Chapter 422: Episode 79

Buccia, who had come to help Vulcan, couldn't help but click his tongue as he saw the situation of his comrades was even more muddled than he had anticipated. First, he realized he had to defeat the gathered enemies' main force one by one and break their cooperation.

On the other hand, Colt of the Chimera Ant army determined the sniper's position from the flight direction of the attack and attempted to close the distance by flying through the air.

Buccia considered intercepting with the Destroyer, but seeing the enemy's shield ability stopped him from doing so. Not knowing that the Nen Barrier was strengthened under the constraint of protecting companions, he could not gauge the enemy's power.

"Syracuse!"

But he missed. The ball flew in the wrong direction. It was a fly ball that drew a large arc into the sky. Colt immediately heightened his vigilance, but soon turned his attention back to the enemy. I prioritized attacking the sniper because I had missed the target due to impatience.

Buccia's ability requires the motion of hitting the ball away. In battle, this is a significant gap. Because there is a gap, it is a constraint that increases its power, but at the same time, it also brings risks. Up until now, the main opponents were ones Buccia's physical ability could cover, but Colt was different.

Squadron Leader Colt, possessing several characteristics of a bird-type Chimera Ant, had strong flight capabilities. His exoskeleton and muscles were lighter than other Chimera Ants, but his power was not inferior in the slightest. Although he was not as fast as Jeetu, his flight speed was the fastest among the Squadron Leaders.

Colt ran through the air at a speed invisible to the naked eye, discovered Buccia, and attacked him. However, there was a misjudgment in Colt's expectations; judging by the appearance of the enemy launching long-range attacks, he was not skilled at close-quarters combat.

Buccia's physical ability and reaction speed, which even surpassed Zazan's attacks, had reached an excellent realm. His reaction caught up with Colt's movements. He accurately repelled the flying enemy with the core of his spiked bat.

"Guh...!?"

However, contrary to Buccia's expectations, the bat he swung with full force, which he was certain would be a direct hit, did not catch the target. Instead, his back was slashed by Colt, who had instantly circled behind him.

Colt's sharp claws pierced the defense of his Aura. Buccia, who had been unconsciously maintaining a state of Ken, was seriously injured, though not fatally.

"Damn it! I'm a striker..."

For a moment, Buccia lost sight of Colt. This time, I swung the bat after carefully determining the enemy's movements. But the result was the same as before. By the time he finished swinging the bat, his body had already been torn by Colt, who had instantly bypassed his blind spot.

However, Buccia, focused on observation, saw through the trick of the speed. The moment Colt accelerated, he created a foothold in the air and kicked off it, adding jumping power to his flight speed.

The scaffolding was a fragment of "Saving Light." Forming shield fragments in the air and kicking them to shatter and accelerate. This amplification, utilizing both the bird-type Chimera Ant's flight ability and powerful leg strength, produced terrifying speed.

"Two hits!?"

Buccia roared in anger, but contrary to that attitude, his heart regained a bit of calm. I knew the identity of the enemy's attack. If that was the case, then next time I should handle it reliably while acting, without being pretentious.

The enemy was wary of the bat's swing and aimed for the blind spot that Buccia's attacks could not reach. That was why I realized the next move should be to hit the enemy with certainty rather than power.

"Hey! I'm going to hit a home run!"

Buccia relied more on hearing than sight. I heard the sound of Colt kicking the scaffolding. As the current trend went, it was known that due to the nature of linear flight acceleration, he performed two jumps to adjust his flight direction.

The first, the second. Relying on the sound, Buccia raised his bat. Don't go all out. It was a fighting stance. The super-accelerated enemy's charge could be used as energy; even if you don't slam it, it will bounce back. This was a defensive attack.

Using a bunt to break the enemy's offensive stance and launching a full-scale attack where the gap was created. Just when I thought this interception was successful, Buccia lost his balance, his feet stuck in the muddy ground.

There was no time to think that it was bad. A powerful nail-like strike smashed into Buccia's stomach. A thrust that concentrates power on one point causes more damage to the body than a surface slashing attack.

The trap that stole Buccia's footing was Peggy's logistical support in the "Earth Doctrine." The worst part of this ability is that it is difficult to detect with Gyo because it can hide Aura underground until it is activated. Even if one could sense it, it was not something Buccia, who was engaged with Colt, could do.

Colt, he looked like he was playing Buccia in perfect coordination. However, in his heart, he was still wary of the enemy who had not yet fallen.

