A Bizarre Adventure That Begins in Jujutsu Kaisen

At this moment, Mo Xuluo futilely spread his arms in the air, trying to adjust his unbalanced posture caused by the tremendous force.

Meanwhile, at the lower half of its body that was originally severed, new limbs are being reconstructed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and it is about to restore its complete form.

As if visualizing pulling a trigger, Theo took a deep breath as if instructing himself, skipping the incantation and directly activating the power of "The World" with pure willpower alone.

In an instant, the world around him quickly lost its color.

In this absolutely still, leaden-gray scene, only he himself retains the freedom to move.

"Nine Principles," "Polarization," "Crow and Declaration," "Between Inside and Out"—Zi!

After reciting the incantation fluently, Theo placed his left hand loosely against his face, extended his right hand forward with his palm facing up, his ring and little fingers pointing forward, and his thumb, index, and middle fingers together.

Then, he gave himself the concept of "the next blow being twice as powerful".

With the surge of magical power, a sphere over four meters in diameter, with purple-black lightning flowing along its edges, silently took shape in front of him.

In absolute silence, he flicked his finger lightly, approached and launched "Zi" towards the solidified demonic void in the air.

Then time resumed its flow.

In "Ten Kage Shiro's" perception, the world "stuttered" for a moment again.

The next moment, through the broken ceiling of the villa, he saw Theo appear in front of Moxu Luo high in the sky, his raised hand still in place.

A massive, purplish-black sphere, radiating an aura of annihilation, appeared before Theo like a miniature black hole, swallowing up all the air, sound, and even light in front of him.

Mo Xuluo sensed a deadly threat and tried his best to twist his body to dodge. The Dharma wheel on his forehead began to spin, but it was too late.

The 200% "Zi" is advancing at a speed far exceeding its current limits of adaptation and reaction.

The purplish-black sphere engulfed Mo Xuluo, then transformed into a destructive torrent that stretched straight through the heavens and earth, rushing towards the sky diagonally above!

Wherever it passed, the clouds vanished instantly, like a pencil drawing erased by an eraser, leaving a smooth, circular hole in the sky.

Dio activated his distance control to accelerate freefall, his figure plummeting straight down and hovering steadily just half a meter above the ground.

He glanced at "Ten Kage Shiro," still hiding in the shadows, and said with some disappointment, "Amakusa Shiro, are you really that weak?"

Before he finished speaking, Theo had already raised the "Soul Release Blade" in his hand.

Using the "No Limit Technique" to instantly accelerate to a hundred times the speed of sound, he drew irregular arcs and angles, swiftly traversing through ruins and forests.

The blade flashed briefly in the air like silver threads of death.

The puppets, who were scattering and fleeing in a chaotic "Brownian motion" pattern as the domain collapsed, froze in an instant, whether they were hiding behind rocks, by tree trunks, or trying to dive into the water.

Then, the upper body slowly slid down along the smooth cut surface.

Cut in half at the waist.

Clean and efficient, with nothing omitted.

Now, only three seconds have passed since those puppets were released from the shadows and began to flee.

Amakusa Shiro was momentarily mesmerized.

That figure, commanding the battlefield with absolute violence, involuntarily reminded him of the original maxims of the *Jade Record*, which he had once read in the Magical Arts Association:

[To ascend from the earth to the heavens, and then descend from the heavens, gaining the power above and below. In this way, one obtains the glory of the world and is freed from darkness and ignorance.]

Is this... the ideal human being?

what a pity……

How could I... already be dead?

Fine, you may be my savior...

If I were still alive, I would probably join your ranks too...

"Hahaha..." A deep laugh came from the shadows of the ruins. "Yes, I am that weak. I'm sorry to have made you laugh."

Theo sheathed his sword, his gaze fixed on the shadowy figure: "You lie without batting an eye; you have the potential to achieve great things."

After all... those puppets that ran out of the domain just now were too weak, there must be stronger ones, right?

In history, you were ultimately a military general!

I find it hard to imagine that a sorcerer who only hides in the shadows could lead the Shimabara Rebellion.

Upon hearing that last provocative remark, Shiro, hidden in the shadows, did indeed want to refute something.

The beacon fires, flags, shouts, and glints of swords from four hundred years ago almost seemed to break through the seal of time and surge forth from my throat.

But in the end, he simply suppressed all his surging emotions back to the deepest part of his soul and calmly spoke:

"Hehe... It doesn't matter what you say."

Human beings ultimately have their limits.

In my short life, I have come to understand one thing:

The more you scheme and plot, the more you'll discover that human abilities have limits... unless you surpass humanity!

So, I'm just ceasing to be human.

After throwing out DIO's famous line in a "reversed" manner, Shiro's words carried a hint of gambler's provocation, like a gambler revealing their hand:

"You should be able to tell that this is just one of my puppets."

"Spirit Manipulation Technique"... it probably can't capture it, right?

Although I wasn't sure at first, your failure to capture my 'teleportation golem' confirmed it for me.

Dio, let's meet again in the distant future!

Don't try to find me; I'm leaving this country.

As an immortal being, I've gotten used to the idea that when I encounter a problem I can't solve, I just find a place to sleep for decades and then come out to take a look.

Most of the enemies of the past will naturally disappear with time.

Just as he was habitually using a mix of truth and deception to create a fog and try to mislead, he suddenly changed the subject and dropped a bombshell in rapid succession:

"By the way, here's some breaking news: compared to a half-baked amateur like me, Europe has some truly powerful cursed spirits—"

The moment the words "Great Cursed Spirit" successfully attracted Dio's attention, the soul of the "Ten Shadows Shiro" puppet suddenly disappeared, and the connection of the curse power was completely severed, just like a puppet whose strings had been cut.

The corpse of a male Shadow Mage, restored to its appearance in life, slid weakly out of the shadows and collapsed to the ground.

I don't want this puppet anymore, goodbye!

The last lingering echo of consciousness, tinged with mockery and ridicule, dissipated in the wind.

Meanwhile, in the waters east of Shimabara City, in the hold of a long-sunken cargo ship.

Inside a sealed coffin cast from a special alloy, fragments of Amakusa Shiro's soul, transferred there, awaken from a puppet stored a hundred years ago.

He activated his magical power to strengthen his body, and withstanding the immense water pressure from hundreds of meters deep in the sea, he pushed open the heavy, solid coffin lid from the inside out.

Immediately afterwards, he detached himself from the ship and continued to dive down the dark seabed into the cold depths, his figure soon disappearing into the lightless abyss.

Dio remained standing there, watching the human corpses scattered in the forest, rapidly losing their vitality and beginning to decay naturally, and remained silent for a long time.

The first round of this game has ended, but the real battle has only just begun, and it's a test of experience and strategy.

Without further delay, he once again flew close to the ground, like an invisible wind sweeping across the battlefield, taking the scattered puppet corpses into his own shadow space one by one.

Immediately, he suddenly gained altitude, broke through the low-altitude turbulence, and pushed his speed to the limit towards Kyoto, transforming into a fleeting streak of light in the sky.

Although these corpses are of no use to him, Yuta will probably really like this unexpected "gift".