A Best Friend's Signature Line

"Rider Punch!"

"Black Flash?"

Lin Yi and Suguru Geto's voices rang out in the Domain space, each carrying a different emotion.

For the Special-Grade Cursed Spirit facing Lin Yi's Knight Punch head-on, however, there was no emotion at all. With its limited intelligence, the only thing it had was a brief flashback before its body collapsed—though there was not much to see.

The moment Lin Yi's fist, crackling with black sparks, struck the Special-Grade Cursed Spirit in the face, ripples spread across its body under the force of the blow. Half its head was blasted apart by Lin Yi's punch, while the limbs and body that had not taken the fist directly were also blown apart and twisted by the impact.

The Special-Grade Cursed Spirit was sent flying by Lin Yi's punch, and the Domain space it had deployed collapsed along with that strike. Everyone trapped within the Domain returned to the courtyard enclosed by the Barrier Technique.

Lin Yi lowered his head and looked at his fist. He had also caught the black flash that had flickered across it, then looked toward the Special-Grade Cursed Spirit that had taken his Rider Punch.

The Special-Grade Cursed Spirit had been lively enough to play hide-and-seek with Lin Yi just moments ago, yet after taking a single punch like that, its body was now on the verge of collapse. Its head was barely regenerating, clearly placing it at death's door.

A single simple, brutal punch had brought a fully mature Special-Grade Cursed Spirit to the brink of death. Lin Yi also felt his connection with the Kamen Rider suit on his body grow a little stronger.

Lin Yi smiled. It seemed he had found a move in this form that was especially effective against Cursed Spirits.

He turned to look at Suguru Geto, who was still stunned, and pointed at the dying Cursed Spirit some distance away.

"If you don't use your Cursed Spirit Manipulation to subdue that thing, it's really going to die."

Suguru Geto answered him with applause.

"I really didn't expect this, Yi-chan. You can actually land a Black Flash in this form—the thing every jujutsu sorcerer wants to pull off. Your technique is amazing!"

Suguru Geto looked exhilarated, and Lin Yi knew exactly what Black Flash he was talking about.

Black Flash was a state that jujutsu sorcerers dreamed of achieving in battle.

The strict condition for triggering Black Flash was that when a sorcerer's cursed energy wrapped around their physical strike and hit an opponent, the discrepancy between the cursed energy and the impact had to be less than 0.000001 seconds, causing spatial distortion.

Combined with the sorcerer's current condition, emotions, and other factors, it made the power of that strike 2.5 times greater than usual.

Put simply, it was an ultra-critical hit with an incredibly low activation chance. Once a sorcerer landed a Black Flash, the feedback allowed them to better understand the effects of their own technique, gain deeper insight into cursed energy and the nature of jujutsu, and, more visibly, recover their energy bar after landing that ultra-critical hit.

No jujutsu sorcerer could actively land a Black Flash. Even Satoru Gojo, with the Six Eyes capable of atomic-level precision control over cursed energy, could not do it. He could ensure that the discrepancy between his cursed energy and physical strike fell within 0.000001 seconds, but he could not guarantee his own condition and emotions at that moment.

Only when those factors came together with that tiny discrepancy could a Black Flash be unleashed.

But what Suguru Geto had seen was Lin Yi throw only three punches at that Special-Grade Cursed Spirit, with the third becoming a Black Flash critical hit. One punch had nearly blown a fully mature Special-Grade Cursed Spirit apart.

As Suguru Geto praised the surprise Lin Yi had brought him, he raised his right hand and unleashed his technique, Cursed Spirit Manipulation, on the nearly dead Special-Grade Cursed Spirit before him.

Cursed Spirit Manipulation took effect. Cursed energy surged from Suguru Geto and flowed into the Special-Grade Cursed Spirit through Cursed Spirit Manipulation, stabilizing its injuries and allowing it to rapidly repair itself.

At the same time, the Special-Grade Cursed Spirit, whose condition had fallen to rock bottom, had no ability to resist Suguru Geto's Cursed Spirit Manipulation. Under its suppression, it began to distort, then gathered in Suguru Geto's palm and turned into a black, translucent sphere about the size of his palm.

