On the street, the Shadow Wolf Curse Mark on the back of Lu Ping's right hand suddenly became hot.
This was Cursed Energy mark he had secretly left in the shadow of the stalker, and it was now emitting a high-frequency Resonance signal.
The marked object is within a 30-meter radius.
Lu Ping calmly surveyed the crowd around him.
A man wearing a black baseball cap was walking out of the nearby electronics store, his pace noticeably faster than that of the other pedestrians.
Judging from the aura emanating from them, the opponent is only at the level of Grade 3 Sorcerer.
However, when Lu Ping used the Three Corpses within his body to observe closely, the transmitted Cursed Energy fluctuations oscillated between the standards of a normal person and Grade 3 Sorcerer, appearing to be a clumsy disguise.
He strode towards the other person.
The man seemed to be secretly monitoring Lu Ping as well. Upon seeing Lu Ping's movements, he immediately realized the risk of being exposed and turned to run away.
He squeezed directly into the dense crowd of tourists, even deliberately pushing over several passersby, which drew a chorus of curses.
Lu Ping frowned.
The noise of Akihabara, mixed with the chaotic emotions emanating from ordinary people, severely disrupted the precise operation of Miho's techniques.
A trace of anxiety surfaced in his heart, but it was instantly swallowed up and soothed by the Three Corpses.
With his past combat experience and knowledge of Barrier Technique as support, he immediately began planning his next move:
Given the noise level in the external environment, shutting off external senses is the best solution at present.
As soon as the idea popped into his head, Lu Ping immediately put it into action.
With the help of Sanhu, he used his skillful Barrier Technique to strengthen the defense of the human body's surface, eliminating the need for time-consuming and laborious re-establishment of the barrier, as the human body itself is a natural barrier.
This is why many Cursed Technique cannot be directly applied to the human body and require physical contact to take effect, in order to bypass the detection of the human body's surface barrier.
After strengthening his body's protective barrier, Lu Ping naturally and forcibly suppressed his previously outward-radiating Cursed Energy senses within his body.
The downside of this approach is that it can make one less responsive to their surroundings.
But the advantages are equally significant; the Cursed Energy mark anchored in the opponent's shadow is now as dazzling as a searchlight in the dark.
Moreover, because his aura is completely concealed, unless one possesses Satoru Gojo's "Six Eyes" or has a special reconnaissance Innate Technique, almost no one can pick him out from a crowd using only his Cursed Energy.
The target was moving incredibly fast, completely unlike what Grade 3 Sorcerer should be doing.
Under normal circumstances, Grade 3 enhancement of Cursed Energy power would at most allow an ordinary person to achieve the performance of a sprinter.
However, this person's pace and explosive power are already approaching the physical skill standards of Grade 1 Sorcerer.
Lu Ping quickly analyzed the situation in his mind.
The possibility of Heavenly Restriction is ruled out, because a person with zero Cursed Energy would not emit the Cursed Energy fluctuations of Grade 3 Sorcerer.
Excluding the option of drug enhancement, the opponent's aura output was too stable, lacking that frenzied feeling of burning life force.
The only explanation is that this body itself is a product of complete modification.
Because of his superior strength, the target was unable to shake off his pursuit.
Lu Ping chose to blend into the crowd and conceal his movements, employing a strategy of tailing rather than direct interception.
Akihabara is a densely populated area, and taking action rashly would inevitably affect a large number of civilians.
More importantly, the man's Cursed Energy fluctuations had a distinctly incongruous "stitching" feel, as if signals of different frequencies had been forcibly sewn together.
The pursuit route gradually veered off course.
Turn from the bustling Central Avenue into the side alley, cross the direction of Manseibashi, and head north.
Lu Ping noticed that this route was deliberately avoiding the core business district of Akihabara.
To test his opponent's abilities, Lu Ping quietly released Cursed Technique.
A very thin layer of shadow covered the ground in front of the target like a quagmire.
The man sensed something was wrong and jumped up to avoid it.
Just as he landed and cushioned the impact, a crisp "crunch" sound came from his ankle.
