The Strongest Deadbeat Was Etched into Jinzhou!

"I was ready for that move!"

The president snorted and was about to dodge the incoming Hollow Technique when she caught sight of Lu Guan making a hand sign out of the corner of her eye. Alarm bells rang in her head, and she sped up.

Too late!

"Uterus, flip over!"

Lu Guan had always had no bottom line when dealing with villains. Knowing that the president was already on guard against his Hollow Technique: Purple, how could his attack be that simple?

With the aid of Cursed Speech, a violent cramp suddenly seized the president's abdomen, accompanied by a ripping sensation that cut to her core, successfully immobilizing her.

The president had already been mentally prepared for it, but she had never expected Lu Guan to be even more shameless than before!

Though the pain lasted only a moment before she forcibly suppressed it through sheer willpower, the sudden impact still made her movements stiffen for an instant.

But... that was enough!

The purple light of the Hollow Technique struck the president's left shoulder, blasting her entire arm and a good portion of her chest to bits.

"Ugh..."

No matter how strong her willpower was, there was no way she could remain unaffected by two grievous injuries. But the president was an old monster who had lived for who knew how many years, and her combat experience was immense.

She knew that continuing to fight Lu Guan would only result in this clone being lost for nothing. After crying out in pain, she seized a chance to retreat and put some distance between herself and the group.

When the two sides faced off again, Lu Guan could actually see anger and disgust on "Charon's" masked face.

"You're truly despicable, Lu Guan..."

"I don't think I ever want to meet you again in my life..."

"You can't even handle this much? Then that's all you'll ever amount to!" Lu Guan chuckled. Whatever else might be said, he was never afraid of a trash-talking match.

"What's the point of running your mouth? Fight me head-on if you have the guts!"

"Sorry about that, but this is my resonance ability." Lu Guan shrugged. "Surely you're not going to be so overbearing as to forbid me from using my own resonance ability?"

On Baidu Tieba, this level of provocation could hardly be called a loli; it was more like an embryo.

"You!" The president was so choked up by Lu Guan's trash talk that she couldn't speak. Though she was skilled at manipulating people, she really hadn't put much effort into studying the art of trading insults.

Suddenly, she seemed to sense something. An intense sense of danger blared warnings in her mind. She instinctively retreated again, but how could Lu Guan give her a chance to escape?

"Lose control of your bladder and bowels!"

"Mmph!!!"

At those words, veins bulged on the president's forehead.

She was torn between saving face and saving herself. If she insisted on retreating, she would probably turn into a jet-propelled warrior who had eaten Wallace halfway through, leaving a trail of dribbles all over the ground. But if she didn't retreat...

She looked up. Dania was descending rapidly above her.

"Meltdown!"

Did she really think her Brother Lu enjoyed trading insults with her? If he hadn't been buying time for Dania, Lu Guan would have already treated President Sao to a shameless "human fountain" Cursed Speech combo.

Jinhsi watched the married couple's seamless teamwork from the sidelines, the corners of her mouth twitching uncontrollably. Was this how Stardust Academy fought?

It really was... in character!

Jinhsi, who had seen little of the world, actually had little practical combat experience. Although Jinzhou was on the front lines, as a Sentinel Resonator, Jinhsi had rarely fought an evenly matched battle while Jué remained only partially awakened...

This was her first time fighting an enemy on her level, and she had actually been a little excited... thinking it was the perfect chance to test her current strength.

But aside from her opening sneak attack with Startling Dragon Breaks Through the Sky, she didn't seem to have helped at all. After that, she could only watch Lu Guan's utterly shameless fighting style while silently piecing her shattered worldview back together.

Watching the pair work together, the president smiled helplessly.

It wasn't that she had come to terms with it. She was simply out of options.

Wouldn't it have been over if she had retreated sooner? At worst, she would have lost face here. Surely these people wouldn't go around spreading the story...

Hard to say! Lu Guan's moral bottom line was ridiculously low. He might well do something like that!

With a thunderous butt slam from Dania, the president was blasted away on the spot. Her body traced a shit-yellow arc through the air, not beautiful in the slightest beneath the moonlight, but abstract and bizarre.

As the arc came down, a strange stench immediately spread across the battlefield.

Now she had lost both face and everything else.

