``` [Successfully analyzing her cursed techniques had, in a sense, finally completed the long-unresolved piece of the puzzle in your mind, confirming your conjecture about the composition of her techniques.]
[First came the gravity and antigravity you had just seen through, followed by Blood Manipulation, the technique passed down through the Kamo Clan that had instantly overwhelmed you in the sewer. By that logic, the final one was undoubtedly the core technique that allowed her to cross the long ages, continually replacing her decaying shells and forcibly occupying other people's bodies.]
[Although the body you were currently using originated, at the level of underlying causality, from the remains you had left behind in your previous "simulation," its natural cursed energy ceiling was therefore five points lower than your peak state in this simulation.]
[But during the battle you had just experienced, Mahito had destroyed one of your souls, so your total cursed energy was the same.]
[Thus, with that earlier warm-up, you felt no discomfort at all from the drop in cursed energy.]
[Moreover, experiencing that battle in cursed spirit form had let you see a cold truth more clearly than ever: in this cursed world filled with grotesqueries and despair, rather than blindly pursuing immense but uncontrollable destructive power, an utterly lucid mind was the indispensable weapon for overcoming desperate situations.]
[Once reason had guided you to uncover every one of her hidden trump cards and technique mechanisms, the suffocating pressure that had hung over you, as though you were facing an unknown god, vanished as well.]
[As for why, the instant you opened your eyes, you had completely ignored the grim-faced Special Grade Cursed Spirit Mahito, who was also inside this domain?]
[The reason was simple.]
[During that earlier muddled rampage, you had already paid in blood to