At the moment when Yuji Itadori, Megumi Fushiguro, Nobara Kugisaki joined forces to suppress the unknown monster.
On the other side...
"Roar!" The Cursed Spirit, resembling a tree, roared, transforming into countless trees, each branch soaring into the sky and becoming flying swords, hurtling towards Maki Zenin...
"I already said that this level is far from enough for me!" Maki Zenin, wielding her katana, instantly shattered the countless flying swords of the tree Cursed Spirit.
And that wasn't all. The tree Cursed Spirit kept summoning flying swords, one, two, three, four... one after another, the flying swords pierced the air and shot towards Maki Zenin!
"I told you it's no use!" Despite it being her first time using the katana, she unleashed its full power. Maki Zenin's strength lay not only in her superhuman physical abilities but also in her mastery of weapons. When she wielded a weapon, she was like a completely different person, effortlessly achieving levels others had cultivated over years. She was a natural weapon user. In terms of her ability to use cursed tools, Maki Zenin was undoubtedly the strongest among all the students. Even in the entire world of Cursed Technique, her skill with cursed tools was second to none; she was the undisputed Queen of Weapons!
However, even the Queen of Weapons has her moments of miscalculation...
For example, the katana she was carrying was actually a cheap one that was very easy to break!
Under wave after wave of attacks, the magical implement in Maki Zenin's hands finally shattered into countless fragments with a crisp sound.
"That's it..." Maki Zenin stared at the shattered magical artifact in her hand, stunned. "This sword's durability is way too low!?"
"I'm so sorry! I can't afford a better knife, I'm so sorry!" The Angel Miwa, who had run a long way, seemed to hear Maki Zenin's mutterings, and tears of regret streamed down his face.
"Roar!" The tree-like Cursed Spirit roared with joy after discovering that the sword in Maki Zenin's hand had broken. The answer was simple: in this world, there was a helpless rule that those without Cursed Energy could not harm curses. In other words... without her cursed tools, Maki Zenin was completely unable to harm curses. She had power, but nowhere to use it. This was Maki Zenin's helplessness at this moment!
"Sister!" Mai Zenin looked at Maki Zenin, who had lost her weapon, and a trace of worry flashed across her face. Although she hated her sister and resented that her sister hadn't taken her with her when she left the family, she was still her only sister!
"Bang bang bang bang..." Mai Zenin gripped her pistol tightly with both hands and fired at the raging tree Cursed Spirit. Each bullet struck the tree Cursed Spirit's body, causing little damage but inflicting immense humiliation...
"Roar!" The tree Cursed Spirit was indeed enraged by Zenin Mai Zenin. At this moment, the tree Cursed Spirit knew that Maki Zenin could no longer harm it, so it let Maki Zenin go and instead attacked Mai Zenin, who could cause it slight damage.
"Null!"
A whooshing sound came from beneath the tree Cursed Spirit's feet, and in the instant of a burst of air, the tree Cursed Spirit rushed in front of Mai Zenin, clenched its fist, and aimed straight for Mai Zenin's head...
"Uh!" Mai Zenin stared at the ferocious Cursed Spirit before her, which exuded a suffocating Cursed Energy. For a moment Mai Zenin's mind went blank, and she was completely unable to react!
"What are you doing?!" Just as Mai Zenin was too terrified to move, a figure appeared in front of her, just like in their childhood when Maki would appear like a god to protect her whenever Mai was hurt or scared. "Who gave you permission to hurt my only sister?!"
With a "whoosh," a scarlet light flashed, and Maki's glasses were knocked off her cheek, revealing a Maki wound beneath her eye. Although Maki, who had no Cursed Energy, could not touch the curse, the curse could touch her. In other words, at least she could shield the one she loved from harm.
"Sister!" This time, Mai Zenin didn't call Maki Zenin" Maki" anymore, but called her "Maki sister."
"Don't worry, Mai!" Maki Zenin's eyes were firm. "I will protect you."
"You can't even see the curse without your glasses..." Tears streamed down Mai Zenin's face. "If you can't even see the curse, then leave! This is a battlefield where curses can be seen, a battlefield for us Cursed Technique!"
