A Dimensional Journey Begins with the Dragon Clan

Chapter 1296

"And given the current situation, the mortality rate is 100%. We can't continue to increase the number of casualties, right?" Xuan Hao explained lightly.

"You're right..." Upon hearing this, Nobara Kugisaki nodded slightly.

"Bungee jumping was popular, right?" asked Akira Nitta. "Could it be that the key is the act of 'jumping off a bridge'?"

"Xuanhao has already tried it." Fushiguro Megumi said lightly.

"Huh!? Could it be that you tried it with that plastic rope?"

"Ahhh!! Found it! Great!! Fushiguro-nii!!"

Just when everyone was at a loss, a call came.

He was one of the two thugs they had met before. At this moment, he was riding a bike with a girl in front of them.

"Who was it?" Kugisaki Nobara had already forgotten who this was.

"Junior brother Fushiguro, you just said that you would beat up the branch family and make them reform." Xuanhao responded speechlessly.

"Because of the mention of the Eighty-Eight Bridge, I thought you would come here, that's great!!" The gangster came up to them excitedly.

"Fujinuma..." Fushiguro Megumi looked at him and asked in confusion, "What's the matter?"

“This is my sister.”

Fujinuma introduced the girls he brought with him.

"Yesterday I told my sister about my encounter with Fushiguro-nii. She seemed to have some clues about what you were investigating."

"Um... Mr. Morishita's family is our neighbor, and they are holding a funeral..." Sister Fujinuma said, "I heard from my brother that you are investigating the matter about that person and the Eighty-Eight Bridge... I think there may be some connection..."

"Relationship?" Fushiguro Megumi asked in pretended confusion. After all, things about the curse cannot be told to ordinary people.

"It's about Mr. Morishita's death and the bridge..." Sister Fujinuma explained.

"It doesn't matter, we just..." Fushiguro Megumi wanted to distance herself from the matter.

But Sister Fujinuma continued, "I went there when I was in the second grade of junior high school. I went to the Eighty-Eight Bridge at night."

This made everyone stunned and frowned.

"Um... has anything strange happened at home recently? Like you're the only one feeling something is wrong among the family members?" asked Akira Nitta.

"!"

Sister Fujinuma continued, "My family runs a local specialty direct sales store. I would only find the automatic door of the store open when I came home. Mom and Dad said it was a coincidence, but I knew there was something wrong. I was really scared... It was at this time that I heard about Fushiguro-san, and then I remembered the incident at Hachihachibashi."

"When did the automatic door thing start?" Nitta Ming continued to ask.

"It started exactly a week ago, and it happens about every other day," replied Sister Fujinuma.

Everyone frowned and thought.

There was at least two weeks between the discovery of the abnormality and the death of the four victims, so there was still some time left...

"You definitely didn't go to the Eighty-Eight Bridge alone, did you?" Kugisaki Nobara asked seriously, "Do you remember who else went with you?"

“Excuse me… is this really related to this?” Sister Fujinuma became nervous.

"The automatic door is related, but Mr. Morishita's death has nothing to do with it."

Arata Akira tried his best to speak with a smile and told her not to worry.

"Actually, I asked Fushiguro and the others to help me finish my university thesis, 'On the influence of paranormal locations on electromagnetic waves and electrical products'. Super boring, right?"

"But we still want to find more people to check on the situation, so we would like you to tell us who else has been there."

As he spoke, Akira Nitta's eyes became serious.

Since I lied to her, I must save her.

"..."

Sister Fujinuma nodded slightly and replied, "There are two seniors from the club participating in the courage test..."

As she said this, she looked at Fushiguro Megumi.

"By the way, Fushiguro-san, Tsumiki-senpai also went there at that time."

Hearing this, Fushiguro Megumi's expression suddenly changed.

"Is that so? Then I'll ask Tsumiki about it later."

But soon his complexion returned to normal.

However, after the two irrelevant people left, his expression became extremely ugly again.

"Fushiguro?"

"Fushiguro!! Cheer up!! Make sure she's safe first!"

"…I'm fine. Sorry, I'll be away for a while."

Fushiguro Megumi shook her head slightly.

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"I understand. Miss Tsumiki's bodyguard? But the second-level magician who is available now..."

