"Bururubu, Yurayura, Eight-Grasping Sword, Alien God General, Mahoraga!"
As Eichi's voice fell, a tall figure emerged from the shadow elongated by the streetlights.
The figure had a floating halo above its head, no eyes, but four small wings on either side, and an insect-like abdomen tail at the back of its head.
Its physique was very tall and robust. Eichi compared it to himself and found that Mahoraga might be four or five meters tall.
On its right arm was a simple arm blade, yet the aura emanating from it gave off an indescribable sense of divinity.
This was precisely the Sword of Exorcism, specially designed to combat Cursed Spirits.
Eichi continuously leaped backward, hiding behind Mahoraga, while at this moment, the Half-Body Cursed Spirit's gaze, after Yuta 's death, fixed upon Mahoraga.
Through his earlier observation, Eichi noticed that the Half-Body Cursed Spirit selected its targets based on their distance from the center of the overpass to the sides. Therefore, now that he stood behind Mahoraga, he was no longer the Half-Body Cursed Spirit's target; Mahoraga, who was closer to the center of the overpass, was.
A somewhat deranged smile appeared at the corner of Eichi's mouth.
Because he saw the Half-Body Cursed Spirit trembling.
"Hahaha, so even Cursed Spirits can be scared? Get rid of her, Mahoraga."
The second Command Spell on the back of his hand vanished.
Under the effect of the Command Spell, Mahoraga first locked its attack target onto the Half-Body Cursed Spirit prostrated on the ground.
Mahoraga's feet pushed hard, instantly shattering the ground, and its massive body shot towards the Half-Body Cursed Spirit like a cannonball.
The next moment, ropes appeared out of thin air, snaring Mahoraga's neck and hanging it from the overpass.
"Whoosh—"
A familiar sound rang out as a train sped towards Mahoraga, which was hanging from the overpass.
Boom! Screech! Screech!
The train violently crashed into Mahoraga's massive body, and the Domain instantly transformed into a car crash scene.
Mahoraga's powerful defense meant that while the train injured it, it didn't completely break Mahoraga's body like it had Yuta 's.
Instead, the train itself twisted and deformed from the impact, ultimately derailing.
The halo on Mahoraga's head rotated, and its injuries rapidly healed.
At the same time, two pieces of information appeared in Eichi's mind.
One was Mahoraga adapting to and deciphering the ropes around its neck, and the other was its priority adaptation and deciphering of the train's impact, which occurred when it was hit.
While Eichi was happy, a hint of worry also appeared in his heart.
He was happy because Eichi knew that this time, victory was assured; the Half-Body Cursed Spirit was no match for Mahoraga.
The worry, however, was that Mahoraga had also listed the Command Spells as something it needed to adapt to, though its priority was low because it was currently in combat.
The Command Spell's command effect was judged by Mahoraga as an attack from Eichi, its tamer.
'Damn it, if only I had gotten the System earlier, I could have directly used three Command Spells to order Mahoraga to commit suicide.'
If he were to order Mahoraga to commit suicide now, then during the short period after Mahoraga disappeared and before it was resummoned, the Half-Body Cursed Spirit would directly target him.
He couldn't withstand the Half-Body Cursed Spirit's attacks.
Similar to Yuta Okkotsu, the external Technique Eichi obtained was a summoning and shikigami-controlling Technique activated through the Holy Grail placed within Eichi's body as a medium.
However, the original Heroic Spirit summoning, after being assimilated by this world, transformed into summoning imaginary Heroic Spirits.
And imaginary Cursed Spirits require a sufficient degree of fame to be generated, meaning Eichi now needed to ensure the Heroic Spirits he wished to summon had enough renown before he could summon them as imaginary Cursed Spirits.
This greatly frustrated Eichi, who had originally intended to directly summon Heroic Spirits to protect and care for himself.
After localization, the Holy Grail's operation was linked to the Cursed Energy System, and the Cursed Energy System was only active in the island nation. Furthermore, the legends of Heroic Spirits in the Type-Moon world differed from this world, so Eichi had to find a way to collect imaginary concepts related to the Heroic Spirits from the Type-Moon world.
Fortunately, after the System's modification, Command Spells could affect not only Heroic Spirits but also the shikigami he summoned through the Ten Shadows Technique.
After all, Command Spells originally evolved from magic that controlled familiars, and the shikigami summoned by the Ten Shadows Technique were also considered familiars.
Bang.
The recovered Mahoraga grabbed the edge of the overpass, used it as leverage for a huge leap, and landed heavily in front of the Half-Body Cursed Spirit. Amidst the Half-Body Cursed Spirit's terrifying screams, it was once again flung off the overpass by ropes.
