Chapter 17 : Team Battle (Part II)

When Toge used the technique and cooperated with Maki to quickly deal with the cursed spirit, several figures were hiding in the forest not far away. They were Mai, Mechamaru, and Kasumi from Kyoto Jujutsu High.

Obviously, they had seen everything that had just happened. Mai whispered to her companions, "It seems that we were right to use a cursed spirit to test their technique. The technique of that short-haired boy is a curse word. Simply put, it is to trigger a compulsory effect with words."

"Fortunately, we didn't attack directly, otherwise we would have been wiped out without realizing it."

Mechamaru said in a cold voice, "This technique is not so scary once you know it and prepare for it. We will use long-range attacks to force him to use the technique and consume his cursed energy."

Kasumi raised her hand: "Then...what about me? I don't have any means of long-range attack."

Mai smiled and said, "You will be our last protection. Let's go, follow them and prepare to attack."

In the sky, the petite blonde girl Momo was riding on her broom, observing the movements of the students from Tokyo from above while using her cell phone to send timely messages to her companions.

In the forest below, Genichi was climbing up a tall tree and looking at Momo in the air through the cover of dense leaves.

"Oh, I forgot... She can fly, but it seems that her combat power is not very strong? Although I don't have the Zenith bow, I will try to take her down. If the opponent has the vision, of course, I will try to remove the vision."

Genichi pointed at the flying figure in the air, and the continuously gathered cursed energy condensed into a dazzling light at his fingertips. The cursed energy can also be released directly to the attack. Still, the effect is not as good as directly using a technique or strengthening the body's physical attack. It is generally used to bully weak ones or test attacks.

And Genichi had no intention of using this to eliminate Momo directly. If this thing was used with too much force, the attack range would become larger. Even if he could try his best to compress it, it might be bad if it hit her directly. Isn't she flying on a broom? It would be enough to just destroy the broom.

Genichi aimed at Momo and felt that it was almost time. Then, in an imitation voice, he said, 

"Bang!"

Flying in the sky, Momo suddenly sensed a fluctuation in the curse's energy. Could it be a cursed spirit? She looked down and saw the source of the fluctuation in the curse's energy in a place not too far away.

"That's... someone is trying to use cursed energy to attack from a distance! Want to take me down when I'm off guard? But it'll be easy to dodge once I'm discovered..."

As Momo was trying to dodge, she felt a strong wind sweeping past her. The side of the broom broke, and she lost her balance and fell to the ground.

"What is that...?"

Momo looked at the remaining cursed energy in the sky and her broken broom, her face full of surprise.

"I didn't see the attack at all. How could the enemy attack be so fast? The enemy's technique is initially judged to be related to speed! We need to tell them this information."

Momo, who barely managed to land under the support of a tree, quickly took out her cell phone to report the information to her companions. Then, with the cell phone still in her hand, she saw a figure walking out of the woods.

Genichi looked at Momo, who was leaning against a tree with a sprained ankle, and couldn't help but whistle: "I didn't expect that I could really defeat her by just trying it casually, so let's eliminate her."

"you..."

As soon as Momo finished speaking, her consciousness blurred, and the phone in her hand fell into the hands of Genichi. Genichi, who appeared beside her, took his hand away from the back of her neck and hung it on a tree branch not very high above his head. Someone would come to take it back in a while.

The situation in the back was indeed the same. The teachers also had corresponding monitoring methods and immediately sent someone to bring Momo back. Mei Mei chuckled and said, "Satoru, he is very fast. He shot down the opponent in the air instantly and then subdued her after she landed before she even had time to share information."

Gojo Satoru put his hands behind his head, watching the scene on the screen where Maki and Toge were attacked. Hearing this, he smiled brightly: "Of course, he is my student, after all. Genichi is very powerful. After he performs some missions, he can apply for the first-level rating of the sorcerer."

Mei Mei lowered her eyes. It was still a bit tiring for her to use the [Black Bird Technique] to share a vision for a long time. However, she became more energetic after hearing this: "If you need anything, you can find me. After all, you are so generous."

Gojo Satoru gave a thumbs up and said, "No problem!" Then he turned his gaze back to Maki.

