Boshidora stared at Illumi's immensely potent aura, cold sweat streaming down his face.
But he still activated his Nen. A large amount of white, transparent aura surged from his body, suddenly bursting out with a "boom," spreading to cover his entire body.
"Don't underestimate me..." Boshidora gritted his teeth.
"This is bad. This person's aura and oppressive feeling are too strong; I'm no match for him."
Boshidora's expression was grave. Although he faced Illumi directly, what he was thinking about now was finding a breakthrough from the four bodyguards behind him.
"I hope the Qinglin Squad (Clean Blade Squad) can arrive quickly. It would be terrible if they only show up after I'm dead, like the police."
Boshidora's heart was in agony at this moment, praying that the Qinglin Squad would arrive soon.
At the same time, his right index finger, hanging by his thigh, lightly touched his thigh.
"Not planning to surrender?"
Illumi had been closely watching the changes in Boshidora's eyes.
He guessed that since Boshidora had decided to track him, it was likely that more than one person knew his information.
Under normal circumstances, Illumi would still be interested in playing around with them.
But now he was out alone and had to attend an auction, so he didn't have time to mess with these small fries.
"Die!"
The moment Illumi's words fell, a large number of black threads shot out from his feet, aggressively striking at Boshidora.
"Damn it!"
Boshidora's face changed drastically. Looking at the overwhelming black threads assaulting him, he quickly covered his entire body with Nen and simultaneously charged towards the four bodyguards.
"Thinking of using us as a breakthrough? How naive!"
The four bodyguards' expressions turned cold. With a movement of their feet, they simultaneously dispersed with a "swish," leaving only Sheldon alone in his original spot.
"Eh eh eh~~!!?"
Sheldon's face instantly paled in panic, glancing left and right as he saw the four bodyguards who had been protecting him suddenly vanish.
"Swish!"
Suddenly, two of the four bodyguards appeared on the left and right sides of the corridor, but the other two were nowhere to be seen.
"Up there!"
Boshidora's eyes darted around, scanning left and right. Not finding anyone, he suddenly looked up.
Boshidora's pupils contracted. He saw two bodyguards in black suits, now standing upside down in the two corners at the top of the corridor.
No, it should be said that they were using the triangular angles of the walls to forcefully stabilize their inverted bodies with their legs.
"Hmph!"
Boshidora snorted coldly and continued to rush forward.
He didn't know what these four bodyguards intended to do, but now that they had dispersed, it was an excellent opportunity to break through.
"Success!"
Boshidora's face lit up with joy.
But just as Boshidora was about to break through, a large amount of Nen simultaneously burst forth from the four bodyguards, intersecting and connecting in a square formation, forming an invisible net.
The invisible net instantly fixed Boshidora, who was rapidly sprinting, in place. His four limbs stretched out towards the four corners of the corridor, forming a "large character" (大, meaning big or great, symbolizing his splayed posture).
"What!?"
Boshidora's pupils dilated. His body was uncontrollable; his feet could not take another step.
It was as if an invisible, intangible, yet perceptible net enveloped him.
Not only that, from the upper-left, lower-left, upper-right, and lower-right corners, a gravitational force was pulling at his four limbs with all its might.
It seemed as though it wouldn't let up until he was torn limb from limb.
"Gravity Web!"
At this moment, the four bodyguards simultaneously uttered the name of this technique.
This was a cooperative Nen ability jointly developed by the four of them. Each of them was a point, and all four points could individually emit gravity.
Their starting point was that no matter how strong a person was, they would be affected by gravity.
If that was the case, why not develop a Nen ability similar to a gravity field that could both trap powerful enemies and use gravity to tear weaker enemies limb from limb?
Of course, if the opponent was too powerful and their inherent power surpassed the gravity they exerted, this technique would naturally be broken free from.
Or, if there were too many objects or people restrained in the gravity field, they would also be unable to bear the strain.
"Gravity Web, interesting."
Illumi looked at Boshidora, who was suspended in mid-air in a "large character" pose and couldn't move, and the bodyguards positioned at the four corners of the corridor (upper-left, lower-left, upper-right, lower-right). A hint of interest arose in his heart.
The moment the four bodyguards acted, Illumi had already stopped his attack, precisely because he wanted to see their methods.
Illumi stopped behind Boshidora, extended his right index finger, his eyes showing a hint of curiosity, and touched the invisible, intangible force field.
"Boss..."
The four bodyguards saw Illumi's action and couldn't help but want to speak to stop him.
But as soon as they opened their mouths, their expressions drastically changed, and they quickly shut up.
Because they found that Illumi's finger showed no signs of tilting towards any of the points under the gravitational pull of all four of them.
Instead, the pressure on the four of them instantly surged the moment Illumi's finger entered the gravity web.
This feeling was like, a moment ago, they were only carrying a single giant rock on their bodies, weighing about a ton.
But now, someone had placed another ten-ton giant rock on top of that one-ton rock. The instantaneous difference in power almost made them unable to maintain the gravity web.
"Interesting."
Illumi's lips curled up, and he praised again.
In this invisible force field, he could feel forces from four directions. At the same time, forces from four directions were pulling at his finger, but he forcefully resisted them all.
If the target were an ordinary person, their body would probably instantly disintegrate into shattered flesh and torn limbs under such a force field.
"The four of you are somewhat wasting your talents as bodyguards."
Illumi retracted his finger, his gaze sweeping across the faces of the four bodyguards. All four could sense admiration in his gaze.
"After the auction ends, come back to headquarters with me."
"Yes! Boss!"
The four bodyguards' spirits lifted upon hearing this, and they quickly responded.
They were originally only able to exist as outsourced bodyguards in the company's security department due to insufficient talent.
Now, they were being recalled to headquarters because of a demonstration of a cooperative Nen ability.
For them, it was an unexpected surprise.
At the same time, it was also an opportunity to become stronger.
"Headquarters!?"
"Are all these Nen users part of some organization!?"
Boshidora also heard Illumi's words, and his heart was instantly shaken.
Although he felt a tearing pain all over his body from being pulled by this inexplicable force field, he still forced himself to pull himself together and activated his ability.
Memory - Save!
Organizations composed of Nen users were not unheard of in the world.
Meteor City, the Mafia Donsen (Ten Elders), various national security departments, the V5 organization, and so on.
Boshidora knew a lot and had even interacted with some of these forces, but those were simply not worth mentioning.
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