"You fought well."
"Leave the rest to me."
Yuki Tsukumo wore gray cargo pants, her neatly styled hair floating behind her, giving her an extraordinary presence.
The first impression she gave was one of boldness and strength.
Beside her followed a bone-wheel-like shikigami: Garuda.
It was a shikigami turned into a cursed tool through Yuki Tsukumo's cursed technique, and the only target besides herself on which she could use her technique.
Hearing Yuki Tsukumo's words, the exhausted Choso smiled in relief.
Then he could no longer keep his injuries in check and collapsed to the floor.
Tengen immediately altered the space beneath his feet, moving the injured man out of the room.
That left a battlefield large enough for Yuki Tsukumo and Kenjaku to fight.
"I like things straightforward, with a little tactical back-and-forth."
"But I'll use these simple fists of mine to straighten you out however I please!"
By the time Yuki Tsukumo finished speaking, savage-looking veins covered her bare arms, clearly visible beneath her skin.
Veins bulged across her clenched fists as well, her thick knuckles standing out.
She radiated a daunting sense of power.
Kenjaku narrowed his eyes as he studied Yuki Tsukumo, not daring to underestimate her.
Everything he knew about her flashed through his mind.
"Since Headquarters granted her [Special Grade] status, Jujutsu Headquarters must have information on her cursed technique."
"That should be the case, but I never obtained any information about her technique from Jujutsu Headquarters."
"Let's test her first."
Deciding to probe Yuki Tsukumo's abilities, Kenjaku activated Cursed Spirit Manipulation.
Two enormous monstrous hands tore open the air above him.
An elephant-like cursed spirit appeared, wearing massive prayer beads and sporting four arms.
Black prayer beads wrapped around the wrists of its foremost arms, which braced against the ground alongside its feet