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Chapter 258 The Idea of ​​a Power Bank

This was the first time that Uchiha Hikaru had used Susanoo in the world of cursed arts.

Even in its relatively rudimentary skeletal form, the moment the dark red giant appeared, a chilling aura enveloped the entire area, causing Lu Su, standing behind hundreds of shikigami, to reveal a shocked expression:

"What...what is this!?"

A shikigami?

Can……

Even among the three starter shikigami of the Zenin family, could they unleash such a level of oppressive power?

Under Ryosaku's gaze, Uchiha Hikaru gently raised his right hand.

Susanoo also made the same move.

Then, a dark red greatsword, more than ten meters long and wrapped in layers of flames, appeared in the void and was firmly held in Susanoo's palm, its blade held horizontally.

"Ready to take this stab?"

Uchiha Hikaru stared at Rōsō opposite him, briefly gathered his strength, and then swung his sword!

Whoosh—!

At that moment, a fierce wind howled like a landslide and a tsunami, and scorching flames swept forward! With just one strike, a fan-shaped area of ​​flames nearly a hundred meters in diameter was slashed out. Within this fan-shaped area, hundreds of shikigami collapsed instantly upon contact, and were wiped out before they could even put up a fight!

The power of a single sword strike annihilates both body and soul!

Sensing danger, Ryosaku began to retreat before Uchiha Hikaru could even swing his sword.

At the same time, he suddenly shook his sleeves, opening up his domain:

"The womb is everywhere!"

In an instant, the gravity between heaven and earth seemed to increase by nearly a hundred times!

The blade energy that pierced through the air slowed down under the influence of supergravity. By the time it reached Lu Suomian, its strength was far less than before. It only tore open his clothes on his chest, leaving a scarlet bloodstain, but it did not cut him in half at the waist.

Everyone within hundreds of meters felt a heavy pressure descend from the sky and land on their shoulders. The cursed spirits, including the water clock, were all affected, their movements suddenly becoming sluggish. Even Esdeath frowned slightly as she punched and stepped forward, appearing to be struggling.

The only one unaffected was Uchiha Hikaru.

Because Susanoo absorbed most of the pressure, she was able to maintain a calm expression even while surrounded by the skeletal giant: "So this is Kaori Itadori's domain? Not bad. Slightly stronger than the Imperial Arm 'Spear of Judgment'."

—Tōsō can use the techniques possessed by those he has previously inhabited, such as the "Spirit Manipulation Technique" that summons shikigami, which originated from Natsuyuge. "Waizaku Hōya" comes from Itadori Yūjin's mother, Itadori Kaori, and its function is to manipulate gravity.

Increasing gravity by tens of times is just one application.

There's another kind...

"opposite!"

As the Lulu hand seal changed, the gravity in this space suddenly reversed, and everyone involuntarily "fell" into the sky. Even Susanoo staggered slightly, unconsciously floating dozens of meters in the air, before being immobilized by Uchiha Hikaru's Flying Technique, standing in mid-air with its feet dangling.

"Are there any other methods we should use?"

"..."

Lu Suo's pupils contracted.

"Spirit Manipulation Technique" and "Womb Enveloping the Wilderness" are his two most frequently used techniques. Ordinary opponents, even top-level sorcerers, would become flustered and expose weaknesses, which he would then seize to kill—this is how Tsukumo Yuki later died. But... it had absolutely no effect on the black-haired girl in front of him, which was something he had not expected.

"...There's no other way."

After a brief hesitation, Lu Suo once again formed the "Spirit Manipulation Technique," summoning all the remaining spirits of his. This time, the densely packed spirits stretched for hundreds of meters in mid-air, appearing as a vast, dark mass, their aura several times stronger than before.

Then, Ryousuo clasped his hands together and shouted, "Extreme Strike: Whirlpool!"

In an instant, all the cursed spirits began to frantically gather together, then merged, compressed, and formed a dark-colored, extremely dense aggregate of cursed spirits. Like a swirling vortex, it surged towards Uchiha Hikaru!

