A little while back, Suguru, carrying his newly acquired long-staff cursed tool and accompanied by a host of Cursed Spirits, began a thorough search of the school after leaving the gymnasium.
The long-staff cursed tool was bought with Eichi. Among blade-type weapons, Suguru was only interested in hammers, clubs, and long-handled weapons that conveyed a sense of power.
However, long-handled weapons were too large and inconvenient to carry. After all, the two were not always together, and Eichi could not constantly act as Suguru's storage.
Light, short-handled weapons felt uninteresting to Suguru. After much deliberation, he chose a retractable long-staff cursed tool.
The staff could shorten to half a meter and extend to three meters. When striking an enemy, injecting Cursed Energy could generate a powerful impact, making it full of power.
"There is a cursed tool that suits you quite well. If you save enough money, you can buy it from Satoru, but you need to be quick, or someone else will buy it."
After fully understanding Suguru's preferences, Eichi offered a suggestion.
"What cursed tool?"
Hearing there was a cursed tool suitable for him, Suguru became interested.
"The Special Grade cursed tool, Playful Cloud. It is currently the only known Special Grade cursed tool not imbued with a Technique. When attacking, it grants powerful physical destructive force based on the wielder's arm strength."
"Oh? How much?"
Suguru was intrigued. This kind of powerful-sounding cursed tool was right up his alley.
"Five hundred million."
Suguru's mouth fell open.
Although exorcising Cursed Spirits brought quick money, that was five hundred million. Even dozens of Grade 1 Cursed Spirits would not be enough to save up for that.
But if he worked alone…
Suguru stroked his chin.
He had always teamed up with Eichi to exorcise Cursed Spirits before, with Eichi taking the lion's share. If he worked alone, a dozen or so should be enough.
"After this is over, I need to save money quickly."
With that, Suguru walked into the teaching building.
The High School Division buildings were arranged in a two-three-two distribution.
On the upper left were outdoor sports facilities and club activity areas, and below that was the gymnasium.
In the middle, above was the old school building, and below were two teaching buildings. On the right were two laboratory buildings.
Home economics, physics, chemistry, and other courses were conducted in these two laboratory buildings.
There is strength in numbers, and the same applies to Cursed Spirits.
With the help of hundreds of Cursed Spirits, Suguru found all body parts except the head in less than an hour.
However, the final head could not be found no matter what.
"Is the only remaining place the broadcasting room?"
The Cursed Spirits sent to search the broadcasting room had not reported back, and he could not contact them now. Regardless of whether the final head was in the broadcasting room or not, Suguru had to investigate.
"The Crimson Being has appeared in the auditorium."
The familiar broadcast voice reappeared, and Suguru frowned.
"Strange, should the Crimson Being not be watched by Max Elephant? Why is it broadcasting again that the Crimson Being is in the auditorium?"
A second clone? Or the main body?
Never mind, it is just a Grade 1 Cursed Spirit. Eichi can handle it. What he needed to do now was ascertain the situation in the broadcasting room.
Soon, Suguru arrived at the entrance of the broadcasting room.
Today was not cloudy. The moonlight outside was bright, but the broadcasting room's windows were pitch black, as if there were no lights inside.
Click, click.
Suguru tugged at the door a few times, discovering it was locked from the inside.
Holding the long staff in his hand, Suguru prepared to break in directly.
Just as he was gathering strength to attack, the door to the broadcasting room opened a crack.
A scarlet pupil inside the door stared at Suguru.
His heart trembled, and he immediately prepared for battle.
"Come in."
Suguru, who was about to attack, froze. This was the first time he had seen a Cursed Spirit that could speak clearly.
He had seen some Grade 1 Cursed Spirits that could utter words before, but their speech was always disjointed and unclear.
The broadcasting room door fully opened, and a girl's figure appeared before Suguru's eyes.
"Who are you?"
At the same time, inside the auditorium.
Black mist surged out, and a Cursed Spirit, about six meters tall, slowly materialized within the black mist.
The Cursed Spirit's body resembled an ordinary fat person, but its neck was a full four meters long, continuously spewing black mist from both sides. Its gigantic head had a mouth that opened and closed like a four-petaled flower, and its dark, easily overlooked eyes stared at Eichi.
Cursed Spirit.
When the Special Grade Cursed Spirit appeared, this thought arose in everyone's mind.
A cold sweat dripped from his forehead. The pressure brought by the Special Grade Cursed Spirit made Eichi tremble slightly.
Should I summon Mahoraga?
Mahoraga's adaptation to the Command Spells was not completely finished yet. If all three Command Spells were used together, he should be able to control Mahoraga temporarily.
But what then?
How long would it take for Mahoraga to fully adapt to the Command Spells?
A few minutes? A few seconds?
There was also the possibility that Mahoraga had already fully adapted to the Command Spells.
After all, Mahoraga's ability was to adapt to all phenomena. It could start adapting after enduring just one attack, and he had used three Command Spells on Mahoraga before.
At this moment, Eichi suddenly realized that his mindset somewhat overlapped with Megumi's.
Megumi always believed that summoning Mahoraga could solve everything, and in the first six months of the story, he nearly self-destructed eight times.
He seemed to have developed the same idea.
"How unsightly."
He was actually afraid.
Yes, Eichi noticed that the moment the Cursed Spirit appeared, he was actually afraid.
