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Illumi tucked away his binoculars, preparing to leap down from the villa rooftop.
"Buzz~"
A buzzing fly flew past him, heading towards the distance.
"A fly?"
Illumi's eyes immediately narrowed slightly. Two masses of aura gathered in his eyes as he looked towards the fly.
"Aura."
In Illumi's vision at this moment, the tiny fly was covered by a thin layer of aura.
"Shua!"
Illumi's right arm moved; the fly was already caught between his index and middle fingers. He looked at the fly struggling between his fingers, a faint smile on his face.
"Synchronization."
Illumi whispered softly, then tossed the fly onto the ground and crushed it with a 'pa' sound.
Illumi knew that some people could use Nen abilities to capture small insects and animals, control them, and then achieve synchronized control over the insects, thereby obtaining the insects' senses.
"Hmph~"
Inside the villa, Maynard Morris, who had just made the throat-slitting gesture towards Illumi, let out a muffled grunt, a smirk cracking his lips.
"Not bad, discovered so easily."
Maynard Morris was a burly man with short, black, messy hair, standing over 195cm tall. He was naked, his body covered in numerous tattoos, radiating explosive muscular power.
Maynard walked naked towards the door, opened it with a 'click', entered the villa hall, and looked at his subordinates who were reveling.
"Stop playing around. Our friend has already arrived."
"This job isn't simple."
The mercenaries looked at their boss's smile and immediately understood that this time's opponent would be very tricky.
"Click clack."
Without further words, the mercenaries present picked up their weapons, surged out of the hall, and began searching. As for Maynard Morris, he remained guarding the villa.
"Although just a boy, he is someone who knows Nen."
"Don't let him die at the hands of those wastes."
Maynard Morris, this legendary mercenary, was actually extremely cold and ruthless, often indifferent to the deaths of his subordinates. But even so, numerous mercenaries still wanted to join him, for no other reason than his strength.
"Pfft…"
Illumi leaped down from the villa rooftop, landing with a soft sound.
"Rustle rustle..."
Suddenly, an extremely faint sound came from the bushes behind him. Illumi turned his head and used Gyo (Focus) to look. A rat covered entirely in aura was hiding there. Seeing Illumi look over, it immediately turned and ran, disappearing into the bushes.
"Controlling more than one animal?"
"This is slightly troublesome. It means my every move is completely within the opponent's grasp."
Illumi scanned his surroundings. Within this villa area, each villa was surrounded by a small patch of woods. Although not large, they were more than sufficient to hide small animals.
"This way, infiltration is impossible. Can only assault from the front, killing everyone one by one."
"However, I also have ways to grasp your movements."
Illumi thought this inwardly, running quickly towards the direction of the villa. His innate emotion-sensing ability even allowed his eyes to see the smoke enveloping human bodies.
Furthermore, it could ignore visual obstruction from various obstacles and directly see the person themselves. But this ability was relative to his eyesight; however far his vision could reach, this ability could reach as well.
At this moment, Illumi's eyes saw numerous human figures of black, grey, blue, etc., but due to the distance, their movements weren't very clear.
"So, now I need to close the distance, to a range where I can clearly see their various movements."
Illumi ran forward. Due to his height, he could even hide within the tall grass, avoiding detection by the enemy's naked eye.
"I have no long-range attack abilities. Can only get close to them first before attacking."
"This is a slight disadvantage."
"Additionally, I don't know if the opponent, besides that ability user who captures small animals for synchronized reconnaissance, has other ability users."
"Click!"
While running rapidly, Illumi's ears caught an extremely distinct sound. His pupils shrank, and he vanished without a trace with a 'shua' sound.
"Boom!"
The instant Illumi disappeared, a tremor shook the original spot; dirt and debris flew everywhere.
"Landmine!"
Illumi lay prone in a patch of grass, looking at the small crater where he had just stood, his expression grim.
"They are mercenaries after all; they would have this kind of weapon."
Inside the villa, Maynard Morris sat on the sofa, a group of beautiful women feeding him wine and fruit, completely unlike someone here to kill.
"Hmm, triggered the landmine so quickly."
"Seems like an inexperienced rookie."
A smirk lifted the corners of Maynard's mouth. He pressed something on his ear and spoke.
"X22, Y15, Z8."
On the villa rooftop, a tall man dressed in denim lay prone, setting up a sniper rifle.
"Roger~"
The man replied leisurely, exhaled deeply, and slowly squeezed the trigger in his hand.
"Bang!"
A loud report echoed, causing his entire body to tremble slightly.
"Hm!?"
Illumi, hiding in the grass, suddenly felt an extremely intense sense of danger, so dangerous that his skin surface faintly tingled.
"Staying here longer will be dangerous!"
Illumi made a decisive choice and immediately got up to leave.
"Bang!"
Just as he got up, the trunk of a large tree in front of him was suddenly pierced through; a bullet shot towards him.
"Pfft!"
But because Illumi had gotten up, the bullet struck the ground, missing its target. Despite this, it still tore through Illumi's pant leg, leaving a bloody scratch on his skin.
"Sniper!"
Illumi immediately realized the opponent had a sniper, and one capable of seeing through his disguise and accurately locating his position.
"No, not necessarily saw through my disguise. It could be that Nen user controlling small animals."
"Next, cannot stay hidden in one place for too long."
"Must keep moving constantly, and kill any living creature seen, whether human or otherwise."
While Illumi was thinking, three bodyguards entered this small patch of woods and spotted Illumi.
"There he is!"
"Bang bang bang..."
The three bodyguards shouted and immediately raised their pistols, firing at him.
"Tss!"
A white light flashed past the three bodyguards. Illumi's figure suddenly appeared behind them.
"Puchi~"
Three 'puchi' sounds overlapped. Large amounts of blood sprayed from the three men's throats as they collapsed to the ground with a 'thump'.
"Tap tap..."
A string of footsteps sounded. Illumi turned sideways. A bald man carrying a long-handled broadsword leaped high, chopping down towards Illumi.
"Pfft!"
The broadsword bit into the earth. The bald man looked up; Illumi had actually appeared on a tree trunk three meters above him.
"Shua!"
A flash of blade light passed. The tree trunk Illumi was on was horizontally severed; the large tree split into upper and lower sections.
"Kaka..."
And just as the large tree was cut in two, a series of bone-cracking 'kaka' sounds echoed.
The bald man looked behind the large tree, his expression instantly filled with shock.
"What!?"
He saw the body of a short-haired man falling powerlessly through the air.
The short-haired man's neck was twisted extremely violently; his face had been turned a full one hundred and eighty degrees to the back.