Lin Yi was still savoring the Black Flash Rider Punch he had just landed.

"Looks like in this Heavenly Tyrant Kamen Rider form, my body, which has completely abandoned cursed energy, combines with this Kamen Rider suit worn on me—made entirely of cursed energy and bound to both my soul and body—to make it easier for me to land Black Flashes when my emotions fluctuate. If my jujutsu sorcerer form could do the same, then mastering the two powerhouse skills of Domain Expansion and Reversed Cursed Technique probably wouldn't be far off."

Lin Yi clenched his fist. No matter what, this form of his had gained a powerful move that was especially effective against jujutsu sorcerers and Cursed Spirits. Hiding Black Flashes in basic attacks really was Kamen Rider style.

"Still, I prefer the name Rider Punch."

After correcting Suguru Geto's name for the move in this form, Lin Yi dismissed his Kamen Rider form. When he turned around, he saw Suguru Geto gulp the palm-sized black translucent sphere formed from the Special-Grade Cursed Spirit straight into his open mouth.

Lin Yi could even see a visible bulge rise in Suguru Geto's throat, only disappearing after he swallowed hard.

Watching someone swallow a Cursed Spirit like it was a pill that could stretch its legs and stare back was hard for Lin Yi to stomach, but Suguru Geto's family seemed accustomed to the way he ate.

Then Lin Yi spotted the chilled Coca-Cola he had placed on the grass after buying it earlier. While Suguru Geto was still digesting the Special-Grade Cursed Spirit he had just swallowed, Lin Yi handed it to him.

"Not sure why your Cursed Spirit Manipulation has to absorb and control Cursed Spirits this way, but swallowing something made from a Cursed Spirit can't taste good. Use this to wash the flavor down."

Suguru Geto stared blankly at the chilled Coca-Cola Lin Yi held out to him. Seeing Lin Yi's expression, which clearly said he did not want to be associated with him but still could not bear to ignore him, Suguru Geto smiled and accepted it.

"Yi-chan is a very gentle jujutsu sorcerer. You're completely different from Gojo. Really, Cursed Spirits taste like a rag used to wipe up vomit. Why Coca-Cola?"

"You really didn't need to describe it in that much detail. I don't eat Cursed Spirits, thanks. Also, I'm on Coca-Cola's side. Not even dogs drink Pepsi!"

"Haha, I'll remember that. From now on, whenever I eat Cursed Spirits, I'll wash them down with the Coca-Cola Yi-chan recommended."

"Lord Geto, Nanako and I will prepare Coca-Cola especially for you from now on! And you, we've acknowledged you as Suguru Geto's family!"

The two adopted daughters, Nanako Hasaba and Mimiko Hasaba, who had always admired Suguru Geto, finally put aside their previous reservations about Lin Yi after seeing this heartwarming scene.

"I don't remember having two underage little sisters. Suguru Geto, let me ask you a private question. Including the one I just gave you, how many Special-Grade Cursed Spirits do you have now?"

"Four."

"Do you think you'll win?"

"I'll win."

Hearing Suguru Geto say the exact same victory line as his best friend Satoru Gojo, Lin Yi had to think of every sad thing he could just to stop himself from laughing out loud.

Even if he had not watched the prequel movie, based solely on Satoru Gojo's performance in the main story, unless Suguru Geto had subdued the four disaster Cursed Spirits, then his army of several thousand Cursed Spirits of varying grades, together with those four Special-Grade Cursed Spirits, would be nothing more than a few Hollow Purples when facing Gojo.

Lin Yi wanted to say more, but after thinking it over, he turned and left.

"If you think you'll win, then I just hope you won't drag me in to work when the time comes. No need to have Miss Manami contact me. Just call my agency's number. That's it. See you around."

After waving to Suguru Geto and the others behind him, Lin Yi left Akasaka Palace, mounted his beloved ride, and sped away.

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