"Jade Hounds."
"Nue."
"Orochi."
"Tiger Funeral."
"Round Deer."
Inside the Martial Arts Field, Mirai's hand signs changed continuously, and the shadows beneath his feet surged and rolled with each of his calls.
The greatest advantage of the Ten Shadows Technique, compared to other Cursed Techniques, was its extremely low Cursed Energy consumption, not to mention that Mirai also possessed the Strongest Cursed Energy-saving treasure in the Jujutsu World, the Six Eyes.
Therefore, even Mirai, who was only six years old at the time, could manipulate Shikigami at will, performing a variety of complex operations.
And all he expended was a mere bit of mental effort, which was negligible.
In the field.
The mysterious, ancient azure Six Eyes shone brightly beneath the pure black, opaque, gorgeous contact lenses.
Under Mirai's control,
five Shikigami gradually merged into a single, massive, humanoid Shikigami.
Her upper body resembled a bird, her face was covered by a mask, her human-like small mouth was sexy and charming, she had huge eyes similar to the Rinnegan, and relatively small antlers for her body size.
On her chest were two mysterious, female-like protrusions, adorned with black and white tiger stripes.
Below her slender, graspable waist were deep black, fluffy trousers, the same style as Mr. Mahoraga's.
This Shikigami was precisely the Chimera Beast — Agito — that Sukuna had displayed in the original work.
Mirai was able to summon her when he was three years old, and later, it became one of Mirai's daily practices.
In order to uncover the mystery of the nine-body fusion as soon as possible.
"Well, it's roughly this feeling."
Looking up at Agito, whose massive body was almost touching the ceiling, Mirai waved his hand and commanded, "Squat down, lower your head, let me pet you."
Gently parting Agito's two crimson-purple lips, Mirai reached in and stroked her fine teeth and her tongue, which was covered with thick, rough barbs.
A sensation of ticklish stinging came from his palm, somewhat like petting a cat, and somewhat like petting a tiger; in short, it was quite peculiar.
Afterward, with his head cradled by soft pads, he lay sprawled out on Agito's soft, furry belly.
Mirai seemed a bit bored: "I wonder if you can retain consciousness..."
As if sensing her master's disappointment, Agito cautiously extended an index finger, twice as thick as Mirai's arm, and gently stroked Mirai's hair, the tip of his nose, and his lips.
This was Agito's habitual gesture to show Mirai affection and comfort.
Its meaning was similar to the intimate gestures Mirai had made to Agito earlier; it was their agreed-upon little secret for confirming each other's identity.
Of course, it was mainly used to confirm whether Agito's consciousness had changed and whether her memories were preserved.
After a brief moment of intimacy, Mirai finally made up his mind.
Jumping off Agito's belly, Mirai took one last look at Agito's adorably ugly yet sexy appearance, then waved his hand, dismissing her back into his shadow.
"Rekseus, guard everything around the perimeter of the Martial Arts Field! Don't let even a single fly in!"
[Answer: Understood.]
A mature female voice, devoid of emotional fluctuation, suddenly echoed in Mirai's mind.
Subsequently, Rekseus's silver-grey figure flashed past Mirai, dematerializing and passing through the Martial Arts Field's wall, promptly commencing her guard duty.
Nobody was around.
Mirai changed into a bright yellow Daoist robe adorned with a Tai Chi Bagua symbol and lit three tall incense sticks, thicker and longer than his life, in the center of the Martial Arts Field.
"Ancestors of the Zen'in Family, bless me, this time, your grandson must succeed in one go!"
"Jade Emperor, Queen Mother of the West, Tathagata Buddha, Guanyin Bodhisattva, Grand Pure One, Immortal Zhenyuan, your grandson is of the Celestial Dynasty's orthodox lineage; I live as a Celestial Dynasty person and die as a Celestial Dynasty ghost. You must bless your grandson to succeed in one breath!"
"After I succeed, I will surely slaughter a few more Zen'in Family scoundrels and send them below to serve the Zen'in Family ancestors and simultaneously add to the festivities for all you great deities."
After kowtowing three times to the mysterious East, Mirai put away all his gear and formed hand seals!
"Jade Hounds!"
"Nue!"
"Orochi!"
"Toad!"
"Round Deer!"
"Piercing Ox!"
"Max Elephant!"
"Rabbit Escape!"
"Tiger Funeral!"
As Mirai's childish yet firm calls rang out, nine distinct dark shadow outlines, like a chaotic tide, roared and struggled out from Mirai's shadow!
