"He's pissed!"
The corner of Kinoshita's mouth twitched, and he instinctively took a step back.
There was nothing particularly dangerous inside this enormous train-shaped transfigured human, but he had spotted a familiar face.
"Multi-Soul Aberrant Body."
It was a special transfigured human created by fusing multiple souls with weak rejection responses, possessing explosive attack power far beyond that of a single one.
He hadn't expected that provoking Mahito so much would make him use this move early.
"Gwaah-!!"
Kinoshita went flying out and slammed heavily into the ground.
Itadori immediately roared, "Kinoshita!"
Watching Kinoshita get knocked away, Mahito felt an indescribable rage.
"Dying just like that would be letting you off too easy!!"
He turned his head and saw his double sprinting back from afar, with Kugisaki following behind.
"Perfect!"
Mahito immediately had an idea.
He tossed out several transfigured humans and immediately started running in the opposite direction.
Seeing Mahito run, Itadori chased after him without hesitation.
After smashing through the transfigured humans with two punches,
he finally ran into the Multi-Soul Aberrant Body.
"This thing sent Kinoshita flying with one hit. It's no ordinary transfigured human!" Rather than block the incoming fist head-on, Itadori ducked straight under it.
Then he drove a fist into the Multi-Soul Aberrant Body's abdomen.
With a wet splat...
the Multi-Soul Aberrant Body immediately burst into a pile of fragments.
"You bastard, stop running!!!" Itadori charged after Mahito.
"Yuji Itadori, you little brat! Don't think you can save everyone! Don't think you're justice itself! This is war, and only the survivors get to call themselves justice!!!"
Mahito's face twisted viciously. His double couldn't use Idle Transfiguration, which meant Nobara Kugisaki wouldn't be on guard against it.
"Here it comes!"
Seeing his double, Mahito could no longer suppress his grin.
If they switched places in the blind spot at this street corner, Nobara Kugisaki would struggle to react to his real body's Idle Transfiguration.
If he could just kill the companion Itadori cared about most...
"Hahahahahahaha!!"
"Here she comes!" Mahito rounded the corner and turned toward Kugisaki as she approached.
He had laughed wildly the entire way.
When Itadori saw the two Mahitos and Kugisaki, a terrible premonition instantly struck him.
"Ahahahahaha!!!"
"Yuji Itadori!"
Watching Mahito turn and run toward her, Kugisaki was puzzled at first, then immediately pulled out her hammer.
But she quickly realized something was wrong. Mahito was noticeably faster, and he was charging straight at her!
"Kugisaki!" Itadori shouted.
Unfortunately, Mahito was already fewer than three steps away from her.
"Idle Transfiguration."
"Boogie Woogie."
"What?"
The next instant,
Mahito's position shifted, and he suddenly appeared dozens of meters away.
The newcomer was none other than Itadori's closest brother-Aoi Todo.
"Brother, sorry I'm late." Aoi Todo smiled at Itadori.
Then he immediately tore open his uniform, revealing muscles that looked chiseled from stone.
"Todo!" Itadori truly breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Aoi Todo had arrived just in time, in the final second before Mahito touched Kugisaki.
"No... your timing was perfect!" Itadori clenched his fist and looked at Mahito. "He killed Nanami... you bastard...!"
Kugisaki tightened her grip on her hammer and glared fiercely at Mahito. "So we just need to kill this bastard, right?"
Seeing the situation take a sudden turn for the worse, Mahito's expression darkened.
He hadn't expected his plan to torment Itadori to leave him surrounded by three opponents.
The immense pressure kept bearing down on Mahito. Before he could think of a response, Todo and Itadori launched themselves straight at him.
Even Kugisaki began throwing nails.
"Damn it!!!"
"Multi-Soul Aberrant Body."
He threw out a Multi-Soul Aberrant Body and lunged at Itadori, but then a clap rang out.
Itadori and Todo switched places, and Mahito took another whipping kick instead.
"Urgh!"
Mahito tried to strike back, only for Itadori to suddenly attack Todo. Another clap rang out.
Mahito and Todo switched positions.
"Black Flash-!"
"Gwaah-!"
The black flash distorted space again. Mahito took another Black Flash squarely and fell to the ground in agony.
"Todo, watch out for that transfigured human! Its attack power is incredibly high, but its defense is weak to match!" Itadori warned.
Todo smiled faintly. Who did he think he was?
"Brother, I know your concern is justified, but..."
Bang!
The Multi-Soul Aberrant Body punched Todo back, leaving a livid red bruise on his arm.
"So strong!"
"You dare underestimate me?" Mahito seized the opening. "Black Flash!!"
Todo was sent flying by a Black Flash. Though the attack had narrowly avoided damaging his soul, his injuries were still far from minor.
"Heh heh..."
Dodging Kugisaki's nails, Mahito shook out his hand.
Under the immense pressure, something suddenly occurred to him.
Because Sukuna was inside Itadori, even if he touched Itadori's soul, Sukuna would simply kill him in retaliation.
Then was it possible to expand his domain without angering Sukuna?
Seeing Mahito form a hand sign, something suddenly occurred to Itadori.
"What is this bastard trying to do!!"
"Domain Expansion: Self-Embodiment of Perfection."
Mahito raised his hands and gathered cursed energy. Black mist surged around him, and countless grotesque hands poured out of the void.
The arms crisscrossed, coiled, and closed in, overlapping layer upon layer as they converged inward, weaving a sealed spherical cage in an instant.
He had drawn inspiration from Satoru Gojo's 0.2-second Unlimited Void. By opening Self-Embodiment of Perfection for just 0.2 seconds, he could apply its sure-hit effect to Aoi Todo without touching Sukuna's higher-order soul.
"What's that sound...?"
Just as Mahito was about to activate his domain, he heard a rushing sound slicing through the air.
Even Kugisaki, Todo, and Itadori had their attention drawn to the strange noise.
They all looked up at the sky.
There was Kinoshita, his arms folded across his chest, plummeting straight toward the ground.
"Wh-what the hell is that?" Kugisaki recognized Kinoshita.
Itadori also cried out, "Kinoshita! You're okay!"
Todo was the only one present who had never met Kinoshita, but judging from his experience, this man was extremely strong.
That pose alone made it clear-this man was terrifyingly strong!
"Have you come to die too, brat?" Mahito didn't hesitate and continued activating his domain.
Kinoshita's gaze was cold, but inside, he was incredibly excited.
Who could possibly make a cooler entrance than this?
"Construction Technique."
"Cursed Technique Reversal."
Kinoshita reached toward his chest. Although he had seemed to be trading blows evenly with Mahito, taking a hit from the Multi-Soul Aberrant Body had forced him to grasp Reverse Cursed Technique just to barely recover.
But since he had grasped Reverse Cursed Technique, Kinoshita had gone ahead and figured out Cursed Technique Reversal too.
"Cursed Technique Deconstruction!!!"
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