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Chapter 13: The Protagonist of Exposure, Who Knows How to Act Like a X
The reason why Noose stopped releasing cursed spirits was certainly not because he was frightened by the funny character Miwa, who made a promise that he would never be able to swing his sword again in exchange for the high-powered [New Kage-ryu Sword Drawing].

It wasn't that it was distracted by the harmless attacks from the Kyoto school students; it simply seized the opportunity to show off.

After casually crushing Miwa's sword, Nozomi looked at the "strongest first-level magician" [Kusakabe] who blocked its vortex and [Zhang Xiang] who came here with a pounding heart and sensed the blood connection.

It smiled and greeted Zhang Xiang.

"Hey, Zhang Xiang."

The swell responded with low, gradually angry words.

"I have three parents: my mother, the cursed spirit who made her pregnant, and the one who mixed her own blood into the pregnancy, insulted her, and toyed with her. It's extremely despicable."

Nozomi had a calm expression, with a faint smile on his face, facing Geto Suguru, and looked at his former teammate.

The person who was assigned by him to kill Yuji Itadori was indeed the "child" who once had one of his bodies.

"It seems you have discovered it."

Sho-sang's heartbeat was getting faster and faster. After a life-and-death battle with Itadori Yuji, he was about to kill him when he suddenly felt from Itadori Yuji the feeling of blood connection between their bodies, which was also a special-grade cursed item, the "Cursed Embryo Nine Phase Diagram".

The blood connection he felt from Noso and Yuji finally made him realize that as the incarnation of Cursed Object No. 1, he, who considered himself the eldest brother among the Nine Phases, had been tricked by Noso into killing his "brother"!
Zhang Xiang's face was distorted by anger as he spat out that name.

"So it's you, Kamo Kentoshi."

Nozomi was not panicked after his identity was exposed, but instead was calm with a hint of joy.

"Kamo Kentoshi was indeed one of the bodies I used, but that was many years ago."

Nozomi said indifferently, "Whatever you want to call me, Kamo Kentoshi is just one of the many names I've known over the years that's still a little bit well-known."

Fang Yi secretly complained, "This guy, Zuo Suo, who went to a certain place to play the protagonist, must be well versed in the theory of pretense and knows how to play the exposure flow."

[What? My former identity has been exposed. I was one of the three great magicians, the stain on the Kamo family, and the worst magician.]

【I was exposed for making Sukuna Finger.】

[After revealing that I am the "biological mother" of Japanese knotweed and the "father" of the bulging face, my followers increased by one million]

Although Luosuo spoke calmly, he was still cautious about the [Blood Piercing] attack from Zhang Xiang using the [Red Blood Manipulation Technique] to control blood.

Along with Sukuna's follower from a thousand years ago, Rimei, who was resurrected in the flesh, appeared on the side and used her hand to block the compressed and high-speed blood arrow.

Fang Yi knew that the time for him to harvest cursed spirits had ended, so he prepared to wait for Jiujiu Yuki to appear, and then brush up on his friendship to see if he could get other skills.

He turned around to check for a way to retreat, but unexpectedly met Kusakabe's eyes. After a glance, the two of them instantly reached a consensus to slack off.

Fang Yi thought to himself, "I can't miss this person when I'm trying to improve my friendship. After Nozomi finishes his pretentious act, I can also see if I can learn Kusakabe's [Shinkage-ryu Simple Domain] by improving my friendship."
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In the later chapters, Kusakabe, who was named "the strongest first-class magician", was temporarily strengthened by the author's patch. When no one was fighting Sukuna, he had to fight Sukuna in order to protect his students.

He fought with Sukuna like Don Quixote rushing towards the windmill. After using the [Shinkage-ryu Simple Field] to hit a few pages of highlights, he was finally injured by Sukuna's slash and lay dead, his life or death uncertain.

Now, while he was blocking the high-intensity cursed energy attack from the vortex of the noose for Miwa and protecting her behind him, he was thinking in his heart.

[Kamo Kento, I know. You have an absurdly powerful barrier technique and possess a variety of incantations with absurd properties.]

If it's the one found inside Geto Suguru's body, it could be the mastermind behind all this.

Kusakabe observed the battlefield while searching for a way to retreat. Having fought passively in the Shibuya battle, he had long considered retreating. [I don't want to fight this monster. There's no chance of winning. It's better to prioritize protecting the students and retreat.]

He made eye contact with the strange magician Fang Yi, and when they reached a consensus on retreat, he felt like they were close friends.

[This sorcerer is quite knowledgeable. His method of exorcising cursed spirits is just as brutal as that woman, Kujuku Yuki. I didn't expect him to be so good at protecting himself.]

[He also saved Nanami. After this battle, if conditions permit, it might be possible to bring him to the Tokyo school.]

When Kusakabe confirmed that Miwa was not injured, he wanted to notify others to prepare for retreat.

But the angry Zhang Xiang was obviously not going to give up.

He compressed his blood, using it to pierce the noose like a high-pressure water gun, but it was easily dodged. He continued to manipulate the blood that seeped into the ground, cutting the ground beneath the noose, lifting it up, and then rushed forward to engage the noose in hand-to-hand combat.

Noose didn't use any techniques, but responded with physical skills one by one in a show of skill. While dealing with Zhuangxiang's attacks with ease, he continued to provoke Zhuangxiang with his words.

"Don't push yourself. You're already very tired."

Zhang Xiang was even more furious when he heard this, "So what? Can this be a reason to see my brother (Yuji) in danger and not help him?"

Hearing this, Itadori Yuji pointed at his bloody nose and asked, "I have a brother? Sho-sang was just fighting a life-and-death duel with me."

But soon he had no time to think.
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【Ice Condensation Spell】【Frost Nagi】

Sukuna's loyal follower Rimei raised her palm to her mouth and began to exhale like a dragon's breath.

A cold current surged past, trying to cover the bodies of all the sorcerers present with a layer of frost, sealing all of them in the ice.

As a huge iceberg appeared out of nowhere in the wilderness, Dongtang Aoi, who received orders from Fang Yi, was well prepared and used the [Unjust Game] to save several magicians from being frozen.

Kusakabe, due to his superior strength, was not the first one to be released, and was unfortunately sealed in ice. He looked at Rimei, who used the [Reversal Technique] to repair the scars on his hand at the speed of light, and his heart was as cold as Rimei's ice.

[This [Reversal Technique] level, this ice spell, it's obvious that the two sides are not on the same level.]

"Retreat home as soon as possible. Why save Gojo Satoru?"

As Yuji struggled to break free from the weaker ice on his body, he was angrily scolded by Rimei.

"Don't neglect Sukuna-sama's health!"

Nozomi indifferently accused Rimei, "Don't kill everyone, and leave someone to pass the message." Rimei angrily retorted, "If you want to pass the message, it would be enough to leave Yuji Itadori alone."

At this time, all the sorcerers reached a consensus, had a clear understanding of the difference in strength between the two sides, and decided to retreat.

Fang Yi looked at the huge iceberg that was about to fall under Li Mei's even more violent [Ice Condensation Spell], and at the same time realized the powerful spell power behind him, he finally felt relieved.

A dragon-shaped Shikigami [Phoenix Wheel] surrounded his body, and with a brutal output of cursed power, a figure appeared at the scene that could shatter the iceberg with one blow.

Noose looked at the figure, his expression became serious, and he uttered the person's name.

"Kyujuku Yuki!"

Fang Yi's spirits lifted, and he thought to himself, "I've been watching this Luosuo perform for so long just to wait for you, special magician, my next 'learning' partner."

(End of this chapter)