Megumi Fushiguro called Mr. Ijichi and told him about this.

Ijichi understood that in this situation, someone should be sent to protect Miss Tsumi-san.

But it is obvious that we are a little short-staffed now.

"Level 2..." Fushiguro Megumi frowned slightly when he heard this level.

"Since the number of cursed people now far exceeds our expectations, we must re-evaluate the level of the curse."

Ijichi explained.

"This mission was assigned to you after taking Xuanhao's growth into consideration. If the danger level increases, it will probably not be something a Level 2 magician can handle. The same goes for you. I personally recommend that you retreat."

"..."

Megumi Fushiguro remained silent in the face of such a suggestion.

  How to do?

Should I go back by myself first?

No.

A task that would be dangerous for three people alone cannot be assigned to just two of them.

Teacher Wu Tiao will be back next week, why not then...

  wrong! !

The key is the time limit!!

If the cursed spirit this time is not the type that attacks directly, but the type that launches the spell from the inside of the selected target, there is no point in staying by its side.

It can only be removed now.

"Why did you call Mr. Ijichi?"

After hanging up the phone, Xuanhao and Kugisaki Nobara came to Fushiguro Megumi and asked in confusion.

"Is Sister Tsumeki okay?"

"No problem." Fushiguro Megumi responded calmly, "Compared to this, the mission is more dangerous. Leave this matter to other magicians, you can go back first."

"??"

"You guys? What about you, Fushiguro?" Both of them were very confused.

"I'm going to say hello to Takeda-sensei and then leave. Alright, let's go!!"

Fushiguro Megumi said as he pushed the two of them into the car.

"..."

The two people in the car looked at Fushiguro Megumi's figure, thinking about something in silence.

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night.

While thinking, Fushiguro Megumi walked towards the location below the Eighty-Eight Bridge.

Sister Fujinuma did not go up to the Eighty-Eight Bridge. The test of courage was held under the bridge.

Xuanhao has also been to the following places.

Therefore, it is probably not possible to jump down from above. If the cursed spirit is in the barrier, the order is very important.

At night, entering from under the bridge. Another point is that the field where the spell was cast could not be extended for a long time. In this case, the barrier would be an unfinished field like the one in the juvenile detention center.

This time it actually helped a lot.

No need to use 'account'.

While thinking, Fushiguro Megumi had already arrived under the bridge.

"You're really reluctant to tell us about yourself."

"Yes."

However, at this moment, two familiar voices came from beside him. They were Xuanhao and Kugisaki Nobara.

Fushiguro Megumi felt helpless as the two of them caught up with him without him knowing when.

"You haven't noticed us yet. It seems you are really anxious."

"We don't ask you to tell us everything, but at least tell us when you need help. Aren't we friends?"

"..."

Fushiguro Megumi was silent for a while after hearing this, and then explained, "Tsumiki has been in a coma. This curse of the Eighty-Eight Bridges will only appear in front of the cursed. If she can't declare it herself, then there is no way of knowing when she will be killed. So, I want to remove it now."

"But it is true that the mission has become more dangerous."

"I know, I know. We already understand." Kugisaki Nobara said perfunctorily.

"You should have told us this a long time ago." Xuan Hao laughed.

Seeing the two of them like this, Megumi Fushiguro couldn't help but smile.

So, the three of them started with the clues.

At night, enter from under the bridge. Another point is that there should be a river under the canyon.

The act of crossing a river or boundary to reach the other side.

It has important magical significance.

Sure enough, almost at the moment the three of them crossed the river, the surrounding environment suddenly changed.

They seemed to have entered a gloomy cave.

I also saw the cursed spirit lurking here.

"Appeared."

"It seems that there are some that are worth removing."

The three of them were ready to go.

"what?"

Suddenly, an indescribable feeling of oppression came from behind.

"Why are there guests who arrived first?"

In addition to the cursed spirit in front of him, there is another one behind him, and it seems to be more powerful.

"Fushiguro, this guy should be irrelevant, right?"

"Um……"

"Then you guys focus on dealing with that one." Xuan Hao faced the cursed spirit behind him, "Leave this guy to me to remove."

As he spoke, cursed energy gradually attached to his fist.

"Why? You want to play with me?"

