A Simple Domain was still only a Simple Domain. True to its reputation as a weakling's domain, it might not shatter on contact with a proper domain, but it came close.
Watching the Simple Domain that had been deployed mere seconds ago crumble under the pressure of her domain until only a single step's worth of space remained, Kenjaku's lips curled slightly upward.
Her gamble had paid off.
The girl before her was barely past sixteen. At that age, she probably had yet to awaken a domain of her own.
When a proper domain clashed with a Simple Domain, it took only a few seconds to determine which side the goddess of victory would favor.
After this battle, the higher-up she had planted in Jujutsu Society would undoubtedly be investigated for summoning Chinatsu and for Chinatsu's subsequent disappearance. That pawn was as good as spent.
Still, Kenjaku considered trading a relatively unimportant pawn for a pair of Six Eyes well worth it. If she failed to eliminate those Six Eyes now, sacrificing several pawns in the future might not be enough.
Just as even someone as cautious and survival-minded as Kenjaku believed the outcome was settled, the patch of sanctuary created by the Simple Domain beneath Chinatsu's feet collapsed completely under Kenjaku's domain.
Kenjaku gathered her cursed energy, ready to apply her domain's effect to Chinatsu immediately and claim victory.
But then...
[Simple Domain]
The instant the first Simple Domain collapsed, Chinatsu deployed another to replace it.
For others, that might have been nearly impossible, but for a Six Eyes sorcerer blessed with extraordinarily precise cursed energy control, it was nothing special.
Kenjaku's eyebrow twitched. Celebrating too soon certainly left a bitter taste. Her hands trembled slightly before clenching into fists, cursed energy coating her body like armor and turning