Chapter 76

500 Power Stones = Extra Chapter

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"My type of woman?"

Confronted with that question, Naoya's expression suddenly lightened, his mind wandering to its dirtiest corners as he seemed to think about an answer.

It wasn't a difficult question to answer.

"A woman with a pretty face and a sexy body who obeys me like a little dog, as she should." And with a malicious smile spreading across his lips, Naoya wiped the blood from his face with a dangerous look. "Is that too much to ask?"

A frown formed on Todo's face as he received that answer, his smile vanishing from his lips as his expression turned grim.

This seemed to confuse Naoya. "Uh? Did my words offend you?"

"You objectify women..." With his cursed energy slowly increasing in his body, Todo suddenly began, which made Naoya stare at him with curiosity. "There's nothing wrong with appreciating a woman's beautiful body, her beautiful breasts, her beautiful butt, her beautiful thighs, there's nothing wrong with that!"

Surprised when Todo's cursed energy suddenly exploded, Naoya narrowed his eyes as he took a step back. 'What is this brute saying?'

"But it's necessary to respect them above all else! Takada-chan says that women deserve men's appreciation!"

Firmly stomping on the ground, Todo brought his palms together, a frown on his face as the cursed energy in his body circulated wildly.

"They are not toys to play with!"

Clap!

Moving toward the sorcerer, Naoya narrowed his eyes as Todo was faster, his vision shifting so that he noticed he had switched positions.

!

And widening his eyes as he noticed the cursed energy beside him, Naoya turned just in time to block a punch, gritting his teeth as he turned to face a bloodied Megumi joining his hands.

"Nue!"

With the Shikigami emerging from the shadows and flying toward Naoya, the Zenin narrowed his eyes as he noticed the creature approaching closer and closer.

!

But just as the flying Shikigami seemed to hit its target with its wings, Megumi widened his eyes as he could only notice something moving toward him through his peripheral vision, a fist hitting the side of his face precisely.

'Damn!' Megumi cursed, noticing a smiling Naoya by his side.

Projection Sorcery—that was Naoya's innate technique.

A technique that superficially seemed simple, something that increased his speed. But in-depth, the technique was much more complex.

By predetermining his trajectory in a 24-frame-per-second movement, Naoya was able to move faster than most sorcerers' reaction speeds.

This came with some drawbacks, such as being unable to stop when he starts moving along a predetermined trajectory, but it was nothing that a bit of preparation and strategy couldn't solve.

The technique also had a stacking ability, meaning that...

!

Being hit by another punch, Megumi widened his eyes as even faster blows than the previous ones struck his face.

'The more I activate my technique, the more my speed increases.' Watching the blood fly from Megumi's wounds, Naoya's smile widened.

Clap!

Blinking as his position changed again, Naoya gritted his teeth in irritation, turning to see Todo running toward him.

"You annoying bastard!" Naoya growled, and rushing toward Todo, he prepared to thrust into the sorcerer's stomach.

But stopping his momentum, Todo brought his hands together in anticipation, his eyes following Naoya's swift movement as he waited for the right moment.

And noticing Naoya exploding toward him with one last push from his legs, Todo clapped his hands even though his eyes couldn't keep up, luck showing to be on his side as he switched positions with Naoya's fist inches from his stomach.

'Now!' And smiling, Todo quickly hit Naoya's back with a kick strong enough to send the Zenin flying away, a groan of pain escaping his mouth. 'I'll finish this now—'

Concentrating cursed energy in his fist, Todo charged, but his eyes widened as Naoya suddenly disappeared from his sight.

Boom!

And turning around, he instinctively blocked a punch loaded with cursed energy, gritting his teeth as he was pushed back. 'I need to switch!'

With Todo bringing his hands together to execute a position switch, Naoya was faster as a kick hit the sorcerer's fingers, a punch smashing into his abdomen right afterward and sending him flying back.

'Damn it!' Todo cursed as he felt his hands tremble from the damage, a bit of blood escaping his mouth due to the hit to his stomach. 'At this rate, things are going to get ugly.'

"Nue!"

A little distance away, Megumi quickly summoned his Shikigami, which flew toward Naoya, the Zenin's attention turning to the creature, causing a frown to appear on his face.

"This is getting tiring!" Avoiding the Shikigami's wings with ease, Naoya turned to Megumi. "Why don't you just die already? You piece of trash!"

!

With Naoya exploding toward him, Megumi quickly brought his hands together in time to summon a shadow that protected him from a punch that would surely have hit him squarely.

But just as he was about to counterattack, he became frustrated when Naoya simply struck him with a punch to the chest that pushed him back.

'This is more than just speed.' Gripping his chest, Megumi dived into a pool of shadows as Naoya tried to reach him, emerging not far away. 'I might not be noticing something.'

!

Widening his eyes in shock as he noticed Naoya disappearing, Megumi vomited when a punch hit his stomach squarely, an excruciating pain coursing through his body that definitely shouldn't be caused by just a punch.

"You know, I don't like using weapons."

And raising his head to face Naoya, Megumi noticed a bloodied blade in the Zenin's hand.

"But you managed to irritate me enough."

Receiving a kick to the face, Megumi fell on his back to the ground, his breathing heavy as he slowly got to his knees.

There, confronted by a stronger opponent, Megumi could only sigh in defeat.

Once again, his lack of skill was limiting him. Once again, his lack of perspective was causing him defeat.

How the hell could someone like him, who couldn't even defeat a single adversary, think of saving his own sister from something as big as the Culling Game?

Shameful, Megumi just wanted to bury his head in the ground at this point.

But he knew that doing so wouldn't solve anything.

As depressing and useless as he was, he still had to move forward.

For Tsumiki, for Itadori, and for his comrades.

He needed to become stronger.

He wouldn't let his own mind limit him any longer. He refused to let himself stagnate again. All his comrades had grown, and only he remained without improvement.

If he were incapable of that, then it was better to die in this battle.

!

Turning as he noticed Megumi's Divine Dog disappearing into shadows, Naoya stared at the boy with a curious air.

To improve, to become stronger, to save those he wanted to save, Megumi needed to walk the path of the strong...

Closing his eyes, Megumi let the cursed energy around his body circulate, the black shadows of his technique rotating around him to form a dark aura.

He needed to be selfish.

And with the dark aura spreading in all directions, Naoya took a step back cautiously, a clear change covering the boy.

Megumi, who at this point had fully regulated the flow of cursed energy in his body, slowly opened his eyes...

To finally reveal what he had achieved after stopping his self-limitation.

"What is that?" Naoya seemed incredulous for a moment, his eyes narrowing as he stared intently at Megumi's face.

The reason for his shock?

Looking at him, there lay two yellow orbs staring deeply at him.

The eyes of a wolf... No, more precisely...

The eyes of a Divine Dog.