"Freeze!"
Squelch!
An enormous bat head rolled straight to the ground.
[Exorcised a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit. Gained 500 cursed soul points.]
Shinji put away the Kubikiribōchō and continued on his way.
He had found that using [Cursed Speech] as his main means of attack was still too costly. Even after eating the same pickled-pepper chicken feet as a certain King of Curses and doubling his cursed energy, he did not dare squander it freely.
But if he only used it as a supporting move in battle, catching opponents off guard, almost every enemy would fall for it!
Just like the bat cursed spirit they had encountered earlier, which could not only fly but also launch ultrasonic attacks.
Normally, it would undoubtedly have been a troublesome type. Hidan and the slacking Tobi could only have stood there helplessly.
Shinji would have used Blood Manipulation, trying to overwhelm it with wide-area AOE attacks.
But with [Cursed Speech], everything became simple.
A single "Immobility Technique" sent the bat cursed spirit plunging headfirst out of the air. Then Shinji drew the Kubikiribōchō and finished it with one clean swing!
It was that simple!
Moreover, it consumed far less cursed energy than directly ordering the target to "die," and the backlash was almost negligible.
Aside from thinking it looked cool, Hidan still had not given it much thought.
Tobi, however, was becoming increasingly wary.
In battle, a momentary mistake could decide victory or defeat.
If someone suddenly hit him with that in the middle of a fight, it would practically be game over.
If I pierced my eardrums and couldn't hear, would it still work?
Tobi was ruthless toward others and even more ruthless toward himself. He had already begun considering such an extreme defense.
However, Shinji had never used [Cursed Speech]