Jujutsu High battlefield.
"Piercing Blood!"
Choso pressed his hands together and a violent stream of blood shot forward, striking Uraume's right hand and blasting it apart.
But Uraume could use Reverse Cursed Technique. In an instant, the destroyed palm regenerated and returned to normal.
"Ice Formation: Frost Calm!"
A pale mist spread across the battlefield like early morning fog, freezing everything it touched in layers of frost.
"Blood Manipulation: Flowing Red Scale!"
"Star Sorrow: Heat Breath!"
Choso forced his blood to circulate faster, raising his body temperature and resisting the freezing mist. Riko Amanai's cursed technique was even more effective. With her standing at the center, the frost stopped completely within a twenty-meter radius.
Crack.
At that moment, the domain of the special grade curse shattered, and Mei Mei and Ui Ui appeared.
The curse's domain targeted the one with the strongest cursed energy. Mei Mei suppressed her own energy fluctuations and let Ui Ui release his cursed energy at full power. When Ui Ui was trapped inside the coffin, he used a Simple Domain to buy time. Then Mei Mei acted and used Black Bird Manipulation to kill the curse in a single strike.
The siblings trusted each other completely, and because of that, they defeated the special grade curse almost instantly.
At the same time, Megumi Fushiguro released his domain, Chimera Shadow Garden. At his feet, the corpse of Shuten-dōji was already dissolving.
"Brother!"
"Understood!"
Aoi Todo and Yuji Itadori moved in perfect sync, combining their attacks and crushing the special grade cursed spirit Ganesha.
"Die!"
Toge Inumaki roared despite the blood at the corner of his mouth, and the Dōjō-ji Bell exploded under the force of his cursed speech.
"Shockwave Palm!"
Panda, already in Gorilla Mode, smashed the Spider Mother into fragments.
Nanami adjusted his glasses and stared at the Incarnated Tamamo-no-Mae in front of him. He slowly removed his tie and wrapped it around his hand.
"Sorry. I don't want to keep them waiting any longer."
"It's time for overtime."
Cursed energy surged around him as he rushed forward. The body of the Incarnated Tamamo-no-Mae suddenly expanded and transformed into a massive nine-tailed fox.
Nine enormous tails struck the ground like whips, shaking the battlefield.
Nanami remained calm. He dodged between the attacks while tightening his grip on his short sword.
"Black Flash!"
Black lightning burst out, and one of the fox's tails was instantly severed.
Then again.
"Black Flash!"
Bang!
"Black Flash!"
Nine consecutive Black Flashes.
All nine tails were cut off, and Kento Nanami shattered his previous record of four consecutive Black Flashes.
The Incarnated Tamamo-no-Mae let out a furious roar, but the sound was empty. Nanami kept walking forward, completely unfazed.
"Sorry. That kind of intimidation doesn't work on me."
The light behind his glasses grew sharper. His steps became faster until he suddenly sprinted forward.
Nanami jumped high into the air and swung his blade directly at the fox's forehead.
"Black Flash!"
Ten consecutive hits.
Bang!
The enormous body of the Incarnated Tamamo-no-Mae collapsed and dissolved into light.
With that, the battlefield of the First-Grade Sorcerers was completely cleared.
The cursed spirits released during the Hyakki Yagyō were now being suppressed by the students of Jujutsu High.
Riko Amanai, Choso, Mei Mei, Nanami, Aoi Todo, Inumaki, Panda, and Megumi Fushiguro.
Eight First-Grade Sorcerers, along with Yuji Itadori, surrounded Uraume.
"Tch."
Uraume clicked their tongue in irritation. In this situation, victory was almost impossible. Retreat was the only option.
"Ice Formation: Cold Wave!"
A massive wall of ice appeared instantly, blocking the path of the sorcerers. Uraume turned to escape.
Suddenly—
"Projection Sorcery!"
Their body froze for a split second as Naobito Zen'in arrived on the battlefield.
At the same time, another figure appeared beside Uraume like a ghost, already in an iaido stance.
"New Shadow Style!"
Atsuya Kusakabe might have looked lazy most of the time, but he was still a genius. Even without an innate technique, he trained his body and swordsmanship until he reached the level of a First-Grade Sorcerer.
His blade struck toward Uraume's neck with incredible speed.
Clang.
Kusakabe's eyes widened.
The sword had clearly hit Uraume's neck, but instead of cutting through, it shattered against a layer of ice. In the instant before death, Uraume had created ice armor around their throat.
Bang!
Because of the delay caused by Naobito and Kusakabe, the ice wall had already been destroyed.
The First-Grade Sorcerers charged forward together.
"Nue!"
Megumi summoned the shikigami, and lightning surged across the battlefield, striking Uraume directly through the ice.
"Not good!"
Uraume's body went completely numb. They couldn't move at all.
Nanami rushed forward immediately.
"Ten Shadows Technique!"
Heavy damage struck Uraume's waist, sending them flying through the air while blood spilled from their mouth. Before they could recover, Aoi Todo and Yuji Itadori attacked together.
"Black Flash!"
Crack.
Their fists smashed into Uraume's lower back. Bones shattered instantly and their internal organs were crushed.
Uraume's eyes rolled back as their consciousness faded.
"Black Bird Manipulation!"
A crow shot forward like a missile and pierced straight through Uraume's heart.
Kusakabe drew his sword again.
"New Shadow Style: Iai Slash!"
This time, Uraume could not defend themselves.
The blade cut cleanly across their neck.
Squelch.
Uraume's head separated from their body and rolled across the ground. Even then, their eyes were still filled with confusion.
Only when they saw their own body still standing did they finally realize they had been defeated.
Memories flooded into their mind.
In an instant, their thoughts traveled back a thousand years, to a quiet pavilion beside the water where they once lived with Sukuna.
When had they first begun to follow him?
Ah… they remembered.
During the famine of the Heian era, they were surrounded by starving refugees. Those people were no longer human. To them, Uraume was nothing but food.
Sukuna had only been passing by. He didn't even care enough to look at them.
Then suddenly, an unnatural chill spread through the scorching summer.
When Sukuna turned around, he saw Uraume staring at their own hands in shock. Every refugee in front of them had turned into ice sculptures.
Their cursed technique had awakened.
Even then, Sukuna only gave them a brief glance.
But the next moment, the weak and starving Uraume suddenly burst into a terrifying laugh and began tearing the frozen refugees apart with their bare hands.
"Hm?"
Only then did Sukuna show interest.
"Hey, you. I like you. Come work for me."
Uraume looked at him and immediately understood that the person in front of them was someone they could never defeat.
"What do you want me to do?"
Sukuna smiled coldly.
"They wanted to eat you, right? Then cook them for me. I want to see how they taste."
"…Fine."
From that day on, Uraume followed Sukuna, becoming both his servant and his cook.
Now their severed head lay on the ground, staring blankly at the dark sky.
"Ah… Lord Sukuna…"
The light slowly faded from their eyes.
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