Curse Returns, a gamble from the start, I awaken dual spells

Countless, layered, enormous black hands emerged from the void.

It obscures the sky, covers the earth, and encloses a space of several meters in radius, forming a closed circle.

Rito dodged the pursuit of the humanoid cursed spirit, and frost spread from the soles of his feet, extending into a sliding area on the dried-up riverbed.

Using the speed of the ice surface, he circled around to the side of the cursed spirit, his peripheral vision never leaving the closed black sphere.

The songstress stood on a high place, a wooden sword hanging at her side, her knuckles white from excessive force.

Her spells can only be used for amplification and cannot be used directly in attacks.

At this moment, watching as the real person's domain engulfed her students, there was nothing she could do but wait.

At this moment, a layer of ripples suddenly appeared on the surface of the black sphere.

"They're here." Li Ren's heart tightened.

According to the original work, Yukichi would use the New Yin Flow Simple Domain to neutralize the guaranteed hit effect of the Real Person Domain, and then pierce through Real Person's chest at the moment when Real Person is most relaxed.

The sneak attack was almost successful.

However, in the original story, he and Kokichi failed.

Despite his meticulous planning, he failed to anticipate that the real person was deceiving him, and ultimately died at the hands of the real person.

Rito gritted his teeth, sidestepped the sweeping arm of the cursed spirit, and placed his left hand on its elbow joint, instantly releasing the cursed power in his palm.

Frost exploded at the point of contact, spreading upwards along the cursed spirit's forearm, freezing its entire arm into a heavy icicle.

Can't wait any longer.

He turned his head and shouted towards the direction of the real person's domain: "Yukichi, be careful, the real person might fake their death!"

Rito's voice echoed through the mountains and forests, but he wasn't sure if Yukichi could hear it, and the anxiety in his eyes became more and more obvious.

If Yukichi hadn't noticed that the real person was faking his death, he would have been ambushed by the real person the moment the real person's domain shattered.

Even if I remind myself, it will definitely be too late by then.

If he dies, neither I nor the songstress will be able to escape from here.

Falling into the hands of Juan Suo and Zhenren? It's better to die.

Snapped!

After a crisp sound, the real person's domain exploded from the inside out like shattered glass.

Countless black fragments flew in all directions like ashes scattered by the wind.

At this moment, the real person stands in the center of the ruins.

His left chest had a fist-sized hole pierced through it, with the sutures hanging loosely at the edge of the hole, like a broken string.

He looked down at the hole in his chest, his face showing disbelief.

"How could this be...?"

The real person's body began to expand wildly like a balloon.

When it reached a critical point, there was a loud bang, and it exploded.

Rumbling--

The Ultimate Machine Maru slowly rose from the ground.

It turned its body and locked its gaze on the coiled rope in the distance.

"Next, it's your turn."

"If I kill you, I can go back, back to them!"

In an instant, the power of the curse condensed wildly, and the terrifying fluctuations it emitted caused the water surface of the entire dam to churn continuously.

"Be careful!"

"later!!"

Two voices rang out simultaneously from high above the dam.

But it was too fast, far too fast.

Just as Yukichi noticed something was wrong, a huge spike pierced through the chest of the Ultimate Machine Maru.

The entire cockpit was exposed without reservation to the distorted smiles of real people.

"Hahahaha, you fell for it!!"

The man's distorted laughter echoed in Kokichi's ears, and his body had somehow completely recovered.

Seeing this, Yukichi's eyes turned red, filled with resentment.

"No, I haven't failed yet, I haven't lost!"

His entire body surged with magical power, intending to rush out of the cockpit and fight the real person to the death.

Just then, a hurried voice suddenly came from the direction they had just come from.

That is reason.

"The tricycle is waiting for you!"

The word "three-wheeled" seemed to possess a magical power, causing Kokichi's body to freeze instantly.

Reason, which had been almost completely consumed by anger, gradually returned.

