The Strongest Shadow

As Taori finished telling her story the room was quite shocked. Omo responded, "Most of the staff only get to meet the director twice. The first time once they graduate from the school, and the next when they get hired as a staff member. And even if you do get hired most of the time, you only meet with the assistant director, Miss Inumaki. I knew that the man was a bit insane, but this is just..."

Kenji gripped the bed sheets while shouting, "Botan that bastard! I swear once I see him in person I'll kill him."

As everyone still processed what had just happened, Hikaru then asked, "So how does the Old man fit into all of this?"

The Old man shouted at him, "Im not Old I'm only 34!"

His elderly appearance said otherwise.

Urushi continued, "I guess the important part started around 10 years ago?"

10 years ago

A young man wearing a black trench coat with grey hair, and round glasses on his face stood before two towering steel gates. As he stood before them menacingly two bright lights flashed on him, as people resting in nearby towers shouted from the megaphone,

"IF YOU DO NOT EVACUATE FROM THE PREMISES, WE WILL NOT HESITATE TO SHOOT YOU DOWN."

However, the man simply remained calm and composed without even flinching at their requests. As the man waited, one of the men in the watchtowers said something, into their walkie-talkie.

In the same second that he did, a nearby sniper from a great distance away fired a shot at the trench coat man.

Then with great speed, the man caught the bullet, just as it was about to blast his head off. And then with great force, he threw the bullet back at the sniper, instantly destroying his weapon as well as killing him.

Before the men in the watchtower could react to what had happened, the trenchcoat man had already jumped into one of their spires.

The man who he stood in front, pulled out a gun from his pocket and fired it towards, the man in the trenchcoat, but he easily dodged the move, while slitting his throat with a blade that he hid in his waist.

The man in the other trench coat then shouted, "AN INTRUDER HAS BROKEN INTO THE FACILITY, CODE OMEGA-V."

As he said that, he slammed a button in his tower, instantly activating all the alarms while alerting several gunmen and Jujutsu Sorcerers.

As the man tried to escape from his tower, the man in the trench coat pulled out a silver Glock G40, and headshot him before he could escape, as he shouted, "Shit."

Then suddenly a static male voice in his ear said, "You triggered their security alert didn't you..." 

He then sighed playfully as he jumped down from the tower and into the enemies' playground.

As he stood there, groups of multiple armoured gunmen stood in front of him with their Carbien M4 aiming towards the man in the trenchcoat. Among them, a tall towering black male stood from the back. Giant prayer beads rested on his neck, as his bush-like black beard extended down to his almost bare chest.

He then shouted, "Who do you think you are to invade this site on my watch??"

As he said that all of the gunmen in the front began to fire their bullets at him.

As the rain of bullets fell, the man with his silver dagger in hand, moved at speeds, incomprehensible to a normal human. He instantly slashed apart all the bullets that were reinforced with cursed energy, leaving him unharmed. He then said playfully, "Geez, that was dangerous."

Then with great speed, he ran towards the armed group that continued to fire more bullets at him. He simply deflected them all with his dagger until he finally reached the group.

He grabbed one of the assault rifles from the men and immediately bent it with just his sheer grip strength before whacking him with it, knocking him out. As the closest gunmen tried to take more shots at him, he quickly closed the distance between the two before, throwing him high into the sky.

3 brave men then pulled out standard military-issued combat knives as they jumped on him, however, the assassin, armed with his own blade, instantly sliced their throats at the same time.

Seeing this the remaining men aimed their rifles towards the assassin but then the bulky man shouted, "HALT! I WILL TAKE CARE OF THIS ONE."

As the man in the trenchcoat and the opponent locked eyes, the bulky man asked the assassin, "Your Urushi, the Elder Dragon of Shadows' aren't you?"

"So you guys have already figured out my Identity?", Urushi responded.

The bulky man shouted, "DON'T FUCK WITH ME. SOMEONE HAS BEEN RAIDING OUR HIDDEN BASES ALL ACROSS JAPAN, INTENTIONALLY STEALING ALL OF OUR RESEARCH DATA. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO WITH IT, BUT IF ITS THE DAIHATSU SYNDICATES SCHEMING AGAIN, THEN WE WILL TEAR YOU APART JUST LIKE THE CURSE USERS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE YOU."

