Hunter x Hunter 284

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Hunter x Hunter
#284: Fifteen Minutes
[insert text: These two great men face off once more!!!]
Pufu: Yes... Fifteen minutes. // That is how long I estimated it would take you to make the decision to release your barrier of smoke... // I would use that time to slip out, through the smoke, and move around freely. // You trapped me within this barrier to separate me from the King, did you not? / In other words, as long as that cage of smoke existed, your friends would see it and believe that I was still trapped within. // I intended to use that misunderstanding to my advantage, stealthily taking out your friends one by one... // I thought that you would be sure to hesitate for long enough to allow me to do that...
Morau: You thought I'd spend fifteen minutes trying to fight an empty husk? // I guess you really underestimated me, huh.

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Pufu: Oh, no... quite the opposite. I thought of you... // ...too highly.
Morau: ?!!

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Morau: ......... // (He split himself into miniscule particles in an instant.........!! // If he used this to slip through my Smoky Jail, I wouldn't even be able to spot the individual particles...)

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Pufu: Hehe... // hehe // hehe // hehehehe // hehe // hehe // hehe
[TN: et cetera for the ones in the background]
Pufu: You would have done better to wait... // Why, you ask? // Because this plan of mine... // ...was merely a last resort. // To tell the truth, it was troubling me... // ...being trapped in that "jail".
Morau: Try making some sense - you're contradicting yourself. // You could have got out of there at any moment!
Pufu: That's all there was to it! // At that point, that is.

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Pufu: I was under the impression that you were a much greater soldier! // Focusing on your goal, placing the mission before all else... // But you made the silly decision of releasing your barrier! // For that, I must thank you! // Thank you! //Thank you! // Thank you! // Thank you! // Thank you! // Thank you! // Thank you! // Thank you! // Thank you! // Thank you! // Thank you! // Thank you!
[TN: And yes, there are still the "hehe"s mixed in there in the background.]

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Morau: Deep Purple!!!
Pufu: Ahahahahahahahah! // Run awa~~~~~~~~y!!!

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Pufu: Aaaaahhhhh~~~~! // Ahahahahah! He got me~~~~! // Hahah! // Ahaha! // Ahahaha! // Ahaha!!
Morau: (I can't... destroy them?! // They're breaking down!! And then just coming back together?! // They're invincible?!)

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Pufu: Ahahahahahah! // Thank you, and bye-bye!!
Morau: ...... // (I mustn't let him fool me!! He's using psychological tactics!! // Right then, attacking the cocoon like I did was the best choice!! // No... I shouldn't even be thinking about what's been and gone; that's what he wants. // I have to think about my next move.........!! // I have to work out what he's up to now, and stop him!! // Meeting up with the other Guards!! Finding the other intruders and eliminating them!! Heading back to the King!! // No doubt about it... // ...our interests lie in the same places!

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Morau: There should be no problem......!!! // !

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[no text just morau getting pwnt]

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Pufu: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! // I'LL BE TAKING THIS~~~~!!!

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Morau: Ngh... // (He's fast!!)
Pufu: Ahahahahahahahah! // I'll make sure I put this somewhere nice and safe~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!
Morau: (He's beaten me.........!! // I can't use any new techniques now...! // If I release Deep Purple now, I'm completely unarmed... // I have to make it through this somehow with just Deep Purple...!!)

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Yupi: Yo... is it you? // The "esper".

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[no text just knuckle]

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Knuckle: What the fuck have you done with Shoot......?!
Yupi: Huh?
Morau: (89 Deep Purple bodies!! // The maximum number I could summon in my current condition!! I'll use them...)

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Morau: (...to support Knuckle... // ...with all my might!!!)
Yupi: !! // (I know what you're trying to do. // Fine... you can have one hit. // And in return... // I'll take your life!!)
[side text: A final joint struggle with their lives on the line!!]