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Satoru, who had healed himself, pointed his hand towards Naoya and pulled himself towards him.
Seeing him appear beside him, Naoya immediately decided to distance himself so that he could give him some more space for attacking him through [Infinity].
Satoru, though, had already predicted that; his brain was working faster than ever.
[Cursed Technique Lapse: Blue]
A swirling orb of cursed energy pulled Naoya back, and immediately after that, a glowing red orb came straight at him.
[Cursed Technique Reversal: Red]
Seeing the repulsive orb, Naoya immediately calculated his moves and used his own technique.
[Frame Drop]
Satoru blinked, and Naoya vanished from his spot, and now it was he again who was sent flying once again.
*Crack!*
He could hear the faint crackling noise of his cheekbone, but RCT immediately kicked in, healing him in the process.
The initial hits were still hurting him more so than they were doing before he got his high, but RCT immediately negated the damage.
'This bastard is hitting me harder now,' thought Satoru, though he felt excited at the thought. He was becoming more dangerous in Naoya's eyes.
Naoya had realized that Satoru had undergone some sort of power-up or had a sudden realization and that made it more important than ever to neutralise him. With RCT, unless he could knock him out before the damage is healed, then the fight won't end.
He had more cursed energy than Satoru, but the magic eyes made Satoru more efficient than him. CTR was eating his reserves faster than the normal application of his technique.
'He has RCT now. I can hit him harder.' thought Naoya and grasped the amulet around his neck.
[Will of Shadows: Funeral Tiger - Shadowbound Tiger Belt]
The amulet released some cursed energy and then transformed and wrapped around Naoya's waist like a belt.
"New fashion choice? Wearing that huge belt won't look good, you know?" said Satoru.
"Really? I think it gives me a predatory vibe?" replied Naoya and activated the cursed tool.
Cursed Energy came out of the belt, and white and black markings appeared on Naoya's body. His eyes changed as well, along with his frame that got slightly bigger. His hair turned glowing white and got a bit longer as well.
"Huh? You copying my hair colour now?" asked Gojo with a smirk, though he was surprised seeing Naoya's transformation.
Naoya didn't reply and simply smirked back.
[Frame Drop]
With just a single punch, Gojo's entire right arm shattered, and the impact kept moving to the rest of his body, and many more bones in his body cracked up a bit.
"Agh!" winced Gojo as an unimaginable pain coursed through his body.
He was sent flying once again, but RCT was back in action to heal him.
"RCT does not allow the use of normal use of [Infinity]," said Naoya, already in place to attack the defenceless Satoru.
"Really? Whatever will I do?" asked Gojo in mock worry as he fired a quick [Red] at Naoya.
*BOOM*
The red orb of repulsion blew up before he could counter or dodge it, sending Naoya crashing.
Blood came out of his mouth, and he, too, had to resort to RCT to heal himself.
'I really don't like this red ball....' thought Naoya.
Being part of a great clan, he had substantial knowledge of how that technique worked. Still, since he had not seen it in reality himself, he was not yet familiar with the output of the technique and considering that it was Satoru, he might literally be just learning it on the go and would improve as the fight went on.
Both of them finished healing and locked onto each other once again.
Both were wary of each other. They needed a decisive strike to take down their opponent, but both knew that the other wouldn't give enough time for that.
"I apologise in advance, Satoru," said Naoya and used his [Projection Sorcery].
With the technique combined with his increased speed from the [Shadowbound Tiger Belt], Naoya started running around.
Satoru tried to track his movements and catch him off guard, but he traversed around him like a blur. One moment he was in front of him and the other behind. Pinpointing his next location was getting difficult.
"Whatever!" said Satoru and raised his hand.
[Cursed Technique Lapse: Maximum Output Blue]
The giant orb of swirling energy appeared above Satoru, and with a hand motion, the orb moved around, attracting the rubble and anything that came in its way.
Satoru moved it around him, trying to either pull him, Naoya or at least slow him down just a bit before he strikes him.