A full-body thrust with condensed breath and increased power was blocked. It should have been launched to gouge out his abdomen, but the metal armor that appeared just as it was about to touch his internal organs was protecting Buccia.

It was the defensive function of the Philosopher's Stone, which activated instinctively regardless of his will, but this was not a convenient ability that could be relied upon without risk. This armor had already crystallized like a scab, covering the wound, and could not be peeled off at will. If you try to force it off, the armor will become thicker.

The healing ability is also greatly enhanced by the amplification of breath, so as long as he rests, the wound itself will heal immediately, but the crystal spreading from the wound, as if being eroded, cannot be erased. This is the first stage of erosion. As the speed of crystal erosion advances, one will eventually go mad, reaching the second stage of falling into an out-of-control state. The third stage is the ending of being trapped in the crystal and never waking up again.

Buccia, who has the ability to control Life Energy with strong Spirit Power, can suppress this reaction better than other subjects, but even so, once the reaction appears, they will return to their original state on their own. No.

Only by using a sedative can this reaction be cured. In that case, the power of the Philosopher's Stone will temporarily fail, and you will be attacked by pain that makes it impossible to move your whole body. In that state, I cannot even use Nen Ability properly.

Buccia had prepared a sedative temporarily, but he understood that using a sedative in a battle with an enemy was tantamount to suicide. The mental turmoil surging in his heart could not be completely sealed. However, if you fall into fear, you will suffer from psychosis, and the speed of erosion will increase.

"Damn it! Kill it! I will kill it!"

In the final analysis, Buccia's killing intent toward others, whoever they may be, is a defensive reaction to avoid being swallowed by the negative emotions generated within his own heart.

His confidence in his own strength was one of the reasons why he launched attacks recklessly without fully probing the enemy's strength, and it was also why I could not hold back.

Even for Vulcan, the reason he wanted to satisfy his sense of justice, which had inflated due to delusions, was different, but what he wanted to do was essentially the same as Buccia. Although they were better at controlling their power than others, they were just young children. Everyone was cornered to some extent.

Buccia tried to maintain his psychological balance by forcing his anger to boil and inciting hatred for his enemy. He stepped into the attack impatiently and slipped his feet. With Peggy's support and Colt's rushed attack, Buccia was forced to defend himself.

Peggy, who was standing in the rear watching the battle, was the first to feel that something was wrong with the fight, having thought it would be over before long.

"What...? This is...! Behorn, be careful!"

Peggy, who possessed the ability to pierce the ground with Aura, was the first to notice this. Something was approaching from underground at high speed. This was the fly ball that Buccia had launched before fighting Colt.

A ball soaring in the sky was pulled by gravity and landed. Buccia interpreted it as "the ground blocked the ball's trajectory." Due to the effect of the "Destroyer," the ball kept accelerating while digging into the ground.

He manipulated the trajectory of this ball, aiming at Peggy. However, this was also a prototype-stage technique for Buccia. By drilling into the ground, the ball's power and speed could be maintained, but it was difficult to control the trajectory.

To hit the target enemy from underground, it was necessary to make a large turn on the ground to adjust the position, and because the adjustment failed many times, it had been impossible to attack until now. If you make even the slightest mistake in control, the out-of-control ball will fly in the wrong direction and never return.

Now the adjustment was finally completed, and the ball flew toward the target through the ground. Peggy's ability was limited to kneeling on the ground, so she had not left that place even one step. It could be said that without it, this attack would not have succeeded.

However, Peggy noticed that the ball was just approaching from the basement. Peggy thought that if she avoided it immediately, she might be able to make it, but she thought about it. As one of the most witty people among the Squadron Leaders, this last-minute situation caused some concern.

Someone suspected that the enemy's control system technology level was high because the attack was approaching aiming at herself from underground. Even if she dodged, there was a possibility that the trajectory of the attack would change. I thought that being immobile was dangerous.

"Behorn! By my side!"

"King!"

Peggy was confident in her ground combat ability and did not choose to evade, but decided to defend. Hardened the ground around you with the maximum amount of Aura. In addition to the iron wall foundation formed by scraping the metal contained in the ground, it was also a multi-layered Defense Wall, and also formed a buffer layer that could soften the impact of the Clay.

The best defense I could think of was the worst move.

