Chapter 104: Kistune's Pall [2]

Chapter 104: Kistune's Pall [2]

"How are you matching me?!" Xavier yelled, his previous rage increasing as additional emotions like shock and desperation started to be mixed in.

"Matching you?" Isaac spoke between the snaps of his tails and the hum of the voids.

"The way I see it, you still haven't moved me from my position. You are not my match."

These words struck Xavier like bricks as he involuntary paused, his face similar to someone who'd just seen a ghost.

'Kitsune's Pall.'

Isaac thought inwardly.

[Kitsune's Pall (Lvl. 1)]

[Requirements: Transmuter]

[Description: This ability allows the user to create three tails from the shadow itself. These tails are highly durable and possess exceptional speed.]

That was it.

On the surface, Kitsune's Pall was a simple second-grade hatsu. One that truly fit Isaac's 'Loser' persona.

However, that was on the surface.

'Isaac, the sucking assassin, does it again.'

Isaac didn't care about the usual cringe that would swallow him upon saying something like this.

No, instead he was focused on the familiar absorbing feeling travelling through his body, into his tail as if it were one of his limbs.

Only when the feeling was in his tail would he...release it.

-VUAM

-SNAP

Once again, the Thing inside Isaac worked through his limbs, seeking out anything with even a hint of energy or power and swallowing them whole.

Isaac barely had to do anything, simply watching as this unfolded.

Meanwhile...

[Status: Satiated]

The constant churning feeling in his stomach was gone. Not only was he not hungry, he felt like he'd just indulged in a buffet.

Having used his Partial Zombification already and feeling hungrier than ever, this felt satisfying, to say the least.

Meanwhile, Xavier's eyes seemed as though they'd pop out of his skull.

'No...'

Isaac witnessed the bald blind man wave his hand, conjuring the same void, only this time it was a 2D circle rather than a sphere.

A Portal.

Leaping through, Isaac had lost track of the man.

Even focusing for a second and using his Ki, he was unable to locate him.

With the barrage of voids ending, Isaac's tails looked around like hungry snakes, the tips of the tails turning left and right.

"Don't look at me, I don't know where he went."

Isaac blurted out upon seeing one of the tails peer at him.

-VUAM

Isaac wasn't able to see it.

Other than the slight hum that rang out upon the creation of a portal, he was completely clueless about whatever now stood behind him.

Or rather, who stood behind him.

But fortunately...

-SNAP

Isaac turned his head, only to witness Xavier, his arm seemingly coated in the void.

Isaac was able to deduce the bald man was aiming to punch him, but the attack was blocked as he acknowledged his tail wrapped around Xavier's arm.

"It's over."

Description: This Nen ability can enable the user to use every Nen type with 100% Efficiency.

Cost: Progressive Blindness.]

Isaac was glad upon seeing this. After all, he could simply heal this.

But he quickly found out that wasn't the case.

[Cost: Progressive Blindness.]

[Description: The longer you use this Technique, the more your Scarlet Eyes will wither and soon disappear permanently.]

It knew.

It knew Isaac was immortal and could heal. Or more specifically, Isaac knew.

"It's why, for once, I had to face the problem head-on. No scams. No tricks. No deceit."

As Isaac said this, his free tail began to move. It moved closer and closer to Isaac, soon reaching his face as it wrapped around his head.

"And since I'm not a pussy..."

Isaac yelled. The vacuum had become so loud as crashes and booms could be heard due to the destruction, meaning Isaac had to try his best not to be drowned out.

Not that Xavier was in the right mind to hear him.

Soon, Isaac's head became completely wrapped in his tail.

'A Kitsune.'

***

"A mythological fox known for its cunning and deceitful nature."

Isaac and Merlin sat in their dormitory room as they placed down a book with a fox depicted on it.

"Yes, I'm familiar. I came across it during my research on mythology while searching for more information on this world's Merlin."

Merlin replied as she sat on the desk. However, Merlin paused as she stared for a second.

Isaac, who knew her quite well at this point, could tell she'd just realised something, continuing in an attempt to beat her to the punch.

"My true hatsu. A hidden trick. Not just one trick, either. That's what makes it so great."

Merlin smiled with Isaac as the boy pointed his thumb to himself.

"A trickter hiding his freakish skills with a Pall. That is Kitsune's Pall."

***

[Kitsune's Pall, 1st Tail: The Freak]

[Requirements: Specialisation]

The tail wrapped around Isaac's head suddenly unravelled, revealing a dark mask with even darker mist exuding off it and wrinkles engraved on it.

If the two horns that protruded from both sides of the forehead weren't enough, its wide grin that went from ear to ear, fashioning sharp teeth, was enough to give a demonic nature to it.

Additionally, due to the sun finally setting, one could see the gaps where the eyes were, two bright blood-crimson lights peering from within the darkness as what was once Isaac, now...something else, stood under the moon.

[Description: You will Adapt]

[Guage: 100%]

[Cost: In the event that your Gauge reaches zero, all your Nen shall vanish.]

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Next chapter title: Ego

NNext chapter title: Superiority

NNNext chapter title: Come after me

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