Chapter 344: Purity
Mercenary Tao was defeated?
[Lilith] was somewhat caught off guard. She had actually seen the Black Ghost before getting hit, but because she couldn't react in time, she was severely injured directly.
The subsequent action of Mercenary Tao carrying her away from the missile blast radius gave her the illusion that they were fighting side by side, which was why she reminded him while treating her wound.
But unexpectedly, in just a split second, Mercenary Tao seemed to have been knocked down by some ability.
[Millennium Bug] pulled his mask back up. The ability [Cursed Speech] was indeed powerful, but it also had many side effects on oneself.
First, this [Cursed Technique] was passive. If not restricted, every word he spoke would turn into [Cursed Speech], consuming a large amount of Cursed Energy in vain and easily causing accidental injury.
Second, this ability would cause huge backlash on himself. The stronger the effect of the Cursed Speech used, or the stronger the target used on, the greater the backlash he suffered.
Therefore, Millennium Bug purchased a specific item from the [Goddess] to restrict this side effect. The mask he wore was named [Exclusive Item · Cursed Speech Seal]. After wearing it, no Cursed Speech would be generated.
Correspondingly, after taking it off, the Cursed Speech effect would be enhanced.
"Careful, Boss! Mercenary Tao's heartbeat reaction restored!"
Millennium Bug's gaze focused. Mercenary Tao's falling figure froze in mid-air, then slowly dissipated.
In the next moment, a huge force appeared from in front of him.
Mercenary Tao stepped forward as if flashing, already arriving in front of him. Millennium Bug's reaction speed was equally extremely fast. He raised his hands instantly, crossed them in front of his body, and lowered his center of gravity.
Kaito Shirogane's spiral energy was held back and not released. When his palm touched Millennium Bug's crossed arms, it seemed to have no force.
Millennium Bug's expression changed, feeling Mercenary Tao's palm pass over his arms.
In the next moment, the spiral energy exploded with a bang.
Bang!
Millennium Bug fell backward. Violent force exploded on his cheek. His brain concussed, and his vision went black instantly.
Kaito had fully mastered [Pre-Initiative]. In this close-quarters combat, he dispersed the [Rakshasa's Palm] to bypass the defensive stance, then temporarily condensed half a Rakshasa's Palm to hit the opponent's face.
He pressed his advantage unforgivingly. His right palm struck out and then pulled down, grabbing the collar of the opponent who was staggering back, and pulled back. While completely destroying the opponent's center of gravity, it also prevented the opponent from escaping his attack range.
His right fist clenched, muscles bulging instantly.
Creak~
At the moment the great bow was drawn taut, the corner of Kaito's eye twitched. Intense killing intent appeared. A Black Ghost appeared from behind him, slashing at him with a palm like a curved blade.
IBM (Black Ghost) was usually unobservable by non-Ajin, but could be observed by ordinary people when exposing killing intent during an attack, or when the attacked person's emotions were extremely intense.
While confirming Lilith's intelligence was accurate, Kaito also determined his subsequent combat methods.
Clang!
The IBM's slash was easily caught. Kaito turned, exploding with force, directly pinching the IBM's hand-blade and flinging the opponent into the air, smashing it towards the staggering Reincarnator.
Boom!
An explosion erupted directly in front of Kaito.
As Kaito's eyes moved, he saw strange mouths on the palms of the man who was smashed.
Deidara's Kekkei Genkai [Explosion Release]?!
Blasted dozens of meters away, Kaito's body surface was charred black, ribs clearly visible. But he simply wiped the blood off his face, and the injury already began to heal rapidly.
"What a coincidence. A battle between two immortal-type Reincarnators, ha..."
Kaito's tone rose. This brief encounter made him start getting excited.
Undoubtedly, this Reincarnator in the black trench coat possessed considerable strength.
Millennium Bug also got up from the ground. He pinched his throat, then light flashed in his hand. He raised a pistol and shot himself cleanly through the chin towards the head.
Bang!
Amidst spraying blood and brain matter, his body seemed about to go limp, but only swayed twice before his consciousness recovered.
Simultaneously, he took off his mask. The throat damaged by using the extreme Cursed Speech [Die] also recovered with his [Resurrection].