"I can't do that! My dear sister is risking her life here! How can I run away!?" Just as Mai Zenin said, Maki, whose glasses had been knocked off, couldn't even see the curse. At this moment, she could only spread her arms and use her body to help Mai block the curse's attack! But so what?! Would Maki Zenin be afraid!? What a joke!
"Hey! Listen to me, you curse!" Maki Zenin's eyes were sharp as two blades. "If you want to hurt my sister, you'll have to climb over my body! Otherwise... I'll hunt you down to the ends of the earth. Even if I don't have any cursed tools and my fists and feet are useless against you, I'll still use my teeth to bite you to death, bit by bit!"
For a moment, Maki Zenin actually released a hint of madness!
"Sister..." Mai Zenin looked at Maki in front of her, feeling both unfamiliar and at ease.
"But..." Mai Zenin behind; this time, she would protect her sister!
"What are you doing?!" Maki Zenin was slightly puzzled...
"Sister, let me do it this time!" Mai Zenin spoke, she rushed past Maki from behind!
" Mai!" Maki Zenin stunned to see Mai rush past her armpit, then realized something. Because she couldn't see the curse, she couldn't determine its movement, but Mai could. At this moment, the monster must be attacking!
"Sister... actually, I always wanted to leave with you..." Mai Zenin held the pistol, gently pressing it against the cursed head that was so close. "If there's an afterlife, I definitely don't want to be born into the Zenin family! I want to be a model, a star!"
Mai Zenin thought to himself, and pulled the trigger! At the same time, he closed his eyes, preparing to face his fate.
One second, two seconds, three seconds... Time passed second by second. When Mai Zenin opened her eyes, what she saw was Noritoshi Kamo and Mechamaru, who were holding the arms of the Special Grade Cursed Spirit between their left and right sides!
"Idiot! A mere third-rate Cursed Technique dares to fight a top-tier Special Grade Cursed Spirit alone?! Who gave you the courage?!" Noritoshi Kamo angrily rebuked Mai Zenin, "Get out of here! We two near-first-tier Cursed Technique will take over here!"
" Noritoshi Kamo..." Mai Zenin never expected that Noritoshi Kamo, who always seemed so arrogant, would step forward to save her at this moment.
"Just step back when I tell you to!" At this moment, Mechamaru added, "Don't be a burden like me, charging ahead! You're just a third-rate Cursed Technique!"
" Mechamaru!" Mai Zenin smiled; this team was surprisingly reassuring.
"Boom!" Unfortunately, before Noritoshi Kamo and Mechamaru could finish showing off their cool moves, a loud boom suddenly rang out, and the two of them were blasted away!
"Damn it!" Noritoshi Kamo's lips curled into a sweet smile, blood welling up in his mouth. "As expected of Special Grade Cursed Spirit, truly impressive... Even with my physical abilities doubled, I'm still utterly vulnerable."
"I told you we should run away as fast as we could..." Mechamaru's words were filled with helplessness. "According to my calculations, unless I move my main body to this area, there's absolutely no chance of winning!"
"Void!" Just as Mechamaru Noritoshi Kamo were sent flying, the Cursed Spirit moved. She clenched her fist and aimed straight for Mai Zenin's head.
"Bang!" A tremendous shockwave sent dust and sand billowing up, and leaves on the ground danced in the air as the air currents blew. This punch, which was accompanied by boundless ferocity and could have instantly killed Mai Zenin, was blocked by someone's bare hands!!!
"Sister!?" Mai Zenin stared in surprise at Maki Zenin had blocked the fist. "You... can see the curse?!"
"No! I can't see it at all!" Maki Zenin laughed smugly and said arrogantly, "It's all based on intuition! At worst, I'll bet wrong, fail to block, and get punched to death! It's only that low, nothing serious. It's not as dangerous as Gojo- sensei's training, where he'll be torn to pieces!"
"Getting killed with one punch isn't a big deal?!" Mai Zenin exclaimed in shock. "What did Tokyo School teach you?!"
"I've taught her how to deal with Special Grade Cursed Spirit!" Just as Mai Zenin was in shock, a lazy voice descended from the sky, and at the same time, a three-section staff-shaped cursed tool landed on Maki Zenin's head. "Now Maki, finish off the enemy with all your might!"