Naoya, though, was already familiar with the Blue's output.
He continued to run and build momentum. The ground behind him started to get pulled in with him, and the moment he felt some attraction from [Blue], he used [Frame Drop] to skip out of its effect.
He kept running for a minute, with Satoru getting more worried as the time went on, with Naoya not getting caught at all. He even deployed a second [Blue] to reel in Naoya, but the Zenin didn't seem to be getting caught at all.
"If you are not stopping, then I will blow everything away," muttered Satoru as a glowing red orb started to form on his fingertip and [Blue] vanished.
'NOW!!!!'
The moment [Red] started to form, Naoya turned towards Satoru.
Activating [Red] required him to use positive energy, while [Infinity] required curse energy, making Satoru vulnerable for the time being.
...Or so Naoya thought.
The moment Naoya came close to Satoru, he got stopped by [Infinity] and got stuck in a frame himself since he failed to perform the assigned motion.
Satoru smirked, seeing his plan work and pointed his finger at Naoya.
"Hasta La Vista, Baby," said Gojo and fired the [Red] straight at the frozen Naoya.
*BOOM*
The frame shattered as Naoya was shot out recieving the full brunt of the damage.
That wasn't the end, though, [Red] continued to move and exploded directly in front of Naoya, sending him flying and planting him in the barrier.
"Naoya! I am really liking this [Red]!!!! Let's do this again!!!!" said Satoru cheerfully.
Naoya, whose entire system was still not able to register what just happened, took a second to process what just happened and partially summoned Senzu and used RCT himself as well to heal himself rapidly.
"Oi! How the hell are you using positive and cursed energy at the same time?!?!" asked Naoya in anger. This was not something he had ever seen.
"Look me in the eyes! What do you see?" replied Satoru with a smirk.
Naoya blinked, wondering if Saotru was mocking him, but then it clicked to him.
"Those damn magic eyes...." hissed Naoya.
"Correct answer! My~ You are so smart~" replied Satoru and gave him a thumbs up.
'This f*cking cheater.....' thought Naoya as a vein popped up on his forehead.
Still, he calmed himself down and took a deep breath.
'Breathe in....Breathe out..... forget it. He asked for it,' thought Naoya and gave up on calming himself down.
Shadows swirled around his palm, and he took out the [Inverted Spear of Heaven].
Satoru looked at Naoya with amusement.
'Like a cursed tool would help,' thought Satoru.
Naoya unsheathed the spear that was still in the short sword mode and stretched his body once.
Seeing him getting ready, Satoru activated [Infinity] and [Red] once again. Even if Naoya were to use [Frame Drop] and break through the [Infinity] and strike him, he would let [Red] blow Naoya away as well.
Naoya finished his stretch and [Frame Dropped] beside Satoru and stabbed his thigh with the [Inverted Spear of Heaven].
"Agh! Why are you being a yandere! Here! [Red]!" yelled Satoru and pointed his [Red] towards Naoya.
There was just a slight issue.
The [Red] wasn't there at his fingertips.....now that he thought about it, Naoya was moved through [Infinity] without any difficulty as well.
His gaze slowly moved towards Naoya, who was looking at him, waiting for him to realise how f*cked up the situation he was in.
"...Mercy?" asked Satoru.
"Sorry. Ran out of it," replied Naoya, and trapped Satoru in a frame before landing the full brunt of 79 strikes on him.
The moment he broke free, he got trapped once again, with [Infinity] not being active at all to protect him.
Naoya even made sure that he could not run away by purposefully pinning him to the ground while using his technique on him.
With no room to move too far from him, Satoru was essentially a punching sack for Naoya.
Still, he showed some mercy by not reinforcing himself with cursed energy.
After 2 minutes of continuous beating, Satoru lay on the Ground in a Yamcha-like posture.
He was healing himself with RCT, and Naoya simply took the [Inverted Spear of Heaven] out of him. He vented out enough.