He took a deep breath and maneuvered the damaged Ultimate Machine Ball backward until he had created distance and was close to Rito and the songstress before stopping.

"Thank goodness..." The songstress relaxed, her tense body finally putting an end to her worries.

"Thank you, Rito!" After a moment of silence, he sincerely thanked Kokichi.

Li Ren waved his hand, his expression very serious.

Once again, he changed the course of the original plot.

But now is not the time to think about that. How do we escape?

At this moment, the real person had already walked to the side of the rope, and the two of them stood side by side looking in their direction.

The real person tilted their head, the stitches running from the corner of their eye all the way to their earlobe, and wore an almost innocent smile.

"That was really close, I almost got killed by you guys."

His voice contained neither anger nor fear, only a kind of pleasure devoid of any malice.

The person next to him, Juan Suo, remained silent.

He simply stood there quietly, the hem of his monk's robe swaying gently in the mountain breeze, his expression regaining its all-knowing calm.

He glanced at Yukichi's tattered mecha, then at the songstress's hand holding the sword, and finally fixed his gaze on Rito, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"Rito Sato."

"You have indeed surprised me, but it would be better if you stayed here today."

After saying that, Juan Suo raised his right hand.

Behind them, in the ruins blasted out by the Great Exorcism Cannon, the rubble began to tremble.

More cursed spirits emerged from the shadows, one after another, densely filling the dried-up riverbed below the sand-blocking dam.

Their malice merged into a single, impenetrable wall, completely sealing off the three's only escape route.

The songstress held her wooden sword horizontally in front of her, demonstrating her resolve through her actions.

Rinren's perception of the cursed power spread out, generating a cold situation map in his mind.

Ahead are real people and ropes, behind are groups of cursed spirits, to the left is the concrete wall of a sand-blocking dam, and to the right is the end of a dried-up riverbed.

There's no escaping it; there's absolutely no way to escape it.

Li Ren's heart sank.

Under these circumstances, he couldn't think of any way to leave.

Are we going to have to exchange secrets again?

The thought had barely surfaced in his mind when Liren suppressed it.

Releasing information at the level of "Death Returns" was already the limit of what he could do.

If you're still thinking of using some future intelligence to try and gain freedom, then you're incredibly stupid.

The mere message of death and return was enough to convince Juan Suo to stay.

Releasing news of the prison gates or the two sides of Su Nuo would only strengthen his resolve.

The silence lasted for about five seconds.

Then Yukichi spoke, his voice coming from the mecha's chest cavity.

"Songstress Teacher".

The songstress turned her head and looked at the mecha that had been pierced through.

The armor plate on the mecha's chest was shattered, revealing the intricate runes and the figure of Kokichi huddled in the cockpit.

His new legs were curled up to his chest, his feet still covered in condensation from the cockpit's metal floor.

"sorry."

The songstress was stunned.

"I didn't listen when the teacher asked me to help people with their affairs."

"I always felt that as long as I killed the enemy, everything would be solved."

He paused for a moment.

The mecha's arms braced against the ground, lifting itself up from the pile of rubble.

The movements were slow, and the hydraulic joints made a dry, grinding sound, like an old man struggling to stand up from his chair.

"But now, now I know."

The damaged Ultimate Machine Ball was pierced through the chest by a real person, losing half of its armor.

The runes hung down from the crack, swaying gently in the wind.

But it still stands straight.

"Companions are not an excuse to be used and discarded; they are something to be protected with action, determination, and even life."

A low humming sound emanated from inside the Ultimate Machine Ball.

The songstress's lips moved slightly, and her eyes widened, as if she realized what she and Kokichi were about to do.

But it was too late.

"Mechanical Ball, activate overload deployment."

In an instant, the runes engraved all over the Ultimate Machine Maru lit up simultaneously.

Incandescent white light poured out from every gap in the armor, bursting from the pierced chest, and burning out from the cannon muzzle in the palm and the joints of the knee.