This is…!
Kidō!
Satoru recognized the chant coming from Satoshi. Others around him regarded it as one of Satoshi's unique techniques.
What did it mean? Was Satoshi about to unleash his ultimate move? He was even reciting a full Kidō incantation?
"Be careful! Get your defenses up!"
At Satoru's sharp warning, Suguru and Ieiri Shoko immediately sprang into action.
A massive Rainbow Dragon and Meat Shizuku appeared simultaneously, forming a formidable barrier between the trio and Satoshi.
The defenses of these two Special Grade Cursed Spirits were not ordinary. They should be enough to endure whatever ghost technique Satoshi was about to cast.
Moreover, the incantation he chanted sounded grand and imposing, referencing east, south, west, and north. It was clearly a large-scale technique.
Their actions drew attention from all observers. No one thought Satoru was overreacting. Against a monster like Satoshi, there was no such thing as too much caution.
Atop a nearby tall tree, a black crow perched silently, watching the battlefield and transmitting all of Satoshi's movements back to Mei Mei's trio.
...
"Satoshi's casting Kidō. He's already begun the chant. Looks like Gojo Satoru managed to force out one of his trump cards," Kamo Kenshin said, eyes flashing as he lightly touched the hidden weapon strapped to his back, a fire of anticipation burning inside him.
He wasn't like Zenin Shinsuke. He would never let the Gojo clan trample over the dignity of the Kamo family again.
...
"Bakudō #58: Kakushitsuijaku!"
Satoshi drew a circle in the air. Within it, the characters for east, south, west, and north lit up. Then he spoke the final line.
As he finished chanting, he looked directly at the top of the tree, where the black crow sat. A smirk tugged at his lips.
Through the spiritual connection between the black crow and Mei Mei, Satoshi had successfully locked onto the location of the Kyoto trio.
The next second, Satoshi vanished from before Satoru's group and shot toward the Kyoto team.
His speed was so overwhelming that even the Curse Corpse's live broadcast almost failed to track his movement.
Satoru, Suguru, and Shoko were momentarily stunned.
Wait… Was that it? That Kidō didn't do any damage?
That same thought echoed in all three of their minds. The chant had been so dramatic. Could it really be that underwhelming?
"What if Satoshi just chanted was a Binding-type spell, not a Destructive-type one," Shoko quickly realized the difference.
Binding or Destruction?
Satoru and Suguru also caught on instantly.
Destruction-type Kidō was used for offensive power. Binding-type, as the name suggested, was for tracking, restraining, or immobilizing…
In this venue, aside from the three of them, the only ones left were the Kyoto High School team.
"Let's go after him and check it out!"
Satoru suddenly felt slighted. Satoshi had completely ignored the three of them.
Did he think the Kyoto team was more of a threat than them?
What Satoru didn't realize was that Satoshi simply wanted to avoid wasting time. He knew that as soon as he disappeared, Satoru would chase after him.
That way, he could drag both schools' teams together and finish them all at once.
...
Meanwhile, at the Kyoto team's hiding spot, Mei Mei gasped as she realized they'd been exposed. Kamo Kenshin and Utahime's expressions immediately darkened.
As someone well-versed in chant-based techniques, Utahime instantly understood what that ghost art truly did.
No one had expected such a long incantation to result in a simple tracking spell.
Yet from the shock on Kamo Kenshin's face, Utahime could tell—this technique had utterly shattered his expectations.
"Run!"
Mei Mei didn't hesitate. Her first reaction was to flee.
But Kamo Kenshin had already recovered.
After witnessing the sheer utility of Satoshi's Kakushitsuijaku, he knew hiding was pointless now.
The earlier fight between Satoru and Satoshi had already drawn enough attention. Now it was their turn.
Satoshi was the central figure of the entire Curse Corpse broadcast. The camera feed would follow him wherever he went.
Kenshin had full confidence in his concealment techniques and his methods of disrupting the Curse Corpse broadcast.
But if Satoshi dragged the broadcast directly to them, there was nothing he could do.
Which was why Kamo Kenshin was unwilling to run away in front of a live audience.
That would be too cowardly, and far too embarrassing.
(To be continued.)