𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧- 𝐒𝐞𝐞 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐒𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐥
Some people don't know what they have until it's gone.
But what about the ones who do know?
The ones who never took a damn thing for granted? Who tried their hardest to hold on, yet could only look helplessly...
Something about the situation gnawed at me, a sense of unease I couldn't shake. How had Kalluto managed to find me? The timing was too perfect, too precise. My frown deepened as I faced him.
"Kalluto," I said, my voice edged with suspicion. "How did you find me?"
He responded with a smirk, reaching into his kimono sleeve. From within, he took out a paper doll, the silhouettes of me and Alluka depicted on it. The sight sent a jolt of realization through me—it was a tracker.
"You've been tracking us," I muttered, my mind racing as I tried to comprehend how his ability worked.
'I can't even sense it!'
"I didn't expect you to have this kind of Nen ability." My frown deepened.
Kalluto's eyes gleamed with a mixture of pride and amusement as he held the paper doll aloft.
"Perhaps there are a lot of things you don't know about me, nii-san," he said, his voice cold and piercing.
I clenched my fists, frustration bubbling up inside me. How could I have been so careless? All these years, thinking I was free, and all the while, my family had been watching, waiting for the right moment to strike.
"You're not the only one who has grown stronger, nii-san. I've been training, honing my skills, preparing for this moment..." He slowly lifted his fan in the air with grace.
"I'm pretty sure... my effort all these years won't be in vain."
With a swift, graceful motion, Kalluto raised his fan, releasing particles of white confetti that floated through the air, shimmering with a hidden menace. He lifted his hand, dropping a precise amount of paper confetti, and then waved her fan elegantly, sending the confetti whirling toward me from multiple angles.
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"Dancing serpent's bite!" Kalluto exclaimed.
"...!"
My eyes widened as I braced myself for the attack, my muscles tensing in anticipation. I knew Kalluto had grown stronger, but I hadn't expected this level of precision and control. The confetti danced through the air, moving with a life of its own, converging on me from all sides.
'So, he manipulates paper!'
Before I could react, the confetti struck with surprising force, a barrage of paper slicing through the air with lethal precision. The impact was like a thousand tiny blades, each one hitting with enough power to drive me back. I gritted my teeth, struggling to maintain my footing, but the force of the attack was overwhelming.
BOOM!
With a final, powerful surge, the barrage of confetti pushed me back, my feet skidding across the train floor as I tried to resist. I slammed into the end of the train car, the impact knocking the wind out of me. For a moment, I struggled to catch my breath, my mind racing to process what had just happened.
