Seeing that this kid was about to blow himself up again at the slightest disagreement,
Akutagawa Shang and the others standing nearby immediately paled and moved to interrupt his summoning of Mahoraga.
But before they could act, someone else moved faster.
The instant Megumi Fushiguro took his stance and uttered the first word of the summoning incantation, Naobito Zenin vanished from where he stood.
A moment later, Naobito Zenin had Megumi Fushiguro's raised hands in a vice grip,
while his other hand clamped firmly over the mouth that had uttered just one word of Cursed Speech, preventing another word from escaping.
Only after completely stopping Megumi Fushiguro's summoning ritual did he slowly release his hands, panting heavily in relief.
As the current head of the Zenin Clan, Naobito Zenin had naturally studied the clan's inherited Ten Shadows Technique far more extensively than most.
Although he had never actually seen the Ten Shadows Technique manifest, thanks to the information and knowledge he had gained from the Zenin Clan's many ancient texts,
the moment Megumi Fushiguro assumed his summoning stance, he recognized it as the ritual for summoning the ultimate killing weapon, Mahoraga.
From what he knew, the reason the Zenin Clan and the Gojo Clan had once become sworn enemies
was that the Zenin Clan Head of that time had summoned Mahoraga and perished together with the Gojo Clan Head, who had also possessed the Six Eyes.
And just now, if Megumi Fushiguro had actually been allowed to summon Mahoraga inside the Zenin Clan grounds,
in his view, even with Satoru Gojo here, neither the entire Zenin Clan estate nor the clan members standing below could likely have been saved...
Naobito Zenin held his chest, his shoulders heaving violently. That brief instant had nearly frightened his old bones into meeting his