“Although they are Cursed Spirits, they still maintain a biological form.”
Outside the abandoned building, Gojo said casually to Fushiguro.
“Yuji and Ryuichi are not like you; they were both ordinary high school students before, yet they can still kill Cursed Spirits without hesitation.”
“This ability to adapt to disgust and fear is also a quality that Jujutsu Sorcerers need to possess.”
“Yuji’s attitude towards Cursed Spirits stems partly from his thick-headedness. If he encounters a Cursed Spirit in human form in the future, or a hostage taken by a Cursed Spirit, I fear his resolve will be tested.”
“But in this regard, Ryuichi is completely different.”
“When facing filthy environments or Cursed Spirits with their own thoughts and feelings, he also does not hesitate at all and directly exorcises them.”
“His maturity, or perhaps his twistedness, is even far beyond that of most adult Jujutsu Sorcerers.”
“But that is not important, because today’s test is aimed at Nobara…”
…
“Resonance!”
Bang!
Following the girl’s soft cry, the head of the mannequin Cursed Spirit exploded.
Cursed Technique: Straw Doll Technique.
A versatile Cursed Technique that uses nails to burst forth with Cursed Energy to form a long-range attack.
By utilizing body parts or items closely related to the enemy, it can also perform remote control over them.
Although its frontal combat capability is slightly inferior, it possesses powerful auxiliary functions.
“Tch, what is this, easy-peasy…”
Nobara put away the nail hammer in her hand and was about to turn and leave.
Hiss…
A faint sound came.
Nobara looked up and saw a little boy about seven or eight years old hiding behind a cardboard box, peering out with fearful eyes.
A kid who snuck in…?
That’s normal enough, after all, this abandoned building is near a busy downtown area.
Just as she was about to go over to comfort him, she saw a long, hairy arm emerge from the wall behind the child, grabbing the child’s head in its palm.
The Cursed Spirit revealed its complete body; it was a deformed, hairy ball as tall as a person.
It wore a human-like, treacherous grin, using the child’s body as a shield.
“Damn it, he’s been taken hostage.”
Nobara’s anger flared, but she dared not act rashly to avoid harming the child.
Clang, clatter.
Nobara threw the nail hammer in her hand onto the ground and raised her hands.
Seeing her surrender, the hairy ball Cursed Spirit’s smile grew even wider.
“Fire.”
The next second, a point of compressed flame shot out like an arrow, hitting the hairy ball Cursed Spirit’s shoulder.
At the same time, downstairs, Gojo Satoru lifted a corner of his blindfold, looking up at the floor above with some surprise: “An initial fusion technique of flames…? Quite impressive, this kind of ingenious idea…”
Bang!
A micro-explosion occurred, blowing off a small part of the Cursed Spirit’s arm, and the hostage was freed in the process.
Boom!
At the same time, the wall behind the Cursed Spirit was blasted open by a great force, and Itadori appeared, carrying a kitchen knife.
“Urghhh…”
Seeing itself surrounded by three opponents, the Cursed Spirit also conceived of retreating.
Its body slowly sank into the window on the side, about to escape.
“Give me the arm, Itadori!”
Anger appeared on Nobara’s face.
Making a fool of herself in front of two classmates and being toyed with by a low-level Cursed Spirit made her quite annoyed.
“The arm?”
Although Itadori did not understand Nobara’s intention, he still threw the Cursed Spirit’s arm, which had been blown off by Ryuichi, towards her.
Ding—
A long nail flew out, piercing through the straw doll Nobara had thrown down and the Cursed Spirit’s arm beneath it.
“Resonance!”
Sss—
Outside the abandoned building, sharp spikes suddenly erupted from inside the Cursed Spirit, and it deflated and dissipated like a punctured balloon.
[Eliminated Grade 3 Cursed Spirit, Points + 10]
‘It’s a good thing assists count too.’ Ryuichi breathed a sigh of relief.
‘Otherwise, to get enough for a ten-pull, I would have to find another one.’
Itadori looked at Nobara and said with dissatisfaction: “That’s why I said it, being alone is very dangerous.”
Nobara retorted: “When did you ever say that? Also, what did you eat growing up? Why can you tear down a wall with one hand?”
