Chapter 13: Unlimited Base Slashes? You Really Did Show Up!
It was the same as what happened when Nobara struck the cursed womb earlier—an enemy simply couldn't get close.
Only this time, the roles were reversed.
Cursed Womb: Deity-Bearing couldn't get near Yuji.
"They…" Megumi Fushiguro panted hard, then, from his injuries, passed out.
Yuji was observing something.
The countdown in front of him.
Under passive defense, it didn't seem to count as "taking action." The countdown didn't change, still ticking down little by little.
If he didn't act and only watched, it would extend his remaining time.
So that's the mechanism.
But I'm not going to be just a passerby.
"Hah!"
"Heh! Ptooey!"
Deity-Bearing gathered a wad of cursed energy like old phlegm and spat it down hard.
Boom!
Useless.
It shattered on impact.
Deity-Bearing's expression changed. It switched to close combat, wrapping its fist in cursed energy…
Thud thud thud!!
Punch after punch—dozens in a single second, fast as afterimages!
Every blow was heavy and lethal, enough to instantly kill low-level sorcerers.
But against Yuji's barrier, it only rippled in layers.
How do you make a Special Grade curse doubt itself?
Like this. You just have to be stronger than it.
Deity-Bearing's muscles swelled, its attacks growing more frantic, but it still couldn't get close…
"You've got it rough too." Yuji actually dispelled the cursed energy barrier, lowering the difficulty for it.
Deity-Bearing didn't care. The moment it was gone, it didn't thank him—it immediately lunged.
"Raaah!"
Dense orange cursed energy erupted, blasting at Yuji again!
Before it even reached him, the shockwaves tore the ground open for over ten meters, terrifying in power!
Three meters. Two. One…
That razor-sharp cursed energy fist kept closing in on Yuji.
One centimeter.
At one centimeter, it suddenly collided with an invisible wave of slashes—like hitting a meat grinder.
In an instant, Deity-Bearing's arm was shredded into pulp.
"Huh? Huh?!"
"OOOAAAGHH!"
It screamed, feeling the pain, feeling its arm turn empty, and immediately stopped.
It leapt back more than ten meters in fear!
Then…
it stared at the severed arm, its face shifting as if it were trying to force something out.
A few seconds passed. The severed arm was still severed. Nothing happened.
"Huh?!"
The curse looked at its empty arm, then at Yuji, then back at the arm.
Normally,
cursed spirits naturally regenerate. It's innate. They don't need to learn Reverse Cursed Technique to heal.
But it wasn't working. No flesh buds grew. It didn't recover.
It couldn't understand.
It couldn't comprehend.
"Oh right, I forgot to turn off that layer. Sorry." Yuji looked like he'd suddenly remembered, patting his own head.
"But you really did show up right on cue. I honestly didn't expect you couldn't even handle something at this level."
Then,
the invisible blades around him, not even that strong, dispersed completely.
"Aaah! Aaah!"
Deity-Bearing bared its teeth, its crazed gaze sweeping over the stunned Nobara, and finally landing on Megumi Fushiguro, still unconscious on the ground.
If it couldn't beat Yuji, it would crush the weak toy first and vent its rage.
Its legs filled with blood, muscles swelling as it burst with cursed energy!
It launched—
Boom!!
Deity-Bearing's head exploded.
"Such a drag."
It was Yuji. He casually grabbed its head and crushed it.
It was so fast the Special Grade curse had zero time to react.
Brains splattered, but not a single drop landed on Yuji.
The headless body thudded to the ground, and the air turned eerily quiet again.
"So you were this strong the whole time… Yuanzhi…" Nobara Kugisaki's eyes were wide. "That was a Special Grade cursed spirit! Special Grade!"
Damn it.
So he didn't act sooner because he was training them?
"One reason is training," Yuji said, as if seeing through her thoughts. "Another is that the more times I act, the sooner I might have to leave Jujutsu High."
Nobara frowned. "I don't understand anything you're saying."
"It's nothing." Yuji turned around.
"Also, that was just a newborn Special Grade. No technique. It hasn't even mastered its full power."
"Just a baby venting cursed energy. Nothing impressive." Yuji spoke like it was trivial. "You—cut open its chest and look."
"Huh?"
"What do you mean, huh. Do it." Yuji deliberately made his tone stern.
Future Nobara wouldn't be this obedient, letting him order her around.
Now it was different. The longer he stayed, the more he understood how many benefits there were to going back.
"Fine. You're strong, I'll listen… but I'll surpass you!"
Nobara's competitiveness flared. She crouched and searched, smashing open the cursed womb's chest with her hammer, but there was nothing inside.
"Nothing? Then Sukuna's finger is on the other side."
As Yuji spoke,
he healed Megumi Fushiguro, who had already passed out.
But this guy…
Maybe he was simply too exhausted. His injuries were gone, but his nerves had been stretched too tight—he stayed asleep.
"Take him out. I'll handle the rest." Yuji waved a hand.
Nobara hesitated, then nodded. She grabbed Megumi by the back of his collar and ran out.
"A cursed spirit—even a newly born small Special Grade—still has plenty of value."
Yuji pressed down with one hand.
The dead Deity-Bearing was squeezed by invisible cursed energy, compressed again and again, until it became a ball of flesh.
Cursed spirits were curses.
He could use curses to make cursed tools, even cursed corpses, so this was valuable material.
Used well, it could become a lot of useful things.
…
Nobara dragged Megumi all the way out of the detention center.
Yes.
They found the way out.
Deity-Bearing's newborn domain collapsed the instant it died, giving them a chance to leave the dormitory area.
"Finally."
Nobara dragged Megumi roughly to a black sedan.
Kiyotaka Ijichi was standing by the car.
Seeing this, his eyelids twitched. "What happened, Kugisaki?"
"No time to explain…" Nobara took two breaths. "Yuanzhi—Yuanzhi, that guy—who knew he was actually so…"
"Sorry to cut in, Kugisaki." Ijichi raised a hand gently. "You should be more polite. Call him Doctor Yuanzhi or sensei. He's older than you. You could even call him uncle."
Nobara nodded, then reacted and crossed her arms into a huge X.
"At a time like this you're talking about etiquette? I'm saying the Special Grade cursed spirit was dealt with, but there's still another one…"
Hearing Special Grade, Ijichi froze—then shocked disbelief hit him.
It had only been a short time.
One Special Grade was already dead?
And they did it with their level of strength?