The ball broke through the speed limit and tore Peggy and Behorn's bodies into pieces, leaving only a slight crackling sound and a few cracks. Peggy was smashed to the point of being unable to retain her original form, and Behorn, who barely escaped the direct hit trajectory, had no choice but to let out a dying scream and die. The ball rose into the atmosphere and disappeared.

The scream reached Colt's ears. He did not react to the sudden attack on the rear guard and could not concentrate on dealing with the enemy in front of him.

"Peggy...!?"

A momentary gap. Colt came to his senses and immediately raised his shield, but the Defense Wall was shattered. The Barrier used to protect himself could not reach maximum intensity.

Colt, who walked out of the broken shell, managed to avoid fatal injury, but as a sacrifice, he lost his right arm.

Now that Colt had lost his right arm and without Peggy's support, it was time for Buccia to make a move; he wanted to defeat the enemy as soon as possible to avoid the spreading crystal erosion, but it was not that easy. Realizing there was no

Even after losing an arm, Colt still had fighting spirit. To win and die, rather than to lose and survive. There was the look of a martial artist, with such a determination to fight to the death.

"Wow, Colt is really bad. Are the others all dead?"

Jeetu rushed over. This meant that Colt thought the great Sword user was finished, but he immediately saw the figure that seemed to be Vulcan, while spreading destruction.

"Yeah, it's impossible to defeat it."

Buccia attacked Jeetu with a sting bat, and Jeetu began chatting in front of the enemy, but he managed to avoid it. Although Jeetu failed to attack Vulcan effectively, he succeeded in agitating his nerves, and the provoked Vulcan fell into a state of Philosopher's Stone berserk.

Vulcan is approaching the end of the second stage of erosion. His whole body is covered in Crystal. Because of his high adaptability, he can still act, but if it were a normal subject, he would have long since lost consciousness and entered the third stage. He swings his Great Sword at will, trying every possible way to destroy it.

"I've thought of a good idea!"

In fact, Vulcan cannot distinguish between Buccia and the Chimera Ants. He is almost like he has lost his mind, with only the battle instinct to chase moving objects and try to knock them down.

The only way to stop Vulcan is to inject him with a sedative. Buccia didn't have time to restrain him, so he went berserk, peeled off his Crystal armor, and drugged him. I didn't even have time to cry.

"……Do it."

But I cannot give up. If I had such kindness on the verge of death, I would have been swallowed by the Philosopher's Stone long ago. He traveled thousands of miles to come here to find a strong enemy. Then don't be pessimistic. Soon, he gripped the bat again.

"Let's go, the game isn't over yet……!"

"No, it's over."

The voice was neither Colt's nor Jeetu's. Something fell from the sky and landed on Vulcan. Until then, Vulcan, who had been rampaging as if to burn the fire of life, let out a terrible impact sound and then fell into silence.

"You bastards…… are you ready to have your asses ripped off?"

The object that fell from the sky was a person. He overwhelmed the berserk Vulcan with one punch, shattered the Philosopher's Stone armor, and injected a sedative into it. Cher, who is unusually well-suited among the children, rushed over.

"Wow, you're busy one after another, huh? Anyway, your speed can't compare to mine!"

"Wait! Jeetu!"

Jeetu saw a new enemy and approached Cher to test his courage. And the next moment, the battle ended at a speed that even he, the fastest among the Squadron Leaders, could not recognize.

Jeetu died without knowing what had happened. What Jeetu understood least was that when Cher approached, Cher swung his fist at him. Naturally, I was able to see through such a move. I intended to dodge it before it touched Cher's hand.

However, Jeetu's perception was wrong from the start. Within the domain of Cher's En, "Undisclosed Fertility (Midnight Carpet)," visual information is unreliable. By changing the refractive index of light passing through the area, errors appear in the position and appearance of actual objects.

I intended to dodge at the edge, but I was still within the attack range. Cher's single punch hit Jeetu's head, knocked down several trees, and then exploded. Even after losing his head, Jeetu's body continued to run at full speed and disappeared deep into the forest.

Buccia watched this scene in surprise. I know Cher, but I don't fully understand his Nen Ability. I only thought of him as an adult who wanted to look like a nagging teacher. One factor was that Cher hid his Aura so he wouldn't appear too dangerous.

Cher's equipment is light infantry clothing like camouflage, which does not stand out. The Philosopher's Stone weapon is just a small knuckle duster attached to the fingers of his right hand. But given his background and combat record, a small amount of Philosopher's Stone is enough.