Faced with this ultimate technique from the Cursed Spirit Manipulation Technique, Uchiha Hikaru stood still and directly used Susanoo to take the hit. Then, looking at the fine cracks appearing on the surface of his skeleton, his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Being able to leave a mark on the second form of Susanoo... it should be similar to Danzo's Wind Release."

On the other side, Lu Suo also noticed this detail, and his eyes began to light up, as if he had already seen the dawn of victory.

however……

Uchiha Hikaru merely glanced at the skeletal giant before nonchalantly looking away and raising his sword again: "Now... it's my turn."

As soon as he finished speaking, Uchiha Hikaru swung his sword again!

A fiery crescent-shaped blade of energy burst forth from the blade, slicing through the assembled spirits in front of it like a hot knife through butter. Then, like a shooting star chasing the moon, it flew towards Lu Suo on the other side! The latter didn't even have time to dodge. He only saw a ball of light and shadow, like a sky full of stars, rushing towards him, and then he was snapped in two with a crack!

One slash...

"Sold out in seconds."

Uchiha Hikaru twirled his sword, causing the dark red greatsword to gradually dissipate, and the skeletal silhouette of Susanoo also faded away, quickly disappearing into the air.

In this situation, Lu Suo was not actually dead.

However, having lost the body he was parasitizing and left only with a lump of brains, he really had no means to put up a last-ditch resistance.

the other side.

After playing a cat-and-mouse game, Esdeath imitated Gojo Satoru's actions, twisting off the head of the louvered pot, and then delivered several heavy punches, slamming Hanami and Tagore to the ground, creating two huge craters more than ten meters deep.

Severely injured, they were forced to deactivate their domain abilities, leaving them with very little cursed power.

These guys' strength was limited to begin with. The strongest among them, Louhu, was only as strong as Sukuna when she had eight or nine fingers. Compared to others, he was even weaker than Gojo Satoru. Therefore, Esdeath hadn't used her full strength yet, and even held back her final attack because Uchiha Hikaru had instructed her beforehand to spare their lives.

Next...

"We should use sealing magic to seal them away."

Uchiha Hikaru took out the sealing scrolls he had prepared beforehand and began to try to seal Louhu and the others. After completing each one, he manually marked the corresponding scrolls with words such as "fire," "wood," and "water" to distinguish them.

The scroll that belonged to the real person was marked "rotten." After all, this guy was an absolute scoundrel.

Lu Suo means "brain".

During this process, Esdeath stood with her arms crossed, coldly observing Uchiha Hikaru's actions as he performed the sealing technique, then casually asked, "What are you planning to do with them this time? Continue 'fishing'?"

"No need."

Uchiha Hikaru shook his head: "We've caught the big fish, this one that looks like a brain. As for the arrangements for Louju and the other cursed spirits... I have other plans."

Let's leave the Lu Suo aside for now.

Uchiha Hikaru had already devised a plan to deal with the four top-tier cursed spirits, including the real person.

Taking them out directly would be a bit of a waste.

Using them as power banks is the best way to make the most of them.

That's right.

Uchiha Hikaru had already noticed this when he tried to absorb "inaction transformation" from real people. It is possible that because these cursed spirits were originally born from human emotions such as fear, hatred, and despair, they have a very high affinity and absorption capacity for the various negative emotions in human society.

In other words, as long as such negative emotions arise nearby, they will continuously flow into their bodies and be transformed into fresh magical power.

and so.

Only the real person and his group have unparalleled recovery abilities. Even if they are beaten to the point of having only one head left by Gojo Satoru, like Louhu, or forced to self-destruct to escape by the combined forces of Nanami Kento and Itadori Yuujin, like the real person, they can restore their bodies to their peak condition in a very short time by absorbing and transforming negative emotions.

Although the group of real people cannot absorb negative emotions indefinitely, because their strength is limited.

but……

The generation of these negative emotions is endless.

As long as human society exists, these negative emotions will continue to arise. The same applies even outside the world of magic.

