It all happened so suddenly.
Kortopi's head was held in Hisoka's hand like a basketball.
Although his head and body were suddenly separated, Kortopi did not die on the spot.
The remaining consciousness allowed him to display an expression of disbelief as he blankly stared at his headless body with wide eyes.
"What... is going on..."
Kortopi only felt that his eyelids became very heavy, and boundless darkness began to creep in from the edges of his vision.
He soon closed his eyes and died.
As soon as Kortopi died, the seven or eight black-suited robots that were copied using his ability instantly disappeared into thin air, leaving only the original.
Kokai looked at Kortopi's head in Hisoka's hand with shock and anger on his face.
Although no one expected that Hisoka, who was knocked away by the enemy, would suddenly lash out in such a brutal manner, if he hadn't asked Kortopi to use his Nen Ability to copy his [Hacker Drones], causing Kortopi's Aura to be almost concentrated between his hands, then...
Kokai didn't have the time to blame himself or to figure out why Hisoka did this.
He immediately leaped back, clutching his laptop in one hand and typing quickly on the keyboard with the other hand, controlling the original black-suited robot to pounce on Hisoka.
However, Hisoka did not take Kokai's action seriously. Holding Kortopi's head, he summoned a surge of Aura from his feet and darted past the approaching robot like an arrow, heading straight into the lingering dust cloud.
The advantage of the black-suited robot is that its hardened shell is strong enough, but its maneuverability is far inferior to Hisoka, so Kokai can only watch Hisoka carrying Kortopi's head away.
After Hisoka rushed back into the dust cloud, his body shape and appearance changed into Moses in a subtle, almost imperceptible way.
[Mimicry: Hisoka]
This is one of the abilities of Soul Echo.
Due to the restrictions and memory capacity limitations, Moses's mimicry ability could only perfectly replicate Hisoka's appearance.
In fact, he can also let the shadow clone mimic the image of other people, but the results of the mimicry are all crude and abstract, resembling Picasso-esque distortions.
Only Hisoka's appearance mimicry can achieve 100% restoration.
Moses has never used this ability in 'actual combat' before...
This particular application of it, however, was a masterstroke.
No matter how hard the members of the Phantom Troupe racked their brains, they would never have imagined that Moses's shadow clone could actually mimic Hisoka's appearance.
This critical gap in their knowledge had effortlessly claimed Kortopi's life.
…
Back in the dust cloud, Moses controlled the shadow clone to hurl Kortopi's head with tremendous force toward a faint figure concealed in the haze.
The severed head spun through the air like a bowling ball, cutting a sharp path through the dust cloud, and homed in on its target.
Even when the dust cloud enveloped him, Hisoka adhered to the principle of slacking off to the end and was unaffected from beginning to end.
However, when the bowling ball-like object flew towards him through the dust cloud, Hisoka could no longer ignore it. He raised his hand and easily caught the object that was heading straight for his face.
At this time-
The shadow clone slapped his palm and released a blade of Aura towards Hisoka's position.
The power of this Aura Blade is very average, and it can even be said to be non-threatening to Hisoka.
But its purpose is not to attack Hisoka...
The Aura Blade suddenly exploded in mid-air, and the resulting shockwave pushed away the dust cloud that filled the surrounding area.
Then, Hisoka, who was holding Kortopi's severed head in one hand, and Moses's shadow clone, who maintained the posture of attacking, appeared in everyone's sight.
"Hisoka… how dare you?!"
The members of the Phantom Troupe present, except for Feitan, who was still attacking the other shadow clone, all turned their furious gazes on Hisoka.
At this moment, none of them cared why Hisoka had killed Kortopi.
From the instant Hisoka made this move, they immediately placed him on their must-kill list.
For a moment, many gazes filled with anger and killing intent were focused on Hisoka.
Kortopi's sudden demise had effectively placed a rage buff on them.
"???"
Feeling the killing intent from his 'companions', Hisoka slowly glanced at Kortopi's head in his hand, then turned his gaze to the shadow clone.
He seemed to understand something, and some scenes that had sunk deep into his memory suddenly flashed through his mind.
"It's him! It's him!"
A group of men in black suits pointed at him, as if they were identifying the culprit.
"Mr. Roly-Poly, please sign for me!"
A man with shining eyes suddenly took out a photo and asked for his autograph.
In the photo, the face was unmistakably his own, but his face was as swollen as a pig's head.
Many fragmented memories flashed through Hisoka's mind...
'There is only one truth.'
Hisoka looked at the shadow clone expressionlessly, only to see the other party giving him a thumbs up.
'Are you messing with me?!'
Hisoka frowned and tossed aside Kortopi's head casually, as if he was throwing away an insignificant piece of trash.
Ratatatatatat-
Amidst the sound of gunfire, a torrent of dense Nen Bullets enveloped Hisoka.
It was Franklin, who acted in anger.
However, his target was not only Hisoka. The numerous Nen Bullets containing cold killing intent also included Moses's shadow clone within the attack range.
Hisoka glanced at the many Nen Bullets that exuded a dangerous aura, and activated the Bungee Gum that he had prepared in advance.
The pink Nen string attached to the chair leg in the distant left corner contracted sharply, pulling Hisoka over and letting the Nen Bullets hit the air.
Franklin obviously had no intention of giving Hisoka the chance to 'explain himself', and after tossing Kortopi's head, Hisoka had no interest in trying to clear his name from the blame Moses had forcibly pinned on him.
While Hisoka dodged the Nen Bullets, the shadow clone also maneuvered like an eel, evading the continuous barrage of Nen Bullets.
From this moment on…
Hisoka, who was blamed for this epic crime, was forcibly tied into the chaos.
Only two minutes passed in the process leading to this result.
These two minutes marked a turning point at the early stages of the battle, creating the first significant gap in the Phantom Troupe's advantage.
And two minutes ago, Uvogin and Love had entered the Nen Space.
Within these two minutes, they first completed the explanation phase of the Nen Space, and then shattered Moses's black sword with one punch.
At this moment, they had already determined that Moses would meet his end here.
It was also at this moment that they saw Moses smile.
"You've made a bad move."
Then, they heard Moses utter this sentence to them.
And within a few seconds after this sentence was uttered, in the venue outside the Nen Space, the shadow clone that had transformed into the appearance of Hisoka tly stru and took off Kortopi's head, forcing Hisoka to stand on the 'battlefield'.
However, Chrollo, Uvogin and Love, who were in the Nen Space, knew nothing about this.
So-
They certainly couldn't understand Moses's statement about 'a bad move' or his fearless, exhilarated smile.
"It was an interesting 'two minutes'."
Moses remarked with slight emotion.
Such strange words and behavior seemed incredibly strange to Uvogin and the others.