On the other side, Colt, who personally felt the enemy's might, was already in a state of flight when Jeetu was defeated. There was a possibility of defeating Buccia alone, but even that hope has now withered away.

It is much wiser to run away and bring back information than to die stubbornly like a dog here. Colt firmly believed that if he missed the moment Cher moved toward Jeetu, there would be no chance of escape.

If possible, Colt would play the role of attracting the enemy's attention, intending to let Jeetu escape. Jeetu runs faster than anyone, and if Colt fights to protect him, his shield would be reinforced. I am powerless to do anything about that now.

Colt thought so and wanted to fly away, but he was too preoccupied with Cher. It was too late to notice a flock of birds flying in to surround him.

Paper-shaped Nen birds grabbed Colt, who was about to escape, and exploded. Its power was not enough to break Colt's armor, but it stopped him. One after another, the Nen birds swarmed up.

Colt blocked the Nen birds with the "Guardian of Hope" shield, then kicked them away into the sky. If this flock of pests were just ammunition, she might have been able to escape. Due to the sudden situation, I didn't even notice the grenades in the birds' claws.

They are all anti-tank grenades. This type of grenade is designed to destroy tank armor, and its structure is completely different from ordinary explosives. The explosion does not hit the target directly; instead, the pressure turns the metal inside into a fluid and ejects an ultra-high-pressure metal jet. Because of this mechanism, it is called a shaped charge.

The effective range of the metal jet is short, and it can only be destroyed on a trajectory extending like a spear; unless the warhead, which serves as the jet emission port, hits the armor vertically, sufficient effect cannot be obtained. It is a weapon rarely used now because it lacks power as a small grenade and requires high throwing skills to use.

However, because of its small size and portability, it is sometimes used in guerrilla tactics and is still actively used by armed groups such as insurgent organizations. When the NGL independence movement intensified in this former Locario Republic, this was dead stock.

Even if it aims at a tank, its power—a metal jet with a speed of 7 to 8 kilometers per second—can penetrate 200mm thick uniformly rolled steel armor. The grenades handed to the Nen birds hit correctly from the right direction and sprayed out a spear of molten copper all at once.

Even Chimera Ants with powerful biological armor cannot escape the scientific power of man-made weapons. Or, if it were an individual specializing in defensive power, perhaps it could endure it, but Colt, who emphasizes lightweight armor, cannot.

The corpse of the miserably dead Colt fell apart like a honeycomb. Toku appeared from the shadows of the trees and saw the end. The large-scale use of anti-tank grenades was judged based on the opponent's strength and preparation, and I don't think it was an excessive attack. If I could do something to cut corners and survive, I would burn my life to eat it. M.

Colt's eyes continued to flow with the light of fighting spirit until he died. It even seemed to represent a noble intention. To Toku and the others, the monster army that seemed like a cruel slaughter had justice, the soldiers had human emotions, and they might have loved ones.

However, Toku and Cher have already killed many warriors with such beliefs. Whether the enemy is good or bad does not matter. This is war and ruthlessness.

"So, Buccia-kun, you've pushed yourself too hard."

"Oh!? You're there!"

When Toku suddenly appeared and called him, Buccia was surprised. Toku is not a test subject, but even the children felt that he was in a different position from the researchers and NGL soldiers; their impression was that he was a creepy adult who couldn't be understood. The eyepatch on his left eye also reinforced that image.

Even the paper-shaped Nen birds I mentioned earlier, I used them in front of the children for the first time, and from Buccia's perspective, I'm not sure if this is Toku's ability. His combat potential is underestimated because he is not an opponent of the Philosopher's Stone.

"Well, I don't need medicine."

"If you endure weight loss, Dr. Cher will punish you severely."

"Uh……!"

Buccia's face turned pale, perhaps because he could feel the fear of Cher. In any case, being able to safely rescue the two children, Cher and the others were relieved. After returning to the facility, there should be a lot of preaching, so first, join the remaining two as soon as possible.

Cher determined everyone's location through radio communication between the objects. As far as I can see the emotional map of the radio waves emitted by the children, the Vulcan-Buccia group had already sent a danger signal, so they came to collect them first. Unlike the youth group that went deep into the enemy's base, the group of Kineti and Jasmine did not seem to be in such a dangerous situation. I conveyed my intentions via radio waves so that I could quickly join them.

Most of the Chimera Ant troops retreated, except for the remnants that did not escape. Considering the future danger, it might be better to completely annihilate the enemy here, but I want to avoid pursuing it while the enemy's strength has not yet been grasped. I am worried about fighting while protecting Vulcan and Buccia, who are no longer in a state of combat.