Afraid of what? The Cursed Spirit opposite him was Special Grade, but was he not a Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerer?
Although not officially recognized by the Jujutsu World, would Satoru's Six Eyes be worse than the Jujutsu World in assessing strength?
Before Satoru and Suguru rose to prominence, Special Grade Cursed Spirits were exorcised by Grade 1 Jujutsu Sorcerers. So what was there to be afraid of? Fight.
A hint of madness gleamed in Eichi's eyes. Suguru did not know when he would arrive. No, he could not always rely on others.
Assuming Suguru could not make it back, he would put everything on the line and win.
"Divine Dogs. Tiger Funeral."
Tiger Funeral in front, Divine Dogs on the side, the two Shikigami began probing attacks.
The next moment, black mist permeated, and the entire auditorium was instantly enveloped in it.
"No sensation of poisoning or weakness. Is it purely a means to obstruct vision?"
Eichi thought.
Suddenly, a gaping maw appeared before him.
"Die."
Eichi was startled and immediately swung his sword down.
The Cursed Spirit's head instantly split in two under Eichi's attack, but he felt something was off.
"Too light. It does not feel like cutting into a Cursed Spirit's head. It feels more like cutting into a plush toy."
The next moment, another Cursed Spirit rushed out from behind the Cursed Spirit.
Eichi parried with his horizontal blade, and the immense force sent him flying.
"Puh-ha."
He crashed violently against the auditorium wall, spiderweb-like cracks spreading outward.
Canceling the summoning of the Black Divine Dog, Round Deer appeared beside Eichi and began healing him.
"Tiger Funeral. Blow away this black mist for me."
Eichi shouted. Hearing his voice, the swirling Qi around Tiger Funeral transformed into a storm and scattered, immediately dispersing most of the black mist.
The next moment, Eichi's eyes widened.
He saw the Crimson Being constantly entangling Tiger Funeral's movements beside him, while the Special Grade Cursed Spirit not far away held a body broken in two.
It was the corpse of the White Divine Dog.
"You bastard."
His injuries healed, Eichi immediately charged into the black mist toward the Special Grade Cursed Spirit with his long blade.
At this moment, Eichi seemed to enter a strange state. Half of his mind was filled with rage like an erupting volcano, while the other half was as cold as an ice cavern, terrifyingly calm.
After rushing into the black mist, Eichi swung his blade at the Cursed Spirit's neck. The next moment, the Cursed Spirit again broke apart as if it were mist.
Behind Eichi, a gigantic figure appeared.
He reversed his grip, placing the sword behind his back, adopting a defensive posture similar to Su Qin carrying his sword.
Clang.
Indeed, it was solid.
The moment Eichi was sent flying, a figure appeared behind the Cursed Spirit with lightning speed, its sharp claws leaving huge gashes on the Cursed Spirit's body.
It was Divine Dog: Totality.
When a Shikigami of the Ten Shadows Technique is killed, its Cursed Energy does not disappear into thin air but is inherited by other Shikigami. After the White Divine Dog's death, its Cursed Energy was successfully inherited by the Black Divine Dog, evolving into Divine Dog: Totality.
If the Cursed Spirit had not dodged in time, this attack would likely have severed its neck.
"Indeed, your ability is to create illusions in the black mist."
Divine Dog: Totality stood beside Eichi, spitting out two golden chess pieces from its mouth.
Those were the Assassin and Rider class Heroic Spirit chess pieces.
Then Eichi took out the Berserker class chess piece and placed it into Divine Dog: Totality.
Instantly, its muscles swelled, and a hint of scarlet gleamed in its eyes.
Divine Dog: Totality charged the Cursed Spirit, swinging its claws, and a series of wide-ranging slashes appeared.
The wide-ranging attacks meant that even if an illusion was hit, the true body of the Cursed Spirit, if it wanted to counterattack, could only do so from the small areas not covered by the slashes.
And the opening exposed by Divine Dog: Totality was naturally covered by Eichi.
Pfft.
The katana sliced into the Cursed Spirit's body. Its long neck bent down, snapping at Eichi.
But before it could, Divine Dog: Totality bit it first.
"Piercing Ox."
Piercing Ox materialized behind Eichi. The short run-up of over ten meters was not long, but it successfully rammed the Cursed Spirit out of the auditorium, moving the battle to the sports field.
"Nue."
Piercing Ox disappeared, and Tiger Funeral reappeared from Eichi's shadow, swallowing the Rider class Heroic Spirit chess piece.
Divine Dog: Totality turned and rushed into the auditorium, launching a fierce assault on the Crimson Being, striving to defeat the Grade 1 Crimson Being in the shortest possible time.
Tiger Funeral arrived at the Special Grade Cursed Spirit's battlefield, carrying a strong wind.
"Shadow Servant, Caster."
To maintain suppressive power against the Special Grade Cursed Spirit, Eichi used the Caster class chess piece to summon a Shadow Servant.
At the same time, the strong wind around Tiger Funeral intensified, and the black mist around the Special Grade Cursed Spirit could only be maintained within a range of less than ten meters.
Eichi held his long blade, his gaze coldly fixed on the Special Grade Cursed Spirit shrouded in black mist.
The next moment, magic bullets, strong winds, and Eichi's long blade simultaneously attacked the Cursed Spirit.
(To be continued.)
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