This means that Uchiha Hikaru could use Shinichi's body as a medium to repeatedly absorb the cursed power transformed from negative emotions, thus achieving "sustainable exploitation."

Hmm... Theoretically speaking, there shouldn't be any problems.

However, whether this operation can actually be performed still needs to be tested to determine.

Uchiha Hikaru planned to spend more time and try things out gradually.

……

Unlike the battle that took place on the west side of Tokyo, this battle did not make the news or cause a stir.

Because Uchiha Hikaru deliberately chose a remote, uninhabited mountain area as the battleground, and Esdeath had sealed off the area with ice and snow beforehand, coupled with Hikaru's own Blood Orb Barrier and the fact that the battle took place at night, the commotion, while considerable, was confined to the mountaintop and had minimal impact on other areas.

Although in the following days, some people in the world of sorcery noticed the commotion there, they kept the news under wraps and did not reveal it to the outside world.

During this period of time.

Uchiha Hikari didn't go out casually. She just greeted Gojo Satoru and Itadori Yuujin, told them that she had fought with several top-tier curse spirits, and briefly mentioned that she had obtained a few more Sukuna fingers—five of them for advanced curse techniques, plus the five that Louju already had, so she now had a total of ten Sukuna fingers.

I reckon there must be other fingers at Lu Suo's place, or he might have hidden them, but I'll have to wait until I've looked through his memories to be sure.

then.

Uchiha Hikaru devoted most of his attention to studying the techniques and memories of several cursed spirits.

After some attempts, her "non-action transformation" has made remarkable progress, and she is now able to use it skillfully on others, making their bodies bigger, smaller, restored, and even regenerating wounds.

To achieve this, Uchiha Hikaru, following his previous plan, secretly recruited a group of notorious social scum and conducted a considerable amount of experiments.

Because the locations she chose were quite scattered, and because she would restore the body and erase the memory of each person she tested, these actions went unnoticed.

—It is called restoration, but it is not a complete restoration. After all, these people are heinous criminals. According to Japan's Westernized laws, it is difficult to effectively punish and sanction them. So, it can be considered as doing justice by having Uchiha Hikaru use some methods in the experiment to erase some of their functions.

Now that he had mastered the art of "inaction transformation," Uchiha Hikaru was finally ready to put another plan he had previously conceived into practice—

"...That guy should still be somewhere near Tokyo, right?"

"We should go find him."

The following evening.

Hikaru Uchiha brought Esdeath to a dam near Tokyo.

Then, after spending a little time, we found a basement in a very secluded location, converted from an abandoned factory.

"You're the Mechanical Maru?"

"...Who are you?"

Sitting inside the small house was a young man with a black ponytail. He looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, a few years older than Hisahito Itadori, but his whole body was wrapped in bandages, and his face looked extremely pale, as if he were very weak.

It's obviously false.

After all, this person has been affected by the "Heavenly Curse" since birth, resulting in an extremely fragile body and difficulty even in normal activities.

However, due to the effect of "Heaven and Curse Binding", he was endowed with a huge amount of curse power and a wide range of spell manipulation. He could use "Puppet Manipulation" to create "Mechanical Pills" of different sizes, and then attach his consciousness to them to replace his own body in the outside world.

In theory, the range of these "mechanical pellets" could be extended to the whole of Japan.

In the original story, in order to obtain a healthy body, Yukichi secretly cooperated with Masato and Toso, exchanging information about his advanced knowledge of sorcery for the opportunity to have Masato heal him. However, after this deal was made, he was forced to fight Masato and Toso, and was killed by them. He was a pitiful and tragic character.

And now...

"Let me introduce myself. My name is Uchiha Hikaru, and I am a friend of Itadori Yuujin and Gojo Satoru."

"He is also the one who sealed Zhenren and Xia Youjie."

Uchiha Hikaru chose to get straight to the point: "I'm very interested in your talent in mechanical manufacturing and would like to invite you to join my research institute. In exchange, I can use 'Inaction Transformation' to restore your healthy body. How about it?"

"?!"

(End of this chapter)