NOVEL WEB Chapter 123: 123 Hina Assassination
"Surrender without resistance; it will save you a lot of suffering!"
The three men in black formed a zigzag formation and coordinated their surprise attack on Hina.
"Then Hina will catch you and torture you!"
Hina shouted coldly, crossing her arms in front of her chest. Black chains materialized from thin air, coiling around them like a black dragon.
"Your information has already been investigated, so don't resist unnecessarily."
A terrifying magnetic force suddenly erupted from the hands of a man in black in the distance, locking several of Hina's chains in place. Hina's expression shifted slightly.
"Finger Gun-Stinger!"
"Plumb Star!"
"Disease!"
In the blink of an eye, the three men in black surrounded Hina, launching attacks aimed at her chin, temples, neck, and other vulnerable areas.
They intended to capture her alive!
Hina quickly sensed their intentions.
"Paper Arts: Butterfly Dance!"
Hina's body suddenly became as light as paper, causing the attacks from her opponents to land softly, as if hitting cotton and lacking any force.
"Huhu~"
Hina glided with the wind, moving five meters away. She bent slightly, breathing heavily.
It took a lot of her mental and physical energy to deflect the simultaneous attacks from the three men.
After their failed assault, the man in black turned to his companions and said, "I didn't expect you to have mastered Paper Arts to this extent."
"Given your condition, how long do you think you can last?"
Hina's strength wasn't very strong. Even though Lynch trained her often, she couldn't match the first team of men in black.
She realized she couldn't keep fighting like this.
"God Gate!"
Several fences came down from the sky at extremely fast speeds, catching the man in black who could control magnetism to the ground. Then several more fences sat down, embedding the limbs and neck of the man in black on the ground.
"This... should be able to restrain you for a while." Hina slapped her chest again with trembling arms.
"Room of Torture!"
With the courtyard as the center, the ground around her transformed into four iron walls.
The iron walls suddenly closed in, forming an iron prison that trapped everyone inside. Dense chains writhed beneath their feet, and various torture instruments appeared around them.
"No, you can't be using the Cage-Cage Fruit!" the man in black exclaimed in surprise.
"You figured it out too late."
Suddenly, several chains extended from the execution chair, binding the three nearest people to it, while iron spears stabbed toward their heads.
"Buzz~"
The iron spears abruptly stopped in mid-air. The man who controlled magnetism had freed himself.
"Wonderful, you almost had me!" the man in black applauded, using his hands to free his companions from their restraints.
"It's a pity that as long as it's metal, I can control it."
"You...!"
Hina gritted her teeth. It was clear these individuals were deliberately targeting her to suppress her Devil Fruit ability.
With not much physical strength left, Hina wondered, could they really caught her?
"Heaven-Kick of Pain!"
At that moment, a heroic voice rang out, and with a loud "bang," a large hole was opened in the iron wall as two fiery figures burst in.
"Tsunade! Mikoto!" Hina exclaimed, surprised to see them.
Who else besides Tsunade and Uchiha Mikoto?
"Don't be afraid; we're here," Uchiha Mikoto said with a gentle smile.
"You all are gonna die!"
Seeing her sisters in distress, Tsunade's anger surged, and she quietly activated the Seal of Hundreds. Black lines spread across her body, and a diamond-shaped mark appeared between her eyebrows.
After many years, Tsunade and Mikoto had both mastered "Haki."
Uchiha Mikoto activated her Three Tomoe Sharingan, quietly controlling one of the men. Tsunade moved with incredible speed, able to kill a person instantly with a single punch thanks to her immense strength.
The remaining two men in black sensed danger and prepared to abandon their teammates.
Their superiors had warned them before arriving that there were many experts in the palace and that the situation was dangerous. If discovered, they should flee quickly.
"This guy seems to be controlled by a Devil Fruit—kill him!"
To ensure no one was left alive, they decisively killed the man in black who was under Mikoto's control as they attempted to escape.
"You want to leave, but it's too late!"
Tsunade, combining her Haki with her elite Vice Admiral strength, quickly formed a seal with her hands. "Water Style: Water Prison Technique!"
She aimed to capture the two alive, using her superhuman speed to trap them in a water prison.
"What kind of Devil Fruit ability is this?!"
The remaining two were shocked, having never seen such a power before.
"Can you tell me who sent you here?" Tsunade asked coldly, standing beside the water prison with her arms crossed.
After several attempts, they still couldn't break free from the water prison. The two laughed, "Hahaha, you want us to betray our superior? Just dream!"
"They're trying to commit suicide; stop them!"
Uchiha Mikoto realized what was happening and tried to use an illusion to stop them, but it was too late. The two had already taken their own lives in the water prison.
"People leave their heads behind after death. Is there really no secret technique in this world to extract information from the brain?" Tsunade almost laughed.
"Go and call Yamanaka Ino. Their brain manipulation skills should help us find out who's behind this."
Soon after, Ino arrived, followed by Shikamaru and Robin, who came after hearing the news.
"Allowing enemies to break into the palace is a dereliction of duty. Please punish me, Mistress." Shikamaru knelt on one knee in front of Hina.
"Hina doesn't blame you. The palace is large, and it's inevitable that someone will take advantage of it," Hina said, shaking her head slightly.
Even the Holy Land Mariejois has had intruders; it was no surprise they faced challenges too.
"Yes, Shikamaru, you did well. Don't blame yourself," Robin said, defending him.
"Thank you, Mistress," Shikamaru replied.
He stepped aside, feeling very remorseful and secretly determined to increase the number of guards at the palace when he returned.
"The murderer behind the scenes has been identified," Ino said, suddenly opening her eyes after placing her hand on the dead body.
"Who is it? A pirate, the Revolutionary Army, or the World Government?"
While the man in black used Marine Six Styles, it was known that many pirates could do the same.
"It's the five old men known as the Five Elders."
Among those present, only Robin and Hina had learned about the Five Elders from Lynch.
As the leaders of the World Government, the Five Elders had always held a mysterious image in the eyes of the world.
"Their mission was simply to capture Miss Hina so they could use her to threaten Mr. Lynch at a critical moment. They don't know anything else."
"I understand. Don't tell anyone about what happened today."
Recognizing the seriousness of the situation, Robin quickly gave instructions before heading back to her room to call Lynch.
The frightened Hina was helped back to her room by Uchiha Mikoto.
If Mikoto and Tsunade hadn't happened to pass by today, the consequences could have been disastrous!
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TO BE CONTINUED
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