Goodwill Event Incident, Part Five: Laying the Cards on the Table
"You're really troublesome!"
The fierce battle between Mei Mei and Hanami continues, but the battlefield has now moved into the forest.
'Fight!'
Hanami raised her hand, summoning a massive amount of roots and vines to elevate the battlefield: 'This feeling...'
Mei Mei charged forward, stepping on the roots, and swung his axe down at her.
Hanami dodged the attack, then used the vines to launch a counterattack.
"[Black Bird Manipulation: Kamikaze]!"
As Mei Mei giant axe spun and shattered the vines, it controlled two crows to charge at Hanami from two different directions.
By having the crows pay the price with their lives as Binding Vow, the limitations of Cursed Energy are released, thereby maximizing the power and speed of [Kamikaze].
This is the pinnacle of the [Black Bird Manipulation]'s attack power.
Hanami had already experienced the power of this move from the very beginning. She understood that she couldn't take it head-on.
The next moment, the massive amount of vines beneath their feet vanished without a trace.
Mei Mei and Hanami fell from the sky together, and [Kamikaze] also missed its target.
'With such immense mass, I initially thought it was manipulating physical objects, but it turns out it was all materialized using Cursed Energy...'
Mei Mei stared intently at Hanami, who was falling alongside her not far away:
'Truly worthy of being called Special Grade Cursed Spirit; it's far superior to ordinary Special Grade.'
At this moment, Hanami's past conversation with the Mahito also surfaced in her mind.
"Hanami should be more frank," the Mahito said, lying on a beach chair in the Dagon Domain.
I wasn't pretending at all.
The Mahito waved his hand. "I didn't mean you were lying."
"I know why you fight, but I think you could enjoy the process of fighting more."
"Like me, the pleasure and joy I feel during battle becomes my motivation."
"Before you realize it, you're caught up in deception, killing, and mockery, and you get satisfied without even realizing it."
"Just as humans have three major desires—appetite, sex, and sleep—perhaps these are the instincts for cursing."
"We may have gained rationality, but that cannot be a reason for us to go against our instincts."
As he spoke, Mahito sat up, walked over to Hanami, and patted her on the shoulder:
"The soul is a mixture of instinct and reason. While it's not for others to comment on the proportions of yours, I always feel that your soul seems somewhat restrained."
"Hanami, you... you should actually be stronger, right?"
At this point in their recollection, Hanami and Mei Mei landed simultaneously, and then charged at each other again.
Just as Hanami was about to fully immerse herself in and enjoy the battle, a sudden change occurred.
"Mahoraga!"
The moment the sound rang out, a massive Shikigami nearly three meters tall shot out from the shadows.
Like a terrified doll in a prank box, it gave Hanami a shocking surprise.
The "Sword of Extermination" pierced her chest instantly, and the energy of the Reverse Cursed Technique poured in the next moment.
In 0.2 seconds, Hanami was exorcised.
"Fushiguro- kun?"
Mei Mei sheathed the giant axe behind him, then looked at Mahoraga, who had withdrawn his arm, with great interest. "What's this?"
"I don't have time to explain, Miss Mei. I need to go to the next place."
With that, Fushiguro recalled Mahoraga into his shadow and followed the Divine Dogs's pursuit.
"Oh dear, looks like my work is finished."
Mei Mei glanced at the spot where Hanami had just stood; of course, there was nothing there now.
She took out her phone and opened the calculator. "Hmm... let's calculate how much I can get this time~"
"Almost done, right..." Kenjaku stared intently at "Prison Realm".
Of its twenty-one eyes, only the last one was not fully closed.
Once it closes, it means the parsing is complete.
This also means that he can now withdraw with the million "Prison Realm" and prepare for the main course—[Culling Game].
Thinking of this, Kenjaku couldn't help but smile, "How exciting!"
"Kuriga loves your chicken feet so much..."
A strange noise suddenly reached Kenjaku's ears, coming from afar and growing closer...
"Oh, here you go~ Let's go for a ride~"
'What's going on?' He couldn't help but turn his head to look, and then his pupils dilated in shock.
Shiratori Gotsu sat on Mahoraga's shoulder and, like a stroke of good fortune, smashed through layer after layer of "tents," rushing straight towards them.
Meanwhile, his phone was playing "Rage of Dust" at maximum volume.
--"Kaki detached too~ Oh ma oh ma yi~ Mu you mu you baka li wanda de ma yi~"
"Ah?!"
Seeing that Mahoraga was about to crash into him, Kenjaku quickly jumped up and dodged to the side.
Meanwhile, others in the Jujutsu High also noticed that the "account" had been broken.
"Is it Gojo- sensei? Or Shiratori- senpai?" Itadori looked up at the azure Sky Manipulation he hadn't seen in a long time.
'Damn... it hasn't even been 40 minutes yet...'
Seeing this, Uraume, already at a disadvantage, made a decisive move. "Maximum output! [Ice Formation - Icefall]!"
The solid ice instantly spread outwards from her center.
"Oh no...!" Nanami snapped out of her daze and immediately shouted, "Back off!"
However, the glacier was too large and too wide, and it spread too quickly.
Even Todo, who reacted the fastest and threw out a stone infused with Cursed Energy to switch places, was frozen in half.
Needless to say, everyone else was sealed inside solid ice.
Having done all this, Uraume did not pursue or linger in battle; he turned and ran.
"Yuji Itadori, until we meet again!"
"Why are you dodging, Haji Ken? You've stuck yourself to the ground. Why don't you just be a good speed bump?"
Mahoraga slammed on the brakes, and Shiratori Gotsu jumped off his shoulder and turned off the music.
Upon hearing these words, Kenjaku almost laughed in anger:
"Shiratori Gotsu, we made Binding Vow; you can't interfere with my plans, can you?"
So what are you doing now?
Upon hearing this, Shiratori Gotsu immediately put on a heartbroken expression:
"You know I can't interfere, yet you're still wary of me? Have you completely lost the most basic trust between people?"
"You sneaked into my house to steal someone while I was away, and even set up a 'tent' specifically to keep an eye on me..."
"Do you know how much damage all of this has done to my young and innocent heart?"
"Do you know that?!"
Kenjaku's lips twitched slightly as he glanced subtly at "Prison Realm," which was about to complete its analysis.
He very naturally put his hands behind his back, forming a [reverse cross palms], and then continued:
Even so, the fact remains that you broke the Binding Vow, doesn't it?
"What Binding Vow? I don't know what you're talking about." Shiratori Gotsu looked innocent and pure.
"Tsk..." Kenjaku finally couldn't hold back and revealed a look of disgust, as if she had just eaten shit, right in front of him:
"So, you've already found a way to circumvent that Binding Vow, right?"
"Correct!" Shiratori Gotsu stopped pretending and revealed her true identity.
He just wanted to play with the Kenjaku; he used it for Kenjaku and amusement.
"You've finished feeding my Incarnation Cursed Object to the Zenin Clan's [Ten Shadows Technique] bloodline."
"And if 'I won't interfere with you on this basis,' then I'm no longer with Megumi Fushiguro, so wouldn't I be dissatisfied with 'on this basis'?"
"I see..."
Kenjaku sighed, then gathered his Cursed Energy and instantly activated. "[Domain Expansion • Womb Profusion]!"
'Shiratori Gotsu definitely up to no good...' "Prison Realm" will probably finish in about 30 seconds...
We must hold them off!