‘He ate Sukuna’s Finger, probably…’ Ryuichi thought to himself.
Itadori Yuji was originally the perfect vessel for Sukuna created by the thousand-year-old monster Kenjaku.
His body itself had sealed one Sukuna’s Finger, and later he swallowed another one, and was fed one by Gojo.
A three-fingered Sukuna could already slaughter a Grade 1 Sorcerer like a dog…
“There were no steel bars in the wall!” Itadori retorted.
“An ordinary person couldn’t do it even without steel bars?!”
“Alright, alright.” Ryuichi walked out and said helplessly.
“At least the ending is good, you two stop arguing.”
“…Anyway, thanks.”
Accepting Nobara’s rather awkward thanks, the three of them went downstairs, and Gojo and Fushiguro sent the child home.
“Alright, this time it’s for real, let’s go eat!”
After a sumptuous dinner, Ryuichi returned to the Jujutsu High dormitory, washed up, and lay on the bed.
It had been two days since joining Jujutsu High, and he had finally gathered enough points for a ten-pull.
With a thought, the system panel was brought up again.
[Points: 100]
“Ability Draw.”
[A guaranteed ability is obtained every ten draws. Do you want to spend 100 points to perform a ten-pull draw?]
“Yes.”
Unlike the golden light of the last draw, after this ten-pull, blue and purple lights flashed before Ryuichi’s eyes.
An ominous feeling suddenly rose in Ryuichi’s heart.
[Obtained Attribute Points * 5, Skill Points * 3, Ability Boost Card, B-Grade Ability: Fireball Jutsu.]
[Name: Fireball Jutsu]
[Rating: C (Can be enhanced, upper limit B)]
[Effect: Primary Fire Release ninjutsu, concentrates chakra in the throat and exhales it, causing area damage.]
“Still talking about chakra, do I even have chakra…”
Ryuichi’s expectation of getting a one-shot hit failed, and he looked at the second purple light besides the ability:
[Name: Ability Boost Card]
[Effect: Within a short period, enhances one ability to its rating upper limit.]
“Whoa~~”
Ryuichi was a bit pleasantly surprised; the value of this thing actually exceeded his expectations.
It is foreseeable that whether it is the “Juvenile Detention Center Incident” a few days later, or the troubles and trials that follow, Ryuichi will encounter opponents whose strength far exceeds his own.
And with this card, even if he doesn’t draw better abilities later, he can enhance Lord Flame to the highest A-Grade in a short time, enough to deal with most crises.
“Not bad.”
Ryuichi happily collected the card and the ability, and continued to look at the rewards in the blue light.
[Attribute Points can improve your four attributes.]
[Skill Points can enhance your techniques other than Cursed Techniques.]
“Techniques other than Cursed Techniques?”
After a slight doubt, Ryuichi quickly understood.
“It should be techniques like Black Flash, Barrier Technique, Reverse Cursed Technique, and so on.”
“But it can only enhance, it cannot help me learn…”
“In other words, if I am completely ignorant in this aspect, I cannot perform enhancement…”
But this is actually not a big problem.
With Geto Suguru’s notes and the guidance of the modern strongest, Gojo Satoru, understanding the general knowledge is still easy.
“Alright, let’s start adding points.”
Unexpectedly, Ryuichi’s original basic attributes were all displayed as Level 4.
But now he found that his Cursed Energy manipulation precision had reached Level 3.
“Combat is indeed the fastest way to improve strength…” Ryuichi sighed.
Ryuichi spent three attribute points to raise the remaining three attributes to Level 3.
The remaining two attribute points were all placed by Ryuichi on “Total Cursed Energy”.
His endurance was still too short; in the world of Jujutsu Sorcerers, mana capacity is the hard truth.
Although the Total Cursed Energy rating did not successfully reach Level 2, Ryuichi could clearly feel that the Cursed Energy surging within his body had more than doubled compared to before.
Thus, Ryuichi’s current panel was:
[Name: Ryuichi]
[Strength Rating: Level 3]
(Physical Strength, Taijutsu, Total Cursed Energy, Cursed Energy Manipulation Precision: Level 3)
[Innate Cursed Technique: Flame (C-Grade), Lord Flame (C-Grade), Fireball Jutsu (C-Grade)]
[Points: 0]