Battle against Grade-1 curse

On a night with no moon and no clouds, the sky was dark. There were just a few stars shining, like tiny lights far away. The air was cold, and a gust of wind made everything shiver.

A man wearing all black while covering a blindfold was walking in the air. His white hair scattered but he didn't flinch in the cold. " Well, Well, looks like my students had sensed the troubled child. " Gojo said to himself.

He observed for a moment before scratching his head. " Who is that kid? " He lifted the blindfold for more information.

' Was it him? ' Gojo thought for a moment before discarding that idea. He had been laying low this for last year. He must be planning something right now.

Soon, a vision of a young man facing a grade 1 curse entered his eyes. The cursed energy emitted by the young man was smooth. Gojo noted that he had at least Grade 1 level cursed energy with that amount and control.

" How can I never see someone like this? " He murmured. " Well, it doesn't matter. I am about to see a show. "

" I wonder what kind of potential he had. Maybe I will see a double-team fight. But Kinji would destroy that thing unless that kid stimulated the curse. " He laughed.

He then clapped his hands and disappeared from the sky.

***

In the dimly lit alley, Ray faced the grade 1 curse which had the potential to become a special one. Ray's fist clenched, his muscles taunt in anticipation.

" Here go nothing. " He said.

He lunged forward, a blur of motion, aiming a swift kick at the curse child's head. Because of his sudden burst of speed, the kick connected with flesh.

The curse was sent back for a few meters before meeting with the wall. Ray looked at his feet and cursed inwardly.

' What kind of flesh are you made of? So hard. "

Ray began to use more cursed energy to reinforce his body. He didn't what kind of power or speed that curse had. But with that hard body and a nice clean punch would send him to the dream.

The dust settled and the child was standing there like usual. The only difference was that the doll now transformed into a sharp blade.

' Weapon. '

The cursed child roared in an unsettling voice, which must be due to the mouth being in the throat. The curse kicked the ground forming a crack. It jumped toward Ray.

Ray ducked just in time, he then took a step forward and turned around immediately, throwing a heavy punch at the back of the curse.

Purple blood scattered the moment the punch met.

The cursed child's hand turned in an inhuman way before slashing his hand. A sharp pain passed through his body.

' It is fast. ' Ray noted and delivered another kick.

' I needed to get serious with this fight. ' He cracked his neck and watched the wound on his hand. It was not deep due to him quickly taking his hand back.

Suddenly a curse presence disappeared from his radar. Ray went into panic mode. He was reading the cursed aura to attack. That is why he managed to dodge the slash but with that gone.

As he was looking around, his eyes caught the shadow dashing toward him. Ray prepared to face the shadow.

Under his careful observation, the cursed child lifted the free hand and threw a punch. Ray noticed that the movement was similar to his.

" Monster "

Ray managed to block the punch using both hands but during that moment the cursed child utilized his opening, delivering a front kick. The little feet expanded under Ray's eyes, causing him to grunt in pain.

He met nearby trash bins. Gritting his teeth, Ray got up from the trash. He was covered in unknown liquid in the trash bags.

" You did it, kid. " He said. Ripping off the shirt, Ray lifted his hand in a fighting position.

He activated his cursed techniques.

[ Curse Resonance.] He spoke.

Gojo who was standing on top of the building felt a sudden change in the cursed energy. The earlier fight was a bit boring so he was resting on the chair. Besides him was a popcorn for his entertainment.

" Oh, look like he is about to use a cursed technique. " He spoke in a low voice.

Under Gojo's eyes, Ray's aura changed.

" My cursed technique allows me to manipulate aura. It was simple. At first, I thought of this as a useless technique. Maybe not that useless but I wasn't impressed by my technique. " Ray began to explain the curse.

He lifted his hand, and the aura in his hand slowly morphed into something.

" I suggest you to careful with my technique. Understand, Ugly kid? "

The cursed roared in fury before lunging at Ray. The blade in the hand was ready to slash Ray.

Ray immediately took a step back before making a large amount of aura between his hands. He can feel his cursed techniques getting a bit stronger.

The blade was caught between the stretching aura. Normally, the blade that was filled with cursed energy would pierce the cursed aura and probably explode.

But it was not normal.

Like a big rudder, a blade was sinking. Ray smirked.

The cursed child was surprised that an aura managed to stop its attack. Ray kicked the surprised curse. It was sent spiral into the air before coming back to another kick.

It was stuck in the aura.

Ray smirked. He yelled. " You see. Manipulating aura means I can change my aura as I please. I can make my aura into lightning, fire water and many more. "

" But it took a lot of cursed energy and time. That's why I created an easy one. I even named this technique. " He laughed and kicked the curse again.

[ Bungee Gum.]

" My Bungee Gum possess the properties of both rubber and gum. "

Ray felt a sudden burst of spike in his aura net so he immediately let go. The cursed child dropped to the ground, its wound began to heal.

Its cursed energy was getting denser. As Ray was focusing on the curse, another presence alerted him.

A man was crushed in the trash bin. He was wearing a hood. Ray didn't see him clearly but he could tell one thing.

" He is strong. "

Kinji looked up and yelled. " I don't know my prey was playing with another toy. "