Moses's action of approaching quickly and firing the Nen Bullets accurately undoubtedly surprised Gotoh. And in that instant, Gotoh realized one thing-
This monstrous man before him possessed a level of Manifested Aura at least twice theirs, if not more.
'But then, why hadn't he taken a more aggressive approach?'
The question flashed through Gotoh's mind, but before he could delve deeper, he was forced to heighten his focus under the overwhelming pressure bearing down on him.
'I have to suppress his momentum…!'
Gotoh knew exactly what needed to be done at this moment. Gritting his teeth, he increased the speed and power of his coin shots.
But it was meaningless.
In just about a second, Moses's figure shot forward like an unstoppable blade, slicing through all obstacles before arriving right in front of Gotoh.
But instead of launching a direct attack, Moses simply placed his outstretched palm to cover Gotoh's hands, which were brimming with concentrated Aura.
"Huh!?"
Gotoh froze in shock.
And in that very moment, he suddenly sensed something was off.
'Where are the others?'
'Why haven't they taken action?'
As that question flashed through his mind in an instant, Gotoh glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw that only one of his colleagues was still standing.
But in the next instant, that colleague seemed to be struck by an unknown force and collapsed violently to the ground, lying motionless.
'This-'
'What the hell just happened?'
'Who attacked them?'
Shock and confusion flooded Gotoh's thoughts, only to be interrupted by a violent impact surging from his abdomen.
The sudden, excruciating pain and force caused his body to suddenly bend forward.
Before he could even figure out what kind of attack he had just taken, the overwhelming pain plunged him into unconsciousness.
Just before darkness swallowed his awareness, Gotoh faintly realized one thing-
The monster standing before him had held back-
Otherwise, they would have been nothing more than insignificant weeds in his eyes.
Thud.
Gotoh fell in front of Moses's feet, his eyes half-open and vacant, and drool mixed with blood trickled unconsciously from the corner of his mouth.
Moses glanced down at the unconscious Gotoh, then turned his head to look at the other Zoldyck Family's butlers, who had fallen unconscious almost at the same time as Gotoh.
To be more precise, he is looking at the Black Sword, which is in transparent form.
There were a total of eighteen Zoldyck Family's butlers who came to stop him, and while Moses suppressed Gotoh's offensive, he used Black Sword hidden with Texture Surprise to attack the other butlers.
Thus, when the other butlers' focus and attention were entirely fixed on Moses, they inevitably fell victim to Black Sword's sneak attacks.
With this tactical arrangement, the entire fight lasted only about two or three seconds.
The main reason was that Moses didn't want to harm the lives of these butlers, otherwise, the battle could have ended even faster.
The Black Sword peeled off half of its transparent disguise, then flew excitedly in circles in front of Moses, flipping and twisting midair.
It had fallen in love with the thrill of ambush attacks.
It's so nice to be able to knock the enemy with one strike every time.
Moses ignored Black Sword's excited antics. He lifted his gaze, then tapped his chin with a finger and sighed, "I forgot to leave one behind as a 'messenger'."
From the earlier exchange, he realized that someone in the Zoldyck Family didn't want him going up the mountain.
That someone could be Illumi or maybe Killua's mother.
But regardless of who it was, Moses had to reach the top of Kukuroo Mountain.
Of course-
If circumstances allowed, he hopes to go to the Zoldyck Family's estate in a more peaceful way.
That was why he needed to leave at least one person behind to properly relay the message of his visit to Killua, or even to Silva and Zeno.
"Well, forget it. I'll just go back and grab the guy from earlier."
Moses gestured to Black Sword, then turned and looked in the direction he had come from.
When Black Sword saw Moses's gesture, he obediently turned transparent again.
Once Black Sword vanished from sight, Moses immediately dashed back toward the Testing Gate.
Seeing this, Black Sword immediately followed Moses.
…
Meanwhile-
Milluki, who was still sprinting toward the Testing Gate, had no idea the battle behind him had already ended.
In Milluki's opinion, each butler could buy at least one second, and Gotoh could stall for at least three seconds.
So, with all the butlers combined, they should have been able to hold Moses back for at least twenty seconds.
That was Milluki's expectation.
"Mike?"
As he ran toward the Testing Gate, Milluki suddenly spotted the family's guard dog lying under a large tree.
"You're still alive? I thought you were already dead."
Seeing Mike unharmed, Milluki was genuinely surprised.
Based on his understanding of Mike, it should have immediately confronted the illegal intruder.
But if it had gone up against that monster from earlier, it would have been a miracle if it survived.
"So that means... that monster came in through the front gate."
Mike's unharmed state gave Milluki this clue, but he soon noticed something strange about the guard dog's condition.
Right now, Mike was pressed tightly against the ground with the soles of his two front paws turned upwards. Its body, which was as big as a small truck, was trembling at an amplitude visible to the naked eye.
This was a clear display of absolute submission and fear, which is an instinctive reaction for an animal.
"Mike, are you...scared?"
Milluki's eyes slowly widened.
In his eyes, Mike was an even more emotionless creature than his eldest brother. He had never thought that the phenomenon of 'trembling' would happen to Sanmao.
"You shouldn't use a questioning tone here. It is scared."
Just as Milluki was marveling at this, a voice correcting him suddenly came from behind him.
Hearing that abrupt remark, Milluki's body stiffened violently, and a look of fear quickly appeared on his plump, pale face.
'No way, no way...!'
'The minimum was twenty seconds, but it hasn't even been ten seconds, right?'
Milluki's body stiffened and he tried hard to suppress his instinct to strike first.
'What a joke.'
'In a situation with zero chance of victory, the right move was to follow Mike's example!'
"Y-You're absolutely right, b-big brother... Also, uh, I-I'm just here as a tourist."
Milluki didn't even dare to turn around. He just stammered meekly with a stiff face.
Moses looked at Milluki's back and immediately recognized the identity of this white-shirted fatty.
With a chuckle, he said:
"Oh, so you're a tourist? Indeed, the assassins of the Zoldyck Family are world-renowned, so naturally, they'd all have lean, panther-like physiques, not like you, a fat otaku."
"Big brother, you are very observant. You are absolutely right!"
With his survival instincts screaming wildly, Milluki couldn't care less about being called a fat otaku.
Moses smiled and said, "This place is pretty dangerous. You should leave quickly... Milluki."
" "Yeah, yeah, I'll go right... huh?!"
Hearing the first half of Moses's words, Milluki's heart leaped with joy as he nodded vigorously.
But when he heard his real name being called at the end, the smile that Milluki had just shown disappeared before it could even settle in.
'Damn it... I got played.'
Milluki felt as if he had lost all hope.
Watching his reaction, a strange glint flickered in Moses' eyes.
It's not because Milluki's reaction was quite funny, but because Perception suddenly sounded deep in his consciousness.
[Your Enhancement Affinity Correction Rate +3%...]
[Your Manipulation Affinity Correction Rate +5%...]
A battle that required no effort at all, plus scaring Milluki into despair, actually let him earned reward...
This outcome genuinely surprised Moses.
'But then again, it should be because of the 'original character' rather than the difficulty of the battle.'