"Phew. That feels good. Are we done, Satoru, or are we fighting more?" asked Naoya and turned towards Satoru, only to find the crater empty.
'Take the amplified and reversal together....and smash both these expressions of Infinity together,' thought Satoru, who used [Blue] to appear directly above Naoya.
The [Red] and [Blue] started to combine, and a purplish glow started to come out of the orb that was forming at his fingertips.
Seeing the glow, Naoya looked up and saw Satoru charging up a new attack.
'What the f*ck is that?'
'-together they create an imaginary mass....push it out,' thought Satoru and locked in on Naoya.
[Imaginary Technique: Hollow Purple]
The purple ball of destruction launched towards Naoya.
"Dodge it if you wanna live, you bastard!!!!!" yelled Satoru.
"I already dodged, you bastard," replied Naoya, appearing beside Satoru with [Fram Drop].
"Huh?" yelped Satoru in astonishment, seeing that Naoya was right beside him.
The two stared at each other for a second before turning towards the [Hollow Purple].
*BOOM!!!!*
They saw the attack's destruction, how it cleaved through the ground and destroyed everything in its path.
Soon, Satoru deactivated the technique.
"...What the hell is this technique?"
"It's called [Hollow Purple]. It is formed by merging my Lapse and Reversal techniques," stated Satoru.
"Explain the functioning," demanded Naoya
"Eh? Why should I?" complained Satoru
"Just because," stated Naoya.
Satoru thought for a while and then gave a sagely nod.
"Valid. Come here and let me whisper it," replied Satoru and started whispering into Naoya's ears.
As the explanation continued, Naoya's jaw continued to drop.
By not going into too much detail, [Hollow Purple] worked like a shredder. A shredder that worked at the atomic level and pulled and pushed atoms at the same time with immense force to break them apart and destroy the object.
"...You knew how it worked and still fired it at me?" asked Naoya in disbelief.
"Reax! I would have stopped it if you were unable to dodge. Who do you think I am?" replied Satoru.
"...You are insane!"
"I know," replied Satoru calmly.
"..." Naoya didn't know what to say. His son suddenly got too OP all of a sudden.
Satoru looked at Naoya with a smirk. He already had an idea about what was going through his head.
'Still....despite all this, he is not looking battered at all,' thought Satoru and eyed Naoya from top to bottom.
Except for a few torn clothes, Naoya did not have a single scratch on his body.
He, on the other hand, was looking quite roughed up; though his injuries were healed, he still looked like someone who got caught up in a fight.
"...I give up. You win," said Satoru.
"Huh?"
Hearing him say that, Naoya got genuinely confused. Were his ears ringing?
He placed his palm on Satoru's forehead to check if he was having a fever.
"What the hell are you, and what did you do to Satoru?" asked Naoya.
"Just shut up and accept the win while I am being nice. If you were to use that cursed tool that you used earlier to fight seriously, I would have died by now. You, on the other hand, even dodged my ultimate attack. The only way either of us will stop if we seriously try to kill each other....Just take the win for now....You won't get the chance next year, though. I would come back after becoming more amazing!" declared Satoru and moved his fist forward.
Naoya stared at Satoru for a while, wondering if he was being genuine or just acting nice for show.
After feeling that he was not holding back, Naoya smiled and fist-bumped Satoru.
"I am happy that you know your place....Don't forget it, because next year too the outcome won't change."
"Heh, we will see about that....Now then, let's go and have some fun. The official stuff is over, now it is time for the after party!" declared Satoru.
"Sure Sure. Go and change, and then we will go out for fun," replied Naoya.
"Yay~ Suguru and Kuroko are knocked out, though.....well, let's drag them along anyway."
The two started to make plans already out of their battle mindsets.
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The audience, on the other hand, was left completely speechless. In just a single fight, Satoru Gojo became even more terrifying than he already was....and despite all that, Naoya Zenin barely harmed at all.
The higher-ups who were dispatched from the HQ were already dreading the reaction these two sorcerers were going to get from the rest of the Jujutsu world once the report was made.