At the same moment, drops of cold sweat continuously formed on Mirai's forehead and rolled down, indicating that he was not at ease.
"Come back, Rekseus!"
The silver-grey light-sense doppelganger returned to his body in response, and Mirai instantly activated the doppelganger possession state.
After exhaling a long breath, he brought his hands together, rapidly forming forty-nine seals in one second.
"Hah!"
"Blood is fire! Cursed name is love!"
"My pride! My soul!"
"The gathered chaos shall achieve infinite profound darkness, transforming into an eternal, imperishable beacon, guiding the ultimate path of Yin and Yang!"
"Fusion Summon!"
The nine shadows responded by fusing into a dark sphere in Mirai's hand, pulsating like a heart.
Thump!
Thump!!
Thump!!!
It was like an oviparous embryonic shell, nurturing a brand new life.
Its presence was so strong that it was clearly audible throughout the entire Zen'in Family compound and continuously spread outward.
"What?!"
"This aura is?!"
The first to notice the anomaly from Mirai's side was Zenyatta (Zen'in) Seinaru, whom he had appointed as his sword-bearing attendant yesterday, and who had been stationed at the edge of the core area of the family compound.
Although Mirai was still a child, both his hidden strength and his broad-mindedness, which disregarded family prejudices, were enough to make Zenyatta (Zen'in) Seinaru feel as if he had met a kindred spirit and dedicate his life to him!
The Strongest bodyguard in the Jujutsu World, the Heavenly Restriction, immediately rushed towards Mirai's Martial Arts Field!
And after Zenyatta (Zen'in) Seinaru, Naobito Zen'in, Ogi Zen'in, and others, each with their own thoughts, also moved upon hearing the commotion.
In the field.
The nine-body merged Shikigami egg-embryo in Mirai's palm, its pulsating frequency rapidly intensified from almost inaudible to deafening!
Yet, after reaching a certain peak, it instantly returned to calm, with great sound becoming silent.
"Phew..."
Looking at the pure black, egg-sized sphere in his palm, Mirai wiped the torrential sweat from his forehead with his other hand and exhaled a light, murky breath.
The consumption of Cursed Energy, the depletion of mental strength, the loss of physical stamina.
All this exertion was still a bit too much for Mirai, who was only six years old.
Fortunately, he had the invincible doppelganger's assistance; otherwise, he would have collapsed from exhaustion long ago.
Success or failure, it all hinged on this one attempt!
"Your body is entwined with the incantations of 'Infinity,' 'Eternity,' and 'Freedom,' rushing forth from the other side of the abyss, from the dim darkness!
"Descend!"
"Shadow Guardian!"
"One of my Shikigami's Strongest Two Principles!"
"Agathos!!!"
After the final chant concluded,
the azure Six Eyes hidden beneath his dark pupils suddenly constricted sharply!
Mirai gripped the sphere in his hand tightly, and dazzling darkness surged out wildly from between his fingers!
Deeply dark, profound, mysteriously captivating.
Suddenly!
With a crack,
the shadow beneath Mirai's feet seemed to break free from some kind of shackles, surging out wildly like an unbridled horse, and instantly intertwined and merged with the darkness emanating from his palm in the void!
A massive phantom was twisting, constructing, and forming within it at a visible speed—
Thud ~
Gracefully landing.
A snow-white, sacred, massive beast body.
Nine delicate and exquisite fluffy tails.
An intricate and magnificent antler crown.
A beautiful human body of icy skin and jade bones.
Luxurious and elegant miko attire.
Agathos's overall form resembled a centaur in Mirai's understanding.
But her beast form prototype was closer to the nine-tailed celestial fox of myths and legends.
Slightly raising his head to look up at the newly born Shikigami before him, Mirai's breathing suddenly caught, and his childish face couldn't help but show his amazement!
Resilient! Invincible! Strongest!
Sexy! Elegant! Charming!
At this moment,
seemingly contradictory feelings undoubtedly coexisted harmoniously in Mirai's heart.
He finally understood why Seto Kaiba got so excited, thrilled, and even frenzied every time he summoned his Blue-Eyes White Dragon.
"Fusion truly is the noblest form of summoning ~"
Mirai sighed, habitually raising his hand to reach up... Currently public information:
[Agathos's image can roughly reference the 4th Beast in FGO in its Tamamo-no-Mae form, except that its beast body does not have various animal limbs attached or superfluous fleshy protrusions on the front, and its tail is not star-colored, but a sacred pure white.]