Chapter 5 : Surprise attack

James who was watching the fighting was getting a little bored but he suddenly looked down at the ground further away with a slight smile.

"It's starting to get interesting."

Four people appeared towards the position of Kurapika and his comrades, including a man resembling an earthworm that came out of the ground.

They were the Shadows Beasts.

The Shadow Beasts are a special group consisting of the 10 most powerful Nen users within the Mafia Community organizations in the world.

Under the direct command of the "Ten Dons," supreme leaders of the Mafia Community, every beast has his own code name that derives from the animal which inspired him to develop his Nen abilities.

These warriors individually accompany the Ten Dons around the globe in their every move.

After a brief discussion with the Kurapika group they advanced towards Uvogin who had just killed almost all his assailants.

James, who thought he was finally going to see a decent fight, was soon disappointed.

The Shadow Beasts attempted to attack Uvogin, while the other members of the Ghost Troop sat around playing cards.

Worm, the man who looked like a worm, was the first to attack, hitting Uvogin in the face, but received an even harder punch in return.

In a hurry to escape and immobilize Uvogin, Worm crawls underground and tries to pull Uvogin down with him.

To free himself from Worm's grip, Uvogin uses his Hatsu called Big Bang Impact, digging a huge crater in the ground and seriously injuring Worm.

He then tried to hit Porcupine, another Shadow Beast, but Porcupine's "body hair" pierced his hand.

Uvo tried to free himself from Porcupine, but was unable to do so.

James, watching the fight, shook his head again, disappointed.

"They don't have a chance to win, but Uvo's strengthening techniques is really incredible, I really need to take the time to practice the Enhancements."

Then he got up from the hood of the car and went inside.

. . . . . .

Meanwhile, Rabid Dog attacked Uvogin several times with his fangs, tearing off pieces of his flesh and injecting poison into his bloodstream.

Uvogin eventually collapses because of this poison, allowing Leech to enter the battle.

The leech, another member of the SB, fills Uvogin's body with spotted leeches that he has stored in his body. Uvogin then bites half of Leech's head, killing him.

Like a bullet, Uvogin spits a piece of the leech's skull into Leech's head, killing him too.

To keep Porcupine away from him, he sucked out a large quantity and made an extremely loud scream, the power of which was greatly enhanced by his Nen, knocking Porcupine out.

The fight ended in a total defeat for the Shadows Beast, but as Uvo was talking with other members of the troop, a silver chain quickly tied him up.

It was the Hatsu of Kurpaika, Chain Jail, Kurapika instantly pulled Uvogin out from the crater and took off with the rest of the Nostrade family by car.

James further on seeing this started the car and climbed on the road at full speed.

After capturing Uvogin Kurapika and the others body guards quickly fled by car, but they soon saw a vehicle chasing them.

Kurapika then immediately noticed a thread attached to Uvo, whom they quickly got rid of.

However, Owl from the Shadow Beasts suddenly jumped in front of the car where the Phantom Troupe members are currently riding in and entraps them using his hatsu Fun Fun Cloth.

All the members were able to escape, except Nobunaga who gets caught due to his position in the car.

The members that escaped recognized Owl.

Then later, the other remaining Shadow Beasts appeared.

After underestimating the Troupe, the Shadow Beasts recklessly attacked them, even though Owl warns them to take caution for he knows what they're capable of.

All the Shadow beasts were killed by Feitan and Shizuku in a matter of seconds, except for the Owl, which they intend to interrogate to find the auction site.

They reluctantly forced Owl to free Nobunaga from his Hatsu, who was furious and wanted to fight, but suddenly the troop members looked over the hill behind them.

James joined the palms of his hands and stepped forward quietly with a smile.

"Hi everyone, don't bother for me, I'm just passing through, continue your discussion."

"Huh? Another member of the Shadows Beast." Nobunaga asked, counting the Shadows Beats dead on the ground.

"No, counting the ones Uvo killed and the ones we already killed, almost all of the Shadows Beast are dead." Feitan replied coldly.

"Let me take care of this one."

Nobunaga put his right hand on the handle of his Katana, preparing to draw.

"Sorry, I don't really have time to have fun."

James suddenly opened his palms, Machi and all the members of the brigade sensing imminent danger moved into defensive positions.

A gentle stream of warm air swept through the surrounding area, caressing the faces of all the troupe members, and then the next moment.

*Bam*

An indescribable shock wave razed everything in a circle of 110 meters, sweeping the ground, the rocks and even the corpse of Shadows Beasts.