"Reverse Cursed Technique…"
Ryoumen Sukuna's eyes instinctively widened, but then a grin of excitement spread across his face.
"Correct." The black-haired girl smirked slightly, her deep blue eyes flashing with a hint of obsession.
Her severed forearm had completely regenerated, and all of Yukinoshita Yukino's injuries were fully healed. She was back in perfect condition.
"Interesting!"
Just moments ago, he had been feeling a little bored, but this kid had instantly given him a surprise. Now *this* was fun!
Before he could finish speaking, a flash of white appeared in his vision—charging straight at him. His pupils shrank as a fist rapidly grew larger in his sight.
He calmly raised his hand to block the punch aimed at his head.
But the moment his arm made contact with Mahoraga's fist, Ryoumen Sukuna immediately realized something was wrong.
"Cursed energy?" He muttered in confusion.
The next moment, an overwhelming force sent him flying.
His body smashed through multiple walls, leaving gaping holes in each one. But before he could regain control, Mahoraga crashed into him again, shattering the debris and sending even more rubble flying. Buildings were torn apart one after another, dust and stone scattering everywhere.
From the outskirts of Jujutsu High all the way to the school's central courtyard—only then did Ryoumen Sukuna finally come to a stop.
Just as he steadied himself, Mahoraga's fists, clasped together, came smashing down toward him. Cracks spread out from beneath Sukuna's feet like a spiderweb, and a powerful shockwave burst outward.
The force of it made the surrounding onlookers instinctively squint their eyes.
Sukuna quickly raised his arms to block the attack, his gaze locked onto the white Shikigami standing right in front of him.
Then, with a grin full of excitement, he shouted, "You figured it out, didn't you!? My technique!"
At last, he understood—this was the ability of the final Shikigami in the Ten Shadows Technique.
Whether it was seeing through his technique or infusing cursed energy into its attacks, everything happened after the pattern above Mahoraga's head had rotated.
This thing was probably similar to Yamata no Orochi—able to adapt to any technique and counter it. The ultimate technique for countering enemies!
And if his guess was right, that brat's Reverse Cursed Technique must have been learned through Mahoraga's adaptation.
Holding both his own technique and Fushiguro Megumi's, with a cursed energy level only slightly weaker than his own…
And on top of that, learning Reverse Cursed Technique mid-battle…
"You really opened my eyes, Yukinoshita Yukino!!!" Ryoumen Sukuna roared with excitement.
A fight this exhilarating—this was what the King of Curses had craved for a thousand years.
But to the others watching, this was nothing to be excited about.
"Huh!?" Zenin's eyes widened in shock.
"Maki, that's… Itadori, right?" Panda asked, gripping a captured cursed spirit in one hand while scratching his head with the other. His tone wasn't very confident.
"Kelp," Inumaki Toge muttered grimly, his expression serious as he stared at "Itadori Yuji" facing off against the white Shikigami.
The only one present who actually understood the situation, Kugisaki Nobara, urgently shouted, "That's not Itadori—that's Ryoumen Sukuna!"
"Huh!?" Panda froze mid-scratch, a cold sweat forming on his forehead.
"Wasn't he fighting Yukinoshita-senpai…?"
Before Kugisaki Nobara could finish her sentence, a thin figure suddenly entered their line of sight.
The tense standoff between Mahoraga and Ryoumen Sukuna was instantly broken.
The moment Yukinoshita Yukino appeared, Sukuna immediately made a decisive choice—he stopped trying to overpower Mahoraga and took a step back.
Mahoraga's punch smashed into the ground, splitting it open.
Sukuna casually brushed aside the debris that flew toward his face. With a swift flick of his wrist, he sent a slashing attack toward Mahoraga, slicing through the surrounding buildings along with it.
A deep wound appeared on Mahoraga's torso… but it vanished in an instant.
The damage from the cursed technique was no longer as effective against Mahoraga as before, and Ryoumen Sukuna quickly noticed the change.
Dodging Mahoraga's attack, he clashed fists head-on with Yukinoshita Yukino.
When their fists met, Yukino was pushed back a step, while a deep slash appeared on Sukuna's arm from the impact.
Mahoraga swung another punch, forcing Sukuna to fight against both opponents at once. His hands moved so fast they left afterimages, and the invisible slashes from his attacks kept tearing apart the surroundings.
The violent winds kicked up dust and debris, making the spectators cough uncontrollably. Ignoring the cursed spirits around them, they hurriedly retreated, putting as much distance as possible between themselves and the battlefield.
"Yukinoshita-san usually seems so gentle and delicate… who knew she could be this terrifying?" Panda muttered as he ran.
He couldn't help but recall their first meeting—when the black-haired girl had casually placed her hands on his head. Back then, her soft, delicate fingers felt nice as they scratched his fur, but now he realized… if she wanted to, she could probably perform brain surgery on him barehanded without much trouble.
Just imagining that gruesome scene sent a shiver down Panda's spine.
"Scary. She's way too scary!"
"No, the Yukinoshita from back then was nothing compared to the Yukinoshita we're seeing now."
Zenin glanced back at the battlefield, where explosions and shockwaves continued to erupt.
"She's grown this much in just a few months."
"And that's what's truly terrifying..."
Back at the center of the battlefield—
Even someone as strong as Ryoumen Sukuna struggled to handle the combined attacks of Mahoraga and Yukinoshita Yukino.
Every time he exchanged blows with her, her slicing technique left another deep cut on his body. And Mahoraga's attacks were even heavier, forcing Sukuna to fall back again and again, his injuries growing more severe.
"Gah—!"
Mahoraga's punch landed squarely on Sukuna's stomach, making his body curl up like a cooked shrimp. A mouthful of acidic bile burst from his lips.
At the same time, he managed to slash a deep, bone-revealing wound on Mahoraga's arm—but in the blink of an eye, it completely healed.
His slicing attacks were becoming less and less effective.
Then—
A spinning kick struck Sukuna's face, making him stumble backward. The impact sent a shockwave through the air, leaving a deep slash on the nearby wall.
As Sukuna kept taking hits, a thought crossed his mind.
Just a moment ago, this brat and Mahoraga were fighting separately.
But in such a short time, she's already learning to coordinate with the shikigami perfectly.
Her strength keeps growing—she's using me as a training dummy!
Now that Yukinoshita Yukino had mastered reverse cursed technique, her overall power—combined with Mahoraga—was nearly on par with Ryoumen Sukuna.
The only differences left were experience and domain techniques.
And the former…
The black-haired girl was absorbing battle experience like a dry sponge soaking up water.
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(End of Chapter)
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