For the time being, it is unimaginable that the Chimera Ant swarm will immediately launch an invasion from here, and the immediate crisis seems to have passed. Cher and the others are also preparing to get on the vehicle.

"But it looks like that won't happen……"

In order to investigate the surrounding situation, Cher released his En and expanded the capture range to the maximum distance. After becoming a suitable person, her En range expanded even more, and now it covers a radius of 150 meters.

Due to the rapid expansion of the range, you will notice signs of enemies who failed to escape. The reaction is different from other Chimera Ants. There are two signs of being accustomed to Nen Ability and skilled techniques. Realizing they were captured, they no longer hid and appeared proudly.

"Hmm, using such a large range of En."

A man carrying a large pipe on his shoulder and a man in a black suit. Both are human, but both exude a vigilant aura. It is not like a Chimera Ant that only fights with the power potential it has as a biological creature. You can see that he is a user of complex techniques.

When you say things will be fine for a while, a troublesome opponent appears. War is often like this.

"Hey, there's a call signal from Mr. Cher, right?"

"That's correct."

"I wonder if I'll be scolded……?"

"It will be narrowed down to Volokas."

Jasmine thought she had to respond to the call as soon as possible, but she was afraid of being scolded and was scared to death. As for my partner Kineti, he is dissecting the corpse of the enemy he just fought.

The spider-type Chimera Ant was a powerful enemy. Kineti and the others had no way of knowing his situation, but his name was Pike, and he was a captain in Zazan's legion. Although his rank was Captain, his ability was comparable to a Squadron Leader.

It is said that spider silk is the strongest fiber in nature. Its strength is four times that of steel, and if you can make a spider web as thick as a pen and form a huge net, you can even capture a large jet plane in flight.

It has both high strength and stickiness, and if you are entangled by a spear line reinforced with Aura, you cannot escape by physical means. Kineti used a changing weapon and managed to defeat Pike by attacking the gaps in his bindings.

The victorious Kineti desecrated the corpse of the defeated, as if to whip them, but this was not out of revenge, but out of curiosity. I cut open the Spider's abdomen to see how these sturdy threads were made.

Even an autopsy by Kineti, who knows nothing about biology, would not reveal anything, but she did not particularly want to obtain any information either. Children just catch insects and take them apart to play out of curiosity. This was an action with that level of motivation.

"Oh, a message from the teacher again."

Although I had just ordered a gathering, this time I received a call to withdraw it and hide myself on the spot. A signal arrived, telling you to be careful and, if possible, return to the facility on your own.

Kineti thought to herself while stirring Pake's internal organs with a warhammer. Varken's reaction to the danger signal had calmed down, so Cher's rescue must have arrived in time, but did this mean the battle was not completely over?

"What are you going to do? Are you going home?"

"..."

Kineti had a worry. This was the discomfort I felt during the battle with Pake. Knowing the strength of Kineti and the others, the ordinary soldiers fled quickly, leaving behind their long spears, but it seemed one remained. Kineti still felt that sign.

I felt someone watching Kineti and the others. That kind of movement was not something only a Nen User would have, but a feeling born from being an artist.

For example, suppose you visit a store where there are mannequins displaying products. Although a mannequin is just a prop, it is also just a "human shape," giving people the illusion that some kind of existence is present there. If it were just for displaying products, it should be the same as a display shelf, but the feeling of passing in front of a shelf and in front of a figure is clearly different.

Kineti's sense of form is ten times sharper than an ordinary person's. When she makes a statue, she is able to imagine a clear finished image from the original shape of the Stone. How to dig the Stone, everything is decided before the first Sword is inserted. She believes that the "form" contained in that existence is what is called the soul.

For Kineti, this is just subjective, but her eyes can see through the soul of an object. Probing with the aura of "curly hair," they could not detect it at all, but they also could not shake the suspicion that a "soul form" was hiding somewhere nearby, observing them.

And the existence of that soul, although too faint to distinguish where it was, gave the feeling of a terrifyingly vast and dense shape. At first, I thought it was just my imagination, but the signs were getting closer to a degree I could confirm. Slowly, like a predator hiding in the bushes and measuring the distance to its prey.

"Jasmine, go find the teacher, I'll go play for a while longer."

"Uh, but..."

