The squad members standing beside Zen'in Shinro took large steps back, and soon everyone had retreated to a safe distance, as if Moses were parting the sea.
For his first time killing, Mahito surprisingly felt no emotion at all.
He only felt that his current state was exceptionally good.
Even though the sound of the rain hitting his bamboo hat was immense, his heart felt no irritability.
He quietly watched the world in the rain, imagining the legendary sword saint who killed in the rain.
He held this Divine Sword with one hand; though Kirigiri had hummed softly before the battle, she was now as silent as snow, reflecting a startling silver light in the storm.
Mahito took a step forward.
He had just killed their captain, yet at this moment, not a single squad member showed any sign of anger.
Everyone was filled with terror, and as Mahito took a step, they all instinctively retreated half a step.
"Eek!"
Finally, someone couldn't withstand the immense pressure and let out a loud, strange cry.
As that person cried out, it seemed to wake the others.
All the Kukuru Unit members suddenly snapped out of their dream-like state.
They simultaneously raised their long swords and let out strange cries.
The sound of the torrential rain was instantly dispersed by the shouting squad members, and everyone's expressions shifted from terror to rage.
With swords like a forest, the squad members charged at the same time.
Mahito showed no fear as he ran toward the Kukuru Unit members.
—Tool Manipulation Technique!
This is a Cursed Technique that allows for the free manipulation of cursed tools and can maximize their abilities.
Every cursed tool possesses its own unique characteristics, and Kirigiri was no exception.
She had been personally cultivated by Mahito and recorded all of his desires for the blade.
Her ability finally bloomed at this moment, and its name was—
Mahito suddenly leaped mid-run, crashing into the midst of the Kukuru Unit members and swinging a slash.
A squad member raised his sword to block, but in the next instant, half of his body was sliced away along with his long sword.
Both man and blade were severed.
——[Cutting Line].
All slashing weapons have a concept known as the Cutting Line.
Only those who can accurately use the Cutting Line of a slashing weapon can be considered to have reached the pinnacle.
Kirigiri's ability is to engrave the Cutting Line onto objects within her slashing range.
Then, as long as one attacks along the Cutting Line, no matter how hard the object is, it will be cut in two.
All Laws Are Void, Peerless Under Heaven!
This was the gift Mahito had prepared for Gojo Satoru, and it was also the inspiration he had drawn from Ryomen Sukuna.
Ryomen Sukuna's Cleave Technique underwent target expansion to use the World Slash, which indeed cut through Gojo Satoru's Infinity.
This proved that similar slashing attacks would surely work on Gojo Satoru.
Mirokuji Kirigiri was designed precisely with this in mind.
Mahito kicked away the severed corpse in front of him, which crashed into the squad members behind it.
He turned and slashed again.
At that moment, an ambushing squad member's blade was almost right in front of Mahito's eyes, but before it could hit, Kirigiri had already sliced through half of his forehead.
The torrential rain fell, smashing his exposed brain to pieces.
Having just killed two squad members, the remaining ones finally managed to get close.
Their faces were full of rage as they let out loud, strange cries and swung their long swords down simultaneously.
For a moment, the blade tips sliced through the curtain of rain, appearing like a silver-gray wall.
Suddenly, Mahito disappeared from before their eyes, and then a massive surge of pain radiated from their thighs.
Mahito pressed his body to the ground, moving low like Himura Kenshin.
Kirigiri sliced along his wingspan, and the thighs of all the squad members surrounding Mahito were cut in half.
A bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, and the squad members who had lost their legs lay miserably on the rain-soaked ground, their wailing sounding like the weeping of ghosts.
Mahito felt a chill and rolled on the ground.
A long spear appeared behind him, chasing him along the trail of his roll.
He held Kirigiri in front of his eyes to block.
The spear collided with Kirigiri, producing a loud metallic clang.
Kirigiri's ability activated, a Cutting Line appeared on the spear's tip, and in the next instant, the spear was severed.
The attack stopped immediately, and the surrounding people took the opportunity to close in.
But Kirigiri spun out from Mahito's hand, and the legs of several squad members who tried to ambush him were sliced in two, causing them to fall before him.
Mahito didn't even need Kirigiri; he hammered a fist into one's head, smashing it to pulp.
Mahito stood up from the ground and saw a squad member staring blankly at the long spear, seemingly unable to comprehend why it had been cut.
It should have been a Cursed Tool, as it emitted residual Cursed Energy.
It was likely a treasure carefully kept by the squad member, but it was easily severed under Kirigiri's blade.
In an instant, Kirigiri took off this spearman's head.
The squad member's expression of disbelief remained on his face as his head slowly fell.
The blood fountaining from the side of his neck mixed with the torrential rain.
The spearman knelt on the ground, his hand gripping the spear tightly, refusing to let go even in death.
In the original work, there were no Kukuru Unit members who used spears; even the captain used a long sword.
The appearance of this squad member was completely outside of Mahito's expectations.
"His long blade can ignore defense! Whether it's Cursed Energy reinforcement or Cursed Tool durability, it can completely ignore them! Don't let it hit you!"
someone suddenly shouted, waking the remaining Kukuru Unit members.
It seemed that the Cursed Tool spear was quite famous and likely possessed special defensive properties, which was why the spearman had been so confident in clashing with Kirigiri, only to be sliced through.
This made the squad members wary; no one else would dare clash with Kirigiri again.
"It's not an 'it,' it's a 'she.'"
Mahito held Kirigiri horizontally in front of him.
In the torrential rain, Kirigiri emitted a faint silver glow, reflecting the blood, the wind, the rain, and the thunder dragon flashing in the sky.
"Divine Sword, Mirokuji Kirigiri."
Mahito swung Kirigiri down violently, slicing through the curtain of rain.
"Pleased to meet you!"
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