That was definitely not a sound that could be made by human bones.
Lu Ping quickened his pace and soon caught up with his target in the next deserted alley.
He took a step to close the distance, his right hand gripping the back of the other man's neck like an iron clamp, preparing to subdue him before interrogating him.
However, just as the fingers closed in, trapping its neck and rendering it immobile, the touch from the palm was as hard and cold as steel.
Lu Ping instinctively increased the force and pulled casually.
With a tearing sound, he actually ripped a large chunk of flesh from the man's neck and cheek.
The skin feels like real human skin, but you can't feel a heartbeat up close, and it has no body temperature at all.
Lu Ping looked closely and saw that beneath the human skin was not flesh and blood, but rather a dense mass of blood-stained talismans.
The man walked with his hat brim pulled low because he was wearing a sewn-on human skin mask.
In Akihabara, where anime and manga culture is prevalent, even if an ordinary person happens to see this face, they will most likely just regard it as some kind of hardcore cosplay role-playing and thus get away with it.
He seemed to notice the gaze fixed on his face.
The man slowly turned his head.
His mouth split open, extending all the way to his ears, revealing a sinister smile.
However, the Cursed Energy secretly activated could not escape the perception of the Three Corpses within Lu Ping's body at close range.
He keenly realized that it wasn't a smile created by muscle tension, but rather a physical tear caused by a broken suture.
The other party didn't say a word.
The head rapidly expanded before Lu Ping's eyes, then exploded with a bang.
The moment the explosion occurred, Lu Ping had already completed his instinctive defensive maneuvers.
He hardened his Cursed Energy and concentrated it in his right palm, holding it firmly in front of him.
The massive shockwave still pushed him back three steps.
There was no blood or organs among the flying debris.
There were only solidified black fragments of Cursed Energy and a piece of metal bone deeply embedded in the brick wall.
Lu Ping couldn't help but gasp.
This is actually an [Artificial Shikigami] created by fusing an ordinary person with a Shikigami core!
He brushed the dust off his cuffs and discerned the unique frequency of the Cursed Energy fluctuations from the remaining fragments in the air.
He had seen this disgusting patchwork technique before, this method of forcibly fusing living beings with Shikigami.
In the Hoshimi Shrine incident, he was Grade 1 Curse User commanded three powerful Shikigami: Centipede, Sea Moon, and Hooktail.
This is the man who, when faced with the combined attack of Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto, decisively abandoned all his Shikigami in order to escape.
[Shikigami] Miwa Seigen.
However, according to common knowledge in the Jujutsu World, all of Miwa Seigen's Shikigami were destroyed in that battle.
Once Shikigami is completely destroyed, it cannot be regenerated.
The answer is right before your eyes, scattered among the wreckage of this explosive device.
Lu Ping fell silent.
Using living people as the base material, the damaged core of Shikigami is forcibly implanted into the human body, turning a living person into a one-time weapon that can be remotely detonated.
This unbridled practice blatantly violates the conventions of the Jujutsu World.
This inevitably involves the black market for organ sales, and even large-scale human trafficking on the dark web.
His gaze turned completely cold.
This is a strictly prohibited human modification experiment, and its nature is equivalent to a war crime.
Damn it.
Just as he cleared his mind, Lu Ping immediately released the reinforcement of the human body barrier and lifted the suppression of his own Cursed Energy senses.
Then he looked up and observed his surroundings.
Something unseen was happening in the surroundings.
Extremely fine, almost transparent Cursed Energy are extending downwards from the rooftops of buildings on all sides.
They intertwined into a net, which began to slowly but resolutely contract around the spot where he stood.
Lu Ping turned around and glanced at the route he had taken.
From the bustling Chuo-dori in Akihabara to this desolate, secluded alley, he was led astray by the self-destructing doll, unknowingly veering off course by nearly eight hundred meters.
Not far away is the street where Hoshimi Shrine is located, surrounded by nearby residential areas.
Lu Ping suddenly realized that this was probably not a coincidence.