"That's disgusting..." Dania looked at the president, who was still twitching on the ground, with revulsion. "Isn't there a more dignified way to fight?" she asked Lu Guan.

She somewhat regretted coming along. Although the battle had been quite easy, she couldn't shake the feeling that she would have nightmares tonight.

"Can't be helped..." Lu Guan smiled helplessly. "Cursed Speech is essentially an equivalent exchange. Fighting this way achieves the best results for the smallest price."

As he spoke, he pinched his nose, walked around the puddle of filth, and approached the president, tentatively giving her a kick.

"Are you dead?"

"Not yet..."

The president's feeble voice answered him.

"Guh, kill me."

"It's only a clone anyway..."

"Even if you destroy it, what of it?"

"My true body still won't be affected at all. I win-"

"Stop, stop, stop!" Lu Guan hurriedly cut the president off. He had no desire to listen to the Fractsidus president's theory of winning.

"When did you become so sure I couldn't attack your true body?"

At those words, an ominous feeling immediately rose in the president's heart. She knew just how bizarre Lu Guan's resonance ability was...

She asked instinctively, "What do you mean?"

"Exactly what I said." Lu Guan chuckled.

Then he formed a hand sign with one hand and began chanting rapidly.

"I make a Binding Vow to never use Cursed Speech again for the rest of my life, in exchange for my next use of Cursed Speech affecting the true body of the Fractsidus president!"

Binding Vows were a technique in Jujutsu Kaisen. Sorcerers could use them to restrict themselves in exchange for greater power.

In the manga, the final villain, Ryomen Sukuna, possessed masterful Binding Vow techniques and often used them to gain power, but in practice, those vows had little effect on him. Because of that, netizens in Lu Guan's previous life had jokingly called him the sorcery deadbeat.

During the Shinjuku showdown, Sukuna had used a Binding Vow to obtain a World Slash and successfully turn the tables on Satoru Gojo, who had held an overwhelming advantage. Thus, netizens had also called Binding Vow loans the true core of sorcery.

"You... what are you going to do?" the president cried. "You can't do this! It's immoral!"

When a mastermind villain started talking morality and ethics with the heroes, it meant she was truly out of options.

"Share Index's sensations from 4-jie Xiaoyang's works!"

As Lu Guan's words fell, a mysterious force began to act unseen. Then, without warning, the president's clone before him began foaming at the mouth, her body swelling continuously as it trembled.

Lu Guan, who had prior experience, immediately understood what was about to happen. He hurriedly backed away, scooped up the bewildered Dania with one arm, grabbed the baffled Jinhsi with the other, and quickly fled into the distance.

Once he had taken the two women far enough away, a muffled explosion sounded from the president's direction. When everyone returned to check, the place where she had lain was now a pool of bloody water.

"Blargh... Brother Lu... you... blargh..."

"...You could at least have warned us... urk..."

In the emergency, Lu Guan had forgotten to warn Chiliarch Zhao and the other man, who had been standing by in support. When the president self-destructed, the nauseating bloody water mixed with excrement had exploded all over them both.

Lu Guan scratched the back of his head and looked at the two men sheepishly. "Sorry... it was an emergency..."

"Ahem... no harm done." Director Lin coughed twice. As a Huanglong veteran who had weathered many storms, he could easily keep his composure through something of this level...

It was just a bit of shit...

He looked at Lu Guan solemnly. "Xiao Guan, that last Binding Vow of yours sounded like it came at a very serious cost. Is it a problem?"

"Do you mean not being able to use Cursed Speech for the rest of my life, Uncle Lin?"

"Yes... is it really all right?"

"No, no, no... how is that any kind of cost?"

Lu Guan shook his head. Did they understand the value of someone who had already grasped the core of Binding Vows?

Then he formed another hand sign.

"I make a Binding Vow to lose my sense of smell for a short time, in exchange for changing Cursed Speech's name to Cursed Speech: Modified."

Once again, he had taken out a log loan. The previous vow said he couldn't use Cursed Speech for the rest of his life. What did that have to do with his Cursed Speech: Modified?

Strictly speaking, this method wouldn't actually circumvent a Binding Vow in Jujutsu Kaisen. Unfortunately, this was Solaris, and Lu Guan's overpowered resonance ability didn't play by the rules.

The strongest deadbeat was etched into Jinzhou!