When Jasmine was confused by the decision that differed from the order issued, she received a radio wave communication from Kineti.

"Don't look around, don't let the enemy know, don't use your Nen Ability."

Jasmine stiffened. When I tried to question Kineti, I closed my mouth. The purpose of using radio waves for communication was to avoid distracting the enemy. And the signal carried a strong sense of tension. With Kineti's usual attitude, I couldn't imagine it. Realizing this was an anomaly.

"I understand."

Jasmine left the place with hurried steps. I could contact Cher through communication, but I didn't know if he would come soon because he was busy.

Parting ways here, letting Jasmine escape, Kineti would take responsibility for the enemy. Kineti had thought of several other countermeasures, but without knowing the enemy's obvious strength, she had no confidence in choosing the best strategy. This was a judgment assuming the worst-case scenario.

Even after Jasmine left, the enemy's gaze remained on Kineti. I breathed a sigh of relief because I managed to draw attention to myself. There was also the purpose of provoking the enemy by playing with Pake's corpse. The enemy looked as if Kineti had stopped and stood up.

Kineti was half-nervous and half-expectant about what kind of monster would appear, but her expectations were greatly betrayed. A young girl wearing an out-of-place maid outfit suddenly appeared from the tree shadows, looking down.

With a bang, my heart was pounding. Kineti's eyes were fixed on the large insect on the girl's arm. It was about one meter long, and if it stopped on her body, it was too unbalanced. Most importantly, the beetle's armor had a unique red luster.

Kineti intuitively knew what the Material was. Only those who had adapted to the Philosopher's Stone would understand.

"Alchemist..."

The subject is able to adapt to the Magic Stone, the raw Material of the Mystery Herb, and convert their Life Force into a metal similar to the nature of the Stone. But it is far from the original stone. It is an inferior product that deteriorates and disappears once it leaves the caster's hand.

Perfect compatibility with the Magic Stone is the ideal goal of mystery researchers. Kineti and the others were only in the middle stage of research. Because it is still not fully compatible, various side effects are still being produced, but when this is fully controlled and the transformation into true ore becomes possible, humans will obtain infinite Life Force and reach true evolution.

That is the "Alchemist Project," a new stage of humanity that transcends Nen Users. The dream alchemy that pursues the origin of all things and strives to obtain eternal life becomes reality.

Has this girl reached compatibility with the ore? In Kineti's memory, this girl was not among the subjects in the facility. Are you in another research institution? Is it an enemy or an ally?

When that girl who was looking down raised her head, all my doubts vanished. Kineti and the girl's eyes met. Immediately after, the young girl released her own aura.

Seeing that ferocious soul form, Kineti knew that the existence in front of her could not be measured by the standards of good and evil. This was just a bundle of power. This was simply a Disaster.

Explosion. A shock that pierced the brain. Rotating vision. Then Kineti saw her own headless body.

What I could hardly figure out was that the girl closed the distance in an instant and grabbed Kineti's neck. Her head exploded, watching her die. His Life Force was soon buried.

"I think?"

Kineti's decapitated torso got rid of the warhammer. The girl used the beetle as a shield to prevent accidental counterattacks. Instead of chasing the headless corpse that continued to fight, the young girl kept a distance to watch.

The blood gushing from the severed neck slowly pulled the head and fell into Kineti's body. No matter how healthy you are, if you suffer a fatal injury, you will die. The body is not Kineti's own.

It is a Nen doll created by her other Nen Ability, "Simulation."

The operator herself is lying on a bed in the facility. Due to the side effects of the drugs, her brain suffered severe damage, and although she was able to adapt, she is still in a vegetative state and has never regained consciousness.

However, although his body was not awakened, his spirit was awakened. She creates works by embodying her own active body. To her, the soul is a form. As long as it has a form, it is self.

There are various limitations, such as not being able to make multiple Nen dolls at the same time, and making them takes time, but even if they are destroyed, the person herself will not die. So Jasmine was able to leave here with peace of mind and leave it to Kineti.

"Even so, I can't beat you, but I can't let you pass from here."

At least buy some time for Jasmine to escape. It was for a comrade, but more importantly, Kineti did not want to acknowledge the girl's existence.

What is the perfection of the new human that researchers pursue? Did they want to become like this, experimented on by whom?

The determination never to be swallowed by power and never to forget oneself became her fighting spirit and awakened Kineti. Even if she cannot win with strength, she cannot yield to the heart. She strongly imagined her soul (form).