As he said that he he raised his right arm, before slamming it down on Urushi who quickly caught the attack with his own. The weight of the attack as well as its cursed energy broke the ground beneath his feet.

The bulky man said, "Impressive strength with your tiny build. However, I have yet to use my Cursed Technique!"

Sensing the danger all the gunmen began to run away in fear of what was about to take place.

As he raised his left arm, shining translucent gold fragments began to wrap around it until it completely covered it, now taking the form of a giant gold armoured left arm, that was now 5 times bigger than before.

As he slammed it towards Urushi he dodged it quickly, leaving it to smash into the ground creating an even bigger crater that was at least 10 metres wide. As Urushi dodged it the shock wave knocked him back a little, while blowing away the still escaping gunmen.

Cockily the bulky man shouted, "My name is Chai of gold. My Cursed Technique, Midas Grip, allows me to wrap individual parts of my body in these golden plates, increasing its defensive and offensive power. Just one punch from me can kill a grade 1 cursed spirit!"

Swinging his arm he slammed Urushi in the side, sending him flying into the nearby main building, whose windows were armoured in plated steel. As Urushi crashed into the building wall, it completely knocked it down while creating a massive dust storm. 

Chai then shouted, "TREMBAL BEFORE MY POWER!", while laughing cockily.

As he was trapped in his illusion of victory, Urushi suddenly appeared from behind him.

He then menacingly said, "So that means you're weak from everywhere else right?"

As he said that he instantly decapitated the man, causing blood from his headless torso to explode as his body slammed into the ground. 

As Urushi stood next to the man he sadly said, "Dammit, I killed him too fast. Who am I going to ask now??"

Just as he said that, the gunmen that he had thrown into the sky earlier fell back to the ground, destroying his back and leaving him disabled. As he screamed from the pain Urushi walked over to him and asked, "Where is your research department?"

The gunman still screaming muttered, "Please let me live, I have a family.."

Urushi responded "I have a son too ya know, money doesn't grow on trees. Tell me where the place is and I will heal you."

Assuming that Urushi could use Reverse Cursed Technique to heal others, the gunman weakly said, "It's down in bottom floor 5. All the research kept in the servers are protected by steel barriers that don't open without the password: 45JMD9E."

When he finished saying that, Urushi pulled out a plaster from his back pocket, that had a teddy bear drawn onto it. He ripped off its seal before placing it on the gunman's forehead.

Urushi then said, "I can't use Reverse Cursed Technique, but that's a plaster that my son drew on. It's a good luck charm so look after it."

As he walked into the main building the gunmen laying on the floor shouted at him still in pain, "COME BACK HERE AND HELP ME YOU BASTARD."

1 hour later

As Urushi exited the building's main gates, he was greeted with the appearance of several helicopters as well as tanks, and armoured vehicles all carrying more gunmen and Jujutsu Sorcerers inside.

One of the voices from the helicopter shouted, "HIGURUMA URUSHI. WE HAVE ARRIVED HERE WITH 5 TANKS, 9 MANNED HELICOPTERS AS WELL AS SEVERAL GRADE 3,2 AND 1 SORCERERS HERE TO KILL YOU. IF YOU SUBMIT AS WELL AS HAND OVER THE DATA THAT YOU STOLE THEN WE WILL GLADLY SPARE YOUR LIFE."

Urushi smiling while chewing on a toothpick shouted, "NOW THIS IS A PROPER CHALLENGE."

As he began to laugh maniacally, the static voice of a much younger child said, "Daddy is on the TV again!", which was followed by the sounds, of a man scruffling for control of a microphone.

Urushi then asks while covering his mouth, "Whats going on Hasashi?? Is Haruto causing trouble again??"

As he did so a rocket launcher from one of the helicopters fires a missile towards him, creating a massive explosion in his position. As the dust from the explosion clears up it reveals that Urushi had been completely atomized.

Which is what they initially thought as Urushi magically appeared, inside the helicopter covered in dust. He then said playfully, "That wasn't very nice of you. Im trying to speak with a business partner here."

As the men on the ground and in the other helicopters cheered in victory, they were stunned to hear one of their helicopters explode, and then fall to the ground in a ball of flame.

emerging from the crash sight was Urushi whose clothes had been singed, by the flames, but other than that was completely unharmed. He then said, "Im not gonna hold back on you guys, so you should probably try your best."