The shrieking blood arrow tore through the air and struck Hanami’s head with pinpoint accuracy.
The blood collided with its flesh and the cursed technique took effect.
It worked!
Realizing this, Kamo Noritoshi cried out in triumph internally.
After all, this was his clan’s inherited secret.
As the Kamo clan’s signature technique, there was no question about the power of Piercing Blood!
In other words…
This was Kamo Noritoshi’s victo—
The thought had barely emerged when, in the next instant, he watched Hanami’s head jerk from the impact and suddenly twist toward the left.
The movement was simple and effortless.
The Piercing Blood that had originally struck its face was redirected and slid off in another direction, severing the small sapling-like growth protruding from Hanami’s eye.
“…?!”
A point-blank headshot.
Yet the opponent had endured the first impact of Piercing Blood?!
As one of the few individuals among the Four Disaster Curses renowned for its defensive capabilities, Hanami immediately treated the Kamo clan’s secret technique with a high degree of caution.
“That really hurt.”
If the standoff continued, Piercing Blood could indeed eventually break through its defenses…
But clearly, Hanami was not going to give it that opportunity.
It silently swung its fist downward, about to smash into Kamo Noritoshi.
Then a short, crisp sound rang out.
Clap!
Kamo Noritoshi’s figure suddenly disappeared.
At the corner not far away, two figures were standing together, looking toward them from a distance.
“Hey, hey, hey. How did you end up in such a miserable state?”
The large man with a topknot leaned his upper body forward slightly and revealed a rather ferocious grin.
“What is this? A cursed spirit? Seriously? I have never seen this type before… Kamo, did your Piercing Blood just now fail to penetrate its defenses?”
The woman beside him also spoke loudly, her face filled with surprise.
“This cursed spirit is that strong?! Oh, then… then I will stay out of this!”
Aoi Todo and Mai Zenin.
Temporarily ignoring the latter…
As a Grade 1 sorcerer in the original work, Todo’s Boogie Woogie was arguably one of the most insidious and troublesome techniques imaginable.
By clapping his hands, he could swap the positions of designated targets.
It was an extremely simple ability, yet it could produce an astonishingly torturous effect on an opponent.
—You do not seriously think this ability is simple, do you?
Brother, if you put Boogie Woogie into the Naruto world, its power level would probably be comparable to a jutsu requiring the Six-Tomoe Rinnegan to use…
Yet in the world of Jujutsu Kaisen, it was directly handed to a Grade 1 sorcerer.
The ability granted by the setting was frankly incredibly generous.
Seeing Todo appear, Kamo Shizumi’s mouth fell slightly open, forming an “O.”
He had originally intended to milk this situation for all it was worth, but instead, he had accidentally poked a wolf’s den.
After a brief moment of hesitation, Kamo Shizumi quickly made his decision.
Time to run, brothers.
Time to run.
Of course, that was just a joking way of putting it.
In reality, a strategic retreat at this moment was also the correct judgment.
He had already obtained the reward, and Hanami, as one of the Four Disaster Curses, was unlikely to be killed in a place like this.
Kamo Shizumi, on the other hand, would be crushed in an instant if he got dragged into the fight…
Staying alive was the priority.
He flipped over the steps and began retreating at a light jog.
At the same time, shouts and the sounds of fighting came from outside.
Good!
Make the fight even more exciting.
I want to see blood flowing like a river!
At this point, there was nothing Kamo Shizumi could do to control how things developed.
Besides, Prison Mom was counting on him to be a troublemaker anyway…
“Hey, Kamo! There are too many people here. I am going to relocate everyone. Otherwise, there will be too many casualties and it will be difficult to explain. We have not even prepared a Curtain… Finish this quickly!”
“Oh, I have already prepared it!”
Clap, clap, clap…
After several consecutive sharp claps, the commotion outside gradually moved farther and farther away.
While marveling at how useful Boogie Woogie was, Kamo Shizumi also took advantage of the moment to make his escape.
It was best to run when no one was around.
—However, just as he thought this while running toward the entrance, a figure happened to be standing there with her back toward him.
It was Mai Zenin.
The latter heard the footsteps and half-turned her head.
The two inevitably made eye contact.
How did this guy end up being left behind?!
At this point, even if he wanted to turn around and run, it was already too late…
Besides, deliberately retreating at a time like this would actually make him look suspicious.
What should he do?
Pretend to be a normal person.
This was where being half-human and half-cursed spirit had its advantages.
After his previous encounter with Kamo Noritoshi, he already had some experience.
As long as he did not actively expose himself, Kamo Shizumi could completely disguise himself as an ordinary person in the literal sense.
While his thoughts raced, Kamo Shizumi suddenly shouted,
“I heard explosions coming from downstairs while I was upstairs. What happened? Did something go wrong with the gas pipes?!”
Mai Zenin looked him up and down for a while before casually taking half a step backward and shrugging.
“Who knows? I have no idea… The police have already been contacted anyway. They should be arriving soon.”
—This woman lies without even blinking.
I clearly heard you shouting “Hit it harder!” nearby just now.
Kamo Shizumi nodded somewhat shakily.
If he could sweat nervously and turn pale at a time like this, that would obviously earn him extra points.
But considering that his cursed energy control was not precise enough to reproduce such minute physical reactions, exposing himself by overdoing it would only backfire…
He could only lower his head and speak in a slightly panicked tone.
“Th-then, right now we should…”
“Go find someone from hospital security and get them to help. Since this is a hospital, there should definitely be personnel specifically responsible for that.”
Although they had only encountered each other by chance, Mai Zenin remained remarkably calm.
Considering her status as a Jujutsu High student, perhaps this was simply something they had received specialized training for?
Hearing this, Kamo Shizumi hurriedly nodded and ran off.
“Then I will go right now!”
He passed directly by Mai Zenin.
However, after only a momentary pause, Kamo Shizumi seemed to realize something.
His expression suddenly changed, and he abruptly shifted sideways.
Bang!!!
A thunderous gunshot came from behind him.
Pain surged through his body, and Kamo Shizumi fell awkwardly to the ground.
Perhaps because he had suddenly lost his strength, he rolled across the floor, getting dust all over his face.
“This is the research building. It is normally not open to the public.”
Click, click…
A series of metallic sounds rang out.
Mai Zenin ejected the spent round, raised her firearm, and calmly aimed it at Kamo Shizumi.
“Normally, it is only opened during exchanges with affiliated schools… These are all classrooms. On a day when the building is closed, where would an internal staff member come from?”
A miscalculation.
He had never investigated this place beforehand.
This aspect had indeed been a blind spot.
Kamo Shizumi grimaced and rubbed his lower back.
“Then what would you do if you shot and killed an ordinary person?”
“Just apologize. A dead person cannot hold you accountable anyway.”
He sighed softly and shakily got back to his feet.
His right hand slid away from his lower back.
When he opened his palm again, there was a deformed bullet lying inside.
That woman was seriously cold-blooded.
No wonder she was a member of the Zenin clan.
“Do you have any humanity at all?”
“…!!!”
Mai Zenin’s eyes widened slightly.
She immediately adopted an extremely professional shooting stance.
“What are you?!”
Getting shot and surviving clearly was not something a normal person could do.
Blood surged around Kamo Shizumi’s body as he reached down and touched his lower back, which he had managed to protect in time…
He had almost been shot straight through just now.
“I am just a passerby who happened to be walking through here. But let me say this upfront… Can we not fight?”
After all, just as he had said before…
There was absolutely nothing entertaining about two maggots wrestling with each other.