Reckless enough to risk her life

Toji Fushiguro's cursed tool was stained with Satoru Gojo's blood.

Miwa Chisei activated "Jujutsu: Red Path Return" and quickly found the direction Toji Fushiguro had disappeared in.

Puzzled, she opened a warehouse door. Once she stepped inside, the scenery changed, revealing an entirely different world. Without hesitation, she followed the red thread until she found him.

Toji Fushiguro had pulled out a handgun. He expertly chambered a round and aimed at the girl below, but the enormous surge of cursed energy made his expression change.

He could only turn to block the earth-shattering punch. Cursed energy exploded through the Tombs of the Star Corridor.

Hearing the commotion, Suguru Geto looked up at the two locked in combat. He immediately released a cursed spirit to protect Riko Amanai and motioned with his eyes for her to leave.

"Toji Fushiguro, what cursed tool did you use?!"

Something glistened in Miwa Chisei's eyes, but she refused to let it fall.

Toji Fushiguro found the girl's expression amusing.

"Did he die? It's a special-grade cursed tool that nullifies jujutsu."

Though his tone was casual, Toji Fushiguro felt anything but relaxed. He had already confirmed that everyone else had left. How had Miwa Chisei suddenly appeared?

This is why the Miwa family's ability to predict things is so damn annoying.

Things had gotten harder again. The brat who controlled cursed spirits was no pushover, either.

Incapacitate them, then kill the Star Plasma Vessel? With this cursed tool, it might be possible.

Without hesitation, Toji Fushiguro drew the Inverted Spear of Heaven and thrust it at Miwa Chisei!

"Miwa!!!"

Suguru Geto raised his voice and released Rainbow Dragon, the toughest of his cursed spirits.

Faster, faster!

But a cursed spirit's speed was no match for Heavenly Restriction.

Miwa Chisei crossed her hands in front of her to block the Inverted Spear of Heaven's thrust. As Toji Fushiguro grinned maniacally, her blood splashed across his face.

The Inverted Spear of Heaven instantly dispelled the cursed energy covering Miwa Chisei. Now the girl was at his mercy!

What a shame. I wasn't planning to kill this interesting little girl, so why is she fighting so desperately?

The mania in Toji Fushiguro's expression faded slightly, revealing a hint of cold ruthlessness.

He drew his Tachi with his other hand-only to see amusement in Miwa Chisei's eyes.

"Toji Fushiguro, there's something your ancestors never told you, isn't there?"

"The price for injuring a member of the Miwa family is steep."

An irresistible pressure gripped Toji Fushiguro's throat, as though a fiend from hell had clamped its hands around his neck.

He couldn't breathe. The air was squeezed out of his lungs.

A cursed spirit summoned by Suguru Geto sank its teeth into Toji Fushiguro's arm, stopping him from attacking Miwa Chisei again.

Suguru Geto wrapped an arm around her waist and yanked her backward, pulling her palms free of the Inverted Spear of Heaven.

Miwa Chisei's hands were mangled, but her blood kept vaporizing and condensing, forming an eerie, shadowy apparition behind Suguru Geto that gripped Toji Fushiguro's neck.

She shakily raised her right hand and gave him the middle finger.

"Do enough rotten things, and a ghost will come knocking at midnight. Ever heard that?"

Toji Fushiguro gritted his teeth and viciously stabbed the Inverted Spear of Heaven behind him. But the suffocating sensation didn't fade. The spear passed through the apparition's body without harming it at all.

Somewhat surprised, Suguru Geto cast a questioning look at Miwa Chisei.

Miwa Chisei merely spoke in a quiet voice.

"It's not a cursed spirit. It's a summoned manifestation of inner demons, a ghost. Just a kind of illusion."

The Miwa family's strongest offensive jujutsu could rob people of their reason and awaken their fear. It required a sacrifice of large amounts of blood and cursed energy to perform.

"I'm not strong enough yet. Toji Fushiguro will probably break free any second. Protect that girl and find other jujutsu sorcerers!"

Miwa Chisei would never use this jujutsu unless she had no other choice, because it cost far too much blood.

But things had already reached this point. No matter what, she had to buy more time.

After all... Satoru Gojo might die!

"Gojo is badly hurt. We can't just leave him."

Miwa Chisei couldn't bring herself to say he was dying. All she felt was her throat tightening.

Suguru Geto picked up on her emotions immediately. He held Miwa Chisei's shoulders and offered words of comfort.

"We'll help him. After all, Satoru and I are strong."

Suguru Geto and Miwa Chisei soon caught up with Riko Amanai, but Toji Fushiguro escaped Miwa Chisei's restraint even faster than expected.

She stepped between them almost without hesitation.

"Take her away, Geto! She's the one he's after!"

Seeing the girl's bloodstained hands, Riko Amanai couldn't help crying out.

"Miss Miwa, come with us!"

Miwa Chisei turned her head to look at the two of them, a deeply helpless expression now showing on her otherwise placid face.

"Don't worry. I'll only hold him off for three minutes before running away, so make sure you get this young lady somewhere safe, Geto."

After all, no one was better at running away than Qianxing of the Miwa family.