Seeing that Mercenary Tao had already detected his other ability, he no longer hid it. Instead, he spoke directly:
"My luck is good. I obtained the [Ajin] bloodline, then obtained the [Cursed Speech] Innate Technique. Combined with the Kekkei Genkai that can self-destruct... I'm hard to deal with."
Millennium Bug imposed a 'Binding Vow' on himself by revealing his ability, which would grant extra enhancement to his Cursed Technique effects.
The Jujutsu system was also an ability system with partial 'idealistic' characteristics. Using this [Binding Vow] in such a situation was very appropriate.
Kaito knew the opponent's little scheme and shook his head with a smile.
"Knowing your trump card was seen through by me, you revealed it in advance to increase your strength..."
"Very shrewd."
"However..."
Kaito blinked once. In his vision, this man in the black trench coat was also marked with a circle of red luster.
"However?"
Millennium Bug chimed in with a questioning tone.
But he was actually already controlling his IBM to approach the injured Lilith. Since he failed to instant-kill Mercenary Tao with [Cursed Speech], upon realizing Mercenary Tao not only possessed high-speed regeneration but also a certain degree of [Immortality]...
Millennium Bug was ready for a tug-of-war with Mercenary Tao, waiting for subsequent reinforcements to enter.
He knew very well that since Mercenary Tao violated the [Iron Rules], those Title Level Reincarnator teams who considered themselves high and mighty and prepared to carve up this world's resources wouldn't let Mercenary Tao go.
They wouldn't pin all hope on him alone.
"However, your purity is not enough..."
Kaito spoke, his tone somewhat regretful.
The opponent was undoubtedly an excellent Reincarnator. Whether in ability combination or combat mindset. Even falling into a disadvantage in Taijutsu combat, he controlled the Black Ghost in advance to cooperate with his Explosion Release for a counterattack. He even utilized the characteristic of the Jujutsu 'Binding Vow' immediately upon realizing his ability was exposed, turning disadvantage into advantage.
But precisely because of such 'shrewdness,' it further proved the opponent's impurity.
A Jujutsu Sorcerer being so rational meant the opponent could never reach the pinnacle.
The corner of Millennium Bug's mouth curled up in a mocking smile.
"Guys like you are probably those types who pursue some limit or purity, right? Truly boring."
He clapped his hands together, kneading casually twice. White clay turned into the shape of missiles.
He loathed the Space's 'randomness' and hated guys like Mercenary Tao even more—clearly just getting lucky to obtain powerful abilities, yet insisting on finding various reasons to claim it as their own strength.
Why should a Reincarnator pursue such things? Just combining reasonable abilities was enough to become powerful!
With Chakra flowing, he threw several missiles looking like clay toys. The explosive power of these things exceeded imagination.
The direction his missiles aimed at naturally wasn't Mercenary Tao.
But before his raised hand could fall, it was grabbed by Mercenary Tao. The opponent's speed was ghostly fast. While analyzing Mercenary Tao's combat power in his heart, Millennium Bug had already cast the Body Replacement Technique.
He disengaged, and the replacement exploded immediately.
Boom boom boom!
On the other side, his missiles also exploded in front of that female Reincarnator, but a blue-white barrier appeared in front of her, preventing her from being blown up directly.
"You wanted to distract me by attacking that woman. You wanted to stall for time..."
"You also deliberately molded the clay into the shape of missiles to cover for that guy hiding a kilometer away launching rockets?"
Kaito pointed out Millennium Bug's thoughts one by one, shaking his head.
"Don't you understand yet? I'm not the kind of opponent you can fight with this half-hearted mindset."
Kaito didn't rush to activate Setsuna. He enjoyed fighting with such a potential Reincarnator.
"Whatever. How about you go kill that woman, and I go kill your two subordinates? Then we can slaughter each other to our heart's content. How about it?"
The smile on Kaito's face became increasingly cruel. Then he lifted his foot and tapped lightly. His figure disappeared like the wind.
[Wind God's Kick]!
Millennium Bug was startled. Ignoring the continued pursuit of Lilith, he immediately pressed his earpiece.
"Retreat, quickly!"
"Ah!"
"Boss, Mercenary Tao found us..."
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