"Roger that, Gojo- sensei!" Hearing that incredibly familiar voice, Maki Zenin smiled smugly, caught the three-section staff in mid-air, and unleashed a barrage of attacks that struck the unseen air before her! "Secret Technique! Hundred-Hit Barrage! Ora! Ora! Ora! Ora! Ora! Ora..."
A ferocious attack, faster than sound, created sonic booms and endless shockwaves right before everyone's eyes!
"Truly worthy of being called the Female Platinum Star!" Maki Zenin Sōgo Shihoin slightly as he looked at Maki Zenin, who was wielding a top-grade cursed artifact and unleashing astonishing combat power. He hadn't been wrong; Maki Zenin possessed the potential for evolution—the potential to evolve from a human into a noble Stand!!!
Although Maki couldn't see, she could feel that when she held the special-grade spell tool, she had a connection with it. She could roughly sense the state of the Cursed Spirit Cursed Spirit feeling the impact of the spell tool on it!
The instant she successfully unleashed a hundred-hit combo with her spell artifact, the Special Grade Cursed Spirit's body exploded, turning into countless fragments!
"An unknown curse—there's only one reason you failed," Maki Zenin said, her features darkening noticeably as she spoke, "And that's because you angered me!"
"They're from a completely different world from us." Mechamaru shook his head. "There's absolutely no chance of them winning!"
" Gojo- sensei, isn't this barrier a specialized barrier designed specifically for you?!" Maki Zenin Sōgo Shihoin after dealing with the Special Grade Cursed Spirit, "How did you manage to enter without dispelling the barrier?!"
"Heh... What does Satoru Gojo's specialized barrier have to do with me, Sōgo Shihoin..." Sōgo Shihoin thought to himself but didn't say it aloud. "I don't know~ Maybe one of the enemy's techniques went wrong!? As a result, the entire barrier malfunctioned. Oh dear, what a pity! It's completely ineffective against me~ Ahahaha..."
"So, teacher, you never had any restrictions from the beginning, right!?" Maki Zenin's eyes twitched slightly upon hearing this. "So you just found a cool place to slack off, right!? Only when you saw we were about to collapse did you pretend to come and give us a weapon, right!?"
"Hahaha..." Sōgo Shihoin loudly, "How could that be?! When that barrier appeared, I was really startled! Oh my! It really scared me to death, scared me to death~"
"Heh..." Maki Zenin chuckled coldly, "I don't believe your lies! You teacher, you're wicked!"
"In short, I am very pleased to see that you are all safe and sound. Congratulations! Congratulations!" Sōgo Shihoin clapped his hands and offered his blessings for everyone's safety.
"So what about the others, teacher!" Maki Zenin Sōgo Shihoin asked Shihouin Sougo, remembering Toge Inumaki and the others.
"They're all alright~" Sōgo Shihoin shrugged. "These young people nowadays are monsters~ Yuji Itadori can actually use the power of Ryomen Sukuna, Megumi Fushiguro has even controlled the Mahoraga, and the most terrifying thing is Nobara Kugisaki can maintain her Domain Expansion two seconds! It's terrifying! Terrifying beyond belief! In the future, there will be three more, ah, no, at least four more Special Grade Cursed Technique Masters!"
"Teacher, isn't this exactly what you planned?!" Maki Zenin looked at the terrified Sōgo Shihoin, somewhat speechless. "Those monsters in the first year, aren't they the secret weapons you cultivated, teacher?!"
"Shut up and stop talking nonsense." Sōgo Shihoin interrupted Maki Zenin. "I haven't taught you anything. You're all self-taught. You're all geniuses!"
"Haha..." Maki Zenin seemed to understand something. "That's right! Gojo- sensei, this is the first time in my life I've been called a genius! Usually, people prefer to call me a loser."
"Isn't being last in the class a definite acknowledgment of your abilities?! Anyone who's watched Naruto knows that being last in the class means you're the protagonist and the strongest!" Sōgo Shihoin smiled. " Maki, you've quietly matured successfully; it's time to amaze everyone~"
"It's all thanks to you!" Maki Zenin's words were filled with trust in Sōgo Shihoin, but lacked a trace of respect. "My dear teacher!"
(End of this chapter)