"Whoosh—"
The train approached again, but this time it failed to inflict any damage on Mahoraga.
The halo on its head gently rotated once, and Mahoraga leaped in front of the Half-Body Cursed Spirit again.
Eichi knew that this time, Mahoraga had adapted to the rope's restraint.
Indeed, when the ropes reappeared, they failed to constrict Mahoraga, merely snatching a single wing from its head.
This wasn't because Mahoraga had no better way to harmlessly break the Half-Body Cursed Spirit's rope attack, but because this was more efficient: deflecting the opponent's attack with minimal cost.
More sophisticated methods of breaking it would require more time.
And it was just one wing from its head; it recovered in less than a second.
Mahoraga walked up to the Half-Body Cursed Spirit, raising the Sword of Exorcism in its right hand high.
"Ah ah ah!"
The Half-Body Cursed Spirit let out a piercing shriek. Cursed Energy, like blood, gushed from the severed part of its right arm, forming a massive blood scythe.
"Ah ah ah!"
The Half-Body Cursed Spirit fiercely plunged the blood scythe into Mahoraga's waist, attempting to cleave Mahoraga in half. However, before the scythe struck Mahoraga, the Sword of Exorcism in Mahoraga's right hand had already cut into the Half-Body Cursed Spirit's body.
The Sword of Exorcism in Mahoraga's right hand carried positive energy, similar to the Reverse Cursed Technique. Even a Special Grade Four Calamities would die on the spot if directly hit.
With a tragic scream, the body of the Special Grade Imaginary Cursed Spirit, the Half-Body Cursed Spirit, began to turn to ash.
Clatter. To Eichi's surprise, a dark red, shriveled finger fell to the ground.
"Why is Sukuna's finger here?"
Eichi picked up the finger from the ground, a little puzzled.
"So that's it. That's why this Cursed Spirit, despite being very strong, felt somewhat unintelligent."
Earlier, Eichi had been a bit puzzled because this Cursed Spirit was too mindless. Although highly intelligent Cursed Spirits were rare, those capable of opening a Domain usually had some level of intelligence, especially since this Half-Body Cursed Spirit hadn't had its sentience erased by Suguru Geto's Cursed Spirit Manipulation.
In the story, even a Grade 3 Cursed Spirit knew to threaten Nobara with a child, and a few Advanced Grade Cursed Spirits, apart from the Four Calamities, could manage simple communication.
The Half-Body Cursed Spirit was Special Grade, yet it seemed to constantly rush in headfirst.
But after seeing Sukuna's finger, Eichi understood: this was a Special Grade Cursed Spirit that had been gestated after consuming Sukuna's finger.
"Hey, tell me your name before you die."
While he was contemplating, Satoru, who had been standing at the edge of the overpass, walked behind Eichi.
"Eichi. And who said I was going to die?"
Eichi initially thought Satoru was going to eliminate him, his competitor, right there, but then he decided Gojo wasn't that kind of person.
"That thing is still there, you know."
Satoru pointed to Mahoraga, which was watching him from the side, then pointed to the two bodyguards behind him.
"I just asked them, and no one here can handle that thing. Or are you saying you can take it down?"
Satoru's face was full of curiosity.
As a Six Eyes User who grew up surrounded by countless people, Satoru had been continuously learning and training his Six Eyes, and naturally, he knew about this Technique that had once killed a Six Eyes User.
The strongest shikigami in the Ten Shadows Technique, Mahoraga, which had never been tamed and was always regarded by the Zenin Clan as a last resort for mutual destruction.
Eichi's mouth twitched.
"Don't worry."
The Command Spell on his right hand, hidden behind his back, flashed, and Mahoraga began to disappear.
Feeling that Mahoraga's adaptation progress to the Command Spell had Advanced significantly, Eichi felt a bit helpless.
"Oh!"
Satoru's eyes widened, and the two bodyguards behind him also looked surprised.
"You've already tamed Mahoraga?"
"Not completely yet."
"How did you do it?"
"...It's a secret."
Was Satoru already so lacking in boundaries at such a young age? No, it seemed like he had never understood what boundaries were.
Grumble~!
Just then, a sound came from Eichi's stomach.
Having missed dinner and endured both running and fighting, Eichi felt like he could eat three large steamed buns right now.
Oh, it's rice balls here.
"Let's go grab something to eat."
"Okay, but not in Kyoto."
"Why?"
"Too many Zenin Clan dogs there."
"No problem, follow me."
Just after they left, an old man with stitches on his head appeared in the center of the overpass.
"Interesting. Although it was just a hopeful attempt, I unexpectedly saw something interesting."
The old man cleaned up the residual Cursed Energy on the scene and then turned to leave.