En, this was a form of Vows and Limitations.
The difference was that Nobunaga's En was permanently fixed at five meters, while Joey's grew larger with training. What they shared was that, whether their En changed or not, both their abilities would grow stronger over time.
Within that five-meter radius, Nobunaga's slashes could achieve minute precision. Even if a fly entered his En, he could easily cut off its wings without harming its body.
For that reason, Nobunaga's true specialty had always been defensive counterattacks, so Hisoka hiding posed no threat to him whatsoever.
In fact, this situation favored him most.
Yet precisely because he knew that, Nobunaga's anger kept rising.
He knew perfectly well that Hisoka deliberately hiding despite knowing he would not take the initiative was a declaration that Hisoka intended to crush him head-on!
As a former Phantom Troupe member who had once fought alongside him, Hisoka knew something of his fighting style.
If Hisoka wanted a one-on-one fight, there was no need for him to hide first!
Yet Hisoka had still chosen this approach, blatantly giving him time to prepare a counterattack. It was an obvious provocation.
Hisoka probably intended to defeat him