[A deafening "Bang!!!" rang out as the air cracked under extreme compression.]
[The wooden floor of the corridor shattered inch by inch beneath your feet, while Yuki Tsukumo flew straight backward under your punch, becoming a blurred afterimage as though she had taken a direct hit from a heavy main battle tank's armor-piercing shell.]
[The expressions on Suguru Geto's and Yu Haibara's faces as they stood nearby could no longer be described as mere "shock." They were utterly blank, their worldviews violently shaken.]
[As a Special Grade Sorcerer, Suguru Geto could barely keep up with your unfathomable Cursed Technique switches and combat speed thanks to his exceptional dynamic vision and reflexes, but for Yu Haibara, not even an afterimage had registered on his retinas.]
[He could not track your terrifying speed, which defied the laws of physics. It was as though you had simply teleported out of nowhere, and then Yuki Tsukumo had gone flying.]
[Whether it was the normally proud Suguru Geto or Yu Haibara, both reached the same conclusion with absolute certainty: this had completely transcended ordinary Jujutsu Sorcerer combat. This was a clash between monsters, fought on the level of rules themselves!]
[Suguru Geto swallowed slightly, a trace of cold sweat seeping onto his forehead.]
[He quickly replayed that instant in his mind. He reckoned that if you were his enemy, he should have been able to barely "respond" to an ambush at that speed with the defenses of Cursed Spirit Manipulation.]
[But that would only amount to an extremely passive "response," nowhere near a carefully considered counterattack or an optimal solution.]
[If an entire battle had to be fought under such extreme pressure and speed, with Cursed Techniques switching unpredictably at any moment, Suguru Geto recognized with perfect clarity that his current reactions in close combat