As he watched Yu Haibara slowly collapse, Kento Nanami's heart clenched. His lips moved, but no words came out.
He thought back over their time together, from meeting at Jujutsu High to the present-twelve full years spent almost inseparable.
Yugao remained expressionless. "That takes care of one..."
Next was the jujutsu sorcerer in the suit!
Kento Nanami picked up the Blunt Blade again. He had already made up his mind, though. The moment this cursed spirit activated its domain, his side would suffer a crushing defeat.
Just as I thought... being a jujutsu sorcerer is a shit job!
I couldn't even protect my closest friend? Senior Zenin probably won't make it in time now...
Perhaps the only thing I can do now is buy time for the juniors behind me-
Maybe I can hold out until Special Grade reinforcements arrive.
He took off his glasses and glanced back at Panda and Junpei. A fire seemed to rekindle in his despairing heart, and he filled the Blunt Blade in his hand with cursed energy once more.
"I can't let them see me looking ready to give up... As an adult, protecting children means protecting them emotionally, too!"
Kento Nanami muttered to himself. He was ready to die now. All that remained was to use his last reserves of strength and cursed energy to buy as much time as he could!
But then, something unexpected happened!
Cracks suddenly appeared in Yugao's domain. A Samurai Sword covered in cursed energy pierced through from outside like a missile.
Yugao paled in alarm. It knew a domain's interior was incredibly tough, but the trade-off was an extremely fragile outer shell. No one would be foolish enough to invade an opponent's domain willingly, unless...
The intruder had a domain of their own!
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