After dealing with the cursed spirit, Maki and Toge continued to run forward. Not long after, Maki, who was in front, suddenly stopped and stretched out her hand to signal Toge to stop as well.

"Big mustard?"

Maki glanced at the trees that stood around her, a vague sense of danger lingering in her mind as she approached the area, prompting her to stop.

"Toge, be careful, something is wrong, we might be..."

Before he could finish his words, the crisp sound of trees breaking slowly rang out. Maki only had time to turn her head to look at the source, then reached out and pulled Toge to dodge to the other side.

A stream of blazing fire instantly swept over the place where they had just stood. Before they had time to catch their breath, several more streams of fire flew over, covering all the areas around them. Seeing this, Toge could only use a technique.

"Extinguish it!"

The streams of fire then gradually shrank in the air until they disappeared. Maki on the side suddenly waved the naginata in her hand, and the blade danced in the air. Then, there was a crash sound, and a bullet was shot down and fell to the ground.

"Maki..."

"Toge, you can't distance yourself from the opponent. You need to have a vision of your opponent. He already knows your technique." Maki left these words and disappeared into the forest in an instant, rushing towards the direction of the attack, and Toge followed closely behind.

Although the dense woods at this time blocked the opponent's tracks, it also gave Maki and Toge the advantage of cover. The opponent's attacks were not easy to hit as the two of them deliberately avoided them.

The other side.

The three of them, fighting and retreating, felt a little heavy-hearted. They hadn't seen Momo in the sky for a while, and they couldn't contact her. Could it be that she had been eliminated? Damn it!

Mai gritted her teeth. Without her teammates' accurate observation of the sky, they couldn't accurately sense Maki, who was chasing them. Because Maki had very little cursed energy, they could only judge by changes in the environment, but this was also very difficult.

If we continue like this, we will be caught up. We have to find a way to get rid of the sorcerer first. Otherwise, since the difference in technique strength is not that big, we will definitely lose people in the first encounter.

As the three people were running across a creek, suddenly, a shadow attacked them. It was a fist-sized stone, and the whistling sound it made as it broke through the air was extremely harsh.

The one who attacked the fastest was Mechamaru. With cursed energy infused into his arms, his iron body faced the flying stone without dodging or evading and then smashed it to pieces upon collision.

But their way was also blocked by Maki, who walked out in front of them with a smile on her face and her naginata on her right shoulder.

"Don't be so anxious to leave. It's not a good idea to start a fight and then run away!"

Seeing that the person coming had ill intentions, Mechamaru's arms began to deform, revealing a gun barrel in his left hand and several cold, shining blades popping out from his right hand.

"Mai, Kasumi, you go and deal with the sorcerer. He will probably only use some stun and restraint techniques. Even if it's a one-for-one fight, we must deal with him. I'll hold this female back here. We can't let them surround us. If you fail, I'll run away immediately to find others, and you too."

Maki watched Mai and the blue-haired Kasumi return from behind, and then she said impatiently: "I say."

"boom!"

A loud noise interrupted her words and the battle that was about to begin. Mechamaru looked into the distance in shock: "What is that? That huge figure and that terrifying wave—can such a thing appear at the goodwill event?"

The noise also attracted Maki's attention. Through her glasses, she saw a huge figure appear in the distance, where dust was billowing and trees were broken.

After sending Momo out, Genichi headed towards the centre line again. With the enhanced cursed energy, he moved through the woods as if he were walking on flat ground. Even monkeys might not be as fast as him.

Genichi, who was moving at high speed, suddenly fell on his back at a strange angle. Then, a blood-red shadow flew past him, cutting all the branches above his head.

"You reacted pretty quickly."

Genichi turned over, landed safely, and saw Kamo Noritoshi walking out from behind the tree. Then Genichi smiled and said, "Of course, after all, you are too slow." As he said that, he moved half a body to the left, and the blood-red blade returned silently again, but unfortunately, it missed again.

Noritoshi raised his hand to catch the thing and let it hang in his hand. It was a circular, sharp blade condensed from blood, spinning in his hand.

"[Blood Manipulation Technique!]"

The ancestral technique of the Kamo family has an extremely comprehensive means of application and can be called an all-around technique. The provoked Noritoshi did not show any expression but manipulated the [Blood Manipulation Technique·Slicing Exorcism] in his hand to continue attacking Genichi.