The cursed spirit's face was covered in blood, and he opened his mouth grimly and asked.

So, the three of them acted separately, with Xuanhao dealing with the cursed spirit that appeared later, while Fushiguro Megumi and Kugisaki Nobara were responsible for dealing with the one related to this incident.

This is a cursed spirit that is as agile as a mole.

"Just play whack-a-mole, huh?"

The two discussed after several failed attacks.

"Well, please continue destroying the hole. I don't think it will fight back."

Fushiguro Megumi nodded slightly and took out the cursed tool from the shadow.

"What you mean is that although it is limited to one individual, the range of the technique is too wide, so the main body has no attack capability?" asked Kugisaki Nobara.

"It's just my guess." Fushiguro Megumi explained.

"The range of the spell, the number of victims, the barrier, all these unstable factors will act on the main body in the form of subtraction. With luck, it should be possible to remove it immediately. Then, the question is what happens after that..."

At this moment, a pair of hands suddenly stretched out from the wall and pulled Nobara Kugisaki in.

“Kugisaki!!”

"We are, you continue whack-a-mole."

Kugisaki Nobara warned calmly, and then her figure disappeared along with the cracks in the wall.

"Damn it!" Megumi Fushiguro was extremely annoyed when watching this scene.

  Why does that guy always get sucked away?

And what's going on?

The one just now was neither the one in front of him nor the one Xuan Hao was dealing with. Could there be a third curse spirit here?

"Kugizaki!?" Xuanhao also noticed the situation here and was slightly surprised.

"Aho~" The cursed spirit in front of him laughed, "What? Brother? I'm going too!"

As he said that, he actually threw Xuan Hao down and crawled into the wall beside him.

“Ahh!?”

Xuan Hao was slightly stunned.

"He ran away!? It's okay to leave him alone, right?"

"Follow me!!"

Fushiguro Megumi reminded.

"Kugisaki and that thing are outside the barrier!! The guy you're facing might be more troublesome than we thought! On the contrary, it's much easier for me!! I should be fine!! Protect Kugisaki first!! Chase!!!"

"…If the situation is bad, you should also come out quickly!!"

After Xuan Hao gave a reminder, he followed the escaping cursed spirit into the gap in the barrier.

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"Asshole...don't touch me!!"

After being pulled out of the barrier, Nobara Kugisaki swung her hammer behind her mercilessly.

The arm that was holding her loosened.

“So it’s a woman?”

A man in revealing bondage clothing gracefully apologized to her.

"That's really rude. The mission assigned to us brothers... does not include killing the sorcerer... If you want to retreat, I won't make it difficult for you, young lady."

"Task?"

Upon hearing this, Nobara Kugisaki frowned slightly.

  Curse spirit? Curse master? What on earth is this guy? What does this smell like?

"?" The man seemed a little confused when he heard this, "I thought you had the same mission as us."

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On the other side, Megumi Fushiguro has already caught the knock of 'Whack-a-Mole'.

The head of the mole cursed spirit was chopped off with one knife.

This way, Tsumiki can rest assured, and then -

However, just when he felt a little relieved and tried it, he found that the cursed spirit in front of him was still alive even though its head had been chopped off!

"Still alive!? Could it be that the one just now was not the real one? The barrier is not closed... What's going on!?"

Cold sweat broke out on Fushiguro Megumi's forehead.

One cannot demand too much rationality from the cursed spirit's action pattern, but he still cares about it a little.

Why did it only recently start killing marked targets?

The first person to be killed was in June.

June was exactly the time when Xuanhao became Sukuna's container.

That is... when Sukuna wakes up.

Looking at the cursed spirit in front of him gradually transforming into a familiar appearance, Fushiguro Megumi felt something was not good.

Because the guy in front of him was exactly the same as the special-grade cursed spirit he had encountered before.

It is a cursed spirit that evolved by swallowing Sukuna's finger!

"Our goal is to recover Sukuna's finger."

On the other side, the man in front of Nobara Kugisaki explained their purpose indifferently.

Things whose signs are too strong, things that are hidden with bated breath, things that have been absorbed by the cursed spirit.

  The root of the trouble is Sukuna's finger!!

Megumi Fushiguro has already determined the situation at hand.

(End of this chapter)