A tremendous gravitational pull surged toward Toji. He leaped aside, then darted and bounded through the forest.
So fast...
Satoru Gojo was startled. I can't sense a trace of cursed energy from him. Is that a body granted by heavenly restriction?
Toji charged in from Satoru Gojo's left, and Gojo raised his hand.
Gravity formed in his palm, then burst outward, driving the charging Toji into a nearby building.
"Gravity..."
Toji rose without a care, dusted himself off, then resumed racing through the cluster of buildings.
I can't sense his cursed energy. This terrain puts me at a serious disadvantage.
Satoru Gojo stood still, thinking nonstop. And his speed is just ridiculous...
Satoru Gojo's gaze turned cold. "Cursed Technique Lapse, maximum output..."
"Blue!"
An enormous blue sphere of cursed energy formed in his hand, and Satoru Gojo swung his arm.
The sphere's terrifying gravitational pull tore all the surrounding buildings into the air.
Soon, aside from the spot where Satoru Gojo stood, not a single patch remained intact.
"Now you can't ambush me. What will you do?"
Satoru Gojo watched his surroundings warily.
Suddenly, countless fly-like creatures emerged from the nearby woods, surrounding Satoru Gojo in an instant.
"These are... fly heads!?" Satoru Gojo stared at the creatures around him in surprise. "He's using them as a distraction?"
"They must be bred inside that cursed spirit on his shoulder... Then I'll use Blue again!"
Satoru Gojo was still thinking through ways to break the deadlock when a sudden realization struck him...
"That guy's target is Amanai!"
The moment Satoru Gojo realized this, he moved to leave. At that very instant, Toji had already slipped behind him under cover of the fly heads.
"Your keen perception can detect me even without cursed energy. Then there's no way you'll notice the unusual cursed energy coming from this Inverted Spear of Heaven..."
"Die, Six Eyes!"
The Inverted Spear of Heaven in Toji's hand could halt any cursed technique.
Even Limitless, which Satoru Gojo had always taken such pride in, was inevitably breached by the Inverted Spear of Heaven.
The Inverted Spear of Heaven plunged into Satoru Gojo's throat. He tried with all his strength to pull it out, but Toji gave him no chance.
Toji immediately pulled out the Inverted Spear of Heaven and continued cutting downward from his waist, stabbing his thigh three times and piercing through Satoru Gojo's entire upper body.
Toji followed with a sweeping kick. Satoru Gojo lost his balance and slowly toppled backward. Toji reached back, drew a dagger from the Inventory Curse Worm, and swiftly drove it into Satoru Gojo's brain.
Toji stood motionless, calmly watching the light gradually fade from Satoru Gojo's eyes as he lay on the ground. Then he pulled out the dagger, turned, and walked toward the Tombs of the Star Corridor.
A fly head landed on Satoru Gojo's head, as though it, too, signaled his death...
A short while later.
Toji reached the entrance to the Tombs of the Star Corridor, then suddenly stopped. He looked at the boy in white before him.
"Master."
Ze Zenin looked slightly weary as he slowly said, "We haven't seen each other in ten years. Won't you come catch up with me at a café first?"
"After all, this isn't exactly a place for a reunion..."
He was panting, but still managed a strained smile at Toji. "For my sake, spare the child inside."
"She hasn't done anything wrong."
Toji looked calmly at Ze Zenin. Instead of answering him directly, he said, "Do you remember what I told you ten years ago?"
"Of course I do."
Ze Zenin said expressionlessly, "You said you'd beat me up, then mock me mercilessly."
"Then I'll make good on that in a moment!"
Toji smiled too, his grin wild. "Time to teach this ungrateful disciple a lesson!"
"You can't beat me, Master." Ze Zenin shook his head.
Toji paid no mind to Ze Zenin's "boast." He took a large blade and the Inverted Spear of Heaven from the mouth of the Inventory Curse Worm on his shoulder.
Facing Ze Zenin, he explained, "The cursed tool in my right hand is called Dragon Bone. This blade can absorb the impact of a collision and release it in the next strike..."
Then he looked at the Inverted Spear of Heaven in his left hand. "This one's called the Inverted Spear of Heaven. It can halt any cursed technique. I just used it to kill Six Eyes!"
Even Toji himself failed to realize that he was deliberately explaining his cursed tools only to make his disciple a little more cautious.
Ze Zenin showed no emotional reaction to Satoru Gojo's death. He merely shook his head and said:
"Master, he isn't dead yet.
You didn't cut off his head, and you didn't use the Inverted Spear of Heaven when you pierced his brain."
"..."
