[The Beauty of Life Lies in Stillness]
This Conjuration-Type Ability, which had a control effect, was the very reason Urtaido and the others had managed to escape from Cheetu.
If it was a normal Nen Battle, anyone who saw Urtaido conjured a camera and take a photo with it would immediately try to stop him.
However, whether it was Cheetu or Pitou, they both allowed Urtaido to activate his Nen Ability.
This was a sign of their lack of common sense and basic understanding, and it is also a process that Chimera Ants must go through from birth to stepping into the realm of Nen.
Therefore, before the Chimera Ants completed this process, Urtaido could have used this 'information gap' to repeatedly activate his Nen Ability, buying as much time as possible to escape.
However-
Pitou's subsequent response can be said to have ruthlessly crushed the opportunity Urtaido had created.
'It only restricted movement...'
'No wonder it didn't feel threatening at all.'
Pitou's thoughts raced as she used her [Puppeteering] ability to counter Urtaido's [Stillness] ability.
Click, click-
The slender, willow-like fingers of the Puppeteer twitched, and through the transmission of multiple puppet strings, Pitou broke free from the control of Urtaido's Nen Ability and lunged directly at Urutado.
At this moment, Urtaido hadn't even had the chance to call out to Ponzu before he was stunned by what he saw.
'She actually... used a Manipulation-Type Ability...'
Since developing this Nen Ability, Urtaido had never imagined such a scenario.
As he watched Pitou, who is controlled by the Puppeteer, pounce toward him, the elation he had felt moments ago was instantly replaced by shock and terror.
'This is the end...'
At this moment, Urtaido's face went blank, and he simply gave up struggling.
Faced with such a monster that defied all logic, and with the only ability that can provide a chance to easily countered…
He knew there was no way out from this situation.
Seeing Urtaido give up, Pitou consciously restrained the release and intensity of her life force, then casually struck Urtaido with her palm.
Boom!
Urtaido immediately followed in Pokkle's footsteps and crashed heavily to the ground.
Having learned from her earlier mistake with Pokkle, Pitou deliberately reduced the force of this strike.
But despite this, this palm strike left Urtaido seriously injured and unconscious.
As Urutado lost consciousness, the black-and-white coloration on Pitou's body gradually faded, returning to its original state.
The force that had immobilized her also slowly dissipated.
"Humans are such fragile creatures."
Pitou glanced at the severely injured and unconscious Urtaido, and with a slight thought, the Puppeteer hovering behind her dissolved into scattered Aura and disappeared.
'Using an ability meant for others on myself... that's quite an interesting way to play. But the Puppeteer's control isn't great, meow. So... should I try to develop a more suitable combat-oriented Manipulation ability?'
In order to counter Urtaido's ability, Pitou had a sudden inspiration and used her Puppeteer ability, which was originally meant to control others or corpses, on herself.
But as she lunged at Urtaido, Pitou realized that the Puppeteer's control precision couldn't fully utilize her strengths and power.
So she suddenly thought of-
For Manipulation Abilities, there could be two types of Puppeteers.
One is used for controlling others, where precision didn't need to be high, but the advantage lay in numbers.
The other type is specifically used to control herself, where the ability's complexity didn't need to be high, but it could increase her upper limits.
In this way, her abilities would evolve further.
Pitou stood still, pondering the idea that had just sprouted in her mind, seemingly forgetting that there was still one last special human in the area.
Ponzu had released a portion of her bees earlier, originally intending to assist Urtaido in controlling Pitou.
But to her surprise, Pitou didn't even bother to defend herself, allowing Urtaido to activate his Nen Ability with ease.
When Ponzu saw this, her joy was indescribable.
But before she could celebrate for more than two seconds, she saw Pitou use some kind of Manipulation-Type Ability to break free from Urtaido's control.
At that moment, in addition to being terrified, her thoughts became unusually clear, and she turned and fled without hesitation.
However, Pitou didn't pay attention to Ponzu's movements at first. She only stood there, thinking for more than ten seconds before finally turning her gaze toward Ponzu, who had already fled some distance away.
'This time, I must control my strength properly.'
Pitou's lips curled into a smile, and she was about to take a step to chase Ponzu when she suddenly stopped.
Rustle, rustle-
From the dense grass on the right, a black-furred gorilla Chimera Ant with two pairs of arms emerged.
Nephipetto glanced sideways at it.
Before attacking Pokkle, she had known there was a subordinate nearby.
However, she hadn't paid much attention to it, but just as she was about to chase Ponzu, she suddenly thought of something.
If she didn't give specific instructions, there was a possibility that the Chimera Ants active nearby might eat the severely injured and unconscious Pokkle and Urtaido.
The gorilla-like Chimera Ant had just emerged from the grass when Pitou's glance caused its body to tremble violently.
"N-Neferpitou-sama..."
The gorilla Chimera Ant, feeling the terrifying Aura emanating from Pitou, didn't dare to look directly at her and instead lowered its head, stammering a greeting.
Pitou looked at the gorilla Chimera Ant and smiled, "Am I really that scary?"
Without waiting for the gorilla Chimera Ant to respond, she continued: "Take these two special humans to Shaiapouf."
"Yes, Neferpitou-sama!"
Upon hearing this, the gorilla Chimera Ant immediately accepted the task.
Pitou withdrew her gaze, then stepped forward and rushed straight towards Ponzu in the distance.
In the face of her large-scale En, even if Ponzu were given a few more minutes to run, the result wouldn't change.
Whoosh-
Pitou suddenly accelerated, and her figure suddenly merged into the air and disappeared without a trace.
The next moment.
Pitou reappeared behind Ponzu.
Just as she had done with Pokkle and Urutado, she swung her palm toward the back of Ponzu's neck.
Thud!
Her palm struck the back of Ponzu's neck with a dull thud.
But instead of collapsing instantly, Ponzu suddenly transformed into a swarm of dispersing bees.
"Meow?"
This scene took Pitou by surprise.
Buzz, buzz-
The swarm of bees didn't choose to flee but instead attacked Pitou from all directions.
However, as soon as they touched the edge of Pitou's Aura, they suffocated instantly, falling from the air one by one, dead beyond doubt.
Pitou ignored the dead bees on the ground and turned her gaze in a specific direction.
Even without using En, she could track Ponzu's movements.
And in terms of speed, Ponzu's struggle was meaningless.
At the same time.
In the forest.
Moses's eyes flickered as he heard a faint buzzing sound.
But what caught his attention more was a faint, almost imperceptible sense of danger.