If they were fighting the White General head-on, Shiro and the others naturally wouldn't have the capacity to see clearly.
But the little fox Nen Beast was different… it captured the scene up close and projected it before everyone.
If it were just blade attacks, nothing special.
But the power contained in that blade curtain could even distort the surrounding air, giving everyone a clear understanding of Law's offensive capability.
This was different from extending a rod deep in the ocean… more direct, clearer.
Nobunaga silently stroked his beloved blade, 'Such slashes couldn't be achieved by humans alone, and assistance from a Nen Beast was needed.'
'Law was like this.'
'Netero was also like this.'
'Both were true powerhouses who had surpassed... the limits of humanity.'
'So, was that path correct?'
A sense of confusion lingered in Nobunaga's mind for less than a second. He shook his head slightly, thinking to himself: 'Law is Law, I am I. We are different, and there's no need to be the same.'
On the room's wall, the projection showed Law chasing the retracting threads.
"Is Law going to press the advantage?" Uvogin asked.
"Hmm, Law believes only by dealing with the dandelion can we safely search for Nitro Rice," Knov's tone was slightly grave as he said seriously, "You all saw it earlier: mud is the dandelion's weakness. Perhaps we can support Law."
"Then what are we waiting for? Open the door," Machi stared intently at Law in the image.
Uvogin and Stargie also looked eager, while Ging and Shiro shared thoughts of leaving the Hide-and-Seek dimension to support Law.
Before, they didn't know the details, so more people would cause issues.
Now that they had probed the dandelion's weakness, even with more people, it wouldn't lead to mutual hindrance.
"You'd all better not go out," Tonpa's words poured cold water on them.
Biscuit glanced at Tonpa. She had wanted to say the same, but Tonpa said it first, so she remained silent.
"Why?" Buhara asked.
"Because it's unnecessary," Tonpa looked at Law running swiftly in the projection and said seriously, "There's only one dandelion, and cooperative action might actually hinder Law's performance. I think with Law's ability, dealing with that dandelion shouldn't be a problem."
Saying this, he scratched his cheek: "Actually, the dangers encountered so far have mostly been handled by Law. Of course, times have changed, and everyone here is basically stronger than me in direct combat ability."
"So what I just said is advice from my standpoint. You can accept it or not."
After hearing Tonpa, everyone reacted differently.
"Tonpa is right. Besides, Law has self-awareness. If he can't win, he'll run. When he needs help, he won't stay silent," Biscuit said calmly.
Both of them had spent several years with Law on the Dark Continent. In this situation, they were naturally the most qualified to speak.
So, no one objected.
"Then... while Law deals with the dandelion, should we go pick Nitro Rice?" Buhara suggested, licking his fingers.
Everyone looked at each other.
…
On the swamp, Law didn't use [Instant] to chase the dandelion, consciously preserving his Nen since his Potential Aura wasn't infinite.
Although he didn't consume Nen to chase, Law's speed wasn't slow either.
Taking a bit longer, he entered the dandelion's visible range.
That white dandelion, over fifty meters in diameter, hovered quietly atop its stem.
A large chunk was missing from the white fluffy sphere, which is Law's earlier handiwork.
'Seems not as sturdy as imagined.'
Seeing that the counterattack's chain reaction directly affected the dandelion's main body, Law contemplated, another guess forming.
The dandelion's threads seemed infinitely extendable but had an unavoidable flaw: affecting one part affected the whole.
If any part of a thread suffered destructive damage, it would affect the entire thread.
Thump, thump...
Perhaps due to Law's arrival, or because Law's earlier counterattack destroyed part of the dandelion's white fluffy threads, the 'heart' inside the dandelion's core accelerated its beating, emitting dull, drum-like thuds.
'Afraid?'
Law didn't know and wasn't interested.
[White General]
The majestic, white figure appeared before him again.
Even though they had found the dandelion's weakness, necessary precautions couldn't be neglected.
Summoning the White General was the best choice to ensure he wouldn't be endangered.
Stable Nen flowed over Law's body. The ground illuminated by Nen light had mud automatically floating up, gathering onto the White General's long blade.
The safest method was to cover the entire body with mud, but that would overly disperse power and precision.
The dandelion seemed intelligent. Seeing the White General that had destroyed its weapon appear, its sturdy stem decisively retracted downward, pulling the white fluffy sphere towards the swamp ground.
Judging by its posture, it wanted to burrow back underground, forming a defensive position.
Since Law needed to wait for the mud to coat the blade, and the dandelion was too decisive, he could only watch as it burrowed underground.
By the time the White General's blade was coated, the dandelion had vanished into the muddy ground.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Strands of white threads emerged from the muddy ground, like ground spikes from far to near, attacking Law standing on the ground.
Mud was the dandelion's weakness, but due to its special attack method, muddy ground could also become its fortress.
"Useless."
Law didn't even consider dodging, raising his arm high and slashing down at the ground.
The White General mimicked the action, cleaving the swamp ground.
Boom!
The Nen contained in the long blade completely injected into the swamp ground, dispersing like ultrasonic waves.
The many threads attacking Law were destroyed by mud wrapped in Nen. The swamp ground split open a deep trench three meters wide. At its deepest point, the dandelion's fluffy sphere was sliced in two.
The unknown fleshy sphere at its core, even split in half, still pulsed like a heart, while the white threads withered to ash at a visible rate.
Thick, mud-like blood slowly flowed from the fleshy sphere's cut surface, pooling at the trench bottom, not seeping down for a long time.
After several seconds, the split fleshy sphere gradually calmed, then melted like spring snow into blood.
Seeing this, Law recalled the White General.
At that moment, a black shadow three fingers wide shot out from the blood, fleeing in the opposite direction from Law.
Law's gaze sharpened. 'An earthworm?'
A hurried glance barely caught its appearance.
Immediately, Law took out a rhombic spike made of Vein Stone from Kuro's space and threw it at the fleeing shadow.
The spike turned into a streak of white light, pinning the fleeing shadow to the trench bottom.
Law used several [Instant] to reach the shadow.
A soft-bodied creature about fifty centimeters long, resembling an earthworm, lay quietly at the trench bottom, lifeless.
Pale green blood slowly seeped from its wound.
"I never expected the creature dominating this entire swamp to be a small earthworm."
Surprise was in Law's eyes. If he hadn't seen it himself, who would believe the entity controlling the threads was a dandelion that could hide underground, and the entity controlling the giant dandelion was an unremarkable earthworm?
Without further thought, Law left the trench, returning to the swamp surface.
The obstacle was dealt with, so next was plundering the Nitro Rice here.
The scene of Law eliminating the dandelion's main body was seen by several in the Hide-and-Seek room. As for the others, they had already gone to the surface to search for Nitro Rice traces.
After a while, Law reunited with his teammates, conducting a carpet search of the entire swamp.
After four hours, they obtained one hundred and seventy-two stalks of Nitro Rice.
Piling the obtained Nitro Rice in the Hide-and-Seek dimension's largest room, they were almost intoxicated by the life energy.
"I feel like... smelling this long enough could make you live a hundred years longer."
A heartfelt statement from the vegetarian, Nique.