Reverse Cursed Technique

The wounds on his body healed at a visible pace as though by magic, and his missing feet sprouted back like bamboo shoots in spring.

Apart from his clothes, which had vanished without a trace, he was back to normal in the blink of an eye.

Boom!

A punch sent Mahito flying like a cannonball.

"Haha... you just keep getting more interesting. Next time, I won't miss!"

Mahito slowly got to his feet, grinning with delight. A pair of wings grew from his sides, and he hurled a threat at Yuanfang as he flew away.

He had used fewer C4 bombs this time because he wanted to claim Yuanfang as his work of art. Next time, he wouldn't make that mistake.

Yuanfang couldn't fly, so he could only watch him leave.

As Yuanfang surveyed his surroundings, his gaze grew contemplative.

Back when he read the original story, he had always wondered about this. Mahito and the other curses were so fucking brainless. Why didn't they use modern weapons against jujutsu sorcerers?

Now, though, he realized that had been an anime, so some stupidity was only natural. But this world was real. They wouldn't be that mindless here.

Yuanfang now knew they had caught on to his weakness. He would have to be more careful from now on.

Otherwise, if he were blown to pieces outright, he really would be finished.

"Sorry, I spotted a cursed spirit on the way and stopped to deal with it, so I'm a little late!

"Nice physique. Let me take a few pictures for the memories!"

Satoru Gojo appeared out of nowhere like a ghost, speaking with a smile and a slightly apologetic look.

At the same time, he quickly pulled out his phone and started snapping pictures of the stern-faced Yuanfang.

"Hey, I'm kidding! I'll delete them right now!"

Seeing Yuanfang, who usually wore a smile, staring at him with a threatening gaze, Satoru Gojo immediately stopped what he was doing.

"What happened here? Why does it smell so strongly of gunpowder?"

Taking in the scene, the lingering smell of gunpowder, and Yuanfang's serious expression, Satoru Gojo grew serious as well.

He certainly didn't think Yuanfang was some pervert who liked stripping naked to fight.

"I ran into a cursed spirit with a stitched face that looked almost human. He was incredibly clever and cunning. He planted C4 bombs here and nearly blew me to death!"

Yuanfang held nothing back, telling Satoru Gojo exactly what had happened.

"That sounds pretty much like the one Nanami mentioned. I didn't expect him to be that smart!"

After hearing Yuanfang's account, Satoru Gojo couldn't help frowning. This one was a little too clever. He had even learned to use modern weapons.

If more cursed spirits like him appeared, things would get very troublesome.

"By the way, why aren't you hurt at all?"

He suddenly looked back at Yuanfang's well-defined physique, puzzled.

The explosion had covered such a wide area that even if Yuanfang had survived, he should have been maimed. Yet he didn't have a scratch on him. It was far too strange.

"I awakened reverse cursed technique on the brink of death. Otherwise, you'd be looking at my corpse!"

Yuanfang knew perfectly well that he couldn't hide it anymore, so he simply told him.

"Well, that worked out pretty nicely. You got a lot stronger!"

Satoru Gojo clapped his hands in congratulations, completely ignoring the part about being on the brink of death.

Yuanfang was speechless. He silently swore never to turn to this unreliable guy again.

If he hadn't had a backup plan today, and if the C4 bombs had been a little more powerful, he probably would have died here.

"Whoosh..."

A cool breeze swept past, as though blowing in from some distant, unknown place, sending a chill through them.

It was especially chilly down below, making it impossible to keep talking.

"Take me back to the dorm first. We can talk about everything else later!"

Yuanfang considered his options. Even though he was fast enough, he really couldn't guarantee that no one would notice him.

If someone actually saw him, the image he had worked so hard to build would be ruined in an instant.

"Hehe, sure!"

Satoru Gojo gave a sly smile, took Yuanfang firmly by the hand, and vanished without a trace.

By the familiar beach, Kenjaku watched Mahito walk in through the doorway and said apologetically:

"Sorry. Satoru Gojo showed up, so the plan fell through."

After Mahito had lured Yuanfang away, Kenjaku had released a curse there.

Unfortunately, before the cursed spirits could kill that woman, Satoru Gojo had suddenly appeared.

Unwilling to confront Satoru Gojo head-on, Kenjaku had chosen to flee immediately.

"It's fine. But I did discover something very interesting today!"

"Oh? Did you successfully use idle transfiguration on that man?"

Kenjaku thought Mahito was in such a good mood because he had dealt with Yuanfang.

Nearby, Jogo, whose body had mostly recovered, along with Hanami and Dagon, was just as curious.

"After you told me about his weakness, I used C4 bombs against him today!

"They worked surprisingly well. The blast crippled him instantly!"

At that point, Mahito's lips curled with barely contained excitement, and he continued:

"But even in that state, his cursed technique stayed active. I couldn't use idle transfiguration on him, and he used reverse cursed technique to recover!"

"That certainly is interesting!"

To think Mahito hadn't dealt with Yuanfang, but had instead helped him learn reverse cursed technique. He really was an interesting man.

Ordinary physical attacks probably wouldn't be much use against him from now on.

Hearing their conversation, Jogo grew eager to try his hand. He wanted to see whether that guy's cursed technique really was so impressive.

"Next time, he's dead for sure! Geto, do you know where to find weapons more powerful than C4 bombs?"

Mahito planned to use more powerful weapons against Yuanfang next time and eliminate this jujutsu sorcerer who countered him once and for all.

"The barriers around those places are too strong. Even if we got inside, we'd be discovered immediately!

"Besides, after this incident, the jujutsu sorcerers will have realized we might use their own weapons against them. Security will be even tighter!"

"Ah, then what are we supposed to do?"

Hearing Suguru Geto's words, Mahito grew frustrated. He couldn't think of any other way to deal with Yuanfang now.

Without powerful modern weapons, he had virtually no chance of killing Yuanfang now that he had reverse cursed technique!

"Heh, don't worry. If they're hard to get in Japan, we can go abroad!"

What Kenjaku wanted to see was humanity's limitless potential, not its destruction.

So even if he could obtain more powerful weapons abroad, he wouldn't give Mahito anything too powerful.

"That's fantastic!"

Hearing Kenjaku's words, Mahito was delighted. He already couldn't wait to bring those powerful weapons back and use them against Yuanfang.