The dollboy dragged its chainsaw arm along the wall as it advanced towards me.

"You look cool. You look strong. I want your body. I want women. I want men. I want them all." He said. Then, the dollboy used some kind of flash-step to move closer. And closer. And closer.

I cautiously stepped backwards, keeping my guard up. The strategy was to draw it away from them to prevent it from using them as leverage.

But there wasn't enough time to back away. The dollboy was in my face, ready to perform an overhead strike with its chainsaw arm, but Lezian intercepted the attack with her bladed arms at the last second.

Immediately I stab the dollboy and attempted to cut its wires, but the knife broke when I pulled it diagonally.

I was taken aback when I saw the blade drop onto the ground, "You need to do better." he said, as he kicked me against the sides with blinding speed. The force was strong enough to send me hurtling towards the rock walls. It then returned its right arm to normal and charged at me.

Before I could react, I was punched in the stomach and face at high speed, then kicked towards the entrance.

As I attempted to regain my footing, a full force knee to the face sent me crashing to the ground.

"You are beautiful when you bleed. You are beautiful when you die. I will be beautiful when I wear you," he declared. He grabbed my leg and slowly pulled me towards the back of the tunnel, until a soccer ball was blasted against its face.

Gabrielle was leaning against the wall trying to recover her breath.

Despite that attack, there was no effect. The dollboy turned his face towards Gabrielle in confusion, then teleported in front her and kicked her towards fog barrier. "Do you like me?" he asked Gabrielle as he delivered an onslaught of punches.

To my left, Ren was tracing something on my chest, "We don't have much time. I sent an emergency request to HQ. A hunter is on his way as we speak. We need to still for time being. I am making you resistant to pain and increasing your movement." He said.

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The pain in my body vanished instantly, and I felt light once more. "Sure, it seems it only wants me, so I'll keep it distracted. Just watch Gabrielle while I'm busy." I said as I dashed toward him, he was unnoticed of presence that I able tackled him to the ground.

"Miss me." I said before punching it repeatedly against it face, only for one strong punch against my chest that sent me flying through three support beam.

I just realized that Lezian is not here. Have they disappeared or something? Make sense why it's able to hurt me.

The dollboy transformed its arms into whip-like extensions, attempting to whip me.

Multiple attacks made contact with me but thanks to the pain resistance, I just kept pushing forward regardless of the amount of blood I lost.

I managed to grab the wires and held them tightly as I used my strength and tossed him against the wall.

But he turned the tables on me by pulling the wires and slamming me against the walls before tossing me back to the others.

I was prepared to rise and press on with the fight. Suddenly, my body just shut down, and a sensation of ten thousand needles stabbing every inch of me made me collapse to the ground.

Gabrielle was in the same boat as me, "PLEASE WAKE UP! THIS ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE!" Ren shouted.

I was certain that death was on its way, but then a miracle occurred. A man dressed in golden black robes and slippers materialized from nowhere.

He carried a rapier in his hand and asked us, "Who is the supervisor of this squad?"

Ren trembled as he spoke, "It's Gun-wo sir. He is outside this barrier right now. Please, tell him to lower the barrier so these two can receive medical attention." The mysterious man gazed at us and smiled.

"You two are true hunters. Man, I remember my first time encountering a S-rank beast. I was on the floor covered in blood and bruises. Those were the time." He continued to causally talk with us despite the dollboy standing right behind him with his chainsaw arm ready to strike.

"LOOK OUT!!!" Ren shouted, but the man appeared unfazed.

...

I blinked once, and the dollboy's arms and legs were completely severed. "How did this happen?" He wondered, as even the machine seemed perplexed.

The man glanced at each of us and said, "Earlier today, I was supposed to meet my new team, but they were inexplicably absent. Now, I have discovered them, battered and bloodied. Just the way I like it."

Both me and Ren come to the realization, "Wait, are you-" I was about to ask but he wanted to finish my sentence.

With the swiftness of his blade, he sliced the dollboy's head off its body leaving the thing unresponsive, "Yup, whoever believed that they could copy the original without consequence is in for a rude awakening. Because I am the true Gun-wo. It's a pleasure to meet you all." He said with confident smile on his face.