"I say, your companion. Her name seems to be Momo. I eliminated her just now, and she flew quite high." Genichi stood there watching the blood-wheel blade breaking through the air. Noritoshi also took off the longbow behind him, put an arrow on it and aimed at himself.

He is also a bow and arrow player, but he is different from himself. This Noritoshi probably uses a combination of arrows and cursed energy, while he uses pure cursed energy. The advantage is that it is powerful and portable. Still, the disadvantage is that it uses a huge amount of cursed energy in this way. In other words, only Genichi has a large amount of cursed energy and an abnormal recovery speed, so he plays like this.

Seeing the blood-wheel blade breaking through the air and four arrows attached with cursed energy coming to him in the blink of an eye, Genichi's right hand holding the hilt of the knife moved. [Wheel of Time. Quick Slash!]

A dazzling light flashed by in an instant, and Noritoshi's hand on the bowstring paused. The blood-wheel blade in the air suddenly lost its power and immediately shattered into a pool of blood and fell to the ground, with the four arrows neatly broken from it next to it.

"What was that just now? My cursed technique has been broken. When?"

Noritoshi immediately gave up the long-range probing and directly activated his technique - [Blood Manipulation Technique: Flowing Red Scale]. When he opened his eyes, red lines appeared on the skin near his right eye. His heartbeat, blood circulation, breathing, body temperature, etc., all improved to varying degrees, bringing about an overall improvement in his physical fitness.

To put it simply, this move is to use his technique to control one's own blood and achieve a stimulant-like effect, which can temporarily and comprehensively improve physical fitness.

"That speed is beyond the upper limit of my vision and reaction! If he had attacked me directly just now, I would have been eliminated by now, but he didn't do that. It seems that i was underestimated!"

Noritoshi quickly took out two bags of blood from his arms. Under his control, the blood in them condensed into the shape of ropes and distributed around him.

[Red Blood Manipulation: Crimson Binding]

"Use Crimson Binding to form a net to guard the surroundings. This way, when the opponent attacks Crimson Binding, as long as you can block him for a moment, you can catch his trail in your enhanced state and then use the full power of [Blood Manipulation: Piercing Blood] to make him lose his ability to move. Don't underestimate your opponent!"

Genichi was holding the sword casually, wondering if he could see what was so special about the technique of one of the three great families. However, at this moment, when a battle could break out between the two sides at any time, a loud noise and the subsequent waves attracted the attention of both of them.

"That is."

Looking at the huge figure vaguely visible in the distance and its terrifying power, unlike the confused Noritoshi, Genichi roughly guessed what it was.

Rika is out of control! Something is wrong with Yuta.

"That shouldn't be the case. Yuta has become very skilled in controlling the curse recently. How could he let Rika lose control? Is he in danger of death?"

Genichi immediately lost the desire to play. He originally wanted to see the ancestral techniques of one of the three great families, but now seemed not to be the right time.

Genichi then straightened the blade in his hand, turned his head and said to Noritoshi: "Sorry, as you can see, my companions over there have some problems, and I am in a hurry."

"[Wheel of Time : Turn]"

Just as Kamo Kenji, who was on high alert, had doubt in his mind, his vision went dark, and Genichi was already standing in front of him. Then, a pain came from his abdomen. The technique he had set up had long been broken, and the red bindings around him were shattered into raw blood.

The injury was not fatal, but it was enough to temporarily disable Noritoshi's ability to move. He did not think the other party could launch such a fast attack again.

Genichi patted Noritoshi's shoulder, breaking his precarious balance and causing him to fall to the ground. He then left with words of comfort: "The knife just now was very fast, and I avoided the vital points. It is nothing to a sorcerer. Just wait for rescue."

Looking at the departing Genichi, Noritoshi, who was lying on the ground with an uncertain expression, finally let out a breath and gave up struggling.

As Genichi rushed towards there, he recalled the moves that Noritoshi had just used. The blood net was still somewhat useful. It tried to restrain himself when he was hit. If it was really blocked, with Noritoshi's condition at that time, he might be able to capture the flaw at that moment.

Unfortunately, he has more flaws and is still too slow, so... it's useless!

Kamo Noritoshi is out.