Toji merely smiled, dismissing those words as an attempt by Ze Zenin to scare him.
"Let's begin. Let me see whether you've actually improved over these ten years!"
With that, Toji wasted no more words. Holding a cursed tool in each hand, he charged straight at Ze Zenin.
Ze Zenin held nothing back either. Behind him lay the deciding factor in whether Suguru Geto would turn to darkness, so he could not give ground.
He took the Soul Liberation Blade from the Ten Shadows Space and met Toji head-on. The two bladed cursed tools collided, sparks flying between the metal edges.
"You've gotten a lot stronger, kid!"
Toji grinned. "But did you forget what I just warned you about?"
"What?!"
As he spoke, Toji kicked at Ze Zenin.
Ze Zenin blocked without flinching. Under the Sharingan's perception, every one of Toji's movements was crystal clear to him.
Toji stepped back and swung Dragon Bone. In an instant, a massive arc of blade light slashed from it toward Ze Zenin.
"Master, little tricks like that won't work on me."
Ze Zenin spoke calmly. He dodged sideways, and the blade light struck the building behind him.
But Toji had already taken advantage of that sidestep to move right in front of him, raising his arm for an elbow strike.
"!"
Toji's attack failed to land on Ze Zenin. Instead, he ended up behind him, only to be sent flying by Ze Zenin's kick.
It's that kid's elusive teleportation...
Toji steadied himself, his mind racing.
The two clashed again, and Toji was utterly astonished.
He threw a left hook at Ze Zenin's face. His opponent merely tilted his head slightly, then landed the same punch on Toji's face.
Though he had sensed it all along, seeing Ze Zenin's strength firsthand still brought a gratified smile to his face.
Toji now understood that the boy before him had surpassed his teacher in Taijutsu.
Toji took another cursed tool from the Inventory Curse Worm's mouth, this one resembling a chain.
He attached the Inverted Spear of Heaven to one end, then began swinging the long chain like a spinning windmill.
"Kid..." Toji said, "This thing's called the Chain of a Thousand Miles. As long as you can't see the other end, it can extend endlessly!"
"Watch out!"
As he spoke, Toji had already hurled the Inverted Spear of Heaven attached to the Chain of a Thousand Miles.
Ze Zenin formed Chidori in his hand, raised it, and swiftly charged at Toji.
The clear chirping of birds also made Toji recognize the move Ze Zenin had used to tame Piercing Ox all those years ago.
"Trying to get close?" Toji saw through Ze Zenin's plan at a glance and reeled in the Chain of a Thousand Miles.
He also released a swarm of fly heads to obstruct Ze Zenin's vision.
As Ze Zenin thrust his way forward, the blood of countless cursed spirits splattered outside the Tombs of the Star Corridor.
In mere moments, Toji's Inverted Spear of Heaven collided with Chidori.
It wasn't nullified... The Inverted Spear of Heaven was even scorched.
Toji's heart jolted.
Master and disciple each took a step back and quietly looked at one another, tacitly agreeing to settle the final blow with Taijutsu.
"Come on! Show me your Taijutsu!" Toji shouted at Ze Zenin.
Ze Zenin charged at Toji, throwing a left hook toward his face.
But Toji swiftly blocked it with his right hand. As the Heavenly Tyrant, he could even grab the air itself!
At present, he was probably the only person in Jujutsu Society who could barely keep up with Ze Zenin's speed. Even Satoru Gojo couldn't!
Toji immediately wrapped his arms around Ze Zenin and drove up his right knee.
"Master, you're underestimating me." Ze Zenin spoke calmly, then slammed his head toward Toji's.
"Good one, kid!"
Toji's pupils contracted. He laughed wildly, then drove his own head hard toward Ze Zenin's.
Their heads collided. Toji released Ze Zenin in pain, and the two each took a step back.
"..."
For a moment, Ze Zenin and Toji stood facing each other in silence. Then Toji laughed again.
Toji pointed at Ze Zenin, his face full of complaints. "When did you learn a dirty trick like that? Did I ever teach you that?"
Ze Zenin looked utterly unconcerned. "I couldn't break free, so that was my only option."
"Fine, fine, fine. So that's how you want to play?"
Toji looked at Ze Zenin, then said helplessly, "I knew that if you were here, there'd be no way I could kill the Star Plasma Vessel..."
"But I still have to say, Six Eyes wasn't all that impressive."
Ze Zenin calmly pointed behind himself. "Master, I already told you...
He's not dead yet. Gojo's already here."
Shock immediately spread across Toji's face, and he couldn't help murmuring, "Seriously...?"
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